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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
A singular Lot of Incidents.

most singular and mysterious death has
Just occurred at Tateville, little village south
of Somerset, Ky. One of the principals in the
strange affair is James Barnett, who going
home, ate o hearty dinner and went out into
the yard to chop wood. few moments after
he went in the house and told his wife to call
in his friends, that he "would be dead man
within an hour" She started out and got
lot of friends, and when they came in he was
dead. A short time after a son-in-law Of the
man came and ate at the same table, and be-
coming deathly sick, threw up his dinner. A
dog eat the vomit and died in five minutes, but
the strange part of the business is to come:
When Barnett was laid out on the cooling
board, large, strange cat came into the room,
and as soon as he caught sight Of the dead
man, turned over on his head, and continued
standing in that position. He kicked aside,
but would fall on his head. Becoming trouble
some he was killed, but when caught a strange
gurgling was heard in his throat, like that of q
strangled man. No clue to the death of Bar
nett has been found, but the people say that
his wife threatened to kill her husband.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
AF.m,,y,s sad Record.

Mrs. Elliott Nichols, formerly Miss Ella
Hogg, prominent member of society at
bloomington, IL, committed suicide the past
week at Carthage, Mo. She was the daughter
of William Hogg, once a prominent merchant
in that city, and who, owing to business re-
verses, shot two of his children, afterward kill
ing himself. A few weeks ago Mamie Hogg, q
sister Of Mrs. Nichols, while on visit at Car
thage, committed suicide by throwing herself
in . well q short distance from Mrs. Mich
oils home. The dispatch received relates
that the latter sought her death by drowning in
the same well that swallowed up Mamies
young life. This last tragedy makes the fourth
suicide which has occurred in the family within
the past year. tits said that Mrs. Nichols and
her sister Mamie were led to destroy their
lives. They had been unfortunately carried
away with the doctrine Of Spiritualism, which
aided largely in unsettling their reason.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
HOU9A,

Bills we're passed authorizing the Commits
sioners of Lawrence County to levy an addi-
tional tax for road purposes; Senate bill au-
thorizing the Commissioners of Trumbull
County to compromise with the sureties Of Geo.
B. Kennedy, late Auditor of that county; House
bill authorizing the village Of Marysville to
issue bonds to pay for steam fire engine;
House bill authorizing the village of Mount
Gilead, Morrow County, to issue bonds to the
amount Of $1,000 to complete the Mount
Gilead Short Line Railroad; House bin au-
thorizing the Commissioners Of Ross County to
levy q tax for constructing free turnpikes.
Mr. Cole introduced q bill to regulate the
traffic in intoxicating liquors by taxation and to
compel the dealer to give bonds in sum not
less than 81, 900 nor more than $4,000.
Twenty-six petitions asking for local option
were presented and referred.
The House joint resolution directing the
clerks of the House and Senate to print lists Of
the members and officers Of the General Assem-
bly, was adopted.
Mr.. Hitchcock's Senate joint resolution pro-
viding for printing the journal Of the State
Board of Equalization was reported back and
adopted.
Mr.. Lucas House bill relating to the treat
ment of convicts in the Penitentiary was re-
ported back and passed.
Several hours were spent in the discussion of
Kings local option bill
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
IRELAND
u-,po,taut Events OecurinG In that On.
rnrtuuate country During tine Past Week.

r,upottant Events Oecuring I'm that Un-
fortunate Country During the Past Weck.
murder, growing ont of o land dispute, is
reported at Derrylee. s ,lsz.-..
At the meeting Of the Land League at Dub
lin it was resolved to take the Governments
action as 9 challenge of war, and to oppose it
by declining to pay any rent whatsoever. The
League also agree to ask Mr.. Parnell to leave
directly for America, the object being to place
the leader of the Home Rulers out Of the Gov
ernment's clutches, as it is supposed that the
Retrospective clause in the Coercion Bill Is de-
signed to seize Parnell, Dillon, and other mem
bers of the League.
In the case of the priest and six members
of the Kilimallock Land League, charged with
intimidating farmer named Berkerry, the lat
ter, who is supposed to have fed to America,
failing to appear against the accused at Kill
mallock Court of Sessions, the charge was dis
missed
Dillon, speaking in Manchester, said that If
Englishmen did not quickly change their tenn
per toward the Irish they 0he Irish) would in
deed be dogs and slaves, il they did not long
for the day when they could join the United
States.
Parnell, he said, within month would stand
In Congress at Washington an honored and
welcomed spokesman of their wrongs.
Parnell soon sails for America, American
Fenians are arriving in England from Ireland
Their movements are closely watched.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

A convict in the Southern Indiana Peniten-
tiary, at Jeffersonville, was found dead in his
cell. His name was Charles o'Neil. He WAC
one of the party of six who attempted to escape
by scaling the prison walls in December last,
and was in solitary confinement in punishment
for his attempt, and also to cure him Of what
the prison authorities call soldering is,
not being willing to work. He complained
greatly Of illness, saying he Was unable to work.
The prison officials believed he was only making
pretense, and he was placed in a cell from which
the bedding was removed. His arms were then
drawn through the gratings of the cell door
and handcuffed on the outside. In this posi-
ton he was compelled to stand from g. m. to
12 M, and from to 6 p. m. Then he was re-
leased and compelled to spend the night on the
naked floor. OF course the punishment killed
him, for the poor wretch was positively i'll and
unable to work. The Coroner held an inquest,
and q post mortern revealed the fact that O'Neil
was suffering from heart disease, and one OF
his lungs was found to be utterly congested.
There was, therefore, no ''playing or in his
case
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
The MustY Old ParIor.

The New York Eueraing Post has re-
vived the plea for the abolition OF the
old-fashioned parlor and many Eastern
papers are putting forth their energies
in the same way. The topic is an old
one, and the parlor against which this
attack is made scarcely exists now except
in the back ''deestrecks" of the country.
If any one has parlor that's too good
for hving-room he is simply behind the
age.-Lincolya (Neb.) Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
The breaking Up.

The late rain and thaw has done considerable
damage to property in most of the lowlands of
Ohio and Indiana. Rivers and creeks have
overtiowed their banks inundating the adjacent
lands and sweeping fences, property, and in
some cases, stock, down with the current.
Highway bridges, and railroad bridges have in
many place been greatly injured and in several
instances carried away.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

WHO says there are no clairvoyant in
tuitions in, dreams? A young lady in
Dubuque, Ia, saw, several years ago, in
the watches of the night, the face of the
stranger whom she was one day to marry.
She waited patiently, happened to go to
New York short time ago, and met him
on the parlor floor of the Grand Central
Hotel. She tainted; he applied bowel
of water; she told him all; he was not
particularly pleased; but magnetism will
tell; they were drawn together by electro
dynamics and fate; the dream has come
true.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Death Of an Eminent Author.

Thomas Carlyle, the eminent author, died In
London, February 5. He had been in critical
condition for several days, and no hopes of his
recovery were entertained. He was one of the
most original thinkers of his day; graphic d q
historian and biographer; strong in his conyic-
tons and powerful in stating them, and master
Of rugged but dazzling rhetoric.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The war In the rates to the emigrant traffic
West from New York by the trunk lines, seems
to be getting down to pretty fine point: To
Chicago, $3; Cleveland, %: Cincinnati, $3.50;
st. Louis, s5; Kansas City, $10.s0; San Fran
cisco, s53.75, and other places at a like proper
tonate rate These are said to be the lowest
rates ever reached.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
i. cr,,, I,nrm.ry superlnsendent.

Milton Rutlsdge, superintendent of the In
frmary Of Carroll County, Ohio, has been in
dicted for cruelty on three counts by the
Grand Jury. A man named Wilson testified
that they were supplied by but two meals
day, and the food was entirely unfit to set on
fbs tnble. Fourteen hogs had been butohered
on the farm, and the paupers got the feet, ears,
and tails-vith the hair on ct that. Old Sol,
aged eighty years, was stripped and broom
and Ice water used to scrub him. deaf and
dumb girl was whipped till blood flowed down
her beck frssly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Inger.olps Language Objected to.

At the opening of the Criminal Court, at VII
mington, Del, last week, Chief Justice Come
gys called the Grand Jury's attention to the re-
cent address Of Colonel Robert G. Indersoll in
that city, which, in his opinion, was bias
phemous, and worthy the attention Of the
Jury as coming under the law of blasphemy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

Anew York dispatch says: "Minnie F. Lee,
aged nine years, Of Newark. N. j., bitten by
dog month ago, is wild with hydrophobia.
Her two brothers were bitten by the same dog
at the same time. Their father is overwhelmed
with'grief. It is feared his mind is unsettled
by the shock"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
r,anIan,tReAnxtnInr Er.e.

The man Wheeler, who in San Francisco
straneled his wife's sister 10 death because he
loved her, has been found guilty Of murder in
the first degreee. That is right. The fact that
he 30 loved her that he could not bear to see
her marry another man and therefore preferred
to have her blood upon his own hands, is not
q mitigating circumstance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The telegraphic consolidation has resulted IN
some important official changes. Jay Gould
becomes q Director and succeeds Il. N. NICK.
Twombly on the Executive Committee Of the
Western Union; Russell Sage succeeds G. W.
Chaplin IN the board, and General Eckert takes
the pl-ce of Anson stager as Vice President
and General Manager.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Fatal ssao. 600 FIre.

The Oil Refinery Works of Archibald &
schuremier, st. Paul, Mimi, burned the past
week, as result of an explosion of super-heated
steam and benzine used in the process. The
Superintendent, James McNully and assistant
John Petri, perished in the flames The loss is
estimated at $3.50, 600.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Rather q Good Idea.

bill has been introduced in the Missouri
House Of Representatives providing that q
guardian defrauding ward, or permitting or
conniving thereat, shall be imprisoned in Peni-
tentiary for not less than five years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
The 4Co,ton sui,.,, withar,vn.

The suits of the Georgia Importing and Ex-
porting Company, known as the ''cotton suits, {"
involving $548, 900 and interest since 1865,
against ex-secretary of the Treasury McCul-
loch, in the United States Court at New York.
have been Withdrawn at the plaintiffs costs,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

A bill is before the New York Legislature
giving incorporators the right to form COM
pany with capital of $4,000, 900 for the pur.
pose Of supplying drinking water to the city Of
New York. Lake George wiz perhaps be tbs
source of supply.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

EVERY one should know that prompt
shock of electricity will restore a person
to consciousness, who is dying from the
effects of chloroform.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The California Grangers have indorsed the
Nicaragua Canal project, their claim being that
it would save the State $11, ,OO0, 600 in freight.
They also resolved to form q Wheat Growers
Protective Association to do away with middle
men, one of the projects being an agency at
Liverpool. A similar movements is on foot
among the Oregon farmers, who expect to hold
q convention at Salem soon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The sudden melting of the snow in the noun
tains has caused great foods in southern Colo
rado, Northern New Mexico, and Montana. The
rivers in California are subsiding, but it is esti
mated that $500 square miles of the Sacra-
msnto Valley have been under water.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Io.. orLife nt sea.

The steamer Bohemian, Capt. Grundy, from
Boston January "a, for Liverpool, was wrecked
in storm in Dunlough Bay, on the Irish
Coast, on the 9Th inst, and thirty-two lives
lost. Twenty-one of the crew, including the
second officer, were saved. AL are sick from
exposure and bruises
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

Prof. Hind says: 'From 1871, just after ths
treaty of Washington was signed, to 1877
when the award Of the Halifax Commission
was made, the Canadian trade returns have moi
been worth the paper they are printed on;- they
are deluding, insulting, vile, and oriminally
'RaIaa 80 - - -e
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

frightful explosion at P. c. Mauser's Goa
mine, at Robbins, on the Niles and New LibsoI
Railway, caused the death of James Logar
and son, James Mehan, William Haley
George Henshilwood, and Ed. Smith, besides
number wounded. The explosion was caused
by man named Smith entering room in
which there was fire damps with lighted lamp
Twenty-six men were in the mine at the time
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The Governor of Idaho has sent q message to
the Legislature of the Territory urging that
body to take prompt measures for the extirpa-
ton Of polygamy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Sax Krnea sna many IsIureu.

A collision at Rock Hill Station, on the North
Pennsylvania Railroad, between freight and
passenger train, resulted in the death of six
persons and the serious injury of number of
others. The collision WAS . result of the
misconstruction of q dispatch by the engineer
OF the freight train.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Cruelty In a Public Ip.tttut,o,.

Francis B. Churchill, formerly an attendant
at the State Asylum at Buffalo, N. Y, has
brought charges of crulty against the manage
ment, duplicating especially two attendants
named Jones and McMichael,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

". D. Vanderbilt has paid the cost 81 conysv.
ing the obelisk from Alexandria and setting Il
up in New York. ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

In addition to the thousands Of .colliers who
have already struck, in the Lancashire en-
giish) district, stin others are about to 60 out
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The Assistant weigher of the Chicago Post
Office, named John P. Leist, is under arrest for
robbing the mails. Fifteen thousand dollars Of
the stolen money has been recovered.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
Horrible Fnse.

Ast Petersburg dispatch says the distress is
30 great among the tribes of the Ural Noun
tains that they are selling their male children
for grain and leaving the girls to perish.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
ma Eaie IIirh Wnter.

The streams north of the Ohio, it is said,
have not been as high or as disastrous since the
year 1s47 as they were on the 10th and 11th
inst.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

A bll has been introduced in the Indiana
House Of Representatives to establish the
whipping post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

The Cleveland Iron men petition General
Garfield to appoint q strict Protectionist as
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

John Browns Sons, dry goods merchants of
Philadelphia, have failed, with liabilities at
S7590O0; assets, s225 600.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

A recent heavy storm at New Orleans caused
acreyasse in the levees, and good portion Of
the city was submerged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

A party Of four men at Reading, Penn, have
been taking out heavy insurance policies on the
lives of old and feeble people who are
likely to soon die.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

A MAN never looks so much like red
handed villain as when,,he is told by the
photographer to "look pleasant"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

Thousands of colliers are idle in England
owing to low wages, and report says that the
List of idle worlmen is now and will constantly
increase.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
HOUSE.

The Senate concurrent resolution for count
ing the Electoral vote, was called up as priv
ilsdsed question, and Efter discussion, in
which the Georgia irregularity was the principal
point of dispute, the first branch of the resolu-
ton was agreed to without division; thu second
was adopted by O vote of 100 to n. The fol-
lowing Democrats voted in the negative: Ack-
len, Converse, Oulbertson, Hurd, Slemons and
Young CTennessee), and the following Republic
cans in the affirmative: Baker, Belford, Bisbee,
Bowman, Burrows, Caldns, Cannon, Carpenter,
Chittenden, Grape, Doggett, Dick, Ferdon,
Field, Fisher, Hall, Hawley, Hayes, Hazelton,
Heilman, Hiscock, Hoar, Kelley, KillinSer,
Lindsey, McGowan, Morton, 0'Neill, Prescott,
Rice, Robinson, Stone and Taylor, (Ohio.) s.
House and Crowley were appointed tellers for
the ELECTORAL count meeting.
The bills introduced and referred were
joint resolution on the subject Of tax
alton, providing for the safety of life on rail-
road cars, and resolution of sympathy for the
Mr.. Reagan moved to take up and pass the
River and Harbor Appropriation Bill, but with
out success, the two-thirds vote required under
suspension Of the rules not being forthcom-
ing.
Mr.. Reagan reported back the River and Har-
bor Appropriation Bill, and it was, with the
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropria-
ton Bill, referred to the Committee Of the
Whole.
The East Gallery was set aside for visitors Of
members OF the House or Oenale VINO ueslIou
to witness the counting of the votes.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill was con-
sidered in Committee Of the Whole.
The customary resolutions respecting the
death of Mr.. Farr, of New Hampshire, were
adopted.
The formal count of the Electoral vote was
completed, after which the Legislative Appro-
priation Bill was discussed in COMMITTEES OF the
whole, which was passed after the committee
rose. =,
A resolution was adopted providing. that
hereafter, whenever the morning hour ID dis
pensed with, the hour shall be set apart as the
time during which members may ask to pass
bills on the calendar by consent, five objections
| to be fatal to the consideration OF any bill
! The River and Harbor Appropriation Bill
was considered in Committee of the Whole,
the discussion being enlivened by an angry
personal controversy between Messrs. Reagan
| and Cox. Mr.. Dunnel of Maine, marveledsai
the just generosity of the bill, and Mr.. Turner
of Kentucky, asserted that there were !, sot
full appropriation of $132, 600 for the improve
ment Of those water ways seemed begrudged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

Later intelligence concerning the wrecking Of
the ship Bohemian, on,the Irish coast, reports
thirty y-nine lives lost. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

Seventeen men are imprisoned and supposed
to have perished BY colliery explosion In
Whitfield oolliery, near Chell, Staffordshire
The pit took fire and is still burning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

MemPhis Industry: Hurned.
The Southern Oil Works, located at Memphis,
Tenn, were burned last week, the loss being
about s125, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

Water Famine.
New York City is suffering from q scarcity of
water, and much sickness Is resulting as con-
sequence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

They WIN Ne Kind 10 Him.
It is stated from London that the British Gov
ernment win treat Dayitt with all possible in
dulgence.
, 1881-01-22
FRUITS OF COERCION.

Strength for tho Lpnguc mud Jndc"
pcnleMce for lralnnat--1lr. lEnbou.
chcresa Views.
LoSnoN, lH1. lD.-Alr. I.ahoucherG, IN Truth,
publishes tho following article on Irish niruit5,
which hu h,s always trcntcd In II most generous
spirit: 10 me n i,ose astounding show IL pre-
sentcd by tho luck Ut generosity with which tho
eut1crs Of the Irish nntlonal nosotnnnt Is streated
III E,lgtnnd. Tho one cry IA Crush tAc,nl'
Stamp them nut! Their crime ss. thnt they are
using their lest efforts IL ohtntn fnr Ireland tho
privilege Df controlling tilnIr OWL local affairs.
should be kluti III know how long VIC should al.
lnw our local ulfutrs tn bu controlled by Irish
mon. Hut they ,rv violating tho hlw, II IL said.
Possibly. a considerable number Of ruics llve
violated the Inv !n slssia nd hnye bcen carried
Of " soeEla. To KyAsp%shtze With them !sNe-
ruKrsr No one ea,t sltplora tlo1n .1ls'rc thnn
10. i;ut not Mne hMs been brought hume to tho
osrxas wo u oss Ssxss s @ sp
schcllo. which y bnscd uti pNssse resistance.
lioycott!nk lns hcan pracllcs1i by utmost every
eensSisi eonsidered y ~ 'i III i.s bsasinEs &C
"Sro y nafSst at rnIano + .s n
cnrlnx to 9lsr ylows Or leavo her to govern her
scit nccorAinR tu her nwn views, u,,iy stsp,itat.
li,llon is Il Rcuxruph!cal and political necessity.
W coercon only can wo Nttntn tho former. Our
Shoice iirs h.tWeen cnsreior a,.h soneesann' a'.
cnii md ought navtr To succeed: Wa. however,
arc seeking to .M.ke It quite ccrtN!n " failure
tho suKar Iii orr pockct. declnlng to stalt
whether tho lump Ii laryu or s!nMlt before We
have used thu rod. IL an t.n;artnnnts M crnns r.
10 strong beroro Coercion hill Is passed. that,
inreats ea. ,hs h sys.e'' ss exc"s!ys srsdI"F VIZ
hecoInu universal IN lreland. Tho tc,ianis VIII
fsti a