Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-31
ers in the West, died recently at his residence
in Chicago, aged Al.
The South.

in Chicago, aged AZ.
The South.
JACOB THOMPSON has written a letter, which
appears in the Memphis Avalanche, in refer
ence to the story of a deficit of $821,O 900 in his
as Secretary of the Interior. His
explanation does not differ from that which
has already been given. The defalcation was
the crime of a clerk in the Department, and is
in no way to be charged upon Mr.. Thompson.
A committee, consisting exclusively of poiti-
cal opponents, declared the Secretary, twelve
years ago, to be guiltless in the matter, and
their report was unanimously approved by
Congress TT ticket drawing the capital
prize (S1O0, 000l in the Louisville lottery was
held by L. n. Keith, of Kingston, Mass
Willis Morley, of Giles county, Tenn,
drew the second prize of $4,000
A large meeting of citizens of New Orleans
was held last week, at which the Beauregard
unifcation resolutions were Endorsed. The
caterpillar has appeared in the cotton fields In
portions of Alabama. Louisville was visited
by four fires on the 18th inst A high wind
prevailed at the time, and SO great was the
alarm that Cincinnati and Indianapolis were
appealed to for aid. The losses we're over
500, 900. Cotton was planted more widely
this year than usual in the Southern States,
and if all the conditions had been favorable
the crop would have overtasked the labor
available for handling it. As it is, the Depart
ment of Agriculture reports that wet weather
has reduced the yield to an average figure.
THE cotton reports from Arkansas, Texas
and Louisiana, up to the middle of July, show
a decided improvement in the condition of the
crop.
ONE Capt. Garland INDUCED in the luxury
of slapping the face of the Chief Justice of
Louisiana the other day, for which he paid
800 and spent "a hours in Jail.
JAMES CANNON, of Louisville, deliberately
murdered his wife, the other day, by shooting
her twice with a pistol. He had separated
from her. and was Jealous of the attentions
paid to her by other men. He claims that he
was not in his right mind when the deed was
committed. p. &. Matt Gaines, of Washington
county, Texas, a leading colored politician,
and State Senator, has been sentenced to the
Penitentiary for bigamy.... Six or seven Gal
weston firemen have been arrested for arson.
1t is hardly necessary to add that Galveston
has a volunteer fire department.
CRoP reports from Arkansas, Alabama and
Mississippi are highly favorable T.. /. The bust
ness portion of Jackson, Tenn, has been
burned. Loss, 800, 900.
IT turns out that the Government troope
were defeated at Igualada, Spain, by the Carl
lists, who sacked and burned the town. The
crews of a number of Spanish men-of-wa1
have revolted, and the Government has issued
a proclamation declaring them pirates.
Washington.
THE Hon. Caleb Cushing is plaintiff in a
novel suit before one of the Washington
COu1bb dSdAA16b O1O ODy liz ~ 40 2 ~
did wrongfuIly keep a dog which WAS used and
night, and that, on saturday last, the de-
PENDANT did then and there allow the dog to
bark necessarily from early in the day through
the whole day and night following, and did
thereby hinder and prevent the plaintiff from
studying and transacting his lawful business
by day, and deprived him of his sleep during
the night SO as i~njuriously to affect his health
and the peaceful use of his property. The
second count alleges the keeping of the same
dog, and that said dog was q dangerous
one. On the first count 81, 900 and on the sec
ond count 80, 600 damages are claimed -.
A dispatch from Washington states that the
headquarters of the National Grange of the
Patrons of Husbandry will soon be removed
to that city from Georgetown. Some inter-
esting statistics are added showing the rapid
growth of the organization throughout the
country. From these it appears that there are
now State Oranges in eighteen States, and
numbers num- e@s $50 @e1 .0Oe. The a. app lice ioDai for ora cRsrs
ters to form new Oranges are SO numerous
hat the National Grange has been compelled
to send out additional agents to assist the
work of organization.
PosMAsTER-GENERAL CREswELL believes the
abolition of the franking privilege viii so in
crease the revenues of the Postofice as to
make it self-sustaining. IN the Washington
Police Court, Hon. Caleb Gushing has obtained
judgment against Fernando Woods coachman
fer keeping a vicious and troublesome dog.
LIZ OWhO4 "a LILO We OhiAuO q 1AiOo VHO,
and ordered to remove or kill it..--The fact
that Senator Conkling has recently purchased
O large and elegant residence lot at the capital
is cited in confirmation of the rumor that the
1t is said the postal-card manufacturers are
losing money on their contract.
A DOUBTFUL report has reached Washington
that a battle had been fought on the Mexican
frontier between Col. Mackenzie's forces and
a body of Mexican troops, in which Col. M.
was killed. 1t needs confirmation.
Foreign.
Don CARLOS has re-entered Spain, and issued
a bombastic address to the Insurgents. The
French Government has forbidden any public
r~ejoicings on the occasion of the evacuation of
the territory by the German troops. The
preliminaries of the treaty of alliance between
and ready for exchange. h recent earth
quake in Italy was extraordinary. The solid
earth seemed for a time converted into q
liquid one, and houses were tossed about like
ments, seven forward and seven backward,
each occupying a second, as regular as the
beat of a clock. Many persons we're killed at
Belimo, and many injured. AS a last e11pe-
scandal, the Dominion Government has de-
termined to prorogue the sitting of Parliament
Immediately upon the presentation of the re-
port of the Investigating Committee.
ADVANTAGE AhS Db0u bdhou VI Tie OHdu .
absence by his undutiful subjects to excite a
rebellion, which will compel his speedy return
to Persia. The Khan of Khiva has signed a
convention to pay to Russia 2,000,0 900 rouble
indemnity within ten years, in virtue of which
he is confirmed on the throne. "a Buenos
Ayres correspondent narrates the. particulars
of the discovery, in a province of the Argen-
tine Republic, of a wonderful gold mine, said
to be the richest in the world. One-half of
the site of the mine has been sold, according
to the narrator, for 800, 900, 900.
SPANISH ITEMS: An engagement of some
magnitude has taken place in the Province of
Barcelona, between the Republicans and Carl
lists, resulting in he defeat of the insurgents.
The battle lasted eighteen hours, and the
number of killed and wounded was very large
on both sides.-A new ministry has been
formed, with Nicolas Salmeron at the head
1t is reported that Don Carlos, at the head of
10, 900 men, in advancing on Bilboa.-A Repub-
lican volunteer has shut himself up in the
powder magazine at Estella, and threatened to
blow it up rather than surrender to the Carl
lists. =. Samuel Wherefore, d. D., Bishop of
Winchester, and son of the great philanthrop-
list, William Wilberforce, fell from his horse
near London, recently, and was killed. He
was riding with Earl Granville from Leather
head to Lord Covers country-seat, where
Gladstone awaited him. The horse was going
at full speed at the time the Bishop fell.
His neck was broken, and death was instanta-