The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-18

majority of three on joint ballot in the
Legislature.
UP to the morning of the 18th sixty
eight bodies had been recovered from the
ruins of the Milwaukee hotel fire. 1t is
claimed that many more undoubtedly
perished, but every vestige of their re-
mains have been destroyed. It is conced-
ed beyond doubt that the fire was the
work of an incendiary, but the authorities
are unable to find clue that would justify
them in the arrest of any one.
THE boiler used in running rs. Heath's
steam hay press at Cory, Pa, burst on the
11th. Six men were within few feet at
the time. Moses Weldy, of that city, had
. leg broken by flying fragment, and Al
fred Gates, owner of the premises was Sc
verely scalded by escaping steam. The
greater portion of the boiler was blown
over q barn. and struck $50 feet away.
The police have Just completed q census
showing the population of Cleveland to be
is3,oOo; gain in one year of 5000.
e GEoReE W. McDoNALD, Chillicothe
speculative broker, is charged with abscond-
ing, leaving liabilities to the amount OF
s5, 900. .-,....... .,..,,-- ..-,..-.
THE breach of promise suit of Mary A. A.
Livingston against Henry Fleming, in
Brooklyn. was concluded on the 11th. the
jury rendering verdict for the full dam
ages claimed. $4,000. In his instructions
to the jury Judge Pratt said that there was
no evidence against the character Of the
girl, and that while the suit was merely for
breach of promise of marriage, If there was
seduction the jury should consider that
fact IN awarding the damages. The jury
was out ifty.five minutes.
Coy. CuLLoM has been nominated by the
Republicans in joint caucus at Springfield,
Illinois, for the Senate.
The Attorney General of Pennsylvania
has decided to submit to the Courts for
determination the right of telegraph COM
panies to consolidate.
HERMAN ScHrLLINe. brewery collector,
while leaving his residence on East Fifty
Third street, New York, on the morning of
the 11th, he was attacked in the hallway
by ive men, who threw red pepper into his
eyes, knocked him down, and robbed him
OF sl40.
The widow Of Postal Clerk Seybolt,
killed In the railroad disaster at Tioga,
New York, recovered 81, 500 from the rail-
road company.
TIE Texas land Office issued patents for
over 9, ,0oo, 900 acres of State land for the
year ending August 81, 1882.
KELLEY's little saw mill. five miles north
Of Brookhaven, Miss, blew up at o'clock
on the morning of the 18th, wounding six
persons, Eve negroes and one white man.
The white man, W. J. McAllister, and one
negro have died.
says Vanderbilt, tired of paying the Illi-
A CHICAGO dispatch of the 18th.
nois Central a heavy rental for the use of
its tracks into that city by the Michigan
Central and desiring also free entrance for
his new acquisition, the Nickel Plate, is con-
templating the purchase of the Illinois
Central, and, in fact, has been quietly buy
ing its stock, evidently expecting to get
the aid of the Holland stockholders of that
road.
a ST. LOUIS Irishman, known as "Drunk-
en- Jack Sheehan," is under arrest for kill
ing his son James, seventeen years old. on
the 18th. The boy was lying sick in bed,
and Sheehan, who went home drunk, hit
him on the chest, from the effect. of which
he died.
The Postmaster-General calls the atten-
| ton of postmasters to the rule that post
| masters must not disclose information OBJ
| tanned by them in the discharge of their
official duties" and says: This order is in
harmony with the general policy of the
post Office department, and will be strictly
| enforced. Postmasters are, therefore, pro-
hibited from furnishing information as to
the gross weight If any publication passing
at any time at the pound rate through post
offices, or of the number or value of stamps
cancelled in payment of the postage thereon,
to any person not an official of the post
Office department. This prohibition ap
plies to all postal officials"
The body of Joseph Miehl, of Baltimore
was found on the 18th, about three miles
| north of that city, with bullet wound in
the right temple. In his right hand was 6
revolver, and in the left wine glass, an6
an empty wine bottle was on the ground
near by. On his person was found papel
| with the following, written in German
"As have lived, so have died-alway'
merry. My last glass is rendered to m!
friends" He was Bavarian by birth, anc
an engraver by trade. He had been II
this country ten years, but only q few
weeks in Baltimore, and had bad luck in
business way.
Mrs. JOHN WELFoor, of st. Johnsbury
Vermont, on the 18th gave birth to tw'
daughters and a son. Their total weight i
six pounds and thirteen ounces. Mrs
welroot has been married before, and ha
had twelve children, including two pair
of twins.
LARK1N- B. DAY, of Milwaukee, was a
New York on the 18th and made the follow
ing startling statement concerning the fir
at Milwaukee: There Il" says he, ''al
appalling Whisper going the rounds il
Milwaukee, which hope from the bottom
of my heart is not true. 1t is to the effec
that the proprietor of the hotel was in tn
habit of locking his women servants in thei
bedrooms to keep them honest, and tina
when they discovered the fire they wer
Gagged prisoners, for whom there was no e,
cape except by the windows. John F. Ar
tisdell, the proprietor, is man with bi
heart. and is friend of mine. We are mem
bers of the same Baptist Church, and n
man in Milwaukee is more respected tina
|, he. But I know his opinion Of workin
women, and that lends color to the story
Mr.. Antisdell has been insane since this
terrible night, and it is said that the loss Z
, his property is the cause of 1t. But he we
not the man to have his brain turned b
, the mere loss of his property"
The Wabash passenger train which lei
. Cairo, ILL.,, at 5 .. m. on the 18th, ws
ditched fifteen miles from that place. Tw
coaches caught ire and bu rned A nun
} Der of passengers were injured, four ,
them seriously. The cause was a broke
rail.
A FIRE at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 12tl
: destroyed property to the amount
$3.50, 600.
E The Anchor Line steamer City OF Greel
: Vile, from New Orleans for st. Louis. wit
5 700 hogsheads of sugar and other carg
t came in collision at three o'clock on II