The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-04-29
NEWS oF4THE WEEK,
The East.


The East.
Judge Nelson and the scandal-case lawyers |
have signed petition to the New York Legis- |
lsture asking for special legislation which shall
give.the Supervisors Of Brooklyn power to fur
ther compensate the jurymen who have served |
over thirty days. !
The discovery of lead and silver at Salisbury, |
Mass, is reported. A sale has just been made
of portion of the Chapman lode, Newburyport, |
on the basis of valuation of 1000, 900 the
mine, -
Itis reported thaba well-known merchant of
New York. bachelor of 80, has given 81 1,00o,-
900 and signed will bequeathing the balance
of his estate, valued at $4,000, 900, except life
interest of S25O,O of estate to several rela-
tives, to endow College of Music in that
The Mn river region in Msssachusetts has
been the scene of another catastrophe, the
breaking of a dam having let loose flood
which carried with It disaster and DESTRUCTION
to the extent of 100000 worth of property
in the villages of Wrentham and Norfolk,
about 25 miles from Boston. No loss of life is
reported. f.
The centennial celebrations at Concord and
Lexington Of the frst. shots fired in the war of
American Independence took place on April 10, i
on whichoccasion the patriotism, of the old Bay!
State seems to have beer. aroused to the utmost
pitch. The day was ushered in with the firing
of cannon, and then followed civic and military
professions, orations, songs, etc. The Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United States,
members SofR the Gsbinet, United States Sena7
tors, members of C0rigrsssI lGeYernorsl Of
States, Judges, Generals, poets orators and
eminent men, of, the republic, lent their pres
ence to the, patriotic occasion, while mighty
crowds, only limited in size to their ability to
reach the historic scenes, Participated in the
memorable celebration. The extreme cold
weather had the effect to interfere somewhat
with the complete fulfllment of the contem-
plated order of procedure butneysrthe}ess
the Joint centennial was ssrnagnifcent sueoess-N
| Owing to inadequate railroad facilities at the
Concord and Lexington celebration, some 5000
people were forced toscamp out over night in
the latter places sleeping in barns, churches,
etc. All,-night long the road to Boston was
crowded with pedestrians.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters met
in New York last week, and transacted business
relative to insurance interests. The percentage
of losses the past year.has been greater than
any year since the great Chicago fire. $50
Wearied with the continued drudgery of re-
portorials work attending the =Beecher trial, DR..
Julius D mean, a reporter of the Brooklyn F'eie
Presse, took adose of opium last week, and is
now with the angels, it is hoped. He left let
ter stating that he was sick of the blasphemy
and perjury of the Beecher trial.
The West.
In thecase of John W. Wright for the forg-
cry of Indian bounty warrants, on trial at st.
Louis, the jury returned verdict of not
guilty.
John Welch gave himself up to the police in
East st. Louis last Friday, confessing to having
helped to fire the elevator of Rush & Co., at
Indianapolis, recently causing loss of S75,-
900. 20 .i--s-- si &
A very important arrest of counterfeiters and
capture of their tools and product was made at
BoscebeI Wis, last week T---
MISE E. Erwin, ahighly respectable young
widow, of Hannibal, No., the other day, tied a
-clot1es-line around herself and her little girl,
6 years old, fastened the other end to a stake in
! sthe ground, and then took the child in her
arms ana deliberately walked into Bear Greek.
Both were drowned.
; A'dispatch. from Fort Laramie says: EgCapt.
Mix's company, who were sent after the mining
, party at Harney,sPeak has secured the whole
| of them, consisting of sixteen men, one woman
and boy. n .T- U1TFF
The Sioux City party of miners IN the Black
: Hills was recently attacked by Indians and one
= man Killed. s'1''7ssz7-7S-
+ Advices, fropa- Kansas City, Me-, report that
800 to 1000 CheS Sennesare on the war path
3 Prof. Thompson, geologist arrived al
5 Omaha, few days ago, with specimens
. sof pure gold, taken from the placer diggings
on Douglas creek in. the Medicine Row
|. range, 80 miles from Laramie. Miners from
Idaho and California made $40 to $40 per day
there Valuable quartz was also found in the
vicinity.
: A telegram from st. Joseph, Mo-, says
4 s.sThe warrasdays have hatched and revealed
|, myriad of brasshoppers n-an the counties o
: Northwest Missouri. Considerable apprehen
e sion is felton, account of the fact. The hopt
g of the farmers is, that they may take wings
As is their habit and 1eavethe locality.of thei
J. Matching" - =
: The Supreme. Court of the State of Kansa
g l.iaye decided the act authorizing counties an
= . municipalities to issue bonds for the pdrchas
y of seed grain for destitute settlers to be uncon
A ,stitutional. 49,
~ A successful attempt was made few day
ago to wreck train on the st. Paul and Siou
v City railroad, near Mankato, Mimi. The engin
~ and half dozen stock cars were precipitate
" through a bridge into rayine below. Abot
% fifty head Of cattle were killed, but the pa
N sengers miraculously escaped.
r The Northern Pacific railroad haspassed int
rs the hands of receiver.
le s Exciting reports of sIndiaH outrages centinl
lie to come from. the frontier -Four soldiers h,
en- a fight with band of savages near Grenad
T. Kan, last week. Several of the latter we
Z sent to the happy hunting grounds. 49,
- THE Chicago Tribune publishes large nu1
ber of reports concerning crop prospects
q various parts of the West, from which it a
- pears that widespread damage has result
&c from the recent extremely cold weatht
90 Great injury has been done to winter whe,
or and other small grains sown early in t
he spring have suffered from heavy frosts a
to protracted cold. In many cases fields "
in be replewed and planted with corn, the &C
To age Of which promises to be unusually larl
ere From the fruit-growing regions the repo
is Indicate extensive disaster to the prospe
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