The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-11
AT HOME.

RICHARD J. HINTON, editor of the Wash
ington Sunday Gazette. has been appointed
Disbursing Agent in one of the divisions
of the Treasury Department by Secretary
Folger. This appointment is said to create
some surprise, owing to the bitter enmity
displayed by the Gazette for the manage
ment of the Treasury Department, particu-
larly when that department was under
Gen. Sherman.
JOHN RUSSELL and John Linteman were
drowned by the capsizing of boat, on the
4th, in the Boston harbor.
tTHE bill of Mr.. Harris, of Tennessee, in
trsduced during the first session of the
present Congress, for the relief of Peter
Dickinson, of the firm of Cowan & Dickin-
son, of Knoxville, was reported adversely
on the Sd. This firm has been before Con-
gress for many years, asking payment for
two hundred and ffty-six bales of cotton
used by General Burnside in Notifications
for the defense of Knoxville during the at
tack of General Longstreet. Their bill has
been reported favorably several times from
the committee, but failed of action in the
House. The adverse report of the commit
tee on the Sd is based on decisions made on
similar claims, which declares that no re-
dress or recompense can be obtained for
property destroyed in States which were
declared in insurrection at the time.
WILLIAM JONES, a lineman in the employ
Of the American District Telegraph Com
pany, New York. while repairing some
wires, on the Sd, fell out of a sixth-story
window to the ground and was instantly
killed.
KANSAS CITY officials have petitioned
President Arthur to pardon the noted out.
law, Dick Liddel, whose surrender, it is
claimed, brought about the death of Jesse
James.
TEE Special Committee on Mississippi
River Improvement on the 4th heard Gen.
eral Comstock, President of the Commits
sion. He said of the 81, 600, 600 allotted from
the improvement appropriation last year
there would be about ST ,000, 900 left on the
first of next July.
FREDERICK CLIFFORD, foreman of a livery
stable at Evanston, Illinois, kept privat.
bottle of whisky hid in the barn, the con
tents of which diminished SO rapidly tha
he became suspicious that two boys EN-
ployed about the stable were drinking ou
of his bottle. He filled the bottle will
whisky and croton oil in equal parts. Th,
boys fell into the trap, and one, Berr.
Clark, is dead, and the other boy alarm
ingly i'll. Clifford was arrested.
AT meeting held on the 4th, the Chi
cago tobacco manufacturers memorialize,
Congress to remove the tax on importe,
leaf tobacco, but to retain that on manu-
factured.
GOVERNOR JARVIS, of North Carolina
recommends that the valuation of proper
ty in the State be nearly doubled and tn
rate of taxation lowered. A.Railroad Com
mission is also urged.
The Senate on the 4th, confirmed th
following: United States Attorney, An
drew W. Brazee, for the District of Color
ado, Joel B. Erhardt. United States MAJ
shal for the Southern District of New Yorh
Mrs. SrILLwELL, the self-confessed mul
deress, now lying on her death-bed i
Knox County, o., made another comics
sion on the 4th of having strangled he
mother to death and cutting her father
throat.
TIE President, on the 4th. decided nc
to interfere in the case of Dick Liddel
now in Jail at Huntsville, Alabama, charge
with robbing United States Paymaster 8
Muscle Shoals, Alabama. in the spring {
1881,
TIE boiler in the box factory OF the Per
insular Manufacturing Company, at Mort
Muskegan, Michigan, exploded on the 4tt
Four men were killed. and as many moi
seriously injured. One end of the factor
was demolished, and the whole buildin
badly damaged. Low water was the caus