The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-23
Mason I'm the ren,tent,.ry.


as very remarkable feat, especially for
woman.
Mason I'm the Penitentiary.
A writ of habeas corpus was prepared in the
Sergeant Mason case, on the ground that the
court-martial had no jurisdiction in time Of
peace, and even il it had it exceeded its powers
in imposing a sentence in excess of the punish
ment authorized by law. The writ was refused
by the Court, and Mason was taken to the
Albany Penitentiary, hand-cuffed and in charge
Of four armed men, on the 18th inst.
The Fate OF DeLong and Party.
Mrs. Melville, Of New York, wife Of Lieut..
Melville, Engineer Of the Jeanette exploring
has received letter from her hus-
band, in which he speaks Of DeLong and others
rs having persisted at the mouth of the Lena
River, and intimates that when he set out on
the search in which he is now engaged it was
without hope OF finding his comrades alive, but
amply to perform the melancholy duty Of dis
covering, if possible, their dead bodies, and
whatever other traces Of their hardships and
adventures they might have left behind them.
UnparaIIeled Disaster In Costa Rica.
A dispatch from Panama, March IS, says:
/" Intelligence has just reached here Of an ap-
palling earthquake in Costa Rica. Advices
thus far state four towns have been destroyed.
These are Alajuela, Sanramor, Grecia, and
Heridia. In Alajuela alone there were several
thousand lives lost. Those left alive there are
homeless. The loss Of life has been something
fearful. Thousands Of inhabitants have been
swallowed up, and the destruction of property
is widespread. Alaiuela, the largest place re-
ported destroyed, is city Of Costa Rica,
twenty-nine miles southwest Of Catargo, by
rail, with population Of s,000."
The Mia.ion to China
John Russell Young, of New York, has been
appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States to China.
1t is stated that upon Grants Recommendation,
this mission was to have been rendered Mr..
Young by President Garfield, which the latter
had decided to do IS q recognition Of
the services of Grant during the CAM
paign. Mr.. Young at that time had
agreed to accept the appointment, but con-
trary to his own wish, as he is without family
and comfortably fixed in New York. His ao-
ceptance Of the appointment now, it is stated,
is doubtful.
Freak OF q Crank.
Henry Remshaw entered the private Office Of
DIR. Gray, Of the Vale Lunatic Asylum, Utica,
N. Y, and shot him, but the wound was not
fatal. Remshaw then went to Jail and gave
himself up. Remshaw labors under the de-
lusion he was an ambassador from heaven sent
by President Garfeld's assassin and others to
shoot DIR. Gray. Remshaw had with him when
ooa ad IN ioi1 two and oy,a
single barrel revolver and one repeater. one
dirk, cleavers, and . bottle Of chloroform,
with about thirty bundles OF cartridges. DR..
Gray was medical expert for the Government
in the Guiteau case.
Killed BY Moonshiners.
Captain Jas. s. Davis, Deputy United States
Revenue Collector, was waylaid and instantly
killed, about three miles from McMinniville,
Tenn, by gang of about twenty men, who
were concealed behind an embankment of logs
on the roadside. Davis brains were shot out,
and there were over thirty bullet holes in his
body. OF the desperate encounters and hair
breadth escapes he has passed through q volume
could be written. He has arrested fully three
thousand men, and has done more than any
other individual to break up Illicit distlling in
Tennessee. He has killed several men, and in
time his name grew odious to large class OF
law-breakers who vowed TO revenge themselves
sooner or later.
why Mason Was Tried by Courf-Martial
The statement is made public that before {
court-martial was ordered for the trial oi
Sergeant Mason, Gen. Hancock offered to sur
render him to the civil authorities, but this wai
declined. He directed Gen. Ayres, in command
at Washington, to inform District Attorne,
Corkhill that Mason was at the disposal of tn,
civil authorities, and would be held subject t.
their order. General Ayres communicated Will
Mr.. Corkhill and reported to Gen. Hancocl
that he had decided that Mason's act was
breach of military discipline, punishable a
such, and that he proposed to leave the matte
to the military authorities. It was not unit
then that Gen. Hancock ordered the court
martial.
Pretty Well Fixed Vet
Somehow the report became circulated II
New York that Jay Gould was unloading hi
stocks because he stood in need of money
The report annoyed Mr.. Gould, and to satisf
several persons that the reports were doinl
him an injustice, he sent for Sage, Field
Works and other well-known fnanciers, an,
when they gathered at his Office, he opened
package containing $53,OOO,O0O in stocks a
their face value. In them were $23, 900, 600 o
Western Union Telegraph and $4,000, 600 O
Missouri Pacific Railroad stock. Speaking O
the matter to reporter, afterwards, Mr.. Sag
said: He told me he held 800, ,0OO, 900 O
Western Union. I had supposed he might hay
about half that amount, and consequently ae
cepted the assertion with little grain of sal,
BE sent for me this morning and Ldidn't kno'
what he wanted. I went in and there wer
several persons there, and Gould asked us
look at these stocks. 1t was perfectly amazing
Why, there were $3,0OO,OO0 more of Wester
Union than he had told me about"