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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Remarkable EruptiOns from a Well.

Last autumn the Vacuum Oil Com
pany, of this city, began the work of
drilling for salt at LIE Roy. State
biologists had given the opinion that
there was a vein, and several hundred
dollars (about one thousand five hun
dred dollars, it is said were raised in
that village to assist the Rochester
parties, it being expected that the same
vein would be reached there as had been
reached in Wyoming, only much nearer
the surface. On Friday, about half-past
three o'clock in the afternoon, when the
we'll had been bored to a depth of about
four hundred and fifty feet, a strong
vein of gas was struck, which blew the
tools out of the well, and rushed
out with such force as to extend
to the fire in the coal stove, about ten
feet distant from the mouth of the we'll.
The house in which the men were work
ing took fire, and the destruction of
the derrick seemed inevitable, when
the rush of the gas from the well gave
way to a gush of water, which put the
fire out, and was so strongly impregna-
ted with sulphur thatit could be smelled
a distance Of nearly half a mile. For
some time afterward there were alter
nate rushes of gas and gushes of water
from the well, each holding its own for
about a minute and a half. About six
o'clock the water was spouting to a
height of about sixty feet in the air, and
was strongly impregnated with salt;
while at half-past seven o'clock it had
reached an altitude of one hundred and
sten feet. The bore of the we'll is eight
inches, but the casing takes up about an
inch, thus leaving an opening of about
W inches, from which the water still
gushes with such force that a large
blacksmith's. anvil, placed over the hole,
was blown entirely out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
The zodiacal Light.

What is the Zodiacal Light" is a
problem that has vexed astronomers
eyer since they detected the pale glow
of golden light lingering after sunset In
winter or spring, and heralding the sun
rise as copartner with the dawn in the
summer or autumn. This beautiful
phenomenon is as often seen before day
break as after twilight. It extends out
on each side of the sun like two cones
placed base to base, and lies nearly in
the plane of the elliptic. In our latitude
the light can only be seen in the portions
of the year before mentioned, the thick
ness of the atmosphere obscuring it at
other seasons. Near the equator, where
the ecliptic rises far above the horizon,
it can be seen almost equally well all the
year round. 1t grows fainter as it re-
cedes from the sun, until at a distance
of ninety degrees it fades gradually
from the view. In a very clear atmos-
phere, between the tropics, it has been
traced all the way across the heavens
from the east to the west, forming a
compile ring.
This glowing archway across the skies
is n of the astronomical puzzles that
men of science are zealously trying to
pull to pieces. Thus far their efforts
have been unsuccessful, and the I'M
practiced observer who looks with sim
pie wonder and admiration upon the
elliptical glow in the evening sky knows
almost as much of its constitution and
mission in the divine economy as the
wisest astronomer in the land. Various
are the theories that have been advanced
to account for the presence of this in
truder on terrestrial domains. Some OBJ
servers consider it q ring of matter re.
| volving round the earth; others look
upon it as a collection of minute par
ticles of meteoric or cometic matter
travelling round the sun in very &C.
centric orbits. More recent and more
searching examination gives a far
grander explanation of its origin, max
ing the Zodiacal Light a continuation
of the corona, and thus indicating a
lenticular-shaped atmosphere of incon-
ceivable rarity surrounding the sun and
extending cut near the plane of the
ecliptic beyond the orbit of the earth.
Our most thoughtful scientists do not
accept this view, but suggest another
even more sublime and awe-inspiring.
1t is that the whole space between the
earth and sun is filled with an immense
cloud of m~eteroids, and that the sun.
light reflected on these cosmical atoms
of floating star-dust, is the cause of the
soft celestial glow that now fingers
evening after evening in our western
sky. Can anything be imagined more
grand than a universe constructed on
such incommensurable proportions, with
a meteor-zone filling a vast circle whose
radius is more than ninety millions oil
miles, and whose constituents are oil
such extreme m~inuteness that the sole
evidence of their existence is a cloud
like mass of light painted on the sky be
fore the morning dawn aud the evening
twilight. No one who accepts this en-
nobling theory will fail to search fol
that sublime proof of creative handi
work embodied in the Zodiacal Light.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
noubls ,1uraertn m,..l..Ipp,.

A special to the Avalanche from Iuka,
Miss, gives the following account of a
double murder perpetrated near that city
Major A. NJ. Hutchens, accompanied by
Thomas McNutt, both highly respected citi.
Gems of the county, left Iuka together in the
afternoon to go home, being neighbors.
Hutchens had drawn 81, 700 in gold from the
express Office, sent from a Cincinnati house,
which was to be used in purchasing a farm.
Late in the evening, McNutt's horse return.
ing riderless, with blood marks on the sad.
die, aroused the suspicious of his family
that there had been foul play. A search
revealed the dead body of McNutt, terribly
mutilated, about two miles from his home,
A hundred yards further On Hutchens was
found in like condition. 1t is thought that
some parties knew of the gold being in the
express Office and waylaid and murdered
both for the money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
A vi.ase Rivalinr in Yenowne..

That of q "heathen Chinee, If belonging
to one Of our race, can scarcely be described
as attractive. But worse than this, it is the
index of a disordered liver, of a liver that
nee1s areusing and regulating. The
remedy is at hand, prompt, eficacious. A
course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will
e1pel the misdirected bile from the blood
and divert it into the proper channel, open
the bowels, remove the dyspeptic symptoms
which invariably accompany biliousnes s
and counterfeit the rapidly developing
tendency to dangerous congestion Of the
liver, which must always exist when the
skin and whites of the eyes assume this vel.
low hue. The pains through the right lower
ribs, side and shoulder blade, the nausea,
furred state of the tongue, aud unpleasant
breath which indicate liver compliant, in
short all its disagreeable concomitants, are
soon remedied by this sovereign corrective,
which in addition to its regulating proper.
ties is q superb inyigorant, and a pure and
agreeable medicinal stimulant, appetizer
and nervine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
virginia County Judge Arre.a..

The Indictment of five County Court
Judges in the u. s. Circuit Court for the
Western District of Virginia, in session at
Danvine, on the alleged charge Of withhold.
ing from negroes the right of serving juries,
was brought to the attention of the State
Senate by Gen. Bradley /. johnson, who in.
troduced a preamble and resolutions setting
forth the fact of alleged usufpation and
exercise of unwarranted power, and direct
ing the Attorney General to take proper
steps to bring said proceedings to the adj
Indication of the Supreme Court of the
United States, in order that such lawless
measures may be checked by competent
authority now and in the future; authoriz-
ing the employment OF counsel to assist the
Attorney General in the proceedings, and
requesting Virginia's Representatives in
Congress to move for a committee to inquire
whether Hon. Alex. Rives, Judge of the
aforesaid Federal Court has not been and is
not usurping judicial power for the pur.
poses of bringing about unnecessary con-
fict between the s ate and Federal author
tiles in the enforcement of the criminal
laws of the State of Virginia, thereby en-.
dangering the harmony, peace and good
order of this Commonwealth. Adopted
with only two negative votes-Repuhlicans.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Somebody's Child.

Somebody's child is dying-dying with
the flush of hope on his young face and an
indescribable yearning to live and take an
honored place in the world beside the com.
panions of his youth. And somebody's
mother is thinking of the time when that
dear face will be hidden where no ray of
hope can brighten it-when her heart and
home will be left desolate-because there
was NO cure for consumption. Reader, il
the child be your neighbours, take this com.
forting word to the mothers heart before il
is too late. Tell her that consumption is
durable; that men are living to-day, aged,
robust men, whom the physicians pro.
nouuced incurable at the age of twenty-five,
because one lung had been almost destroyed By
the disease. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is a most efficient alternative fol
separating the scrofulous matter from the
blood and lungs, and imparting strength to
the system. 1t has cured hundreds Of CON
| sumptiyes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

China to the Pacific Coast, shown by trust.
wcrthystatistics relieves us from any appre.
hension that the treatment of the subject in
a proper course of diplomatic negotiations
viii introduce any feature Of discomfort or
disturbance among communities directly
affected. We're such delay fraught with
more Inconvenience than have ever been
suggested by the interests most earnest in
promoting this legislation, I can not but
regard the summary disturbance of our
existing treaties with China as greatly more
inconvenient to the much wider and more
permanent interests of the country" A
vote was taken in the House on the question
of passing the bill over the Presidents
veto, but it failed on a vote of 100 yeas to Dc
nays-not the necessary two-thirds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
The brazilian aubsidx.

After q long debate ON the Senate amend.
ments to the Post-ofice Bill, the House de.
c:ded to .non-concur ON the amendments
favoring the Brazilian Subsidy scheme
by SO to 157. Its defeat by SO large a ma
jority as SO to 157, was a surprise to all con.
cerned, and especially to the friends of the
measure, who had counted on a majority Of
twenty to thirty. Party lines were over
thrown, and the contest was a sort of free
fight, open to all. 1t is conceded that the
defeat of this subsidy was owing to the
odium which has attended the passage Of
previous subsidies, widespread charges o.
corruption, etc. Cannon, of Illinois, made
q very effective speech against the measure
by dwelling upon scandals of previous sub
sides. Garfield, Butler. Waddell and others
made speeches for the subsidy, but all the
eloquence that could be brought out failed
to stem the tide.o of opposition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Rand nj Thfrty-six hammock indians
Gf~uUnfared.

Information has been received at Lewis
ton, Idaho, by messenger, arrived from the
lower Weiser, that the settlers in that
locality, some three weeks previously, had
organized to pursue in the Salmon River
Mountain a band of Indians who, after be-
ing dispersed by Gen. Howard last summer,
had raided that country, driven off the
stock and killed Munday and two others
who pursued them, killed Dan. Crooks and
his companion while sleeping in their
camp, and made their escape into the
mountains between Payette and the South
Fork of Salmon River. These Indians
were reported to be returning ward
Payette, when then the settlers organized
to intercept them. They proceeded across
to Payette and soon found signs Of Indians
They quietly re~connoitered and made the
discovery of their camp. Waiting a favor
able opportunity when all were in camp
and not in the least expecting the neal
presence of white men, they suddenly sur
prised and attacked them, and killed thirty
six of their number, nearly annihilatinf
their whole camp. Only two or three are
known to have escaped death. The account
further says the humiliation of this bant
is regarded as a blessing in that region.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
War In New Grenada.

A Panama dispatch says that in an en-.
gAgement at olivares, Antioquia, between
the government troops and the Revolu'
t~ionists, twenty-five men were killed. The
Revolutionists had rather the worst of the
battle. The Cauca is invaded by eight
thousand Antioquians, and the neighboring
states are called upon for men and arms to
repel the invaders. Some hard fighting and
the expenditure of a million or more Of
money will be necessary to restore order.
The troopsin Panama will be maintained al
two hundred men to preserve the integrity
of transit, menaced by the revolutions fire.
quently occurring.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Potter Committee Examination.


Ara meeting of the Teller Committee on
the oath February, the Chairman said if it
is desired to investigate the manner of
conducting the election in Pennsylvania,
New York, Massachusetts,, Vermont, Massa.
chusetts, Vermont and Colorado, it would
be necessary for the Committee to sit dur.
ing recess. To do this it would be neces,
sary to obtain the consent of
the Senate, and as the charges
came from the minority OF
the committee, the minority ought to de.
signate the States in which the committee
should continue the examination.
Senator Garland replied that the minority
would do this at the next meeting Thurs.
dayl when they would be prepared to agree
upon the terms of the resolution to be OF
fered to the Senate, with a view of con
Quoting the investigation during the recess
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
r-eIrht Train. AttaeEea y rndiap..

A courier arrived at Deadwood, D. T.,
from Fort Meade, recently, bringing news
that two freight trains were attacked by
Indians a few miles from Rapid City. He
stated that the Indians fred several volleys
into the town to prevent citizens from going
to rescue the teamsters. Another band of
Indians attacked Sulphur Springs Station,
on the Bismarck road, killing one man and
running of four horses. Two companies of
cavalry. under command Of Capt. French,
started from Fort Meade in pursuit of the
~marauding savages. The general opinion
is that the present depredations are made
by Little VOLTS band of Cheyennes, making
their way to Sitting Bulls camp.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
murdered hi. mother-ln.law.

A terrible tragedy occurred two miles from
Nashville, Tenn, resulting in the death of
Mrs. Caroline Osborne. Her s~on.in-law,
Thomas Merriman, anne to Mrs. Osborne's
residence intoxicated, having in his posses
sion a gun. He told his daughter to stand
in front of the gun. She refused, and Mrs.
Osborne requested him to leave. He de-
clined to do SO, deliberately pointed the
weapon at her, and fired. The shot entered
the body, severed IN artery, the blood
gushed forth, and the victim fell to the
ground. Death ensued half an hour after.
ward. The murderer fed, taking the gun
with him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Ravaxes Of a Great storm,

Italy has been visited by a destructive
storm. The whole coast is strewn with
wrecks, and at many ports the small craft
were blown out to sea and lost. The new
quay at Posilippo was almost entirely de-
stroyed. In the interior the storm was
equally violent. At Puagginoli, near
Siens, the campanile of a church was blown
DIN while the people were at mass, kill
ing two priests at the altar, and three other
persons, and wounding t~wenty.four per.
sens. A sipilsr catastrophe occurred at
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
In the "Colonies of India we find ,

In the COLONIES of India" we find a
note respecting the employment of sheep
as beasts of burden. In Eastern Turk
istan and Thibet, for instance, borax is
borne on the backs of sheep over the
mountains to Leh, Kangra and Rampur
on the Sutlej. Borax is found at Rudok,
in Changthan, of such excellent quality
that only twenty five per cent. is lost in
the process of refining. The Rudok
borax is carried on sheep to Rampur,
which travel at the rate of two miles q
day; but, Notwithstanding the superior
quality and the demand for it in Eu-
rope, the expenses attending its trans
port seriously hamper the trade, which,
but for the sheep, would hardly exist al
all.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Vegetable Wax Tree.
qsan Diego Nsws-l


This is a Japanese conceit, said to be
useful and Ornamental. Mr.. Asher has a
sample of the wax produced from Ii, as
clear as the wax produced from honey
almost, and quite pretty. He will be
able to supply the tree, if wanted, at
reasonable figures. A circular in our
possession says of this tree and its wax:
The most important article for ilu-
minating purposes in Japan is the can
die made from the fruit Of q tree about
the size and appearance of the common
sumac of this country. 1t is grown
more or less extensively almost every
where in Japan, and especially in the
Western provinces, from the south
northwest to the thirty-ffth degree.
The tree has q quick growth, and
attains the diameter of a foot and a half
and a height of twenty-five feet. The
blossoms appear in june. They begin
to yield berries the third or fourth year.
The berries are the size Of a small pea,
of a white color, hanging in clusters, and
contain the wax as thick white coating
of the seed. The full-grown tree is said
to yield about fifty pounds of seed an
nually, nearly one-half of which is wax.
1t is a hardy plant, growing on indifer'
emit soil, and living for many years. II
Japan they are planted by the roadside
on the entertainments and out-of-the-way
places.
The wax is obtained by the berries
being crushed, steamed and then placed
in hemp bags and pressed in a wedge
press. 1t is also obtained by boiling
the bruised seeds and skimming the wal
from the top The wax is a palmatin.
or glyceride; when first extracted it il
of a yellowish white color, and some
what softer than beeswax. 1t melts at
one hundred and twenty-seven degrees
and when formed into candles gives
fine, clear light. In ordinary candle
making the unbleached wax is used
When washed and bleached in the SUI
and air it assumes a pure white color.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
nanrhtin nn Iee.Gnrre.

Captain Boyton is making a trip in his
~bathing-dress from Pittsburg 20 New Or
leans. A few days ago he left East Liver
pool, Ohio, and after a perilous voyage of
n hour and forty minutes succeeded in
effecting a landing at Welsville, four miles
below. He was caught in a gorge two miles
above Wellsyille and nearly crushed. His
gun was frozen up, and all attempts TO FIRE a
signal Of distress failed. Although making
but four miles the captain says it was his
hardest days work and the first time be
felt fear.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

THE destructive progress of that in
sidious foe to life and health, Scrofula, may
be arrested by the aid of SCovILL's BLOOD
AND LIVER SYRUP, a botanic depurent
which rids the system of every trace of
s%crofulous or syphilitic poison and cures
eruptive and other diseases indicative Of
a tainted condition of the blood. Among
the maladies which it remedies are white
swelling, salt rheum, carbuncles, bilious.
ness, the diseases incident to women, govt
and rheumatism.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Family Perish In the Flames.

A few nights since, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the store
room of NJ. ]. Lunsford, of Carbon Hill,
near Jacksonville, Ohio, which consumed
the entire building and contents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lunsford, who were sleeping down
stairs, were first to give the alarm, after
which they made an attempt to rescue their
six children, who were sleeping up stairs.
Mrs. Lunsford made an attempt to go up
stairs, but was prevented by the smoke.
She retreated, and her husband succeeded
in making his way up stairs, but did no
return, becoming, it is supposed, suffocated
by the smoke and heat.
Next morning a reporter, in company
with the Coroner, visited the scene of CON
hagration. In the cellar was lying the par
tial remains of the father and three of his
sons, half covered by water and debris,
Smouldering in the ashes were found the
remains of two daughters and a son. The
headless and limbless trunks of al the
bodies were removed by the Coroner. The
inquest developed the fact that the fire had
originated from a stove in the store-room
and was purely accidental. The following
are the names of the unfortunate victims
w. J. Lunsford, aged forty-eight years
Emeline, aged nineteen; Ellsworth, aget
seventeen; Alfred, aged fourteen; frankie
aged twelve; Mary, aged ten; and Andrew
aged eigh..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

Aontauro, where the vault Of a church
yielded to the force Of the storm, and
killed the priest celebrating mass, and
injured a number of the congregation. At
Rome the f~erceness of the wind was UMPIRE
cedented. All the windows of tine mon.
astry of Mount ALE Croci were destroyed,
and a portion of the base Of Michael An
gelo's statue of David was swept of.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
Angel Pleads Guilty and L. Sentenced to
Ten Years.

Charles W. Angel, defaulting secretary
Of the Pullman Palace Car Company,
pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court, at
Chicago, of the two indictments against
him for larceny as bailee and embezzlement,
and was sentenced by Judge Williams to ten
years in the p~enitentiary, the full extent of
the law. He made no remark, manifested
no emotion, and simply bowed as the
sentence was named. Judge Williams, in
reviewing the case, spoke of the high social
position occupied by Angel, the enormity
of the O~ffense, and confidence reposed in
him by the company, and expressed the be-
lief that the full penalty, at least, was de-
served.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

The Shah of Persia, in recently order
ing that no soldier should do any thing
but his military duties, has put an end
to an ancient custom by which private
soldiers by acting as butchers, money
changers, door-keepers, ETC., have added
to their pay, which is only about ten
dollars a year and three pounds of wheat
per day,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

PROBABLY there is no better Judge of
musical instruments, or Of the opinions of
musicians respecting them, than THEODORE
THOMAS. He says the Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organs are much the best of this
class of instruments made, and that
musicians generally agree in this.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

A Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat, requires
immediate attention, as neglect oftentimes
results in some incurable Lung Disease.
" Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" will
almost invaribly give relief. % cents a box.