The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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and the President On the occasion of Mr..
BristoB's resignation, has not been given to
to the press for publication. The formal
reply of the President to the Secretary's
letter was written June 10. The correspond
ence, it is understood, is brief, but contains
the usual formal expressions in CON-
munications Of this character. Mr..
Bristow saying in his letter that
he hereby rendered his resignation, to take
effect on.the Goth of june, and thanking
the President for the honor of the appoint
ment that he had conferred upon him, and
also stating his desire to give attention to
his private affairs. The President accepted
the resignation with the expression of a
hope that in his retirement from public
Office the Secretary win find that rest which
he could not have in his present position,
and desiring thai the personal relations be-
tween them shall remain in their present
pleasant attitude.
The President, on June 20, rendered to
Lot NJ. Morrill,, Senator from Maine, the
S~ecretaryship of the Treasury. Senator
Morrill, asked for two days to consider.
The last official act Of Secretary Bristow
was the awarding, under the aet-of Congress
of June 20, 1874, of three life-saying medals
Of the frst-class, to three brothers, named
Hubbard, residing at Marblehead, Ohio, who,
on the list of Nav, 1875, at the great peril of
their own lives, rescued two men from the
main top-most rigging of the schooner
Consuelo, which, in a terrible gale had sunk
off Marblehead, in Lake Erie. The action
of the Hubbards is one Of the most heroic
on record.
An order has been issued by the Secretary
Of War, relieving General Schofeld from
the command of the Military Division of the
Pacific, and assigning him to the command
of the West PointMilitary Academy, %reliev-
ing Colonel Ruger. General Mcdowell viii
take command of the Military Division Of
the Pacific. The Division of the South viii
be discontinued. The Department of the
South will be under the command of Colonel
Ruger.
The President has nominated William P.
Hopper, Of New York, to be Secretary of
the Legation at London; James Day. Of
New Jersey, Second Secretary, and George
P. Fisher, United States Attorney for
Delaware.
Mr.. Blsine'sphysician, in consideration of
his exhausted physical condition, has pre-
scribed absolute restfor several weeks.
Judge Burnham, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, on June % rendered his resigna-
ton, to take effect on the first of July.
The substitute reported from the Senate
Finance Committee for the so-called "Ran-
dali Silver Bill, p passed by the House on the
18th inst, consists of the first two sections
Of the Finance Committees pending bill,
and the last two of the House bill. In brief,
it provides for the coinage of silver dollars,
402 $40 grains Of silver, and for issuing
them and subsidiary coins in exchange for
an equal amount of United States notes, to
be permanently retired. The silver bullion
needed for this purpose is to be purchased
in amounts not exceeding one million dol
lars at a time, at market rates, and, finally,
the legal-tender power Of the trade dollar is
abolished.
A dispatch from Virginia City reports
that a fire broke out there lately, destroying
the Globe Hotel and twenty-five dwellings.
Two or three lives we're lost No mining
property was damaged, although Hale &
Norcross' works were in great danger for a
time. Loss $4,000.
The Bay Sugar Refinery, a seven-story
building at the corner of Battery and Union
streets, San Francisco has been destroyed
by FIRE. Loss, three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Insured for two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars. It was
owned by an incorporated company, Her
man Lessee, President. Refining capacity,
twelve thousand tons, annually.
Political.
E. II. Rollins, Republican, has been
elected United States Senator by the New
Hampshire Legislature. In the House the
vote stood: Rollins, two hundred; J. G.
Sinclair, one hundred and seventy scatter.
ing, five. In the Senate the vote was: Rol-
Inns, eight; Sinclair, three.
The Vest.
The Grow and Snake allies having Joined
Gen. Crook on Goose Greek, the command
marched on the 18th Of June, expecting to
strike the combined Sioux under Sitting
Bull and Crazy Horse inside OF -four days.
The Crows report having seen q large Sioux
village on the Tenane River.
General Sheridan arrived from Fort Lara
mic, and left for the East June 90. The
Fifth Cavalry, at Fort Laramie, were ordered
to move northward along the Powder River
rail and cooperate with General Crook,
more particularly in interpreting Indians
coming southwark. Col. Stanton joins this
command.
The government saEmills at Fort Russell
have been totally destroyed by fire. The
engineer, named knight, was burned to
death.
The following has been received at the
department headquarters at Omaha, from
Captain Nicholson, Aid to General Crook,
dated Camp, South Fork Tongue River,
June 10, via F~etterman, June %: 1--WE had
a sharp fight on Rosebud Greek on the morn.
ing of the 18th inst, lasting several hours.
Our loss is nine men killed and twenty-one
wounded. Captain Henry, of the Third
Cavalry, was the only officer hurt. He is
severely wounded in the face. We won the
fight and camped on the field. The Indians
made the attack, and had a force they ne
doubt believed sufficient to whip this com.
manu-. ApA1faeo uAcpdtch STATES tnab zen.
era Crook had a horse shot from under him
during the engagement.
Albert Curtis, son of Judge Curtis, Of
Ashland, Ohio, was shot and instantly killed
a few days ago on a rancho near Laramie
City, by a man named Chandler. The shoot.
ing grew out Of a difficulty about Curtis
settling on hay land. Chandler is still al
large
In accordance with orders received from
General Crook, four companies of the
Fourteenth Infantry left Camp Douglas
Salt Lake City, Utah, on June "a, en- rout,
for the Black Hills.
1se South.
The New Orleans Picayune reports The
hanging of five negroes at Mount Pleasant
La, by the White Regulators.
General Brevtttes.