The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-02-22

;Cut III IN AOAoc, OhS-oho-a-
half in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida,
and one in Georgia. 1t will probably
amount to $4,000.
DANIEL ]. CANAAN, well known in the
early history of Detroit, died in that city
on the 18th, aged seventy years.
L. F. BAILEY, cousin to young Cash,
whose attempted assassination was pub
lished several days ago, has published a
card in Columbia, South Carolina, paper
stating that should Cash be killed he
would not only be avenged by his father,
but he Oakley would 'go for and dye his
hands deeply in the blood of any scoundrel
who would murder him in the dark"
THE plan is under consideration of re-
ducing the stock of the Mutual Union Tele-
graph Company from SIC, ,oO0, 900 to $2,0o0,-
600.
AN error in coinage has been discovered
at the New Orleans Mint affecting a recent
issue of ten dollar gold pieces. Thirty-fve
thousand dollars were coined, fifteen thou
sand of which have been put in circulation,
and all of these are now known to be of
less than the standard value. The mistake
occurred through faulty sample used by
the assayer, and amounts to two and one
half mills on the dollar. Steps have been
taken to withdraw from circulation the
coins already issued.
SEVERAL long sections of the Plum Point
mattress works, on the Mississippi River,
fioated past Memphis on the 18th. 1t is
not known whether it is the portion
which broke loose some time since or q
fresh lot
JAY GOULD has subscribed 81 900 for the
relief of sufferers in the Ohio Valley.
]. w. Garrett has subscribed $1,000, Geo.
W. Childs, Of Philadelphia, subscribed
$1,000.
A PARTY Of mountaineers attacked q
Turkish guard-house at Scutari in revenge
for the death of two of their comrades.
They were repulsed after an obstinate
street fight. Twenty.Turks were killed and
wounded.
FITZPATRICK, the last man arrested in
connection with the Phoenix Park murders,
will turn informer.
THE Bradlaugh demonstration was at
tended by about seven thousand persons
in London on the 18th, and resolution;
were adopted protesting against Brad
laughs exclusion from the House of Com.
mons.
1t Is reported that dispatch from Lord
Dufferin to Earl Granville states that ii
will be impossible to withdraw the British
troops from Egypt for long time. The
recent successes of the false prophet in the
Soudan, and the revolt which has just
broken out in the province of Dougoula
in Upper Nubia, indicate that the
Khedive's Government will be compelled
to strain every nerve to maintain its rule
without the physical and moral aid of the
English forces now in Egypt, the feebl,
rule of Khedive Tewfk would be over
herence of a majority of the Egyptian
people to the ideas of nationality.
THE French Chamber of Deputies on tn,
9th, adopted the proposition rendering th
| Princes liable to expulsion by d decree o
| the President of the Republic, and reduc
ing them to half pay.
THE London Times publishes an authori
! tative statement regarding a recent inter
view between ex Empress Eugene an
Prince Jerome Napoleon, which, it says, ha
cleared up some private misunderstanding
existing between the ex Empress and tn
Prince, and led to formal recognition @
the latter as head of the Bonaparte family
The ex-Empress was not called upon to ez
press an opinion of her kinsman's geners
policy, and could not consistently with tn
line of policy adopted by her while sc
journing in Great Britain, do more tha
assure her cousin of her best wishes for an
constitutional action he may take toward
bringing about a plebiscite. The recen
visit OF the Empress to Paris was mark c
sympathy with Prince Napoleon on ac
count of his illegal arrest, not of respect
the views of his manifesto. She disclain
participation in any unlawful or clande
tine enterprise against the Republic.
AMERICAN, French and English vesse
have been ordered to Guyaquil to protet
foreign residents during the revolution
Ecuador.