The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-02-15

this. Rohrsheib picked up pistol and
fired twice at her. The woman disappeared
with piercing shrek, and the man,
thinking he had hit her, put the pistol to
his head and blew his brains out. Neither
shot had struck the woman.
TIE skeleton of Indian John, chief Of a
tribe of Indians in ST. Tammany Parish,
has been found in swamp near Coving-
ton, Louisiana. The skull had been
crushed in two places and the arm broken,
showing Enthusiastically that he had been
murdered.
NEAR Greensboro, North Carolina, two
workmen in the Hoover Hill gold mine
were cutting from one shaft to another,
when the water rushed in and both were
drowned.
AT st. Louis. on the sth, Henry Drees, in
fit of insane jealousy, murdered his wife
and then committed suicide A razor was
the weapon used.
A SPECIAL from Hamilton, Texas. on the
9Th, says the body of an unknown man was
found two miles east OF that town. Asjury
Of inquest found that he came to his death
from freezing. The body of an unknown
man was also found in the Trinity River
bottom, near Corsicana, frozen stiff There
was nothing on either Of the bodies by
which they could be identified.
IT is the opinion of Herr Most, the Ger
man Socialist, expressed in an interview
on the 9th, that the coronation of the Gar
will not take place upon the day appointed,
and ;ntimates that If the ceremony Is at
tempted an effort will be made to take his
life.
DuRrNs the session Of the Senate Com
mittee of the West Virginia Legislature
on the sth. disgraceful row occurred be-
tween Senator J. w. st. Clair and Hon.
Fontaine Smith, in which blows were
exchanged. The affair has created consid-
erable talk, and rumor has it that a sequel
will follow in the shape of duel.
IT is estimated that there are between 2, 900
and 5000 carloads of corn sidetracked and
snowbound between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, River.
ST. LOUIS furnishes one Of the most re-
markable cases of deliberate villainy ever
recorded, in the action of one Chas. Shores,
q salesman in a shoe house in that city.
Becoming acquainted with Miss Mary
Craig, who kept one of the most aristo-
cratic private schools in the city, and who
was reputed to be worth considerable
money, he, few days after Christmas, told
his wife he had changed his business. and
was going travelling. He kissed her and his
baby farewell, and, taking hack drove to
the residence of Miss Craig, where he was
joined by that lady and several friends,
after which the party called on prominent
priest, and Shores and Miss Craig were
married. Miss Craig was under the inn
preston Shores was q single man. The
guilty man and duped woman are now
the guilty wretch will doubtless be arrest.
ed for bigamy.
The New York Union Telegraph Club ha.
passed resolutions requesting Congress to
pass tariff bill for the protection OF home
industry, and favoring the suspension oil
silver coinage.
FIRES on the sth were: Akron, $50, 600;
Hemmingway, Ont, $40, 900; Louisville,
5000; st. Paul, Mimi, $780, 600; Sedalia,
NO., $1,000.
MAYOR PALMEs of Boston, presided ut O
mass meeting of Irish born citizens. on the
8th, who protested against the English
policy of enforced emigration, and demand
the Government to give work to the people
instead.
In the Brooklyn Court, on the sth,
Frank Strahan got judgment of SO SOC
against the Erie Railway Company, for in.
juries by a collision between the com.
papy's ferry-boat and a schooner.
GOVERNOR JACKSON on the 9th pardone6
J. W. Webb, convicted in 1875 of burglar
izing and robbing the Huntington (Wes
Virginis) Bank and sentenced to fourteen
years in the penitentiary at Moundsville
The robbery was perpetrated by the Jane!
gang, but all escaped except Webb and al
unknown man, who was shot and killed by
his pursuers. The pardon was on account
of the mans health, physician certifying
that he had consumption and that Longer
confinement would be fatal.
THE rightful residents of Indian Terri.
tory have forwarded to Washington list o
:, 400 names of intruders.
The Chief Clerk of the Camden IN. J.
City Water Department is missing with
shortage of $1,000.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 9th nomi
mated Judge White to succeed the lat,
Judge Swing, and Mr.. Lot Wright, of Leb
anon, for Marshal of the Southern Ohit
District.
Two ROBBERS broke into the house of VIM
McGregor, farmer, seven miles south o
Rockford, Ill, on the 9th, and shot him ant
his ten year old daughter. They gagse,
his wife and robbed them of small sum o
money. The man and his daughter are no
expected to live. The family is quit
prominently known.
IT is estimsted that $500, 900 worth o
damage was done to the property in Cen
trail Illinois by the late storm of sleet an,
ice. Fruit is killed, and whole orchard
are broken down.
The boiler in the sawmill of Benjamin
Gier, at Charlotte, Mich, exploded on tn
9th, completely wrecking the mill am
Gordon, the engineer. James Cooler wa
within ten feet of the boiler when it e1
ploded, and was hurled nearly 200 feet bu
escaped without serious injury.
INVESTIGATIONS of the affairs of the Otta
wa Iron Works, at Grand Haven, Mich, il
which Senator Ferry owns a controllin
| interest, discloses the fact that fraudulen
notes to large amount have been put upo
the market Creditors threaten to institut
proceedings against the Senator, unless til
matter is settled.
THE jury in the case of Mrs. Jane Smit
against the Chicago Gas and Coal Compan
for $50, 900 damages for injuries received b
an explosion of gas in her house, on til
eth. awarded her $4,000.
AT Chattanooga, on the 9th, Tom Wis
| gins colored. finding his wife, from whoI
he was separated, in company with CO
ored preacher cut her throat and then hi
| own.
AT Jersey City, N. j., on the 9th, He
man Havner, dry goods dealer, convicte
of receiving $4,000 worth of propert
stolen by John c. Gray from his employer
]. w. Goddard & Co., of New York, wa
sentenced to the State prison for eightee
months.
THE New York Chamber of CommerC
has issued a memorial to the President O
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