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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

A Port Townsend dispatch says; The
ship Otago reports that a few days ago, in
latitude 400 IA North, longitude 1899 81
West, she sighted a schooner, waterlogged
and dismasted. One man, a Portuguese,
Victoris Roper, was found on board, dashed
to the wreck, alive, but insensible. On
recovering, be stated that the schooner left
San Francisco about, a month ago,
bound north on a trading voyage.
For six days the vessel was thrown
on her beam ends, partly filed,
and did not right till the masts gave way.
OF eleven persons on board, five were
drowned in the foreeastle. The Captain was
swept from the deck and lost. The mate
and remainder CT the crew dashed them
selves on the ~top-gailant forecastle, where
one by one they died, the last one expiring
on the day Roper wss rescued. Roper.
mind is unsettled on account of the suffer
ing he has passed through, and he can no
give the names of the vessel or Captain, hui
from the description it is believed to have
been the schooner E. j.. McKinnon, O'Brier
master, which left San Francisco, March
90, on a trading voyage nothward.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
tribute To General Dix.

The following order was issued from the
Executive Mansion, signed by Rutherford
B. Hayes: The President, in making pub
lie announcement of the death of Major
General John A. Dix, which occurred in
the City Of New York, desires to commend
to the attention of the people of the country
the great public services, through a long
and eventful life, of this eminent citizen,
and the patriotic record of his military ser.
vices, both in his early youth and at an ad.
vanced age. Appropriate honors will be
paid.to his memory under the direction Of
the War Department and of the Treasury
Department, of which he was, at an import
ant period, the head, and it is recommended
to his fellow.citizens to participate in gen,
IsIstoken of respect to his " orth as a pr
vate citizen, and to his eminent service al
Senator Of United States, Minister to Franc,
and Governor of the State of New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Muraerer managed In Nebra,ka.

Richards, a Nebraska murderer, was
hanged at Minden. Kearney County, Ne
braska, recently. He mounted the scafold
with a steady step, and stood facing the
crowd of twenty-five hundred people. An
Enclosure had been erected ON the public
square, a pen made of pine boards sixteen
feet square, in which the execution was to
be held, the law of Nebraska making a pri-
waite execution necessary. A mob tore this
shed down, and the execution was public.
After mounting the scafold the prisoner
spoke to the crowd for five minutes, saying
he was not guilty of the crime under which
he was convicted. He spoke with amazing
frmness, and astonished everybody. who
heard him. When he finished, prayers were
made, and to the establishment of every.
body, Richards's spiritual adviser said Rich
singing
There is fountain filed with blood"
Two verses OF this hymn were sung. The
man was then tied with a rope and straps,
continuing talking all the time. When the
moose was adjusted and the black cap
| drawn he still talked until the Sheriff
kicked the lever. He fell six feet. His
neck was dIslocated and only a nervous
twitching of the legs showed any or the
least sersibility. The man died in ten min
utes. The crowd was well behaved. SD.
Richards was convicted on the 18th of Jan.
uary of the murder Of Peter Anderson, near
Lowell, on the 10th of last December
He claims also to have. killed several othe,
persons, but has not clearly defined these
facts, for the reason that when upon the
point of making confession he sold to a Ger
tain politician OF the State his whole con
%fession, to bepublished after death, and re
fused to reveal further facts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
The Ciazen.n,p OF sitting Bun.

A Washington correspondent of the Gin.
cinnati Commercial says that it has been de-
cided, after repeated conferences between
the Secretaries of State, War and Interior,
that the troublesome individual on the
northern frontier known as Sitting Bull is
a British subject; that he, with his follow
ers, Voluntarily left the territbry of the
United States; and placed themselves under
the protection of Her British Majesty, who
will henceforth be held responsible for thei
good conduct. The Secretary of War has
written a letter to General Sherman to this
effect, and the Secretary of State will notify
the British Government. This may become
a serious international question if Sitting
Bull makes a raid on the frontier during
the coming summer. General Ruger, who
has gone north of Dakota, a few miles south
Of where Sitting Bulls camp lies, with thu
Eighteenth Infantry, and who will build
military post in that locality, has been no
tilted Of this decision, and will govern him
self accordingly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
The Zulu War.

Advices from Capetown, April s, via. st.
vincento say LORD Chelmford's camp at
Ginglelova, on the road to Ekowe, was at.
tackled at daybreak, April 8, by eleven
thousand Zulus, who made frequent and
desperate attacks on all sides, but were re-
pulsed and pursued with great loss. -Four
hundred and seventy-one Zulus were found
dead around the trenches.
A final attack was led by Dobeclmanzi,
who commanded at Isandulu. Lieutenant
johnson, Ninety ninth regiment, aud foul
privates were killed. Colonel Northey, Six
tieth regiment, a surgeon and fifteen mer
were severely wounded. Colonel Crack
lock, Major Barron and ten men were
wounded.
On the 4th inst. Lord Chelmsford, with
the N~inety-irst, Sixtieth and Fifty-seventt
regiments and a body of marines left thu
amp and relieved Ekowe during the night
During the Investment, twenty.eight mer
died and one hundred and twenty-eigh
-~srapnt,bn the sick list. Ekowe has beer
rr.<|.<I rTh -evacuatior
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

A FRENCH Admiral sees one of his
men in the distance walking with a
rather pretty piece of muslin. He calls
the sailor.
"Who's that you've got with YOU"
"That's my girl, Admiral"
"Bring her here and let's say good
morning to her."
The sailor halls her:
"Hullo! Marjory; the Admiral wants
you. Come and say something nice to
him."
The girl, in bad temper at the Interrupt
ton says in what she thinks a low tone
"The old hogl'
The Admiral frowns.
40, please excuse her, Admiral" say
her lover, " but she's such a timid little
| thing"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

A MAN about town dropped in a sa-
loon one day last week and was in
formed that an acquaintance had just
been there making particular inquiries
for him, and had gone to a store in the
n%eigh5orhood to look for him. Our man
imme 1iately started for the store desig.
mated, where he was informed that the
party had just left to look for him at
his Office. Reaching the latter place, he
found that the party had been referred
to another saloon, and, h1rrying to
this last place, he vas referred to the
City Hall, where the party in search Of
him had just gone. Our man about
town was as equally unsuccessful Mt the
City Hall, and after visiting twelve diff
ferent saloons and half-a-dozen business
places ne finally encountered the other
anxious party on the street. Weary and
disguised, he began to question the
search party, when the latter broke il
with, Just the man I have been look
ing for; I want to borrow ten dollorl
till tomorrow, and everybody else il
short."-Neaoqrk Sunday Gall.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
tennessee Debt Commi,,,ou.

A Washington correspondent says that
several Commissioner appointed from
Tennessee to visit New York and confer
with creditors in reference to accepting
terms of fifty cents on the dollar and four
per cent. interest, arrived lately at Wash.
ington, on their return. They report that
the feeling among creditors in favor of ac-
-cepting the terms is more favorable thar
they supposed. Still there is much opposi-
ton and very bitter feeling among the ma.
jority Of creditors, who compare their situa-
ton to that of victims of h~ighwaymen, who
must take what the robbers are willing TO
allow. Holders of only about$l ,000, 900, out
of SIS, 100000, have as yet signed the terms.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
How to be ReaufiNi.

Many hundred thousand dollars are an
nually expended by ladies, for tariff cial /"
appliances to hide the shrunken and wasted
spots, which are due to female weakness,
dyspepsia, torpid liver, and constipation.
II a small per cent. of this sum were in.
vested in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
ladies would soon really be what they now
seem to be. 1t readily c~orrects- those weak.
nesses and diseases upon which debility and
emaciation depend. 1t cures dyspepsia by
toningup the system, and when used in con,
n~ection with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purga
tive Pellets, speedily overcomes all irregu'
l~arities of the liver and bowels. No bloom
of youth" no "besutifier of the complex
ion, can impart such permanent beauty Of
face and form as DR.. Pierce's health. giving
FaHorite PRESENTATION.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
La.t Traete Aet % an Actre...

Mrs. Emma Tryon, wife of the manager
Of a travelling troupe, known IS the London
Sensation Troupe, committed suicide atthe
Commercial House, in Albany, Ind. 1t ap.
pears that the troupe had been unsuc.
cessful in Louisville, and that their effects
had been attached there for debts. This
and the fact that she was in poor health, SO
preyed upon her mind that she sought sur.
cease of sorrow andtrouble through suicide.
Mrs. Tryon was formerly a resident of Gin.
%cinnati, was thirty-seven years of age, and
rather prepossessiug in appearance. The
agency used was morphine, four grains
having been purchased at a drugstore on
the pretense that it was needed to allay the
palms of sick headache.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Theatrical Sensation.

At Chicago, McVicker's Thester, a few
night ago, was visited by rather a small
audience, who came to be entertained by
the Shakspearean actor, Edwin
Booth, and who were highly entertained by
another actor not down on the bills. He
brought the house not down, but up stand
ing. This person r~eioices in the name of
Mark Gray.
In plain English, he shot three times at
Booth, once missing fire aud twice missing
the object of his aim. The play was erich
ard L" Near the finish of the last act, when
Booth sat in the glare of a calcium
light, with all other lights turned down,
and engaging in the soliloguy, he sat a little
to the right of the center of the stage, with
the prison on one side, and the cottage on
the other. The intending assassin sat
nearly on a level with him in the first hal
cony, and some thirty feet distant, the
pistol concealed in his sleeve, and in his
left hand a copy of the play, which he
had evidently been following with the dire
purpose Of firing only at the right time
When the first shot rang out there was a
dead silence. Booth did not stir, but as q
second came whizzing down and plowed it
way through a piece OF board in the cottage
an inch in thickness. Booth quietly ross
and went toward the wing.
A rush was Immediately made for Gray
and, as there seemed to be some doub
which was the man, Booth again stepped
out, pointed directly at him, and saw hin
taken into custody.
All this time there was a wild uproari il
the house, and shouts of "Throw hin
overl' Hang him !" Pitch him out tn
window" and the like were audible. H
was, however, speedily hustled off to thu
station and locked Up.
The mans story is, that he belongs il
Keokuk, but has been travelling for a 81
Louis dry goods house; that about tire
years ago Booth wronged a friend Of his
whether lady or gentleman he does nc
state, and that cognizant of th
wrong about two and one-haI
years ago, he determined to avenge it. II
has only met Booth once since that tint
and then it was on the streets of st. Louii
and be was not prepared. He says he FIRE
directly at the tragedian and wonder
greatly that he missed. BE regrets b
failure even more than he wonders at i
BE is generally regard as crazy.
ReplorabIe Condicion ofCOlored People I
the Soutli..
A Commercial correspondent writes frol
1t would be difficult to descrit
II
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
CathoIic University Barned,

Another serious blow to the Catholic
Church In the West is the destruction by fire
OF Notre Dams University, at South Bend,
Ind. Notre Dame was one of the leading
Catholic educational institutions in Amer.
lea, and its fine buildings and grounds have
long been the pride of that denomination
IN the Northwest. The loss is estimated at
two hundred thousand dollars. The action
ofthe sun upon the tar on the roof is be-
lieyed to have started the fire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Battle Kentuczy stare Authori.
Ties and RushwhRckers.

A special dispatch from Mt. Vernon, KY,
to the Courier,Jour,dl, says that for several
weeks past a party of men have been hold
ing meetings near there, and have effected
an organization, for the purpose of killing
several persons in the town aud county
now ON trial in the Circuit Court, should
they escape indictments, and have also
threatened to burn the town and hang Ger.
tain county officials. Recently, a writ
was issued for several persons known to be
members Of the organization, and tie writ
placed in the hands Of Ashley Owens, the
County Detective. A posse of twenty-five
men was summoned, aud together they PRO.
ceeded to the house of Jess Pittman, who
lives near Pine Hin. Notfnding him there
they returned, and when a short distance
from Pittman's house, they were fred into
by a party of b~ushwhackers. The FIRE was
returned, and some five hundred shots ex.
| changed, when the bushwhackers withdrew.
Two officers were slightly, and one of the
bushwhackers reported seriously wounded.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

10
The April returns to the Department of
Agriculture show that the acreage of winter
wheat is about one and one-half per cent.
greater than last year. This increase is due
mostly to the transfer of spring sowings to
fail sowings in the West and Northwest.
Unless spring sowings increase beyond
present expectation. there will be a re.
duced aggregate of wheat acreage in
1879. Tie wheat in the ground, taken
asa whole, is about two per cent. below the
average. The crop in some sections was
unfavorably affected by fall drought, and in
others by the absence of snow during the
extreme winter cold. With average grow.
ing conditions, however, it will make a
very large crop of winter wheat. Rye has
fallen off about four per cent. in average,
and is about four percent. below the aver
age. Itfollows the general analogies of the
wheat crop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
The Talmage Trial.
ION City Derric

Ton City Derrick.]
The interest in the Talmage trial in
creases faster than interest on a bank
note. In fact it is expected the interest
will be compounded at last, or that the
trial will. Our New York reporter is
busy taking down notes o. the testi-
mony, and his first page presents the
following appearance:
Mr.. Willard to Mr.. Bright, showing
witness a paper Who wrote that ed
itorialf"
"What editorialT'
"That one my finger is on
(Which ingerw
"This finger"
"This finger on this editorialf"
eyes"
What about itw
Who wrote it?"
"The fngerf"
"No, the editorial"
what editorial 2"
"This editorial in this paper, which
/ hold up before you, which is headed,
{ Columbine and Harlequin on which |
now place this thumb"
"You want to know who wrote itg'
Yes"
why"
"Itsof interest to this case"
"What case P'
"Talmage's case"
"What Talmage"
"Do you know who wrote that ed.
itorial" excitedly.
"What editorial?"
"The one I just showed you"
"The one in that paper J"
eyes"
THE n you put your finger on first
and then put your thumb on 1T"
"Yes."
"You want to know who wrote it,"
Yes"
Witness reluctantly replies, "Idon'
know
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

t heir efforts TO gain their promised homes
of peace and comfort in the North and
West. The Southern planters are thoroughly
alarmed at the exodus, and have issued
their humbly obeyed edict to northern
bound steamboats, that they shall not stop
for the fleeing colored people between Vicks.
burg and Arkansas City, ascending the
Mississippi River.
Your correspondent counted t~wenty-four
different encampments of colored people on
the banks OF the river, with their poor, bat
tered and tattered household goods stacked
NJ, waiting for a boat to give them the
transportation they were capable of paying
for. These people had evidently come from
a long distance to the river, with barely
enough money to pay their steam
boat passage, and the white people
along the shore refusing them the ordinary
necessaries of life, and they having nc
provision of their own capable of lasting
them over a day or two, they are scattering
along the banks of the broad Mississippi,
famishing.
The encampments all had hailing-signals
up for the north-bound steamboats,, and
when these wildly, frantically waved signals
were cruelty ignored while the boat pro
ceeded compiacently on its way, saw col
ored men and women cast themselves to the
ground in despair, and heard them groar
and shout their lamentations.
What is to become of these wretchet
people God only knows. Here were nearl!
half a Thousand refugees, scattered along tn,
banks Of the mighty Mississippi, withou
shelter, without food, with no hope o
escaping from their present surroundings
aud hard y q chance of returning whenc'
they came.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
A Romantic Beggar.
New York Star,

lNeW Iork otaFsJ
While Ethelberta De We're was sitting
at the bay-window, reading the latest
novel, last week, a bronzed, thick-set
man entered the gateway, walked up to
the window and tapped gently on the
pane. He was very undomestic in ap-'
pearaDce; he had on a coat which had
faded to an original color, his shoes
stayed on his feet by accident, and his
hat, which was several sizes too small
for him, he kept in place by means of a
piece of hay rope, which was tied in a
hard knot under his chin. As the lady
looked up from her book, he waved his
hand in melo-dramatic style, and said:
"I Just wish to have a few words with
| you. I am an extensive traveller; yea,
verify, / have been over every square
inch of this glorious country on foot. l
have smoked cigarettes al the Golden
Gate; l have seen the buffalo skip fan
dangoes on the boundless prairie; l have
written my name on the sands of the
majestic Mississippi. l am a peripa-
tetic gazetteer, and I should be greatly
obliged to you if you will furnish me
with a pair of superannuated moccasins
Ia pair thai you contemplate deposit
ing in the ash barrel shortly"
ave have none to-day" she replied,
and went on reading.
81 see," he continued, "you have
some rare exotics. / always had a char
acteristic weakness for exotics myself,
and l should be happy to step in, make
an examination, and give you some val
liable advice. / am a skilled botanist
and fioriculturist, and can tell you the
peculiarities of any plant under the sun,
from the sweet-scented hyacinth to the
night-blooming cucumber. What do
you say, shall / step in and regale your
sensitive soul with a verbal history OF
fowers?
"You cannot was the emphatic re.
joinder.
"Well, if you won't let me say it to
YOU, will you let me come in and sing
it in Italian? l have a fine baritone
voice."
al don't wish to hear it, you filthy
thing" she screamed, angrily.
"Filthy, flthyl that's always the
way. When a man travels around il
the cause of science and polite informa
ton, he is snubbed and rebuked in thi
unseemly name / was just limiting
around at what you have now given m.
the opportunity of asking. That is
that you will let me go up stairs ant
take a bath. I'll be satisfied with colo
water and common soapI"
You'll get no bath herer'
"Then will you lei me lie down on tn
sofa and take a nap-a kind of siesta, a
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Anew nights ago, a destructive fire broke
out on the premises of Mr.. Alexander King,
on Negley avenue, Pittsburg, and destroyed
the gentleman's elegant mansion, stables,
outbuildings, and ten valuable blooded
horses. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The flames we're discovered in the stables,
butnot until they had gained considerable
~headway. The occupants of the mansion
barely escaped with their lives, and not an
article Of furniture was saved. The stables
contained ten horses, six cows, harness, car
riages, road wagons, etc., all of which were
completely destroyed. Among the horses
were the celebrated trotting mares, Lady
Alice and Nettie. Every one of the horses
was a superior breed, and very valuable.
The entire loss sustained by the fire will
amount to about 100000, with not a single
cent Of. insurance. It is thought the fire
was the work Of an incendiary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

THIS is not the age of miracles, but
we do not hesitate to affirm that any
man can change the direction of the
wind at will. For instance, if the wind
is blowing from the west and you desire
that it shall blow from the east, all you
have 10 do is to take a scuttle full Of
coal ashes and a stove, and proceed to
sift the ashes. Stand with your back
TO the wind, carefully fill the stove, and
proceed to shake it vigorously. In
stantly the wind will change from west
to due east. 1t is important to state
that, in order to make the experiment
instantly and entirely successful, yor
must wear your best clothes. If yot
wear old clothes, the chances are ten II
one that the wind will not veer a singh
degree.-Kessinger, the Oneida Wizard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Bishop Edward R. Ames, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, died at his residence in
BALTIMORE ON Friday morning, April "a.
me was graduated from Ohio University, at
Athens, over fifty years ago, and afterward
founded the school that became MeKendree
College. He was known and loved by
Aethodists in all parts OF the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

ANY woman can now exercise her
own taste and yet be stylish and well
dressed, providing she has any taste of
her own to exercise. The plump woman
can disguise her plumpness in a well
fitting princesse dress, though if very
large she should never wear anything
but neutral colors. The short woman can
wear demi-train skirts slightly trimmed,
The slender, tall figure can wear
the shirred waists and overskirts, the
latter draped high and much trimmed,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

To BE OF PERMANENT BENEFIT a medi.
cine must reach the source of the disease.
The reason why SCovILL's BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP is so successful in overcoming
scrofulous, syphilitic and eruptive com
plants is that it entirely roots out those i'm.
p~urities which give rise to them. The
cause of the evil being thus removed and the
normal purity of the circulation restored,
the skin resumes its original clearness and
sores and pimples disappear. Sold by all
Druggists,