The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-17

culpable negligence OF the conductor and
engineer of the first section of one of the
trains.
THE work of preparing the foundation for
Bartholdi's monument on Bedloe's Island,
New York Harbor, was to begin on the 9th,
but was postponed until the families of the
officers of the Marine Hospital remove.
Richard Butler, Secretary of the Commit
tee, says the chief Western towns are be-
| ginning to svince interest in the work, and
there is now no doubt as to the possibility
of carrying the project through in time to
erect the statue in the autumn of next year.
In fire at Baltimore few days ago,
Mr.. Adams, an aged gentleman partly par
| alyzed was suffocated and colored woman
burned to death. A colored girl endeav-
ored to escape by jumping from a third
| story window ana was fatally injured.
BY MISTAKE, large dose of cnloral was
administered to three patients in the St.
Louis Hospital few days ago. Two of
them died, but the third was revived and
may recover.
| A PRIVATE dispatch received from Dodge
City, Kansas, on tine 10th states that the
published reports of affairs in that town
have been greatly exaggerated; that there
has been no destruction of property, no
| bloodshed, and, in brief, no such sensation
as was described in the telegraphic reports.
A number OF gamblers were compelled to
leave town and special force OF police ap-
pointed to prevent their return.
A TERRIFIC wind and rain storm ragged
throughout the Northwest on the morning
| OF the 10th, causing the loss of several lives
and doing great damage to property. At
Communlpaw, N. Y, the National Storage
Oil Works were struck by lightning. six
men were killed by an explosion OF one of
the gas-tanks and $500 ,0U0 worth of oil de-
| stroyed. In Whiteside County, ILL.,, many
farm houses and barns were blown down.
Henry Speigle was killed and Mrs. Speigle
seriously injured near Sterling, LII. Many
| farms were hooded and planting greatly re-
| tarded. At Lacrosse, WIS.,, hgnJnlng struck
the house OF JAS. Eagan, fatally lnjuring
Mrs. Eagan and paraIyzing her daughter,
| aged thirteen.
AT Grand Rapids, Wis, on the 10th, Mar
| win Fenner was convicted OF murder in the
first degree for killing Jonn Hesler, and
sentenced to Imprisonment for life. His
first three days OF every year are to be
passed in solitary confinement and the 10Th
of January OF every year also in solitary
confinement. He killed his friend for pair
| OF mules.
BY A collision of two freight trains near
Highland Station, N. Y, on the 10Th, II. P.
Johnson and s. E. Burk, cattle drivers, s,were
hurled into the river and killed.
The second trial of the libel suit of James
Francis Malloy against James Gordon Ben
nett, OF the New \ ork Herald, ended with a
verdict OF $500. Malloy got verdict OF
$2O,UUO in the 1irst trial.
| ARRANGEMENTS tor the fourth annual
tournament, of the Kansas Sportsmen's
! Association, have been completed. 1t will
be held at Forest Park, Ottawa, May 20 to
| Jane 2, under the auspices of the ottawa
Gun Club. Five thousand wild pigeons will
| be furnished. The tournament Is open to
the world. Noted sportsmen from ali parts
of the Union have slgnitied their intention
| to be present. Large purses Tor prizes are
offered. Negotiations are pending TOR a
match between Bogardus and Erb.
THE crop reports 1or May, issued by the
| Agricultural bureau on the 10Th, make the
condition OF wheat, compared with the
April averages, materially lower in New
| Iork, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. The
averages are as follows: For New York,
| II; Michigan, SO; Ohio, 81; illinois, &c. A
reduction in Missouri from SO to 50 is re-
ported. Indiana and New Jersey are the
same as in April. All the remaining
Northern States show an improvement
since the April report, as well as the
| Pacific coast and nearly all the Southern
States. Oregon shows an Improvement OF
II points, and California 10. The average
condition or winter wneat is S3h against
| 80 in April. Without regard to spling
wheat the present prospect for winter
wheat area represents a loss of about
77,00O, 900 bushels.
FIVE Thousand dollars worth of gambling
apparatus was burned on the public square
| at Nashville, Tenn., on the 1Otn, by oruer OF
tine Criminal Court. Five hundred gamblers
le1t the ciJy on account OF the law making
| gambling felony.
AN Oregon Guy, Ark, dispatch of the
10th says Sam hester insulued Van r.
Elliott's wife. Elliott and his brother
hunted Hester up and riddled him with
bullets.
THE barns and stabling of Mr.. Wilkin
son, living seven miles southeast of St
Louis, burned on the 11th, and three of his
children, the eldest girl of seven years
perished in the flames. A span of horses
agricultural implements, hay, etc., wer'
also destroyed. 1t is supposed the fire,wa
started by his children while at play.
Two German residents of Chicago, c. 81
<. Muller, undertaken, and VIM. Bashorn
brewer, both married men, had duel witt
broadswords at Bowmansville, a suburb o
Chicago, a few days ago, it is alleged, owe
the affections of a maiden. Six carriage
containing the principals, surgeons ant
friends, proceeded to a rendezvous. Tn
undertaken, the challenging party, was Gu
rather severely about tine head, and crie
"Enoughn No arrests were made.
Mr.. AMAsA STONE, wealthy citizen o
Cleveland, o., committed suicide in tn
bathroom of his residence in that city o.
the 11th. the weapon used was revolver
Il No other cause is assigned for the dee,
than that OF i'll health and heavy financia
losses.
) A DISPATCH from Hermosillo, Mexico, O.
the 10Th, says: "Colonel Torres returne
last night from the Sierra Madres. He ha
been pursuing the Apacnes for twent
DAYS. He found them entrenched in
stronghold in the mountains. He attacke
them with three hundred troops, dislodge
the Indians, fanking them and chargin
them in the rear at thepoint of the bayone
; Inc 1nQldnS ueu, leetF1uS SleNeh u7ou' i'
soldiers were killed and eight seriousl
, wounded. Colonel Torres thinks the India
!. troubles in Sonora ended. The troops rt
turned to Guaymasa, Montezuma, with th
wounded, and replenished their rations."
The mother of ex-President Grant die
: suddenly on the 11th at the residence of he
:, daughter, Mrs. Corbin, at Jersey Height
New Jersey. General Grant was hastil
= summoned, but did not reach her beside u
til after she was unconscious.
{ MISS LENA DELEvAN, aged fourteen, r.
= siding at Winton, Pa, was brutally ou
= ragged near that city a few days ago
three tramps. She was found unconsciou
i and her recovery is doubtful. No arrest
have been made.
AT Clarksville, Ark, on the 18th, the jul
9 in the case of the johnson brothers, ii
- train robbers who murdered Conducts