The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
General

few nights since, a party of emigrants,
consisting of Ephraim Weaver and his SIS
ter, Susan Smith, with a baby nine months
old, James Crowley and his wife Mary Ann,
and baby fifteen months old, and Martin
Crowley, brother of James, were proceed
ing down the Mississippi River in two skiHs
and a small fatboat. When near quaran-
tine, about twelve miles below st. Louis,
they were run into by the towboat Grand
Lake with two barges, and Mrs. Crowley,
the two babies, and Martin Crowley were
drowned. All the household effects of the
two families were lost. The party was from
Hamilton, Illinois, and were going South to
locate. 1t is said the Captain of the Grand
Lake treated the survivors cruelty, but this
the Captain denies, and says he did every.
thing possible under the circumstances to
assist the unf~ortunates.
The total vote cast for West for Governor
in Ohio was 24S, 945; for Bishop, 271, 625.
Bishops plurality is therefore 22,6SO. The
Communist, Prohibition, and Labor Green
back candidates polled an aggregate of 34,-
237 votes, making, with the ffty-two scatter
ing, a grand total of 524,561. A comparison
of these figures with the totals of the past
two years shows the dimensions of the stay
athome army. Here it is in brief.
1 Is7s Hayes, s9z, sla Allen, %, 25s Total, Sc, osS
1s7e.-Hayes, ssO,6sS Tilden, 323,1s2 Total, 65s,77i
1s77--west, A ,9i5 Bishop, 2Z,625 Total, t24,56l
Samuel ]. Tilden arrived at New York
October rs, on the Scotia, in company with
John Bigelow and Adam s. Hewitt. He was
met in the bay by a tug loaded with friends.
Hedrove at once to his home, and declined
to talk politics. He is feeling much better,
he says, and certainly looks a great deal
better than he did last spring.
Anew Bedford dispatch says the loss is an.
nounced of the Bhalers Rainbow and Farms
worth, and disasters to others, in the Arctic
Sea.
A Williamsport, Pa, dispatch says: In.
formation has just been received here this
afternoon that Hon. Sobieski Ross, ex.
member of Congress for this district, COM.
mitted suicide on Wednesday by shooting
himself through the heart, in his barn, al
coudersport, Potter County, Penn. Judge
Ross has been very respondent for some
time past, and has not been enjoying good
health. bis death has cast a deep gloom
over the community in the vicinity.
In Palestine, Darke County, Ohio, a few
nights since, according to the Dayton
Journal, Wesley Guyer, an old resident
living on the outskirts of the town, wat
reused from his sleep about midnight by
some n calling at the door of his house
He went down to answer the summons, and
on opening the door, by the light of the moor
he saw standing in the front of his house
band of men. Their faces were covered
with masks, and their rifles glittering in the
moonlight, were levelcd directly upon him
he saw his peril, but too late to avoid it
The yolley that followd reused the
neighborhood for miles around. When
his neighbors arrived on the scene
the assassins had disappeared; and
Guyer lay weltering in his blood. He died
in a few minutes, after relating in a few
words the tanner in which he came to hi,
death. The doorway of the house was shat
tered with balls, and Guyer's body was rid
died with the shot. Marks of forty bullets
were traced on his body and about the spot
where he stood. 1t is thought, by some
that as Guyef was a man of not very good
repute, the terrible assassination was done
by a Vigilance Committee.
Edwin Adams, the actor, died at ILLS
October %, after a long and severe illness
Judge William G. Lane, of Sandusky, one
of the Oldest and most prominent citizens
who for years has occupied the position Of
Judge of the Common Pleas Court in that
and adjoining counties, died at his residence
in that city, recently, after a long and pain
full illness. Judge Lane was well known
throughout the State, and his death will
be deeply regretted by a large circle Of
friends.
A few mornings since, near Paris
Illinois, John Hand made murderoul
attacks upon his step-son, John Beck, with
an Ak, while he lay in his bed asleep
inficting several severe gashes. Hant
Immediately went to the Jail and surren
dered himself. No cause is known for thu
assault. Hand has been very respondent o.
late. Beck died in the afternoon.
An aged couple, keeping a toll-gate OIL
the Chillicothe and Circleville pike, wers
b~rutally murdered at midnight, lately, by
burglars. The object was plumber, and the
bloody deed was rewarded with the sum o.