The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-12

WL11lO ndVOAAhSo ASAhSS'
THE Clark County Prohibitionists hay,
put full ticket for county officers int
the field. ...---...
Ono postal affairs: Established
Russell, Geauga county, Jacob Chase
Postmaster. Postmasters Appointed
Bainbridge, Ross county, W. P. Boards
lee; York, Union county, Il. @. Moffit.
AT the grand opening of the new bill
lard hall at the Merchants Hotel, il
Dayton, the game between Louis Shaw
of Chicago, and Henry Choate, of Gin
cinnati, resulted: Shaw, $50; Choate
LA.
Miss SEELYE, NJ. D., died June 8 Al
Massooric, Northern India. She was 6
daughter of DIR. Seelye, of Cleveland
She was connected with the Woman's
Union African Mission in Calcutta. Miss
Seelye was on her vacation trip, and died
of typhoid fever.
NEAR Zaleski, ON Monday last, an ex,
press train on the Marietta and Cincin'
natl railroad ran through culvert which
had been washed out by the rain, killing
James Powell, the fireman, and break,
ing the thigh and arm of Engineer Cut,
ter. No passengers were injured.
JOHN NOBLE, a highly respected
farmer, so years of age, living near Mil
bury, Ottawa county, killed his wife one
night last week, by beating her with q
club and cutting her throat. The alleged
cause was infdelity. He surrendered to
the authorities.
Two LITTLE boys, aged 8 and 3 wears,
were drowned in the Ohio river at Gin
cinnati, few days ago. A man saw the
boys fall into the water, and ran home
to change his pantaloons before going
into the water to rescue them. When
the lunatic returned the boys were
drowned.
A SEVERE storm of rain and wind
passed oyer Marietta, on Thursday night
of last week, causing heavy loss OF
property. The fve-story warehouse of
the Marietta Chair Company, filled with
furniture, was blown down, and, with its
contents, destroyed. The loss is esti-
mated at $75, 900, and no insurance.
AT Columbus, one night last week,
Henry Wright, colored, bet friend
that he could drink quart of raw
whisky and eight glasses of beer inside
half an hour. He won the bet, but the
Coroner returned verdict that the said
Wright camsto his death from an over.
dose of whisky and beer, drank in toe
short time.
Il. S. RICH, the defaulting agent oi
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was
taken before the Mayor of Columbus,
on Monday last, and discharged, no one
appearing against him. This is in ac,
cordance with the terms Of O compro-
miae made between his attorneys and
the railway officials, Rich giving such
information as may lead to the recovery
of most of the $4,000 embezzled by him
and lost in gambling.
REPORTS from all portions of Southern
Ohio give gloomy accounts of continual
rains and damage to the crops. The
Big Miami river at Cleves had risen a
the rate of six inches per hour, and the
bottoms are all under water. Three
thousand acres of corn between Clevei
and Lawrenceburg are flooded. At Nor
row terrible rainfall occurred, and the
Little Miami river is reported as flood
ng the town.
NEW patents issued to citizens of thii
State: Vehicle seats, John r. Hill, Re
public; pianaforte actions, Thaddeus P
Carr, Yellow Springs; pilot wheel corr
drills, James Campbell, Harrison eav'
troughs, Robert Tyhurst, Dresden; knit
ting machines for making bullion fringe
Edward P. Curtiss, Norwalk hog ring
ing apparatus, Silas Sparks and JOIN
W. Sparks, Bowensville; earth augers
J. P. Simmons, Tifin; butter preserving
firkins, J. Wilhelm, Orville.
DIR. PAsCHA1 BEVERLY RANDOLPH
who claimed to be q nephew of Johl
Randolph, of Virginia, and the author O
Preadamite Man, :" and large numbe
of physiological, spiritual, and theologi
cal works, and the founder of the sec
known as Rosicrucians, committed sui
eide at Toledo, few days ago, by shoot
ing himself through the head. Rar
dolph had been on drunken spree fo
several days, and was morbidly jealou
OF his wife. He was about so years {
age, ripe scholar, and had travelled q
over the world, but was q lunatic as t
religious matters.
A SINGULAR death occurred at Clev,
land one day last week. Alfred Chas
purchased a bottle of bitters of dru,
gist. Proving satisfactory, he recon
mended them to a relative, who teste
the bitters, which made him very il
The druggist told Chase the action
the relative when Chase called for IL
bottle and took a liberal drink. In a fe
minutes he complained of feeling i'll, al
soon becoming helpless, was carried bac
to the drug store, where he soon die,
The post mortem revealed the fact tn
he died from a dose of corrosive poiso
The physician is of the opinion th
there is no poison in the bitters, as !
tested them himself.