The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-30

eighteen, have been arrested at st. Louis,
charged with the robbing of q business
house in New Orleans of several thousand
dollars. Four thousand dollars was found
in their possession They were locked up,
and said that they would return to New
Orleans without 9 requisition from the
Governor.
Captain Paul Boytsn recently gave a pub
lie exhibition at Louisville, Kentucky, hav-
ing previously swan over the falls of the
Ohio river. OF this trip over the rapids,
Boyton says it was as dangerous as he ever
attempted, he having a fearful battle with
he wind, which was blowing q hurricane.
The exhibition was very wonderful, and was
Witnessed by thousands of people from Ken
lucky and Indiana. Boyton performed a
dozen feats to illustrate the fullness of his
life-saying dress, such as constructing a
wreck en- the water, destroying In enemy's
ship, casting lines, etc. He left Louisville
for Europe.
March 20, the largest snow Of the winter
fell in all parts Of the country, north, and
floods aud rains prevailed in the south.
Dispatches from Shreveport, V~icksburg,
and Jackson report q severe wind and rain
storm Sunday, March 10, followed by a light
snow. The storm was severe at all points
ON the Gulf coast between New Orleans and
Mobile. Many wharves and lighthouses
were destroyed and shipping damaged.
At P~ascagoula, Mississippi, there was a
terrific gale on Sunday, March 10, de-
stroying the lighthouses, wharyes, etc. Tive
or three schooners were blown ashore, and
much damage was done to shipping. One
man was lost overheard from the schooner
Indianola.
Captain Reid, Of the steamship St. Louis,
at New Orleans. reports encountering in
mid-ocean, on the 9Th Of March, the bark
Chatham, from Wilmington, N. c., with 1922
barrels of resin for Rotterdam, in a helpless
condition. On February %, the storm car
ried away the sails and washed everything
on deck overheard, including provisions and
charts. The captain and two men were also
washed overheard. The men on the bark
determined.to abandon her. Captain Reid
put a prize crew on board the Chatham and
supplied her with sails, charts, provisions,
etc, and ordered them to proceed to Liver
pool. The bark, except from loss Of sails,
was but little damaged
Reports from various parts of Ontario and
Quebec state that the heaviest snow fall of
the season took place March 20 and 81. In
some places the roads were impossible.
On the afternoon of March % about four
hundred pounds of Jupiter powder stored
in the mill Of the Bronx Powder Manufac-
turing Company, at WashingtonviIle, in the
northern section OF New York city, exploded
with great violence. Four men were liter.
ally blown to atoms and some six or seven
severely injured. The mill was blown to
pieces, and buildings in the immediate
vicinity were considerably shattered.
Hardly enough Of the remains of the vic
tins could be collected on which to hold an
inquest. The sound of the explosion was
heard for miles around. The explosion ID
thought to have resulted from the great
friction in rubbing together the solid and
fluid components.
Caleb P. Marsh arrived in Washington on
the 2ist, and on the ed was taken in hand
by the committee.
The Pennsylvania Democrats met re
Gently in Convention at Lancaster, and ap
pointed delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. A resolution declaring
the Convention presents to the Democrats
party Of the United States the name of th,
Hon. J. s. Black as a candidate for Presi
dent was laid on the table. The platform o
resolutions favored retrenchment and econ
omy; a general amnesty TO all persons i'm
plicated in the late rebellion who have no
already been relieved; opposed the appro
priation of school funds to sectarian uses
favored the repeal of the present resumption
act; and expressed the opinion that gol'
and silver are the only true basis for thi
currency of the Republic, and that Congress
should take such steps for the resumption o
specie payments as will most surely an,
speedily reach that result without destroy
ing the business interests Of the people. 4
The New York Republican Convention
has recommended Roscoe Conkling as thei
candidate for the Presidency.
Lately, the discovery was made in Phils
delphia that a large number Of bogus fv
dollar bills OF counterfeits on the Merchants
National Bank of New Bedford. Mass, ha
been put in circulation. Three men, name
Niles, Harrison, and Patterson, were al
rested. They had q partial hearing, an,
were committed for further investigation.
Foreign.
Capt. Mcdonald, Of the Scotch Rifle Team
writes that six members Of last years Scotcl
Ftoho Sb;aId Tear, and ,rbo ora ohIa to ~
to America to participate in the Centennia
matches, intend to shoot for places in thi
! Team, and at least nine other irst-class shoi
are ready to compete. No shot a resider
Of Scotland, who can go, has held back.
A Ragusa letter states that a surgeon {
the Turkish army, lately in charge OF th
hospital at Gabaila, estimates that the Turl
ish losses in Herzegovina, during the insu
r~ection, have been not less than thirty-fy
Thousand men, a large proportion of Ii
deaths resulting from maladies, the grayit
sf which is increasing. The exhaustion
: funds is such that no attention is Paid
acquisitions for the most essential article
and eyen for medicines. The sick d
, chiefly from lack of proper sustenance an
T remedies.
, The commissioner appointed to inquil
into the alleged ELECTORAL corruption in No
. witch, report that corrupt practices exte
! sively prevailed during the ~Parliamental
elections of 1874 and 1876. They consid
that the evidence given before them prov
that a hopelessly corrupt aud deprav,
5 ELECTORAL element of no inconsiderable pr
u portions exists in Nor Sich. Iats
{ The London Standards Vienna dispat
of March "a. says that heavy SHOWS impe'
the operations of the insurgents in Herr
govina. The instruction, however, is e
e pected to break ont shortly with renew
violence, as volunteers have been comil
in from Servia, in considerable humble
t. and additional supplies of arms have be
8 received from some quarter.
> A Madrid dispatch reports that recruit
for Cuba is actively progressing, and ev
IS soldiers who served under Don Carlos q
4 allowed to enlist.
1t is rumored in st. Petersburg that
Car is weary of the cares of government q
intends to retire from the throne and to q