The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
LATEST NEWS.

INDIANAPOLIS enforces her Sunday laws.
TIE bimetallic agitation has been renewed in
England, owing to the scarcity of gold.
TORNADO damaged property to the value Of
e14O, 600 at Charleston, 8. G.
PRECAUTIONS have been taken by the author
itiss, at Washington, to protect Guiteau against
mob violence, should the President die.
Rev. E. W. BEAMAN, of the Church Of New
jerusalem, Cincinnati, declares the story Of
Samson's strength to be ga symholical myth
Ar PLANO, Texas, ffty-one buildings were
destroyed by fire in the business part of town
In two hours. The loss is expected to reach
s10O, 200.
PARLIAMENT was prorogued August ~, and
the principal feature in the Queens address
was her hope that the recent legislation in re-
gard to ireland would prove beneficial.
MUsaRAvE, Of the Musgrave Alpaca Com
pany, at Chicopee, Mass, has swindled his
partners, Anderton and Dunn, out of $685.
900 by his transactions and decamped.
A TOMBSTONE (Arizona Territory dispatch
says Indians attacked the town of Eureka,
New Mexico, on the 26th of August, and killed
all the citizens, said to be about seventy in
number.
EIGHT thousand acres Of land in the vicinity
of Lake Calumet, South Chicago, has been pur-
chased by o single syndicate for $1,000,000.
The purchasers are leading spirits in the New
York, Chicago and st. Louis Railway, the
Western Indiana, and the projected Belt Rail-
way.
Mrs. SMITH, widow, living near Kaufman,
Texas, and several members of her family and
some tenants-ten in all-were poisoned by
eating cooked peaches containing arsenic.
Medical assistance was summoned, but at last
report there was but little hope of the recovery
Of any of the injured parties.
The National Prohibition Alliance, through
It's President, Rev. II. A. Thompson, D. D.,
late candidate for Vice President on the Prohi-
bition ticket, and the Secretary, Mrs. NJ. Nc
Clelland Brown, Of Pittsburg, Pa, have issued
. call for National Conference of Prohibition
ists in New York City the 18th and 18th inst
NEAR Carter's Creek Station, Tennessee,
Sarah Prewitt, colored, left her house in charge
Of three small children, and two grandchildren,
while she went to do some washing for neigh
Dor. In her absence the house took fire, burn-
ing the three children to death, and the other
two died shortly afterward from their injuries.
THE following warning was published in the
Chicago papers the 9th of August, signed
"Central Committee - Americans and friends
Of Ireland are hereby warned against embarking
upon any vessel flying the British flag after
Thursday, September1. Many may reach their
destination, but none are safe"
DURING fire at 40 and AZ Court street, Gin
einnati, Robert Allen of Nashville, Tennessee
jumped from fourth-story window and was
instantly killed. A roommate of Aliens
jumped from the same window and was only
slightly bruised. Others were seriously injured,
among them a woman and her child, who was
almost suffocated an old man was badly
burned.
"BRIaHTER."
AUGUST 29.-News from the White House is
encouraging. The alarming symptoms of the
past few days have given way to brighter pros
poets, and the surgeons now all express the be-
lief that there is yet chance for the President
to get well. There are three favorable points
In the news at this date: /. The wound looks
better. Its appearance during the period OF
greatest depression was discouraging. 2. The
stomach is doing its work fairly well. 1t is not
crowded with solid food, but disposes of the
meat juices and other liquids and the tongue
and skin look well. 8. The violence of the
bWeLliiS III Tue ucCh uhS eVlQenIly buDSlQeQ, De-
cause the Presidents head is clear and it was
/ the temperance of his mind that helped the
body. Taking all things into consideration, il
does not seem to be too much to say that the
President has wonderfully rallied again, and has
gained ground.
II. N. WHEELER is the editor of the Quincy
nl.) Herald. Since the shooting of President
Garfield he has repeatedly assailed the Presi.
dent in his columns and sustained the act of
Guiteau. As specimen, we take the follow
ing from the columns Of the Herald of recent
date: awe believe Guiteau to be Just as
honorable as the man he shot, and mighty
sight less dangerous to the country at large
than that plausible, smooth-tongued, unprin.
cipled man, who, with snifie and piouf
groan, will turn from prsyer to take bribe
commit q perjury, or steal Presidency" Sc
indignant had the citizens of both parties be-
come at such a calumy on a dying man that or
the night of the 2Sth the editor Of the Herald
and Guiteau as his companion, were burned
in effgy in the street near the Herald office
Excitement was at fever heat, and for time
it was feared that the editor would be mobbed.