The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-19

same weapon, he killed his wife as she stood
by the stove, preparing breakfast. He then
attempted to slay his two daughters, the
only remaining members of the family, but
they succeeded in reaching a neighbor's
house In safety, and gave the alarm. When
they returned It was found that Smith had
killed himself by cutting his throat with
butcher-knife. Smith had been unfortunate
in the loss of q large number Of stock dur
ing the past winter, and 1t is thought con-
stant brooding over his misfortune had de-
throned his reason, .,
FIFTEEN thousand acres of the finest lands
are abandoned to the food in Mississippi
and Arkansas. The present rise is still
continuing at the rate of six inches per day,
and will cover nearly as great an extent of
territory as in March. The damage will be
confined chiefly to the inundation Of crops.
NEAR Crete, in Nebraska, on the 18th, q
prairie fire surrounded some children play
ing on a haystack, and two named Young
were fatally burned.
IMMEDIATELY after his reelection Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago, called the City Hall
reporters to his room and told them he pro.
posed to convince the people that the news.
papers had traduced him during his cam.
paign by asserting he gave free rein to vice.
He proposed to make his present term q
moral one. He began work in that direction
on the 18th by ordering the police to close
every house Of evil repute and ell Italian
restaurants and disreputable saloons on
State Street and Wabash Avenue, and on
Clark Street as far south as Polk, which is
nearly mile south of the business center.
The section covered by this order has been
the most dangerous and disreputable por.
tiop of the city since the fire, and almost
wholly given over to criminals and vicious
practices.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Dermott, ,Chicot
County, Ark, on the 18th, says: "Yester-
day morning six colored children, living on
Peddicard's place, went to q picnic in the
woods and gathered weeds for salad, cooked
them, and put in strychnine for seasen; all
partook, and to-day three died, and the
others are understood to be dying"
A FEW months ago large quantities of
American wheat were bought in London
for forward delivery it having been assumed
by the purchaser that the continuous bad
weather would cause rise. The contrary
has been the case, a decline of five shillings
per quarter. Heavy losses are thus caused
in London and the provinces, and a mum.
Der Of failures arc probable.
ABROAD.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Mandaly,
Burmah, on the 11th. One thousand build.
ings were destroyed, including the resi-
dences of several Cabinet Ministers.
A SHOCKING case of murder and suicide
occurred at Paris on the 11th, in the Rue
D., In fl<, <>f ~ Iola
A young married couple named Vinsonneau
kept wine shop, and in the absence of the
| husband an acquaintance of both husband
| and wife, named Andre Baraunat, entered
| the shop in a state of intoxication. Nine
Vinsonneau was sitting behind the counter
| with her little girl, a child of four years
According to the account of the little girl
Baraunat asked for glass of absinthe
which was refused him. Baraunat imme
diately drew a revolver from his pocket
and fired twice upon Nine. Vins6nneau
she fell bleeding on the floor. The report Of
| the pistol brought the neighbors to the
| shop, when the murderer fired his weapor
into his own mouth, killing himself on the
spot. Mime. Vinsonneau was taken to tn,
hospital, where she died in few hours.
| A CABLE dispatch on the 18th reports ,
terrible catastrophe in the theater at Revel
France, caused by an explosion of gas.
performance was in progress at the time
and the theater was crowded. Many ar,
said to have been killed in the panic whicl
| ensued.
SPoNGA, the Italian implicated in tn
murder of Count Won Majlath Won Szekhely
has been arrested at Pressburg. He fire,
| five shots at his captors without effect. H
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