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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
A Disastrous Confagration.

An explosion, Immediately followed by
fire, occurred at five minutes past five
o'clock on the afternoon of December 20, in
the immense candy mandatory of Green
field & Sons, No, SO Barclay Streets, New
York City, which extends in the shape of an
L to College place. The boiler burst,
tearing away the entire front and scatter
ingt he wreck in all. directions.
A large number OF girls of all ages were
employed at the time in the building. The
walls fell within a few minutes after the
explosion. A policeman who was on duty
near the building, says he saw the front
of the building, five stories high, fall into
the street.
Fifty-six wounded and one dead were re-
ported in the Chambers Street Hospital at
6 AS o'clock. A number were also sent to
Bellevue and otherhospitals. 1t is estimated
the wounded will reach one hundred and
twenty-five. But few escaped uninjured.
Mr.. Greenfield, the owner of thefaetory,
could give no idea of how many were in the
building at the time of the explosion, but
thought about one hundred and ten. OF
these about fifty escaped by the College
| place entrance, and a small number got out
through the skylights, walked over the
roofs and got down the sky-lights of other
buildings.
The greatest sacrifice OF life was among
the young girls, many of whom, from eight
to fifteen years, were employed in selling,
asserting and packing candies on the first
floor, over the boiler, which was situated in
the basement at the rear end Of the Barclay
Street wing of the building.
The book-keeper, who was on the Bar
clay Street side OF the building, was thrown
out through a window into the street, and
badly cut onthe head.
Several jumped from the second story,
and escaped vita slight injuries, their fall
being broken by policemen and citizens on
the sidewalk below.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Foreign.

A Vienna correspondent telegraphs that
Turkeys first pacific effort may be regarded
as q failure. Germany hashinted that treaty
directly with Russia would be the shortest
way of coming to an understanding. 1t
seems that when the note was first men,
toned, the Austrian Government replied
that 1t would not hold out any hope of sue.
cessful mediation on such a basis.
It is said that the Chinese Government in.
tends to appeal to Great Britain and the
United Statesfor pecuniary aid to meet the
famine in the Northern provinces.
The Project of Naples and Generals
Sacchi and Pallavicini and their stats, on
December is, went on board the United
States man-of-war Yandalia, to pay their re-
spects to ex-President Grant. Statutes were
exchanged between the vessel and the forti-
fcations. General Grant on the same day
visited Mount Vesuvius. The Project &C.
companied him.
Meetings of the British Cabinet are held
daily, and there is a settled impression that
preparations for war are intended. At
Woolwich and other arsenals orders have
been received to stop the discharge of men
and take back those discharged under pre-
vious orders. While war may not be in
tended, there is absolutely no doubt what.
ever that England is to be put in readiness
for war should the latter be necessary.
General Ghourko has taken Berkoyalz, on
the direct road to Sofia, and the servians
have carried a strongly fortified position at
Mramor, and are advancing to the siege of
Nisch and Widdin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

If it were possible to believe what
Olive Logan WITHSTAND sometimes it
is-it is terribly dangerous for a gentle
man with character and money to travel
unprotected on an English railway. No
gentleman who has any self-respect per-
mits himself to be left alone with a lady
in q railway carriage, those compart-
ment affairs, where a poor man is wholly
at the mercy of any skillful and design
ing woman who sees fit to take advan-
tage of his exposed condition and make
him a victim. We are assured that this
is no joke, and it is probable that every
man who has been there will realize that
it isn't. When an English lady is in
need of funds she straightway takes
passage in a railway carriage with some
old fellow who has money and position,
and throws herself upon him in a per-
fectly ladylike manner, a modern
Madame Potiphar, in action at least,
and then screams and rushes around
frantically, as any lady would do, until
the gentleman agrees to pay her some
thing to keep still about it, whatever it
is, feeling without any doubt that he
mas cOmmlIleQ u mOSC OUT
rage and ought to be shot on the spot for
the most dastardly outlaw of his sex.
Of course, only ladies do such things as
this; nobody else would think of it, and
it is humiliating to contemplate that in
many cases Americans are the victims.
What is called I" a painful affair."" show
ing this new kind of Englishindustry, is
recited, the gentleman being one well
known in America, and his fellow-trav-
eler a lady by birth and breeding" As
this particular lady was addicted to the
flowing bowl, and was at the time con
siderably under the influence of the
ardent, as Mr.. Dick Swiveller would
say, nothing came of it, fortunately,
although the gentlemen was fearfully in
suited. This is no doubt a warning to
all gentlemen that, if they must travel
alone with ladies of birth and
breeding, they would do we'll to select
such as are inebriated; but perhaps the
best way is not to travel-if you have
any character to spoil.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Booth Gets an Engagement.

The following graceful letter, adj
dressed to Mr.. Edwin Booth, was sent to
the office of the Utica Republican the
other day, with the request that it should
be given to the famous actor upon his
expected arrival in the city: West
School House, Prospect, december the
eighth. MI. Edward Booth, Dear Sur
and friend: Hearing that you was
going to come to Utica to perform in a
play called Hamlit l would like too say
that us boys is getting upa Exhibition
for the benefit of the diseased Soldiers
and their widows and orphans, and
would like to engage you too take the
leading part. l have talked it up with
the boys and we will do the squire thing
with you, and I am artarized to make you
the following article: We will come
down after you with a good conveyance
and will give you at the rate of Ten Dol
lars per day and board, and shall want
you about one week. If you think it
necessary you can have one or two of
your best wimmen stars come up with
you, but we can't pay them over about
Three Dollarsa day and feed You know
how that is yourself, this kind ofbissnuss
is awful ~unsertain. You can have some
fun out of tia hunting deer and foxes
around Flamsburgs and Ed Wilksuns
Please Let me know as soon as you can
Yours truly JAMES SWEET.
"P. Scrip. If you can come c~allating to
hunt get Frank Meyers hound, she is a
good one.
= SYours truly JA,rEc SwrpT
"Direct to Prospect N. Y. care of
GeoreWardin."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
The Drone.
Cincinnati breakfast Tablet


We have too many drones in u
social hive. They occupy all positions
in life, and many places Of trust in city
and country. Judges on the bench,
policemen in the street, municipal and
national officers of every degree, are
found to be tainted with corruption.
These are worse than drones. 1t is hard
to get rid of them. But, by patient
perseverance and an earnest will, we
shall do SO by and by. To-day
we observe, over the old times, a great
improvement in some respects in the
moral atmosphere of politics. We re-
member when party organs among news
papers were very nearly the only kind
OF newspapers known; except perhaps
an occasional namby-pamby, shilly-
shally, weak public journal, which
boosted of being neutral inpolitics. As
if the political atmosphere was SO bad
that to be neutral was a virtue. Now
we have few "organs" and no "neu-
trails" All papers are independent, and
all alike are vehement in their exposure
of ~wickedness in high places.
We do not believe there is any more
official %depravity tlan formerely-per-
haps not SO much-but the papers Of all
phases of politics have become more in
dependent in the expression of their
opinions than they were a few years ago.
Then the respective organs of the diff
ferent parties abused or praised men &C.
cording to partisan feelings. The officer
or statesman who was not a member of
our party was a corrupt rascal, of course,
and could not possibly perform a vir-
tuous action; the statesman or public
official who Uas a member of u party
was the very "pink of perfection !" all
his acts were ~commendable, and his
craftsmanship was grand. That is the
way editors used to express themselves.
Perhaps there is more of this feeling
now than there ought to be in certain
circles; but there is sufficient evidence
that it is dying out entirely; and that
the day is close at hand when it will be
completely extinguished.
Statesmen are somewhat treated as
they deserve; we require at least virtue
in u public men, if they do not possess
brilliancy and greatness of intellect.
But virtue and high craftsmanship to
gether make the government powerful.
No matter what ships ride our seas, or
what the prosperity of our commerce, if
honest men do not fill the places of trust
the country can not be true to its highest
necessities. Such men the times demand;
such the country will have in her
progress toward perfection.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Startling Disclosures Of a villain.

A gang of river thieves, residing in Nor.
folk and Portsmouth, Virginia, and whose
names are Linn Scotsman, Robert Craft,
Cornelius Jenkins and John Taylor, were
captured and brought before the Mayor of
Richmond, Va, recently, on the charge of
committing piracies on vessels in the har-
Dor, setting fire to inhabited houses, rob-
berries, firing vessels, and committing depre-
dations generally.
One of the party, scotsman, from near
Elmira, turned States evidence and made a
startling revelation of the operations of the
gang within the last few months, and gave
a detailed statement of the manner in which
thirteen vessels, lyingi in the harbor, had been
boarded, the crews manacled, and the YES
sells ~plundered, and then burned. He de-
scribed how the schooner Lucy "a" bound
to a Northern port, was destroyed, after
which the men pillaged and burned a sash
and blind factory in the city of Norfolk.
He also testified as to the burning of a mum
Der of buildings in the village of Berkeley,
near Norfolk, and how a perfect reign OF
terror in that vicinity had been inaugurated.
The disclosure unearths a vast amount OF
villainy that has long puzzled the officers OF
the law. The prisoners are all young men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
A Dandy General.

The Turks are reported to entertain a
contemptuous opinion of all the Russian
generals except young Scobeleff. Though
not yet thirty-two years old, he has
risen from the ranks to a lieutenant
generalship. His recent achievements
before Plevna attracted the notice of
Europe. Brave and able, he is a dandy
in a dress.
In the assault on the Turkish redoubts,
in which he lost eight thousand men,
Scobeleff, dressed in white, wearing white
kid gloves, and mounted on a white
charger, led the column. He rode right
up the embankment of the redoubt. A
shell burst under the horses belly and
blew him to pieces. The general, un-
harmed, led the way into the redoubt on
foot.
This dandy general recalls the remark
of Wellington. Speaking of the famous
charge at Waterloo made by the Horse
Guards, then as now the dandy English
regiment, he said, "But the dandiea
fought we'll"
Napoleon was impatient at the care
that the wearing of military and court
dress imposed upon him. "Of with
these trappingsP" he exclaimed, after 8
grand state occasion, and added that he
only wore them on account of theil
effect upon others. Wellington's view
of superfuities in dress seems to have
been similar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
The South.

The Legislature OF. South Carolina has
taken a recess until The 10th of January.
The most important measure adopted was
ratifying the amendment to the State Con-
stitution, which leyies an annual tax of two
mills upon all taxable property of the State
for the. support Of free schools. On its final
passage more than two-thirds voted in the
affirmative.
William Green, who lost his property by
the war, and whose fnaucial condition has
been gradually growing worse, committed
suicide at Lebanon, Tennessee, by taking
two ounces of laudanum, in consequence of
his inability to secure work for the support
of his family.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
A Tribe of Decent Indians.
Fort L~eavenworth Correspondence Cincinnati Co
merciaI 4 -


paring my serVice ~ 1ne dlisy nave
seen utmost al, tle .ilpes VI inuials east
OF tne ROCKY AiounlalnsIol9ux, oney-
nne, IT, ln;m IOWA e.c'
nu.i no .n'.h % tho M o. .a1 III
ani5 Wv VIII i,d;ons :. na;tLs, W. hosran na.
an June humans, 40 nSi Dessal noi
'n1Si' anu 10 % hono ~ as no - piase.
dMose an 'e Nas par IN inc ,aoe ePIhsda
aSa ems .S ne ~ J;d 20 Iii n;i aan tan.uSa
~. y a uasnauons NY wv uiu n",,.;1nto H. LII.
snd Ipranae ~ taII WILL tbov st;II ~
aa;a 80 Ia Iab;ts nf f;fo drass %
La.Ind;.U M 49, h,,t n.tI l..T r. '
U Eap .tnua anu e1 mIrns
.isn, .leiS a.e any .hs Els, monss
tnehl, anu wouiu Put. 70 lne olusn many
a clVllllea In pom OF morals
anu tneir heignpcrs' !
was present at a service 0! tnelr oiu
(orlglnal) cnurch. 1helr singing was
e1cellent ana was accompanied 9y a
waving OF plumes Oh Ieatners nelo IN
the hand OF each worsniper; Inc sing
ing was Dropgne 10 a close Dy tne ring-
ing OF Dell, ana was 1mmediateiy Ioi,
lowed py prayer, whlch was oellyereo
WIN an tne earnestness anu soiemnity
OIL tne genuine chIistlan.
Although IN IN ola cnurcn they re,
cognlze only IN ufeat Spirlt, lne morai
opigatlohs are mucn tne same as those
OF the CHRISTIAN a~enomlnatlons 70
when a minority OF az trlDe peiong. :
MI. ChaPln, the interpreter, VINO was
kind enough to introduce us to h no
tables and explain church matters, tells
me that there has been q French priest
with the tribe for over thirty years.
This will probably account Tor some
of their advanced ideas.
They are, as a rule, scrupulously
clean. The first squaw that ever l saw
wash her craven locks" in soap and
water | saw here. Every morning the
warriors battle in the Missouri, in which
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Wife Murderer Hanged.

The execution of A. ]. Hunt, the wife
murderer, in the little village OF Madison
vile, Tennessee, was thronged to witness
the last act in the tragedy which began with
murder and ended with its expiration. The
execution had been fixed on November 90,
but the prisoner was respited until Decem-
Der Is, by Governor Potter, greatly to the
disappointment Of a large number Of sight
seers, who came in that day to witness the
spectacle. Hunt laughed heartily at the
crowd being cheated of the anticipated
scene, when he received notice of the re-
spite, but he did not again disappoint
them, though he tried hard to do so.
Monday night, just before twelve O'Clock,
the guards attention was called to the pris-
oner by the stertorous breathing, and on in.
yestigation of the cause discovered he had
attempted suicide by taking poison. Two
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

ting by the window she couldn't see
through on account of the tears and the
cobwebs. If it hadn't beepfor these she
would have seen her great-aunt Sarah
driving up in a little, old-fashioned
buggy.
| Aunt Sarah was a nice old lady, but
she always wore a black dress and al
ways looked very sober, for almost all
her friends were dead and she had seen a
great deal of trouble.
Sarah's mother took Aunt Sarah into
the front room, gave her a fan and
brought her a drink of cold water, for
Sarah's mother was a k~ind-hearted wo-
man and she always hated to see aunt
Sarah look so solemn.
When she couldn't think of anything
else to cheer her up, she asked her if she
didn't want to go to the barn and see a
new-fashioned hen that laid avery large
egg. Aunt Sarah didn't care about new
fashioned hens, but she followed Sarah's
mamma to the barn and they got there
Just as the concert upstairs was at its
height, and they stood in >the barn-door
and listened while Sarah sung" want
to be an angel" and Home, Sweet
Home," without a culver in her voice,
never once thinking that anybody but
the dolls were attending the concert.
ais that little SarahT' asked aunt
Sarah, at last.
YES" said Sarah's mamma. "She's
got an old board marked off up there,
that she calls her piano, and the poor
little thing goes up every day to play on
it," and Sarah's mammals face looked
real sorry for just a minute
Aunt Sarah didn't say anything. She
glanced at the eggs, then went into the
house, and by-and-hy, after taking
another drink of cold water, started for
home.
While she was riding along, little
Sarah's "Home, Sweet Home" rung in
her ears, and once she looked into the
sky with a sort of smile, as though search
ing for the Sweet Home" in that di-
r~ection.
Then somehow she remembered, in
connection with Sarah's song, that the
little baby girl had been named after
herself, and that she had never in all
her life given her namesake a present.
And soft all came about that in a few
days after that, there came a big-boxed.
up present to little Sarah, from aunt
Sarah. 1t wasn't apiano exactly, but il
was a beautiful parlor organ with a row
of stops that made the music in II
tremble, or grow shrill, or deep, ant
didn't leave hardly a chance for making
believe" in any variety of sound.
OF course Sarah was perfectly de
lighted, and we may well imagine tina
she rather neglected her old piano anC
the musical education of her dolls.
But although she is now a young lad.
and gives real music lessons, she some
times steals up to the b~arn-attic ant
runs her fingers tenderly ,over the oil
board piano keys for the sake of oil
times-thed dear old times whengit was s.
easy to make believe and be happy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
GENERAL

A farmer near Anderson, Indiana, named
Morton Prewitt was thrown from a mule
recently; his foot caught in the stirrup, and
before he could extricate himself he was
kicked to death.
The Springfield (Il.) Savings Bank has
suspended. 1t is confidently asserted by
those most interested in its affairs that all
claims due depssitors will be paid in full;
only time is asked. The Directors are the
Hon. Virgil Hickox, GA. Heime, Governor
Jonn NJ Palmer, K. ;. Lord, l. .. WOOD,
george n Soutner ana frsnk heiscn-
messseI them ,weailhys Iney.say the re,
sources Oh 'ne pahk' auaea 70 'ne personal
nApiiiues Oh lne s.ocknoiaers' wiz make
'ne payment Oh It's creditors certain. Inc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
THE

CMCINNATI-FIour Fancy. s615@7; spring,
S. 25@6; patent, 81 25@s %; family, IS SO
@5 IS; 1perdne, A25al 50; low grades, s. 25@375.
Rye hoI w y sI Ng;sn ~ T. s cSoiss rsd q nG ,g5 p % Sog 60 TO-,
to choice white 81 2391 %; bill, 81 &c. Rye, 629
&c.; corn, &c.; oats, 2S@3Sc.; barley, 50975c.
Hay, prime timothy, s991o. Mess pork, s11g11 &C.
Lard, prime steam, E4@7.soc.i kettle, sH@sc.
MDiANGP0fH.-Flou = Fancy, Sc soar 10;
family, IS 1896 26; low grades, s325@445. Grain
Wheat slss No: red ssl q is@ Plo ~ Corn, new mixed .SoS1d Saz
444e. clear rib sides, &C. Lard, H4@Zsoc. Hogs,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES s425@45e; extra
IS 25a7. Wheat-Red, 81 25@i IS; white, 81 Esq
/ 30. Corn, old white, 34c. old mixed, a2c. Shout
ders, ne. clear rib sides, ~. clear sides, s9sAe.
NEW YORK.-Flour-No. 2, s3942o; super
fine Western and State, 81 Dogs Is; common to
good extra, IS 4o@5 Is; good to choice, s. sos6;
IS IS; extra Ohio, So 1895 20; St. Louis, s. 50@s %;
Minnesota patent good to prime, 81 40@s 25; choice
to double extra, IS 3oa9 40: Rye Flour, 50 75@4so.
G~rainAWheat, 81 30@1 46%; Germ, 56@61c. Mess
pork, s1S 6o@i4. Lard, prime steam, s.15@s.2oc.
Cotton, II 5-l6@11 7-16c.
PHILADELPHIA.-Flou -Superfne, "a 60; ex-
ira s. so; Pennsylvania family, S. 5o@7; Minnesota
do, s6@6 rs; high grades and patent, 81 50@s.
Grain-Wheat, amber, 81 42@I A; red, s141al "A;
white, 81 45@1 so. Corn, quiet; yellow, 6s96.c.;
mixed, 64(d65c. Oats, white western, 5u9S4c-i
mixed Western, 35@37c. Rye, 7Od72c. Mess pork,
s1491425. Petroleum, refined, 1870; crude,in bar
rels, 10N@11c.
STOCK MARKETS.
CINCINNATI Beef ~Catte-Common, 292Hc.i
fair to medium, 2s4@3%c.; good to choice butcher
grades, 3%@412c.; fair TO good shippers, 4H@t.1Oc:
fair to good heavy oxen, 3N94kc.; fair to goodfeed-
ers, 3a4c. Sheep Common TO fair, 2Hu3Hc., and
good to choice, 3%64Lc. Hogs-Common, IS 50@
3 80, fair 10 good light, IS 95@4 10; fair to good pack
ing grades, 81 o5S4 90 selected butchers, 81 2O@
AS.
BUFFAL0.-sales were made of butchers and
medium grades of shippers at 50 759460 per 100 lbs
good to choice 81 75@5 20; extra stockers, averaging
1875 lbs, at 1898 so. Sheep and Lambs Fair t.
good Western sheep, So 90ao 90 per 100 lbs, West
ern lambs, 81 s7%@5. Hogs-Yorkers, good Il
choice, s420942 Is per 100 lbs common grades, S415
heavy hogs, common to good grades, 50 7t@4 10
choice, 81 80.
NEW YORK.-Beef Cattle Prime to extra, III
@11Ac. Sheep and Lambs-Sheep, bring from &C
to &c; lambs, mixed, 5H@5Nc. Hogst4%@l4c
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Best grade
were selling S. 37H per 100 lbs; good, 81 50@4 ST.
common, s4@4 50 Hogs-Yorkrs, 81 1904 Is pc
100 lbs; Philadelphia hogs, "a 25@4 50. Sheep
IS toS5 Is per 100 lbs.
W00L.-In Boston, desirable grades coutinu
frm-combing and delaine feeces and good lines {
super pulled. Ohio and Pennsylvania ieeces, Az
Acc. for medium, extra and double extra, and 40(
42c. for good lines of extra and medium; Wisconsi
and Michigan and combing. and delaine, 50@5.c
super and extra pulled wool. 30@46c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
The Rights of the Finder.

A curious case as to the rights of the
finder of lost property, whose owner is
unknown, is reported from Rhode ISL
and. The plaintiff bought an old safe
and offered to sell it to the defendant.
The, defendant would not buy it, but
agreed to take it and sell it if he could,
using it himself in the meantime.
While it was thus in his possession he
found a roll of bank bills inside the
lining. No one knew to whom they be-
longed. The defendant, therefore, CON
cluded to keep them. The plaintiff,
upon learning of the discovery of the
money, demanded the return Of the safe
just as it was when delivered. The de-
PENDANT returned it, but without the
bank bills; whereupon the plaintiff sued
for their value IS money found. The
Supreme Court held that the finder was
entitled to retain the property as against
the party who put the safe into his
hands for sale; and the authorities gen.
orally maintain the right of the finder,
in this class of cases, as. against all per-
sons except the real owner.
MORE lawsuits than love SHIFTS are
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
.Efraa.

Lately, at Paterson, N. J., a coal oil car
on the Erie track took fire, the tank burst,
and the flaming liquid ran into and flooded
the streets, communicating flames to five or
six houses, some of them half a mile away,
and they were burned down. Several barns
and stables were burned. Three oil cars
burned in succession, and several other cars
were destroyed. Many families are home
less. When one of the oil ears burst, the
flames shot hundreds of feet high, lighting
up the whole city. Paint was blistered on
houses a mile distant. The spectacle caused
great excitement, and in the stampede for
safety, many persons were slightly injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

BURNETT's COLOGNE is of the best quality,
and is filled in elegant bottles of superior
finish and beauty. 1t is offered in popular
sizes and at popular prices. This refreshing
perfume is thus brought within the reach of
every one. 1t is prepared from the purest
and best materials, and with the utmost care.
In quarter and halt pints, pfnts, and quarts.
In basket style, cork and g'ass shoppers.