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

NEAR FernanQlna, Fl0rlQa, on the 4tn,
an aged colored woman named Boston and
infant were burned to death The
woman lived on the outskirts of the town,
and took care of the three children of Mer-
ritt Jackson, the murderer hanged last
August. Jackson's wife was hired out to
some parties in the neighborhood, and had
only left her children little while before
the catastrophe occurred.
A CHAMPIONSHIP billiard tournament will
be held in Chicago, beginning on the 26th
inst, at Mccormick Hall, under the direc-
ton of the Brunswick and Bake Manufac-
turing Co. The game will be for $S 900,
and will include eight of the best billiard
lists in the country, and will also include
Vignaux, the Frenchman. The champion
ship game will be played with the Balke
line around the table.
A DISPATCH from Mumfordville, Hart
County, KY, on the 4th, says Bob Ed
wards, q negro, was hung by mob. Ed
wards killed Archie Long, a white man,
at Bacon creek, on Christmas eve, was cap
tured in Hardin County, on the 1st inst.
and taken to the Hart County Jail, at Mum
fordville. On the night of the Sd officers
attempted to take him on train to Bowl
ing Green, but mob of two hundred hav-
ing collected at the depot, the officers took
to the woods with the prisoner. Particu-
ulars have not been received, but 1t is sup
posed the mob overlook the officers and
accomplished their purpose. Two years
ago two other negroes, Jim and Bill Ed
wards, were hanged by mob at Munford-
Vile, for the murder of an old farmer.
GKN. BEN. BUTLER was lnaugurated Gov
ernor of Massachusetts,, on the 4th. In his
address he dwelt at great length upon free
and equal suffrage. Regarding free bal
lot and a fair count, the Governor said:
"Why not provide that all votes shall be
inclosed in self-sealing envelope of the
same size, quality and color, to be furnish
ed by the State; then the size and COM
plexion of the ballot would be immaterial.
The law still remains on the. statute book,
which requires that envelopes for such
purposes shall be furnished at the polls.
The legal machinery is ready, and, to make
it effectual, the permissive clause is only
to be made obligatory" The suggestion is
made that a law be passed allowing women
to vote under the same regulations as men
take effect when it shall be accepted by a
majority of the women voting at the same
general election, provisions to be made OBJ
Waiting the objection that women may have
to go into ward-rooms and voting places
for the purpose of exercising the right of
suffrage.
TIE American Bark, Star of the West,
sailed from New York for Bremen on Oct
ober 20, with cargo of refined petroleum,
valued at about $4,000. As she has not
been heard from since then, she has been
given up as lost. The vessel was valued at
s25, 900, and was partly insured. Her crew
Maine, commander; H. NJ. Thiessen, mate
Andrew Carney, second mate; All Foo,
steward; All Sin, cook; Peter Rohario,
George Debar, Peter Jensen, W. Stemering,
Peter Hoff, r. Rechell and r. Lenimer.
Capt Fiokett also had wife on board.
UPoN Investigation by joint commit.
tee of the Tennessee Legislature into the
accounts of State Treasurer Marshall T.
Polk, on the 5th, revealed deficit unac-
counted for of $500, 900. Polk has disap-
+ peared, and it is supposed he has gone to
Mexico. The State Treasurer's Official
bond was for 100000. His bondsmen are
VIM. NJ. and A. R. Duncan, of Newell
Duncan & Co., brokers - Max Sax, Cashier
of the Nashville Savings Bank; VIM. Nor
row, former Treasurer; Will Polk and ]
E. R. Carpenter, all of Nashville; ]. K,
Polk, F. T. D. Allison and r. P. Cole, o
West Tennessee, and A. s. Harsley, of Co
/ lumbia. Treasurer Polk left Nashville OF
| the Sd, and was heard of at Milan, Tenn.
from which point he wrote back that b,
would return on the 7th. His family do no
know of his whereabouts. Treasurer Poll
is fifty-one years old, graduate of Yves
Point, and served four years on tn,
frontier. He was Captain of artillery il
the Confederate army in Cheatham's di
vision, and lost leg at the battle of Shiloh
He afterward served on the staff OF Genera
Leonidas Polk, to whom he was related
After the war he resided on farm nea
Bolivar, Tenn, until elected Treasurer, 81.
years ago. He was a nephew of the lat
President Polk. He has large family, ant
occupied high social position in Tennes
see.
THE attorneys of Theodore Gardner, VIII
il under sentence of death at Havans
Illinois, have succeeded in getting
supersedeas in his case from the Suprem
Coort.
On BEING informed on the 9Th that he
son had been killed by the cars, Mrs. job
Schmidt, of Philadelphia, became a ravin
maniac.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 9Th, says
ga very unsatisfactory meeting, for one {
the parties occurred at the White Hous
to-day. Senator Malone went up to OF
pose the further recognition of Geners
Mosby, the noted Confederate guerilli
now in the Consular service in Chin,
The Senator found Gen. Grant there, wh
at once proceeded to defend Mosby to tn
President, and to tell the Senator that
regarded Mosby as one of the best me
for the position that could be found. Nj
hone is reported to have become muc
warmed up over the matter, and to hay
been greatly annoyed and vexed at th
tone of the President during the discu
, sion. Out of it all have grown reports
very positive character. to the effe'
that Malone has declared that he will NJ
again go near the President, nor ask an
favor of him."
THE counsel for Captain Hopkins, r
Gently dismissed from the Navy on Il
charge of desertlng his post at Pensacol
Florida, during the yellow fever epidemi
: have filed voluminous memorial ar
brief with the House Committee on Nav
, Affairs, asking that their client be restore
: to his rank and position in the Navy.
; is claimed for Captain Hopkins that the
ia nothing in the records to sustain IL
charges made The counsel says that I
> argument is needed to convince the mo
: casual acquaintance with the case tn
: such a sentence was an act of the crosse
: injustice, that it is an unwarranted, not
!. say outrageous, extinction of all the lau
: able hopes and purposes of a life devote
n to its coantry's service.
: Gov. CErrrENDEN, in his message to tt
r Missouri Legislature, gives the amount
q | the bonded Indebtedness of the railrOa,