Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-10
NEWS SUM MARY.


ALBERT ID. smith was hung at Springfield,
Mass, on Friday. The Italian-born citizens
of New York have addressed a communication
to Gen. Grant, urging that something be done
to suppress the Infamous traffic in italian
children, now carried on between Italy and
America. Two New Workers crossed into
Canada, a few days ago, and exchanged shots
shire Legislature has denounced the salary
grab. Victoria Woodruff and Tennie c.
Clahin have been acquitted at New York, in
ford to the jury, that, under the law, news
papers cannot be classed as I" obscene publ
cations. 49, Charles A. Dana, of New York,
was arrested, the other day, ON a charge of
libel, preferred by the Vice-Preside nt of the
Washington Board of Public Works The
new and third Atlantic cable has been success
fully laid.
THE Beecher scandal has had a fresh revival
in Brooklyn, this time by the reverned gentle
mans own friends. One of the Plymouth
charges of Islander against Henry G. Bowen,
the author of most of the scandalous stories
about Beecher. The matter will be thoroughly
investigated by. an Examining Committee of
the Church, and the truth or falsity of the re-
ports established. Mr.. Beecher is represented
as anxious to have the investigation made at
once.
Tho New York Tyibune's Boston GORE
spondent, after a careful survey of the political
field in Massachusetts, concludes that Ben
Butler, through the aid of the Administration,
helped by the dissatisfaction with Gov. WASH
burne's course on the liquor question, will Sc
cure his nomination and election to the Cover
norship of the Bay State. He adds that large
numbers of Democrats will vote for Butler.
The books of the extensive importing house
of Duden, Freeres d Co. have been seized by
the Custom-Heuse officers at New York. They
are charged with having, during a series of
years, carried on q systematic course of swlnd-1
ling on the revenue department, the penalties
for which, it is said, will reach the enormous
sum of 80, 500, 600. Their principal house is in
Brussels, with branches in Nottingham, Lon
don, st. Petersburg, San Francisco and New
York. They deal principally in laces.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER has at last unsealed
his lips and spoken out in regard to the scan
dalous stories that have been circulated about
him. In a brief note to the editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle he says:
at have just returned to the city to learn that ap-
plication has been made to Mrs. Victoria Woodruff
for q letter of mine, supposed to contain informa-
ton respecting certain infamous stories against me.
way it deems ft, that Mrs. woodruff, or any other
person or persons, who may have letters of mine in
lish them. In this connection, and at this time,
I will only add that the stories and rumors which
are grossly untrue, and I stamp them in general
and in particular as utterly false; Respectfully,
HENRY WARD BEECHER."
THE international billiard tournament at
New York has resulted in comforting the
championship of the world on Albert GARNER,
of Chicaso--:.Col. Lionel Percy Sidney, an
ex-oficer of the British army, was murdered
and robbed at New York, last week. Five
men were killed by an explosion of giant pow
der IN the Hoosac tunnel, on Sunday
Woodhuna and Clafiin have been again indicted
by the New York Grand Jury for circulating
obscene literature.
The West.
THE Hon. 7. Z. Cree, of the Board of Indian
Commissioners, writes to Commissioner
Smith, of the Indian Bureau, that the Special
Commission to the Sioux Indians report sue
cess in their mission, aud that the Northern
Pacific railroad will be safe from attack this
IA raft containing 1000, 600 feet of
arrived at Chicago, from Michigan, a
days ago. This is the second lumber raft
ever crossed Lake Michigan. Baron
Van Vliet, of the Hague, an extensive
now sojourning in Chicago, pro-
.nounces the new Potter Palmer Hotel, now in
process of construction in that city, the most
ornate and massive piece of hotel
in the world. The military
authorities in Oregon calculate that it will re-
quire six weeks to go through the formality of
trying the Modocs by military commission -.
The business portion of Hamilton, New, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at
half a million.
ST. CLAIR, Mich, is excited over the discov-
cry of petroleum indications. d.. The Missouri
river has made a cut-off near Onawa, Iowa, thus
transferring about 1 800 acres to Nebraska.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
III Of which has been buiig in less than four
7ears. San Francisco is being scourged by !
smallpox. David Webb, of Columbus, O., was
kllled by an explosion of fireworks, which he !
vas taking home in a hack for the 4th of July.
IA Minnesota farmer the other day sur
'rised a highwayman, who demanded his y
money, by knocking him Town with a fence s
all and turning him over to the officers. {
The proprietor of a Pennington (Minn.) no. {
ell and one of his guests quarreled about c
he length of a piece of candle furnished the {
after to light him to bed. The guest +
hot and fatally injured the landlord, t
nd he in turn was shot and instantly killed l
Y an officer who attempted his arrest. Z
he laws delay, have terribly avenged the u
murder of one of their number. Some days G
go Delos Hebron, a noted desperate, killed, I
citizen of the town. Since then Fl
hreats of lynching the murderer have been
requently whispered around, but no open !,
demonstration toward that end had been made r
revlous to the 10Th ult. About 2 o'clock on G.
ne morning of that day a body of masked s
len entered Salem, and, after selling. the fl
patrolmen, proceeded to the jail. The ii
Sheriff refusing to give up the keys, b
sledge-hammer was procured, with which tt
ne mob proceeded to force their way into e.
10 cell occupied by Hebron. After re- NJ
Gated blows with the ponderous hammer 1t
le two doors that interviewed between the re
OBJ and their coveted prey finally yielded, and
le murderer stood face to face with the vigil
nts. Hehron had watched the progress of 81
10 mob which came thirsting for his blood, CO
I'd had prepared himself as well as he could n,
r a desperate resistance, knowing death "
waited him if taken, determined to fight to Vi
9 last. With some pieces of furniture of the ne
Ii he stood like a tiger at bay and guarded u
Q door. The mob, knowing the desperate III
aracter of the man, and that the first who VIZ
tered would meet certain death, hesitated to m
an entrance. They procured balls of az
inc, and, saturating them with coal oil and 60
rpentine, threw them into the cell, and Or
rust others forward on the end of long I'm
Having thus lighted up the cell, ID
nging the victim into full view, they opened Pc
3 on him, firing some twenty shots, ira
Q entering his breast and another break en-
: his arm. This incapacitated him from dls
the chair which he had seized to defend pc
nself, when a rock thrown at him struck by
n on the head and knocked him down, and Val
fore he could recover he was seized, tied, COZ
d dragged out of the cell and Jail. "What OF
you going to do with me ?'' he asked. ea1
you'll" 81 will go along with you" mo
said. He was Immediately taken to the eng
'ered railroad bridge, about thirty feet high, lou
} squares from the Jail, when he asked time STU
pray, but the lynchers replied that they ny
I'D not wait. A rope was put around his ISr!
X and thrown over the bridge, and Hebron IN
pushed off. As soon as he was dead, the con
cheers returned to the juail, gathered up 9cc
they had left which could afford a JuI
3 to their identity, released the Sheriff and aoV
Irds, and scattered in every direction. T