The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-20
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1875.

purpose, and such of the Posmasters as have
not already made their application for increased
pay will be without it.
The Comptroller of the Currency has called
upon the national banks for report of their
condition ON the 1st inst.
The Secretary of the Treasury, with view to
etrenchment in his department, has very prop
erly set on foot an investigation as to the pro-
priety of aboishing some of the many interior
ports of delivery which are source of consid-
cradle expense to the government without COM
pensating revenue.
Douglass states that the Internal Revenue re-
ceipts for the fiscal year will certainly exceed
his estimates. He had estimated the receipts
at $1O5, ,OOO, 900. They will certainly reach
s1O7 7OOO 900, and probably s112, 100000.
The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia
has indicted Bill King for perjury.
The Washington Republican intimates that
Secretary Fish will retire from the Cabinet at
the end of the fiscal year.
The Attorney General, in reference to an in
quiry from the Secretary of War, gives his
opinion that enrolment before the proclama-
ton and orders mentioned in the act of April
%, 1872, does not preclude claim for bounty
where a company or regiment was mustered
into the military service of the United States
prior to July o. 1861, under said proclamation
and order.
A. c. Buell., the newspaper correspondent,
has again been indicted by the district grand
jury for ibeling ex-senator Chandler.
The South.
At Paris, KY, on Saturday Of last week,
Jacob Almond, aged so, quarreled with his SON.
in-law, named Allen, aged 65, and knocked the
latter down. Allen arose and plunged knife
into Almond, disemboweling him. The latter
died instantly.
Col. Richard II. Gaines, leading New Or
leans merchant, recently shot and killed D. r.
Winn, a prominent hotel-keeper at Hope,
Hampstead county, Ark.
The Southern Memorial Association has
adopted resolution that all the soldiers of
the Federal and Confederate armies be cordially
invited to join the Memorial Association in
decorating graves at Arlington on the LIST of
June"
u uI6 ~ mhLSuh1, 1cAdoJ ld5t mOCh1 ucpIlOyOl
property valued at $4,000.
Gems. Hatch and Davis, of the United States
army, have returned to New Orleans from the
Rio Grande. They report that the raids are
becoming more bold and frequent. Murders Of
Americans and friendly Mexicans are con-
stantly occurring. The civil authorities ON this
side are under the control of Mexicans and
prevent the United States troops from making
arrests. Unless summary measures are taken
by the United States troops, they think the
| counties between the Rio Grande and Nueces
will soon be in the hands of Mexican outlaws.
General
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad continues
its liberal policy of furnishing the public will
cheap passenger and freight rates. 1t has just
reduced the fare from Chicago to Pittsburgh
to 81.
The National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at its recent meeting il
Chicago elected the following officers for tn,
ensuing year: Commander-in-Chief Conrad,
Hartranft, of Pennsylvania; Senior Vice -Grant
Commander-in- Chief, Comrade Reynolds, O.
Illinois; Junior Vice-Grand Commander, Com
rade Buckbee, Of Connecticut; Surgeon-Gen
eral, Comrade Foy, of Massachusetts,; Chaplain
| in-Chief, Myron W. Reed, of Wisconsin. Tht
election for National Council of Administra
ton resulted as follows: