The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-26
IMPORTANT EVENTS
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WASHINGTON BRIEFS.
An ORDER was issued few days ago to
appoint Samuel 8. Grigg to q thousand
dollar clerkship in the Post-ofice Depart
ment. Grigg was indorsed by member of
Congress from Iowa. When the gentleman
applied to take the oath Of office he was
asked If his residence was in Iowa, to which
question he replied in the negative, adding
that he lived in Virginia. The matter was
referred to the Postmaster General, who
declined to make the appointments on the
ground that Virginia's quota is now full,
and that he did not think it proper to credit
resident of Virginia to the State of Iowa,
notwithstanding the application was in
dorsed by an Iowa Congressman.
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL GRESHAM, ON the
18th, directed that in making postofice ap-
pointments in Mississippi, the recommenda-
taons ofsex-Congressman Chalmers shall be
given no greater weight than may be prop
eriy attached to them as recommendations
OF private citizen.
A REPORT has been received by the
National Board of Health to the effect that
cholera, which prevailed to an alarming
extent in China, Japan and India some
time ago, has disappeared. Another report
says that smallpox is raging in Rio de
Janeiro.
The bond of William W. Carter, Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh
Indiana District, has been approved by the
Solicitor of the Treasury. There are thir-
teen sureties justifying to the amount Of
over 100000.
AT Washington on the 18th, the Grand
Jury returned the following indictments:
Against William Pitt Kellogg, ,forreceiving
money while U. s. Senator for services
rendered in relation to a contract with the
United States. Witnesses, John A. Walsh,
James B. Price, Joseph Cochran and ]. NJ.
Brady. Against Thomas ]. Brady for re-
ceiving money while Second Assistant Post
master General for services rendered In re-
lation to a contract with the United States.
Same witnesses as above. There are five
counts in each Indictment, charging five
separate payments of 81 800 for one service
rendered, expedition of mail schedule on
Prices routes from San Antonio to Corpus
Christi, Texas, and from Monroe to Shreve-
port, La.
AN ORDER, issued several days ago, to
place on the list of frauds the Portable
Electric Light Company, of % Water street,
Boston, was, on the 18th, revoked by Post
master-General Gresham, on the ground
that the article advertised for sale is pat
snted, and cannot therefore be classed as q
fraudulent device.
AN INTERESTING experiment with dyna-
mite was recently made by one of the
officers of the Navy-yard at Washington,
which shows remarkable action by the
wonderful and terrible explosive. A guam
tity of dynamite was confined on the top
of stone five feet square and five feet
thick by wooden frame one foot square
aud three inches high, without top or bot
tom, the explosive being laid loosely inside
the impromptu fence. A fuse was applied,
and the assembled officers scampered of in
different directions, fully expecting that
the wooden inclosure would be blown into
fragments. The explosion took place, and
upon examination it was found that the
wood had not been injured, while the dyna-
mite had exploded downward in the direc-
ton of the greatest resistance, shattering
the stone throughout.
TIE count of the funds in tho United
States Treasury vaults, amounting to sew
eral hundred millions of dollars, has been
completed. The committee found an ex-
cess Of three cents in favor of retiring
Treasurer Gilfnan.
THE statue of the late Professor Henry,
First Secretary and Director of the Smith
sonian Institute, which has been erected on
the Smithsonian grounds, Washington, was
unveiled on the 18th in the presence of
lar af
were made by q number of the prominent
persons present.
The Government has obtained Judgment
against F. ]. Heron, surety on the bond of
General Steadman, Internal Revenue Col
lector for the New Orleans District in
1S67-s, for $1O0, 900, with interest from date
of judicial demand. Steadman's shortage
was placed at $S59,OO
AT HOME.
JOHNSTON 3 LEAPLEY's soap factory, in
Sidney, o., was destroyed by fire on the
17th. The loss is $4,000. Other fire losses
occurring were the Alternately Furniture
Factory, Leavenworth, Kan, $40, 900; resi-
dence of Daniel Enrick, near Shelbyville,
Ind, 81, 100; stable in Vincennes, with one
horse and four mules; L. L. Rouse, stable
and two horses, in Covington, KY, $4OO,
caused by an incendiary.
A JEFFERSON (Wis.) dispatch of the 17th
says: "Judge Bennett sentenced Joka
Kodisch and his wife Barbara, who were
both convicted of the murder of Kodisch's
mother, in this city, on the night of Decem-
ber last, to the State prison for life; the
first day and one day Of each year CORE
spending to the day of the month that they
committed the murder, to be passed in soli-
tary confinement"
THE attorneys for the first Mrs. Sprague
IN her suit for divorce from ex-Governer
Sprague, have published q statement of the
circumstances under which the divorce was
secured. Their statement is quite at vari-
ance with that of Ex-Governor Sprague in
clearing the way for his marriage to Mrs.
Calvert. With the epermission of the Court,
and upon advice of her counsel, the daugh-
ter of Chief Justice Chase has resumed her
maiden name.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Hunting
ton, W. Va, on the evening of the 18th.
Seventeen dwellings and business houses
were burned. The loss aggregates $4,000.
SEVERAL Episcopal clergymen of Detroit
recently refused to oficiats at the funeral
of child of Rev. DR.. Edwards, of HOLY
4AAn1sy OAuiSAs 4Acy u8N0 Deou BGau01nR
aloof from Holy Trinity for some time on
account Of its exceeding high church ten
denotes. Their refusal to perform SO sad an
office for the bereaved rector has excited
bitter feeling.
A SMART servant girl In New York in
duced an old man, who is past eighty, to
give her $4,000 in Government bonds,
which he had at home. He complied with
her request, and now his family have Q
lawyer employed to get them back, but the
girl has sold them and nothing can be done.
AT the Tewksbury almshouse examina-
tion at Boston, on the 18th, Mary E.
Bowen, formerly an inmate, testified that
she could not eat the food furnished, but
lived upon that bought with money fur
nished her. Thirty or more women were
bathed in the same water; many patients
having had skin diseases and many being
infested with vermin. When there was
time carhoHc -ao r,o,r1d 49, !.