The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-25
ABROAD.

A DISPATCH from Paris on the 18th, says,
"The appearance of Prince Jerome's mani
festo is regarded by some as a march stolen
on the Legitimists, for it was known that
Count de Chambord, impelled by his sup
porters, was preparing manifesto. Eigh-
teen thousand placards had been printed
with the greatest secrecy. Baron Brunei
asked to be arrested as accessory to the
promulgation of ths manifesto, but the
Magistrate refused to take him into custo-
dy. Reports from the provinces state the
news of the arrest of Prince Jerome cre-
ated no great sensation"
THE steamer Josephine, which leTt Seat
tie, w. T., on the 18th, for Skagit River,
having on board full freight and twenty
passengers, blew up in Port Susan Bay,
fifty miles north of that point. The act
ing master, purser, steward, fireman, and
several passengers, are reported lost.
THE number of persons who have suf-
fered losses by the floods in Prussia alone
was one hundred and thirty thousand.
THE following cable dispatch from the
Imperial German Foreign Office, Berlin,
was received by B. S. Schlesinger German
Consul at Boston, on the 18th: Through
130, 600 persons and $4,000 hectares of land
and property have suffered damage in
Prussia alone, and the damage by the
December floods has been nearly as great.
In Bayrische Rheinplatz !, 900 houses were
swept away, and $4,000 persons rendered
homeless. Hessen and other districts along
the rivers suffered the same calamity"
A GREAT land slip occurred in the Valley
of Faverges, Switzerland, on the 18th. The
village of Marais was completely destroyed
by an enormous mass of earth, rocks and
trees dislodged by the recent snow storms.
The movement was gradual, and the in
habltants were able to effect hasty es-
cape.
THE French Government is preparing a
bill for the suppression of all pretenders to
the throne.
AT Toronto, on the 18th, Hugh Wise and
Chas. Phillips were found guilty of man.
slaughter in having caused the death of
Long. The affair is the outcome of the
Orange trouble on the 18th of July last,
when Long was so badly kicked and beat
en- that he died in a few days after. Wise
is an oarsman of some repute.
Dr.. THOMAS, of the Detroit University
sor, Ontario, for swindling.
THREE terrific explosions took place on
the 10th in a gunpowder manufactory in
Muiden, Holland, where nearly all the
houses were unroofed by the conclusion.
The neighboring towns and villages were
much damaged. The loss of life is un-
known, but it is feared forty persons per-
ished. Windows in Amsterdam which is
eight miles from Muiden, were broken.
FRANK PRETTY, for ten years cashier of
the dry goods house of J as. johnson & Co.,
of Montreal, Canada, absconded to the
United States on the 10th. He is de-
faulter to large amount. 1t is the
same old story of dealing in stocks,
AT Hochelaga, Canada, a farmer named
Nesbitt was fatally assaulted by his hired
attacked Mrs. Nesbitt, but she put him to
flight with poker.
PARIS dispatch of the 10th says: SIT is
perfectly true that the Baron de Charette,
aided by Baudry d. Asson, member of the
Chamber of Deputies for La Vendee, and
others, have organized from Finisterre to
Tours thirty-two legions of Thousand men
each, and began to arm them. Six hundred
horses, purchased as nucleus for the in
surgent cavalry, are stationed at different
chateaux. The recruits wear small cross
as rallying signal. 1t is stated that the
conspirators had Is 1000, 900 francs in bank
in London. This is no canard, but the re-
suit of Government inquiry. The police
report ascertain that the Baron de Charette
has in Paris 800 Pontificial zouaves, fully
armed. The widest rumors are current
in regard to the Legitimist conspiracy. 1t
is stated that white banners, with the
feairs de lis, are being made in Lyons, in
expectation of the accession of Count de
Chambord to the French throne.