The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-15
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1875.

The headquarters of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry have been removed from Washington
to Louisville, and the next meeting of the Ma
tional Grange will be held in that city on the
third Wednesday of November next.
Foreign.
Advices from Matamoras, Mexico report that
the notorious Gen. Cortina has been arrested
by the Mexican authorities and his police dis
banded. Cortina is Mayor of Matamoras, and
is the chief instgator of tho recent raids across
the Rio Grande into Texas. There was much
excitement over the arrest, and trouble was
anticipated.
A serious revolt of the peasants against the
mobiles in Transylvania, Austria, is reported.
Many persons have been killed, including two
Judges.
Two more heavy London failures are an
nounced, namely: Dacssta, Raalte & Co.,
liabilities $1,000, 900, and Kilburn, Kerhard &
Co., liabilities 50, 100000.
The British colony at the Cape of Good Hope
has annexed sundry Independent territories in
habited by $50, 600 Caffres.
Later advices from the United States of Col
ombia bring additional particulars of the de-
structive earthquake at Cucuta. The story of
the catastrophe is confirmed in all its horrible
details. A private letter from Salazar says
" The number of the dead is calculated at
three-quarters of the entire population. The
few families which are saved are now on the
outskirts of what was the city, living on what
they can procure, but they will soon be obliged
to retire, as the putriication of the dead will
not allow them to remain. 1t is heartrending
to see the wounded who can have no care, and
who cannot remain long alive in their present
condition. Four hundred mules were killed
in the streets, and, as there is no
one to remove them, the stencil is be-
coming frightful." Another letter
says that such was the violence of the shock
that not single house remained standing, and
monuments in the cemetery were thrown down
and many of them removed a considerable dis
tance from heir original site. In thirty
seconds the City of Cucuta was converted into
a mountain of ruins. The horrible blow re-
suited in the death Of more than 10000 per-
SONS, in addition to other thousands who were
seriously wounded and bruised. Great num-
bers of haciendas have been destroyed, and
hundreds of houses in the country overthrow1i,
leaving the people homeless and consigned to
poverty. Many of the trees were torn up by
the roots and small hills were opened like a
melon.
The American rifle team we're enthusiastically
| i,,P nj hono
ed by the city authorities.
A duel was fought the other day, in Belgium,
between two Partisan journalists, Rosaite, of lie
Presse, and Perevier, of lie Figaro, and the
after was wounded in the chest and arm.
Gambetta, the distinguished French states
challenge from Paul de Cassagnac, the noted
duelist.
The father of Don Carlos has been arrested
by the Spanish authorities.
The London Times of July summarizes the
military and political situation in Spain, and
gives gloomy view of the Alfonsist cause.
The Italian government has decided not to
participate in our Centennial on account of the
considerable expense necessary.
large crowd assembled at Hendon, En-
gland, last week, to witness the pigeon-shoot-
| ing match between A. II. Bogardus, of Illinois,
and George Rimmel, champion of England.
Bogardus won easily. Bogardus has challenged
all England to shoot against him.
The Suffrage Extension bill has been defeated
in the English House of Commons by vote OF
26S nays to 166 yeas.
Cassagnac, the Paris fighting editor has pub
lished letter, in which he threatens to kick
Gambetta on sight.
An international pigeon match e80O and the
championship of the world, has been arranged
to take place at London in August, between A.
II. Bogardus, the American champion, and Ed.
ward Thornton, of Yorkshire, England's cham.
pion-160 birds, Birmingham rules.
Cortina, the brigand chief of the Rio Grande
border, has been safely conveyed from Mata
moras on board a gun-boat, and is now on the
way to Vera Cruz.
Portions of Switzerland were recently visited
by a hailstorm Of unprecedented violence and
destructiyeness. Many persons we're killed
crops destroyed and valuable property dam
aged.
foundations and oyerfowing of the rivers o.
France continue to be reported, and railwa!
traffic is interrupted, with occasional loss O.
life.
The London Standard decries immigration
to the United States. 1t believes that Ameri
cans still covet Canada, and concludes the ar
ticle in these words: 1--WE wish Canadians Il
understand that England regards them a
Englishmen, and would fight for Canada as TO
Kent. A suggestion to abandon Canada woul'
overthrow the strongest ministry England ha
ever known.