The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington.


The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr..
and in the House by Mr.. Piper,
amendatory Of the silver coinage laws, pro-
gides for the coinage Of a new silver dollar,
equal in weight and value to two Of the
silver half dollars, and proposes to
make it q legal tender for amounts not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars. The bill abolishes
the existing legal tender provision regarding
trade dollars. It also provides that silver
half-dollars shall be q legal tender for
amounts not exceeding ten dollars, and that
the government shall replace without loss to
the holder all ahraded silver coins. The
new silver dollar is to be coined on govern
ment account only.
The West.
The following dispatch from General Sher-
idan has been received at General Sher-
mans headquarters in Saint Louis; The
small band Of citizens of Montana who set
tied upon the North Branch of the Yellow
stone. opposite the mouth Of the Big Horn,
at a point known as Fort Pease, have been
attacked by the Sioux Indians. All but
fourteen have abandoned the Fort The
latter are besieged. General Terry has or
ed Colonel Brisbin, commanding at Fort
Ellis. to 20 without delay to their relief.
One man has been killed and w wounded.
Fort Pease is distant from Fort Ellis about
one hundred and eighty miles.
The South.
Al New Orleans, the other night, a gang
Of cotton thieves attempted to plumber the
cargo OF the ship Indiana, loading at the
wharf. They entered the hold of the ship
with empty sacks and an iron tie cutter.
They opened FIVE bales of cotton and re-
moved some twenty sacks to the levee, when
a sailor named Sidney Tarbox awoke and
gave the alarm. The thieves fred, killing
Tarbox instantly and then escaped, firing sew
eral shots at the boat to deter pursuit No
police were present and there were M ar
rests. Tarbox was a native Of Bath, Maine,
aged t~wentyfour.
In the Louisiana House of Representa-
tives, on February rs, Mr.. Kidd, of jackson
Parish, offered the following:
move that . COMMITTEES of seven be appointed
by the Speaker to investigate what charges, If any,
tnere arc ssalnsa W. Aenoss !. aa-,v -
nls,,..hls
Mr.. Matthews raised the point of order
that this was an order of the House, not a
motion, and could not be adopted without
a suspension Of the rules. The Speaker
overruied the point Of order. Several Re
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for Tseut.nant Governor Davis fled a plea
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The steamboat Mary Lowry. from Re
P;var for Nav Orleans with th;rteen bu,
dred bales Of cotton and other freight. too
FIRE at Carrolton. Louisiana. FEBRUARY .
and burned 70 The varer,s edge. A sma
nort;o, ~ The cargo was thrown overhoa,
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