The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-19

jolony depot was thronged all forenoon by
riends of incoming passengers. The train
vas made up Of twenty cars filled with
Eastern people returning from Philadelphia.
The freight train should have been on the
and was backing up to take its
place at the time of the collision.
An old man named Trim, living at Bucks
ford, Maine, and his daughter and grand
daughter were brutally murdered on the
l4th by some unknown person or persons.
The supposed object of the murder was
money. The eharred remains of Trim were
found in the debris of his carriage-house,
which had been burned over the body to
hide the crime.
Official count of the Arkansas State cleo
ton, completed, shows: Ballots voted, 1885,
604; Miller, Democrat, receiving a majority
of 1892 over Bishop, Republican.
Frank Worth Deshler, Cashier of the
Franklin National Bank, Columbus, Ohio, |
committed suicide at his home in that city,
in the presence of his wife, byshooting him.
self through the heart. Domestic Difficult
ties were the cause. Mr.. Deshler was about
twenty-six years of age, and a man of up
right principles.
The dead body of Henry Shaefer, a cattle
dealer, aged ffty-eight, was found in the
woods near Pittsburg a few days since. The
condition of the corpse gave evidence of a
dreadful murder, the head having been
crushed out of all shape, the pockets rifed,
and a portion of the clothing carried away.
Henry Lenkner, a partner of the deceased,
was arrested.
The boiler of the steamer Matamoras ex-
ploded near Morgan's Point, Galveston,
Texas, recently. Three of the crew were
killed and two wounded. After the explo.
sion the boat was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss twenty thousand dollars. Uninsured.
The question of allowing the Main Exhibit
ton Building TO remain permanently in
Paramount Park, Philadelphia, has been
under discussion. 1t was agreed to appoint
a committee to meet the citizens and the
Committee and Centennial Committee of
Councils to further discuss the mat er.
Since the surrender of Tweed some in
formal action has been taken with aview to
negotiate a treaty between the United States
and Spain.
Foreign Iteass
Aspecial from Madrid to the London
Standard reports that General Martinez
Campos is in Barcelona, completing his ar
rangements for going to Havana. He viii
sail about the middle of the month with a
squadron of five men-of-war and several
transports with troops. His acceptance of
the command has been te~legraphed to Cap
tain General Jovellar, who is expected to
return to Spain about the end of October.
Saturday night, October z, the Montene.
grins, having received a reinforcement OF
two thousand five hundred men, attacked
Muktar Pasha, and compelled him to re.
treat to the frontier. 1t is stated that eight
hundred and fifty Turks were killed, while
the Montonegrin loss in killed and wounded
was about one hundred and fifteen. The
opposing forces are now confronting each
other in line extending eight miles.
Gen. Tchernayeff has demanded that al
Servians between the ages of eighteen and
fifty years be called out, in anticipation o.
the renewal of hostilities in the spring.
A dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph
from Constantinople, reports that an arms
tice for one month has been agreed to. Thi
announcement must be received will
caution. The same dispatch states that tn,
Grand Vizier resigned on hearing that En-
glands last proposal was intended as an I'll
timatum.
The London Times Berlin dispatch says i
is stated that the following are the condi
tions accompanying the Porte's proposal TO
an armistice: Russia must stop the dispatcl
of troops to Seryia and Bulgaria and Servii
must Immediately suspend hostilities an
give other military guarantees. TIL
Turks accord the armistice to tn
European Powers, and not t
J Servia. The Porte is willing to hav
a conference, provided that only Servial
!, affairs, and the propositions for reform, b
discussed, and that no SerYian represents
tive shall be admitted.
The London Standards Trebinje dispatcl
reports that high authorities say an armistic
for twenty days has been concluded betweel
Montenegro and Turkey, with permission t
the Turks to provision Medien and Nicsit
Mouktar Pasha holds the positions game
on the 7th. He has strongly guarded hi
communications with Ragusa.
r A Paris correspondent telegraphs an az
: count of an interview with an officer il
, the Egyptian army, who gives circumstar
tial details of the horrible events which hav
taken place in Abyssinia during the a
tempts of Egypt to chastise Abyssinis
t There have been two expeditions, the frs
of which was dispatched in October, 1877
consisting of ten thousand men. 1t wa
surprised in a de6le of Goundel, and ma
i sacred to the last man. The second e.
petition of six thousand men started i
i January last. 1t met the Abyssinians i
e February, in a defle of Goure, and ws
/: overwhelmed, four thousand men bein
killed. The Abyssinian King then wei
r into the interior, and, according to tn
latest reports, has repeated what he did i
It the defles of Goundel and Goura, by agai
crushing the army of the Egyptians. D
e tails of tLis, as well as other expedition
It are guarded with great secrecy.
Thirty thousand soldiers will, if necessar,
A follow the fifteen thousand who started fl
Cuba on the 10th inst General Quesada b.
ordered the municipalities in the Basqr
e provinces to Immediately destroy all forti
d cations not occupied by the Spanish troop
Count Won Arnim's sentence of five year
d Imprisonment in the House of Correctic
involves the forfeiture of his title, and pc
sibly of his property.
). A Berlin dispatch reports that a semi-of
cial statement from st. Petersburg declar
that the Porte's proposal of five month
armistice is regarded by the public as mere
; an attempt to checkmate Russia and evat
the guarantees for the proper treatment
st the Christians by the Porte, and does n
d secure peace. Such proposals only eau
d irritation. Especially, the government
solicitous to give the interests of peace pr
n cedence over the sympathies of the Ri
% SLAMS for their menaced co.religionists.
sr favorable reception of the proposals ]
o. Russia is impossible, in consequence of Il
! increase of popular excitement at the la
guage of the English press, which has,
late, been distrustful and jealous of Russi
The Boilers of n PittsbtfrO Nail MI