The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-11-04
NEWS oFTHEWEEK
The East.

"."S ~ stS ~ S.sNs
The East.
The District Attorney of Brooklyn has en-
tered n ole proseqtis in all the suits growing
out Of the Beecher7 7Tilton scandal, and there, is
little probability that the great, scandal will
ever come prominently before the public again.
Damaging evidence has been discovered
againstLa Page, the French Canadian arrested
at Pembroke, N. II, for the horrible murder Of
Miss Josie Longmaid. aud iHOdg nsu
i',A sad fate befell Mr. and Mrs. Murray D
nevly-married couple, at Cheshire, iot,l the
other day. Tie house in which they had taken
rooms was destroyed by fire, and they persisted
In the names Fld 10 Eif1g3 sdf gniiisu q.
A shocking domestic tragedy is reported from
Mercer, Me. Greenleaf Tracy murdered the
divorced wife of Hiram Walton. who was living
with Tracy, but who had been pardoned and
returned to Walton, BY shooting her with
shot gun. He then fled to the woods and took
'liis own life. Cause Jealousy. - Il a zl'i'' Q
W. T. Henderson, until recently business
manager and Treasurer Of the Hartford {Ct.)
'Epening Post, has been discovered to be a
defaulter to the concern to the amount Of
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The large dry goods house of Morgan Bros,
in Montreal, was entered by burglars, q few
nights ago, and robbed Of $4,000 worth of
goods .,.4.r, s .;i-,o7 Il, ,-,,r.l,..,.,.
A disease similar to the, epizootic. Is making
sad havoc with the cattle of several counties
on the Pennsylvania side Of the Delaware
river. 7''-'' '''-'''i.. '''i'i.l ''''''''. %
a member Of the Order Of United Irish
men has been tried by court-martia Of his
fellows, at New York, for betrasing the secrets
of the order, and sentenced to die the death OF
traitor. l'os SsTi 90 q i!id nEtg91l r
John Dolan, who iwas arrested at New York.
about two weeks ago, ion suspicion of murder
ing Mr.. James H. Noe in his store last summer,
has Just been tried, convicted of murder in the
first degree, and sentenced to death. The evi-;
dence was purely cireumstantial but very
strong. .,-...,..... - - q.
.; William Thompson and William Ellis, both
colored, have been sentenced to death at New
York. for the murder Of Abram welsburg, Jew
peddler, near that city, in September last.
fine West.
Elmer Washburn, Chief of the United Sta tes
Detective Service Bureau, has succeeded in
breaking up formidable band of counterfeit
ers whose Headquarters were at Gentralia, Ill.
Six boxes Of the queer were unearthed in the
woods near Centralia aggregating some $780,
900 in ffty-cent fractional currency and IS ma
t;a,o1 h.,I- ,,atos a,,d q. nm =, al
bank notes. The IS notes were on the Traders
National Bank of Chicago, First National Banks
of Peru and Aurora, and the Paxton and Canton
National Banks, of Illinois. Several of the
counterfeiters were arrested. They had been
living quiet life in Centralis, having excited
no attention or suspicion from the citizens.
A. Chicago paper states tina. there are five
theaters in that city, but notes the fact some
what discreditable to the dramatic tastes of the
community, that atbut two Of them is the legiti-
mate drama played, all the other amusement
caterers. having found it more profitable to
pander to the tastes Of the low and uneducated
classes. The two exceptions noted are those of
Mcvicker's Theater and Col. Woods Museum
The performances at these places are eminent
ly, respectable and are patronized almost
wholly by the better classes. 81 - S1!-' + o.,
The biggest blow which the whisky ring has
received was struck, the otherday, at st. Louis,
in the conviction of Col. John A. Joyce, late
Revenue Agent, upon an Indictment for frauds
in the Revenue Department. The verdict fell
upon Joyce and his friends like a, a,thunderbolt
and has caused the utmost CONSERVATION
among the members of the ring all over the
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g In a quarrel, near Clearwater, Wright county,
Mimi, last week. Nathan Laughton shot and
instantly killed his brother Orrin.
Six persons, all colored, were drowned at st.
Louis, a few days ago, by the capsizing of q
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The St. Louis Journal, of recent date, says
that the great bridge across the Mississippi at
that place, from which the people expected 80
much in breaking down oppressive monopolies,
is not only grinding monopoly itself, but is in
league with other great monopolies for oppres-
sing the people, Recently the Bridge Company
refused to give permission to the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Company to cross the bridge
with their wires. The telegraph company, how
| ever, believing themselves right, laid their
wires, which were torn down by the bridge mo-
nopolists, and the journal thinks the Bridge
Company is working in the interests of the
Western Union Telegraph Company to prevent
cheaper telegraph rates. p
| Virginia City, New, has been visited by o
most disastrous confagration, which laid waste
large portion of the most important part OF
the city. The fire began at daylightion the
morning of Oct. 26, in private dwelling on
street. and in very short time extended to {
street, destroying the county building, the In
ternational Hotel, and several other prominent
structures in its course, and soon the whole
business. portion of C street, from the Ode
Fellows building north was mass of flames
with no % adequate means at hand fol
checking the fire. The offices of the
Territorial Eate1priSe, the Euening Chron
acle and the FoetligM were, totally de
stroyed. From. C street the fire spread across
to Piper's Opera-House and the ADJOINING
buildings on d street to the railroad depot anl
the Consolidated Virginia mine. The depo
succumbed, and in few minutes the hoistint
works of the Consolidated Virginia, togethe
with the large 60-stamp mill and the stamp de
partment of the California mine were destroyed
The Ophir mine works, which had just beel
completed, were the finest on the Comstocl
lode, and were totally destroyed. Both tn
Ophir and the Consolidated Virginia shaft
we're bulkheaded, so that the fire was KEEP
out of the mines. 10 The fire continued t
rage during the entire morning, all efforts t.
stop its course proving futile. There was
poor supply of water, and the fre-engine
seemed to have no effect on the driving element
, Street after street was swept away, and FAM
lies renderel houseless, huddled in the streets
shivering with cold and terror. Houses on e1
cry side of the burning district were blown u
s with giant powder, the authorities hoping
arrest the flames in this manner, but pier
ing October wind. what they call in that COUNT
J ''a washoe zephyr, was blowing, and fanin
| embers were carried rods away, lighting on Il
2 hnuses which -badsnnf-sireadv heen aftacke,