The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-08
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At Cincinnati, in the District Court
recently, it was held that the establish
ment of separate schools for white and
colored children is lawful; that it does
not involve the denial of right to the
colored population, and is not in conflict
with the amendments to the Constitu-
tion of the United States. The opinion
is in conformity with the ruling of the
Supreme Court of this State, and of the
courts of Indiana and California. The
question at Cincinnati arose upon the
application of colored citizen for
mdndan,us to compel the Board of Edu-
cation to admit his children to an Inter-
mediate School in the Twenty-fifth
Ward, and the application was refused.
The Ohio State Sunday-School Con-
vention for 1876 was held in Dayton,
beginning on the 9th of june. Arrange
ments were made by the citizens for the
entertainment of one thousand delegates.
Patrick Pickens, who killed his son at
Columbus, some time ago, under partic-
ularly atrocious circumstances, has been
convicted of manslaug ghter.
jacob Ricketts,, deaf man aged about
sixty.nine years, was accidentally killed
at Columbus by being run over by a
switch train in the YARD of the Column
bus, Springfield, and Cincinnati Rail
road.
A shocking accident occurred at the
intersection Of Central avenue and Bank
street, Cincinnati, in which child two
years and five months old, named Ame-
lis Gross, was almost instantly killed by
street car. She was in the act Of cross
ing Central avenue, going toward the
canal, when the car came along, and,
unnoticed by the driver, she was knocked
down by one of the horses. Her cries
attracted the drivers attention, but it
was too late to stop the car in time to
save her life. One wheel passed over
her body, and the car was stopped with
the rear wheel resting upon her. She
was released as quickly as possible and
taken to the home of her parents. A
physician was summoned, but she died
before his arrival.
An examination of the accounts of ex
Treasurer Smalley, who committed sui
eide at Upper Sandusky, develops the
fact that there exists deficit in the
county treasury of over four Thousand
dollars. 1t is also rumored that hi
transactions through the banks, during
the period of twenty months, amounted
to about one hundred thousand dollars
The particulars, we presume, will b,
made public by Special Examine
Judge G. R. Mott.
The chronic quietness of Cummins
vile, Cincinnati suburb, was consider
ably disturbed recently over the discoy
cry that Mrs. Sophia Markgraf, wife 0
Julius Markgraf, saloon-keeper OF
Hamilton road, between Bluerock an,
! Gulow streets, had committed suicid
by jumping into the cistern belongin
to her house. The dead body was dis
covered by her husband about sevel
o'clock in the morning. A Coroner
inquest was held subsequently, and say
that Mrs. Markgraf was addicted to a
excessive use of alcoholic stimulants, n
reason was developed for her rash acf
A verdict of suicide by drowning wa
rendered.
A barn belonging to a farmer name
Matthews, near Ada, was struck b
lightning the other afternoon and Ell
tirely destroyed. One horse and col
siderable quantity of corn, oats, an
wheat were burned up. Loss abol
three thousand dollars; no insurance.
George Wallace, prominent dI
goods merchant of Newark, has made a
assignment to D. G. Winegardner. A
sets seventy-fye thousand dollars; Ii
bilities unknown.
George Bower, a young man residir
one mile south of Newark, was killed |
lightning, few evenings ago, whi
blowing. His horses were uninjured.