The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-20
Personal AND POLITICAL.

THE Tariff Commission met on the 11th,
and settled two very important questions.
First, they decided upon a stenographer,
and second, determined to do their cogi-
tating at Long Branch.
A COUNTY Convention of workingmen
met at Pittsburg and nominated A. C.
Rankin for Congress in place of Represen--
tative Bayne.
THE President approved the act to enable
National Banking Associations to extend
their corporate limits.
REPRESENTATIVE HAWK, of Illinois, died
suddenly of apoplexy June %, at his
boarding house, Washington.
Ex- REPRESENTATIVE N. NJ. HOWARD has
recovered $25, 900 damages against the To
ledo Sunday Democrat for libel.
TIE State-credit Democrats of Tennes-
see have nominated j. G. Fussell for
Governor.
THE grand jury summoned to reconsider
certain evidence concernil Senator Kel-
logg and the Star Route cases rendered its
report in Washington on Friday. They
had found no indictments, however, and
were adjourned until October. 1t is re-
ported that unless Mr.. Bliss can bring in
new evidence shortly, his colleague, Mr..
Merrick, will ask that the jury be re-
quested to bring in verdict of not guilty
in the cases now on trial.
AN important decision, affecting R. Hoe
& Co.'s printing press patents, has been
decided against that company in the Uni
ted States Circuit Court at New York.
GENERAL DAWES has secured a report
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs
concerning his bill establishing diplomatic
relations between the United States and
Persia. The bill provides for Charge
dABairys and Consul General 10 be stationed
at Teheran at salary of IS, 900 per year.
THE Governments at Washington, through
Mr.. George Bliss, its agent, has agreed to
submit part of the Salisbury and Parker
Star Route cases to arbitration, the ar
bitrators to be Second Assistant Post
master General Richard A. Elmer, Mr..
George Bliss, or some one named by him,
and Mr.. Robert G. Ingersoll, or some one
named by him. 1t is believed that in this
way the Government can save about 5000,
900, which it could not otherwise do except
by long course of litigation.
/. SENATOR Jo. BROWN, of Georgia, has given
the State University $50, 600 for the educa-
tion of its INDECENT young men.
JOSEPH ADDISON, of Baltimore, was shot
and killed in duel with Richard Garland,
near Petersburg, Virginia.
FOREIGN.
Hon. JOHN BRIGHT has resigned from the
English Cabinet.
"A DISPATCH from Paris says accord be
tween England and France continues, and
they are expected to come to definite un-
derstanding in regard to Egypt.
THE following Irish counties have been
proclaimed under the Repression Act, by
Especial gazette: Cravan, Leitrim, Long.
ford, Westmeath, Sligo, Roscommon
Mayo, Tpperary, Kilkenny, Waterford
Limerick, Cork, Glare, Kerry, Louth and
Dublin; cities OF Limerick, Cork, Water
ford, Kilkenny, Dublin, Londonderry
Galway and Drogheda; also two baronie.
in Monaghan and two in Armagh.
A PARIS special says: Information ha!
been received here, through Trustworthy
source, to the effect that Arabi's plan O
action, as developed at Alexandria, is the
result of a conference with his leading of
ficers and advisers, and was determined
upon before the arrival of the British feet a
Alexandria. This plan, it is said, involved
the evacuation and destruction of Alexan
dria within twenty-four hours after th'
commencement of the bombardment
Arab was then to proceed with the rem
nant of his force to Cairo, one hundred ant
eight miles distant, destroying the railroad
as he proceeded. Arriving at Cairo, he i
to find that city surrounded by a network o
Notifications, which have been erected un
der his directions during the past thre
weeks, and behind which he could success
fully resist any force that might be brough
to bear upon him for long time, and unit
an army of twenty thousand men woul'
be at his command. The mostremarkabl
statement in connection with the matter
that Arab is in perfect accord with E
Medhi, the so-called "False Prophet, VIII
IL fast moving northward from the Soudal
with an immense army of soldiers and re