The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-03
LATER NEWS.

NEW YonK CrTY has raised $120.000 for the
Michigan sufferers. @s 80 -ssl n
FRANK HArroN has formally taken possess
sion of the First Assistant Postmaster Generals
Office.
THE official returns of the election in Iowa
give Sherman majority for Governor of 59,
929.
THE striking rolling mill men at Cincinnati
have returned to work at the old prices until
the new scale shall be established at Pittsburg.
The COW boys are reported as having taken
possession of the portion Of Arizona lying
south of San Seimon Station and east of Tomb
ston -.sez,e
A QUINCY 1l.) dispatch of October 80, says
the water from the overflow is steadily spread
ing over thousands of acres of fertile land,
and the loss to farmers will he very heavy.
The flood is III greatest ever known at this
season of the year. 5-s..5..-s -....l-.-
The Apaehes have made their appearance in
Sonora, killing family near Rancho Santa
Cruz, beyond Magdalena, and running off the
stock. General Otero, in command Of the
troops, has sent force to cooperate with the
American soldiers, who are believed to be in
pursuit of them. .7Ei a5s .r t-Iai
San francisco from Rio, reports that ON Au-
gust 9, in latitude S7.S6 degrees south, longi-
tude 51.32 degrees west between Q and II am,
she passed ten corpses. Some of them, from
the clothing, appeared to be seamen, while
others we're nude.
In IRELAND 400 leaguers are in prison. There
are now 1900 cases before the Land Court, 81
600 being entered on the 10th ult. A crowd of
lx.1,
summonses at Bellmullet, County Mayo, and
were fired upon by the police. who wounded
several of their number. There is talk Of
transferring the Land League headquarters to
Paris
ALLEN HENDERSON, from Tennessee, in .
saloon at st. Louis, became involved in quar-
rel, and drawing his revolver, shot three times,
each time missing his aim hut hitting inno-
cent persons who happened to be present.
George Bridge, street railroad conductor,
was killed, and John Savage, travelling sales
man, it is thought was fatally wounded.
AFTER forty-seven days out from Glendale,
Montana, the highest navigable point on the
Yellowstone River, Paul Boyton arrived at
Omaha, Nebraska, on the 30th ult., having
travelled $500 miles in that time. He had
fallen away forty pounds since he started, and
says he has been repeatedly shot at by hunters,
and annoyed good deal by inquisitive Indians.
He is continuing his trip to the mouth Of the
Missouri River. 81 zs.==zH..
TIE business portion of Edgefeld, G. Fl. +,
South Carolina, has been totally destroyed by
fire. only three stores in the town being left,
containing insufficient provisions to last forty
eight hours. The fire broke out just before
daylight in the livery stable of the Tillman
Hotel, and burned furiously until $50 p. M.
when the flames exhausted themselves. The
loss is estimated at 800, 900, distributed among
thirty-five persons or firms, and generally not
insured 1t is thought the fire was incendiary.
SIX members of the Fre Department at Dan
vile have been arrested for incendiarism. Sc
many buildings have been burned of late that
detectives were employed to investigate the
| matter and with the result as stated. With
the exception of the chief engineer, stokers and
drivers, the company were volunteers, and
these men proposed by the frequency of fires to
compel the corporation to pay the entire de.
partment salaries. They accomplished tn. il
point, but they will now study the matter owe,
behind the ars.
The following is from Chinese exchange
| A pirate chief has been creating commotior
| at Nlngpo ana It's waters. de ls said to have
come within several miles of the town, an6
levied blackmail freely. He doesn't care fol
the Chinese gunboats, and has had sveveral en-
gagements with them lately. A reward Of
S5, 600 has been offered for the pirates head
An encounter took place September Is, neal
Ningpo, between a Chinese gunboat an6
pirates. Upwards of two hundred pirate.
were slain or drowned themselves. Nine were
o11, ~
Eleven pirate boats were taken. The pirates
were in shallow mater, and the gunboats, una
bic to get near them, lowered their boats and
fought in them. There was a 81, 900, 900 fir.
at Manila, September Is.