The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-01
WHOLE NUMBER 513
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,

GERMANY's determination not to par
ticipate in the Paris. Exhibition is irrev-
ocable.
DURING 1876 the taxable value of
the property of North Carolina was in
creased to the extent of $13,O90,0OO.
The little daughter of the Rev. Mr..
knight, of Vincennes, Indiana, jumped
the rope one hundred and seventy-fve
times, and the achievement terminated
her life.
The banking house of King & Son,
William Street, New York, was robbed
lately of two tin boxes containing United
States bonds, mortgages, securities, etc.,
valued at $160,000. A member of the
firm was in the act of opening the safe to
put away the boxes at the time of the
robbery. The thief escaped.
A COMPANY of antiquarians has been
formed in Switzerland for the purpose of
unearthing the village of Plurs, in Grau-
bunden, which was covered by fall of
rocks in 1918, entailing the loss of nearly
one thousand lives. A rich booty is an
ticipated from the shops, factories, and
churches.
JOHN REED, a farmer living near
Knox, Indiana, in comfortable circum-
stances, and the father of large family.
committed suicide by shooting himself
with shotgun. He was found lying
near the house with the gun by his side.
Temporary arrangement was the cause.
He had made two attempts before at the
same thing.
THE gold mining interest in New
Zealand seems to be reviving all over the
colony. At Auckland and Otago the
yield from the quartz mining operations
has increased of late, and although the
newly opened alluyial diggiDgs at the
Kumara, on the West Coast of the South
ern Island, are unable to satisfy the great
rush of expected diggers, they are likely
to supply considerable population for
some time to come.
A VICTORIA dispatch says that the
government has decided to send gum
boat to the island where the Indians re-
port that the crew of the George S.
Wright were murdered. The tribe to
which the alleged murderers belong is
said to be small, but warlike. The In
dian who makes the statement offers to
conduct the gunboat to the bay where
the bones of the murdered men are still
to be found.
Mrs. JAMES BROWN, of Elkhart, Iowa,
had been visiting friendsin Hamlet, Ind,
for several days. One day she made
several calls, and seemed to be enjoying
herself finely. She was missed about
dark, and search being made, was found
in barn, hanging dead, life having beer
extinct nearly an hour. No cause car
be found. She leaves large family il
Iowa.
AMONG the items of news from famine
stricken Madras we find statement
that "Sir Richard Temple went straigh
from Delhi to the Deccan, taking with
him as Secretary Mr.. Bernard, who wa
Famine Secretary in Bengal three year
, ago." The Office of famine secretary
, to an Indian Presidency has, then, be
come one of the very important feature
of the Indian civil service, ranking il
fact, quite high in the list of government
rewards.
THE death of Rear Admiral Colds
borough, at Washington, on Februar.
20, was the sixth for that grade in tn
navy within fifteen days. Those preced
/, ingit were Rear Admirals Joseph Smith
Charles Wilkes, James Alden, Thee
dorus Bailey aHd Charles II. Davis, VIII
had an extension of ten years on accom-
of the special thanks of Congress. The de
: mise of these officers creates no vacancies
= The naval neurology for the year show
twenty-seven deaths. Among these wer
eight Rear Admirals, two Commodores
three Captains, four Commanders, an
i two Captains in the marine corps. Dul
ing 1876 there were fifty designations i
the navy and fifteen dismissals.