The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-23
LATER NEWS.

AN ALBANY On. Y. astronomer has dlscov-
ered new comet.
TIE Crystal Palace Theater, Marseilles,
France, has burned loss, S200, 900.
By snow slide at Geneva, Nevada, fifteen
persons are said to have lost their lives.
EIGHTEEN deaths occurred from smallpox
within two days at South Bethlehem, Pennsyl-
vania.
COTTON strike at Lawrence, Massachusetts,,
throws between 5000 and 6, 600 persons out Of
employment.
WIN. BELGIAN, convicted at Cincinnati of the
murder of Pat Hughes, has been sentenced to
hang on the 14th of July next.
CHICAGO sends to Washington . petition
2, 400 feet long, containing 1000 names,
asking for the pardon of Mason.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, Of Germany, fell down
stairs the other day and bruised his elbow
little, but broke no bones, and takes his drives
as usual.
THE latest fraud discovered on Mayor Navin,
Of Adrian, Michigan, who was in Mexico, is the
swindling of wealthy capitalist Of Adrian out
Of over $6o, ,00e by bogus mortgages.
Ex-MAYoR LOUIS K1NN1I1, of Lafayette,
Ind, has been rendered, and will accept, the
appointment of First Special Agent to Alaska.
He expects to start about the LIST of May.
THERE has been an extraordinary rainfall in
Brazil. Advices from Rio Janerio, of the End
iust state that rain has been falling in torrents
for six weeks, doing great damage to railways
N the provinces of Rio Janerio, Sac Paulo and
Minas Gerdes. The towns of Sac Joao, Macahe,
Paraty and Pirahi were almost destroyed, and
| many persons drowned.
MADAME RUMoR has kindly decided to relieve
| Secretary Kirkwood from the onerous duties of
the Interior Department and place him at the
head Of the newly-created Utah Commission.
Howe is mentioned as his probable successor,
in which case Frank Hatton viii be promoted
to the Postmaster Generalship. Ex-senator
Booth and William E. Chandler's names are
mentioned in connection with the contemplated
Cabinet changes.
A LOWER river steamboat clerk reports that
on any little knoll in the overfowed district
could be seen thirty or forty cattle, and some
times several dead ones, lying beside their liv-
| ing companions. Gnats are literally eating
| them alive. On one part Of the levee, on the
down trip, there was pile Of wood about half
submerged, and on top of it there were twenty
sheep and large number of hogs that had
taken refuge from the water, but would starve.
Some Of the people are subsisting on the
drowned carcasses of animals.
"BnLY, THE KID" the noted robber who
escaped from the Albany IN. - jail, was ar
rested at Minneapolis while in the very act Of
committing daring sneak robbery upon
the Bank Of Minneapolis. The reward for hi
capture is 81, 600. Ths first suspicion that tn,
prisoner was distinguished character was
raised when the attempt was made to take hi
photograph. He resisted vigorously, distorted
his features, and finally kicked over ant
smashed the camera. He was subdued by
threat to give him chloroform, and then com
pleted his sitting.
CONSUL MosBY is charged with irregularities
Several Chinese women, supposed to be courte
sans, who arrived on the British steamer An
jear at San Francisco the past week and he'll
by the authorities to be sent bac
to China, were brought into the superio
Court on a hdbeas corpus. Captain Rope
Of the Anjear, testified to great la1it
on the part Of the American Consul, Mosby, q
Hong Kong, in relation to the Chinese imm
grants. In proof Of which he produced blan
printed forms signed by Mosby, and bearin
his Consular seal, the same being the Certificate
required to be produced by immigrants, whic
Roper stated he could himself fill in as b
| chose