The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-07

Lafayette, Ind, has ruled against large
number of persons who have paid tax un-
der wrongful assessment into the County
Treasury, and are now seeking to get it
back again.
A VACANCY on the Supreme Bench of In.
diana, caused by the retirement of Judge
Worden, was filled by the Governor ap-
pointing VIM. H. Coombs, of Fort Wayne.
The Supreme Bench, therefore, for the
present month, stands three Republicans
to two Democrats. In January the politi-
cal complexion will be exactly reversed.
The following claims have been allowed
by the Garfield Board of Audit: Profes-
sional services-Bliss, $500; Agnew and
Hamilton, $1,000 each; Reyburn and
Boynton, 81, 600 each; Edison, So, 900. Bills
for services and supplies were all settled,
as were also bills for extra services of Gov
ernment employees, Steward Crump being
allowed but $500, Private Secretary
Pruden, $500, etc. The total appropria-
ton to pay claims against the estate
was $57. 500, of which s35,50O was Specially
appropriated for physicians and medical
attendance. Allowances for physicians
etc., amount to 5000 less than the
amount appropriated, and allowances for
outside claims are about S11, 900 less than
the amount available, making total bal
ance of about $19, 900 out of the entire ap-
preparation.
REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT H. WYMAN, U. S.
Navy, who was stricken with paralysis on
the 1st, is dead
A FLORIDA editor spat upon and horse
whipped a Lieutenant Governor of that
State on the I'd who insulted him,
FOREIGN.
TAMAvoLL, a well known banker OF
Bucharest, was murdered and robbed on
the 2sth ult. in a well frequented street.
THE Rassegna (newspaper) says the re-
cent visit of De Geirs, Russian Foreign
Minister to Rome, proves that Russia will
support the pacific policy of Germany and
Austria, to which Italy has given explicit
adhesion.
AHMED VEFYK PAsHA has been appointed
Prime Minister of Turkey.
A DUEL with swords was fought on the
1st by Andrieux, late Ambassador to Spain,
and Laurent, editor of the newspaper
Paris. The latter was slightly wounded.
A WOMAN named Kothi, one of twenty
six women arrested several months ago fol
poisoning their husbands, was hanged al
Vienna on the 1st She confessed murder.
ing two husbands. Four other women
were convicted.
A CANADIAN astronomer predicts great
and destructive wind storm in March next
THE London Morning Post, in a recent
editorial article referring to the negotia
tions between Chilli and Peru, comments
on the ineffectiveness of the American
Navy to maintain the position of the
United States as great Power, and say:
that Congress must deal vigorously with q
tariff which ruins the American shipping
trade, or the next generation will find il
difficult to man the navy in the absence ol
aseaport population of hardy seamen.
FOLLOWING is the text of the ordinance
presented in the German Bundesrath, al
Berlin, on the 1st, forbidding the importa-
tion of American pork: l. Importations
from America of pigs, pork, bacon and
sausages of all kinds are forbidden. 2.
The Chancellor is empowered to permit
exceptions to the prohibitive rule, subject
to necessary measures of control. 8. The
restrictive ordinance of June 25, 1880, in
respect to importation of American porE
and sausages is abolished. 4. The presen
ordinance comes into force thirty day.
afterits promulgation. The ordinance O.
June 25, 1880, only applies to minced porl
and sausages net to hams.
The Archbishop of Canterbury died OF
the Sd.
ARAB1 PAsHA pleaded guilty before TIL
Court-martial on the I'd, to the charge
of rebellion. The Court reassemblet
and pronounced sentence of death, which
was commuted by the Khedive to exile TO
life. 1t is believed Arab will retire t,
some part of the British dominions
THE British Parliament was proroguet
on the I'd to February Is. The Queen
speech, closing the session, says she con
tinues to hold amicable relations with al
the roreign powers. Notwithstanding tn
failure to conclude q commecial treat,
with France, there has not been any gen
eral decline in she dealings between tn
two countries.