The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-10-19


being completed as yet the exact vote in
the State cannot be given.
THE Farmers Alliance of this country |
has a membership of two huHdred thou
sand, with nine thousand in Illinois. 1t is |
claimed that it is not a political organiza- |
ton, although the influence of the All1- |
ance is used to assist in the election OF
candidates pledged to anti-monopoly, re-
gardless of party afiliation.
DURING an evening session of the Society |
for the Advancement of Woman, at Port
land, Maine, recently, Mrs. Mary E. Foster,
a practicing lawyer of Michigan, read
paper on the regulations discriminating in
favor of single women against married wo-
men,. She also described many curious le-
gal provisions regarding the marriage of
woman. This paper was discussed. The
Chinese questionIwas then. taken up, and
remarks were made by Mrs. Mary G. Peck
ham, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Miss
Eastman. Julia Ward Howe was elected
President.
The body of Mrs. W. H. Woods, of Gin
cinnati, lost on the steamer Asia, has been
recovered. The search continues.
ADvIcEs of the 18th, report the election
Mckinley, of the Eighteenth District, re-
ceiving majority of eight votes. This
makes eight Republicans to thirteen DEM
ocrats elected to Congress.
FoRTY-sIx new cases of yellow fever and
five deaths reported from Pensacola, Flori-
da, on the 18th. The authorities have is
sued another appeal for help.
WILLIAM AUSTIN was hanged on the 18th
at Lancaster, Kentucky, for the murder of
his aunt, Betsy Bland. He confessed to
the murder, and said the deed was done
while he was under the influence of
liquor.
BUSINESS failures for the week ending on
the 18th, one hundred and twelve.
PAUL PRINGLE, a colored murderer, was
hanged at Mansfield, Louisiana, on the 18th.
The Chinese Government desires to
enter some of her young men in the Mill
tary and Naval Academy of the Unite d
| States.
THE Coroner's inquest on the victims of
| the Asia disaster is concluded. The YER
dict censures the Captain for want of
judgment in leaving port in the face of a
storm. 1t censured the Board of Steam
boat Inspectors for not seeing that the
vessel carried proper certificate, and
while holding the Asia to. have been in
seaworthy condition, condemns the old
! Welland Canal style of propellers as unfit
| for lake navigation.
! Two packages of notes taken from Mead,
themurdered banker of Waupaca, Wiscon-
sin, have so far been found, one the day
after the deed, in an alley in the rear of
| the bank, the other on the 11th, on the
road leading out of the village. The exact
amount of cash taken is ascertained to be
only 1894. The amount of bonds and
notes taken can not be estimated yet, as
most of them belong to depositors. The
reward for the apprehension of the perpe-
traitors amounts to s., 600.
| The schooner Manatico, from New York
for Philadelphia, was lost on the 18th. The
Captain and seaman were saved.
OSCAR WILDE was arrested recently, at
the instigation of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association of st. John, New Bruins
wick, for breach of promise and he settled
the case by paying $780,
COLONEL A. w. SLAYBAcK, a prominent
criminal lawyer and politician of st. Louis,
was shot and killed on the evening of the
18th in the Office of the st. Louis Post Dis
patch, by the managing editor of that paper,
Mr. John A. Cockerill. formerly of Cincin-
natl. Itseems according to, the Post-Dis-
patch, Colonel Slayback, in. a public
speech, violently abused the managers of
the paper, and IN retaliation the POST
Dtspatch punhshed the cara Oh young OF.
Louis lawyer, branding Coionel SiaynaeK
as coward. Colonel oiaypacK' IN
company with friend, went
to Mr.. CockerilPs office for the purpose,
it's supposed, OF having personal satisiac-
ton, and with the result as before stated.
Colonel A. w. Slay back was grandson OF
DR.. Slayback, deceased, noted Methodist
of, Cincinnati, and well known to the citi-
zens OF that CITY, oolohel oiay PACK served
IN the Confederate service with Oeneral
Shelpy, OF missouri now residing IN
kansas City. The deceased was noted
criminal lawyer and an eloquent orator.
He~w about hfty-two years OF age and
leaves a widow and several children, two
OF his daughters being young LADIES. Mr.
John a. Cockefld Is naIiVe Oh hoams
county, ohlo, where ne at one Time pup
lshed country paper. he served as a
drummer-boy in his fathers regiment, at
Shiloh, and subsequently published a paper
r.
at Hamilton ONO, as partner Oh Clemen'
l.. Nallandlgham. While afterwards a
CLERK OF the ONO LEGISLATURE, ne cores
ponded with the Enquirer OF WAlch ne
soon became reporter ana sqceessiveiy
CITY ana managing EDITOR, serving several
years IN the latter capaclty, ana becoming
well known in Cincinnati. After visiting
Europe, he served editorlally on the Wash
lngton fost ana baltlmore GdSette, from
which latter paper ne resigned TO take tne
Managers cnair IN tne fost- -D'spd.cA' WIN
Joe Pulitzers ana mas iat'erly hao pro
proprietary interest IN thaI sneee.
AT llfton, georgia, a small stauon on
the BRUNSWICK ana Albany hallroao' a Sc
rious shooting ARRAY occurred on the 18th
Green Mayo and Martin Harreil, turpen
tine producers, met at court, and Mayo
asked for retractlon OF statements IN let
ter to him. Harrell at once fired, and be-
| tween the two men and their friends fOrty