The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-06
NEWs suMMARY.
WaehInzton.

Pe- euncS lor Instances over one thousand
miles. The amended bill also provides that
transient newspapers and magazines shall
pay postage for any distance at the rate of
one cent for every three ounces, n one
cent for each two ounces, or fractional part
Of two ounces additional.
fisherman has been at Washing
n In consultation with Secretary Taft, aud
as q result Of this visit, the latter will prob
ably return shortly with the army head
quarters to Washington.
First Lieutenant Robert G. Carter, of the
Fourth Cavalry, recently testified before
the Congressional Investigating Committee
that General Reynolds sent to General Me-
kenzie about fifty thousand or seventy-fve
Thousand bushels of corn, Bought from Ad-
ans q Mieks, contractors at San Antonia,
but General Mckenzie, who was commander
OF the post, refused to receive it, on the
ground that it was not ft for issue and too
high in price. General Reynolds ordered
him again to take it, when Mckenzie again
refused, and had an inspection Of the grain.
1t was found to be weevileaten and musty,
and therefore unfit for issue. After Nc
Kennels second protest, Reynolds made a
peremptory order, and the former was
obliged to take the grain. Mckenzie repre-
sented that Adams & Wicks were bad mem;
that they we're monopolizing the contracts
OF the department, and that other contract
ors offered to furnish good corn for fifteen
or twenty cents q bushel less. The result
was that Reynolds preferred charges to Gen.
eral Halleck sgainst Mckenzie for willful
and obstinate disobedience of orders, buthe
was never tried. The witness said that the
damaged corn lay around the post for a
long time, and was finally wasted, because
the horses would not eat it.
Ciymer's Committee, in their investigation
on March 81, overlook a very interesting
witness named C. s. Bell, who testified that
he was employed to steal and destroy Gov
eminent evidence. Becoming convinced of
Bsbcock's guilt he threw up his case, re-
ported to the President and was discharged.
This story is emphatically denied by Bah
cock and the others implicated.
The South.
Governor kellogg has addressed an order
10 the District Attorney at Baton Rouge to
take prompt proceedings in the courts in re-
lation to the recent trouble there.
A special to the Galveston Nescs from San
Marcos, Texas, dated the 2Sth, says: The
Austin stage was robbed in San Marcos Bot
tom, about three miles from the town, yes
ferday evening, BY two masked men. The
robbers attacked the stage about four O'Clock,
and compelled the driver to quit the road
and drive into the woods, where the pas
sengers, eight in number, we're made to give
up their money aud watches. After robbing
the passengers, the robbers proceeded to
rife the mail. They permitted one passen-
ger to retain his watch, because he claimed
that it was a family relic. For some dis
lance this side on the road, slips of white
cloth were tied to the bushes, indicating
that it might have been 8 signal to confeder-
ates on the stage. The xobbers took two of
the stage horses, cut the telegraph wire and
left
Fire Record
The Second Presbyterian Church of De-
troit, Mich, was burned atsix o'clock a few
mornings ago. It was the finest church
ediice in the city. II was insured for
$4,000, and as its stone walls M tower are
standing, this viii substantially cover the
loss. Quite a number of books, owned by
Rev. Hhbur 7. Pierson, its pastor, and many
Of his professional memoranda, were de-
stroyed. The church was beautifully fin
ished, and in it the Presbyterian General
Assembly met a few years ago. The con-
gregation is considered the wealthiest in the
city, and numbers among its members Zach
ariah Chandler and james +. Joy.
The extensive boot factory of Clafin,
Coburn 4 Co., at Hopkinton, Mass, has
been consumed by FIRE. Loss 100000.
General.
j. @. A. Sargent, of Manchester, New
H~amsphire, coatradicts the published state
ment that he paid ex-Secretarv Belknap
twelve thousand dollars to obtain contracts.
He p%ronounces the story as unauali6edly
false.
Mr.. Rysdick's famous stallion, Hambleton,
died at Chester, New York, recently, aged
about twenty-eight years. He was the sire
Of the most noted and valuable ~trotting stock
in the country.
The Massey Dam Pond Dam, near Clinton,
Massachusetts,, gave way on March 20, and
two hundred thousand dollars will scarcely
cover the damages The summary of build
ings destroyed includes the Clinton Tannery,
the Fulleryiile Company's factory, the comb
factory, and four other buildings. The
principal losses were at Fullerville, which is
now 3 complete ruin, where there was a
thriving manufacturing settlement The
company occupied five buildings, hardly a
vestige of which now remains.
Governor James G.. Smith, of Rhode
Island, died March 26 at Providence.
Il is now alleged that B. P. Rogers, the
absconding receiving teller of the Fulton
Bank, of Brooklyn, New York, defrauded
that institution out OF $4,000. Detectives
are said to have traced Rogers to Knoxville,
Tennessee.
Counterfeit fves on the Merchants Ma
tional Bank of New Bedford, Massachusetts,,
are still being showed ia circulation, and a
few nights since one of them was passed at
the Philadelphia post-ofice. The operator
purchased fifty cents worth Of stamps, and
received four dollars and a half in good
money.
March %, the steamer Labrador arrived at
Philadelphia from France, bringing a cargo
composed entirely OF works of art for the
French department of the Centennial Expo
sition. The Labrador is probably the
largest vessel that ever entered that port.
The steamer Donati, from Rio de Janeiro,
bringing goods for exhibition in the Bra
lillian department also arrived on the same
day.
Secretary Bristow has demanded an inves-
tigation in regard to charges in the Gin
cinnsti Enquirer of a man named Reeves,
who accused him of taking hogs as a bride
in a crooked whisky case before a Ken
lucky court. The grand jury will investi-
gate the case.
Three Republican Conventions met in
session on March 2e-Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Vermont. In Ohio, delegates and
electors at large were elected to the National
Convention; Milton NJ. Barnes, of Guernsey,
was nominated for Secretary of State, and