The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-06
General

General
William B. Brown, a brakeman, Of Ash
tabula, about thirty-three years old, in com.
pany with eight or ten other young men,
sited a low house kept by old Wagon
Jack Gibbs, about a mile west of Jefferson,
Ohio. A row occurred, during which Brown
was shot and almost instantly killed.
The power engine in the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Machine-shops, at Chicago
Junction, suddenly stopped at nine o'clock
Saturday morning. ADMINISTRATION showed
that Charles Glenn, the engineer, was hang
ing by the neck to a cord suspended from a
steam-pipe overhead. He had been reading
in a German newspaper an article regarding
his family, who lived in GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
which SO depressed him as to induce the
rash act.
Afew evenings ago, as Key Tanvers' saw
mill, near Big Lick, Virginia, was about to
stop work for the day, a youth named John
Anderson, who was visiting the establish
ment, met with a blood-curdling death. He
made a bet with a friend that he could
jump over the log-carriage which was then
in motion, and the foolhardy boy gave q
sudden leap to win, but the attempt was a
failure. His foot got caught in the carriage,
and his bodywaa th~rown-befofe the saw,
and was literally cut to pieces. Both feet,
hands and head were sawed of, and the en-
tire stomach was mangled SO that the en-
trails were exposed.
A fire broke out in Sharp's drugstore, at
Ottawa, Ohio, destroying about one-half of
the principal business blocks of the town,
including the Dayton and Michigan passen-
ger depot. Loss estimated at $22 1000.
There is an outlook of cholera in India as
fatal as any that have preceded it. 1t may
be local, but India is the point from which
the disease begins its western journeys.
Hitherto its greatest rayages in our country
have been separated by intervals of seven
teen years, viz, 1882, 1S49, and 1866.
A Fall River dispatch says that by the
stoppage of the Troy, Stafford, Flint, Chace,
Robesen, Weetamoe, the two Tecumseh and
the two Wampanoag mills, besides the Bor-
der City, Sycamore and Union, there are
nearly 10000 ofthe $4,000 idle. Other mills
were aboutto shut down. Some were run
ming on contracts, and could not stop at
presents By the stoppage Of these mills
some 1900 operatives are thrown cut of EN-
ployment.
The regular freight train on the Monday
Creek Branch near Jacksonville, Ohio, met
with a serious accident q few days since. A
plank was laid across the track on a sharp
curve, and the engine was thrown of, with
several cars. Hutchins, the engineer, had
three ribs broken, and lies in a critical con.
dition. Tanner, a brakeman, had his knee.
pan broken. Certain parties are suspected
of attempting to wreck the train.
Bishop McCoskreypaid a visit to his home
in Detroit on the 26th of May, and in a day
or two as suddenly returned to New York
The Church authorities there, it is said, are
in the dark in reference to the flying visit
The singular part of the affair is that none
of them knew of his intended return until
they heard that the woman who has been
particularly prominent in the affair had
been notified of his coming, and had re
peated it so that it came to the ears of some
of the Church magnates. 1t is now thought
by those wis have scanned the field thor
oughly that this visit was made necessary
by the threats of parties in Detroit VIII
have been matchmaking him for a lon,
time, and that some fear of these parties
sent him speeding away.
A fatal reDcounter occurred near Fores
Depot, Va, on the 2Sth of May, between
Alexander Slicy and Frost Coles, brothers
:n1o- ~ .h,ob tLa fo,raa- ~ L;lIo5 -
the latter dangerously wounded. The par
ties to the affair are young farmers, highl,
connected, and of course the community i
feverish with excitement. The dispute be
gan about their respective fields of corn
each claiming to have the largest ears.
Alarge ferocious dog, belonging to a maj
named Reihms on Commercialstreet Day
ton, Ohio, attacked and lacerated the littl
son of Judge Frank. The brute tore tn
face of the lad almost beyond recognition
The people of the neighborhood came nea
mobbing the owner.
A shocking tragedy is reported nea
Wooster, Ohio. Three brothers name
Joseph, Samuel and Paul Daniels, Will
travelling along the road, got into a fight wit
Peter Nerr. The difficulty originated i
giving the road for the passage of thei
smtea. In the scuffie that ensued, Nerr wa
knocked out of his buggy and his collal
zone broken, and Samuel Daniels WI
killed by a cut behind the left ear, 5leedin
to death. The brothers Daniels and Nel
were arrested.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention
at its recent session, nominated the folloy
ing State officers: For Secretary of Stat
7. o. Walker; Auditor of State, Colon
Eiboeek; Treasurer of State, E. D. Fem
Register of State, (Land Office, T. S. Bar
well Judge OF Supreme Court, Judge j.. {
Knapp; County Clerk of Supreme Cour
NJ. v. Garnor; Reporter Of Supreme Cour
j. B. Elliott, of Marion County
Attorney General, John Gibbons. tt
platform of resolutions fayors IL
equal recognition of gold, silver an
United States notes in the discharge
public and private obligations, exec
where otherwise provided by contract, az
to the end that the same be secured, the III
conditional repeal of the Resumption Ac
eH0 NAS SOAhu6O VI ohHCA VII OHudl COuN
tions with gold. In regard to fraud inyest
cations it says: Thorough Investigation
into election frauds of 1876 should be mad
frauds should be exposed, truth vindicat,
and criminals punished in accordance wi
law whenever found"
At the Pennsylvania State Convention
Prohibitionists the following ticket W
nominated Governor, General F. II. Ian
Lieutenant Governor, John Shallcross; So
Rotary of Internal Affairs, Calvin Parson
Supreme Judge, Daniel Agnew.
The latest sensation in Cincinnati is Il
marriage of James Nolony, a well-knoy
Cincinnati lawyer, to Miss Helen VIII
daughter of the celebrated Jewish Rabl
The couple eloped, and the marriage W
private.
The citizens of Gibson County, Indian
made short work, the other night, of
alleged robber named Andy Compsgnio