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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
A STRANGE STORY.
How Two Widows of the Same Husband
Assisted at His Burial.

[Des Moines Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
On Saturday last Louis Walker died
West Liberty. Before his death, he ex-
pressed the earnest desire that, if he
died, he should be buried on the farm
where he formerly lived, near Bevington,
station on the Winterset branch of the
Rock Island road, about IS miles from
this city. The stricken wife, filled with
love for him, and with heart broken
with sorrow and grief, sought to fulfill
the wishes of her dead husband. She
procured burial case, started on her
sad errand, and passed through here on
Monday. She arrived at Bevington, a
stranger to everybody. Of the station
agentshe inquired as to the location of the
farm where her husband was to be
buried. The agent inquired who it was
that was to be buried, and, on being told,
he quickly foresaw n very unpleasant
affair. The widow had come to bury her
husband ON the premises of a man whose
daughter, then at home, was the wife of
the deceased. The agent, after some
consideration, deemed it best to inform
the widow of the facts. She received
the story with perfect astonishment, and
could scarcely believe her late husband
guilty of such baseness /; but, on being
assured it was so, she became indignant,
and left the body with citizens, to be
conveyed to wife No. l (whose first
knowledge for years of the whereabouts
of her husband was his arrival in a
burial-casket), to be disposed of as she
saw fit. and, taking the first train, she
returned to her home. Since her depar-
ture, it has been discovered that Walker
had still another wife In Missouri.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
GREAT FLOOD IN FRANCE.

Hundreds of Lives Destroyed-one Town
Almost Entirely Swept Away-2, 900 Peo-
pie Rendered Destitute.
A cable dispatch from Paris, dated
June 25, says:
The damage to property and loss of
life by the flood in the river Garonne is
greater than the previous reports have
indicated. At Toulouse alone the bodies
of 100 persons who were drowned were
found in the houses which were flooded
but left standing. Many other people
perished, and their bodies were carried
off in the houses that were swept away.
The loss of life by the flood at Tou-
louise is appalling. AtSt. Cyprian quar-
ter 215 corpses have already been found.
The violence of the torrent frustrated
the efforts to rescue the unfortunate in
mates of houses. Several men were
drowned in the attempt. Twenty
thousand persons are deprived of the
means of subsistence in Toulouse alone.
The disasters elsewhere are almost equal
in magnitude. The lower part of the
city of Morssac, on the Tenn, is under
water. At Tremoullet, in the Depart
ment of Arriege, five houses only remain
standing out of 400. In the District of
Faix, same department, two villages are
completely submerged, and many dead
bodies found. Crops of all kinds
throughout the inundated districts have
been destroyed.
President MacMahon and Minister
Buffet have left Paris for the scene of
the destruction.
The Municipal Council of Paris has
voted $4,000 for the relief of the suf-
ferers.
Eighty persons were drowned in Yer
dun. Eight hundred houses have fallen
in Toulouse.
At Bordeaux the Garonne is much
swollen, but no serious catastrophe is
reported.
1t is said that altogether over 1000
lives have been lost.
Later kilograms from France say that
900 persons perished in the flood at
! Toulouse alone. The. outbreak of an
epidemic is feared It is believed that
! 2,600- houses have: been swept away in
the town and its ienvirons. The damage
there is estimated at from 912, 900, 900
to els, 100000. The Paris correspond
ent of the London Times makes an ap-
peal to British charity in behalf of the
sufferers. The London Daily NeaOS'
special says that the lowest estimate of
deaths in the flooded districts is 1000.
1t is proposed to lombard and destroy
the st. Cyprian quarter of Toulouse to
prevent danger from the crumbling walls
of the houses that yet remain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
WHOLESALE POISONING.
a Mystery at iowa College which Battle
the nncfarS

a Mystery at iowa College which Battles
the Doctors.
A letter from the Iowa Agricultural
College, at Ames, Iowa, tells the follow
ing occurrence
On the Sd ult., from the hours of 8 in
the evening to in the morning of the
4th, 102 students, male and female, were
seized with illness-in some cases quite
alarming. All were affected alike, but
with different degrees of severity, the
ladies' suffering by far the most. The
general character of the symptoms was
choleratic, consisting of violent purging,
excessive gripping pains, some vomiting,
good deal of nausea, cold extremities
and great adynamia. Pulses ran to 100
and 100, yet without force and fullness.
Severe pain was depicted in the counte-
nance, and altogether the situation was
an alarming one.
The symptoms indicated poisoning,
and strong remedies were applied to the
strong symptoms, and within twenty
four hours from the period of attack
eighty-seven were at their usual places
| and duties, well. Fifteen were still i'll,
all of whom were ladies. Day after day
one or two recovered, and when five days
| elapsed but three were ILL In a week 8
time all had recovered. The excitement
incident to such sudden and mysterious
illness having somewhat subsided, the
query on everybody's lips was : "What
made il 2" q
All sorts of rdmors prevailed
| plausible, some harsh, some absurd,
some preposterous. President Welch,
who was unavoidably absent at the time,
returned, and in unison with others of
the faculty, sought by all possible means
to obtain the cause. The buildings were
carefully inspected, and their sanitary
condition found excellent. The water
tanks were examined and nothing found
that could be productive of such results.
I thoroughly and searchingly analysed
such food of the day of attack as re-
manned uneaten, and also the water sup
piled to the students, and no poisonous
element could be found.
The whole number of sick was 102 !;
100 ate meat, and of these Sc were sick
q did not eat it, and of these were
sick, l doubtful LOT ate gravy, and &c
were sick &c did not eat gravy, 26 were
sick and s were doubtful :; 120 ate
beans, 81 were sick SO did not eat
beans, 16 were sick, doubtful 125 ate
rice, IA were sick; 48 did not eat rice /;
20 were sick and 7 were doubtful 169
ate biscuit, 81 were sick IL did not eat
biscuit, were sick 135 ate corn bread,
80 were sick As did not eat it, 20 were
sick $50 drank water, SS were sick !; %
| did not drink n 10 1uara sinl oD1 9
were doubtful AL drank milk, IS were
sick 36 did not use milk, 16 were sick
and 4 were doubtful 143 ate apple
sauce, IS were sick 81 did not eat it,
Is were sick and doubtful.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
Big Farms.

Our attention to the big farm in Hi
nois-4O, 900 acres, 18 in corn, B IN oats
and flax, and the rest in grass-has re-
called notice of the London Spectator,
from the Doomsday Book OF Scotland,
which has list of those landholders who
each own more than 20, 600 acres of land
in that country. The result is that one
man alone, in his own and his wlfe's
right. holds more than one-ffteenth of
the Kingdom, and 81 men own nearly
third proportion probably exceeding
ANYTHING known in Western Europe.
No less than LOG hold more than 2O,OOO
acres each, and, of those, 50 hold more
than $4,000 each. The Is who hold the
largest amounts of land are: Duke OF
Sutherland, 1,176, 343 acres Duchess OF
Sutherland, 149,S79 Sir J. Matheson,
900. .433 acres Earl of Breadalbane, 437,-
696 acres; Duke of Buccleugh, 432, lo3
acres /; Earl of Seafeld, 100000 acres !;
Mr.. Evan Baillie. 306. 900 acres Earl OF
Stair, 27O, 900 acres ; Duke of Richmond,
255, 600 acres Duke of Athole, l94,ooo
acres Duke of Hamilton, 1S3, 600 acres;
Duke of Argyll, 175,000 acres Sir Il.
Mackenzie, of Gairloch, 164, $50 acres
Macleod, Of Macleod, 141, 700 acres.
The old idea that the Duke OF Suther-
land owns an entire county is not true
but the Duke. with his wife, the Countess
of Cromartie, owns more than the entlre
surface of any county in England, eGcep,
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. e.-New forS
Express.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
The Cost of a Meal in San Francisco

San Francisco is famed for its restau-
rants. In no city in America are these
establishments so numerous in proper
ton to the population. They number
between 200 and 300, and it is safe to say
that at least 10000 people take their
meals at them. They are of all grades
and prices-froh the "Poodle Dog,"
Martins, and the Maison Doree, where
a meal costs from $1.50 to $20-down to
the Miners Restaurant, where it costs
only 40 cents. Between these extremes
are large number of French, German
and italian restaurants, where one may
get royal breakfast for so cents, lunch
for 25 cents, and dinner, including
claret, for rs cents, q la carte. A ten
derloin steak (and there is no better beef
in the world than here), potatoes, bread
and butter, and cup of coffee will cost
80 cents; lamb chop, potatoes, bread
and butter, and coffee, 25 cents; an omelet
or eggs boiled, fried or scrambled, with
coffee, and bread and butter, 35 cents.
A grade lower down, but in places cleanly
and entirely respectable, one gets three
dishes for 25 cents, and many find quite
a decent meal for 20 ts 40 cents.-San,-
NeI Williams ScrSsrle1" for July.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
HeterOplasty.

Of late years one of the most impor-
tant and useful operations of surgery has
been that of grating new and healthy
skin upon a wound or sore and thus es-
tablishing the healing process and OBJ
tanning cicatrization. Hitherto the par
ticles of skin have been taken from some
sound part of the patients body and
applied to the diseased or injured point,
but NJ. Anger has recently demonstrated
that pieces of skin may be taken from
amputated limbs and used successfully
in heteroplasty. In one case NJ. Anger
took strips of skin from the palmer sur
face of an amputated finger and applied
them to the liberated leg of another per.
son. In three days the bandages were
removed and the grated parts found
firmly united to the surface and evident
ly vascularized. To insure success it il
necessary that the graft be made imme
diately upon amputation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875.

IfnueS!" "Let him have it, Tribune. "
The copy of the Tribune held by Shanks
was torn to flinders. After few min
utes these pugnacious pressmen were
separated and taken by the officers be-
fore Judge Nelson, who advised them,
in the words of the immortal Watts, that
their gentle hands were never made to
tear each others eyes out, and discharged
them, on an understanding to answer the
charge, before the terrible Judge Walsh,
tomorrow, of fighting in court. The
combatants came back to court, smiling
and happy in the consciousness of duty
faithfully discharged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
SOUTH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE.

Great Destruction of Life-Eisht Thousand
People Buried in the Ruins of One
Town.
A letter from Maracaibo, May 30,
gives an account of the great earthquake
at Circuta on the 18th instant. The
first shock leveled every wall in the city,
burying, in single instant, 5000 people
out of population of 10000. Several
who were not killed subsequently died
of their injuries, and many were muir
dered by robbers, who oplundered in bands.
The shocks continued, and fires burned
much property. Those who were saved
fled to the neighboring country and en-
camped. When the news reached Mara
caibo, two steamers were sent out with
bread and clothing to the sufferers by
the American Consul and people; also a
corps of physicians and committee to
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
Carrying Bullet for Three.Score Years.

The Danville On. W Advertiser tells
the following:
"On Friday, May %, Moses George,
of this village, veteran of the war of
1872, who has past his eightieth year, ex-
tracted from his groin bullet which was
buried there by the rifle of an Indian at
the battle of Chippewa on the fifth day
of July, 1915. The bullet struck the in
side of the right leg near the groin as
the soldier was wheeling into line, and
badly shattered the thigh bone. The
bullet weighs a full half ounce and is
concave on one side, showing the i'm
press of the bone which it struck. 1t
is somewhat blackened, but beneath a
thin coating the lead isas pure and bright
as it was half century ago. The results
of the wound made by the bullet was
very severe. The limb was shortened
six inches or more, and below the thigh
and reaching nearly to the knee is thickly
SCARED, where pieces of the broken
bone, over fifty in all, have from time to
time worked out. The bullet did not re-
turn by its original entrance, but came
to the surface about four inches above,
and was taken out by the veteran him
self without the aid of instruments. He
was overioyed to get his eyes on the old
enemy who had worried him so long"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
PUGNACIOUS EDITORS.

Two New York Quill-Drivers Engage In a
Lively set-to in the Brooklyn Court
Room.
The last days proceedings in the
famous Tilton- Beecher trlal, in Brook
lyn, were interrupted by personal col
ision between two New York editors,
which is thus described by correspon-
dent:
Shortly after o'clock most exciting
scene took place in the court. The
Tribune, it is known, is the official re-
porter of the trial, and receives all the
documents. Defendants counsel, Shear
man, called over Mr.. Shanks, city eai-
tor of the Tribune, and was handing
him, according as he read them to the
World and Argus stenographers, pages
of the affidavit by Mrs. Tilton, in which
she denies the Herald story of the car
pet-layers, as to what they saw through
the key-hole, which Shanks was receiv-
ing. The Times people got wind of it,
and Hennessy, muscular Irishman,
who "runs" the Times reporting staff
in the scandal court, appeared ON the
scene, and put in claim to get the
statement. This was promptly repudi-
ated by Shanks. Hot words were ex-
changed, and soon followed furious
blows. Hennessy says Shanks struck
him first, letting him have it on the nose.
Shanks says Hennessy made grab at
him. However this may be, it was a
glorious struggle, though short.
Smack! smack went the fists, and
Shanks, breathing death and defiance,
was seen hurled back through the crowd,
and plunged against one of the reporters
tables, with the left fist of Hennessy at
his throat, and the immense right fist OF
his Hibernian assailant suspended ove1
his head, but warded off by dozens OF
friendly arms. Champions from the
armies of the Times and Tribune rushed
into the fray with fury in their looks.
The police officers arrested everybody
and showed them about. The audience
jumped on the tables and chairs and the
Judges bench, and yelled, "Go for him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
Wit and HunlOr.

WHEN is O boat like snow? When she
is drift.
Fox's Martyrs-Ducks, fowls, turkeys
and geese.
THEcruelest vivisection-C CuttingYour
friends. The most painful-Cutting your
fingers.
EVERY husband thinks that he can
tame a shrew, except the poor fellow
that has her.
A CLOSE observer says that the words
which ladies are fondest of are the first
and last words.
ONE of the uninitiated says he sup
poses that Masons are only higher sort
of hod-fellows.-W World.
QU1n1s are things that are sometimes
taken from the pinions of one goose to
spread the opinions of another.
THE reason why Pagans are so far be-
hind-hand in the march of civilization, is
because they are such idol people.
THE Gar of Russia entertains thetele-
graph conference to-day. Wonder
whether any Poles are invited.-Cona-
mercial advertiser.
Two editors are now living with bull
lets in their heads. In a large number
of instances if you wanted to reach an
editors brains, shoot him when his
back is to you. And shoot low.-E1-
change.
HERE is an extract from letter writ
ten to her lover by Montgomery (Af }
girl: "For your sake, darling, ha 9
quit using chewing gum would y,
have quit gum for me9 1 would ne
have quit gum for any other person In
the whole world.
A YOUNG lady who had just recovered
from a severe 'indisposition was visited
by gentleman friend, who found her
reclining on sofa in the parlor. After
some little conversation she remarked !:
"I have been laying long enough, and
shall set awhile"
A RUDE, ignorant fellow called on the
late James Howe, the painter, well
known for his spirited representations OF
the lower animals, and inquired whether
he was "the man who drew pictures o
brute beasts" eI am," replied Howe /;
"shall I take your ikeness?"
Mr.. BAcKUs, of Michigan, was so in
iudicious as to smoke in the same wagon
with a can of coal-ol. If Prof. Peters,
in scanning around among the planets,
should happen to get q glimpse of any
thing that looks like fragment of Mr..
B., he will send word to the papers.
PRETzE1s.
No man can lick a postage stamp with
out disturbing the piece.
The latest gag-Garroting at mid
night.
Sentiment for a census-taker-Many
happy returns.
A towboat will naturally burn quicker
than any other kind of water craft.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

A CIRCUS out In Kansas refused to
dead-head the constable of the town.
He got square on it, however. He had
the whole concern arrested for laboring
on the Sabbath, and that refusal to dead
head cost the manager 5000. There is
one thing which a village constable and
Jersey editor never forgiyes-that's
refusal of dead-head tickets.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

WoMAN's R1GHTs.-Says the Chicago
Tribune A female convict named Kate
Connolly recently escaped from Sing
Sing Prison by lowering herself from a
window of the prison hospital with a
rope. When 15years of age she escaped
from Blackwell's Island by padding
away on a gate. In 1859 she escaped
from Sing Sing by sliding down
a ightning-rod. And yet there are peo-
pie who still persist in claiming that
women have no rights, that they are
crushed down by the tyrant man, and
that they are not allowed to do what they
can do Just as well as men. Kate Con-
nelly, however, seems to have the faculty
of enjoying her rights of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, notwithstand-
ing all the efforts of the law or of
| man to restrain her.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

stores or dwellings, on the house-tops,
or on the platforms erected for the pur-
pose. The latter were seen on almost
every block, and a few of them were
large enough for the comfortable ac-
commodation of 500 people"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

"M. QUAD's ODDS" the production
of Mr.. Lewis, the Detroit Free Press
humorist, will be book of 500 pages,
the greater portion of the contents being
new to the public. 1t viii be reprinted
in England. In this country it will be
sold by subscription only.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

disburse aid. The Governor has sen
soldiers to protect the people.
Reports from San Cayetono, Santiago,
Grarulata, Arbaleda, Cucutella and San
Cristeabel, all aggregating population
of 10000, confirm the previous account
of the destruction of life and property
in those places. The shock was felt at
Bogota and other places, and in Mara
caibo there have been light quakes every
dav since
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

BRIGHAM YOUNG is said to have his eye
on the State of Sonora, in Mexico, as a
better country for the quiet enjoyment
of his practices than Utah.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
FRESH TOPICS.

REGULATIONS are cheap in Utica, N. Y.
One Samuel Gurnsey has just recovered
six cents damages from the Herald of
that city for slander.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

How TRUE it is that one expense neces-
states another. Last year the State of
Massachusetts, gilded the dome of its
State House at an almost fabulous cost,
and now it has been compelled to pay for
Theoretically sealing the windows to the
cupola above, that the glittering surface
may not be tarnished by the expectora-
hons of tobacco-using visitors.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

If this story came from any place but
Colorado, we wouldn't believe it. But
the newspaper men out there are all
George Washington's in their love for
the truth: ga miner, who has been
prospecting in Southwestern Colorado,
has found whole forest of petrifed
trees, with petrified birds sitting on the
limbs singing petrifed songs"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

SAN FRANCISCO is to be the first place
to see Apna Dickinson roll up her eyes
in suppGeation to the goddess of tragedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

TIE Oldest ex-United States Senator
now living is said to be Peleg Sprague,
formerly of Maine, who was Senator from
that State from 1929 to 1885. He also
represented the Kennebec district In
Congress from 1926 to 1929, was subse-
quently for many years Judge of the
United States District Court of Massa-
chusetts, and is now living in Boston at
q greatly advanced age.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

SPEAKING of the struggle to obtain
eligible points of observation of the great
Bunker Hill procession in Boston, re-
porter says: "Great as were the ex-
pectations of the Bostonians, their i'm
agination did not compass such numbers
as these. Of the $4,000 visitors and
many more residents, everybody sought
a place commanding a view of the line
of march. One man refused 800 for the
use of single window for the day. The
Boston Transcript declined $500 fol
its Washington street front, and gave
up all its windows to its employees. Still,
thousands of dollars were made by the
rental of seats in eligible locations,
whether they were in the windows o.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

TIE crop reports from nearly every
section of the Northwest are very favor
able-much more SO than previous ac-
counts have led the public to expect
An increased acreage in wheat has been
sown, and the fields generally average
well and give promise of favorable
yield. 1t is altogether probable that the
harvest the coming fall will be fully up
to, if it does not exceed, the average.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

Business cards of five lines or less, s. per annum.
Local notices 10 cents per line each insertion
Simple announcements Of marriages and deaths,
and church and benevolent society notices inserted
free Any additions to obituary notices VIII be
charged cents per line.
Favors MUST be handed in as early as Tuesday
morning 10 insure insertion the Same week
Communications upon subjects Of general or 10
cal interest are solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

ADv1cEs from the frontier are to the
effect that large parties of Sioux, Chey-
enne and Arapahoe Indians have aban-
doned their reservations and started on
the war-path. 1t is believed by men
well posted in savage ways that the
Sioux and other hostile tribes are pre-
pairing for gigantic Indian war, and
that the government will have to decide
which course it will pursue-protect the
peaceful tribes and the settlers, or leave
them to their fate and keep miners out
of the Black Hills. The troops are not
strong enough to do both.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08

THE Prince of Wales, who is the
"heir apparent" to the British throne,
is now Field Marshal in addition to his
other honors-honors that have liberal
emoluments attached to them, and are
not merely "glittering baubles in the
shape of medals, ribbons, etc. Field
Marshal Albert Edward has never seen
actual service, but he already ranks vet
eran Generals covered with honorable
scars, and as he also holds two Colonel
cies and accepts their pay, his military
positions secure him at least $25, 600 n
vaar