Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-09
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

1HE n1dSOnlC fraternity OF HnlldQelpn1a nav
just dedicated with imposing ceremonies thei
new temple, said to be the largest and fines
in the world.
A STATEMENT of assets and liabilities of thu
firm of Jay Cooke & Co., of Philadelphia
New York, and Washington, has been sub
mitted to their creditors. The following is
Liabilities. 81, sss,4os
Bills receivable, bank, insurance, and
other stocks, bonds, and real estate....S 1867, ga
Loans to Northern Pacific Railroad Co. 3,75O,O
Stock of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. 1~,5OO,OO(
Loans to Northern Pacific RAILROAD Co.,
on bonds of ompan 4,06S, 21s
sec~ond-mortgage railroad bonds, stocks,
2,oSO,Sot
Total s15, 96e, 211
The above exhibit of liabilities is exclusive
of S1,701, lao loans of the firm, which are fully
secured by good collaterals. The excess OF
collaterals upon these loans has been estimated
and included in the assets. The firm expects
soon to submit a proposition for settlement
with its creditors, which it believes will be
acceptable to the latter, although it will of
course require time in the conversion of its
assets. .The city of Pittsburgh was thrown
into an immense state of excitement, the other
day, by the announcement that the Post
master, John H Stewart, had proved a de-
faulter to a large amount. He was bound
over in $50, 900. The defalcation amounts to
about $75, ZOO. The Government, it is said,
loses nothing.
A SERIOUS collision, resulting in the death
of three or four persons, occurred last week
on the New York Midland railroad. The acct
dent was occasioned by a freight conductor,
whose watch was too slow. Wouldn't it be
well for railway officials TO see to it that their
employees have correct t~ime-pieces? I'll is
reckless slaughter of human life solely because
an engineer or conductor happens to carry a
worthless watch is becoming monotonous....
An examination of the affairs of the Pitts
burgh Postofice shows that the office has
been conducted in a very loose and careless
manner THE bodies of Mrs. OrMara and
her daughter were found dead on the railway
Suspicion points to the horrible fact that they
we're murdered and placed there by Daniel
O,Mara, a son and brother of the deceased.
Charles ]. Riddle, one of the proprietors of
the Philadelphia Age, is dead.
The West.
A BA~LLooNIsT named John 81. Boley met his
death in a horrible manner at Wapello, Iowa,
last week. His hot-air balloon caught fire as
it left the ground, and carried him up. uncon-
scious of the flames above him, till at the
height of l 800 feet the ropes that supported
the car on which he was performing some gym
nastlc feats burned away, and he fell to the
ground. His body was frightfully mangled,
the fall driving his legs into the hard ground
up tc his knees. Isaiah Ditts has Just been
near Leayenworth, Kansas, for a muir
der committed near Cairo, ILL, seventeen years
ago.
sition is proving a grand success. Notwith-
standing the opening occurred at the very
height of the financial panic, the "send-off"
which it received exceeded the expectations of
it's projectors. The average daily attendance
for the first week was over 20, 600. The min
ing town of Fair Play, Col, has been almost
.otally destroyed by fire. REV. George
Randall, Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, New
Mexico and Wyoming, died recently in DEN
yer, aged So.
JOSEPH H. FORE, who has created two or
'hree sensations in st. Louis by attempts on
he life of his wife, and by killing his father
n-law, caused an unusual rumpus in the
Criminal Court in that city, the other day,
While on trial for a deadly assault u.on his
wife with a Ratchet. Fore seized a large cut
glass ink-stand from the table and hurled it at
lis wife with great force. The missile missed
Is mark and struck an attorney square in the
orehead, cutting an ugly cash, and nearly
knocking him senseless. Fore was immedi-
'tely seized by the Marshal and others, and,
.fter q struggle, during which nearly all his
lothes were torn OFF, he was taken from the
ourt-room and order restored. The fiue of
boiler in a saw-mill near Bridgeport, Mich.
elapsed the other day, killing an old man,
nd throwing a horse 800 feet. Notwithstand-
ng the horse was not seriously injured, the
larness was torn from its body. Three suits
ave been begun by the United States Gov
against defaulting Collector Harper,
f the Springfield (Ill.) District, and his Sc,
urities on the three bonds filed by them when
9 took the office. The sum claimed in each
nit is 800, 900.
The State of Illinois has just paid to the
ity of Chicago 800, 900, being the last of the
of the canal-indemnity fund. There
yet due the sum of 300, 900 for accrued in
rest, upon the payment of which the State
Ill run and control its canal free from debt
: liens The Indiana State Exposition, at
has proved a brilliant success.
Willie Nef, aged IA, was instantly killed
Chlllcothe, Ohio, the other day, by being
ruck in the stomach by the elbow of a lad
lth whom he was playing. IA dispatch from
ortland, oregon, says work on the Northern
scted that cars will be running to Tacoma
is autumn. The Union National CCool-
Bank, of Chicago, has gone into
ol9ntary Liquidation; and is paying all it's
Tho South.
REVENUE COLLECTOR WED1NER, of the Second
District of Alabama, is a de-
utter to the extent of 800, 600. The vel
W fever is spreading in the rural districts of
10 South.
The yellow fever is on the increase in Men,
lis. There were twenty-one deaths from the
sease on Thursday. IA New Orleans dis
Itch says "Dr. Burns telegraphs as fol-
VS. from Shreveport We arrived yesterday
ID held a meeting of physicians at night.
le disease is yellow fever, a true homuSas-
pentilence. Its origin is still obscure, and
character malignant. The deaths are be-
cen so and 60 per cent. About 400 deaths so
r. More than half the population have fled. |
'ery one is working braYely." :
PARKER, a farmer of Favette /
unity, KY, the other day quarreled with a E
y in his employ, discharged him, and then
lowed and shot the lad down in the high !
y, while begging for mercy. The miscreant !
,aped..:: Murfreesboro, Tenn, has just had =
&c., 600 blaze. !
l FIRE recently burned two squares and a !
Il of buildings in Brennan. Texas THE !
p%ulation of Shreveport, La, has been fear +
ly htinned out by the yellow fever pesti- c
zee. The town has been compelled, through I
Howard Association, to make an appeal !
aid The Times of the LIST says: eve no I
lger have funerals. The hearses, followed l
one or two carriages, dash through the 9
Gets like a section of artillery in a battle, c
king a position. A few more are durmmed
the collins put into the hearse, and driven 7
IDLY to the cemetery. This is the case even
n the most prominent citizens"
last rail on the Cairo, Arkansas and U
xas railroad has been laid, and through o
ms now run from Cairo to Texarkana, on T
eastern border of Texas. n
Washington. g
l WASHINGTON dispatch says: The Mixed y
on British and American claims. q
at Newport, r. L. made final awards