The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
ONE of the hi yhest Spanish officials in
this country has stated that Minister
Cushing recently asked the Madrid gov
ernment, unoficially, whether it would
receive an offer to sell the island of Cuba.
The Madrid government replied that
such an offer would be deemed an insult.
The source of this information is entirely
trustworthy.
AT the recent Tramp Convention in
Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Hibbard, of
Richmond, Indiana, made a lengthy ad-
dress, stating that statistics gathered by
him showed that there were fully sixty
thousand tramps in the United States at
the present time, and that fully million
dollars was expended upon them by the
public authorities during the last year.
He recommended some method by which
they could be forced to earn livelihood
by honest labor.
THERE are enrolled in the public
schools of the United States 5000, 900
children. In the last fiscal year the av-
erage daily attendance was $500, 900.
Thirty-seyen States and eleven Terrific
ries report an increase in the public
school income of 81 ,232, 600, and in at
tendance of children $4,000. The total
sum raised during the year by taxation
was $82, 100000 and the cost of public
education was about $74, 100000.
The Texans are in some things quite
original, and in nothing more so than in
matters of education. They have hit
upon plan regulating the pay of teach.
ers that may stimulate the pedagogues
to extra efforts to please their patrons,
though it looks as if it might result in
the total neglect of schools in sparsely
settled districts. A bill has Just passed
the Legislature fixing the remuneration
of the common school teachers of that
State at ten cents per day for each pupil
in actual attendance.
BENJAMIN P. AVERY, Minister of the
United States in China, is reported to
have died at his residence in Pekin, but
without further particulars. He was a
New York boy, went to California in
1S49, and was for years connected with
the California press. He founded the
Maryville appeal in 1860, subsequently,
became editor of the San Francisco Bul
tetin, and was editor of the Ouerland
Monthly when appointed Minister tc
China about a year ago. His age wa:
forty-six years.
The cities of st. Paul and Minneapo
liz, Minnesota, have counted noses and
find that the former hasa population o.
33,2S7 and the latter 32,720. As the
latter is gaining, union of the two
northern cities is proposed, under tn.
name of Minneapolis euphoniou.
combination of Greek and Sioux. Thi,
will tend to gather the joint municipal
ity around that enormous water-power
the Falls of st. Anthony, and as tn,
city limits are now only two miles and :
half apart, the project looks feasibl,
enough.
Col. RosADA, who commanded tn,
last expedition to Cuba, in the steame
Uruguay, has made report to the Asso
citation of the Independence de Cuba
The vessel, he says, was wholly unfit 70
service, and could attain little over fiv
miles an hour. The supply of coal wa
insufficient, and provisions shert Whel
they reached Cuba nine men wer
landed to recon noiter, but the place wa
so dangerous to vessels it was impossibl
to land any part of the cargo or an,
soldiers. Meanwhile the Spanish author
tiles had been informed, and they had t
make the utmost speed to Jamaica. TIL
arms furnished were of an inferior qua
ity. He blamed the agents for negl
gence in fitting out the vessel.
THERE have been sixteen Vice-Pres
dents of the United States chosen by tn
people. Four of these have died
ottice-George Clinton, of New Yorl
April 20, 1872, having served a littl
more than seven years; Elbridge Gerr,
of Massachusetts,, November %, 1s1.
having served year and half; Wu
r. King, of Alabama, April IS, 1876
about six weeks after the inauguration
having been too i'll to take his seat an
Henry Wilson. Only one Vice-Pres
dent, John G. Calhoun, ever resigne
Three, Tyler, Fillmore and Johnso
were called to fill vacancies in the Pre-
idential chair, occasioned by the deaf
of Presidents Harrison, Taylor and Ii
coin.
CHANCELLOR BRUCE, ofLouisville, b
delivered an opinion in the case of Il
Loretto Literary and Benevolent Ins
tute and Others against Harry L. Po
and others, giving Judgment agair
Pope for 2,170, and against his suret
for $4,000. This action grew out of t
robbery of the old Louisville Mechani
Bank, of which Pope was cashier, a
which occurred in 1870. Plaintiffs b
a large sum of money deposited at I
bank, and sued Pope and his sureties
the amount. The petition was once
missed, but the Court of Appeals
versed this decision, and Chancel
Bruce has also reversed his first decis
on the ground that the robbery occur
through the negligence of the cashier
AT Oconto, Wisconsin, recently,
livery-stable keeper owned horse
had owned for twenty years, and VIII
had served him faithfully. He deci,
that the old horse should have an
traordinary burial, and procured, at
expense of sixty dollars on aIeoan+