The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-17
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AT PETERSBURG, W. Va, a few days ago,
Lewis Carter was found guilty OF t..e MUIR
der OF his wife in Southampton County.
MAYOR STowELL, OF Milwaukee, VINO re-
Gently issued orders to close saloons at
midnight and that policemen shall not
drink liquor while on duty, on the Sth re-
ceived threatening letter, in which it was
declared that the saloon-keepers had de-
cided to kill him if he enforced the orders.
The letter was signed H. M" the initials
of Miller, of the firm of Miller & Holtz, a
prominent saloon-keeper, who had been
refused license because he would not
promise to close at midnight, and even de-
ciared openly his intention to violate the
order. his friends say the letter was a
trick of his enemies to get him into disre-
pute with the Mayor. Saloon-keepers are
unanimous in their refusal to obey the
order, and trouble is anticipated.
FIVE pickpockets, all desperate charac-
ters, boarded the midnight train on the
Chicago & Alton Road tor Bloomington,
H., on the Sth. Soon after the train moved
the thugs raised a disturbance, viciously
attacked the passengers and drove them
all out of one 1oach. Several people had
been robbed in the melee, and matters were
assuming serious aspect, with prospect
of the desperadoes capturing the entire
train, when some railroad detectives were
summoned and made raid on the thugs.
A sharp skirmish ensued, during which
James Fleming and Dave Jones were ar
rested. Fleming attempted to shoot the
officers but was disarmed. The other three
escaped, the detectives pursuing them some
distance and firing ten shots after them
without effect. During the disturbance the
passengers were greatly alarmed, and one
man was badly cut by trying to jump out
OF window.
AT springfield, Mass, on the 9th, Dwight
C. Thurber, Superintendent of the Powers
Paper Company, was shot by his vile, but
it is not believed fatally. They have not
lived together since March. After plead
ing to be taken back, the wife shot hlm in
the back of the head.
The New York World newspaper was
purchased, few days ago, by Joseph
Pulitzer, of the st. Louis Post-Dispdtch.
The price said to have been paid is $3.50, 900
A SAD accident occurred on the night OF
the 9th at a fire in the livery stable OF Ru
fus Smith, at New Haven, Conn. After the
fire was nearly extinguished, the men oi
the hose carriage were ordered away iron
the wall. As tney were leaving the bricl
wall fell upon them. Augustus Hylanc
and James d. Finnegan, it is thought, viii
die, and Captain Fred Catlin, j. Goodwin
Edward Warren, David j. Shields, Georg,
B. Catlin and Lester Jackson were more o.
less seriously injured. The men wert
lifted from the ruins and taken to thei
houses. The fire, it is thought, was incen
diary.
The act passed by the Tennessee Legis
lature, making gambling a felony, wen
into effect on the 9th. All the gaming
houses in Memphis closed their doors.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Kansas City OF
the 9th says that for the past ten days
startling state of affairs has existed a
Dodge City, Kansas, and all mentio
thereof has been kept from the public b,
vigilantes. Desperadoes rule the towr
the difficulty is the elimination of long
standing feud between the two politics
elements of that place. The jail has bee
broken open and prisoners liberated. Coz
respondents of newspapers were threa
ened with death if they sent kilograms. A
trains are watched, and armed men patrt
the town. The Governor has been pet
toned to place the city under martial Law
Serious trouble is still apprehended, an
the lives and property OF citizens are Ill
safe. Dodge City is headquarters of tt
cowboys, who terrorize that section {
country at pleasure.
A COLLISION between two trains on I'll
Elevated Railroad occurred at New Yor
on the 9th. The fireman of one of the trair
was severely scalded and had his le
broken.
AN accident on the Northwestern roa
at Wales, near Madison, Wis, on the 9t
caused the death of David Nichols, of K
nosha, fireman, and serious injury Eng
neers Charles Luther and John Spur
Several passengers were cut slightly, b1
none were fatally injured. The verdict
the Coroner's inquest is, that Nichols can
to his death by an accident caused by tt