The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-06
NEWS SUMMARY.
Wa9hIngton,

claims to the 22d of .Jnlv neYt
This sacrstorv of the Traasrrv bo, on
directions for the retirementof six hundred
$500 susanu nse mare ana
80 o. lo.es' On account Oh Na
s"" ieuiSeon issued during De
49, -. VIII ieaVe the Outstanding
MH"W's od,loz,'zz. ,
Suun'oi National DanK no'es iSsueu
oin'e Nofemoerl Is sl,fol,ZoV ana tne total
amount issued SINCE the passage OF the act
o.1uns ~ 1914 is Slz,1lo,sIo. Inc amount
Vi 'egal-tender notes deposited by the Ma
uonai anksior the purpose OF retiring cir
cuiation since November l, is S2,sS7,2Oo.
cable dispatch from Viennat to the effect
that our government has sent a circular to
the principal European powers, asking how
Az r %Vu,u iook upon an ln:efsen ,'U gu ~
Obtain, ,o,araI msmbars
of the d;nlomat;c COINS One of these has
stated n 70 hs v;fh;r his Inow,edee that
Mr., Fish. about a r,ontb ago. asked infor.
mallv ana nr;va.slv nea,lv oil renresenta.
t;v.s ~ Fnrons.n ,overrmsnt here how
tbev ,bon,ht srcb stsn wonld he reoarded
and w.s ,old Nv mos; in ,snlv that thew he.
lieved it would be looked upon with favor.
The south.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. N..obi,oohosw.
louisiana Legisiaeure from Natcnitocnes was
snot and instantly KILLED, on sunday Decem-
nerzo, py CosgroVe, editor Oh tne rfna'ed-
tr. Inc dlmeuIty grew out OF tneseouse Oh
lersoh Dy Cosgrove IN MS paper.
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Fire Record
NEW YORK CrrY.-A fire in the buildings
Nos. 40 and Al Vesey street, caused losses
amounting to $4,000. distributed among a
nrmhe, Of occunants vho are mostly in.
sured.
NORTHAMPTON. MAss.-southwick Co.'s
drv goods store burned a few nights since,
Loss. 6fty.6ye thousanddoIlars. Insurance,
tventy.6ye thousand dollars.
During q recent visit OF Mrs. Joyce to her
husband at the Jacksonville (Mo.) Peniten-
tiary her trunk was searched by United
States officers, but no papers bearing on
whisky ring affairs were found.
The New York Tribune states that the
failure of ]. & 7. Pearsall, large fruit dealers
of that city, heretofore announced, was
caused by the defalcation of Henry Com
stock, the bookkeeper, who had been with
the house nine years. Investigation fails to
reveal any trace of dissipation in his career
He was about thirty years old, a member OF
the church. had q wife and four children
and lived in Brooklyn.
The steamer Minneola, in the Memphis anG
Cincinnati trade, sunk in the Mississippi
about forty miles above Memphis, on the af
ternoon of December "a. All the crew and
passengers were saved. A portion of tn
cargo viii be saved, but the boat is a tota
loss. Valued at ten thousand dollars; in
sured for four thousand dollars.
The United States Marshal has arrestet
Jonas F. Brown, a liquor dealer, at Min
neapolis, Minnesota, and seized his stock
for neglecting to make returns and ma,
special tax as a rectifer of distilled spirits
The ofense is punishable by the f~orfeitur
of his stock, which is said to be vert
thirty-6ve thousand dollars. 1t is allege
that Mr.. Brown has been engaged in prepal
ing and selling what's known as c~ompounde
liquors.
The Chicago Times has information this
District-Attorney Bangs has received il
structions from Washington to allow a
parties under Indictment at Chicago for d.
frauding the revenue to plead guilty, and t
insure them immunity from sentence to tn
p~enitentiary.
During a cock.fght, early Sunday mor1
ing, at Mattewan, New York, John Horn,
a s~aloon-keeper, was fatally shot by a ma
named Mckinney, of Fishkin Landing.
A shooting scrape occurred at Eyertou,