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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
Gen. Sherman's Remarkable Dream.

Gen. Sherman denounces as false the
story of his having once seated himself
beneath the outrageous shadow of a
weeping willow during the war and
combed cannon balls out of his hair
while fierce battle was raging. One
night, however, he took refuge in an old
farmhouse near Milledgeville, Ga, and
had fallen into deep sleep when he
was visited by an exciting dream. He
thought the house in which he slept
was surrounded by band of guerillas,
that dug a hole beneath the wall next
which he lay, filed the hole with pow
der and touched it off. The explosion
that followed was terrible, and the Gen.
eral thought he saw himself flying
through the air in sections. With a
howl he sprang out of bed, rubbed his
eyes and hastily dressing himself went
down the stairs. To his surprise his
body. guard was nowhere to be seen.
The inmates of the house were appa-
rently asleep, but the General felt that
something was wrong, and slipping
quietly out of the back door he walked
cautiously to the barn. Had no sooner
got there than lurid flame shot into
the air, followed by terrific explosion.
Turning to see theicause the General was
astonished to find the side of the house
he had just left blown completely away,
and congratulated himself that he had
not been blown away with it. Since
that time the General says he has been
a firm believer in dreams.-NeO York
Tonynoz
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
4. The Democratic party is as it always has

4. The Democratic party is, as 1t always has
neen, opposed to sumptuary legislation and
unequal taxation in any form, and is in favor
sistent with the public welfare and the rights
of others, and of regulating the liquor traffic
and providing against the evils resulting
therefrom by judicious and properly graded
license system.
5. The abuses of the present contract sys-
tenn in our State Penitentiary, by which the
products of the labor of convicts-are brought
In competition with the products of honest
injurious aud unwise, and ought to be cor
rected; and the promises of the Republican
so a6S fs Sy aFH 70 do to se
while 1t has had the power.
6. The protection of the Government is due
to all American citizens, native and foreign
born, abroad as well at at home.
Z. We reafirm the resolutions of the State
Conventions of Ohio in 1880, 1881 and 1882, and
of the Democratic National Conventions of
1872, 1876 and 1880, demanding thorough re-
form and publication of the Civil Service,
and charge that the Republican party has
violated every pledge 1t has heretofore given
for the reform thereof, and has failed during
its long administration of the Government to
correct even the most crying abuses; and we
administration of the Government itself as
the reform first of all necessary las made still
more manifest by the recent Star-route trials(,
thereby ousting corrupt rings confederated
to protect crime and prevent the punishment
of criminals and, by so doing, make it possible
again to punish fraud and theft in the public
service.
NOMINATIONS FOR GOVERNOR.
After the adoption of the platform, the
Chair announced the nominations for State
officers was next in order, that for Cover
nor coming first.
Gen. T. E. Powell, of Delaware, arose
and placed in nomination Gen. Durbin
Ward. Uproarious applause followed the
announcement of Gen. Wards name.
When the convention had again been re-
stored to quiet, ex-senator Thurman arose
and seconded the nomination. After
speaking touchingly of Gen. Wards war
record and claims upon the Democratic
party of Ohio, Mr.. Thurman closed as fol-
lows:
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me warn you
against taking course that may seem to SUBJ
ordinate the principles, the doctrines and as
pirations of the grand old Democratic party
to single issue. The very fundamental prin-
ciples of Democracy make it the enemy of
sumptuary laws, and such laws will ever be
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
LATEST NEWS.

The passenger vessels Hurunui and Wal
tara, of the New Zealand shipping Com
pany, collided off Portsmouth, England,
on the oath, and the Waitara sunk in two
minutes. Twenty-Five persons were
drowned.
DR.. W. 7. CRUCHF1ELD and L. F. Mason,
both respected citizens of Richmond, Va,
settled an old feud few days ago, by an
affray in which the former was fatally
stabbed.
The remains of Charles T. Goodwin, the
missing cashier of the Lake Shore freight
house in Cleveland, have been found in the
lake. He was $1,000 behind in his accounts
but had property enough to. make it good.
He had been speculating.
In an engagement between the Govern
ment troops and the insurgents in Hayti
General Casimir was killed. Twenty-fom
ringleaders of the insurgents were shot a
st. Louis and ten at Cavallon on the 23d.
Troops are besieging Jacmel.
The vestry of the Church of the Ascen
sion, in Chicago, have refused to accept the
resignation of Rev. Mr.. Ritchie, their ex-
treme High Church rector.
THERE were fifty-two deaths from yellow
fever in Havana during the week ending on
the 23d. At Vera Cruz the fever is making
frightful ravagas among the European,
and Americans. There have been one
thousand deaths within two months. The
heat has become almost unbearable.
A LOSS of $4,000 has been sustained by
Bassett, Huntington & Co., of McGregor,
Iowa, by the burning of their grain eleva.
tor.
THE water was reported rising at St.
Louis on the oath, but more slowly. The
general situation is not materially changed.
The eastern portion of Venice is inundated.
At Carondelet three-fourths of the people
have been driven from their homes. There
has been great damage to crops. There is
a tract to the north of East St. Louis, con-
tanning 5000 acres, which is entirely sub
merged, and crops have been destroyed
valued at 100000. In the vicinity of Ca
hokia there are 10000 acres of wheat under
water, and fully as Large an acreage of
other crops.
AT Dover, N. H., on the oath, Perry P.
Long, aged seventeen, was killed by James
Glidden, aged nineteen. The latter claims
the shooting was accidental, but the story
is doubted by the authorities.
LOUISE MICHEL has been found guilty, at
Paris, and sentenced to penal servitude
for eight years. The general opinion is that
her sentence is too severe. She spoke in
her own defense the day previous. She at
tackled the Government, and declared that
the issue of pamphlets to soldiers inciting
them to burn barracks and murder officers
was justified. She said the soldiers at
Sedan would have done well to have shot
their officers and saved their honor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1t does rather stir up the bile Of q
college President to speak of him as
running dude factory. Chicago Trib-
u'ae.
"A proposition to elect teachers for
ten years is under discussion by
the Baltimore authorities. - Baltimore
american.
In probably no other place in the
world but Strobeck, Germany, does
chess form regular course of study in
the schools.
The Supreme Court of Virginia
has decided to sustain the appointment
by the Governor of two negroes on the
Public School Board at Richmond
Philadelphia Record.
"A committee of ladies decorated
the Methodist Church at Gardner, Me.
Among the notices they put on the
walls was the effete text: 'It is not
good for man to be alone. IN.
~ Times.
There are one hundred and thirty
two pianos in the Boston public schools
and they are kept in TUNE at cost of
one thousand two hundred dollars .
year by inmates of the Perkins institute
ton for the Blind. Boston Post.
The average cost of every school
house in Illinois is 81, 1856; in Ohio, ST.
800; in New York, 1854; in Tennes-
see, 1862; in Virginia, $491; in North
Carolina, $13O, and in South Carolina,
$47.-Chicaqo Herald.
The preacher who kicks against
church traces and announces himself
as independent, soon becomes inde-
pendent of all religion, in way to be
representing only himsef.-N. 0. Psca-
yurse.
There are Indian girls in the Indian
Territory University who are studying
German, French, Latin and Greek,
geology, moral philosophy, political
economy and other branches of the col
lege course.-N Y. Times.
"A high-schooI teacher in Massachu-
sets has resigned, after thirty-eight
years of service, giving as a reason
that he knows now that he can teach,
but that in few years he might not
know that he could no longer teach
Boston Herald.
in the Boston Globe appears his
tory of the Harvard annex, which
shows that in spite of popular prejudice
women are slowly but surely gaining a
footing in Harvard University. The
movement was begun several years ago
by the institution of evening readings
in the university, which were free to
members of both sexes. Then an en-
thusiastic young lady took up a regular
classical course under one of the pro-
fessors, thereby showing what women
could do.
"A Judge in St. Louis has dis
charged master of public school
who was prosecuted for whipping a
boy after milder punishment had been
of no avail. The Court found that, in
order to preserve discipline, the teacher
must determine the necessity, the ma
ture and extent of punishment, his acts,
like those of parent, being subject to
Judicial review. The Judge also said ::
"Four years experience in the admin
istration of criminal law conyinces me
that the boys who become criminals are
boys who don't get whipped; and when
it is remembered that large per cent
age of the bolder crimes known to the
law is committed by youths ranging in
age from fourteen to twenty years, the
question arises, Is it better to whip first
or imprison afterward?"-St. Louis
| Post,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
How Men of Different Nati0nalities A

The other evening there happened to
be sitting in horse car in New York a
number of men of noticeably different
nationalities. An unmistakable Eng
ishman calmly waited until the car
came to dead standstill before he com.
posedly left even the door. The Ger
man suddenly rose with a bounce,
bolted for the door. and, on the steps,
called for the car to stop. An Irishman
strongly broke his way through crowd
and bumped against a fellow country
man who was trying to get on the car.
An American swung himself off was III
rapid motion, had to run half dozen
steps to catch up to himself, and swore
because he got off block too soon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

He Monkeyed With a Buzz-Saw,
and Look at Him Now" is the title of
the latest pathetic ballad.
..How can I expand my chestp"
asked stingy fellow of physician.
"By carrying a larger heart in it, - was
the reply.
Y Wasg, the Welsh paper of Pitts
purgh, has suspended. Its failure is
owing to Ywwchffrddmawrswych es-
tesddywffcwffwchdffryn. just as we
expected -Norristoa0,s Herald.
Kate Field is reported as having
declined many brilliant matches. She
acted wisely, for when match be-
comes brilliant its utility is well nigh
ended.-M Y. Graphic.
An eastern paper says there is a
demand for electric lights for lighting
lawn-tennis and croquet parties. The
electric light is good thing, but it
seems that it may be run in the ground
"a croquet ground for instance.-I1s-
diandpo'tS Journal.
81 wish knew what would pre-
vent my food from distressing me-"
said Mr.. Lymph. "My dear fellow
exclaimed Fogg, ''come and stop
while at our boarding house. / can
assure you that all the food you get
there won't distress you particle. "
Boston Post.
Did you ever notice the warning
ssPaint'' posted on door, that you
didn't feel the matter with your finger
Just to find out whether it wasn't dry
enough to take down the signp You
probably never did. 1t would be con-
Haofo NJ
y E1press.
Cyclones are becoming very fire.
quent in the West, and when a young
chap takes his girl out riding she softly
murmurs "Hold me tight, Charley;
a cyclone might come along and blow
me away from you" Even cyclones
have their advantages.-Philadelph
Chronicle Herald.
-s.Do you know what bulldozing
is?'' asked man of an old farmer. II
thought 1 did, said the granger; "but
the bull wasn't doing; he was only
making believe, and being in the mid
die of forty-acre lot, naturally had
to make pretty quick time to reach the
fence ahead of him."
Silent Forever
| We parted in silence, we parted by night,
| On the bank of beautiful river;
| No sound but a gurgle, as, out of my sight,
Swift she sank, with scarcely a shiver.
| The nightingales warbled, the stars sweetly
And, % though she will rise again never,
| No sorrow was shown for the life that had
| flown
| For that cat is silent forever.
He who sleeps by day will hunger
by night. Industry am de peg on
which Plenty hangs her hat. Argy-
ment makes three enemies to one friend.
Men who go to law mus expect to eat
deir 'taters widout salt. De biggest
balloon can be packed in bar'l when
de gas am out De rattle of de empty
wagon can be heard furder dan de
rumble OBJ de loaded one.-Detroit Free
| Press.
Here" said an ignorant fellow, as
he stepped into a jewelers. shop; 81
can't do anything with this watch. I've
showed the regulator round as far as If
will go, but it keeps losing time"
"Why, man," exclaimed the jeweler,
sits an hour and half ahead of time
now! What did you set it by?" When
it was ascertained that the silly fellow
had been trying to time it by gas
meter, the jewe1er didn't wonder a bit
that the watch couldn't begin to keep
up.-Boston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
standing upon this platform, which doubt

Standing upon this platform, which doubt
not is written in your resolutions, accept the
trust. / thank you for the trust, and will
detain you no longer. from your important
business. / shall do my full measure of duty
If life and health is spared, and, thanking you
again, relieve you of my presence and remit
you to the more important duties OF the hour.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Nominations for Lieutenant Governor
being declared in order, Hon. James G.
Campbell, of Butler, arose and nominated
David G. Goldman. Mr.. Victor Gutz-
weller, of Cuyahoga County, seconded the
nomination.
Mr.. Robert Shields, of Canton, then NOM
mated Hon. John G.. Warwick, who was
seconded by "a. J. Williams, of Cleveland.
The balloting for Lieutenant-G Governor
was then proceeded with, the tide being
strongly in favor of Warwick from the
start. D. L. Rockwell, of Portage, with
drew the name of Mr.. Goldman after the
vote of Hamilton was cast Cifty-fve) for
his opponent. On his motion the nomina.
tion of Mr.. Warwick was made unanimous.
TREASURER OF STATE.
Hon. j. j. Hall, of Akron, nominated
John Zimmerman, of Wayne County. R.
D. Marshall, of Montgomery County,
seconded this nomination in bril-.
liant speech. Mr.. Dean, of Lawrence
County, named Leo Ebert, of his
county, and Hon. J. L. Vance,
tion. General James B. Stedman put in
nomination Peter Brady, Representative
from Sandusky. Mr.. Way, of Cuyahoga,
seconded the nomination. Leo Ebert's
name was withdrawn. Mr.. Brady received
majority of the votes, and on motion his
nomination was made unanimous.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
Leo D. Brown received the nomination
for School Commissioner over VIM. d.
Ross, of Sandusky.
MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
John P. Martin, of Greene County, was
nominated over three other competitors
for member of the Board of Public Works.
OTHER NOMINATIONS.
Nominations for other offices were then
radidly proceeded with and resulted as
follows:
Supreme Court (short term), Marion D.
Follett, Washington.
Supreme Court (Long, unexpired term),
Selwyn N. Owen, Williams.
Clerk Supreme Court, j. w. Cruikshank,
Miami.
Attorney General, James Lawrence, Guy.
ahoga.
Auditor of State, Emil Kiesewetter.
School Commissioner, Leroy D. Brown,
Butler.
THE CLOSE.
The Convention adjourned at 1:15 O'Clock
a. M, on the 22d, having been in session
continuously, without even the shortest in.
termission, for over fifteen hours. 1t goes
on record as a most memorable event
Great delay was caused by the delegations
changing, and making it next to impossible
for the Secretaries to get the totals. The
order of things in confusion started with
the nomination for Governor, land continued
to the end.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
DOMESTIC.
A Mothers Love,

At Metropolis, Illinois, few days ago,
Mrs. Simpsons six-year-old boy was
drowned In the Ohio River. The mother,
On hearing of the accident, attempted sui
eide by poison, and is in a precarious con-
dition.
H0rrihlB Discovery in q Philadelphia
Physicians Cellar.
The police of Philadelphia, on the Doth,
found in the cellar of a building formerly
occupied by DIR. Isaac Hathaway, the al
legged abortionist, the bodies of several
children and a number of human bones.
DR.. Hathaway was arrested in March, 1881,
with Rev. Thos. B. Miller, for committing
criminal malpractice upon Mary Butler, a
servant girl, whose child died after the ope-
ration. Both were admitted to bail, and
Hathaway fed. He, however, returned to
the city some time ago, but has never
been rearrested on the charge.
him with brutally assaulting her and
threatening her life. She asked to have a
warrant issued for his arrest, but subse-
quently withdrew the charge. She told
the officials at the time that her husband
had performed several criminal operations
upon her and she knew he had performed
hundreds of others. Twenty-one skulls, or
portions of skulls of infants has been found
buried in the cellar of the dwelling. DR..
Hathaway is now in the county prison,
charged with assaulting a relative, and
the Coroner has lodged q detainer at the
prison against him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
IMPORTANT EVENTS
colIatsa and Complied From all Quarters
AT WASHINGTON.


Postal Clerks SHOULD Seal Valuable Iet.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
has made the following ruling: When q
registered letter envelope is forwarded
from post-off1ce unsealed, il a depreciation
is committed on such unsealed package, and
the depreciation can not be directly traced
to the parties committing it, the mailing
Postmaster will be held responsible for the
loss, because of his neglect of duty. Post
masters and postal clerks should report
every instance of this irregularity.
The President and Cabinet have agreed
upon plan for the ere-arrangemento of the In
ternal Revenue collection districts. Forty
two out of the 126 districts will be abolished
and the territory composed by them added
to the adjoining districts. As regards Col
lectors the general rule will be to drop
those who have been in the service longest,
Ministerial Appointments
The President has appointed Capt. 8. L.
Phelps, of the District of Columbia, Minis
ter to Peru, and Richard Gibbs, Of New
York, Minister to Bolivia. Mr.. Phelps
was born in Ohio, served in the navy dur
of the Pacific. Mail Steamship Company.
He was at one time President of the Board
of Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia. Mr.. Gibbs was United States Minis
ter to Peru from 1875 to 1879.
Notes
DEPARTMENT clerks are reported to be
raising a fund to prevent the denomination
of Congressman Cannon, of Illinois, be-
cause he was the originator of the clause in
the last appropriation bill which requires
them to work until four O'Clock, instead of
closing at three, as formerly during the
warm season.
THE Secretary Of War has informed Sec
retary Teller that the military has taken
all necessary precautions to expel Captain
Payne in the event of another raid by his
party upon the Oklahoma lands, in the In
dian Territory.
JAMES c. WHEELER, of Tennessee, an
agent of the Internal Revenue Service, at
present on duty in Ohio, has rendered his
resignation to the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, to take effect in July, to ac-
cept the position of Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue of Owensboro, KY.
SECRETARY TELLER says he wishes to
have the captive Apaches kept as prisoners
by the War Department, as this may have
good effect on the future conduct of the
Indians. The War and Interior Depart
ments agree on this question.
THE National Board of Health has decided
to tender to President Arthur the quaran-
tine outfit at Ship Island Station, Missis-
sippi, for use In connection with the fund
for the prevention and suppression Of cpl
demic diseases
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28

The latest, as tried on Fulton ferry.
boat, is for three men to get in a quar-
rel, and push one of them overheard.
The two Jump in and rescue him. The
fourth and possibly the fifth of the gang
pick all the pockets possible of the
crowd leaning over the rail. The man
is rescued. A benevolent looking scamp
now appears hat in hand, and suggests
a contribution for the rescuers. All then
move off for some other boat.-M Y
Graphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28

The New York Journal inquiries
with animation whether or not rea-
sonable human being should marry
schoolmistress. Of course he should if
he can get her. But this higher educa-
ton of woman makes it hard for lazy
man to keep up with the procession of
modern ideas. A man can't help wish
ing to keep little ahead of the women,
but since the women all wish the same
the ordinary masculine need not worry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
Arrested For Perjury.

VIM. McCullom and VIM. Laskey, Of
Chicago, formerly employees of Fowler
Bros, who, in the McGeoch-Fowlerl lard in
vestigation, testified for the prosecution
that Fowler's lard was largely adulterated,
and a few days after testified in behalf of
the defense that their former statements
were false in every particular, and that
they were hired by the prosecution for $50
each to make such false statements, were
arrested on the 22d and held in bonds to
answer to a charge of perjury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
uAeronaut Dronnea.

Mr.. E. L. Stewart made an ascension at
Fayette, Mo-, on the Goth in a balloon in
dated with hot air. The clouds were threat
ening rain and gale was blowing at the
time. After ascending to the height of
about a thousand feet, and when over
Bonnie Femme Greek, the balloon was seen
to collapse, precipitating the unfortunate
aeronaut into the water below. When his
hodR was recovered life WAS extinct.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
THE TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE HOADLY, of Hamilton.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GovERNO
JOHN G. WARWICK, of Stark.
JUDGE OF SUPREME CoURT-sHoRT TERM,
M. D. FOLLETT. of Washington.
JUDGE OF SUPREME CoURT--LoNG TERM,
SELWYN N. OWEN, of Williams.
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT,
J. w. CRUIKSHANK, of Miami.
FOR ATToRNEY-GENERAL,
JAMES LAWRENCE, of Cuyahoga.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE,
EMIL KIESWETTER, of Franklin.
FOR TREASURER OF STATE,
PETER BRADY, of Sandusky.
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
LEO D. BROWN, of Butler.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
JOHN P. MARTIN, of Greene.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
We read. saws the Scientific Anaer,

We read, says the Scientific Anaeri-
can, every now and then of cases in
which burglars are supposed to have
rendered their victims unconscious by
holding clothes wet with chloroform to
key-holes before entering an apartment.
OF course the absurdity of such a fiction
is apparent. Whether sleepers can pass
from natural to chloroform sleep, if it is
held near the face, is still question.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28

A Helena, Ark, dispatch of the 22d says:
The water is pouring through the crevasse
just above Friar's Point, Miss, flooding
many farms in that locality. 1t also
threatens to overflow all the country from
Helena south to Laconia Circle not protect
ed by levees. The damage by the present
high water can not be overcome, for when it
recedes it will be too late to replant the
CROP"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28

The business failures for the week ending
the 22d, as reported to R. G.. Dun & Co., of
the mercantile agency, number 1s1, as COM
pared with 1856 the week previous, de.
crease of five. New England 13, the Middle
States %, the Western 4S, the Southern 43,
the Pacific States and Territories 81, Can
ada 26, and New York Z.