Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-11
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.
The East,

on the night of the Sd inst.
IT. D. Rogers was found dead ON his
wlfe's grave at Lowell, Mass, on the I'd
inst. He had taken laudanum.
The original Wyckoff, Patriarch of
Coney Island, the p~rogenitor of a mum
erous family of Wyckoffs, died recently.
aged 100.
The German gunboat Meteor, that
defeated the French vessel La Beuvet,
near Havana, is now in the New York
harbor. sstF.t
The machine shop and tub works
of Seybert, McManus g Co., at Reading,
Pa, were destroyed by fire on the Sd
inst. Loss 100000. yc. g..
Avery D. Putnam, who was struck
on h had with a. ear hook, on a
New York street car, by a man named
Foster, is dead. Foster is under ar
rest. L
Hon.. Thomas j. Boynton, whom
President Lincoln appointed United
States District Attorney for Florida at
the age of %, died on the Sd inst, at
Bellevue Hospital, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richings Bernard
ave been declared bankrupt upon their
own petition. Their total liabilities are
S33,OOO, including nearly $4,000 due to
the estate of the late Peter Richings, of
Philadelphia, of which Mrs. Barnard is
executrix.
The old United States arsenal
property, consisting of five acres of
ground at Jersey City heights, which
was sold at auction last week for 81 900,
was purchased by Bishop Bailey, through
Mr.. Willard, President of the State 1r-
surance Company. The erection of a
large college for students preparing for
the priesthood will be commenced at
once. ~
"A public sentiment of indignation
was aroused at the atrocious murder of
Avery Putnam, in a New York street
car, the other day, and so great was the
popular interest in the affair that, at
Mr.. Avery's funeral, on Cottage place,
an immense concourse of citizens was
in attendance, and, as the procession
moved to Swan Point Cemetery, hun
dreds Joined the cortege, and many of
the stores on the route of the funeral
train were closed.
Charles Purdue, a sailor, formerly
of Orange, N. J., was tried in the United
States Court before Judge Woodruff,
found guilty of firing the ship Robert
Edwards on the high seas, and sentenced
to be hanged May u. Every effort has
been put forth by the counsel to secure
a communication of the sentence, and a
letter has been received from President
Grant announcing hat after a careful
review of the case he had determined
TO order that Purdue be imprisoned in
in the Albany P~enitentiary for twelve
years.
The West.
"A man named Louis Ulrich, of Mil
waukee, Wis, was poisoned ON Saturday
morning. His wife and a man named
Shredder are under arrest for admins
tering the poison. eifI noe y
The coroner's jury in the case of
Isaac M. Ruth, at Lawrence, Kan, have
returned a verdict that Ruth died from
the effects of poison supposed to have
been administered by DR.. Medilcott.
"A M, named Charles Mckenzie
was bru lily beaten near Milwaukee,
Wis, on Saturday, and left for dead by
the side of a railroad track. He was
found in an insensihle condition, and
expired on Sunday at S-p. m. %
"A few days since, several children
belonging to the family of John Owen,
residing at Maple Creek, Waupaca
county, Wis, were poisoned by eating
wild parsneps. One of them died in four
hours, and the others are seriously ILL.,.
"A heavy snow-storm prevailed on
the east shore of Lake Michigan on
Thursday, the 18th. On Friday morn
ing the, snow was six inches deep at
Manistee and four inches at Luding-
ton.
-William-R. Warnock, a well-known
detective, was shot dead recently, at
Piroche, Nevada, by party holding
an intrenched position at a mine
which was in dispute. He had no part
in the quarrel, and was merely walking
in the vicinity. e-.-.
VALENTINO Hentz, a German, thirty
years of age, hung himself, with a hand
kerchief, in the Third Street Station
House, at Cincinnati, on the I'd inst.
The deceased was from st. Louis. He
was arrested for creating a disturbance
at a hotel.
An Irishman named Eugene Hef-
ferman was shot and killed at New Al
bany, Ind, recently, by a boy named
White, about eighteen years of age.
Hefferman had gone to Whites house
and insulted his mother, and when
White interfered, attacked him with
brass knuckles. White gave himself
up. --
The South.
"A private letter. from Florida suys
that Mr.. Mahoney, a member of the
Florida Legislature, was murdered at
Lake City, in that State, onsthe 18th of
April.
Paul Tyler, a negro, committed
rape, Sunday night, ON Mrs. Edwards,
i Franklin county, Tenn, and was
caught during the night, identified, and
hanged.
-Horatio Bolster was, on the 2Sth,
sentenced to be hanged June 9, for the
murder of Sonny James. During the
remarks of Judge Olin to the prisoner,
the scene was very affecting, Bolster
sobbing aloud, and the Judge, so over
come by his feelings at times, as to be
unable to proceed.
The New Orleans EUening Picayune
of the Sd says, State Senator Jenkes
attempted to commit suicide by shoot
ing himself with a derringer. Jenkes
has also been State Tax Collector for
one of the parishes, and is a defaulter
to the State for $4,000 or $4,000. An
affidavit is standing against him for
embezzlement. At last accounts the