The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

| SauSo gdug,l-HnO pieaueQ gullty 10 the
train robbery in February, 1882 and was
sentenced to twenty years imprisonment
in the Missouri penitentiary. The pardon
was issued on recommendation of the PEN
itentiary Physician and Board of Inspec-
tors. Hite is in the last stages of con-
sumption, and, since his incarceration, has
been in the hospital two-thirds of the time,
is weak and emaoiated, and his voice Is
nearly gone. Accompanied by his brother
in-law, he left for his fathers home, in
Logan County, KY. There Is speculation
as to the effect of Hite's pardon upon
Frank James prospects. 1t is believed if
he went on the witness-stand or made
deposition be could send James to the
spenitentiary. g Il "a:
/ Mr. SIMoN CRoN1z, who lives six miles
east of Frederick, MdS was startled on the
morning. of the sth by the cries of his chill
dren and the sight of smoke and flames
pouring into his room. The widest excite
ments ensued, andzwith one of his little
children he escaped from the burning
building and reached the yard, when Mrs.
! Croniz threw from the window three small
1 children. who were caught by their father
Six children were rescuedf from the burning
building, and as there remained another in
the house the heroic mother refused to
L:leave, althoughsher husband and childrea
begged her for Gods sake TOT Jump and save
her life. After the disappearance OF the
mother in search of the little one she was
never seen again, and both perished in the
| flames. A deaf and dumb man was seen dt
the window and was urged tojump.by Mrs.
Croniz. which he did, and was found horri-
bly, burned in the afternoon some distance
from the house. The fire originated in the
kitchen,
Ar Erie, Penn, on the 9th, Lilly Dish
niger, being left alone with her smaller
sister, the children played with fire until
I.nly,s clothes were caught and she was en-
yeloped in flames. When the parents re-
turned charred cinder was all that was
left of their beautiful child
The pigeon shooting match between
Capt. Bogardus and Carver, 50. double
birds, q yards rise, Illinois rules, for $3.50
a side, came off at ST. Louis on the 9th, and
was won by Bogardus, the score being 81
to 70. These two men have closed con-
tracts with the Manufacturers Of clay
pigeons to shoot twenty-five exhibitions
within the next fifty days, in different
| cities.
| THE following description Of the disas.
trous work of the waters in the Mississippi
below Helena is obtained from gentleman
| who has spent some time in the flooded
! districts: The numerous trading posts or
landings along the river bank are deserted.
The stores and dwellings are upset or
carried away entirely, and the whole region
is a deserted and desolate waste, and except
at the few more important towns and viii
1 lagos there is not human being to be seen
in distance of nearly 800 miles. Chickens
and other domestic fowls are swarming In
4 trees ON every hand. One house, contain
ing a family of ten persons, was upset
| during the night, and four children smoth-
cred in their bed, while the older members
were saved by crawling out of the window
and rerehing on the gable, until they were
rescued three days later by hunting party
| in boats. Game, what little was left by last
years food, is being slaughtered by the
wholesale, sacrificed to the reckless sport
| ing spirit of a lot of reckless idlers.''
| Ar New York the Court of Common Pleas
denied the motion recently argued for the
| appointment of a receiver, and for an ac-
counting of the Home Benefit Society. 1t
was claimed, on behalf of the motion, that
moneys are being improperly used. This
company has branch in Chicago.
The inquest on the body Of. Jim" Elliott,
the pugilist, which has been postponed
| twice on account of the reported illness ol
Jerry Dunn, who killed Elliott, was held
on the 9th, and Dunn was held without bail
to await the action OF the Grand Jury.
MAgGAREr HoEBEL, a widow, fifty years
| of age, and the mother of six children
hung herself at an early hour on the 9th.
in stable near the family residence in
Freeport, Ill, while in fit of temporary
insanity. brought on by injuries received
some time ago by a fall on the ice. She
stood upon small trunk. and placing
the moose about her neck jumped off.
THE state of affairs at Shawneetown is re-
ported as not much improved by the reced
| ing waters. There are but thirty houses
| tenantable in town, while one-third of all
the residences in the town have been swept
away, and what will become of the poorer
classes is conundrum. They have lost
everything. their houses have been swept
away by the angry waters, and destruction
with grim visage faces them with all its
terror. Cooking is out of the question. The
stoves have been removed to upper stories
of buildings but pipes will not draw, and
the inhabitants are compelled to subsist on
raw ham and uncooked honipy. Quite
a number of Shawneetown people have
sought refuge in Evansville, Ind. dreading
sickness as the waters go down between
the banks This is considered wise pro-
ceeding, as malarial affections will un.
doubtedly be prevalent. Ague will also
be general. 1t is expected many of the
houses on high ground from which the
| water have receded are several feet deep
with earth thrown up by the muddy
| waters, and the houses are rendered unten-
antable.
KATIE JUDD, of Boston, who set fire To
the Weaver villa, escaped from the County
Jail at Newport, R. l., on the 9th, in com
pany with George Rounds, under arrest
for. burglary in New York. Investigation
shows that the woman. for the past three
weeks, has been cutting a hole through
the wall into an adjoining empty cell, the
door of which opened into a corridor
After escaping from her cell, she unlocked
Rounds cell with a key taken from the
place where it was kept. The corridor dool
was unlocked by an accomplice. A jailor',
servant is suspected. A reward is Offered
for their rearrest.
The two murderers, Michael e. McGloin
and Pasquael Malone, were hanged IN tn,
Jail yard of the Tombs Prison, in New
York, on the 9th.
The losses by IRE on the 9th were: th'
dry sheds of the Union Stave Company
Delphos, Ohio. $4,000; Dawson's Contra
Hotel. Middleport. Ohio, 81 1000; building
on Front street, New York, $4,000; three
tobacco factories in Danville, Va, $40, 900
Fremont Farm Machine Company, Bel
! lows Falls, VT, $4,000; block of eigh
buildings, -Buena Vista, Col, $25, 200.
i MARGARET CIUNE has sued Father Hark
ins, of St. Jerome Church, Holyoke, Mass.