The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-24
General

In a family quarrel, at Arcola, Ill, George
Bray, a youth, struck his father a blow
with an ak, fracturing his skull over the
right eye, INJECTING a fatal wound. In alarm,
the boy fed. The father had been threaten
ing him with a gun.
The State Savings Bank, known as
Freezes Bank, at Trenton, N. j., has
stopped payment. The bank asks the for
bearance of depositors for a few days, until
they can dispose of some of their securities.
John 7. Switzerland, of Winchester, KY,
has taken the benefit of the bankrupt law.
His liabilities are placed at $4,000. His
assets consist of an unknown interest in
some mill property, $1,000 worth of corn
and hemp, and about 5000 worth of personal
property.
Mr.. james A. Burnside, of Lancaster, KY,
has filed his petition in bankruptcy. Liza
bilities, $60,310.67; assets, nothing
The Inauguration of Governor R. N
Bishop, at Columbus, Ohio, on the 14th,
was a very imposing affair. At least twenty
thousand people marched in the procession,
though the day was gloomy and drizzly, and
the streets muddy. The evening was quite
as lively as the day. Besides q grand ball
at the City Hall, and J reception at the
Capitol, there were dances and entertain
ments of all kinds all over tie city. The
Governors reception at the Capitol was a
very informal affair. John T. Gale took the
Speakers chair in the House, and Governor
Bishop and family were escorted to the
front seats, when Hon. George L. Converse
made the welcoming address.
The fishing schooner, Little Kate, is re-
ported lost, with her entire crew of thirteen
meR, all of South Boston. The names are
John A. Hines, Captain; Martin Hines,
Owen Hines, jr, Michael Hines, Thomas
Hines, Michael Cosgrove, John King, Pat
rick King, Martin Fay, Morgan Flaherty,
Michael Flaherty, Thomas Giynn, and
Michael O'Donnell. By this disaster seven
women are made widows, and twenty-one
children made orphans.
The Utah Territorial Legislature met and
organized January IA. Lorenzo Snow was
elected President of the Council, and Orson
Pratt Speaker of the House, both members Of
the Twelve Apostles. AL bnt three of the
members are ~polygamists. Most of the
members are Mormon Bishops.
An Illinois Silver Moss Convention, lately
assembled at Springfield, passed resolutions
TO the following effect: "That the partial
demonstration of silver and the payment Of
the bonds in gold would be the worst kind
of partial class legislation, and is emphatic
ally rejected. We demand that the silver
dollar be coined to its legal tender quality
for the payment of all debts, and nothin,
less will be satisfactory. We pledge our
selves to vote for no man for Congress no
fully committed in favor of this measure
and will resist the contamination of thi
wrong by all the means in our power. W
call upon both houses of Congress to repea
the characterization act, and if the President
by vetoing, shall defeat the bill, then we asl
Congress to append it to the appropriation
bill, and stand by that action"
A serious railroad accident happened OF
the Connecticut Western Railroad, just be
yond Tariffville, Conn.,, about twelve mile
from Hartford, at ten o'clock on the even
ing of January Is. An excursion train, re
turning from the Moody and Sankey NEE
ing at Hartford, fell through the trestl
bridge into the Pennington River. Tw,
engines, one baggage and four passenge
cars went down. Twenty-Five to thirty ar
reported as seriously injured, and the mum
Der OF killed is estimated at from fifteen t
twenty.
The Ohio Legislature has elected Georg
H. Pendleton United States Senator. TIL
Republicans offered no candidate, but vote
blank.
"Cerro Gordo" Williams is the Unite
States Senator from Kentucky.
The death of Samuel Bowles, of tn
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which OF
CURED at eleven o'clock on the night G
January 16, was not unexpected. twas tn
result of acute symptoms fol owing a genera
breaking down of the system, the result, n
doubt, of overwork. Mr.. Bowles was onl
in his ffty-second year, having been born &
Springfield, February 0, 1926.
Stanley, the African explorer, reache
Paris on the 10th inst.
The stroke of q pick by a workman i
the Potts mine, near Locust Dale, Pa, free
q large body Of gas, which was fired by tn
lights in the mine. A fearful explesio
followed, killing five men, and seriousl
injuring a number of others.
The memory of the dead King Emanuel {