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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09

1t is related that while Wagner was
at Naples he was shaved by barber
who bargained in advance with certain
admirers Of the composer to sell them,
locks of his iron-gray hair. To his con-
sternation, however, the composers
wife carefully gathered up every hair
which fell from the shears. The barber
went home in despair, but his wife. was
equal to the occasion. 1.-THE maestro is
a great composer, no doubt said she,
but his hair and that of our neighbor,
the butcher, are much alke.'' The
barber took the hint, and those who
had contracted with him received locks
which they religiously placed under
glass for eternal preservation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09

Mr.. Greville, in his Memoirs, tells a
good story apropos to the demand for
condensation, which is mark of this
age: A bishop who rose to speak in
the house of lords, and announced that
he should divide what he had to say in
to twelve parts, when the Duke of
Wharton interrupted him and begged
indulgence for few minutes as he had
a story to tell which he could only in
troduce at that moment A drunken
fellow was passing St. Paurs at night,
and heard the clock slowly chime
twelve. He counted the strokes, and
then looked up to the clock, and said.
why couldn't you. give us all that at
oncen' The story put an end to the
bishops speech.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09

o. p. SPERRA, ~
aet~ru ev at Law. ONCE over c. E Poes
srorc seynour's Building. Kavenna. o. sou
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Der. 6, 1850.

Remenyi has three violins, of which
one is Stradivarius, called the Prin-
cess, and valued at $1,000; another,
called the Prince, is an Amati, of the
same value; and the third, called the
Crown Prince, and used for parlor play
ing, valued at So, 900, was made by Mr..
Cotton of New York, who works 50
slowly and so carefully that should he
work till very old. he would complete.
it is said, only fifteen violins,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09

-RR PRINFINa OF ALL KINDS
a Promp1ly aud Neatly kxecuted st shis oaa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09
Total ordinary expenditure

Leaving a surplus revenue of. 49,.
Which, with an amount drawn
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-09

ROCKWELL Il NORRIS,
Atsorusy&at Law and NetsryPubiic. Deuel.
Block Kent, Ohio. .7ti 1s- ~.
Dec 10. fsSss 1g.s 4 sf..fH -'<st
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
soldiers, and sailors, Reunion.

The reunion of old war veterans at Column
bus, Ohio, last week, has been pronounced by
those who attended as one of the most enjoy
able events of the kind and more largely at
tended than anything of a similar nature before
in the annals of the State. Writing Of the
morning of the second day, a veteran says;
"a salute of thirty-eight guns at the rise of as
gorgeous q sunrise as ever shown upon a
soldiers camps, startled 5000 men from their
slumber, VIC found themselves for the first
time in many years unde a canvas roof. Old
comrades were to be met, old recollectious re-
viewed, old stories repeated, old songs sung
again, and the hospitality of a generous city to
be shared. What wonder that the tents were
deserted for the glorious morning and the
beautiful day. A hasty meal, this time not
hard tack prepared B. G. II, and then they fell
in and marched to the depot to welcome the
Commander-in-Chief and General of the Army
of to-day. But both were in the old army, and
as they marched up the street behind Sherman
and Hayes some couldn't help Marching
through Georgia again" During the day the
eleven railroads centering in the city poured a
constant food of humanity into the Union
Depot, and the streets became crowded with
people. The rain on the first and second days
in the afternoon did much to mar the festivities,
but each time it cleared away early enough fol
a general rush for the Playground where the exer-
cises were being held. Short addresses and camp
fire "reminiscences were INDUCED by President
Hayes, Genera Sherman, Gen. Durbtn Ward,
President Nash, Ex-Governor Dennison, Gen.
eral Keifer: Gen Beatty, and others, who were
loudly applsuded. During these "reminiscences
the least observant could not help noticing
tears starting ~inyoluntarily in the eyes of old
and SCARED veterans, whose memories of hard
ships endured we're being refreshed. 1t was a
happy day for them. Old friends, who had not
met in fifteen years, were repeatedly happily dis
appointed to meet those whom they thoughtto
be dead. Camp life and incidents connected
Herewith, the long marches, exposures, battles
the bright and the dark side of war and its
happy and sad incidents-were recalled and re-
viewed, making . day long to be remembered
by the sfboys." TIL reunion wound up by 9
grand parade and review by the President and
General Sherman, after which the veterans be
gan to dispense to their homes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
nmciaI MnnaIanrhter.

Inc Grand Jury in the United States Cour,
made a presentment in the Seawanhaka disaster
case. They say they believe the accident was
due to criminal carelessness and negligence OF
certain Government officials and officers and
owners of the vessel Attached were indic1-
ments against Austin Jayne and Andrew Craft,
Inspectors Of Life-boats, ETC.; against John K.
Matthews and Alexander Caldwell, Inspector
of Boiler Machinery; against Charles B. Smith,
Captain, and Edward Weeks, engineer Of the
S~eaWanhaka; against Benjamin c.. Kirk, 8 L.
M. Barlow, Stephen Taber, James Adel, Ed
ward Morgan: Silas Mott, and Stephen q.
Townsend, Directors and owners Of the Sea-
wanhaka. The offense charged is manslaugh-
ter. Bench warrants of arrest have been issued.
Certified copies of the pl esentment have bee<
forwarded to President Hayes, the head of tn
Senate and House of Representatives, the At
torney General and Secretary of the Treasury.
The Grand Jury say that the inspection OF
steam vessels and the licensing of engineers
and other officers of such vessels has not been
and is not conducted in a careful and intelli.
gent manner. There is no form or syetem OF
examination through which applicants are re.
quired to pass, but the Inspectors seem TO view
a man physically, bis testimonials as to moral
character are exhibited, and then he is asked
such few and simple elementary questions as
snits the convenience and momentary intel.
lectual grasp of the Inspector; that not one OF
the seven licensed Engineers examined by the
jurors could answer the question, how to ascer
tain the amount of steam in q boiler, if for any
reason such boiler had no steam-gauge, but il
several instances the engineers admitted thai
they had not the education to figure it out
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
When Niagara Went Dry.

A citizen of Buffalo writes to the
Courier of that city: There are un-
doubleday many witnesses yet living to
attest the truth of the Rev. Bishop
rulers statement relating to the sud-
den and extraordinary subsistence Of wa
ter In the Niagara river at the time he
refers to. remember the circumstance
well, being In charge at the time Of the
Custom House at Black Rock ferry. The
wind for several hours previous had va
ried but little from east to northeast,
causing a strong current during the time
and piling the volume of water back
upon the bosom of Lake Erie. No
slight sensation was manifested by the
millers whose imperative machinery
was unexpectedly in a mute condition,
minus the element of ~propelling power.
George W. Tiff, ESQ.,, in this connec-
ton, may undoubtedly be referred to as
an interested witness. The steam ferry
boat Union, during the greater part of
dock on either side, being pre-
vented by the low stage of the
water. The shore on the Canada
side presented the appearance of an *
tended marsh of gravel and sand beds ;
IlSl6rIu6n b uoIS were III lOlQ D6yOuQ E16
reach of the boats. The absence of
water was equally perceptible on the
American side. The massive pier
stretched like a stone wall upon dry
land Squaw island was extended by a
temporary area of barren beach ; the
harbor displayed the worst features OF
the annoying deposits which obstructed
navigation and often disturbed the
equilibrium of the miller's temper. In
the latter respect it was a benefit, fur.
nishing a clew to the worst distractions
to be removed. The remembered tim.
Der foat-bridge sunk below available
use for crossing trains, the declivity Of
the windlass-worked falls at the ends re.
curing of the pedestrian a persistent
effort to reach a reliable foothold.
recollect a remark made by the late re
spected Col. Bird in the evening, ht
having visited the falls during the day
that "the water was SO low on the Amer
lean side that footmen could pass from
the Porter mill to the small island,
| upon the naked rocks"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
The D.y An,er the Fast.

The following dispatch details how DIR. Tan
ner spent the day succeeding his long fast:
"When DR.. Tanner broke his long fast at noon
yesterday he weighed 1915 pounds. At six
o'clock this evening he weighed just 1870
pounds gain of eight and o half pounds in
thirty hours. During this time he has been
eating increasingly of beefsteaks, melons, milk,
potatoes and fruits. He has as yet felt ne Ill
effects of his gluttony, and as the functions Of
the body which was suspended during his long
fast have been resumed, and proof has thus
been established that his food has digested, it
is no longer feared that he will have trouble.
He is in the very best Of spirits and is not in
pain, nor does he feel uncomfortable, save he
complains that he cannot get enough to eat.
Just what DR.. Tanner will do next he has not
decided upon. He has an offer of 80, 700 to de-
liver ten lectures on the Pacific Coast, which he
thinks seriously of accepting, but he has given
the matter very little thought as yet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
An uncon.ciou. Murder.

At the village of Tyro, in Davidson County,
N. c., a man by the name of Click dreamee
that he was defending his friend and bed-fel-
low, o. W. Phelps, from an attack made by
some unknown parties. and in the defense he
used an ak, with which he unfortunately be-
headed Phelps. Click was arrested charged
with the murder, but afterwards released as the
family of Phelps and others are satisfied that
the murderer was unconscious of the act he
was committing. Click is a somnambulist,
and has frequently gone to the trouble to tie
himself in led to prevent himself from doing
himself or others injury. Click is a young man
Of the highest character, and is suffering much
grief at the terrible tragedy committed by him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
The

CINCrNNATI.-Flour- Is dull and weaker;
winter "a family alyy,K 81 s. for new q and and g 10 iGr old;
quiet and easy at SIS 1896 SIS, extra offered at 50 so
1 Is: s~upertine. 81 S5@3 Is, and low grade at 81 rs
g. s. Sn5 Rye sye,a - g So g. e. r. w vnssr a;da No. 2; gag
mixed amber and red $780,; white, 90@92c, and
amber and mixed at 9O@91c. Corn-No: 2 mixed
at 42c. mixed ear, 3s@40c Rye, 7O@72c. Oats
No. 2 mixed, 2s@2sc.; No. 2 new white, 309S2e.;
prime to choice old. SS@35c: Barley, sO@s5c; toT
@S7e. Hay-God to prime new timothy sells at
$40 0'@l2 so. Mess pork, Sl4 75@15 o.. Iarl,
prime winter steam, 1.40c. Breakfast bacon, 1U1a9
lie. shoulders, &c. Cotton, 1l1c.
NEW YORK. lour-Superfne Western and
State, So 60q4 25; common TO good extra Western
State, 81 U0@i 40; good 10 choice Western and
s aester y S sxsss, 10 81 fG s5@s rs to e sOoa Hhi to s anses
extra Ohio, "a 6O@6 rs; common to choice extra st:
LouisfS4 25@7 25; MIN esota patent pruees, good
V, Ta aSsel spr sntra Z, % 6s. SSa as% z: u Mnsa1dS Winter M Ted,
s7e.@sl 0sAi Nos winter red, 81 '6h@l OF steamer
No 2 winter led, ST. Of; mixed winter red, 81 U61a;
No A-I i white at 81 I1ISii liz. Corn, unlgraded,,
46@49Lc (; No. 2, 49949Ac.; No. 2 white, 34Ac.
Lard, prime steam, nc.
PHlLADELPHIA.-Flour, Minnesota extra fam
lily, old stock, fair, S. 1919; good, S. 371a; clear,
IS rs; straight, Sc 3719@6 rs; Ohio extra family,
old wheat, choice, 50; fancy, Sc q; Kentucky,
choice, 81 IS Rye -four, 81 5O@4 rs. Wheat, West
ern rejected, on irpck, 81 OO@1 3; No 3 winter led,
in elevator, 81 G94; No. 2 winter red, 81 90. Corn,
high mixed, 511a@5212c. sail mixed, 1870. Mess
pork, S4 so. Lard, Western kettle, SIC.
BALTIMORE.-Wheat, No 2 Western winter
red, 81 0S54@1 0SA. Corn, Western mixed, 4S15c.
Oats, white Western, 34L@35c.; mixed Western,
SS@33hc. Rye, good prime, TIC.
LOUISVILLE.-FIour, extra, So 20@4 70; extra
family, So 75g4 IS; A No. l, 81 1913 90; choice
fancy, s6g6 p "heat, sSc. Corn, No. 2 white,
white, soc ; No mixed. &c. Rye, No. 2, nc.
Hay, $1O@14. Mess pork, $14 80. Lard, prime
steam, 7Nc.
NuIANAPOLIS.-W Wheat, No. 2 red, new, e2sl
@sSc. Corn, 35E@S6c. Oats, new white, 25a2Sc
MARKETS.
CINCINNATL-Cattle, common, 81 1912 Is; fail
to medium, So 5093 %; gooi TO choice butcher
grades, So SOFA 10; fair to good shippers, 81 OOd
4 60; good 10 choice cows, So 4l@3 IS; good Il
choice heifers, So 5r@4 90; common 10 good Texas
and Cherokees, So SO 40; common to good oxen
81 509S 50; ~stockers, 81 25@3 40. Hogs. selected
butchers, IS 1895 80; common to good mixel
packers, 81 1898 10; fair TO good selected light
81 50@4 80; common, So sO@4 40; stockers, IS SOC
4 10. Sheep, common 70 fair, 2@3c good to choice
3A@4Ac ~stockers, 2H@4c. Lambs, common Il
l fair, 24@3Ac. good to choice, Ss4@4He.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Best shipping steers
s5@5 % per 100 lns. fair to good butcher cattle
81 30@4 70; stockers and feeders, SOS IS; bulls
cows and stag. q 250s IL
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
pirates mr. Fentan..

A cablegram from Cork, Ireland, dated Aug
ust -, says: 90 10 o'clock this morning q
large party of men left the shore in six whale
boats and boarded the Norwegian ship Juno,
Captain Carlson, repairing at Queenstown, went
into her hold and stole three cases of rifles,
which formed part of her cargo. The robbers
cut the telegraph wires leading to Cork" Con-
corning the same thing a London dispatch says:
Gully one hundred men were engaged in the
robbery Of the arms from the Juno. There were
seven boats, each carrying seven men. The
crew of the Juno were batted down in the fore
castle, and armed s~entinels placed over them.
The Captain and revenue officers were shut up
in the cabin. The Captain would have fired
upon the sentry guarding the cabin door but
for the entreaty of his wife, who feared they
would be killed. Iii supposed one of the par
ty fell into the hold, thus putting an end to
further operations, the marks Of blood being
traceable. Twenty men are being kept guard
on the road to assist in carrying off the spoils.
All the raiders appeared to be armed. A pool
of blood was also found on b deck. The Cap
tain, Mate, and revenue officers were shut up
in the cabin an hour and a half. They finally
forced the door and saw the marauders depart
ing in their boats. The six men arrested evil
IDENTIFY formed part of the shore party. They
were found lurking about the road to Cork.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Chased By a Snake.

As Wash Bradford, son of Nh. VIM.
Bradford, O~verseer Of the County Farm
at Sumter, was returning home from
school, he observed a horned snake,
which, upon seeing the young man,
doubled itself, caught its tail neal the
horn in its mouth, and gave chase to
him. Having nothing to defend himself
with, Bradford took to his heels, the
snake rolling hoop-fashion after him.
He reached a pine tree. and lodged be-
hind it. The snake coming up, loosed
its mouth-hold and struck around the
tree. Bradford, seeing the snake under
stood the situation, started on the run
again, the snake promptly following.
Arriving at another tree, he lodged be-
hind that, but the snake tried to strike
him around the tree as soon as it arrived.
The young man, then thoroughly
alarmed, started off again at tremend-
GUS a the snake in pursuit. Fear
lent speed to his feet, but, looking back,
he saw the rolling reptile closing
upon him. He ran this time nearly two
hundred yards, when, horror! rightin his
path was a coiled moccasin, with head
erect, eyes glistening, and its forked
tongue playing with lightning rapidity
from its open mouth. He was going
with such speed that he could not stop,
but, exerting himself, he made a ire
mehdous spring, and jumped high in the
air and landed about fourteen feet over
the moccasin, and, running a little
further on, stopped to see what the two
reptiles would do. He then found him.
self a good pole, advanced upon the moe.
casin andkilled it, but could find nothing
of the hooped, horned serpent that had
chased him so far. We believe he did
not try very much to find that serpent.
We learn that they are very numerous
in that neighborhood, for several have
been killed.-Americus (Ga.) Repu6h'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Mexican Border D,mcuity.

The Department of State has received 9 dis.
patch from the United States Consulate al
Laredo, Mexico, which indicates a violation Of the
neutrality laws on the part Of the Mexican au-
thorities. A number of State prisoners con-
fined at Laredo effected their escape and fed
across the Rio Grande into Texas. They were
fired upon by the Mexicans while crossing, and
were followed into Texas and also fired uponin
United States territory. This is in violation Of
the Guadaloupe Hidalgo treaty between the
United States and Mexico. That treaty pro-
vided that escaped prisoners from either coun-
try should be extradited, and denied the rights
of pursuit ythe authorities. Laredo is nearly
opposite Fort Mcintosh in Texas, and the State
Department has inquired of the War Depart
ment if it has any knowledge of the affair. If
it has not it will be fully investigated and action
taken if it is fully shown hat the offense mem
by the Consul was committed in violation OF
the treaty gtipulations.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

A Madrid dispatch says that the Opposition
press comment strongly upon the Royal decree
in the official Gazette, intimating that if a son
is born to the Queen he will take the title Of
Prince of the Asturias, but should the child be
a girl, the title will be Infanta of Spain. 1t is
said that the complications and difficulties like
" to ensue should a girl be born, in the event
of Afonso's death without male issue, are diff
6cult to measure. The situation would proba-
bly, be similar to that of the first half of this
century, which resulted in some years of dis
astrous civil war. All this stuff, to us, in
America, seems like taking on trouble for what
not only does not exist, but has only a possible
chance of occurring in the natural order Of
things. Alfonso is young enough to become
papa Of . dozen children.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Bad Case OF ari.eeeenatIon.

A young white girl, aged seventeen, who is
highly educated and was a year ago the belle Of
Youngstown, Ohio, has been living for nine
months at Allegheny City, Pa, as the wife Of
Alexander Morgan, a dusky negro. The other
day Morgan returned to his home and found
her packing her valise. He asked her where
she was going, to which she replied that she
was going on a visit to relatives at Gerard, o.
Just then Morgan picked up a letter of tho
door, which proved to be from John W. Wea-
yer, and was a love epistle, closing arrange
ments for an elopement. Almost simulta-
neously a young mulatto appeared at the door
and told Morgan he was wanted at the Court
House to do some work. Morgan asked the
stranger his name. f'John W.. Weaver" incau-
tiously replied the fellow, and then there was q
k~nocking-down and stamping-upon time Of it,
and shortly two badly lacerated brethren Of the
African persuasion were landed in hoe. The
point of all This is, the ex-belle Of Youngstown
lust now has no one to caress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
s-r.r,ns for a Crine They D,d Not Com.

sunering for q Crime They Did Not Corn
INIT.
On the night Of September Is, 1876, soma
persons entered the house of Charles Smith, q
farmer at Chesaning, Saginaw County, Mich,
and murdered Smith as he lay in bed with Ia
wife and child, and then dragged the bleeding
remains to the barn, which was set on fire and
destroyed. Smiths wife, Julia Cargin, her sis
ter, Freeman Cargin, her SISTERS husband, and
young farmland named Norris Alexander
were arrested, charged with the crime. Mrs.
Smith and Alexander turned States evidence,
acknowledging a completely in the crime, which
Mrs. Smith said, was committed by the Cragini
while she herself was in bed with her husband,
she having promised to give them $500 in
surance on the barn, which they burned for
the money and to destroy the evidence of their
crime. Cragin was sent to the State Prison and
his wife to the House of Correction for life.
Alexander was sent to the State Prison for
fifteen years, and Mrs. Smith to the House of
Correction for ten years. Saturday, Mrs. Smith
died, and a confession was then made public
which she made to the Matron of the House of
Correction and the Superintendent last Thurs
day. She said her sister and brother-in-law
were both innocent, and she gave her false evil
dence under the instructions Of q man whose
name is not yet made public.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Tn. Bender Boom Exploded.

At a preliminary examination Of the Blenders
at oswego, Kas., on the 10th inst, they were
discharged. A telegram says: "old settlers
say the old mar and woman do not resemble
the origina- Blenders in the least. Justice
Hughey says he knew the woman at Cape
Gerard. Everybody is disguised, and thinks
these persons are a couple of crazy tramps.
Both are notorious liars, and no reliance can be
placed on their word. The general impression
i'll this community is that the whole Bender
family were killed by vigilants before they were
able to get out of this 0abette) county. The
whole Bender boom is exploded"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Trouble In Ireland.

The recent outrages in Ireland have caused
much excitement there. The assassins of Boyd
and sons, it is said, were SO thoroughly masked
hat their Identification is next 10 impossible.
The rifles they abandoned were Enfeid-Gov-
srnment arms-and this fact Is exciting a good
leal of attention. The Irish Times, of Dub
in, states that 1, 400 Enfield rifles have recently
been sent from Dublin to various parts of the
country. In the western part of Limerick ex-
1ensive Illegal drilling is being carried on, and
Fenianism is again beginning to feel its way.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
American Prodac,..

The American Consul at Geneva says Ameri-
can beef and live stock have penetrated as far
as that region, and the value of choice cattle
raised in largo numbers in Switzerland for
Paris and the French markets, has been sensibly
diminishedb by importation from America Pre-
served meats and fruits from the United States
are SO well established and advertised that they
may be left to take care of themselves; but but
ter and cheese could be sold in much larger
quantities in Central and Southern Europe, and
a profitable market for a more nutritious brand
of American flour could be found