Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-12-25

or previous condition of servitude, on penalty
of from one hundred to five thousand dollars
fine, and additional liability to action for
damage. .
o FREDERICK DENT, the father of Mrs.
Grant, died at the White House on the morn
ing of the 10th inst. He was SO years old.
Foreign.
THE trial of Marshal Bazaine before a mill
tary court of Franco, which began on the 9th
of October last, was concluded ON the 10th of
December. The court found the accused
guilty of the capitulation of Metz and of the
surrender of the army in an open field without
proper efforts to avert that contamination,
and sentenced him to be first degraded from
his rank in the army and then executed. The
members of the court Immediately signed a
petition to President MacMahon for clemency.
1t is probable that this petition will be
granted -. Baron Reuter- has allowed the date
of his Persian concession to lapse, and the
Shah has declared it void.
THE marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh
with the daughter of the Gar has been post
poned until February. IA London dispatch of
the 18th says: TIL dense fog which set in on
Tuesday continues, seriously affecting the
business of the city and the navigation of the
Thames. The fog covers an area of so square
miles, London being the center....A Paris
dispatch states that President has
committed the sentence of Marshal Bazaine
to twenty years seclusion.
THE Rothschilds have brought out a Hunga-
rian loan of $37, 900, 900. The Bank of En-
gland rate has been reduced to A per cent.
The steamer Virginius left Havana on the 18th
inst. for Port of Bahia Honda, sixty miles
west of Havana, where she will be delivered
by the Spanish man-of-war to a vessel of the
United States navy. Captain-General Jovellar,
on the same day, gave the necessary orders for
tho transfer of the Virginius' prisoners at
Santiago de Cuba to the American man-of-war.
Tho ISlonH Of Saint Morn1aritn off
Cannes, has been selected as the place of con-
fnement for Marshal Bazaine The Papal
Nuncio has been ordered to leave Switzerland.
go. Fourteen persons have been found
drowned in the London docks since the late
fog. Many other fatal accidents are reported.
1.-The Gar of Russia has ordered Grand
Duke Alexis on another journey around the
world.
THERE is much indignation in Germany
over the seizure of a German vessel by a
Spanish man-of-war on the high seas, and
the Teutons are breathing vengeance against
Spain.
ELIZABETH, Queen Dowager of Prussia, is
dead. She was 70 years of There are
at least $780, 600 people in France who are in
favor of monarchy, since a petition for resto-
ration signed by that number of names has
been presented in the French Assembly.
Advices from Paris represent that the Con-
servatives are dismayed at the success of the
1tORobhOchAAo III III AbC 49, 1AN
the great powers have assured President Cas-
telar that they will recognize the Republic of
Spain, when the Cartagenian insurrection is
suppressed.
tornado swept over the north
of England and into Scotland on the 10th of
December. Very serious damage was done to
property in Sheffield, Halifax, Nottingham,
is said to look as if it had been bombarded.
Many people were killed, and many more
seriously, and some fatally, wounded. -. 1t is
reported from Paris that, in consequence of
the success of the Republicans in the late sup
Elementary elections, the Right of the Assem-
bly, have resolved to propose such an alteration
of the Suffrage law as will deprive 4,00O,e 900 of
persons of the elective franchise 49,. Twenty
one lives have been lost by the laundering Of
the British ship Celebrity, from Raga, bound to
Stettin.
Political.
JAMES LYON, who presided over the O'Conor
Convention at Louisville, has been appointed
by the President United States Attorney for
the Eastern District of Virginia. The new
Constitution of Pennsylvania has been adopted
by the people by an overwhelming majority.
The Grange.
The second days session of the Illinois
State Grange, at Bloomington, opened with
$50 delegates in attendance. The morning
session was occupied in the presentation of
resolutions, which were referred to the appro-
pirate committees. The convention passed a
resolution advising farmers not to deal with
the combination of plow-makers, embracing
some twenty firms, which, a short time ago,
decided TO sell to rangers at nothing less than
retail prices. Other resolutions were adopted
which wisely urged the members to resort to
arbitration for the settlement of disputes, with
the purpose of avoiding litigation as much as
claring that "the election to responsible
offices of brothers who are editors,
publishers or proprietors of public jour
nails has a tendency to, weaken our in
dispatch was sent to the State Grange of Iowa:
brothers Seven hundred strong, we send
you a cordial greeting, and trust our mutual
deliberations may result in great good to our
order. Allow us to congratulate you on the
glorious success of our esteemed order in your
State, and may you be assured that we are
coming, a hundred thousand more. trater-
nally yours, ALoNzo COLDER, in behalf of the
Illinois State Grange ~. was an in
creased attendance at the second days meet
ing of the State Grange of Iowa, at Des
Moines. The Secretary's report was submit
ted, showing a hardness in oranges in report
ing their dues to State officers, and advising a
reduction of dues when paid promptly. The
State Treasurer report shows receipts from
all sources of $18, 0SO. 70; expenditures,
81, 81: balance in the Treasury, $40, 397.12
The report of the Executive Committee
was submitted. They say they have pur-
chased the Warner harvester-the best made
for the purpose of manufacturing it at
home and say that the machine can be made
for 800. The committee concludes its re-
port as follows: Our order is now meas
urably cut loose from all combinations, and it
now remains for us to demonstrate to the
world the fact which we have SO long claimed,
that our order is able to devise ways and
means for providing implements, and at very
much reduced prices, to meet the demands of
the farmers. We have now manufactured
within the bounds of our own State almost all
the implements used by the producing classes,
and an opportunity is now offered us of mani
Testing our fidelity to principle by e~oncentrat-
ing our strength within eur own State, and
upon given implements, the manufacturers of
which are not only willing, but DESTROYS of
entering into commercial relations with u.s."
The following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Grand Master, A. B. Smedley
(re-elected); Overseer, J. NJ. Dixon, Mahaska
county; Lecturer, ]. Wilkinson, Tama county
Steward, D. W.. Prindle. of Webster county
Assistant Steward, J. N. Thatcher, of Van
Buren, county; Treasurer, M. L. Devin, of
Polk county; Chaplain-General, W. Wilson, of
Polk county; Secretary, N. W. Garretscn, of
Madison county; Gate-Keeper, D. E.. Pickens,
of Fremont county; Lady Assistant Steward,
Mrs. A. B. Smedley; Ceres, Mrs. Spencer Day,
of Marshall county; Pomona, Mrs. Cole, of
Jasper county; Flora, Mrs. White, of Howard
county; State Agent, J.. D. Whiteman. By
resolution, delegates to the State Grange were
allowed mileage at 10 cents per mile one way,
aoI al 60 diam 6urfnO the aaaSon