The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


A fire at Montpelier, Vt, last week, destroyed
S114, 900 worth of property.
The United States Hotel at Saratoga, N. Y,
has been sold under foreclosure for $3.50, 900.
Miss Ida Greeley, eldest daughter of the late
Horace Greeley, was married in New York
city, last week, to Col. Nicholas Smith, late of
the army.
Boston has been raised to the dignity of a
metropolitan see in the Catholic Church, and
the title of Archbishop conferred upon Bishop
Williams, of that city. Tho ceremonies were
participated in by Cardinal McCloskey and the
Papal embassy.
-Four children were drowned in East river,
opposite New York, last week. by the capsizing
of scow.
A suit has been brought against the city of
Boston by the assignees in bankruptcy of the
estate of Mr.. Armstrong, whose store was
blown up to prevent the spread of the great
fire, to recover $4,000, the value of his stock
and unexpired lease. No one has been found
to acknowledge the responsibility for blowing
up the premises.
At an election of officers of the New York
Chamber of Commerce recently the ticket
headed by Hon. George Opdyke WAS defeated,
s. D. Babcock receiving 167 votes to 109 for
Opdyke. Tho annual dinner took place in the
evening, at which Hon. Fernando Wood made
the principal speech upon the future of the
metropolis. He spoke of the necessity for
cheap transportation, increased terminal IA
cilities, low tolls, quick transit and diminished
taxation.
The West.
A number Of fishing smacks we're wrecked
on the east shore of Lake Michigan, near st.
Joseph, during the gale of the 29th ult., and
several lives we're lost.
The Chicago Times prints extensive reports
as to the condition of the wheat crop in In
diana and Ohio. As whole the prospect is
the reverse of encouraging. The extreme cold
weather and the long-continued drought have
injured both the spring and winter wheat con-
siderably, and short crop-probably not more
than one-half the usual quantity-is expected.
In few localities farmers hope to harvest an
average crop.
The embryonic grasshopper is having seri-
GUS time in Minnesota. Numerous reports are
received going to show that the severe winter,
though bearing hard on the sufferers from last
years devastations of'the pest, has at the same
time proved a great blessing in that it has SO
frozen up the myriads of eggs deposited by
the insects that the power to germinate has
been lost.
A killing frost visited various parts of the
Northwest on the I'd inst, doing considerable
damage to the wheat, and in some places en-
trely killing the fruit buds.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, was visited by $50, 1000
confagration last week.
Two of the robbers implicated in the robbery
of the train at Gads Hill, Mo-, last fall, have
been arrested. The ringleader escaped.
The concern started some weeks ago in In
dianapolis for the purpose of furnishing
ready-printed paper to weekly newspapers, and
known as the Indiana Newspaper Union, has
suspended.
John S. Coulter, an old Leavenworth (Kansas)
printer, recently committed suicide by taking
laudanum. He was Treasurer of the Typo
graphical Union, and for failure to properly
account for the moneys in his possession, was
expelled from the order, which SO preyed upon
his mind that he concluded to end his troubles
in death.
At game of base ball in st. Louis, ON Thurs
day last, between the White Stockings, of Chi
cago, and the St. Louis club, the latter won by
a score of 10 too.
During last winter anotorious woman, named
Mollie Prescott, of St. Louis, hired the Temple
Hall, to deliver lecture on the "Social Evil. ~
The owner of the hall, discovering her charac-
ter, refused the use of the premises, and re-
funded the rent money. The woman brought
suit for 1000, and last week the court award
cd her SO and costs.