The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-13

md embankments on the Illinois Central
we're washed out, and there were NO trains
in either road next day. The village of
Rockdale was washed out, and forty-two
persons drowned. Rockdale is six miles
west of Dubuque. The track between
Julien and Dubuque was washed out and
could not be fully repaired within two weeks.
Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, and
the whole country suffered from the violence
Of the storm. Many lives are reported lost.
At Rockdale, after the storm had abated,
search was made, and forty-two persons
were found missing. OF this number nine
teen dead bodies Of men, women, and chill
drS7 were picked up along the stream.
Death and desolation were seen on all sides.
The scene, with the shrieks of women and
children in the blackness of the night, was
h~eartrending.
During the great storm of the 4th, at Ash
land, Nebraska, ]. s. Winterstein entered a
house for shelter from the rain, when the
house was struck by lightning, and Winter
stein instantly killed. The rest of the fam
lily were uninjured.
Joseph Bengert, a boy nine years old, was
run over and killed by the cars at Wheeling,
West Virginia, recently. Both his arms and
legs we're cut of, three of the limbs close to
the body.
Warren Vean, aged fifteen, and Solomon
Dreyfus, aged thirteen, were drowned lately
at New Orleans while bathing in the river.
vean first jumped into the water and began
crying out, "Pm drowning" Dreyfus
jumped in to try and save his friend, but
they both went down together.
A special to the Toledo Blade from Mon
roe, Michigan, the home of General Custer,
says: The startling news of the massacre Of
the General and his party by the Indians
created the most intense feeling among all
classes. General Custer passed several
years of his youth at school in Monroe, and
his parents have resided here for many
years. His wife is a daughter of the Hon.
Daniel L. Bacon, a prominent citizen Of this
place, and is now at the post recently COM
manded by General Custer, Fort Abraham
Lincoln. The town is draped in mourning,
and a meeting of the Common Council and
the citizens was held to take measures for an
appropriate tribute to the gallant dead.
Santa Anna died in the City of Mexico, on
June 81, aged eighty-four.
Later dispatches from Dubuque, Iowa,
give the following list of those who were lost
in the storm at Rockdale, Iowa: Joseph
Becker, Ellen, his wife, and two children
James Pearce, Emma, his wife, and two chill.
dren Peter Becker and five children; also
his housekeeper and her two children; Mrs.
| CORY and two children John Klassen,
wife, and five children; Peter Knapp, wife,
and four children; Mrs. Kingsley, Thomas
Blenkiron, Oliver Blenkiron, Wm. Brad
bury, and Richard Burke-thirty-nine in all.
Decisive steps are being taken TO punish
the Sioux, and ayenge the death of Custer
and his men. Troops have been ordered
from Columbus, OHIO, to the seat OF war
Offers of volunteers pour in from every city
in the West, and the war fever is high.
The news of the Big Horn battle has beer
officially confirmed.
In answer to a question, as to what vert
the reasons for this campaign, Genera
Sherman said: ave are doing this at thu
special request of the Indian Department
1t does not originate with the War Depart
ment at all. Our purpose is to drive thes'
Indians, who are of the very widest ant
most savage sort, down on the reservation
You can say that We will do it. now, or Ell
terminate them"
A riot between whites and the colore.
militia occurred at Augusta, Ga, recently
o. -L,to nav ord ono na0ro uare killed
At Camp Bedle, N. J., on Saturday, Jul.
8, two hundred soldiers were Frustrated b.
the heat, many of them dangerously. Tn
Thermometer stood at ITO in the shade.
Forty bodies have been found, victims i
the Rockdale (Iowa) disaster.
Eliza Armour, aged ~forty-nine years, l'
ing at Newburg, New York, to cure rheumt
tism, wrapped herself in garments saturate
with kerosene, which took fire, and she wa
burned to death. A daughter of Mrs. Al
mour, trying to save her mothers life, wa
fatally burned.
General Terry's official report of the Gu
ter massacre has been presented. 1t col
firms the former accounts in nearly ever
particular. Secretary Cameron has file
with the President for the information {
Congress a history of the troubles,with Sittin
Bulls band and those accompanying it.
shows them to be a band of plunderers VIII
alternate between begging from Governmer
in winter and stealing from settlers an
others in summer.
Foreign Ites1ss.
Seryian official dispatches announce no
t~ilities commenced on the southeaster
frontier. July 8 the Seryians were success
full in several engagements. They capture
the fortified camp of B~abingalana by a
sault, after three hours fighting. The pos
ton was defended by several batterie
The Turks abandoned their arms and bal
gage. The river Drina was crossed on Ii
SAINT day, and an engagement ensued befoi
Becklina.
The London Times has the following tel
gram, dated Catarro, July 8, evening:
scout reports that Moukhtar Pasha b;
abandoned Gotschko and retreated Q
Bosnia, and that the Montenegrins are fc
lowing up their victory yer the Turks
expedition sent against Rutschi. MEDIUM
beleaguered and Padgoritza threatened.
The London Standards Vienna dispatt
says General T~chernayeff has issued pr
clamation promising Russian aid if the WI
} turns unfavorable to Servians. Details
) fighting at Zaitschar lave been receive
according to which 1900 Seryians we
killed, and 10000 wounded fell into IL
hands of the Turks. The latter lost A
and 800 wounded.
The London Times Berlin dispatch d
t clares that Austria is arming the officers
: the line reserve, and the landwehr ha'
been ordered to complete their war equi
ments Immediately. Twenty-six reserr
: companies of engineers have been raised
a wal footing, and the new plan for mobi
t cation of landwehr has been issued. A
I the railway companies have been ordered
) keep a certain number of cars ready f
transportation service. Military maneuYe
. have been given up, as it is expected tn
two army corps will be Immediately put
a war footing
The Paris Journal des Debats has the fl
lowing latest news from the seat of wa
The Servians have captured Rachka. &c
J, eral Tchernayeffs tactics are compelling t