The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-30
General

General
The number of visitors to Cincinnati dur
ing the four Festival days is estimated at
$1,000.
At Cairo, Ill, a child of Leo Kleb fell in a
tub of hot water, scalding its body from the
waist down to a blister. 1t may recover.
AT Dresden, O., George Smith, a ten-year-
old son of Michael Smith was drowned
while fishing in the Wakatomaka Creek.
Ills body was recovered.
The Socialistic labor party had a grand
parade and picnic at st. Louis on Sunday.
Everything passed off in an orderly manner
and there were no evidences of an armed
organization, as was expected there would
be.
Saturday afternoon John Maggort and
John Jenkins, two young men employed at
a saw mill two miles west of Holman, Ind,
were both torn to atoms by the explosion of
the engine boiler.
Henry Buxe, a young lad in the Cincin-
natl House of Refuge, was recently choked
to death by a piece Of meat which he was
endeavoring to swallow without masti-
eating.
Columbus, Ohio, will hold her May Musi.
cal Festival this year July9, 10 and IL, with
concerts day and evening. The local sing.
ing societies are actively preparing for this
saengerfest, which has been held there on
former occasions with decided success.
Horse stealing has been SO successfully
carried on by a gang whose headquarters
are known to be in Wayne County, Ind,
that the members of the Farmers Stock
Detective Agency are threatening lynch
law to the first member of the gang they can
capture.
Friday night Frank Houlton, a farmer in
comfortable circumstances, living at the
village of Hamilton, in DeKalb County,
Indiana, was shot through the right temple
and instantly killed by burglar, who has
since proved to be John Abbott, a neighbor
of Houlton's. Abbott is only twenty years
old. Houlton was seventy. The murderer
is under arrest.
The general meeting of the American
Social Science Association, preliminary to
the convention, which opened May 20, was
held Saturday evening in Springer Music
Hall, Cincinnati. Hon. W. S. Groesbeck
made the welcoming speech, followed by
an address by Professor PIERCE.
At Tuscola, Ill, James Fried, aged thirty.
five, was found dead on the railroad track,
a hundred yards from the station. Foul
play is suspected. He is known to hay,
had $500 on his person previously. Fifteen
cents only were found on him. His head
was badly confused and his right leg and left
foot cut of The Coroner sat, but adjourned
for further testimony.
The Farmers Club, of Montgomery
County, Ohio, held their monthly meetin,
lately at the residence of Samuel Weller, o
Randolph Township, and reports were mad
from all ports of the county. They do no
indicate any serious damage from the frost
its effect was chiefly on vegetables, i~njurin,
them materially in some instances, but no
SO much as to prevent their recovery. A
more serious complaint is the presence of
small fly or bug in the wheat, that it i
feared may prove a growing evil.
Benton ~Barkhamer, a tin peddler, o
Akron, Ohio, was fatally shot by Mrs. Mar.
Howe, a widow, living near Doyleston
Wayne County. Itappears that Barkhame
had sold Mrs. Howe a quantity of tinware
and, as he claims, he called on her about tel
o'clock that night for the purpose of collect
ing his bill. She refused him admittance q
the front part of the house, and told him t.
go to a side window, where he ~endeayore,
to obtain entrance, and here was shot b,
Mrs. Howe, the ball taking effect in the lef
breast, lodging in the liver.
The refrigerator warehouse of Dunn
Thompson & Co., and the Park Place Hotel
-four story frame structure in st. Peter
street, st. Paul, Mimi, were recent,
burned. The total loss is about $50, 00(
Several fremen and others sustained in
juries by falls and burns, one-John Brigg
being perhaps fatally burned. The fire
supposed to be incendiary, as the buildin
was unoccupied for some time, and was t
be sold at auction.
EARLY Saturday morning the ~extensiv
agricultural works of Russell & Co., Ma
%siilon, Ohio, caught fire and inflicted dan
age variously estimated from $4,000
100000. The company propose to resum
work INN ediately, and there will be n
disappointment to their customers.
The following committee has been al
pointed for investigating the Presidents
election frauds: Messrs. Potter, Morrison
Hunton, Stenger, Mcmahon, Cobb, of Il
diana, Blackburn, Cox, of Ohio, Reed, {
Maine, and Hiscock.
An explosion occurred lately in the ne
wing of the old Sydney Mines at Halifa,
A large number Of men were in the pit CT
off from all help. The accident was cause
by the explosion of gas. Six men wei
taken out dead, among them GreenweD, tt
Chief Overseer. The first to enter after IL
explosion were three brothers, Sullivan
who succeeded in rescuing thirteen of I'll
cutters who were overcome by gas. The
were unconscious for some time, but a
slowly recovered. Sixteen pairs of cutie
were at work here. On the south side
the mine a large number of men were
work, but all escaped uninjured. One
the Sullivans was Frustrated while searcl
ing for the dead, but was fortunately re
cued by his brother.
The Knights Of Pythias held a compel
tive drill at Chillicothe, lately. The prii
for the best drilled lodge was taken. by IL
Pythians of Dayton, 800 in. gold.
Three children of a farmer named job
Wormkey, near Dubuque, Iowa, were 81
located by the burning of sticks throw
into the wood-bez, Wormkey and wi