The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East,

The East.
Three executions took place on Friday of last
week. At Dedham, Mass, James II. Costley
was hung for the murder of Julia Hawkes.,
whose killing was traced to him upon evidence
purely circumstantial but of the strongest and
most conclusive character. At Thomaston,
Me-, two murderers swung together-Louis
Wagner, the bloody actor in the Isle of Shoals
tragedy, wherein the victims were two Nor
wegian women who were 80 unfortunate as to
have $40 in silver in their possession and
John True Gordon, who murdered i'll their
beds his brother and the latters wife and infant
child, and then set fire to the house to conceal
Vie crime. Gordon was hung while in state
of insensibility, resulting from an attempt at
suicide by stabbing himself in the breast on the
morning of his execution.
A terrible disaster occurred last week in a
shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Company, near
Wilkesbarre, Pa. A party of six carpenters
were engaged in lining up the shaft, and while
working near the top Of the opening the scat
folding gave way, precipitatng the unfortunate
men to the bottom of the shaft, distance Of
500 feet They fell into some thirty feet of
water, and were either killed outright by the
fall or drowned -.
Five persons were killed last week at Fall
River, Mass, while attempting to drive across a
railroad track in front of train.
The New York Grand Jury has found six new
indictments against William NJ. Tweed, for OBJ
tanning money from the City Treasury by false
pretense.
A fire at Paterson, N. j., on the 2Sth ult.,
destroyed property valued at 100000.
George ". Pemberton, the murderer of Mrs.
Margaret E. Bingham at Boston, has been
sentenced to be hanged.
Loader and Price the two witnesses who
confessed to rcene of criminality between
Beecher and Mrs Tilton in the Tilton parlor,
arc under arrest upon charge of perjury, and
both have confessed that the afidavits were
false.
The West
A fearful tornado swept over a portion OF
the city of Detroit last Sunday, cutting swath
varying in width from 100 to 500 feet in a
noItheasterly direction as far as the corner of
Grand River avenue and Twelfth street, dis
tance of more than a mile. The whirlwind
assumed the shape of a water-spout, and was
seen for miles away, while the crash of its de-
struction was heard distinctly in distant parts
of the city. The damage to property is vari-
ously estimated from $4,000 to $4,000.
Eighteen houses were demolished, and twenty
others more or less injured, besides out-houses,
barns. etc. Charles Peike was fatally injured,
and his child, an infant years old, was killed.
Mrs. Fred Rademacker is fatally injured. Rich
ard Bates, a boy 10 years old, was blown fur
long through the air and into an elm tree sixty
feet high, whence he dropped to the ground
and was picked up dead. Mrs. Lizzie Perkins will
probably die, and many others are very serious
" injured. Nearly 100 persons were more or
less bruised, and we're attended by the doctors.
The Sioux Indians have finally agreed to re-
linquish their hunting privileges on the Re-
publican river, in Nebraska, receiving therefor
the S25, 600 appropriated by Congress for that
purpose. As the Interior Department will not
trust the sayages with the cash, they will re-
ceive their compensation in the form of horses,
COWS, harness and wagons.
A shocking wife-murder was perpetrated in
Chicago few days ago. John Condor, Decom-
ing enragod at the improper conduct of his
wife, shot her through the heart, killing her
almost instantly, and then shot himself in the
head, infiicting dangerous wound.
| A cold-blooded and brutal murder WAS COM
mitted in Ottumwa, Iowa, one day last week.
Deputy Marshal Logan was killed by Jesse Scott
Smith, of Batavia. Logan received two pistol
shots, one taking effect in the heart, killing
him instantly. Smith was desperate charac-
ter, and was on his way to the jail in
charge of the officer, when the shoot
| ing occurred. Smith was promptly ar
rested by Marshal Van. Ammon. Heavy
iron manacles were riveted on his wrists and
ankles, and he was then lodged in Jail. The
prisoner boasted that he WAS the bird that did
the deed, and he meant to kill Van Ammon.
The excitement ran till o'clock next morning
and lynching was expected every moment.
Between 1 and 2p. m. next day, the prisoner
was taken before Acting Mayor Felzer, and, on
\ waving examination. was remanded to jail.
On coming down the stairs from the City Hall,
half dozen persons, backed by 500 cool
headed citizens, overpowered the officers ir
charge of him, aud, throwing one end of rope
| over Smiths head and the other on lamp.
post, left his lifeless body dangling in the air
viewed by thousands of spectators, in the
broad sunlight.
The South.
Six persons, consisting Of one man and five
| Ill rrl,ilo clfT I,
Hills Lake near Little Rock, Ark, sfew day
ago, were drowned by the capsizinS of the
boat.
special dispatch to the Chicago Inter
Ocean from Brownsville, Texas, states that the
United States troops have recently been rein
forced and that detachments of cavalry arr
constantly securing the country in searcl
still on this side of the Rio Grand
committing depredations and outraging de
fenseless women. The fact that our troops ar
taking the offensive justifes the belief tina
conflicts with Cortina's bandits will occur, whel
it would not be surprising if the latter wer
followed across the river, and hostilities be
tween Mexico and the United States commence
in earnest.
An entire block of business houses was re
Gently burned at Mckinney, Texas. Loss SO
900.
A dispatch from Key West, Fla, states tha
the yellow fever is an epidemic at that place.
An incendiary fire at Helena, Ark, last weel
destroyed two newspaper Offices and one jo
printing office.
At Baltimore, last week, Maj. ]. Lyle Clark
well-known citizen, was shot while seated ,
: the dinner table of hotel by H. W. Brewe
: of Georgetown, who claimed to have bee
driven to the act to avenge sisters wrong
Clarke's wound is not fatal.
Washington.
, Judge Spence, Assistant Attorney-Gener
, for the Postoflice Department, has decided thi
: Postmasters are liable on their bond for losst
of government property passing through the
! Postoffices.
Secretary Bristow says that the decision