The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-27
OHIO NEWS.

IOrEu ASSOclttlOu uito utCH pOoIpOHCu
from May 26th to June Sd.
BISHOP BEDELI is still in such poor
health that he will not be able to return
from Europe until October.
The Episcopalians of Cleveland, have
begun to build handsome church on
Euclid avenue to cost $125, 600.
ABOUT $4,000 out of the required
500, 900 deficiency have been subscribed
for the Columbus and Toledo railroad.
JACOB HADE, formerly Cashier of the
Farmers National Bank at Mansfield has
been arrested, charged with embezzling
S23, 600 from that bank.
THE earnings of the Cincinnati, Hanil-
ton and Dayton railroad for the last fiscal
year show decrease over those of the
preceding year of $133, 727.49.
DURING terrible storm in Clark coun-
ty, last week, Taylor's Touring mill, near
Springfield, was struck by lightning, set
on fire, and entirely consumed with its
contents. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$14, 1000.
KATE CHASE SPRAGUE, upon learning
that the library of her father, the late
Chief Justice Chase, was to be sold at
auction in Washington, has telegraphed
from Europe forbidding the sale. She
intends to purchase it and preserve it
in the family.
JAMES FEEIY, of Delphos, an old gen.
tleman of 70 years, was struck in the
back last Friday by the locomotive'of a
passenger train, throwing him about ten
feet, and iniuring him so badly that he
cannot recover. His back was broken
by the shock.
The Postofice and general ticket
office of the Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnati and indianapolis railroad at Ca
tawba, was entered by burglars early one
morning last week. A large quantity of
stamps, tickets, and money, was carried
of, but no arrests were made.
The gift enterprise Of L. d. Sine, of
Cincinnati, is likely to come to grief, the
Postmaster Genernl having issued an or
der forbidding the payment of postal
money orders drawn to his order, and re-
quiring all registered letters sent to him
through the mail to be returned to the
offices from which they were mailed.
AT the great musical festival at Gin
cinnati, the conductor, Mr.. Theodore
Thomas, had the doors of the Exposition
building shut at the time the concerts
commenced, and those who were tardy,
several hundred in number, were COM
PEELED to wait until the intermission,
when they could go to their seats with
out disturbing others.
AT GAINESVILLE, one night last week,
Alonzo jackson, his wife, and two chill
dreH, and Albert Smith, his wife,. and
two children, went over dam ia a skiff, !,
drowning Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Smith
and one child of Jackson's and one child
of Smiths. It is said that the men were
under the influence of liquor and could
not manage the boat.
LAST winter young chap named Bo
scher was arrested in Auglaize county
for placing distractions on the railroad
track. He was tried at the last term o.
court. The jury returned the following
very singular verdict: "We, the jury
in this case, give our verdict OF mo
guilty, but would advise the parents o
the culprit to keep him at home hereaf
ter in order that he may not be guilty o
the same offense again" p"
The extensive works of the Columbu
Lumber and Barrel Company, at Colum
bus, including stock of seasoned lum
Der, was totally destroyed by fire Frida..
morning. The loss is S23, 1000, on whicl
there was an insurance of $4,000, held
in part, by the following companies
Farmers and Drovers', of Louisville
81, 200; City of Providence and the Pee
Piles, of Newark, N. j., each 81, ,25C
and the Westchester, of New York
, 81, 500.
, The following is the disposition of til
5 prizes at the pigeon-shootiDg tournamen
, which came off at Gallon last week: Bal
, cock, Meadville, Pa, first prize, 500
l killing ten birds straight; second prize
$50, won by Philip Wertz, Dayton, O.
3 third prize, $40, won by Hope, Mead
t vile, Pa. First sweepstake prize, $2i
a won by Merrill, Meadville, Pa. secon
, sweepstake prize was won by J. Quayle
Gallon, o.
q AT Ada, Hardin county, last weel
VIM. Clapper, an old man, while unde
! the influence of liquor tried to kill Ii
+ sister with a butcher knife because sh
refused to leave her house at his bidding
/ She barely escaped By rushing from tt
house. The old man then attempted 1
! kill her son, lad of 13, and but for IL
e timely interference of the neighbo
= would have succeeded. He was put III
der arrest.
IS AT Toledo, on Thursday, three lat
i went out on the river in small due
a. boat, and they had not got more than
re feet from the dock when the swell of
r passing tug upset them. Two we
h rescued, and the third, Charles Chapi
it aged 10, son of Edward Chaplin, Age
D. of the United States Express Compan
is was drowned. The body was recover'
ID in the course Of two hours, but all efFc
ye at resuscitatien were unavailable.