The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
GENERAL IHTELLIGE1CE.

TIE new Sultan of Turkey is in the
thirty-sixth year of his age.
A TURTLE was killed at Bufort, North
Carolina, last week, which, on examina-
ton, was found to contain one thousand
and fifty eggs.
WMHELMINE WEIeK, convicted of the
murder of his step-son, Michael Weick,
in November last, at Buffalo, has been
sentenced to be hanged on the 21st of
July. 1876.
JAMES CAMPBELL, a fireman at New
Orleans, driving No. %, fell from his
seat and was crushed to death recently,
the wheels of the engine passing oyerhis
head.
The total earnings of the New Hamp-
shire State Prison in 1875 was $50, 1893,
yielding a profit of $780, sos. Owing to
the hard times the contract price of labor
per day has been reduced from 95 to 81
1-3 cents.
The new Centennial Dictionary, COM
prising the population of both st. Paul
and Minneapolis, separately, is out. CIV
ing Minneapolis a population of $500,
the largest city in Minnesota, being
5000 more than st. Paul.
THE newSultan of Turkey is habituall
called "Efendi" by some of our ex-
changes. As "EfEendin is a term of
honor, equivalent to honorable" or
esquire" Mr.. Mamoud Murad will
presently be MORALLY offended by these
abbreyiating journals.
M. ANDRE, a wealthy Partisan banker,
gave a ball lately, the popularity of
which lay in the fact that, by means of
hidden mechanism, the partition walls
between the splendid salons on the first
floor could be made to sink into the
ground and disappear. Strips of floor
ing fitted into the grooves, and the whole
floor was suddenly transformed into a
ballroom.
The latest mail from India brings
particulars of the death of the young
Maharajah of Puttiala, which leaves no
doubt that the Prince killed himself by
drink. For some time he has lived in a
constant state of ~debauchery, and even
at the installation celebration at Cal
cutta by the Prince of Wales he could
not keep sober. His extravaganza was
unbounded. He was but twenty-four,
and at ten years old he inherited an
estate worth nearly half a million ster.
ling a year.
ADvIcEs from Colonel Meyer, Super
visor of Internal Revenue, who has been
looking up crookedstills in Bollinger and
other counties in Southeast Missouri
say he has captured seven copper stills
worms and caps, and burned still-houses
and one hundred and thirty-two mash
tubs, of over a hundred gallons capacity
each, besides running often one Thousand
gallons of mash and beer and severa
hundred barrels of singlings. Six distil
lers have been arrested and put unde.
bonds of 81, 900 each. A number o
other distillers are hiding in the wood
to escape arrest.
A SMALL child in Washington, which
was left alone in the. house by its parent
the other evening, was attacked by al
army of rats, which gnawed away tn,
feshy portion of the left hand, beside
inficting many other severe gashes abou
the neck and chest, and severing an i'm
portant artery. When the child was dis
covered it was in a very critical condi
ton, and had it not been for the timely
arrival of a physician, who checked tn,
flow of the blood, the infant would NJ
doubt have died. 1t is feared, however
that am~putation of the arm will be nee
essary.
AMAN with a mania for choking boy
has been wandering in the neighborhood
of Portland, Oregon. He dresses well
seems amiable, enters into pleasant con
versation, suddenly clutches them b!
heir Threats, and does not relax unit
they are nearly dead.
LUM's cotton pickery, at New Orleans
owned by Emmett, burned, with contents
The fire extended both ways, destroying
two double tenement houses on Religion
and four on Orange street. Loss estimated
at $25, 900.
DISPATCHES from the City of Mexic,
state that the instruction is weakening
and evidently nearly at an end.