The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


The Royal Titles bill has passed the
British Parliament, and Queen Victoria
is now Empress of India.
THE jury in the case of A. G. Dawes,
of Jefferson City, Mo-, indicted for COM
plicity in whisky frauds, have returned a
verdict of not guilty.
The Indian journey has made the
Prince of Wales very stout. He only
lacks age to rival the proportions of his
illustrious ancestor, George Nv.
"A. GIRL named Frances Anne Jones
hung herself the other day in Liverpool
from bedpost, because her mother re-
primanded her for burning tablecloth
with fatiron.
THE grave of General Moultrie, the
hero of Fort Sullivan, is unknown, al
though he was buried in the family
graveyard. He died in 1905. The
Charleston Neacs and Courier proposes
that fatigue party from the Palmetto
Guards make close search for the last
resting place Of the Revolutionary hero,
in order that in this Centennial year it
may be known and honored.
STURGEON does not agree with Moody
on church fairs. Moody says the devil
is in them. Spurgeon says it is better to
give money outright than to raise it by
a fair, but that when cash donations
cannot be obtained a fair is the next best
thing. He also says that church fairs
bring out the talent of the sisters, and
that he feels sure there is not an article
offered for sale that has not been prayed
over, as the mother of Moses is said to
have prayed when she made his cradle.
PERHAPS it is worth remarking, says
the New York san, that the Centennial
Exhibition was not opened by the Presi-
dent, but by tie Emperor of Brazil.
Grant and Dom Pedro were placed side
by side at the two levers which control
the huge engine in Machinery Hall.
The word was gwen for them to pull to-
gether, but the autocrat got ahead, and
by a yank of his nimble wrist set in
motion the mighty machine and its
almost innumerable connections. Al
cantara did it, not Grant.
THE coroner's jury has decided that
Rubenstein, the murderer, in the New
York jail, came to his death by incipient
consumption and starvation. His body
was buried by his father and some rela-
tiyes in the Jewish Cemetery on the
Coney Island road. The funeral process
sion consisted of a hearse and six car
Tiages. 1t has been ascertained that he
was in the habit of throwing away his
meals. He made that disposition of the
last meal furnished him on the morning
of his death.
The best features of the Exhibition,
such as the English display of ceramics,
are thronged with connoisseurs, and the
exhibitors and their assistants are kept
busy explaining the popularity of their
goods to appreciative listeners. Many
purchases seem to have been made also,
especially of English porcelain and
Doulton ware, and there are constant
inquiries about prices in the Japanese
sections, where nobody need try to buy
without a long purse. OF course none OF
the goods sold can be removed until the
close of the Fair.
WHEN in Baltimore Dom Pedro re-
ceived a telegram from Carlos Gomez,
the Brazilian composer, in reply to a tel
egram sent by his majesty requesting
Senior Gomez to compose suitable piece
of music for the Centennial, and re-
questing that it should be sent in time to
be played at Philadelphia on the 4th Of
July next, which his majesty says is the
true Centennial. The gifted composer
has answered that he will set to work at
once and will do his best to meet the
Emperor's wishes.