The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-15
General

ingparties.
General
Saturday night about II 80 o'clock, John
Christopher, while under the influence of
liquor, attempted to murder his wife by
shooting her three times in the neck and
face, at their residence in Allen-street, New
York. He then shot himself in the head.
The police were notified, and both were
taken to the Hospital, where the man died
soon after. Mrs. Christopner's wounds,
although very serious, are not considerd
fatal, and hopes are entertained of her re-
covery.
A saw-mill at Enterprise, thirty-6ye miles
above Parkersburg, w. Va, on the
Kanawha, blew up at three o'clock p. m I,
Saturday, killing George Avery, John Parr
and Frank Dilworth, and wounding
seriously Dent Park and three men un-
known. The mill was blown to atoms.
Loss, 5000; no insurance.
The boiler Of the tug-boat VIM. Sumner,
at New York, exploded Sunday morning,
throwing Peter vanshack, fireman, and
William White, cook, overheard. Both
were rescued, but Vanshack was badly
sealded. The boat is a total wreck.
The news of the suspension of the we'll
known Wholesale grocery house of r. NJ.
Bishop & Co., Cincinnati, was received
Saturday with general surprise and regret.
The house has been for some time shaken
by the shrinkage of the prices of goods,
and of the value of real estate, and has lost
heavily through customers, themselves un-
fortunate, until the time came that the
simple,t method of adjustment seemed to be
suspension.
A young lady of Lesterville, an eastern
suburb of Boston, could not decide between
two aspirants for her hand, and told them
to settle the matter themselves. Discarding
dueling, they boat raced, the winner being
so exhausted that he could not get out Of
the boat for some time, but he walked home
with his prize, who had been a spectator.
Governor Cullom. of Illinois, has been
appealed to for a company of militia to pro-
tect the coal mines at Stanton, Macoupin
County, which are threatened with destruc-
ton by striking miners. He ordered the
Sheriff of the county to the scene of the
disturbance, with orders to call to his as
sistance such force as may be found neces.
sary.
Saturday morning q woman named Ash.
ford, in Bellevue, Ohio, committed suicide
by saturating her clothing with kerosene
and setting fire to it. When found she was
in a closet and nearly burned to a crisp.
She had been suspected for. some time Of
being insane.
Rarus, the feet horse, on the Buffalo
track, Saturday, trotted one mile in har
ness, in 2 :13H, the fastest trotting time on
record.
During a storm of lightning, thunder and
rain tat came upon Philadelphia, Saturday,
the Gospel tent of the R~idge-avenue Meth.
odist Episcopal Church, at the northwest
corner of Thirtieth and -Ridge-avenue, was
struck by the ~electric fluid at a moment
when a number of persons happened to be
under the canvass. OF these, Mary
Elfrey, ten years old, was instanstly XII led
Walter Elfrey, her brother, eight years old.
and Ellie Burns, nine years old, were
knocked senseless and dangerously pros.
trated; VIM. Adams, ten years old, was made
unconscious, but not seriously injured, and
Charles H. Wilson, grocer, was also struck
senseless, and left suffering from evere
nervous prostration. None of the other Of
the occupants of the tent were touched by
the lightning. The tent and its furniture
were set on fire, but the flames were ex
tinguished before much damage could BIZ
done.
The towboat Brilliant exploded her mid
die boiler at six p. m. Saturday, epposit'
Gallipolis, Ohio, instantly killing Captain
Shumaker and a cabin boy named Zehler
John Guyer has since died. One barge o
coal or salt sunk below the Gallipolis wharf
boat
A boy named Milton Hon was drowned
recently while bathing in State Creek, nea
Mt. Sterling, KY.
Jasper Somers, a young married man
went bathing in the lake near Norvell
Mich, and was drowned. The body was re
covered.
Two men, James Burke and Henri,
O'Connor, both from Chicago, were brownies
while logging near Hungerford, Mich.
George Fnlkerson, aged twenty, shot him
self in fit of dependency at Elkhart, Ind
He has been subject to epileptic fits, an
being out of work put an end to his ez
istence.
Six hundred journeymen shoemakers o
Chicago struck ON the 9Th for an advance o
wtges from 50 to $I2. They refused tn
offer of the employers, who declare that
is a liberal price, the best they can Offer
and that il it IS not accepted they can an
will get their work lone in the East at les
prices. There are one thousand shoemaker
of this class in Chicago, and those who hav
not already struck threaten to do SO. Tn
strike included all the leading wholesal
houses.
During the night of August 5, the nortl
ern part of the State of Pennsylvania wa
visited with a terrific rain and wind storm
At Canton, Bradford County, much damag
was caused by the large reservoir bein
washed away. 1t is located on Mill Creel
and supplies the Minqua House and th
town # Canton with water. The walls {
the reservoir withstood the pressure of tb
immense volume of water until about on
o'elockin the morning, whenitgave way wit
a crash, and the immense quantity of waite