The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-11-04
age. Barley is 81 per cent. Of last Years ctor

age. Barley is 81 per cent of last years crop
and buckwheat not far from the average. :
The October report of the Department Of
Agriculture contains accounts from New Jern
sey, Wisconsin and Minnesota, showing large
decrease in the cranberry crop by, insects and
frost The rice crop Of the South is larger
than usual. The sugar cane crop promises
poor yield. The sorghum crop is represented
as generally fine. The hop crop is quite good.
The hemplcrop is very Sfneg The number Of
fatteniig cattle in the country is somewhat
greater than last year. i.svaq =,
/ The greatest loss by the Virginia City, fire
viii be the stoppage Of work, The, destroyed
machinery for crushing ore and separating
dross from The precious metal chnnot be re7
placed in less than four monthss : The gold
product will be lessened thereby 81, ,O00, 900
per month, and the silver product 81, ,500,00
per month 1udhsk 1ss5 yIiEvii9H
News has reached Boston that the crews of,
two vessels which left that city last summer
have been killed and eaten by canhibals In the
Scuth Pacific Ocean. According TO the story,
the Inflated vessels-the barls Jewess and
Della NJ. Long became becalmed inthe VI
cinity of the Auckland Islands, wereo boarded
at night by hordes of cannibals, who overli
powered the crews, plundered the ships scut-
tied them, carried the prisoners ashore and had
d big feast of them. 3dr .nu.Ils7-oa =
i2ciliHi 9lud Political. ciIlsG~ai' Il
The official vote of Ohio at the October elec-
tiOn tr1rp ad IN tha of fofa
shows the following results for Governor and
Lieutenaht-dovernorrii b Governor Hayes,
2s3s1sIG Allen, C2s2,264.9 Hayes majority,
:, 549.s tMeutenant- Governor Young, 297931 |;
Cary 2s7,S6s. Youpg's. majority, 9,s6S. ~ >.
/ -. Foreign. l. -''O q
The recent gale on the English coast proves
| to have been more destructive than first re-
ports indicated. Many vessels were wrecked,
and upward Of hundred lives lost. = ~
The London Times, in chronicling the fact
that a Manchester firm has begun to import
cslicoes from the, United States, says: :ttThe
! fact is significant, and, as importers say that
the goods are Of much better quality and apl
pearance than otirs,a Manchester, it appears,
has found competitor at last, but that must
depend upon the price,
Kaiser William, who has been .hobnobbing
with Victor Emanuel at Milan, Italy, has re-
turned to Berlin. ~ i'"iGl2 IE>
1t is again nrimored that Bismarck con-
templates retiring from Official life, in conse-
quence of ill-health.
The Marx Lane Express in review of the
grain trade, says, Of the European crop: THE
more we know Of the crop OF 1875, theil less sat-
isfaction it gives." IGi 'iieu4 2nf o. 90
| A new Ministry is to be formed in Spain, and
King Alfonsois to join the Northern army. So
says Madrid telegram .sycd alisI~ =.
The extent of the destruction ON land and sea
caused by the recent storms in England and
Scotland is even now but partially known,
though the latest advices tell fearful tale of
food and sbipwreck. The floods in Lincoln
county England, are the most destructive
known for years, the River Trent having over
flowedits banks, washing away the railroad at
that point and doing much other damage.
Nineteen-lives are known to have been lost by
the inundation at Nottingham and other towns
in the Valley Of the Trent, and it is feared that
the worst has not been told Over fifty lives
were lost on the Scottish coast. sE,ys.I
The Prince of Wales embarked at Suez on
the 26th of October and immediately sailed fol
| India ~, /. ~ ,,,..,..-,....f.r .,,
The Servian Parliament has passed, by vote
Of 81 to AZ, motion for war with Turkey. 81
I r. IAdyices from Madrid deny the, story of the
love affair and assassination in which the King
of Spain was represented as the principal actor.
T A council Of physieians has declared that
ECou1t Won Arnim is unable to bear the pro,
longed imprisonment to which he has been
sentenced.
Emperor William, in d speech to the German
Parliament the other day, said that Z. SO far las
human Judgment can discern, peace is more
assured than at any time during the twenty
years preceding the reconstruction Of the en-.
pre-" hi''9a'' .'-s ~ ~ as
A London paper, in an article on the cattle
plague, says the number of cases in England TO,
the quarter ending on the 18th of October was
as follows; InSomersetshire, SO, 900 Cheshire
5O,0O0;. Dsrsetshire, $4,000; Worcestershire
1900; Oxfordshire,5 $4,000; wafwickshire
$4,000; Norfolk, $1,000; Cumberland, 2S,Ooc
Throughout England and Wales there were fol
some time over 100000 cases. The none,
damage is estimated at 81, 600, ,OOO.' nH'',