The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-06

ordinary longevity in that city, and
gives list of ninety-one persons 100
years old and upward who have died in
New York during the last ten years.
Over fifty of these old folks were born
in Ireland, and twenty-five were colored.
Two of them attained the extraordinary
age of 113 years. The majority of these
people died of old age. The most of
them were widowed at the time of death,
but several left partners surviving, and a
few had never married.
One of the strongest points made by
the opponents Of capital punishment in
the Pomeroy case is based on the tesh-
mony of DR.. Walker, Superintendent Of
the Insane Asylum at South boston, who
testiies emphatcally that Pomeroy is
insane and irresponsible. His reason for
thinking SO is that Jessie is not truthful,
and he lays down the general rule that
insane people are not truthful. Com
menting upon this, a contemporary sug-
gests that it would be a good plan to
have the doctor examine some of the
witnesses in the Brooklyn case. Per-
haps he would find some of them insane.
A PROMISING young man has Just met
an untimely death at Somerville, Tenn.
His name was Oscar Barton. Although
but eighteen years old, this bright youth
had ia his brief career slain no less than
three men. He met his match at last in
the shape of one-armed shootist named
Tom Doyle, and died like his victims :
with his boots on. Tom emptied the
leaden contents of a double-barreled
shotgun and two barrels of navy Colt
into the body of the gentle Oscar, and
he had barely time to utter the .stereo-
typed "I'm shot" ere his spirit winged
its flight to the land where shot-guns,
revelyers, and bowie-knives are un-
known.
The inevitable squabble over a rich
mans will has begun in Detroit. Mr..
E. B. Ward, dying a few months ago,
eft fortune of $4,000, 900, and the fu-
neral was hardly over before the heirs
began to quarrel about the bequests.
One relative, who had received 10000,
said he deserved ten times that amount,
and gave notice that he would contest
the will. The Michigan Legisla-
ture has passed an amendment
to the present law relating to the settle
ment of estates, SO as to do away with
he special administrator who may now
be appointed to take charge of the estate
until it is settled, and, instead, to give
the executors control
The death of the two aeronauts in
France, which seems to have resulted
from the extreme rarefaction of the air
at the height (26, 900 feeN to. which they
assembled, gives warning to aeronauts
that any distance beyond 10000 feet is
dangerous. At the previous ascension
of the Zenith, although it did not attain
SO great a height, sane-of-th party suf-
fered from dizziness, and two of the
pigeons were found dead in the cage,
while the third was almost ifeless. Mr..
Glaisher assembled to the height of 35,
600 feet, whereupon he became insensi-
BILE and his assistant nearly SO, and il
was only by promptly opening the valve
that the latter saved. their two lives. The
brothers Schlanginweit climbed to a
height of 22,259 feet on one of the peaks
of the Himalayas, and they describe theil
sufferings as very intense.
CAPT. HALL, of the Coast Survey,
who has been stationed three years II
Alaska, has addressed to the Commits
sioner of Education at Washington al
elaborate account of the country and its
inhabitants. He reports that little prog
ress has been made in any direction since
that northern province came into ou1
hands, and that the condition of educa
ton is especially discouraging. The
present condition of the natives is less
favorable than it was under the Russian
regime. Capt. HAfl goes,sofar as toih-
innate that there is in Alaska no civil
law, no government, no redress for In
jury, no protection for whites or natives,
and no punishment for crime. An of
fender against the Revenue law can be
seized and sent 1000 miles for trial, but
the murderer of n revenue officer could
not be punished. Capt. Hall pronounces
the Alaska Commercial Company more
powerful monopoly than the old Russian
company, and says that the natives art
practically the slaves of that company
without protection or redress.
LEXINGTON and Concord, Mass, cele
brated on the Goth of April, in fitting
manner, the centennial of the even
which made them historic. The tw,
quiet old New England towns never il
all their history, not even on the da,
whose Tooth anniversary they celebrated
had seen SO much enthusiasm and ex
citement, such great crowds of peopl
and SO many demonstrations of JOY
George William Curtis at Concord an,
Richard FL. Dana at Lexington rehearse,
in glowing terms the memories of tn
past, and impressed upon their hearer
the lessons they conveyed. In these an,
in all the speeches upon the occasio,
there breathed spirit of love for tn
old Union, reverence for the heroes il
whose blood it was cemented, and pa
triotic devotion to the cause of ibert
and human rights. The century @
formation and organization began wit
Lexington and Concord. As we pas