The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-14

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coke Inlet, North Carolina, reports ashore
there, bottom up, the brig C. C. overton,
from New York for Nassau, and that the
entire crew are supposed lost. A hat and
other articles picked up showed marks of
blood.
Edward Newman, of Philadelphia, shot
himself fatally Saturday night, while con-
versing with his wife, an actress, in a room
in the DeSoto House. he abandoned his
wife some time ago, and she, in au interview
Saturday evening, refused to return to him.
Miss Sallie NJ. Porter, a most estimable
young lady, of Cincinnati, in a delirium of
fever, escaped from her sick bed about one
o'clock in the morning, recently and I'M
protected left the house, wandering bare
footed Il rough the snow down WOODBURY.
Avenue and into the vacant lot near a tan
merry, where she fell exhausted, and died be.
fore she was. discovered. Her mother oc.
cupied the same room, and had given her
daughter medicine at about midnight. 1t is
thought that just after her mother had gone
to sleep she got up, and walking down stairs
unlocked the front door and passed out.
A fire occurred on the second floor of 554
Sixth Street, New York City at a late hour
the other night, caused by bedclothes taking
fire from a stove. Four children of Thomas
{ assidy, who occupied the floor and keeps q
junk shop on the first floor, were suffocated
When discovered, two of them, John, aged
two years, and James, aged fifteen months,
were dead; Joseph, aged five years, and
Thames onaH en- xaarr xua~a saa...lI.
but it is thought their lives would be saveJ
The Sacramento River overlooked, a few
days since, and spreading over the low
country below Sacramento for a distance oil
thirty miles, destroyed property of farmers
to the amount of one million dollars.
MIR. Ross had an interview in .Ba' timore,
lately, with a stray waif, a boy from
Demerara, who WIS supposed to be Charlie
Ross, on account of a strong resemblance.
The Examination was most thorough, and
consisted principally of tests of memory
The boy was found to be entirely ignorant
If any incident connected with the early
history of Charlie Ross. and while there was
q rem Irkable resemblance in some respects
between the two, the father was convinced
at the first glance that his journey was
d. stinedto be iruitless one.
Hon. Nestor Maxon was killed in a duel
with NJ. De La Pena, at Matamoras, Texas
IN the 9TH inst. Maxon was seconded by
VIM: Kelly, and Pena by DIR. Combe. Two
rounds were fred without effect, when
Pena announced himself satisfied; but
Maxon demanded another round, and was
shot through the body, and died almost in
stantly. All the parties are residents Of
Brownsville. The cause of the enmity is
unknown. The deceased was a prominent
lawyer. His untimely death casts a gloon
over the entire community.
VIZ. Dowd, President of the Bank o.
North America, in New York city, statel
that on Saturday, February I'd, upon tn,
commencement of an examination by tn,
Bank Department, the paying teller, Aug
M. Turney, confessed he was a defaulter t,
the amount of 100000. He has been il
the service of the bank twenty-five years
and was much respected. Since the dis
eovery the bank has been thoroughly ex
amined by official State examiners. The,
find the unimpaired capital of the banl
after the defalcation, over debts AMI
liabi tiles, S716,S95. The bank has recov
cred since the discovery of the defalcation
$16,029, reducing the amount of the loss t.
$S4,570, and increasing the sound cash cap
ital, according to the examiners estimat,
to $7S2,924. Turney was arrested an,
locked up.
The authorities of Quebec were compelle'
to call out the m litary a few days since t
protect the Parliamentary buildings from
mob Of citizens who had gathered in from
of them, to demand the revocation of Gel
tain measures in regard to railways.
General Anderson, one of the Returnin
Board at New Orleans, has been foun
guilty of altering the returns from Verno
Parish. The jury recommended him to tn
mercy of the Court. The trial of Wells hs
notyet taken place.