davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

VIM. Storey, alias Allen, q resistless young
masher from st. Louis, worked upon the
affections Of Charles Atchley's young wife,
near Alton Station. She packed her per.
sonal effects and took the Narrow-gauge
Monday to meet Storey. At Batavia juno
ton she boarded the train going East, by
mistake, but discovered her error when
the train was running at a speed of twelve
or fifteen miles an hour. She leaped from
the platform and rolled down the embank-
ment without injury to herself. The par
ties metin Cincinnati, and were both ar
rested ON a dispatch from Mr.. Atchley. The
woman was released and allowed to return
home, but Storey was brought here by
officers on charge of stealing Atchley's
goods. The conduct OF young Storey ere
ated an intense feeling in the neighborhood,
which eliminated in a sensation.
The Cincinnati Commercial thus gives the
thrilling sequel: Thirty men, coal-blacked
and with masks, armed with revolvers, shot
guns and corn knives, from Alton and
vicinity, on the Williamsburg pike, went
to Batavia at two o'clock in the morn
ing, halted in front of the Munson House,
where William Storey, alias Allen, was un-
| der guard, the Constable and Town Mar
shall having him in charge, and while eight
or ten took charge of the officers the balance
broke into the bedroom and put a rope
around the neck Of one of M. r.
Rybolts hands who are engaged in
plastering the Courthouse and who
are boarding at the house, supposing him
to be their man, as he slightly resembles
Storey. After the rope was adjusted they
became satisfied he was not their man, and
he was released. The mob then broke into
another room, where they found Storey in
bed. They hauled him out, adjusted the
rope to his neck, tied his hands behind
him, and marched down street to the irsn
bridge over the East Fork of the Little
Miami River. Near the center of
the bridge they tied the other end
of the rope to- an iron upright, and
four or five gathered him up and pitched
him over the railing head first. The rope
was eight feet long and broke, and the man
went headlong into the water, which is
about twenty-nine feet from the floor of the
bridge.
By this time many OF the citizens of the
town were reused, although the raiders"
were very quiet in their movements. They
left town hurriedly. As they passed the
Munson House they called the guard of
who were left in charge of the officers, and
told the latter to " find their man."
Atfrst it was supposed the man had been
drowned, and several were out for an houl
afterward along the banks of the creek
looking for his body, but it seems he
crawled out to the left bank, which is very
high, and wandered along the edge of the
water and up the creek until he had reached
the house of a darkey named Hampton
where he told his troubles and asked fol-
shelter and clothing. He was refused ad'
mittance, and advised to return to town
He finally went back to town and entered
the Munson House through the back yard
and placed himself again in charge of tn,
officers. His neck is badly skinned, bruised
and swollen, and the mark of the rope car
be plainly seen. His wrists are alst
bruised.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
Married a Car Driver.

Sarah Hill, of Providence, R. L, is
the rich girl who recently married a
horse-car driver, and Bernard Melon
aid, "a years old, and 10 years in this
country, is the man. Miss Hill, though
not distinguished for beauty, was noted
for brightness in conversation, grace of
manners, and above all a taste for dress
that touched upon genius. She came
to New York about two years ago to re-
side with her sister, Mrs. Morris Barn.
well, at Flfty-sixth street and Broad
way. Her family is wealthy, and she
moved in the best circles. 1t was one
day last winter that she met her fate,
when she had occasion to ride up town
in a Seventh avenue Car, and some
weeks later she told her guardian what
she proposed to do. Protests were of
no avail, and, on Feb. 10, Father Dona-
van performed the ceremony in the
church of st. John the Evangelist. The
couple took lodgings with Mrs. Brown
in the top story of a tenement at Fiji
tieth street and Seventh avenue. Bar
ney is, from all accounts, an honest, in
d~ustrious fellow, and will start up in
some small business in New street.
NeU York Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
Denomination In Chiua.

China is not overpopulated. It does
not contain 40O,0O0,O00 or 100000 900
of people. It is generally supposed that
at the beginning of this century there
were about 800, 600 900. But it has not
AS those unacquainted with its history,
and Judging its increase by our own,
have imagined-added to the number
of its people. I have nowhere in the
Old World seen such terrible and COM
plete desolation of large districts, once
crowded with busy and prosperous in
habitants, as in Central China. The
foreign wars, the vast rebellion, the
terrible famines, have swept away tens
of millions of human beings. Some of
the best judges there said, and there can
scarcely be a question of it, that there
can not be over 300,000,000 in the
empire proper now. If as densely
populated as some parts of Europe, it
would support full 500.00O,0O0.-Reu.
DR.. Speer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
comp,er,o.., rud,e.s,op.

The complexion of persons whose diges-
ton is out Of order, who are bilious, or who
lack yigor, always exhibits an unhealthy
and promoting digestion and stimulation,
that the parchment hue indicative of ill
health is banished from the cheeks. To
rectify the fault OF a sallow complexion,
use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an invigor.
ant and alternative which emoves those OBJ
stacles to renewed strength, physical COM
fort and personal attractiveness-an imper-
feet digestion and secretion, and q disor.
dered condition of the bowels. Persistence
in the use of this inestimable corrective
and tonic will assuredly result in renewed
physical regularity and vigor, will tend to
increase bodily substance, and cause the
glow and clear color of health to return to
the sallow, wasted cheek.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
Sad suicide.

Lieut.. C. N. .Carrow of the 18th U. S.
Cavalry, blew his brains out in his room at
the Planters Hotel, at ST. Louis, with anavy
revolver. No cause is assigned for the act.
He came from the East, where he had a
surgical operation performed on his knee
about Eve weeks ago, and was en- route to
join his regiment at Fort Lincoln. Aside
from the fact that he graduated. at West
Point last year, was assigned to the 9TH
Cavalry, was twenty-six years old, and that
his father, who is a somewhat noted divine,
resides at Pottsville, Pa nothing is known
at St. Louis Of the young man, and therefore
no motive for the act can be given.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
The GanOwS,

Absalom w. Ford was hanged lately at
Lake Charles, La, for the murder of DR.. Jos.
Bazee, in June, 1878. He broke jail last win
ter, after his sentence, and was recaptured
in Henderson, Texas, a few weeks ago, after
being desperately wounded. Afterward he
broke his wounded leg in attempt
ing to escape from the Henderson
County jail; consequently, he had to be
supported by the Sheriff and deputies to
the scaffold, where he was seated in a chair
Though suffering intense pain from the
effort to use his wounded leg, his features
were calm and composed. During the
reading of the death warrant and the pray.
ers of the priest, he occasionally pulled a
cigar, and looked composedly at the sky
and at the crowd of over five hundred per.
sons. He did not show the slightest fear.
Being asked by the Sheriff if he had any
thing to say to the people, he replied
quietly that he had nothing to say. The black
cap and moose were adjusted while he
was seated. He was then assisted to his
feet, and said in a low, calm voice, I" Goo
have mercy on me-" The drop fell. His
contortions were violent for a few minutes,
and he lived nearly twenty minutes, as the
physicians say his neck was broken by his
struggles after the dror fell.
A special dispatch to the Savannah
(Ga.) Morning Nescs, says: Shelby, white,
was hanged at Blackshear, Ga, for the muir.
der of his wife. He confessed his guilt and
said the man who caused him to kill her
was present. About fifteen hundred people
witnessed the execution. He was calm and
appeared u~nconcerned.
A California dispatch says that Indian
Jack was hanged recently at Shasta for the
murder of a Chinaman last Septem Der.
The murder was committed out of pure dew
iltry, without the motive of passion, gain
or revenge. The execution was witnessed
by some fifty Indian friends of the con.
demned, besides a number of white spec
,4ators-between two hundred and three
h~uladred. The Indians congregated outside
thetcourt.yard, and kept up a fearful howl
ing and tearing of hair during the execution,
but NO hostile demonstration occurred.
Jack preserved Indian stolidity, and died
asithoata struggle.
[ launching I'm CIermOnt County. Ohio.
A Batavia correspondent of the Cincinnati
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

ASK a wise man to write poetry and
he can manage to make a fool of himself
at short notice, if verses are out of his
line. A dignifed Detroit Judge, to
oblige a little girl, recently wrote in an
album: "My pen is poor, my ink is
pale, my heart it trembles like a little
dogs tail."-M 0. Picdyune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
terrible Tragedy.

L Langbehm, a German, living on a vege-
table ranch, about i've miles from Antioch,
in Contra Costa County, California, took
his little boy and girl, aged respectively six
and four years, into the fields, beat them to
death With a club, and cut their throsts,
then went to the house, and blew his W
brains outwith a shotgun. The family had
always lived happily together, and the act
is attributed to temporary insanity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
Panama nevoluilon.

General Renjifo, at Panama, has an
nounced his intention of executing Gen.
eral Marulanda and several officers cap
tured at the battle of Aguadas, on the
ground that they prolonged the revolution
against the Government after they had lost
all hope of success. he lays down the
doctrine that e blood uselessly shed must be
avenged"
Several Mexican officers captured recently
in the ranks Of the revolutionary party in
Honduras, viii De tried by court martial
and shot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

WI have long wanted a safe and reliable
remedy for the cure of Chills and Fever.
Quinine will cure it, but it disturbs the
head and the lever returns. Now, we see
that Messrs. Wheeloek, Finlay & Co. pub.
lish the composition of their DR.. F. Wilhoft's
Anti-Periodlc or Fever and Ague Tonic,
which is guaranteed a specific Tor the cure
of Chills and Fever, Dumb Chills, and all
other diseases produced by malaria. Try
it. 1t can be found in every Drugstore.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
w,u nl.podnr or SEC, coo, 600.

The will of Judge Packer was lately read
at Allentown, Pa. 1t bequeaths for the per-
manent endowment Of Lehigh University,
Of Bethlehem, 81, O.0O0; for a library for
the University, $500, 900 to st. Luke's Hos
pital, Bethlehem, $4,000; to st. Marks
Episcopal Church, Mauch Chunk, $4,000.
Several requests are kept private for the
nreReut
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

THINK it was in September, if 1 now
rightly remember, that I heard a knock,
knocking at my door; yes, I know twas
in September; he had been there about
fifty times before; had been there knock
ing at my door. But I opened not, nor
wondered, as upon my door he thun-
dered, for he yelled: @Say, now, will
you settle this ere bill I bring your" as
he battered upon the door; and I an
swered, calmly answered, "Neyermore."
Oil City Derrick.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
Iowa democratic Conyen,Ion.

The Democrats of Iowa, in Convention,
nominated II. b. TrimbIe for Governor by
reclamation. In their resolutions the Iowa
Democrats hail Democratic Congressman as
worthy of the ancestors who reyolted
against despotism. They ask universal dis.
sent from the Republican idea of substitut.
ing the viii of mi man for that of a majority
OF the people. They favor the substitution
Of Treasury notes for the national bank
notes, and the abolition Of national banks
of issue; favor reduction of the bonded
debt as fast as possible by the use of the
money in the Treasury; favor unlimited
coinage of the 41215 grain silverdollar, and
the making of certificates for sill bullion
deposited in the Treasury legal tender /; a
tariff for revenue only economy and the
duction Of the salaries and the numb
officials; the party being opposed Is a.
whisky, favors a iudicious license aw. d.
mands a strict account from Public ~
wants, and the punishment of d~eftaulters. [
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
.Prnctfcar science,

Under the above heading, the st. Croix
Courier, of st. Stephen, N. B., in referring
to the analysis of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi.
cal Discovery and Ssge's Catarrh Remedy,
recently made by Professor Chandler, of
New York, and others, says: Nothing
was discovered which we think objections.
BILE, and the published analysis should in.
crease, rather than retard, their sale. To
us, it seems a little unjust to call q man a
quack, simply because he seeks to reap as
much pecuniary reward as other classes OF
inventors" The English press is conserva,
tive, yet after q careful examination of q
the evidence, it not only Endorses but
recommends the Family Medicines man
featured by DIR. Pierce. No remedies eyer
offered the afflicted give such perfect salts
faction as Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

IA SLIGHT CoLD,n CoUGHs.-Few are
aware of the Importance of checking a
cough or "sLIGHT COLD" which would
yield to a mild remedy; if neglected, often
attacks the lungs. "Brown's Bronchial
Tr0chcs give sure and almost immediate
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
PUBLISHED TESTIMONY established

PUBLISHED TESTIMONY establishes the
fact that SCovILL's BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP is a sterling remedy for scrofuious
and syphilitic disorders of q formidable
type. Also that it cures white swelling,
c~arbuncles, eruptive maladies of all kinds,
govt and rheumatism. 1t moreover pro-
notes q secretion and flow of healthy bile
and directs it into the proper channels.
The deplorable ailments produced by mer-
curry are also remedied by it. Druggists
sell il.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

SHAKESPEARE furnished more stock
questions than Vanderbilt the Senior,
though he was neither a broker nor a
railroad king.-E7ie Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
The SueZ Canal.

The Suez canal stock is now selling
in Europe at about $143 per share, and
is advancing. The annual revenue has
now crept up to S6,000,000, and the ex-
penses have probably reached their
maximum at about $3,500,000. There
are in all 100000 shares of stock, and
the British Government could sell out
to-day the large block of stock which
Mr.. Disraeli bought four years ago, and
pocket a profit of $4,000 The par
value of the 100000. shares of stock is
800, but while the canal was being
built they sold down as low as $50, and
when the canal was opened were worth
only $50.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

You've man, the citizens of the
wurld are watching yu, not so much to
see yu reach the top oy the ladder as to
see yu fall of, and perhaps see you
sprain your ankle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

WHEN a man calls his wife " the
women folks" the Kingston Freeman
says, you may set it down that she is one
too much for him, SO that he is obliged
to designate her as plural.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
nenth az : Renr Admiral.

a dispatch announces the death of Rear
Admiral s. A. Gordon, U. s. N, retired, at
Bloiss, France. He distinguished hims elf
at Fort Fisher.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

AFREE GIFT is offered to those suffering
with Consumption, Asthma and Catarrh.
1t is an elegantly illustrated work, by DR..
N. B. WOLFE, of Cincinnati, of great value
to such invalids. See his advertisement.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

THIRTY of the best organ makers of the
world are competitors at the Paris EXPOSE
ton. A cable dispatch to the Associated
Press says two highest awards have been
awarded to the American makers, Mason &
!. Hamlin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
ACapsI.iug BOAT Drown. Two women.

ACaPsiztnE Boat DroNns
Mr.. and Mrs. Wren aud a Mrs. Howell
we're in a small boat on the S~usquehann a
River, near Kopp's siding the other after
noon, when the boat capsized and two Of
the women were drowned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

THE idea that fruit eaten at night is
d~eleterious is proved by the bad effect
it had upon Adam from eating an apple
after Eve.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

"NEvER," said a writer on etiquette,
I" take bits out of your mouth with
your hand" Does the donkey suppose
we all wear hits2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
4 singular story.

A remarkable story comes from the State
Prison at Thomaston, Maine. Six years ago
james A. Lowell, of Lewiston, was con-
victed OF the murder of his wife, Lizzie, a
skeleton supposed to be hers having been
found in the woods. The defense claimed
that Mrs. Lowell had eloped with a circus
man, but this could not be proved, and her
husband was sentenced to be hanged. This
was afterward committed to life imprison-
ment, and now David Stevens. who was
committed last year for bigamy, claims to
have seen Mrs. Lowell in a Western city as
late as 1876. BE says isne was living with
one Spaulding, and during a quarrel in a
beer garden the circumstance of her career
were diyulged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
@s,vs IF Mf Msfh.
ua-rIhIe BOND ro DENIM.

George Krementz, aged twenty, fell into a
vat OF boiling grease at the glue factory near
New Albany, Ind, aud was fatally scaided.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
SOIdIeFe--P~ Pensioners.

We publish an eight-page paper-"THE NATIONAL
TRIBuyE |" devoted to the interests OF Pensioners
Soldiers and Sailors and their heirEs also contains
interesting family reading.
Price, FOfy Cents q year-speciai Inducements TO
clubs. A proper blank to collect amount due under new
ARREARS or PENSION BILL. furnished orata. fously to
regular sHbscribers only. and such claims fiedin PEN
cimen copy, free Send Tor It, QIQHGE y. LEMON
q co. WashinRton. d. c.. Lock Box Az
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
A WhIrIwEnd CapsIzes a Propeller, and
browns all the Passengers.

A few days ago, in the Caleasieu River, a
little below Lake Charles, Louisiana, during
a thunderstorm, a whirlwind struck the
small mail propeller Ramos, capsizing it,
and causing it to sink instantly in about
thirty feet of water. There were on
board, besides the Captain and engineer,
six passengers, named Lucien Deuaine, of
Galveston; j. c. Bird, of Cameron Parish /;
two little sisters, Fora and Medors Pithon,
aged ten and twelve years, of Coleasieu Par
ish, and a colored woman named Josephine
Hawkins, and her child, aged two years.
None of the passengers could swim. The
captain and engineer swan ashore, but all
the passengers were drowned. All the
bodies were recovered except josephine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

THERE are multitudesa ov people now
living, who are anxious to prove that
two and two makes five, and i am as
tonished to kno tibet there are full as
menny who are anxious to beleaye it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

FARMERsin Wisconsin will be forced
this season to plant a bulldog with
every watermelon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
RurnIng of a sIenaeerae.

A Detroit correspondent of the Cincin.
natl Commercial says: A destructive fire
broke out at French's Suburban Hostelrie,
six miles from this city. In addition to the
hotel, French was the owner of lot of wild
animals, which were quartered in his barns
during the winter months, and loaned to
menageries and exhibitions about the coun-
try during the summer season. The collec.
ton consisted of five lions, the elephant
Sultan, for which an offer of four thousand
dollars had just been refused, a tiger, zebra,
three leopards, sacred COW and calf and
Rocky Mountain deer, and a collection of
monkeys.
AS soon as the fire was discovered French
made a rush for the animal barr and at
tempted to rescue the elephant, but the
frightened beast struck him a blow with
his trunk which felled him senseless to the
floor, and by The time French was dragged
out, the building was a mass of roaring
flames.
Preparations were then made to shoot the
beasts should any escape, but so suddenly
did the merry element communicate TO every
portion of the structure that the pre-
cautions proved fruitless, and soon the
cracking flames were mingled with the
bowls of maddened beasts.
The fire was ole never to be forgotten by
those who witnessed it. The wind was
blowing a hurricane, sending the burning
embers high in the air, and owing to the
dry condition of everything combustible,
soon carried fire in all directions. From
the long barn issued the most piercing
cries, the mad roaring of lions and the
hoarse believing of tigers mingled with
plsintive animals, which at times resembled
sounds as of human beings in un.
speakable agony. Occasionally, when,
the flames created an opening in the barn
the poor beasts could be seen struggling to
free themselves, anon attacking each other
f~uriously, and succumbing to the intense
heat.
.French's buildings, covering nearly two
acres of territory, were destroyed, together
with their contents, entailing a loss of
$4,000, and insured for $4,000. His poll
cies expired at noon, but the fire occurred
about nine O'clock. Z
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29

THE Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. q, East
18th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for q catalogue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-29
A Young Jumps from the Sus
pension Bridge at Niagara.

EE
A special to the Cincinnati Enquirer OF a
late date says: This afternoon b. P. Peere,
of Teeterville, Ontario, accomplished the
unprecedented feat of leaping from the
new Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls
into the seething waters of Niagara River
and coming out safe and sound. The dis
lance jumped was one hundred and ninety
two feet, and eclipses the renowned leap
of Sam Patch in 1929, who jumped one
hundred and forty-two feet.
Peere's dress was composed of merino
hose and a full suit of tights, and an in.
flated rubber life preserver, funnel shaped,
of his WI design and construction, which
covered his hips and extended up to his
armpits. Cotton cloth was tightly banded
over the pteserver about the loins, and a
sponge protected his mouth and nostrils.
His ears were stuffed with sponge damp
ened with spirits, and his thighs and feet
were firmly held by elastic bands. A leather
brace over the shoulders held a ring, to
which was attached one hundred and
ninety-tw o feet of brass wire cable coiled
upon a reel, and unwound by the weight of
the daring jumper. 1t also served to keep
him in an upright position, without at all
retarding his speed. At twenty-five min
utes to four o'clock Peere stepped upon the
temporary platform, and was quite nerv-
Gus. He suspended himself by his hands
for a moment, and at a signal let go and
shot downward into the awful abyss like
ar electric flash. Four seconds of terrible
suspense ensued, when he struck the water
feet foremost and disappeared. In a few
seconds he came to the surface and began
to swim, amid the tumultuous cheering of
the assembled multitude. He was taken
into a BOAT and rowed ashore, and was
found to have sustained no injury. Peere
will repeat the dose on the 4th of July.