The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-05-17

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Hymn" The exhibits displayed include
many of those which commanded such uni
versal admiration at the late Centennial Ex-
hibition, including the old log cabin, the
New England kitchen, the mammoth Kan
sas Liberty bell, etc. A novel feature of
the exhibition is a large aquarium covering
1900 square feet. A Department of Public
Comfort has been established in the build
ing for the convenience of visitors. The of
hcers of the exhibition state that the at
tendance on the opening day reached ever
100000 persons.
DIR. Ezra Reed, the leading physician of
Terre Hsute, died May 10, aged sixty.six.
He served in the United States Navy, was
chief surgeon of the army of the Republic of
Texas under General Sam. Houston, wa the
attending surgeon at the duel between Gen.
eral Albert Sydney johnson and General 8.
Houston in 1887, served three years in the
Federal army in the late war, and has held
several civil trusts, including the Postmaster
ship of Terre Haute under President john
son. Has livedin Terre Haute since 1888.
The services of the Hon. A. 7. Goshorn, of
Cincinnati, as Director General of the Cen.
tennial Exposition, were honored by the
citizens of Philadelphia, presenting to that
gentleman a splendid library of FIVE thou
sand volumes. The ceremony of presenta-
ton took place in the Council Chamber of
Philadelphia, at twelve M, May IL, in the
presence of President Hayes, ex-President
Grant and other dignitaries.
D3-oo. - ~ Al.
morning of May 10, at Cleveland, a sharp
encounter took place between some striking
coopers and the police. AboutsiI hundred
strikers, accompanied by about two hundred
of their women, assembled at different en-
frances to the cooper-shops of the Standard
Oil Company, to prevent men from going to
work. The Chief of Police ordered them to
dispense, and upon their refusal to do SO, he
ordered his men to disperse the mob by
force, which was done. A number of
strikers were severely injured.
The schooner Cod Seeker, from Halifax
for Darlington, capsized the other night off
Cape Sable. The Captain ana two men
landed in a dery at harrington. Therest of
the crew, thirteen, were drowned.
Pref. John GraeffB Barton, of the College of
the City of New York, committed suicide, at
Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, afew
days since. More than q year ago his mind
was in q troubled condition from over-study,
and some time in 1873 he stepped from q
Brooklyn ferryboat, but was rescued. He
was a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and had been IN instructor in the
College of the City Of New York for a long
time.
About one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars worth of logs cut on Government
land was seized by the United States author
tiles recently. tits the determination to stoI
this class of stealing.
tits reported that flibustering expedition
are about to start out for the capture o
Sonora. Guyana, San Francisco and Ell Pas
are named as the starting points.
President Hayes has instructed the Soutl
Carolina District Attorney to prepare TO
the trial of three Ellenton rioters.
Foret0r Items
A dispatch from st. Petersburg dated
May z, says the Russians have taken Kars
The Russian army attacking numbers fft,
thousand men. Seventeen thousand Turk
we're captured.
A telegram from Osurgheti, a Turkisl
town on the Georgian frontier, near Batoum
dated Saturday, May 5, states that the Turk
have evacuated Tschurksa, on the coas
north of Batoum. That place, however, j
defended by seven men-of-war, who car
nonaded the advancing Russian column.
From Bucharest we learn that Beckett wa
shelled by the Turks. The Bashi.Bazouk
plundered the neighboring villages at tn
same time, and returned with their spoil
across the Danube.
A dispatch from Constantinople says this
the Russians have commenced to bombar
the Turkish town of Widdin from Kalafa
on the opposite bank of the Danube.
A London dispatch states that the Char
mel fleet ha received orders to proceed
the Mediterranean.
The news of the English armament cause
much alarm in Russia.
The Porte has decided to grant q generl
amnesty to the Bulgarians.
IL i bd1u q Dls CICIbDu1k 40 vi
observe strict neutrality.
Advices state that the King of AbyssiDi
| has again declared war against the Khediy
} for violating the frontier. The rebe. lion
Darfur is also increasing. The Egyptian
there must capitulate. The Khedive,
consequence of the events, has refused
further assist the Porte.
Rifed sixty-eight-pounders are said to
: on the way from England for the citadel
Quebec, and the Twenty-third Fusileers a
expected there.
[. The Liverpool Post saws that the war sht
Achilles had received instructions to pr
/, coed to Plymouth on May II. We are i
/ formed that the government has already 81
: 600 troops and ] 1000 horses ready to er
! bark at any moment.
, The recent speech of Won Moltke in Il
1 German Parliament was not, by any meal
idle talk. The French Government b
i been informed that the German garriso
: in Alssce and Lorraine will be ~strengthene
q to keep up the equilibrium. France h
Z been quietly massing troops on the 'front.'
{ in such numbers that the venerable VI
Moltke no doubt had good reasons to SOU
the note of alarm.
The artillery engagement was renew
q late on the afternoon of May s, betwe
the Turkish batteries at Widdin and t
Roumanian batteries at Kalafst, which on
u ceased at nightfall. The barracks and G.
&C tom House at Kalafst were destroyed, a
= the church injured. Widdin was set on Fl
II On the afternoon of the same day t.
o Turkish monitors, supported by shore b
q. teries at Ghiacst, opened fire upon the B
:, sian batteries at Ibrail, which replied v
IL orously. The cannonade lasted three hou
Ibrail was Iuniniured. All night tn,
was great activity in the Russian camp, she
ing that the Russians are about to assn,
the offensive. Early in the morning the B
~ sian batteries recommended the cannonadi
at Ghiacet, and at 9 o'clock a brisk m
- kerry fire was audible at all points.
y, APera correspondent says that the c.
= missariat officer there has been shot
" adulterating -four Tor the army.
ABucharest dispatch says that the Turk
81 fire on May 10, killed three and wount
eight inhabitants of Oltenitza, and tha
VI number of inhabitants of Ibrail were wo
ded. The Bashi-Bazouks crossed the D.
ube at Kirnodki. Roumanian peasal
" l $3.50 - l.