The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-02-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Judah P. Benjamin has announced
has retiremen; from the English bar.
Oklahoma Payne's raids have, il is
said, cost the Government 100000.
1t now appears almost certain that
of the 522 persons on the Cimbria,
but 65 have been saved.
II. G. Guoney, ali accountant in the
Bank of Commerce at Durham, Ont,
has absconded with $4,000 or more.
Booth played Othello in Berlin, and
was crowned with q silver wreath,
typical of the laurels he has won.
Rev. George e. Bronson, a Congre-
gl~lioralist of Peru, ILL.,, fell dead at
the feet ofa couple whom he had just
pronounced nan and wife.
The Catholic knights of America
have appointed a committee to ar
range for a banquet to the supreme
council, which meets in st. Louis in
May.
Four of the Central Pacific train
robbers have been placed in Jail at
Elko, Ma. The other is too badly
wounded to be removed from Sa.t
Lake.
Paper rails are the latest invention
in railway construction. They are
said to be cheaper, lighter, more dur
able, not liable to expand and con-
tract or to break from frost.
The latest feature in the Chicago
grain swindling cases is the arrest of
S. H. Gage, who claims to be a bank
er, for sending out letters indorsing
the robbers as rich and capable bust
ness men.
In the $4,000 damage suit of. Mrs.
Sarah Beverstock, of Shelby, agaips:
the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
and indianapolis railroad company,
the jury awarded the plaintiff $500.
The plaintiff fell upon The icy platform
at the company's depot at Shelby and
broke her leg.
indianapolis has been for years con-
sidefed the great railroad centre ofthe
West, because twelve railroads run di-
rect into it. But at the present time
Des Moines has eleven main roads
centering there, and two others that,
OR want of accommodations, run i'm
on leased lines, making thirteen dis
tinct companies.
Louisville is making great prepare
lions for an industrial exhibition to
begin next August. Residents have
subscribed $250,OOO TO put up a build
ing covering thirteen acres, and the
l abroad companies likely to be bene-
flied are expected to give as much
more. The show will last 100 DAYS.
and cotton will be the chief feature.
Among the revelations made in the
Investigation of the almshouse at
Pottsville, Pa, is the fact that many
of dollars, spent ostensibly
outdoor relief of the poor, went
10 reward personal friends of the Com
missioners and to make political cap
ital. Orders for whisky and cigars
often amounted to 5000 in a day.
An extremely af%fectionate husband
and wife at Larrabee, Ca, do moi
mean to be separated in death. They
had a coffin made wide enough
two, and a grave dug to hold it.
Their plan is that when one dies the
other shall Immediately commit sui
eide, so that their bodies may be bur-
ed at the same time, while their souls
simultaneously enter eternity.
A human curiosity exists in Mt.
.ebo, Lebanon county, Pa, named
Peter Vending. He is 4S years of
lge, never lad any hair or teeth, and
5 almost destitute ofthe sense of smell
u taste. His skin has no pores or
respiratory glands. When at work
lis body gets intensely hot, and the
'nly means of assuaging the heat is
o throw water over him. He has
lever been sick in any sense.
The late D. NJ. Bennett, editor of
he TRUTH SEEKER, was Interested in
pirituaiism, and he said that if he
ound it possible to return after death, Il,
T. to in any way communicate with
is living friends, he would certainly!