The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-23
LATER NEWS,

The receipts Of the Cincinnati Opera Festival
reach $95, 900.
THE winter in Alaska is reported as being
unusually severe.
AT LOUISVILLE q jury awarded Mike McCay
81, 500 for injuries recsived while coupling cars
on rSe Louisville. and Nashville Railroad.
AT BELLEvnLE, Texas, Miles Thompson WAS
hanged for outrsging Mrs. johnson and killing
her father, who attempted to arrest him. He
confessed his crime on the gallows.
The estimated loss by the Haverhill, Mass,
fire is 80, 00O, 900; insurance, $1,000,000 The
fire burned out 1O2 shoe factories, and 200
other firms. Two thousand people are out Of
employment. Three lives were lost.
THE Governor of Virginia has captured the
piratical oyster fleet of six schooners, one sloop
and sixty-one men. Eighteen shots were fired
through the rigging of one of the schooners,
and she was chased thirty-fve miles before
brought to.
MAJOR WARNER, aged eighty, former keeper
of Libby Prison, at the revival meeting OF Mrs.
Oliver, the evangelist, at Atlanta, Ga, has
been converted to the faith. 1t is stated that
q brother of the lady was starved to death at
Libby under Major Warmers administration.
| NEAR Centerville, Texas, 8 party Of two
negroes, with their wives, while riding along
| the road in a wagon, were fired on by man
named Lyle with ashotgun, themen being killed
and the women mortally wounded. The murder
was the result of difficulty between child Of
Lyle and the negroes.
THE Friend & Fox paper manufacturing firm,
of Cincinnati, has been victimized out Of q
| large amount Of money by Chicago business
sharper named VIM. G. Clark, formerly at the
head Of the Clark, Friend, Fox d Co.'s whole
sale paper house at Chicago. Clark bought out
the other partners at small figure, and trans
| ferred the business to a rival house for $175,-
0OO of which $112, 900 was in cash or good
commercial paper, leaving S1SO, 900 of the origi-
nal firms paper still ahoat and for which
Friend Fox are held responsible.
A DISPATCH from Buenos Ayers says particu-
lars have been received there of the massacre
Of inhabitants of Pisco by Peruvian soldiery.
Col. Mas with 800 troops from lea, attacked
villaricencio, and routed him, and with the aid
of his men proceeded to sack Pisco. thou
sand pipes of wine were distributed among the
men, who burned houses aud murdered the
inhabitants. Four hundred foreigners who
attempted to resist were cut to pieces, 800 being
killed, including the French Consul. The total
number of victims was 1000. It is said Col.
Mas has since been shot by Gracia Calderon'l
troops.
AT meeting held in Cincinnati, under th'
auspices Of the Socialists. the following resolu
tions were adopted in protestation of the dec
laration by Judge Porter in the Guiteau tria
that political assassins should not be allowed
refuge "Resoloed: That we condemn any ant
every attempt to narrow or abolish the right O.
refuge for political fugitives as anti-repubican
RESOLVED, That where the people are forbidden
to express their views under penalty Of mos
cruel and barbarous punishment, or to protoc
themselves legally and lawfully against tn
usurpation of tyrants, there is no other remed.
left open to them except to battle against fore
with force"