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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Shocking Tragedy.

One of the most distressing occurrences
upon record took place recently near Hill
side Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
about fifty miles east of Pittsburg-a young
man named James Hodtham having been
almost instantly killed by his sister.
The particulars are as follows: Mr.. Richard
Hodtham, a well-to-do farmer, resides about
one mile west of Hillside, his family
consisting of himself and wife, a son
Josep1 aged twenty-one years, Mary, aged
about eighteen, and two younger daughters.
One evening the father and mother were
absent ftom home and Joseph started to a
spelling-school, leaving his three sisters at
home. He promised to be home early, and,
before starting, warned his sisters to be on
their guard against tramps, a number of
whom had been infesting the n%eighborhood
for some time. Mary, who was a very cour.
ageous girl, said she was not afraid, and the
brother departed. About nine O'Clock the
dogs commenced a furious barking. and
Mary, who had not yet retired. decided
to go to the front door to ascertain the
cause. Just as she opened the door, she OBJ.
served a man walking toward her with hat
drawn down and his coat-collar turned up.
SO as to efectually conceal his face. She
called, "Joe, is that you" Not receiving
any response, she repeated the inquiry, and
not receiving a reply she said, IF that's
not you, Joe, look out" The repeated
warning elected no response, and the girl,
seeing the supposed tramp still ad-
vancing, leveled a heavily-loaded shot.
gun which she held in her hand, and
fired. The shot struck the man in the
breast, and her horror may be imagined
when re saw him throw up his hands, and
almost shrek, I" MY dear sister !" and then
fall to the ground. She recognized the voice
as that of her brother, and rushed out and
pulled him into the house. The unfortunate
young mar was unable to speak, and be.
fore the family physician had reached the
house, death had epbued.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
wa m nre.tn,tt. Ke,tuc,y.

Breathitt County, Kentucky, has lately
been the scene Of a dire civil conflict. A
man was before the Court in Jackson, on a
criminal charge, when a fight was brought
about which continued for several days.
The whole County WASH revolt, the County
Judge was killed, and from an account
of the troubles which appears in the
Herald, we learn that in many en-
counters which took place, as many men
were killed as in the skirmishes which pre-.
cede a great battle. The immediate cause
of the uprising was a wife murder, but the
people of Breathitt are in a continual state
of war, and openly and successfully defy
the law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

The Marquis of Lorne, Governor-G General
of Canada, arrived at Ottawa, his future
home, on the I'd December. Although a
drilling rain continued from early in the
morning until the arrival of the vicereeal
train, it did not dampen in the slightest de.
gree the emotions aroused in the hearts of
the people of Ottawa Valley. The city was
full Of strangers, who docked in from every
part, and with citizens of all classes,
irrespective Of creed or nationality, Joined
in one grand outbursf of enthusiasm, a fit.
ting elimination to the series of princeIy
greetings which have marked the progress
Of the viceregal train. The welcome was
broad, hearty and generous, and demon
strated, in an unmistakable manner, the
loyalty of the Eastern people. yelling.
ton, Sparks, Rideau, and other streets, were
profusely decorated with evergreens, mot
toes, bunting and a variety of other adorn.
ments. which presented a scene of great
beauty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Meeting OF Rr,ti.h Par,,.m,n,.

Parliament convened December 5. The
Queens speech, read in the House of Lords.
was unusually short. Her Majesty regrets
being compelled to summon Parliament
carrier than usual, but the action Of the
Ameer of A~fghanistan compelled the send
ing Of an expedition into his territory, and
the earliest opportunity has been taken to
call Parliament together, and making to it
the communication required by law.
Papers on the subject will be laid before
Parliament. Assurances from all for.
eigu Powers are friendly. and there
is every reason to believe arrangements for
the paciication of Europe made by the
Treaty of Berlin, will be satisfactorily
carried out. Estimates for the ensuing
year will in due time be submitted to the
House Of Commons. After full elaboration
of Parliament, and after a suitable recess,
Parliament should proceed to the consider.
alton of measures for the public benefit
which viii then be laid before it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
The Afkhan WAR.

Adispatch from Lahore, dated December
5, a y that General Roberts has gained a
complete victory over the Ameer's forces,
capturing Piewar Khotal and all the Afghan
n The enemy's loss is heavy. British
loss eighty killed and wounded. Gen. Rob-
erts telegraphs a brief account of the fight,
in which he says that " the Afghans fought
desperately. Their artillery was well served.
Their defeat, however, was complete. We
captured eighteen guns and a large quantity
of ammunition. Our loss was moderate,
considering the number of our opponents
and the difficult nature of the country. Ma
ior Anderson, of the pioneers, was killed.
General Cobbe and Lieutenant Munro of
the Seventy-Second Highlanders, were
wounded. Our men behaved admirably.
We shall move toward Shutar Garden Pass
Thursday, the 9TH inst."'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Murder nj Germau,oxn.

At Germantown, o., recently George NJ.
Sbaffer and George Leighty, clerk of the
Germantown Hotel. had a difficulty, result
ing in the fatal shooting of Shafer and ar
rest of Leigkty. A correspondent of the
Enquirer says: Shaffer who is a travelling
salesman and much away from home, called
from Cincinnati, where he is well known,
by a report that Leighty was interfering
with his family affairs in an unjustifable
ann The fatal difficulty occurred
as soon as the two met after high words,
the deadly shot being fred from revolver
in the hands of Leighty. Shaffer fingered in
great agony until halt-past one o'clock,
when he breathed his last. Leighty, who
made no attemptto escape, was soon after
arrested and committed without bail. There
is great excitement in the town, the affair
having highly sensational features.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

THE Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in his
lecture on 1.-THE Wastes and Burdens of
Society" claims "man's natural life to be
go years, and as the average life is but SO
years, there must be a waste of AZ years"
There is much of truth in this statement.
If a man be unfortunate in business, it is
attributed to the violation of some CONNER
eid1 law. Now, if a person be taken off in
the prime of life, ought it not to be attributed
to the violation of some physiological law ?
II people only knew better, they would live
better and longer; but how can they profit
by hat which they know not Of? The only
popular work that meets this great want is
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical AID.
wiser: In it the great problems of disease
contain over 900 pages and $50 colored
plates and wood-cuts. Price, $3.50 (post.
PAID. Address the author, R. V. Pierce,
NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

AN Indian goss counting with a club.
He may or he may not ask the maiden's
and her fathers consent. If this be
given, the course of true love runs
smooth. Otherwise he beats the father
soundly, and the daughter, too, if she
makes objection to going with him, and
carries her off to his lodge. If she has
strong brothers, it complicates the diff
Guilty, but a lusty sutton will often whip
a whole family and win the woman of
his choice. In like manner, if an Indian
wishes another wife, he goes to her lodge,
and if he can Outright her husband, he
takes her home and keeps her until
some stronger rival, or death, or his
W whim separates her from him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
rellou Power Ma. ,reettnr.

A mass meeting was held at the Varieties
Theater, New Orleans, on the night of the
5th, composed mainly of leading and in
fuential citizens, presided over by Gen.
Fred. W. Ogden. Afterprayer by Rev. DIR.
Palmer, and an address by Chief Justice
Manning, q committee wal appointed to
draft resolutions of gratitude, which were
read and offered, and passed by a vote
unanimous, and from the heart of every
citizen present. All differences of opinion
politically can never weaken the tie which
the suierings on one side and the sympathy
on the other have created. About TIVE
thousand persons were present.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
murder ana saicide.

Saturday morning, December s, about one
o'clock, John A. Weigel, a well-know citi.
zen of Hamilton, o., shot his wife through
the heart, and capped the climax of the
tragedy by putting three balls into his own
body. Five minutes sufficed for the work.
There was no warning of the deed, nor was
there any action or sign on the part of the
perpetrator to give a hint that he contem-
plated the dual crime of uxorcide and sui
eide. 1t is a case singular in many of its
features. The affair, SO far as can now be
cleaned, grew out of jealousy on the part of
Weigel.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WIN.
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
children with never-failing success. 1t cor
reefs acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhea, whether arising from teeth.
ing or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. % cts. a bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
PUBLISHED TEsrIMoNY estahlishes Il

PUBLISHED TESTIMONY establishes the
fact that SCovILL's BLOOD N LIVER
SYRUP is a sterling remedy for scrofuIous
and syphilitic disorders of a formidable
type. Also that it cures white swelling,
carbuncles, eruptive maladies of all kinds,
govt and rheumatism. 1t moreover pro.
notes a secretion and flow of healthy bile
and directs it into the proper channels.
The deplorable ailments produced by mer.
curry are also renedied by it. Druggists
sell it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Face 10 Face vim Di.ra.e.


How often it happens that although We
have witnessed the ravages of disease in thu
case of Others, we disregard his warning
signals in our own. 1t is only when we
find him face to face with US that we really
perceive how grim he is. Then, perchance
when it is too late, medicinal aid is sought
His avant courier, his %forerunner, is phys.
zeal weakness. Fortify the system, and you
are armed against him. The finest tonic fol
this purpose is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which renders digestion easy and complete,
nourishes the system, improves the appe.
tite, gives strength yielding sleep, counter.
nets biliousness, and keeps the bowels in
first rate order. Leanness, and unnatural
wanness and sallowness of the face, are
obviated by it, and so genial and benefcent
are its effects, that not emily is the body
invigorated and regulated by its use, bui
dependency banished from the mind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Rimplex. ErecklaGu etc

The most wonderful discovery yet known,
Mrs. DIR. L. K. Shaw's Moth and Freckle
Lotion. May be had of your druggist. Price
only $l.00. For particulars, address Mrs. DIR.
L. K. Shaw, lao East 2Sth-street, New York.
Mrs. Shaw's Liver Pill. Best in the world,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

THE exposure of the utter worthlessness
of the large packs of horse and cattle
powders has saved our people a vast sum.
There, is only n kind now known that are
strictly pure and these are S~heridan's.
Don't throw away your money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
To our Readers!

The attention of all our readers is called
to the attractive advertisementofJ.L Patten
d Co., AZ Barclay-street, New York, who
generously offer to send a beautiful Chrome
Motto, 6x17 inches in size, to all who send
% cents for a three-months' subscription to
their new illustrated magazine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

For an Irritated Throat, Cough or Cold.
"Bro'on's Bronchial Troehes" are offered
with the fullest confidence in their efficacy.
They maintain the good reputation they
have Justly acquired. 25 cts. a box.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

WE beg to call the, attention of our readers
to the advertisement of Horace Waters &
Son, OF New York City. They are offering
special inducements for the Holidays. Their
Pianos and Organs can not be excelled for
purity OF time and elasticity of touch. Catalogues
and prices will be mailed free on application.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

THIS is the way a Kalamazoo news.
paper announces in head lines the death
of a prominent citizen: "The Pale
Horsel With its Rider, Visits Kalama-
zoo.l And Lays its Icy Hand on one
of Her Best Men!r'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

IF you want the best fruit and flower paper
send one dollar to the Fruit Recorder and
Cottage Gardener, Rochester, N. Y, nou, for
1879, and you get last three months of 1878
or a beautiful fruit or flower chrome, 10 by
16 inches, free. Specimens free. Liberal
terms to club agents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Rews of the Netk.
HindInr un named Anhirn nt Memphir

winding Up Relief AnAirs at Memphis.
The Citizens Relief Committee wound up
their affairs on the 9TH, and distributed the
balance on hand, $7,25S, pro rata among the
four orphan asylums of the city. By order
of Quartermaster- General Meigs, upon the
advice of the Surgeon-Gen the fifteen
hundred tents shipped to Memphis during
the yellow fever epidemic will be burned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Could Not lave without Her Lover

Miss Katie Sheehan, a young girl about
eighteen years of age, was found drowned
recently, in the c%issern, at her parents
residence in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was
engaged to a young mar named VIM. Bath,
who was killed on the NJ. & c. Railroad a
week before. The drowning was an act of
suicide. The girl left a note saying that
"now that VIM. Bath was dead she did not
care to live"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

AN Eastern paper says: every man who
goes into the lumber woods this winter
should take with him a supply of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment and Parsons Puroa.
tive Pills. This little precaution may save
months of labor and much suffering.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Boiler Explosion.

A most terrible boiler explosion occurred
at Columbus, Ohio. recently, at Hayden's
rolling mill, by which two young men were
instantly killed and i've badly wounded.
The killed were Richard Berry and Richard
Freeland. Berry's head was blown of,
and both were terribly mangled. Berry was
about eighteen years old, and Freeland
about sixteen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

A LDAY of Milan, seeing her child
run over by a carriage, fell insensible to
the ground. When restored to con-
seriousness she found that her hair had
turned perfectly white. Her child was
picked up unframed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

NOT lowest priced, poorest and dearest;
but highest priced, best and cheapest; this
isyhat is claimed for the Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

Hon. C. R. PARSONS, mayor of Rochester was
radically cured Of Bright's Disease by Craip's Kid.
ney Cure. Depot ~ University Pl., N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweet.
en- the breath, use Browns Camphorated
Saponaceous Dentifrice. Is cents a bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12

The spirits of the Government party in
England are raised to the highest pitch by a
dispatch from Lord Lytton at Lahore, CIV
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Terrible Murder and suicide I'm Michigan.

Terrible MURDER and suicide In Michigan.
Josiah c. S~toddard, a farmer nearly sixty
years old, residing in Pine Plains Town.
ship, Allegan County, Mich, rose some time
Friday night, dressed himself, struck a
light, built a fire, cast bullets
on the s~tove-hearth, cut patches, loaded
his rife and shot his invalid wife
and his three-year-old daughter Mertie, both
being asleep, blowing out their brains. He
then seated himself in a chair and held
the muzzle of his rife to his head with one
hand, while with the other he pushed the
trigger with the ramrod, and blew his own
brains out. At daylight a neighbours boy
discovered the bodies and aroused the
neighborhood. Stoddard's body, just as it
was found, was thrown into a box and put
in a hole at the foot of a tree on his farm.
Sunday his victims received Christian rites
of sepulcher in the cemetery. Stoddard
formerly lived near Coldwater, Michigan,
where he o has divorced wife and two
sons, whom he separated from twelve years
ago. He came to this county from Ne
braska four years ago with a housekeeper
named Taylor, by whom he had two girls,
the youngest being Mertie, whom he killed.
The woman is now living in Emmitt County
with an elder daughter. The murdered
wife married him in good faith, and was an
estimable woman. Stoddard was vicious,
morose, and at times respondent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Virginia LerisIatnra.

The Virginia Legislature met at noon on
the Sd inst. A joint committee was ap-
pointed to inquire into the legality of the
session. A resolution was adopted request
ing the Governor to communicate to the
Senate all the information he has in relation
to the recent action of Judge Rives, of the
United States District Court for the West.
ern District Of Virginia, in remov-
ing from the custody of the State
officials certain persons held for trial
for murder, and in nowise purporting
to try said persons in said Federal courts
for said crimes against the State laws, which
proceeding is considered an enforcement of
police regulations, and the assumption of
the domestic affairs of the State by the
Federal officers. The Governors message
was almost entirely devoted to the discus
sion of the State debt. The Governor says
no excuse for the nonpayment of the
debt can ever ever be urged, save ina
bility. There are only two ways open for
honorable settlement-that is by an in.
crease of taxation, or a fair and friendly
adjustment with the creditors. Repudi.
alton, or forcible readjustment, would bring
ruin; but increased taxation, though it
might cause suffering and ~privation for a
time, would ultimately bring prosperity and
peace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
a LESLIE'S
CHIMNEY CORNER

subscrlber. can remit direct, by P. o. Order,
risk. Those who md Il more convenient to cub
scribe through an agent can do 80 at their own
rtsk, but should first assure themselves Of the agents
responsibility. Address.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-12
Cincinnati Musical Institute.

FdcaIty-Instrumen!aI, MISS h. Z. EVANS, Mic,
Rose Fortm IN, Miss Roma Gilman; Vocal, MRS.
EMMAC RANcH, Miss Annie f. March. Piano, Organ,
Vocal Music and Theory taught. Prof. h. Andres
system followed. Arrangements for boarding pupils
Ads Miss HATTIE E. EVANS. 100 W. 9th St. Cinti. o
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-02

~ Advertisers rvsainr rntsa stas-a oas
pay fos ther cards ~ sncng Grvsnharls Cuaa
Postage eanps for sach hsy wsh pay
cards s - inserted sieve tah f ths ts pat iof
~ beaineas Cards. whsA FnnFAn Ton A rn4a. ars
allowed tscgunt rou thsEs uhch
Advertissneuts vhsn pait ~ chargsd qunrtery
sng,e ccpics Gents when chaee~f
Finesn Csntsg ~ ths do1rn. oss DolaE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-02
Mosquito Song.

I come from ha1uts in mArshy land.
make q sudden sally.
buzz and sing with sprightIy ping
Through th0roughfare and alley.
Ny merry play 81 not for day.
I'm sticking to the wall then.
But when in bed you lay your head
No idler I'm at all then
1 come In hosts and no man boasts
Re feels but one Pr0bOscis
His hesh sting while others sing
And watch the stinging process.
He snaps. ne flaps, he slAps and elaps,
But vain Is al his cIrsing
d spank on flank or cranky yank
His fate he's not reversing.
ny legs down dangIe in the air;
Ny goggle-eyes they stick out
bIte you on the nose. and then
Your angry legs you kick out
You burn. you turn, you durn nor learn
That while you thus are kicking
A dozen Of US settle down
And glad begin our Pricking.
oh, hArk Oh. hear how thin and clear
My elhn horn IL blowing
At early morn your horn. my friend,
Win ehsrmingIy be glowing.
Tiunch, MUNICH, punch, I crunch.
fly UP 10 the ceiling
To hoEls or gr0wIs or fowls these bowls
OF mine are void OF feeling.-J. d.
Daily globe., 1878-09-13
tn" Kiikenuy Cuts.

A correspondent indulges in the following
timely remarks upon the peurile and shall
low-pated confab now going on between the
two ends of the P. p. concern. About
bakers dozen of fools killed off at each end
of University avenue would restore harmony
to St. Paul and Minneapolis:
To the Editor of the Globe.
Is there any way to squelch this newspaper
war between David ana Joseph? If either of
the parties imagine that in keeping it up they
are serving either the interests or the tastes Of
the sensible ,rople of either of the cities. they
are certainly lab0ring under a great mistake,
for they ARE heartily sick and disgusted at re-
ceivng tina: kind of fodder. instead nf tho news
which such personal garbage crowds out. If
D,vid and Joseph and the Dispatch man really
have any grievances to settle amongst Them
wouldn't it show better taste on their part. and
much more respect for the readers of their re-
spective jouin Is if his trio. each armed with
q six shooter, were to meet halfway betwixt here
and st. Paul aud relieve each other If u little
Tor even nll. why not?) Of the bad blood that
nnnoys them?
But if ns you hint. it is only a Quaker gun
war. a make believe fight, to quiet the pre-
vailing suspicion (only the more confirmed by
it) that the two princi pal papers are both
owl ned in st. Paul and by the same company,
then is it not fully time that the truth be
known in this matter and that Minneapolis
have leading daily all her own. and this game
of duplici'y-if such it be-bcing played by
David a3d Joseph he thus brought to close.
Perhaps Indignation meetings of the sensi-
bic pe"pe of both cities would be in order
Anything t" stop it. The yellow fever ism t
much worse. BY the way. wouldn't it be we'll
to send David and Joseph down to Memphis
with the benefa:tions of Minneapolis and ST.
Paul tothe sufferers. with he pledge that they
remain as nurses to yellow patien to the end
of the epidemic? That, think, would be ef-
5eciual. T,