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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
LATEST NEWS.

JUDGE JERE BLACK died at York, Pa, at
two O'Clock on the morning of the Goth. The
immediate cause of death was tox@mia,
produced by absorption of retained urinary
constituents prior to the surgical operation
performed on him three days before death.
Judge Black was born in the Glades, Som
erset County, Pa, and at the the time OF
death was seventy-three years of age.
A FIRM in Berlin have purchased large
tract of land on the western coast of South
Africa, where they will found colony
and open up trade with Cape Town. The
approval of the Government to the found
ng of such commercial colonies is expected.
DRAKE CARTER easily defeated Lorll-
lard's Pizarro for the Omnibus Stakes at
Monmouth Park, New York, on the 18th.
As soon as the race was concluded Lorll-
lard bought the Western horse for $1,000.
Green Morris, the owner, made $3O,OOO
within four days.
The postal service of Great Britain has
been transformed by the recent arrange
ment for transmitting parcels into gigan-
tic express system. Groceries and market
ing for the country are delivered by post.
The carriers are expected to take thirty
pounds, and they groan under the load.
THE members of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, have unanimously indorsed a
proposition to extend the vacation of their
pastor, Henry Ward Beecher, so that he
can lecture in some of the Southern cities.
THE brig New Dominion, which sailed
from Cape Breton for Yarmouth in 1872,
and was never heard of afterward, has
been found by diver at work at Torbay
Grove, near Halifax. 1t is supposed that
she ran ON an adjoining reef, and sank,
with all on board, where she now lies.
WIN. WRIT SYKES, U. S. Consul at Car
diff, and husband of Olive Logan, is dead.
IT is claimed that the disturbances in
Spain are settled. Proof has been discov.
cred that a Masonic society has been in
luencing the army since 1877.
| CAPTAIN RHODES has once more con
cluded to swim the whirlpool rapids at Nj.
agara. If he comes out alive he will erect
a monument to Capt. Webb costing $1,000
and present an equal amount to Captain
Webb's widow.
| STATISTICS regarding strikes in the Unit
ed States which have been introduced be
fore the Senate Committee on Labor In
quiry at New York show much better re
suits for the strikers than the statistic!
taken from England. Within two year!
there have been 160 strikes, ,all of which hav,
been won or compromised except twenty
Witness Gowpers, President of the Anal
gamated Labor Unions of New York
claimed that there are statistics to show
that the reduction of hours of labor by Law
in Massachusetts had been followed by in
creased productivity, owing to the intro
duction of better machinery. He recon
mended the enforcement Of . Nationa
eight-hour law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Tbe Apache. at work Again.

A special courier from the headquarters
of the army operating against the Indians
in Oposura, Sonora, Mexico, says the
Apaches on August 13 made an attack on
the village of Nacari, where Lieutenant
Mareno is stationed with small picket of
State troops, killing five picket guards. At
daylight next morning Mareno marched
with twenty men, and found the savages to
the number of one hundred and fifty men,
strongly intrenched, and he was compelled
to retreat. He made a second reconnais-
sance, accompanied by armed villagers,
but their ammunition becoming exhausted,
they made a second retreat. Several In
dians were killed, and Mareno was slightly
wounded. After the skirmish the savages
had things all their own way, and drove off
large herds of cattle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Notes.

THERE are alarming signs Of earthquake
in Sevara, on the Island of Ischia. The
springs are drying up and smoke issuing
from assures in the ground. The Minister
of Public Works has issued orders for the
immediate erection of huts for the accom-
mediation of the people in case they are
compelled to vacate their houses.
1t IS claimed in Madrid that the uprising
in the Spanish army was due to the cor.
rupting influence of French gold.
In THE House of Commons on the 10Th,
Parnell declared that unless the deficiencies
in the Land Act are specially remedied, he
will lead deeper and more desperate agi-
tation than any yet witnessed.
EIGHT thousand weavers in the Ashton
under-Lyne District, England, have struck
for higher wages. Their action throws
twenty thousand people out of work.
TWENTY-FIVE students in the University
of st. Petersburg have been banished to
Siberia for being connected with a Nihilist
journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

If you make speech be sure that
your speech is out before the audience
Like the dog in the manger, tho
nose is above kissing, and is always
ready to interfere with the kissing OF
others. 4
al have a bright prospect before
me-" said the loafer. "You always
will have" remarked Fogg. 81 don't
think you will ever catch up to it,
Boston transcript.
Indignation will fill the breast oil
every artist when we state that two men
were arrested in 1umber-yard th,
other day, because they were suspected
of design on wood Chicago Herald.
An Alabama girl three years old,
on going to the window early one foggy
morning, cried out: 80, come here
and look, mamma. The sky is all
crammed down to the ground"
1t is estimated that the Delaware
peach crop this season '.will be from
two-thirds to three-fourths of full
CROP" AS there never has been q
ssfull'' crop of peaches in that State, it
is difficult to tell upon what the grow
ers base their -NorristoWn
Herald.
"A high school girl explained to her
friend that to say, che kicked the
bucket is slang, and that the polite
expression is, che propelled his pedal
extremities with violence against a
familiar utensil used for the transpor-
tation of water and other fluids ~.
Y. Post.
Our amiable young cousin, Bar
oness Burdett-Coutts-B Bartlett, etc.,
holds $20,O00,000 in United States
funds. A recent interview with the
Baroness convinces us that she intends
to hold them, too. That's the gall of
it. Georgina was always that kind Of
a girl.-Burdette.
Charlie went to see the apple of his
eye the other evening, and, after a
proper amount of affectionate converse
ton, said: ..Tll give you pair of ear
rings, dear, if you'll earn them by let
ting me bore your ears" Haven't 1
earned them already, thenP' queried
the fair object of his affections Chicago
Tribune.
Some people assert that they will
believe only what they can see What
is clearly demonstrable they will ac-
cept, but nothing else. These very
people, however, believe with all their
might that they have brains, and yet
they never saw them, and other folks
at any rate have no evidence that they
possess them.-N. Y. Herald.
The young doctors who have been
let loose from the schools on a confiding
and physic loving public are likely to
try many experiments very interesting
to all except, perhaps, the subjects of
them. They remind one of the litter
ate fellow who, on being told that a
certain patient was convalescent, said,
"Why, that is nothing. L can cure con-
valescence in three hours. Chicago
Ne1OS.
President Grevy, of France, is a
great fee-drinker-when he can get
coffee fit to drink. Calling one day at
country hotel for cup he asked:
'.Have you any chicory?" Eyes, sir. -
bring me some. ~ The landlord
brought small can full. lis that all
you havep" mo, sir, we have little
more" ."Well, let me have it, too. !"
Another can was brought. Positive
ly, this is every grain you havep''
ayes, SIR Very well; now go and
make me cup of coffee"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Burned to Death BY Hi. Mother.

Frank Sklenar, Bohemian printer Of
Chicago, was burned to death in barn at
Caledonia, small town above Racine,
Wis, few nights ago, under circumstan-
ces which occasion the surmise that the
barn was fred by his own mother for the
purpose of burning him. The mother and
son had quarreled about family affairs, the
son wishing to write to his father, who is
still in the old country, and his mother
strenuously objecting. Frank went to the
barn to sleep, and little later his mother
gave the alarm of fire at neighbours, half
mile distant. The next morning her
sons remains were found in the ruins.
She was arrested on the charge of arson.
It is cbaritably supposed that she is in
sane.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Heartless and Cruel.

The court and jury in the case of ex-
State Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee,
have done heartless and cruel thing.
They have brought down upon their
heads the hot wrath and fiery indigna-
ton of every Republican editor in the
land, by blighting and soaring and with
ering and otherwise destroying the edi-
torial and organic hopes and expecta-
tions.
When the Polk trial opened the organs
began to say, exultantly, "we shall
see.,. When the jury was impaneled
upon the customary plan of selecting
men who knew nothing about the case
or much about anything else they fairly
bubbled over with glee. Here is this
Democratic official,' they said, 'who
has been stealing with as much rapacity
as if he had been a born Republican,
and he is going to be tried and ac-
quilted in Democratic State by a
Democratic court and Demo-
cratic jury and turned loose on the
community to plumber again" And as
they thought how effectually such a re-
suit would close the mouths of those
who spoke revilingly of Republican
reverence for rascality, as shown in the
WHISKY SouSPhaOy otH.t CHO 11O"Sd Sdoo
case and the Star-route prosecutions.
they chuckled with glee. During the
entire trial they were in a fever Of hap
py anticipation. Some of them, no
doubt, had their comments on the re-
suit set up in advance with instructive
''scare heads descriptive of the igno-
miny come upon Democratic critics of
Republican dealing with knavery.
To blast such fond hopes as these
with conviction and with sentence
such as no Republican rascal has ever
received, was an unspeakable outrage
upon the organs. We sincerely pity
the Tennessee court and jury if they
ever fall into the hands of the Repub-
lican press of the country. Such an of
tense as they have committed can only
be washed out with blood, and oceans
of it.-DetroI Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Water Famine at Galveston.

Galveston, Tex, was reported on the
verge of water famine on the 10Th. Cis-
terms are drained, gardens are dried up,
and the effect OF the drouth is plainly seen
in the poverty of the vegetable market.
For weeks many persons have been depend
ing on the liberality of their neighbors for
water enough to drink, but the drinking
supply has now become exhausted. An in
dication of the extremes to which some are
driven is found in the following notice
posted in front of one of the best-known
and most popular restaurants in the city:
"Closed until it rains" One or two large
houses have for some time been using
water condensed from the gulf, but small
consumers cannot make this profitable.
The city has just contracted for the erec-
tion of a system of water-works, but
several months will elapse before they will
be of service.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
FOREIGN.
BURNING of an Asylum i'm Enrlan

Burning of an Asylum i'm England.
The private insane asylum in the town of
Ealing, Middlesex County; England,
burned a few nights ago. Five of the in
mates perished. Many of the inmates
were severely burned. DR.. Boyd, proprie-
tor of the institution, was killed while at
tempting to save the lives of patients.
His son also perished in the flames.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

The recent explosion Of several
soda fountains and the poisoning of a
hundred people from ealing ice cream,
has been regular bonanza to a multi
tude of nice young men. If the scare
runs through the season good many of
them could take tree claims in Dakota
md have money to lend.-ChtcaGo In.
RT- Ocean.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Tbe Foot ana Moutb Di,ea,s

In the House of Commons, on the 18th,
Dodson, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lam
caster, stated that it was an undoubted
fact that the foot and mouth disease had
been carried from England to America.
He said the Canadian cattle now suffering
with the disease at Bristol had been in con
tact at Liverpool with infected animals
from Ireland.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

VIM. Dewey, the editor of the Irish Ndti on
after serving sentence of sixty days in
the Penitentiary, on Blackwel's Island, for
libelling August Belmont, returned to his
desk on the 18th. He had many callers,
and in the evening was given a reception,
He says he has not changed his opinion of
Mr. Belmont.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
The re,e<rapher., strike Ended.

The official announcement of the close of
the telegraphers' strike was issued by the
Executive Committee of the Brotherhood
at New York, on the evening of the 18th.
The daily increasing number of desertions
from the ranks of the strikers and the fail
ure of the Knights of Labor to render the
aid promised precipitated the surrender.
The Western Union Company refuses to
treat with the strikers except as new men,
and those given positions are compelled to
sign an agreement to sever their connec-
tion with the Brotherhood, and pledge
themselve never to join similar organi-
zation SO long as they are in the employ of
that company. During the four months
of the strike it is estimated that $400, 900 has
been lost by the operators in salaries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
A Betiuoin Outbreak.

Two thousand Beduoins attacked the
Sanitarium at Sinkat, few days ago, and
were repulsed with the loss of sixty killed.
The soldiers defending the place lost seven
men, and civilians five. Sinkat is fifty
miles from Suakin, a town in Nubia, on
the Red Sea. The attack was melted by
the False Prophet. 1t is reported that Sua-
kin is also threatened with an attack.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
The Hard,hip. orDIpIomacy.

Official advices received at Washington
from Mr.. Foote, the newly appointed
United States Minister to Corea, state that
he has taken up his residence in the cap
itol of that ittle-known country, but that
life there is attended with many discom-
forts and privations. The only house he
has been able to obtain is a rude one of
wood and paper, with paper windows, and
is situated in an undesirable location, in
the midst of novels and filth. The climate
is marked by great extremes of heat and
cold. The only fuei obtainable consists of
the boughs of pine trees, and everything In
the shape of food, except the simplest nee
essaries of life, has to be brought from
abroad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
The Straight virginia Republicans.
Inc strAlBnt S1fsIHIA AhePuoficHHs'
The Republican straight-out Convention

The Republican straight-out Convention
met at Richmond, Va, on the 10Th. The
platform adopted favors a strict adherence
to Republican principles and protective
tariff; indorses James g. Blaine for the
presidency; condemns the administration
in aiding General Malone in the repudia-
tion of one-third of the State debt; de-
clares the power thus given Malone has
been used for the persecution of lifelong
Republicans, and that the power given by
the administration to Malone makes him
virtually President of the United States
for the State of Virginia. The platform
also opposes mixed schools; favors civil
service reform and the honest enforcement
of the recent acts of Congress, and con-
cludes by expressing an unalterable oppo-
sition to the one man power in Virginia,
represented by Malone, and calls the at
tention of the administration to the results
of such system in other States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
The michigan ProhIbitioni.ts.

The Prohibition State Convention of
Michigan, met at Eaton Rapids on the 18th.
They voted to raise $1O,O 900 for campaign
fund, indorsed the platform of the National
Convention at Chicago, declared in favor
Of constitutional and statutory prohibition
of the manufacture of liquor as beverage,
arraigned the Republican party for bad
faith in not submitting the question to the
people, and declared that the party is in
competent to handle the liquor question.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

"A golden Aztec idol which weighed
thirtyseven pounds was found by some
prospectors in cavern near Calistla-
huialca, State of Mexico. Fearing it
would be contiscated, they broke it up,
and thus destroyed a priceless archeo-
logical treasure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
An Hone.t srechanic.

While couple of machinists, George
Langley and John R. Burges,were engaged
in making some repairs in the cancelling
room of the Treasury Department at
Washington, few days age, Langley found
package containing $4,000 hidden away
under some rubbish in one corner of the
room. Although he was unobserved and
could easily have kept the money, he de-
livered the package at once to the Treasury
officials. How the money come there is a
mystery, which the officials are now en-
deayoriag to solve.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
YelIow Fever at PensacoIa.

A genuine case of yellow fever was re-
ported in the Navy-yard at Pensacola, Fla,
on the 18th. DIR. Owens, of the U. S. Navy,
officially confirms the report. The patient,
who is marine belonging to the Navy.
yard, was placed in the hospital immedi.
ately after being taken sick, and has been
kept in rigid isolation since.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

"A touching incident occurred on a
Georgia railroad the other day. A lady
noticed on the seat before her woman,
whose refined appearance led her to en-
gage in conversation with the stranger.
Noticing the latter's beautiful babe she
expressed admiration. EYES," said
she, with sigh, "beautiful, but blind"
Then, pointing to the two other chill
dren by her side, she added: "That is
not all-these, too, are blind" The
sad announcement brought tears to the
eyes of the listeners. The mothers sor-
rowful lot and the children's sad future
awakened the deepest sympathy.-Chi-
cQQO Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
He Looked and Did Not Leap.

Captain j. d. Rhodes, who talked of
swimming the whirlpool rapids of Niagara
River, looked at the waters on the 18th and
abandoned the job. An open letter was
addressed Rhodes by the Canadian authori=
ties, stating that any attempt by him or
others to swim the whirlpool rapids would
be looked upon as the act of an insane per-
son, and they would be prevented,s so far as
entering the water from the Canadian shore
is concerned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

Of the four hundred shoe-makers in
San Francisco nearly one-third are Ger
mans. Very few are English or native
Americans. Germans are said to like
the craft, because the Princes of the
Fatherland, who have to learn some
trade, prefer to serve apprenticeship
either at shoe-making or book-binding.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
ADe.tructive storm in Tennes.ee.

Chattanooga, Tenn, was visited by q
terrific wind storm on the 18th. The G.. T.
Va. and Georgia & Alabama Great South
ern depots were unroofed, also large num-
ber of buildings, several being blown down.
Flying timber injured j. II. Jennings, 60
ing through box-car before it struck him.
There were several other casualties. There
was a heavy hail storm at the time, and a
number of horses ran away. One was killed
and many injured. The telegraph business
of the entire South was delayed, and busi-
ness seriously interrupted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
DOMESTIC.
Fire Mt Enc Fr.nckIyn Cotta<e.

FIG At Inc FT1nckIyn CottaBe.
There was a slight fire at the Francklyn
Cottage, in which President Garfield died,
at Long Branch, N. j., on the 14th. There
was much excitement, but the flames were
soon extinguished.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Return. From the Kentucky Election.

The official returns from seventy-nine
counties in Kentucky give Knott, Democrat,
for Governor, 103, 1897; Morrow, Republican,
66,179. The same counties in 1879 gave
Blackburn, Democrat, 1886; Evans, Re-
publican, go, ,S94. Knott's majority in these
seventy-nine counties is At 7,21s; Blackburn's
majority, 35,O61. The election, therefore,
shows a Democratic gain in the vote of
7,542, and Republican gain of 5,2s5, or
net Democratic gain of 2,167.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
IMPORTANT EVENTS
COLLATED AND COMPILED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.
AT WASHINGTON.
what the Beer 1. Made OF.

The new form of brewers monthly re-
turns, devised by the International Rev
enue Bureau at Washington, to ascertain
the material used in the manufacture of
beer, are now beginning to come in. Not a
single firm so far, under oath, has acknowl.
edged the use of any deleterious substance.
The majority of the brewers use nothing
but malt and hops; some add small per-
centage of rice, and a few little corn.
From the former reports received it is
known that glucose and grape sugar is put
in by some brewers
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

Bob Alexander was taken to Charlotte,
N. c., a few days ago by an officer from
Long Greek Township, and lodged in Jail on
charge of shooting another negro. The
affray occurred about a woman. Alexander
and his adversary had few words, when
Alexander pulled out pistol and shot the
man down.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
brutal Murderer Lynched.

Joe Payne, mulatto, who, three weeks
ago, atrociously murdered young man
named Townes Sale, at Oakland, in Yalla-
busha County, Miss, was taken from the
officers and hung on the 10Th by party of
exasperated citizens. Payne's crime was
particularly atrocious. He had been porter
and trusted servant about Sales store, and
waylaid the young man while the latter
went from the home of his parents to his
sleeping-room at the store, nearly half a
mile distant. The negro struck Sale from
behind with club, crushing in his skull.
He then cut his throat from ear to ear,
making fifteen gashes with a pocket-knife,
after which he rolled him down a precipice
into ditch. He then robbed the store.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

Two doctors down in Virginia have
Just met in duel. As they used pis-
tolls, no harm was done. The result
might have been more disastrous had
each taken pill of the others manu-
facture.-M y NeaUs
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Terrific Explosion of Giant Powder

At the crossing of the Ohio and Chesa-
peake and Kentucky Central Railroads, at
Winchester, KY, on the 18th, passenger
train collided with box-car, attached to
the rear end of freight train, in which
was stored eight hundred cans of blasting
powder. A terrific explosion followed g,
blowing to atoms the engine of the passen-
ger train and wrecking three of the freight
cars. Conductors G. H. McMichael, of the
passenger train, and Rand Martin, of the
freight, were instantly killed. Five or six
others were painfully injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

-"Ihave already outlived my allotted
time" said Mrs. Mary Bach, Of Wheel
ing, W. Va, and then she killed herself.
She was eighty-seven years old.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Double Crime i'm Virginia,

A special from Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va, on the 18th, says it is report
ed that two respectable white girls, daugh.
ters of Mrs. Jane Smith, were ravished
near Rock Springs Church few days ago.
The perpetrators escaped.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
Sentenced For Embez.lement.

The late Cashier of the American Loan
and Trust Co., Of Boston, Arthur b.
Blaney, was sentenced recently to the
States Prison for seven years for the en-
bezzlement of $4,000.