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St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21
SELECTED Qoetry.
THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.

LIE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.
BY Fl. W. LoNaFELLow.
Is 1t so far from thee
Thou canst no longer see
In TIE chamber ove- the gate
That old man desolate,
Weeping and wailing sore
For his son, who is no more7
C. o Absalom, my sonl
1s itsso long ago
1hat.cry of human woe
From the walled city came
Calling on his dear name, !
That 1t has died away
In. the distance Of to-day?
o Absalom, my son!
There is no far nor near,
There Is neither there nor here,
There is neither soon nor late
In that chamber over the gate;
Nor any long ago
To that cry of human woe,
o Absalom, my son
From the ages that are past
The voice comes like blast
Over seas that wreck ana drown,
Over tumult Of traffic and town;
And from ages yet to be
Comes the echoes hack to me,
o Absalom, my son
somewhere at every hour
The wafchmsn on the tower
Looks forth, and sees the feet
Approach Of the hurrying feet
OF messengers, that bear
The tidings Of despair,
o Absalom, my sonI
He goes forth from the door
Who shall return no more.
With him our JOY departs;
The light goes out in our hearts,,
In the chamber over the gate
We sit disconsolate,
Absalom, my son
That tits common grief
Bringeth but slight relief;
Ours is the bitterest losH,
Ours is the heaviest cross;
And forever the cry will be,
Would God had died for thee,
o Absalom, my son ~
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-21

The old custom of burying suicides
at midnight and without religious cere.
monies is still followed in England.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
What a Shark Swallowed.

The following letter, written by one
of the officers on the British bark Lut-
terworth, has been handed us with the
request to publish it: while the Lut-
terworth was laying becalmed in the
tropics, a large shark was observed
swimming around the ship. A large
hook with a chain attached was baited
with a four-pound piece of pork. The
shark made for it and bolted it. In
hauling him up the chain parted, andhe
coolly swallowed the hook, chain and
pork. Another hook was then baited,
which he instantly seized, biting a
three-inch rope in twain and also swal-
lowing it with another four-pound piece
of pork. Another hook was then baited
with a similar piece Of pork, and with
this the shark was caught and landed
on our main deck. All hands cleared
from him, for he was in a terrible fut-
ter. His tail was cut off with the car
penter's ak, which quieted him a little.
Some said it was not the anne shark we
had hooked before. He was cut open,
when we found the two large shark
hooks and chain and rope snugly cooled
away, with eight pounds of pork, in his
locker. It seems almost incredible, but
all hands are witnesses to it."-Port-
land Oregonian.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17

A correspondent writes TO the eincin-
natl Commercial from Madison, Indiana:
One OF the darkest crimes ever perpetrated
in Indiana has just been committed in Har.
rison County by David Mauck. He is q
married ran, aged twenty-five years.
Mauck returned from his work about three
o'clock in the morning, saying to his wife
that he would take a nap. He laid down.
as did his wife, who soon vent TO sleep.
Sarah Vaughn, a young N living in
the Mauck family, heard the heavy thud OF
a blow, and the shrieks Of Mrs. Mauck. She
rushed into the room, and found Mrs.
Mauck on the bed literally Drained by fire,
quent blows from the poll of an az.
Mauck then turned his attention to Miss
Vaughn, and struck her Eve blows on the
head with an oak stick, and left her on the
floor fer dead.
Surprising his work complete, Mauck
left the house, and with his brother Hugh,
who, it is supposed, helped to plan the muir
der, and who stood at the door aud wit
messed it, fed. Over one hundred and nifty
people Joined in securing the surrounding
country in search of the murderers.
Miss Vaughn recovered consciousness
sufficiently to crawl to and get into the bee
where Mrs. Mauck lay. Anime O'Clock in
the morning they were found in that condi
ton, and the two little children in the lam,
bed, all covered with blood, and playing
over the unconscious body of their mother
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
slaarhter OF Ru..ian PRISONER.

A Kieff correspondent of a st. Petersburg
journal gives the following account of an
outbreak among political prisoners last
month:
"Persons under arrest in the Kieff prison
resolved, some time ago, to tunnel under the
walls and escape. The scheme was betrayed
by one of the eonspirators. The authorities
allowed the prisoners to continue the exca-
v~ation, and when the tunnel was completed
and the prisoners had entered it, one after
the other, intending to come up through
an opening beyond the prison precincts,
soldiers previously posted at the opening
shot the escaping pris rners as they came
up. When the bulk of the prisoners, terri.
fed by the the noise OF the firing,
stopped and remained in the tunnel.
Soldiers were sent in from behind
and the unfortunate wretches, caught lbe-
tween two fires, were all shot down. The
proceeding seemed to give the officials
much amusement, and the Director of
the Kieff Prison was then praised and
decorated for having acted with such clever
ness and decision"
The correspondent adds: "Quite in
keeping with this is the statement pub.
ished by a Russian chaplain in the Central
Prison at Charkof, in the official
Eparchialm Wedomosti. He declares that
OF five hundred prisoners detained at that
prison, two hundred died within four
months. One of the heaviest charges made
by the Nihilists against the Russian official
/ l-s-.k--k:-- I--Ll k-4--- II
prisoners, in consequence of which the
health Of most Of them has broken down
many dying, and some being driven mad
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
The Markets.

uECiEEATL. -Flour-wister tumily, 81 $50
g 90 fancy, EGGS .; patent, IS 76@7; srTns,
ss 1885, 90 extra, siss s5i sapera1e, g 4o9
Il 20 Is. Eye ho ss.a 1885 %. s51 Z eos g
DE-; barley, ehoies, si@i Is. Day, coed to prime I'M
mixed, seg!. Mes pork, $40 a59l6 o. Lard, Prime
steam, 6He.i prime kettle, 61@96Nc. Cotton. 81
@1s1sc.
NEW DBL = Flour-super6ne State and
Western, g sogs 50; common to good extra
WI Vhe aua Western S ! ~ extra sts, & X; sos eS@ IS; common n GnSa's to u aood
Louis extra family, IS Sos5 Is; Minnesota patent
process, good to prime, and choice 70 double
Bye, MOI Western and State, tS%@5sHc.; bar.
ley, common Western, s0c. Corn, 43Z case. Oats,
SIM@Ssc. Lard. prime steam, 6x@6.60c. Cotton,
PHILADELPHIA Flour Minnesota extra
family, medium to choice, IA 60@4 Is, and fancy,
IA 7j94 30; Ohio extra family, choice to fancy,
8, 25@5 40. Rye flour, s2s7H. Grain-Wheat, No.
Western, s79ssxc. Corn. rejected Western, on
track, 4o1ag411zc.; steamer Western, on track,
scarce at 42H@4ac. oats, mixed Western, so9sic.
white Western, S2@SSHc.; seed oats, Bee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S@S IS; exua
family, s. 6O@s IS; A No. /, n 25@5 50. GRAIN
Wheat, new red, si@l os; amber. S1@l os. Corn,
white, ssc.; mixed. SIC. Oats, white, Sic; mixed,
2sc. Bye, new, SIC. Hay, common 10 choice, ss@
ieaf, in tisrce, N@712c.; choice Leaf. in kegs, $40
skc.
NDIANAPOLIS.-Grain Wheat, No. 2 red win
ter, new. 81 0a14@104 Corn, new Western mixed,
34H9j5Hc- Oats, white Western, 27@2sc. Bulk
Meats-Gteen shoulders, 3Nc.; clear rib sides, SIC
Lard, prime steam, current make, SIC Swee
picked hams. 7@sc. Hogs. common to fair grades
STOCK MARKETS.
CNCINNATI.-Beef Csttie - Common. 2N@Sc.
fair to medium 3Hg4c.; good to choice Dulchel
grades, 4Z95c; fair TO good shippers, M96Hc.
fair 10 good dairy cows, S1494xc. fair 70 goot
heavy oxen, SHS41zc.; common to fair feeders
2h@Shc, and good to choice feeders, SN@4Hc
hoss- Common, " 65@5 As; fair to eood light
Is to9S 20; lar to good packing grades, IS 6S9S q
best qualities offering; fair to good ~stockers, So
8 rs. Sheep1Common to fair, 3%@4Ec., an
good to choice, 4N@5Zc. per ID. gross.
NEW YORK.-Beer Catte-Dressed beef, u
SIC. per h., including 2 carload, Of Wester
dressed at Toxic. Sheep ard Lambs-Very choic
fine wooded Michigan sheep at 65zc. per h.; aprin
lambs at s. oU@6 so. Hogs-Common Western, I
per lG0 lbs.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Bee Cattle--sest, 81
rs per Ito lbs; fair to good grades, 81 So94 8
common grades, s. S0@4 Is. Hogs-Yorkers, s.
"a so perfO0 lbs; Philadelphias, 81 l5@4 so. Sheep.
Prices rule, generally, at 81 60 to s 70.
W0OL-In Cincinnati, buying prices OF deale
remain nominal, as follows: Unwashed-FiI
merlno, 1s@2Oc.; coarse clothing, 17@1sc.; mediu
clothing, 2l@22c.; long combing, 22@23c. Flee
washed-F1nem erino. 80c.; coarse clothing, "a
2Sc.; medium clothing, S0c.; long combing, 32@ys
Tub w~ashed-Common. 25@26c.; good to choic
s09s2c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17

sidney....The whole Republican ticket
elected.
Coshocton....The Democratic ticket
elected by a small majority.
Troy.....The entire Republican ticket
elected.
Tifin...... The Democrats elected the whole
city ticket.
Athens.....The Republican candidates
elected, except one Justice of the Peace.
Bellefontaine. 49,. Republicans carry every
Office, by an increased majority.
London Republican ticket elected.
West The Democrats elected
a majority of their candidates.
Galion.....R. Homer, Republican, elected
Mayor.
Painsville The Democrats elected two
out of three c. uncitmen.
Ottawa. ..... Entire Democratic ticket
elected.
Middlepsrt......Re Republican ticket elected,
Millersburg.. ...D Democratic township and
city tickets elected.
Manchester. .....R Republican candidates all
elected.
Cresline. .....Entire Democratic ticket
elected.
Wocster.....The Democrats elected al
their candidates.
Loveland. .... John H. Law was reelected
Mayor by a majority of 4S.
Morrow......A majority of Democratic
candidates elected.
Upper Sandusky...: .. Democratic tickle
successful.
Akrou......James NJ. Frasee, Democrat
elected Mayor.
Newark. "A majority of the Democratic
nominees cleo ed.
Sidney.-..Republicans elected their en-
tire ticket.
Marietta. Most of the Democratic can
didates elected.
Elyria......The Republican ticket elected
Portsmouth. ....A close contest for Mayoi
Williams, Democrat, elected Marshal.
At the election in Albany, N. Y, tn
Democrats elect ten, the Nationals two, an
the Republicans four Supervisors. job,
Gutman, Democrat, is reelected Justice Q
Justices Court by 5000 majority.
The city election at Springfield, Ill r,
suited in the success of the entire Repul
lican ticket, with the exception of Treasure
whom the Democrats elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
word to- fhe CorpaIent.

Instead Of regarding obesity as an alb
normal condition, many people have err.
r%oneously considered it as an evidence of
health, and any agent that reduces fat is
therefore at once suspected of being in
furious. Starting to reason from the false
position that fat is an evidence of health, it
is not surprising that they should, very
naturally, fall into the error of supposing
that an agent possessing properties capa-
Bile OF reducing corpulncy would prove in
furious to the health. Reasoning, however
from the rational basis, that an undue de
position of fat, constituting obesity, is moi
a healthy but a morbid condition, it is quite
as natural for US to arrive at the oppo
site conclusion, which is sustained by ex
perience and observation, 4. e., that tn,
reduction of fat in cases of corpuiency il
invariably followed by an improvement O
strength, spirits, and physical comforts
Allan's Anti Fat will reduce a fat person
from two to five pounds a week. Sold b,
| Druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
Curiou. Coinc,deucea

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com
msyeiaL writes from Columbus, Iad.s-Gon-
siderable excitement prevails here, occa-
stoned by the arrest and imprisonment Of
William b. Smith, charged with killing a
man named Sanders, at Lancaster, Garrard
County, Kentucky, as detailed by a cores
pondent from that locality. Mr.. Smith did
shoot O man named Sanders at the time and
place mentioned, because the man named
Sanders had attempted to outrage his wife,
but, although mortally wounding the man,
did not kill him, and he gave himself up
to the authorities promptly and went to Jail,
but the courts refused to prosecute him. he
then gathered up his family and left there,
locating in this city, where he has since
lived. 1t seems that at the same time an
other man named William II. Smith shot
and killed a man named Sanders at a pic
mic at Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky,
and that he at once fed the country and has
never yet been arrested, and that he is the
William 81. Smith who is wanted, and for
| whom the reward was offered by the Ken.
lucky authorities, and not the William Fl.
SmAtn VIM HdS drrcctcu uciey INC NlCIiin VI
whose shooting is still living at Lancaster.
KY. Iii also q further part of this strange
coincidence that William H. Smith, the real
murderer, also came to this city some
months ago, but did not remain long. To
add to the excitement, arrangements were
instituted here to take Smith from Jail on
writ of k16eas corpus, and also to bring suit
l So. 80, -. Il a..aak a~A s,H-aA-
ment, but this has been abandoned, as the
authorities have voluntarily released hin
and he is now at liberty. Take the matter
al around it is certainly a very strange co
incidence, and shoss how easily persons
may be mistaken, as well as how unfor
tuna.e it is to be a member of the Smith
family.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
Wrenched and Rached

By the pangs of rheumatism, the joints
eventually become grievously distorted, aud
sometimes assume au almost grotesque de-
formity. To prevent such results by a stint
pie and agreeable means is certainly the
part of wisdom.-A tendency to rheumatic
ailments may be successfully combated
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitrers. q medi.
cine with the prestige OF a long and success.
full career of unbounded popularity, and OF
emphatic profe ssional Endorsement. II
emoves from the blood those infiammatory
impurities which Psychologists assign as The
aus of rheumatism, and not only purifiet
the life current, but enriches it, promot
ing vigor by fertilizing its source. Di
g~estion, the action of the bowels and the
secretion of the bile are aided by it, and
it impels the kidneys and bladder to q
functions. Iii IS besides a thoroughly relis
BILE remedy for, and means of preventing
periodic fevers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
One OF LincOln's Jokes.

Concerning a drollery Of President
Lincoln's this story is told by a CORE
spondent of the Journal, of Syracuse:
During the Rebellion an Austrian
Count applied to President Lincoln for
a position in the army. Being intro
duced by the Austrian Minister, he
needed, of course, no further recon-
mendation; but, as if fearing that his
importance might not be duly appre-
ciated, he proceeded to explain that he
was a Count; that his family were an
cient and highly respectable; when Lin
coin, with a merry twinkle in his eye,
tapping the aristocratic lover of titles
on the shoulder, ina fatherly way, as if
the man had confessed to some wrong,
interrupted in a soothing tone, Never
mind; you shall be treated with just as
much consideration for all thatl'"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
solaIer Klnea md sea,pea.

A party Of seven Indians attacked Ser.
geant Kennedy, late Signal Observer at
Deadwood, and a private soldier named
Bader, of the Second Cavalry. The two
men we're eating lunch at Mizpat, ~forty.fve
miles from Fort Keogh, their destination,
when fred upon. Bader was instantly
killed, and Kennedy badly wounded. The
latter crawled into the brush and kept the
Indians of with his ~six-shooter until assist
ancs arrived. Beder was scalped. Ken
NEEDY viii probably recover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
Was II a Murder,

A few mornings since, parties residing at
corner of Lafayette and Huron-streets
oledo, Ohio, sent word to the Police Sta,
on that the body of a man had been found
a c~istern, which proved to bs that of q
Esman named Chris. Nixon, about forty
e years of age, The first report that
ION had been drowned by falling into
ttsistern while in state OF intoxication
Eotseem well sustained, and the crowd
fiingly made examination, which de-
ed number of suspicious circum-
8. 1t is believed that interested
mad murdered Nixon and used the
for the purpose of concealing his
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
mee,,nr q, he frankrort nur.

The largest and most distinguished Bar
meeting ever held in Kentucky assembled
In the Court of Appeals rooms, in the Capt..
toi, at Frankfort, KY, a few days ago, 10 do
honor to the memory Of John II. Elliott,
the late Judge of that court.
Hon. Bland Ballard, Judge of the United
States District Court for Kentucky, pre-
sided, and the following gentlemen were
appointed a committee to prepare and re-
port resolutions expressive of the meeting:
Ex-Chief Justice William Lindsey, Hon.
Joshua Speed, Hon. Alvin DavalI, Charles
b. Harwood, Esq, Judge Buckner, Judge
Perkins, and Colonel Harry Ward. After a
retirement Of some thirty minutes, the
com nittee, through Judge Speed, returned
and reported a series Of eloquent and ap-
propriate resolutions, which, after eulogies
on the deceased by Gov. McCreary, Judge
Buckner, Judge Collins, Judge Stewart,
Col. Breckenridge, Judge w. h. Sneed and
Judge Ballard, were unanimously adopted.
Several of the speeches were chiefly de-
voted to the advocacy Of a reformation of
the criminal laws of Kentucky, and the re-
demption of the State from the reputation
for violence. Judge Buckner alluded to
the fact that Judge Elliott was the second
judicial martyr in the whole history Of civil
~isation, Judge Lockart, of Scotland, (Chief
Justice of the Quarter Sessions, in 1859, be-
ing the first, and dying by the hands of a
disappointed litigant, who shot him down
at his W home because he had decreed
that the assassin should contribute EOS an.
nually to the support Of a wife divorced
q R,eusa ct M0re.
Judge Stewart went so far as to advocate
the abrogation, by statute, of the plea Of in
sanity entirely. From this position, how
ever, Judge Ballard in his remarks, dis
scented, while agreeing with the more con
sentative views Of reform advocated BY
Judge Buckner.
Col. Breckinridge's address was charac
terized by more than his usual ~eloquenc,
and feeling, as indeed were those of ali tht
speakers; for Judge Elliot was a universe
favorite with all who knew him, both il
and put Of the legal professionalism, bar
and citizens generally.
The NEE ing having adjourned, the thre'
surviving Judges of the Court, Chief Justic,
Pryor and Judges Cofer and Hines, tool
their places on the bench. and a regular SEES
siod of the court opened. After the real
ing of the minutes Of the last session, ex
Chief Justice Lindsey, in obedience to the
behest of the meeting of members Of tn
State bar, arose and presented the resolution
I to the court, accompanying their readin
with a few eloquent and touching remark
eulogistic of the deceased Judge. Where
upon Chief Justice Pryor, responding 70
l himself and associates, ordered the Clerk t
: spread the resolutions aud proceedings Q
the bar meeting at length upon the record
of the court, after which the court &C
t journed without transacting any furthe
t business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
Labor rroub,e. ~ nnrlnnd.


London dispatch says that miners in
Houghton and Seaham districts have de.
insd TO destroy the property of owners
ansgers. A hundred police are in
Hall, and a conflict is imminent.
managers are leaving or barricad-
gir houses. There were serious riots
other night in c%olliery villages in Dur
in, near Consett. Sixteen policemen,
protecting non-strikers, were injured, and a
house wrecked. Rioting was resumed next
day, and it is feared may become general
among The strikers. The riotous feeling in
Durham is spreading, and several miner
riots have occurred, and many Of the iron
works have stopped, the managers having
left, fearing bodily harm. An extra force
of police has been ordered to the different
colIieries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17

train. The prosecution also introduced
evidence to prove that the FIRE was not dis.
covered until seven o'clock in the morning,
and from the manner of the tinder.like con.
,struction of the house, 1t would have been
impossible for a fire to slumber three or
four hours before breaking out The jury,
after four hours consideration, rendered a
verdict Of guilty. Phair was at first sen.
fenced to be hanged in April, 1877, but on
account of the exertion of friends who be-
lieved him innocent, the culprit was re-
prieved until April, 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
x.,ymout Murderer Hanged.

John ?. Phair was hanged in the State
Prison, at Windsor, Vermont, for the muir.
der of Mrs. Ann E. Freize on June 8, 1874.
Phair was ignorant of the last effort of
his friends to prevent his execution. He
retired at four o'clock in the morning, and
slept well till seven. He seemed resigned
to his fate. Counsel asked Governor
Proctor for a reprieve to allow a session of
the Legislature 10 intervene, but the Gov.
ernor denied the petition.
Attwo o'clock Phair assembled the scaffold
where q short prayer was offered. The
original warrant for the execution and three
reprieves were read, and the moose and
black cap adjusted.
The Sheriff said: "John P. Phair, tn
time has now come for,the sentence of the
law to be executed upon you" Phair's last
words were: "Lord, remember me; Lord,
remember me-" At Gall the trap was
sprung, the body fell, and life was soon
extinct.
The murdered woman kept a place OF
loose character. On the morning of June 6.
1874, the house which she occupied was
burned, and the charred fragments. of the
body of Mrs. Freize were found in a bed, and
marks of violence clearly manifest upon the
head and breast, and the cash of a dagger
visible on the throat. On the 4 40 train
from Rut' and on the same morning Phair,
who was suspected of intimacy with the
murdered woman, went tc Boston. He was
arrested and indicted. A shawl, watch,
rings and other articles belonging to Mrs.
Freize were shown on the trial to have been
pawned in Boston. and parties to whom
they had been disposed of identified Phair
as the man who pawned them. The prose.
cution also showed by comparison Of hand.
writing that he had registered at the Adams
House under the name OF E. F. Smith, OF
ST. Adams.
It was claimed by the defense that Phair
did not stop at Boston, but proceeded i'm.
mediateiy to Providence, in search of work
that being unsuccessful, he returned to
Boston June 10. and took the next train for
Rutland; that he was at Brandon, Vermont,
ON the day preceding the murder, and did
rot return till 1870 O'Clock the morning OF
ths murder, and left for Boston on the 4 go
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17

the Appropriation Bills, etc. The reHolu.
tions close with a high eulogy on General
Grant. Colonel Walter s. Evans, Of Louis
Vile, was nominated for Governor. Col
anel Evans isia member OF the Louisville
bar, and of marked ability. He has served
in the State Legislature in both the House
and the Senate, and made an active and
valuable member. In 1875 he was a candi-
da'e for Congress on the Republican ticket
in the Fifth or Louisville Congressional
District. He is a stalwart Grant man.
Judge o. S. Deming, of Robertson County,
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17
Murder and su,e,ae.

The Chicago htsr.0cean's Marshalltown
ia special ssysa terrible double tragedy
occurred at Clifford, a small station Oh the
IOWA Central Railroad. John Bell, station
gent, nineteen years old, deliberately shot
tiss Robbins, mis- lady friend, through the
sart twice. He then autographed the rail.
bad officials to send another operator up,
5 he was going to kill himself. Shortly
ifter he fred two fatal shots into his abdo'
pen. The girl was most estimable, the
aughter Of a prominent merchant. Nc
Iuseis assigned.