The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-03

Fox, Thomas Edgely, 1r.s George
Jonas Faulkner, and Harry
Nanicb were drowned. -Four others of the
were saved by swimming ashore.
was drowned in attempting to save
Fox, who could not SWIM.
A special from Hopkinton, Iowa, says that
q pleasure party of six went sailing IN the
Maquoketa River, near that place, and had
gone but a little way when the boat upset,
and only two young men were saved. Those
drowned were Mrs. West, Miss Billings, Miss
Hyden, and a young child. The bodies of
Miss Billings and of the child have been re-
covered.
At st. Louis an Indictment has been found
against the ~defaulting County Auditor, VIM.
h. Heath, and suit entered against his bonds
men for So, 900, the amount of his bond.
The examination discloses the fact that
Heath's defalcation amounts to $130,000 and
may reach S150,000. This was the County
and Township school fund, of which Heath
was the collector.
Senator Allen Taylor Caperton, of West
Virginia, died at Washington on Wednesday
evening, July &c, of anginapeetoris, brought
on by hot weather. he entered the Senate
in 1875.
A letter from South Carolina saws that
two companies of the regular garrison left
Columbia for Aiken, opposite Hamburg, and
will remain there all summer. This is done
in obedience to orders from the War De-
partment. Two companies have been ordered
to Hamburg.
Orders have been issued to send two bat
talions of artillery, of four companies each,
from the First and Second Regiments, from
the Division of the Atlantic to the Depart
ment of the Missouri to report to General
Pope.
In Louisiana, the Democratic Convention
nominated General frank Nicholas, of As
sumption, for Governor. General Nichols
was born in Assumption Parish in 1882. He
was q graduate from West Point in 1856, and
resigned from the U. s. Army in 1856, was
L~ieutenant-C Colonel of the Eighth Louisiana
Regiment in the army of Northern Virginia,
and lost an arm at Winchester. he waspro.
NOTED to be q Brigadier- General at Sharps.
burg, lost a leg at Charlottesville, was after.
ward stationed at ~Lynchburg, and organized
the resistance to Hunter. Since the wal
General Nichols has been planting in hii
native parish, taking but little part in poll
tics. His political disabilities were recently
removed by Congress.
John O'Reilly, junk dealer of New Yorl
City, was found murdered and robbed ths
other night near the west end of the New
Jersey depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Jno. Domm, residing near Shenandoah
Pa, shot and killed his wife. Jealousy wa
the cause.
The Mayor of East So Louis dismissed al
the appointives of that city, to take effec
on August Sd. This action was made neces
sary by the late decision of the Suprem,
Court of Illinois, which declares the presen
made assessments and collection of take
Illegal. The of the city are there
fore cut off. This leayes the city without
police force, and the citizens are falkin
about organizing a Vigilant Committee t
preserve peace.
Foreign Items.
A correspondent telegraphs from Isva
July %: The Turks are unable to take tn
offensive until reinforced, but can hold the
positions and repulse the Servian attack
The total Turkish losses during the past tie
days are three hundred killed and Eve hui
bred and sixty wounded. The Servians lol
fullytwo thousand five hundred men, wit
cannon.
From Rome we learn that q well,know
banker named Baldini committed suicide i
the Tiber. His books show liabilitie
s450,000, and realizable assets, 100000.
Official dispatches say that the Turks
detachment from S~atchautiza crossed tt
Servian frontier and defeated the Seryian
three villages. Thirteen Turkish battalion
attacked and routed the Montenegrins ne
Neyesinge. Abdul Kaym, Commander-i
chief of Turkish troops, has arrived
Nissa. A great battle is imminent.
The Servian army, under General Fac
!. July "a, encountered the Turks on the who
! line near Yavor. The artillery FIRE last.
. seven hours, and was followed by an i
fantry engagement, in which the Seryial
: were completely successful. Two 9th
minor Servian successes are reported.
We learn from Mexico that General Al
torre, with his advance, numbering fo
hundred men, defeatedo on the 18th Of Ju
the reyolutionist Fidencio Hernandez, wi
! thirteen hundred men, at Fortin, on Il
railway near Orizaba. It was a compile
: and decisive victory. One hundred revol
s. ~tionists were killed. Hernandez himself
. a prisoner, with six hundred followers. A
their artillery, ammunition, and one hu
bred and seventy-seyen mules were ca
! tured. The forces of Hernandez havil
been the best organized, this is a very il
portant blow to the revolution. The &c
eminent troops reeccupied Jalapa on t
18th of July.
Intelligence from Selavonic sources 9
! ncunces that fifteen thousand Turks, und
Mehemet Hamdi Paeha, attacked I
: Montenegrins, Tuesday, July 20, near P,
gorizs, and were repulsed and pursued
!. that place. Both sides lost heavily in kill
and wounded.
! A dispatch from Prince Nikita, July
: says (: The Turks under Moukhtar Pas
attacked us early to-day, near Urbiza.
severe engagement ensued and fighting
y still proceeding. We have broken throu
. the Turkish lines. Osman Pasha was G
: tured and brought here alive, and we hs
e taken many prisoners.
/ A special says that the annexation
r. Bosnia by Austria is contemplated. A t.
r. gram from Galatz reports hat seventy tn
sand T~scherkessens have reyolted agai