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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

After discussion, and some amendments,
ia Committee q, the Whole on the Legisla-
tive Appropriations bill, the Senate took a
recess for evening debate.
MAY 2.-SenaeMr. Thurman, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, reported back
the bill to repeal the bankrupt law with an
amendment perfecting the clause in regard
to the RICH 8 not to be affected by the re-
peal of the law, and retaining the amend
ment adopted yesterday, provided that the
repeal of the law shall take effect January
/, 1879. Ordered that the amendment be
printed, and the bill laid over. The amend
ment to the bill as reported by the COM
mittee provides that the repeal of the law
shall not affect pending cases, and all
future proceedings therein, and in re-
spect Of all pains, penalties, and forfeitures
which shall have been incurred
this act takes place, or which may be there
after incurred under any of those provis-
ions of any of said acts. The bill to repeal
the Specie Resumption act was discussed
by Senators Ferry and Voorhees,, and pest.
poned till Monday. The Senate adjourned
till Monday..,,. House-A discussion was
had Of the Legislative Appropriation Bill.
After disposing of ten pages in the bill, the
committee rose, and the House took a recess
until half.past seven O'Clock, the evening
session to be for debate only.
NAY S.-Hows5n COMMITTEES Of the
Whole N the Legislative Appropriation
Bill, an amendment was adopted reducing
the amount appropriated for rent of Freed
mems Bank building in Washington from
$4,000 TO $4,000. Severaf amendment
were rejected, and, thefeadiug of the bill
being concluded, the Committee rose ant
reported the bill to the House but no actor
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
A Ginning Cat.

One day thecook in a monastery when
he laid the dinner, found n Brothers
portion of meat missing. He supposed
that he had miscalculated, made good
the deficiency, and thought no more of
it till next day, when he had again too
little at dinner-time by n Monks COM
mons. He suspected knayery, and re.
solved to watch for the thief. On the
third day he was quite sure that he had
his meat cut into the right number of
portions, and was aboutto dish up, when
he was called off by a ring at the outer
gate. When he came back there was
again a monks allowance gone. Next
day he again paid special heed to his
calculations; and when he vas on the
point of dishing up, again there was a
ring at the gate to draw him from the
kitchen. He went no further than the
outside of the kitchen door, when he
saw that the cat jumped into the win
dow, and was out again in an instant
with a piece of meat. Another days
watching showed that it was the cat also
who, by leaping up at it, set the bell
ringing with her paws; and thus having,
as she supposed, pulled the cook out of
the kitchen, made the coast clear for her
own piratical proceedings. The monks
then settled it in ~conclave that the cat
should be left thus to earn for the re-
mainder of her days double rations, while
they spread abroad the story Of her cum
ming. So they obtained many visitors,
who paid money for good places from
which to see the little comedy and they
grew richer for the thief they had among
them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
The Ruling Passion.

Nowadays, dress seems to be the ruling
passion of womankind. The parlor
maid disdains her cap, the housemaid
her apron. What is the present outdoor
dress of a lady Of moderate means, who
cannot afford to keep her carriage? A
tight, trained skirt, loaded with plaitings
and castings, and edged with founce of
white muslin and lace. There is a long
frilled petticoat, to make the dress sit
well. Then comes a complete overdress,
loaded with braiding, fringes, ~tassels, or
bugles. An ostrich feather and a wreath
OF artificial flowers complete this cos
tune, which, however harmless in a car
rage, is laden with mischief when worn
on foot. The holding of the heavy train
is most injurious to the spine. The mud
which must be accumulated by the acct
dental dropping of the dress will take
some hours to remove. Damp or rain
will spoil the feathers. With such a
dress, rapid and elastic walking isimpos-
sible. But eyen apart from all these
considerations it is perfectly safe to assert
that no costume can be legitimately ad-
mired unless it is designed with a care
full regard to its use. A great deal of
the satisfactory beauty and variety which
belong to utility is lost to us through
this sort of vulgar ~pretension. People
have become ashamed of work. They
have an invincible antipathy of any dis
tinction in dress which may hint oflabor.
They are content to be shabby-genteel,
and even sloppy and dirty, provided
they can only initiate the fashions and
dress-materials of those who promenade
in theBois de Boulogne, andhave ladies'
maids to attend them in their robes, and
carriages to drive in. Surely, this is a
| sad state of affairs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

WILLIS JAMES was believed to be the
murdererof fiyepersonsin Clark County,
Mo-, buthe has been acquitted, there be-
ing very slight evidence against him. If
he is innocent, the crime is indeed a
mystery. The murdered persons were
the Spencer family, consisting of q
farmer and his two SONS ana two daugh-
tiers. The father and one SON was killed
in a barn, the other son aud a daughter'
in the house, and the remaining daughter
in a field close byt No motive for this
horrible butchery has been discovered.
James is a relative, and it is not known
that there was any quarrel between him
and the Spencers. No robbery was
contradictions gasethe first infor-
nation of the crime, having, as he said,
found the bodies on going to the house
on an errand. There was a little blood
on his handkerchief, but he saidrthat it
had come from his nose and several
splashes on his hat, that looked as though
they might be blood, but a chemist was
notuwilling to- swear sfthst they were.
Conviction was 8 impossible on such
slight evidence, and ne more could be
obtained.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
Terrible Disaster.

At hve o'clock on the evening of May 2,
the city Of Minneapolis, Mimi, was shaken
as by an earthquake by a terrific explosion,
which was promptly traced to the group of
great Touring mills in what is known as the
platform, just above st. Anthony,s Falls,
where the entire Touring district of the city
is concentrated. The explosion came from
the great Washburn Mills, from which a
column of flame was seen to shoot up several
hundred feet, followed by a crash which
crushed the immense structure like an egg
shell. Secondary explosions instantly de-
stroyed Thompson & Hoyt and Humboldt
Mills, and flames Immediately burst out,
communicating t. the Galaxy Mills, those of
Petit, Robinson & Co., Cahill, Ankeny &
Newton & Co., Carton, Hayward & GOETHE
! Washburn A and B Mills, and lesser struc-
lures down the bank of the river, nearly to
the Minneapolis & st. Louis Railroad shops.
The destruction from the shock of the ex-
plosion extended much further, glass being
wrecked for several squares, and buildings
shaken throughout the city. At s 20 the
fire. was raging within these limits, and the
fremen were working valiantly to subdue
the flames.
The immediate theory of the explosion is
that it took place in the gas generated in
the patent middlings purifier process.
The number of dead is placed at seven
I teen.
Many thrilling incidents and narrow es-
capes are reported. Daniel Day was blown
the whole length of Petit & Robinson's
mill and through a rear window, and es-
capped.
One poor fellow who could not be recog-
nized had escaped alive from the explosion,
and was observed crawling through the
darting, hungry flames toward the track of
the Minneapolis & st. Louis Road, directly
in the rear of the Washburn Mills. He
managed to reach the rail, and then evil
IDENTIFY became exhausted, and fell back into
the raging hell behind, where his agonies
instantly ended.
1t appears that most of the day force had
gone heme, and only the smaller night force
remained.
The loss OF property is enormous. Rough
calculation places it at 81, SOC, 1000, of which
81, 100000 viii fall upon the milling inter-
est. The loss throughout the city by break
ing of gl.ss, etc., is $4,000.
Five mills. and a planning mill were
destroyed, besides adjoining property
including ~eighty-seven out Of n hun
dred and ninety-seven runs of stone in the
city.
The shock of the explosion was felt at
st. Paul, nine miles away.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
Steamboat Disaster.

The Lowry Line towboat Warner, with
barges, from New Orleans to st. Louis, ex-
ploded her boilers opposite the foot of Besle
street, Memphis, at half-past nine O'Clock on
the morning of May 1, while under way,
close to the Arkansas shore. The whole
boat was blown to pieces, and the cabin
drifted down stream to Presidents Island.
The following is a list of the saved and lost
by the explosion. Lost: Captain George
Dawson, Pilot Dixon Kennel, VIM. Petit,
VIM. Radcliffe, and IN unknown deck hand,
all of st. Louis, and William Radcliffe, en-
gineer, of Pittsburg. Saved: John w. Poe,
engineer; Barney 6assiday, mate; Clara
Peyton, chambermaid; Larry Cassiday,
deck-sweeper; Mike Keefe, Henry Meyer,
Albert Benecke, James Bortino, Charles
Sullivan, Mike Cassiday, Henry Booker,
William Fletcher, Henry Smith, George
Long, William Campbell, Chris. FRANKIE,
~dsck-hands; Pat Thompson and Peter Con-
molly, fremen, and VIM. jerks, carpenter.
The latter saw Dick Kennett in the water
after the explosion, andshoved him a plank,
but Kennett was badly wounded, and soon
sank. Capt. Dawson assisted two men out
Of the wreck and, it is believed, was trying
to rescue others, when the wreck sunk,
carrying him down. All the wounded are
doing well. sE%
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

JUST before the thunder storm on Sat
urday evening last, a Whitehall man
stepped into the telegraph Office at this
place, requesting the privilege of talk
ing through the telephone with his wife,
who was visiting friends at Troy. Mr..
John w. Eddy, the gentlemanly assist
ant manager, granted the request, and
the Whitehaller began operations.-He
couldn't be prevailed upon to believe
that it was really his wife who was talk
ing to him, and she so many miles away.
He finally asked her to say or do some
thing, known to themselves only, that
he might be convinced that it was her.
just then a rambling streak of light
ming came in on the wires, keeling the
husband over on his head, when he
jumped to his feet and exclaimed,
"That's the ole woman sartin'-only
she's growed a l-e-e-etle more powerful
since she left hum.'-W Whitehall Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
An extraordinary Point Of Law.

The Manchester Guardian is response
BILE for a very laughable account Of "a
lawsuit which was decided before the
juge de pair of a village near Toulouse.
AS narrated by our contemporary the
facts would seem to beEthese: "A certain
peasant in the vicinity of Toulouse
bought a cow from one of his neighbors
for the sum of EGO. The bargain
having been made the two specula-
tors retired to a quiet spot to complete
the transaction-the one to give the
money and receive the cow, and the
other to give the cow and receive the
money. The buyer, with an amount of
caution which would argue Scottish de-
scent, held his new purchase by a rope,
while he carefully counted down upon
a wooden log or stump twenty pieces
of twenty francs gold and a bank note
of one hundred francs. At this point
the COW, being of an enterprising and
speculative turn of mind, suddenly
iinterfered in the matter and, to
use diplomatic phrase good
deal used of late, ALTERED the situa-
ton by making a totally unexpected
"diye at the stump and swallowing
the bank-note. Naturally a row at once
took place between buyer and seller,
the one maintaining that he had paid
for the cow, and the other as stoutly
asserting that he had not received the
price of her, clinching his argument
with the crushing statement that as the
COW now belonged to the buyer and had
pocketed the note in her way, the said
document was still in the possession of
the purchaser. The unfortunate Judge
to whom they appealed has asked for
time to think the matter out, and do his
best to cutsthe Gordian knot. As our
contemporary remarks, the learned
judge will find it even more difficult to
decide than the dialecticians of the
Middle Ages-or, as a gentleman of Our
acquaintance was once heard to call
them, the middle-agsd dialecticians-
found the celebrated dispute Of porous Ell
saccus. The question was this: A sack
containing a pig was carried to market
by a peasant, audit was sought to know
whether the man or sack carried the pig.
For fifty, years at least, the ~scholastics
wrote numerous folios on the subject
without being able to settle the problem.
And yet that was a trifing matter com
pared with the present cow and bank
note story.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
Inc Artor rroa..u.euM

PeODle generally desire lnup Hfa and 0aod l
health. Sickness and premafnrs dssfSSs,s
almost alwaysadls TO yioistions of laws
that govern our physical being, and Of which
the masses are ignorant. If men knew Bet.
ter they would do better: but how can thew
avoid an evil thst they Know not Of? While
efforts are made hf6npb the HubIie schools
to piye.each child a ao,caiIed common Emo.
lisR edncafian' vet be children AZ naS.
.mitted to grow mn and entsrf unon fbe No.
snons;ble Sut;es of active life, nrofoandfv
ignorant of The structure o} their own
bodies. and the laws a. nbvs;cai beincunon
which their health and ives denend Tbev
are sent 10 school and crammea with aritb.
metic. grammar and ceocranhy Nv teachers
who. in many instancsa have n.vsr st1dirS
nhysioIocv and hvciene Thav are t.nsht ~
locate the monntSins and trsca II. r;ysrs ~
foreign countrfes. Ib,t a-resnsSsr t.aobt To
locate the vital organs and glands "a their
own bodies. ortrace tbe veins astsr;es and
nerve. in their varions ram,;cst;or. Thav.
are instructed in the Aow Of t;des and IL
course Of The. ocean cuyrsuts snd ~ All
Iosonby of winds and storms brt ,hag bans
NO correct concent.o n 81 t5e relat;ys stfscts
nnonitbeir basitb ~ breath;;nc nn,s - ~
npre air. nor has AZ err atssnt;an a ars. hanr
called to- the ;mnortance 81 Iesn;na IT,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

enough to sweeten the milk; turn into
a pudding-dish and steam one hour;
make a thin sauce of boiling water,
sugar, and wine, and thicken with lit
tie -four. You can make this pudding
out of dry bread in the same way by
adding one or two eggs, spice, and fruit;
canned fruit is nice stirred into this
pudding, and the strip of the fruit. can
be used instead of the wine in the sauce.
I have a nice recipe for making dough-
nuts, if any one would like it. Will
some of the ladies tell me how to make
corn-meal fried cakes2 l ate some in
Rhode Island several years since, which
were very nice, and have never seen any
since, or a recipe for making. 9hi LII
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
Fire Record.

A special reports another mail carrier
killed by Indians between Forts Davis and
Stockton. This is the sixth person killed
in that vicinity during ten days. A train
from Fort Davis, which arrived at Fort
Stockton was attacked by the Indians near
Boella Springs the day before. The noun
tains are reported full of Indians.
A Chicago Inter Ocean special says a fire
nearly destroyedthe business portion of
Adam, Illzs ON the Obs o. R. R. Loss
$4,000. Insurance $4,000. Believed in
cendiary.
The main building and Office of the Albion
Lead Works, at Dighton, Mass, was burned
lately. Loss $15O,OOO. Insurance $S1, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
Foreign,

Intelligence has been received in Con-
stantinople that the Mussulman insurgents
surprised the Russian encampment, near
Philippopolis, taking one thousand prison.
ers and four guns. At last accounts they
were marching toward Samakof. Monoes
has suggested that the Porte should offer
the insurgents amnesty in the event of their
laying down their arms.
An ARRAY has occurred between Russian
and Turkish soldiers near Darid Pasha bar
racks, about two miles beyond the fortifca-
tons of Constantinople. Eighty men were
wounded on both sides. The Scraskierate
has, consequently, prohibited the Russian
soldiers from crossing the line of demarka-
tion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
General

James Baynes, cashier of the First Ma
tionaf Bank Of Salem, Indiana, is missing
and with in amount of money belonging to
the bank varicusly estimated at from two
thousand to thirty thousand dollars. De-
yelopments make it certain that he de-
camped with a portion of the funds of the
bank, and the little city is stirred to its
foundations, as he was a man comfortably
provided for, pecunisrily, and held a good
position in society.
The New York Commercial advertiser says
it is reported that Secretay Sherman is
about calling in, for redemption, ten mil
lions of the SIC six per cent. bonds.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Virginia, says
J. B. Weeds, keeper OF a drinking saloon,
just before his death, a few days ago, con-
fessed to the murder and robbery of five
persons.
n. ]. Jewett has been elected President
of the ~reorganized Erie Railroad Company,
the name of which is to be changed to the
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Company.
Matt. Weaver, cashier of the Citizens
National Bank, of Urbana, Ohio, is said to
be $l25,000 short. A careful investigation
of the whole affair shows that of the banks
funds he had used S75,946, of which amount
the bank has secured s9e. 15O leaving an
actual deficit of s46 .796. This. of eonrse.
would have necessitated the closing of the
bank, had the facts been made sooner than
they were but time being gained. the stock
holders, largely of the weaIthiest men Of the
comfy. have been enabled to make nroner
arrangements and bytheir submitting to an
assessment of forty per cent. the stock was
again placed at par. and depositors were en-
ahled to get their money upon presentation.
of cheeks. Members of Weaver's family
are also losers about $4,000. The old
story. He invested in wheat, and lost on
the margins.
The Galveston Netrs's special from Tyler,
Texas, saysfour negro children, left locked
up at home, while the mother was al
church, were burned to death.
The appearance on our coast in early
May, OF the steamship Cimbria, of the Ham
burg Line, Offered and manned by seamen
OF the Russian Imperial Navy, creates some
excitement. The ofhcers are r%eticent, and
AFFECT not to know the destination of the
ship or the purpose OF this cruise in Ameri
can waters. Her papers are regular, and
she has, SO far as is known, no arms or
board, but is well provisioned. Considering
the large number of trained seamen and
naval officers on board, the conjecture may
not be far out of the way that they are
destined to take possession of some of the
vessels which, it is rumored, Russian agents
are negotiating for, and which, in case o.
war with England, will be employed to prey
upon British commerce.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

QUEEN Isabella's jewels, which are to
be disposed of at auction, are made up
of the gifts of the ex-Queen's father and
mother and others. The collection con-
sists of brilliants, sapphires, pearls and
emeralds, the last-named stones being
notably handsome. The crowns are in
the collection. They will be broken up
and the jewels composing them will be
sold piecemeal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

Won't the average American Con-
gressmen feel small and disguised,
though, when he takes his seat after a
four hours speech, and finds that all
his eloquence and wisdom have been alb
sorbed by a piece of tinfoil no bigger
than a postage stamp?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

in with an az, which was found near. The
little girl was found outdoors in an insensi-
BILE condition. Suspicion pointed first to
Hattenback, but Developments since de-
stroy that suspicion, and the real murderer
is unknown.
The ceremony of opening the 1nterna
tional Exhibition of 1878 at Paris took place
May 1, with great pomp and s%plendor. TIL
ceremony of opening the Exhibition began
at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, at
which time it was showery, but at three
o'clock the sur was shining brightly again.
The crowd was immense and enthusiastic in
spite of the Alterations of rain throughout
the proceedings. Cries were everywhere
heard of "Vive la Republiquei" "Vive
la Francer' Among those present
were the Prince of Wales; Don Francois
d'Assise, father CT the King of Spain;
Duke d'Aosta, brother eff the King of Italy,
and ex-King of Spain; Prince Frederick,
Crown Prince of Denmark; the Prince of
Orange, heir apparent to the throne OF the
Netherlands. and Prince Henry of Holland.
Marshal MacMahon arrived in a state car
rage, escorted by his military household,
troops being drawn up all along the route
from the Elysee. A procession was then
formed, which marched from the grand
arcade to the platform overlooking the
fountain, and commanding a view of nearly
all the buildings and grounds. Here
Trisserene de Bort, Minister Of Commerce,
| welcomed the Marshal in q shert speech,
| aud the Marshal then declared the exhibit
ton opened.
John Morrissey died at Saratoga at-seven
O'Clock onzthe evening of eMayl,in bis
forty-eighth year. he was born at Temple
more, Ireland, on the 12th o~fsFebruary,
1881, and was brought by his parentsto this
country when he was Eve years old. They
settled at Troy, New York, and, being poor,
set HIM at work when quiteyoung. he was
successfully employed in a paper mill. and
brush factory, and finally learned the
holders trade. Getting tired of this, he
became a deckhand on a Hudson steamer,
and was afterward Q steamboat runner. He
subsequently wen to California, where he
did not stay long. Immensely muscular
and decidedly pugnacious, he gradually
became noted as a pugilist. In
1854 he conquered Yankee Sullivan
in a hardly contested fight; in 1858, he
fought and whipped Tom Hyer for a purse
border of Massachusetts, in 1860, he de-
feated John C. Heenan, winning two thous.
and dollars. In 1866 he was elected to Con.
gress, where he served two terms. Nine or
| ten years later he was elected to thesNew
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09

How TO MAKE MoNEY.lTwenty Eve
cents worth of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Powders, fed out sparingly to q coop Of If,
teen hens, will increase the product of eggs
more than one dollar in, value in thirty days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
nelIc,ou. COOKER,

Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls,
bread and elegant cake, crullers, waf1es,
%doughnuts, mullins, and griddle cakes of
table by using DooLRY,s YEAST POWDER.