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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Yellow Fever scare.

special from Atlanta, Ga, says: 'tNearly
all the children have been withdrawn from the
schools here on account of an epidemic, which
began by carrying on Mr., Perkins, wife and
three children In thirty-six hours. Eighteen
physicians declare it scarlet fever, and one
yellow fever.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
sad rerm,...1on TofS 5 -. !. Z, : .r.,, :,

james Westover's young daughter, aged six
teen years, living at Markesan, Wisconsin,
poisoned herself, byswallowing a large quantity
Of baking powder, iodine and strychnine, be-
cause her father had forbidden the house to her
lover, David Murray, aged eighteen years.
The latter, learning of the girls death, COM
mitted suicide with the same compound.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Bushels
Grain Crop OF Nebr.sIxa.

Secretary Allen, Of the Omaha Board of
Trade, estimates the grain crop of Nebraska for
1881, if the present outlook holds good the bal
ance of the season, at los, ,000,0 900 bushels.
This is an increase over 1880 of fully 80 per
cent. The wheat crop is estimated at 16,0oo,-
000. bushels, o gain of about 80 per cent. .-uEer
last year. The gain for the past ten years in
acreage of corn and wheat in Nebraska is about
$50 per cent
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

Work ON the Warrington Monument.
The height of the Washington Monument is
now 100 feet, six of which have been added
since the work was commenced last August
Two courses q day Isl the average work. Each
course adds two feet'to the height. It is esti-
mated that if everything goes along smoothly
the height Of the moAument at the close Of
the present working season will be $50 feet.
When completed the monument will be $50
feet high r,f r s.,r.-=..g
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
-. Def.ndea = aRrever.

Rev. ]. N. Spear, at a temperance meeting at
Reading, Pennsylvania, arose and defended a
brewer named Lauer, who was being personally
attacked, and the good brethren took Rev. Mr..
Spear by the coat collar and forcibly walked
him out. Mr.. Spear published a bitter letter,
and promises to get up new organization.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Taxing Hotels.

Mayor Means, of Cincinnati, has notified
hotel keepers that they will be required to pay
an annual tax of s25 to 1,COo, the amount,
according to law, being left to his option.
This law has long been in existence as dead
letter, but it seems Mayor Means means to
make something out Of it. The hotel keepers
are organizing, and win resist the matter in
the Couts
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Gamnoaor. Nu,,,. neath.

Commodore Mutt, the dwarf, is dead, and the
physician attending him in his last illness re-
fusing to give his friends certificate Of his
death, Coroner Elinger, of New York City, was
obliged to hold an autopsy SO as to grant
burial permit. His body was removed to New
Hsmpshire. ~ n =. 80
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
search for the .Ieanne,fe.

Secretary Hunt has forwarded instructions
to Commander Cooper, commanding the
United States Steamer ALI ance, now at Nor
folk, Va, to oprepare his slip with all dispatch
to proceed on a cruise in search of the Jeanette
between Greenland, Icelaud and the coast of
Norway, and as far the northern coast Of
Spitzbergen, il it is possible to get there with
out endangering the vessel =. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
ADec,.lve Character in Trouble.

John Carmichael, of Alexandria, Virginia,
wrote postal card to Senator Vance contain
ing the following expression: 'Please send
me your speech on that id dog Mnhone."
Mr.. Carmichael by invitation of the United
States Commissioner, viii explain all about it
to Grand Jury. There is a law against send
ing scurrilous matter through the mails
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

Postmaster General James says he hopes to
have progressed sufficiently 70 the Star Route
frauds Investigation tohayea ali warrants issued
and arrests made early in June. They expect
to prove the existence on ahugs conspiracy to
rob the Government, and to produce evidence
to show how much money was stolen, and to
whom it was paid. Strong appeals, mingled
with threats, are. going mp to President Garfield
against the prosecution of the investigation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Hirhv.ym.n K.ke. i. f5ooa H.ul.

r. N. Paisley, Superintendent of the Coke
Works st Eniontown, ronn., robbed by
highwzymen Of $4,000. He had drawn the
money 10 pay the operatives at the works, but
was overhauled Is above stated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
mo Chri.tl.n N.bb.,h.

Tho General Assembly of the q. P. Church,
In session ct Pittsburg, adopted a resolution
urging Congress to abolish the internal mail
service on the Sabbath, and keep a stricter OBJ
serYanceo Of the Lords Day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

At . meeting Of the New York Greenbackers
an address was prepared to present to the
National Greenback Committee, conyening ut
st. Louis. June !. It was decided to hold the
State Convention at Elyria, August 8, next.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Terrible Accident to a saloon.

At st. Joseph, Missouri, an explosion Of
fifteen barrels Of Danforth's fluid, stored In o
cellar on Edmund street, occurred at 8 O'Clock
In the evening. The floor over the cellar was
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
sIa.. Faetor,e. shuttiur nan,

The window-glass manufacturers of Pitts
burg, at q meeting, unanimously agreed to
shut down their factories, June 1, for the sum-
mer. Overproduction and high wages caused
the movements The. customary time for closing
for hot weather has been July l. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

SOME persons are born with strong
natural instinct to be just. But it is also
habit of mind which may be increased
and improved by study and reflection,
and which should be sedulously culti-
Vata6
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

4 dispatch from the City Of Mexico sayslthe
Grant contract was approved by the Senate,
and that Grant and Eads have left for the
United etateaA < 81 ~ - C,1oCC
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
nlau Ons

A boiler In 7. L. Risk q Co.'s foundry at
Memphis blew up, killing two'men and serious
~ injuring three others. The Coroner's jury
found the Arm guilty of employing an incom-
petent engineeE boy fifteen years old.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

n. A. Bakers Bank, at Fon du Lac, has
failed, and the eloss will be over s3Oo;OOO.
Baker and his cashier, Burroughs, are under
arrest -Ths Popalaee- are indignant. Pistols
were drawn on Burroughs, and it was with
difficulty his Life was saved
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
q ! The R.,o-,. ro,o.,.

Another report from Mexico says ex-Presi-
dent Grant will not receive the concessions he
desires Tor his latest railroad enterprise, and
that he Is coming home discouraged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

At Cedar, Scott County, Arkansas, two
young men named Austin and Brannon, who
were desperately in love with young lady,
concluded 70 settle by fighting duel, and
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

AneNcoini Is being stuck in France for pre-
sentation to the Monetary Conference on its
reassembling. It is composed of gold and sill
yer in equal proportions, and is to circulate as
Q Eve franc piece
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

The Galician corn merchants have received
urgentb warning to withdraw grain stored in
Russia, as there is danger Of general plunder
and destruction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
VOL. XIV--NO. %.
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stepping ak PAGES apart, at given signal,
fired five or six shots each. Brannon fen NOR
tally wounded. Austin was arrested, but
escaped and is still at large.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

Luo btAbuo Ol .AeAn8ol 1Aff1Su6 Was UNVEILED
IN Madison Square, New York, on the 25th
inst. Admiral n. Smith conducted the cere-
monies and Jos. b. Choate delivered the ora
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

ThO New Teslauent.
gThe2 demand for the New Testament il
greater than the supply. People are de-
termined to be good.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
: 9H. e. 9s.--st. /.

a dispatch from Copenhagen announces the
arrest Of Jergenson, editor Of the Socialist
paperTthe Rsrdld-on the chargePof melting
to murder tie King and establish the Com
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

SNUFF takers very seldom have head
colds, because the membranes become
thickened,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
A Protest. Against He..y Heirnan's Exc

Amass neetingof people in New York agreed
10 protest against the hanging of Hessy
HslfmAn in Russia, and sent the Gear cable
dispatch to that effect.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
rAs aab ana lthe weria,s Fsir.


The merchants of Boston are taking steps to
successfully inaugurate q Worlds Fair, to be
held in that city In 1885.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
ma nen re.,ament.

The village Of Harrison, Arkansas, was
almost totally destroyed by fire last week, the
york of incendiaries, s.lf ls 40 r..lr1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
-.
Cereal CrOuL

The Census Bureau furnishes the following
statement, giving the results of the first count
of cereal crops of 1s7s-sO in comparison with
that of 1S69-70: s. a.. rs5-I
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

The sbWeeoish Government Is becoming
alarmed, and contemplates legislation in view
of emigration which. Is assuming the proper
tions Of an exodus. Several counties are
practically denuded Of abIe-bodied inhabi-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

! colored man, and a number Of colored men
were in there at the time, all of whom lost
their lives. The number can not be ascer-
tanned. but is variously estimated from fifteen
TO forty-fve. Five bodies were recovered, all
burned beyond recognition. Itis said that one
white woman WAS in the place at the time of
the casualty. The building was totally demol-
ished, and instantly the inmates were all buried
in the debris, which were completely enveloped
by the hot flame of the burning fluid. Water
was freely used by the Fire Department, but
was of no avail. Several thousand people sur
rounded the scene of the disaster, many women
and children screaming and bewailing the loss
of their husbands and fathers or friends. The
conclusion shook the buildings for several
blocks distant
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
[ MNs 0FF rHiBb II WEEK, !
Mrs. Garasla keeoverinr.
a viIliaxe Burned.

mrs. PRESIDENT Garfield Is slowly recovering
from her late serious illness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

Paris cable special to the New York Euen-
ing Telegram, under date of May %, says that
the Intrdnsigedrt announces that at o'clock
on the morning of the 18th inst, just four
days after the birth of her child, Hessy Helf-
man, whom everybody supposed to be alive
and awaiting the pleasure Of Alexander, was
hanged in prison. 1t is said she had been tor
tured daily in the most fiendish manner to
wiring confession from her. Night after
night she was awakened and warned that her
hour was near. For several days in succession
she was literally strung up, and cut down only
just in time to prevent expiring. On the
morning Of the 10th the hanging process is
said to have lasted little too long, and when
Hessy was cut down it was discovered that. she
was strangled to death. The I1ara,asigeant
adds that the indignation and excitement at
st. Petersburg are intense. The troops have
been forbidden to leave their barracks on any
pretense, and a revolutionary movement seems
to be anticipated IS ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
ne Couxhea up n bullet.

Gen. VIM. Bolton, of Norristown, Pa, last
week was relieved Of Confederate bullet in his
neck, which has been source of pain for sew
enteen years past. While Colonel of the 51st
Regiment Pennsylvania. Volunteers, and await
ing orders on mound at the time of the fa-
nous mine explosion at Petersburg, July 80,
1854, Confederate canister ehell exploded
near him and small bullet entered the lower
right jaw at the very point where he had re-
ceiyed a bullet wound several years previous at
the battle of Antietam. Forty distinct incis-
ions was made few weeks later
but without si1ccess. Since then Gen.
Bolton has felt pain and oppression
in his neck, especially during damp
weather. Last week he had occasion to stoop
while attending to customer in his store, and
was Immediately taken with violent fit of
coughing. Placing his hand instinctively over
his mouth something dropped into his hand.
On removing the blood and mucous covering
of the object, he found it to be the painful
little ball of Confederate cast iron. It was
covered with rust, weighed 273 grains Troy,
and the surface was covered with sharp ridges
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02
COR R ESP0 N DE N C E
UP TO $50 CUT"

RowLEsBURa, w. VA, June 81, 1881.
To the MINING JOURNAL:
Ever since I arrived here 7 have
heard the people talk of going "up to
so Cut" and thinking it would be
worth my while to take the trip-it
is only four and a half miles ST, with
a friend, boarded one Of the helping
eng mes, stationed here to assist in
getting trains up the grades, and
started to the "Cut," and I think that
for the distance there is more inter
esting scenery than in any other four
and a half miles in the country.
The heavy grade starts at this place
and it keeps the fireman working
harder than the engine to keep up
steam. In ascending we passed first
over the "little trestle," very large
one by the way, but it is called little
merely from comparison with the huge
affair short distance farther up the
hill.
The scene up Tray Run from the
big trestle' is a wild and picturesque
enc and would be grand study for
an artist. But the 1850 is putting
and snorting upwards and we haven't
time to get much more than passing
glance at Tray Run before we are
right at Buckhorn Wall, an immense
pile of masonry built by the B. g. O.
railroad company in getting their
road through. At this place there
are beautiful flower beds in which
during the summer choice flowers are
placed by the company to relieve the
monotony of the journey to the dust
begrimed traveller. Here there is
also fine fountain from which the
water ascends to height of about 10
feet. Beyond the great wall is an
other called Little Buckhorn WALL"
smaller than the first, but itself a
giant in assisting such stupendous
enterprise as the building of this read
through such d fficult track OF ooun-
try. At the foot of the mountains up
which the track winds. runs in pic
turesque meanderings the beautiful
Cheat River, now roaring like cata-
ract as it bounds away over rocks and
through narrow passages. Anon it
spreads out into broad, quiescent
sheet of water which glistens in the
sunlight as though 1t were a large
mirror in which the magnificent old
Cheat mountains are wont to look to
see if their rugged, scanned and
Scared faces have changed in the
centuries during which they have stood
guard beside the river. All pleasures
must come to an end, however, and
this one the same as the rest.
RowlesburR is tolerably old set
Element and has about four hundred
inhabitants. 1t is a station where
from six to eight helping engines are
kept to assist trains up to Cranberry
Summit going east and to 80 Cut"
going west. The town may improve
somewhat es it has some few enter
prising citizens, but it will never be
very large, because there is no room
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02
CUMBERLAND LETTER.

a Grumbler's Comp!aint-7he Health Of
Cumberland Heating and Harmony"
CUMBERLAND, June 81, 1881.
To the MINING JOURNALS:
I can see no good reason for the ex.
istence of church bells, and I cay this
without meaning to reflect on that
good brother who in Charlemagne' s
time invented them. | can see no.
thing musical in them, even in chimes.
PEOPLE do not have to be rung to the
theatre, TO market or to court; then
why to church ? The Mahommedans
are orthodox on this point. In Their
simple and stately worship the tintin-
nabulation of the bells has no place.
If had been in Cairo this morning
/ stead of Cumberland should have
had nv morning nap undisturbed.
Cumberland ia greatly exercised
concerning its health. 1t is a mild
form of humbug that breaks ont
every now and then Friday night
We had DR.. G. w. Chancellor, a can.
nom ball foreheaded, gibbous bellied
rather brainy man fancy, to lecture
en- sanitary science at the Academy
OF Music. The audience was "small
but respectable" as the "reportaires
express it in their vigorous and origi'
nal way. AS matter CT fact there
is net a healthier town on the cent?.
nent, unless it be Frostburg. And
strange to say, those wards are the
healthiest that are upon the race and
the canal basin. The doctors keep
saying Cumberland ought to be un.
healthy but it obstinately persists in
being the opposite. We are always
on the brink of a pestilence that
never comes. Still since the mill
dam has been carried away and the
prism of the race made thereby as
dry as a brick there may be danger
The city should purchase Mr.. Will.
sons easement of it and see that it is
kept continually flushed out.
Tho State convention last week
fully demonstrated the utter impo'
tence of the Hamilton boom. sup
pose nobody will assert that our State
government is perfect or that nc
ground for improvement and reform
exists. Governor Hamiltons assaults
do contain good deal of what is
new and what is true but uufortu.
nately what is new is not true, and
what is true is not new. The last
Legislature did a great deal more in
the way OF reform than it ever got
credit for. 1 think the next may be
expected to do still more. The Gov
ernor, it seems to me, has shown a
remarkable incapacity for leadership
in this entire affair. The people dis
trust his sincerity and he has lost his
old hold on the people. A grave face
with an impenetrable manner may
accomplish much. but of late people
have begun to suspect that Mr.. Ham.
ilton had been a greatly overrated
politician there has grown up con
viction that the image the democracy
has bowed before 70 many years is
not gold after all but brass. Still
fancy the criticisms of the press dc
not affect this gentleman very much
What does an old umbrella that hat
been out in the rain for forty years
care for a small shower?. ScALPEL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02
MiscellaneOt ; Advertisements.
Sun Mutual Aid Society
OF BALTIMORE CITY, MP.
Hnuln QMno No LILO Gnu q
Home office, No. us. GaU st
REFERFNCEs:


Hon. J. Tome, Banker, Port DEPOSIT;
Hon. F. Stump, Judge Elkton; Thomas
Mallalieu, Manufacturer, Mlligton; II. G.
Vickcrs, Attorne, at.Law, Chesteriown;
A. II. Weldon, Attorney.at-L Law, Centre
vile; Sudler & Pierce, Merchants, Suder-
ville Col. Jas, Wallace, Attorney-at-Law,
Cambridge; Hon. o. Hammond. Attorney
at-Law, Easton; Geo NJ. Russum. Denton;
Col. T. s. Hodson, Collector of Port Girls
field; B. Everett Smith, Editor, Snow Hill;
Col. VIM. }. Leonard, Capitalist, Sa sbury;
Hon. j. II. Price, Ex.Judee, Belair Hon
ii. Vandcrford, Editor, Westminster II.
Clay Nail, Register, Frederick City;
Blackston & Ellegood, Attorneys-at Law,
Cumberland; S. Thomas Mccullough At
torney-at.Law, Annapolis; j. S. Jameson
Educator, Bryanlown; S. T, Love, Physi'
clan, st. Clements Bay, Md; Hon. James
B Groome, U. S. Senator, Washington, ID
c.; Hon. j. A. j. Creswell, Banker and
Attorney-at-Law, Washington, d. q.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02

Buffalo, N. Y, James Donnelly, o.
Baltimore, was elected president, and
Archbishop Gibbons chaplain.
THERE has been formed at Pied
mont, W. Va, new gas coal com.
rany, called the Consolidated Coal
and Mining Company of West Vir'
ginia. John Sheridan, R. X. Snyder
and John Wilson, Jr., Of Piedmont
R. D. Wilson, of Bridgeport, w. Va.
and P. E. Haldeman, of Cumberland
are directors. John Sheridan is pres,
idsnt, and John Wilson, Jr., secretary.
The mines of the new company are
located two miles west Of Bridgeport
w. Va, where the company have $50
acres of land, underlaid by nine.
foot vein of gas coal. They have
commenced shipments. BALTIC. Sun.
A GREAT ENTERPRIsE.-West Vir-
ginia is rich in deposits of coal ard
iron, whose extent has been roughly
estimated, but never accurately meas
ured. She has more valuable timber
than any State east CT the Mississippi
river, with the possible exception Of
Michigan. Up to this time her best
mines and most valuable forests have
not deem touched, because many Of
the interior counties have not rail-
road Within their limits and have no
fac lities whatever for transporting
heavy products. The railroad Tex
tension" which was set on foot in this
city on Saturday will bring long
tier of counties into communication
with the two trunk lines that cross
the State, and will open a mining and
numbering region within two hundred
and fifty miles Of the seaboard, which
has as yet been scarcely explored by
the capitalists, and whose resources
many years of active enterprise and
industry will not exhaust. The gen.
tlemen who have projected the West
Virginia Central and Plttsburg Rail
way have the means to build the read
and TO develop the country through
which it has been located. -Balto. Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02

APoRTABLEc concern is the ReveiIle'S
Clear6eld coal region. 1t already
laps over and takes in the adjoining
counties" and in a year or two per
haps, like the "centre Of population, ="
will step over and settle down on us.
Then our people will have to move
out to make room for the rats.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02

The Easton (Md.) Ledger, always
bright, was particularly brilliant last
Thursday. It's Two and-a-half col
umns of editorials were filled with
good sense.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02

PERHAPS the RtveiUe don't know
that West Virginia, embolying the
largest coal deposits in the world, and
Clearfeld the smallest, are both mere
outcrops, south and north, Of the
Georges Greek coal region
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-07-02
NEW EMPORIUM OF
Art and Picture Gallery

ROGERS, THE ARTIST,
rs OCCUPYING HIS NEW GALLERY
4 in the Porter Building, on Broadway
Neithe" expense or labor has been spared
to make it complete throughout.
We Have All Needed Facilities.
Our light is equal TO the best in the world.
We are determined to please. Our prices
are low. TIN types have been reduced.
We say without fear of contradiction
that we have the best, finest and cheapest
selection Of
FRAMES
ever brought TO Frostburg. Moulding
of the latest patterns Oh hand. We will
make frames to order cheaper than they
can be bought elsewhere.
Pictures and Fancy Articles, such as
Fine Chr2mos, Artotypes, Water Colors,
Embossed Oil, etc always on hand.
We earnestly solicit n call and will al
ways be pleased to show goods whether
you want to buy or not.
Thankful to friends and patrons, one
and all, for past favors, am, etc,
A. A. ROGERS,
Photo. Artist.
Gallery in the Porter Building, opposite
Getzendanner property, Broadway.
Branch Gallery at Lonaconing in Mrs.
Bells Building. G. A. TREAT,
May 7.tf Operator.