The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-11
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In the Dickey.Tytus case, Judge humes,
at Hamilton. Ohio. Saturday. oyerruled a
motion by the defendant for a new trial.
James Jordon, Jr., of Richmond, Ind, an
amateur pedestrian, completed Saturday
night the distance of eighty-eight miles in
eighteen hours, twenty minutes and eleven
seconds.
A kit of counterfeiters' molds and tools,
which have been used for making half dol
lars and quarters, were found in a hollow
tree near Mt. Vernon, Ind, by a wood
chopper.
General Silas A. Strickland died at two
a. m, March 81, at Omaha, aged forty-seven. |
He was a prominent brigade commander
from Ohio during the rebellion. was a
Grant Presidential Elector from Nebraska,
and subsequently was District Attorney,
and once had the G-oyernorship of Utah
offered him by President Grant.
At an early hour in the morning, lately,
at louisville, Edward Clayton, hack driver
shot and killed Chris. Ketzel. he also
wounded Herman Middenkamp in the foot.
The affair occurred in the presence of
numerous freouenters of a night dance
house. Clayton leaned his back against a
door and took his time about firing.
Middenkamp had threatened to whip him.
His friend Ketzel was simply present. and
not participating at all.
The vicinity of Louisville. XIV. has added
one of the most iendisb crimes vet cbroni
cled on Kentucky,s black list of dark deeds
At daybreak recently persons residing
aroun aLost island in what are known
as the aWet Woods.p discovered the
-smolderino rema;ns a. loa ooh;n I;no
in one corner wara al IL. -oma..o f
a man and woman Tha1 49, ;dsnt;saSo -
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlow an I'D man and
woman, each sixtv wears of ACE. No s;ons
of the heads of the victims conld he fonnd
by either gentleman. Near the house
however. a spade was found RESTING aoa;nst
a rail fence, and upon it fresh dirt. eivinr
evidence that it had been used yerv re.
Gently. No heads were found. however
The Supreme Court at New Orleans in.
General Anderson's case. has denied the
application for a rehearing, and the uris.
oner has been released from prison.
MIR. Frederick K. Dumont, adopted son of
Charles I. Dumont, Esq, of Cincinnati,
shot himself fatally with a pistol a few DAYS
ago. The act was done in his room, No. 2s
Pike Street, where he resided with his wife.
Mr.. Dumont was in the thirty-fourth year of
his age, and was the book-keeper and CON.
fdential financial manager Of his fathers
business. He was married on the 18th day
of February last. No reason was assigned
by Mr.. Dumont for the act. MI. Dumont,
ST., says Frederick was of an unhappy dis.
position, and had trouble with his head.
AT a late hour, a few evenings since. the
people of Arcola, Ill, were Mortified by the
finding Of the dead BODY of ]. W. Griswold,
Esq, hanging in his woodshed. He was
highly esteemed as a citizen, and was until
recently a prominent dry goods merchant
there. The cause of the mad act is a mys.
terry, and If anything is known to his family,
who were absent at the time, it is kept
a secret Some suppose that financial mat
ters caused the act. The only note found
was one requesting his neighbors to cut hil
body down.
The firm of Holt A. Ruobae lrmher dool
ers of Roston hove srsna,dad I,.h;r;t.,
SIX mn dra n,ostlr =, pa.t.. III. En-
ure Of the firm. it is stated. is eaused bv tn,
fraudulent action of Mr.. Buebee. brother o
the Junior partner, who has for seyera
years acted as buying agent of the firm a
indianapolis. To cover his own losses h,
has drawn against the firm. using as collat
eral, notes of parties in the West. who's,
signatures are admitted to be forgeries
Bugbee confesses issuing $132, 900 of thes
notes, now largely in the hands of Bostol
banks, but made payable in indianapolis
1t is believed that apart from the forgeriei
the firm is solvent and viii be able to re
sumo.
The oil train ran into a freight train on tn
Lehigh Valley Railroad, near Slatingtor
Pa, a few mornings since, exploding tn
engine OF the oil train, and burning seyera
oil cars, and a small iron bridge on whic
the cars were standing. Soon afterward tn
oil tank exploded, scattering the oil In a
directions, and burning three men fatal
n ten severely. The wind carried tn
flames to the depot and wooden bridgt
which were also burned.
The Rochester oven for baking Japanne
TIL cases In the thermometer factory, fourt
story, over Graves q Co.'s candy manuta'
tory, hochester, New York, explode
shortly before SIX o'clock in the evening
The roof was entirely blown OF. A worl
man named John Prescott, shaking the nj
MOOT Deiow oy the oeDris, and Slowly purne
rason.b;m -
inc n+ aoods = -. e.. - 80 -;
hE a. tsm;as 49,. ~ a. IL. - !
1000 49, 49,. $3.50 al 80.
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$40 OOO. insurance. S13 O
A variety company from Mozart Garde
Brooklyn, New York, was playing in Il
opera-house at Pawtucket, R. l. One fe
was shooting an apple from the head
hand of a performer. Mile Volante,
trapeze performer, held IN apple on b
head, and Mrs. Jennie Fowler, known
the stage as Franklyn, was to shoot the q
pie. with recklessness, t
shooter STOOD with her Dack TO the MAJ
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