The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-05-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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AL. Clapp, the public printer, has re-
signed. ]. D. Defrees is his successor.
A bill is in the course OF preparation, and
will be introduced in the House at the extra
session, reducing the army to 10000 men.
The report is circulated, though it can not
be authenticated, that the subject of reduc-
ing the number Of pension agencies through
out the country has been considered by the
administration, and that the number of such
agents will be reduced to twenty.
The foreign trade for March and the
~three-quarters of the current fiscal year is as
follows: Merchandise imports in March,
$47,4SS,01S; exports, 49, 53 $40. For the
nine months ending March, the exports
were s47O, OS5, 7s2; imports, $3l4, S54, $50; ex-
cess of exports, s155,2sO,s52. Specie imports
exceeded exports $685., 597.
The State department has received from
our Minister to Mexico official information
of the arrest of the American Consul at
~Toapulco, and Secretary Evarts has in
structed our. Minister to enter q formal pro-
test, and demand from the government of
Mexico an apology and full reparation for
the outrage.
The South.
Three of ten colored Lowndesville
murderers, Wightman Allen, John Allen,
and Jenkins Whitner, were hanged at Able
vile Court House, South Carolina, on May
4. The other seven have had their sentences
commuted to imprisonment for life. John
All. ol-,kkal lie 1,.lk H,A ~ ak1a- 49,
proclaimed their innocence.
The husband of Mrs. Shaw, of Milledge-
vile, Georgia, who was killed not long ago,
has been arrested on the charge of murder.
Two negroes had been previously arrested
for the crime, buts little daughter said her
father had killed her mother.
The Vest.
Chin Nook Sow was hanged May 4, at San
Francisco, for the murder OF one of his
countryman on the 18th of December, 1875.
He was convicted solely on Chinese testi-
mony. An appeal was taken to the Su.
preme Court, which confirmed the judgment
of the lower court. The execution was set
for April Is, butthe Governor granted a stay
of proceedings until the 4th of May, to en-
able himto review the evidence. The pris-
oner to the last maintained his innocence.
He was very r~eticent, declining to converse
much, merely requesting that his body be
surrendered to his friends without mutila-
ton.
Emerson, Fisher & Co.'s Carriage Factory
at Cincinnati, was DESTROYED by fire a few
nights since, throwing seventy-fve men out
Of employment. A large amount of stock
and machinery were destroyed. The loss
is estimated at little less than 100000.
The Franklin Cotton Mill, at ~Sanquoit, N.
Y, built in 1912, and owned by b. D.
Brownwell& Co., was burned a few nights
ago. The fire was caused by the explosion
of the watchman's lantern. Loss, $77,O 900;
insurance, $4,000. One hundred persons
are thrown out of employment.
Political.
In the recent municipal elections in In.
diana, the Republicans of Madison have
eight Councilmen and the Democrats four
same as last year. The Democrats elected
the Marshal, Clerk and Assessor by the
usual msjorities.
At Fort Wayne, the entire Democratic
city ticket was elected by an average major
ity of d thousand, except the nomine,
for Marshal, who is defeated by the indie
pendent Democratic candidate by twelve
hundred.
At Richmond, the largest vote ever pollet
elected the entire Republican ticket. headed
by Gen. T. W. Bennett, by majorities rang
ing from 80 to SS5. The Council polit
icaIly, is neutrality-suspicious., 8; Dem
ocrats, 2.
At ~Shelbyville, the Republican ticket wa
elected by maiorities ranging from % to IA
Republican gain.
At Lafayette, the Republicans elect tn
Mayor and Clerk, the Democrats tn
Marshal, Treasurer, and Assessor. Escl
party elects three Councilmen, whicI
leaves the Council Republican by one ms
jority.
At Indianapolis, the Republicans electe
their city ticket.
At Jacksonville, Mayor Warder was r,
elected, and the entire Democratic ticket, b
the largest msjorities ever known in TIL
Democratic stronghold.
General Breu5ffes.
A dispatch from Cleveland th
finding of a body at Euclid, on Lake Eri'
believed to be that of P. P. Bliss, who wa
lost in the great Ashtabula railroad disaste
The testimony that the body isthat of Bills
seems to be positive. 1t had been frozen i
acake of ice, and carried fifty miles from Ii
scene of the disaster.
A decision has at last been reached in tn
case of Ann Eliza Young against Brighal
Young. Judge Schseffer in, Salt Lake Cit,
has decided that the marriage was polyg
nous, therefore null and void, but thi
the plaintiff was entitled to services
mental.
Aterrible railroad accident is announce
near Chicago, on the 30th of April. Aswitc
engine, with ten persons on board jumpe
the track. Five were reported killed, az
two terribly injured-ihe engineer haViI
his legs broken.
An agent in the interest of New Yol
bondholders blockaded, on April 80, Il
West end of the Lafayette, Muncie al
Bloomington Railroad, at Lafayette, wi
locomotives. All the Cincinnati, Lafayett
and Chicago trains were blocked betwe,
Lafayette and Templeton. Communicate
by telegraph was also destroyed. Crowds
excited citizens thronged the scene
trouble, and a riot being considered INN
nent, the Mayor Of Lafayette ordered t
militia under arms. The cause of the bloc
ade was a default in the payment of inter-
to mortgage bondholders.
An old feud eliminated in a terril
tragedy a few days ago, at DeKalb, Kemp
County, Mississippi. John F. Gully,
prominent Democratic citizen, was wayls
and ssssssinatea. Upon the afidavits
two negroes, several alleged conspirators
the assassination were arrested. A lai
party of men fred upon the prisoners, k
ing ] 2. Gilmer, A. Mcclellan, John Chiso
and David Rosser, and mortally wound
William w. Chisolm; all were white Rep,
licans, except Rosser, who was a Democr
1t is concluded that the body. found
Euclid, Lake Erie, is not that of the siDgi
evangelist Bliss, lost at Ashtabula.
Proceedings looking to the recovery
over $3.50. DOC, 900, are to be instituted in
courts of Pennsylvania by the heirs of {
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