The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-05-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ieea.s fre,,. enc Capttal.

Ieessss frosss the Capital.
The Secretary of War, IN May 9, issued an
order directing that twenty-five thousand
enlisted men of the army be discharged be-
tween that date and the LIST of July, in order
that the retained pay and other allowances
due them may be paid out of the appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year.
Petitions have been circulating for the re-
moyal of Fred. Douglass from the Marshall
ship of the District, because of his animad-
versions upon the people Of Washington ina
recent lecture in Baltimore.
The reply of the State Department to the
formal notification by Turkey of the exist
ence of a state of war between that power
and Russia is to the effect that the United
States will occupy a strictly neutral position
toward the belligerents. A similar reply is
to be furnished Russia.
The West.
A dispatch to General Sheridan from
General Miles, dated at the latter's head
quarters, on Tongue River, says that three
hundred hostile Sioux surrendered On the
22d of April.
The State Senate at Columbia, S. C., on
May 10, decidedto go into election for Chief
Justice on Tuesday, the 18th. The House
will concur. The Senate passed a resolution
authorizing and requesting the Governor to
invoke the clemency of the President of TIE
United States in behalf of the prisoners
now held to answer charges of riot and
murder in the late political struggle.
Fires.
A special from Sherman, Texas, says that
q fire occurred there, destroying the business
houses OF Schneider & Bro. and Cook 4
Bros, and badly damaging several other
stores. Schneider & Bro. claim a loss of
800, 900, insured Tor $685. 600 on their stock
and $4,000 on the building. The other
losses were not given.
The paper mill of z. Crane, jr., of Dalton,
Mass, was burned lately with its contents,
Loss, $4,000; of which s $500 is in st. Paul,
MINI. The Waterman, on discovering the
fire, entered the gas house, intending to shut
off the gas, but bearing a lamp caused an
explosion, and he was fatally burned.
A destructive fire at Brooklyn consumed
the oil.works of Campbell & Thayer. The
loss is estimated at 100000. The Fire
Marshal made an investigation, and con.
cludes that the fire originated from a spon-
taneous combustion of oil and gunny bags.
A large number of men are thrown out of
employment. Great crowds fingered all day
in the neighborhood of the fire, but a strong
police force kept them outside the fire lines.
general Breuatses.
Crazy Horses band has surrendered to
General Crook, at Camp Robinson, Neb.
A cable dispatch conveys the intelligence
of the death of Henry Sawyer, twenty-three
years Consul of the United States at Per-
nambuco, Colony of Surinam, South Amer
lea. The immediate cause of his death was
the injury received a few days before at the
hands of a sailor, of whom, in his official
capacity, Sawyer had been called upon to
take cognizance. The sailor struck him a
violent blow, and otherwise maltreated him
inficting such internal injuries as to result
in hemorrhage and death.
j. NJ. Parvin, q prominent merchant OF
Carlisle, Indiana, committed suicide recently
by shooting himself in the mouth with q
Derringer. Notification over the conduct
of a son, who was involved in a felony, is
supposed to have led to the rash act. He
was a man universally esteemed.
The Boston Herald says one Of the most
respectable and honored physicians of that
city, once worth 100000, and who has de
voted his tune and money to deeds of char
ity, now occupies a cell in the Charles
Street Jail, having been imprisoned for 6
debt of one hundred dollars, and appeals te
the Legislature to abolish imprisonment fol
debt.
Robert Hutchinson, cook of the steamer
sidonian-which recently exploded hel
boiler at sea, killing seven men-has arrived
at New York. He is either unable or un
willing to throw any light upon the cause o.
the calamity.
The Grand Jury of the United State
Circuit Court at New York made a present
ment relative to the accident at the Postofics
building on May 1, involving the loss o
three lives. The presentment charge
negligence and want of ability and ex
perience on the part of the Supervising In
spector and assistants, but holds no on
individually responsible. 1t states that i
the Supervising Architect was not abb,
personally to ~superintend all works unde
his charge he should have as assistant
competent professional architects, an,
recommends a thorough inspection of tn
whole building by a commission of experts
Four United States Marshsls having infor
nation that Tom and Ike Reynolds wer
distilling illicit whisky at Glasgow, KY
sought to arrest them. In resisting, bot
the Reynoldses we're shot, Tom in the ABIDE
men, Ike in the neck; the former beinI
MORALLY wounded. The shooting took plsc
in the Reynolds cabin at one a. m. May
The officers at first refused to be arrested
but subsequently surrendered, several hur
dred civilians having volunteered to assis
the Sheriff in taking them if necessary. The
refused to give up their arms for awhile, bu
at last surrendered them to the open cour
when the Judge had cleared the room {
spectators. The action of the federal al
thorities is looked forward to with interes
A Baltimore dispatch says: The steam
ship Nuremburg arrived from Bremen, ra
into and sunk the bark Azcw, hence fc
Queenstown. Four of the crew wei
drowned.
Mr.. ]. Deuerlein, a appointment Vine Sire
(Cincinnati) tailor, committed suicide, r
Gently, by hanging himself to the limb of
tree, near the junction of the Mt. Carm
and Harrison and Brookville Turnpike, me-
Harrison, Ohio. The deceased had, N
long before, made an assignment for Il
benefit Of his creditors, and ever since hs
been very much cast down. He was abe
fifty years of age, sober, and generally T
spected.
A German harness maker, at Cincinns
named Robert Heuser, tired of life and
its v%anities, cut his throat and stabbed hi
self in three places. The physicians thong
he would recover.
Commodore Benjamine Tetten is dead.
At Carlisle, Kentucky, two hundr,
members attended the annual conclave
Knights Templar of Kentucky. The electi,
of officers resulted as follows: JAG
Swigert, Of Frankfort, Grand Commando
w. Larue Thomas, of Danville, Depu
Grand Commander; VIM. Ryan, of Lou