The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-13
IMPORTANT EVENTS
ColIated and Compiled from all
Quar- ers.
AT HOME.


Quar- ers.
AT HOME.
AT BEAUMONT, Texas, Samuel Jones was
called out of his house by Barney Brown
and shot dead
A TORNADO in Crawford County, Kansas,
July 8, destroyed large amount of prop
erty, killed two people, and severely in
jured several others.
G. w. BEANS has filed libel in the
United States District Court at Wheeling,
w. Va, to compel the owners of the steam
er Scioto, sunk at Mingo Junction, on the
Fourth of July. to forfeit S., $50 for carry
ing greater number of passengers than
authorized by her papers. The United
States Statutes provide that steamer
carrying number of passengers in excess
of that allowed by the Inspector, shall for
felt the passage money and ten dollars for
each passenger in excess, half of which
forfeit goes to the informant"
ALL the convicts in the State Prison of
Massachusetts, have been put on bread and
water for insubordination. The more
turbulent are kept in dark cells, or chained
to the grating. They refuse to work, de-
manding two hours holiday liberty and
recreation in celebration of the Fourth OF
July, which, it appears, was denied them.
Threats to kill the Warden are loud and
repeated.
]. 81. PLAUT, bankrupt st. Louis
clothier, committed suicide by drowning.
THE Trustees of Williams College, Viii.
Jamestown, Mass, have voted to give Pro-
fessor Hewitt, of Chicago, the Chair OF
Ancient Languages, and to endow the
professorship with the Garfield Memorial
Fund, instead of using it to establish a
chair for some leading political teacher, as
first intended
Rev. III. NEWMAN WRIGHT, who is now
having trouble with the officers of his
church, at New Lots, Long Island, while
pastor OF the Congregationalist Church al
Northfeld, was accused of setting the
church on fire, and afterward brought suit
to recover damages for libel, which is still
pending in the Suffolk County Courts
During Mr.. Wright's pastorate in North
field skunk was put in the church edi
fee on one Saturday night, in order, as one
of the discontented members said, thai
they might have "a strong church." Or
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same church, the organ was pitched from
the choir gallery to the floor below. Mr.
Wright had been Methodist Episcopal
and Protestant Episcopal minister before
he became a Congregationalist He's 6
lively fellow.
THE four children of Bryan Foley, al
Burlington, Vermont, were fatally pois
oned by eating green currants.
J. L. RHODES and brother Julian are
under arrest at Bradford. Pennsylvania,
charged with the murder of their mother.
THE report comes from Washington that
the body of Guiteau has been removed
from the grave to the Army Medical
Museum.
Troy, Ohio, reports the death of Samuel
Myers at the infrmary of that county, at
the extreme age of 1o8 years, having been
born June 8, 1774.
OSCAR WILDE's agent purchased three
sleeping-car tickets from Atlanta to Savan-
nah, and when the three berths were occu-
pied one of the occupants was a negro
Wilde's valet Official remonstrance was
made by the Pullman agent that it was
against the Company's rule for negroes to
have sleeping berths. Wilde insisted
that the darkey should ride with him, anG
said that he had done SO all over the
South without remonstrance, and that ht
should stay where he was. He was theI
informed that if negro was seen to b,
riding in the sleeping-car the people at thu
next station would gut the car. Upor
this Wilde receded, and the negro went t.
q common car.
THE Atlanta and Chattanooga journal
lists, who want to fight duel, it appears
cannot find each other. Editor Howell
and Captain Jackson, of the Atlanta Con
stitution, waited in Alabama twenty-fou
hours for their opponents, who, not put
ting in an appearance, the duel was de
clared off,
Rev. ROSWELL FOSTER, a Congregations
minister, is nominated by the Greenback
ers for Congress in the Third (Iowa) Dis
trict.
AT JERSEY LANDING, little town on tn
Mississippi, Edward O'Hara, farmer o
about fifty years of age, probably mur
dered John Carroll, and attempted to mur
der his wife. O'Hara is believed to be in
sane.
A BEeeAR died in the poor-house O
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, an,
upon his person were found $4,000 in Sc
curities and bag of gold.
Ar KIRKwooD, Missouri, Guy Smith, age,
thirteen years, was punished by his fathe
for fighting with a brother, whereupon h
shot and killed his father.
PRINoEss SoULoUaUE, of Hayti, arrive
in New York July Z. She proposes "doing'
America. .,e -e...i
In THE mountains of Van Buren, County
Arkansas, a woman and her three childrel
were found starved to death. They live
In little hut in an isolated location
When found, one of the children was stil
alive but died in a few hours. They ha
eaten flesh from their arms in their et
forts to preserve life.
THREE lottery dealers have been ser
fenced to Imprisonment at st. Louis, two
Herman Bruner and John Black, to tw
years each, and John Glordan, to 81
months. Now it will be in order fo
Governor Crittenden to pardon them.
A NEGRO was lynched ON the 7th inst, s
Iredell, Texas, for outraging the person {
Mrs. w. P. Pugh, the wife of a farmer.
THE official majority for the prehibitio
amendment in Iowa is 29,43S.
DR. JOEL PRESCOTT, of Chicago, was mu
dered in his Office July 8, by unknow
persons.
GOVERNMENT officers near the Mexit
border captured nine smugglers and kille
two in the struggle. One of the Office
was killed.
THE striking miners in the Pan Hand
district of Pennsylvania are reported in
destitute condition.
WALTER MALLERY and Blanche Douglas
who were acquitted of the murder
Jennie Cramer, at New Haven, Connect
cut, and who feigned contemptfor each 9th
during trial are attending places of anus
ment together and enjoying life general
The following is list of the names
persons whose bodies have been take
from the water in consequence of the &C
lision on the Ohio River at Mingo Jun
Nen on the Fourth of July: Of Well
Vile, Charley Leith, Bell Brande
Sarah Kiddy, E. P. Smith, Ellis Smit
Joe Conpor, David Fogo, Linco