The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-06-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
The East.

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Recent cenflagrations Taylor's Block, al
Worcester, Mass, loss S263,00O, insurance
5125,OOO; at st. Johns, N. B., st. Luke's
Church and sixty-eight houses and shops, with
loss of $3.50, COO, and 14O families rendered
homeless the Riverside Nail and Plate
Mill, at Wheeling, W. Va, involving loss OF
575,OOO.
A monster expedition is organizing in Phila-
delphia for the Black Hills. 1t Is said that
10, 900 men are enrolled.
II. G. Cameron, of the University crew OF
Trinity College, was drowned near Hartford,
Conn.,, last week, while practicinS in shell,
in company with S. d. Hooker, the Captain of
the crew, and II. NJ. Sherman, also of the crew.
The shell was capsized by the wash of a passing
/ steamer.
An attempt was made last week to rob the
National Mohawie Bank, at Great Darlington,
Mass. Several masked burglars entered the
home of F. N. Deland, the Cashier, and having
gagged and handcufTed him. compelled him to
go with them to the bank, where they tried to
get him to open the vault Being unsuccessful,
they took revenge by robbing Deland's house
of all its valuables. and then decamped.
Springfield, Mass, was recently visited by
the most destructive fire it ever had, which de-
stroyed nearly forty buildings, including a
number of business blocks, and causing total
loss of at least $780, 900. A high wind pre-
vailed, and at one time the whole business sec
ton of the city was seriously threatened, but
the fire department, with the assistance OF
Chicopee, Hofyoke, Westfeld and Hartford,
succeeded in getting the flames under control.
Extensive forest fires have been raging during
the week in Delaware and Sullivan counties. N.
j., and doing an immense amount of damage.
Near Manayunk Valley a. lumber mill and 300,-
900 feet of lumber were destroyed. One or two
lives have been lost, and several men badly
burned in ighting the flames.
Under the instructions of the Judge the jury
in the suit of Mr. Herber, on trial in New York
to recover $40, 900 from Gen. Butler, said to be
due for legal services, gave verdict for the
General.
The Masonic fraternity had a grand day il
New York Oh the Inauguration of the magnifi
cent new Masonic Temple recently completed
in that city. Thousands of Knights Templal
and other Masonic bodies moved through the
principal streets i'll imposing numbers and ap
pearance.
The Beecher trial has passed its one hun
dredth day.
DR.. J. H. Eccleston, of Philadelphia, ha:
been elected Episcopal Bishop of Iowa.
The, West.
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ported to be on the war-path. Settlers in Kan
sas are fleeing from their homes.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compan.
has vacated the Exposition building at Chicago
which it had been using for depot purposes fol
some time past, and established a temporar!
depot in postal-car, located on side-tracl
laid by stealth upon city property. 1t is evi
IDENTIFY the purpose of the company to Obtain
depot grounds by hook or by crook, and thu
city will probably have a good deal of trouble
on account of it.
Three brothers named Thomas, Elisha ant
Hood Cravens, living near Liberty, Mo-, quar-
relied over division of land recently, wheI
Elisha drew revolver and fired, instantly kill
ing Thomas, and slightly womding Hood.
Kansas City special says that Durkee AM
Cout extensive farmers, near North Scott
Kan., have recently examined by dissection
large number of grasshoppers, and found tina
three-fourths of them contained well-develope
live maggots, which, they are confident, vii
soon exterminate the pests in this country. Il
further proof of the existence of this maggot
they say a large pile of grasshoppers whicl
they have killed were almost Immediately aliv
with maggots.
!, A destructive wind and rain storm passe
over portions of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky
last week, deing great damage. Many build
ings were blown down, and railroads and cul
verts washed away. The roof of school hous
at Lafayette, Ind, was torn off, and sewers
school children were seriously hurt. At Fort
vile, Ind. a railroad bridge was washed away
and train ditched, killing the engineer an
fireman, and fatally injuring brakeman.
The investiture of Bishop Henni with til
: full dignities of Roman Catholic Archbishop
, and the comforting of the pallium by the Pope
, special envoy, was celebrated with impressiv
ceremonies and solemnities at Milwaukee o
Thursday last, and was an event of uncommo
interest to the Catholics of the Northwest.
The grasshoppers have invaded the Blac
Hills country in great numbers.
Lieut-Gen. P. H. Sheridan was married las
week in Chicago to Miss Irene Rucker, daughte
: of Bvt. Ma. Gen. L. II. Rucker, of Sheridan
, staff.
The South.