The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-20
ligious enthusiasts who regard him as the
Messiah

Iigious enthusiasts who regard him as the
Messiah.
THIRTEEN hundred Christian refugees
were saved in the Coptic Church, Alexan-
dria, during the massacre.
A WOMAN has been shot and killed at
Balla County, Mayo, Ireland, for taking
farm from which former tenant had been
evicted.
Mr.. JOHN BRIGHT has given to the Lon
don correspondent of the New York Tri-
bune his reason for resigning his seat in
the English Cabinet, which is ''sheer alb
horrence of war"
DOMESTIC.
On THE 18th inst New York reported
three deaths and six prostrations from heat.
SIX boys have died of lockjaw in the
vicinity of Boston from wounds caused by
toy pistols on July 4.
DAYTON, Ohio, has female attorney,
who has just tried case before his Honor,
the Mayor. A correspondent says: She
is q handsome, petite young Italiann VINO
probably never before saw the inside OF an
American courtroom. She appeared as
the attorney of an old lady friend, who
was charged with disturbing the peace.
When she addressed the court she looked
the picture of eloquence, and her words
flowed smoothly from her lips in spite of
her bushes. She made an impression on
his Honor, and gained the case for her eli
ent''
In THE Scioto investigation, at Wheeling,
Va, VIM. Mccormick, Moundsville sa-
loonist, swore that pilot Keller, of the
Scioto, was so drunk in his place that the
bar-keeper refused to give him liquor, ad-
vising him to go to bed and sleep it off.
The bar-keeper contradicted McCormick's
evidence, however Thomas Wilson and
Columbus Stewart, who were in the pilot
house, said that Keller was sober. Wilson
was with him while the boat lay at
Moundsville. Keller took but one small
drink. The bar-keeper corroborated this.
THE investigation into the causes of the
disaster to the Scioto at Mingo Junction,
July 4. was begun at Wheeling on the 18th
before Supervising Inspector Fehrenbatch
and Local Inspectors Young and Wilson.
Testimony seemed to prove that the pilot
of the !, oat was not intoxicated as has been
reported.
JOHN RowsEY shot and killed his
nephew, William Lamb, in Boyle County,
Kentucky, the 18th inst. Rowsey is one
of eight brothers, five of whom, it is al
legged, have been shot or hung as despera-
does.
ORANeEMEN celebrated the battle of the
Boyne in several cities on the 18th.
IT Is said the bouquet which Mrs. SEQ
vile endeavored to convey to Guiteau the
day preceding his execution has been ana
lived and enough arsenic found in it to kill
dozen men.
Two BROTHERS named Flaherty, recently
returning to Ireland from America, have
been arrested on suspicion OF completely
in the Phoenix Park murders. They were
remanded for week.
SIX business blocks have been destroyed
by fire in Dayton, Washington Territory;
loss $500, 900.
DAYTON, Ohio, reports two deaths from
lockjaw, caused by toy pistol-explosionso on
July 4.
LATER accounts from Texarkana, Texas,
says twenty eight bodies have been taken
from the ruins of the Paragon Saloon, and
dozen or more are supposed to have per-
ished
In Orange County, Texas, John Good
wyn killed w. Windham's dog. Wind
ham followed Goodwin and his brother
in-law, Moran, with gun. He shot and
killed them both, but himself received a
wound from which he died within an
hour.
THE strike among the New York freight
handlers has assumed a new phase. Many
of the Italians heretofore engaged by the
railroad companies at Castle Garden to re-
place the strikers, left work and joined the
strikers Unions. The result is that Sc
rious blockade is again threatened. 1t is
believed the management of the strike has
passed almost entirely into the hands of
the Trades Unionists and Socialists.
LEADvIILE is in bad way. Her Mayor
and City Council were arrested and fined
$3.50 each, and sentenced to ten days in
Jail for contempt of Court. The Police
Judge and City Attorney were also re-
moved.
TR1TTY THOMPSON and Kitty Hardy quar-
relied near Lewiston, N. C. The latter
used an ak and the former a huge-carving
knife, with which she soon hacked the
former to pieces.
CINCINNATI has raised So, 600 for Russian
refugees, thousand of whom have arrived
there during the past few days.
MRS ABRAHAM LINCOLN died at Spring.
field, Illinois, July 16. Mrs. Lincoln had
great sense of wrong, not only in the loss
of her husband, but in the treatment
she has received from the world
since that event. She spent good deal OF
time in Europe in a wandering, aimless
way, seeking impossible health and conso.
lation for cureless wounds. Mrs. Lin.
coin was Kentucky lady, Her fam.
lily was one of distinction. She has rela-
tives living in this neighborhood, Mrs
Kellogg, her half-sister, and Mrs. Judge
Dickson, her cousin. Her only surviving
child is Robert Todd Lincoln, the Secre.
tary of War.
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, July 13-7:4o a. NAT
| DAYLIGHT this morning a flag of truce