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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Ihaddeus stevens House-keeusr.

WASHINGTON, February 14.-There died
here early this morning a colored woman
who had obtained national reputation,
owing to her connection as house-keeper
with the late Thaddeus Stevens, of Penn
sylvania. Lydia Smith was the name of
the deceased, who was in her sixty-ninth
year, and stroke of apoplexy was the i'm
mediate cause of her death. In the year
1S46 Mrs. Smith left Harrisburg, Pa, and
went to Lancaster to keep house for Mr..
Stevens. When the great Commoner, two
years later, was elected to congress-, he
brought Mrs. Smith to Washington to look
after his household affairs. Mr.. Stevens
lived in house on B street, adjoining the
present Congressional or Sanderson. Hotel,
situated at the southeast corner of the
capitol. Up to the day of Mr.. Stevens
death (on the 5th of August, 1869, Mrs.
Smith, on whom he placed implicit conf
dence, directed the affairs of his bachelor
establishment, and ministered to his wants.
She was remembered in his will with be-
quest of IS, 900 in cash, certain properly at
Lancaster, and several ho',--s here. Sub
sequently Mrs. Smith opened boarding
house in Newspaper Row, in this city,
opposite Wizards Hotel, and in this house
she died this morning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
An Aaed GoupIe Murdered.

CHICAGO, February 13.-J. L. Wilson, an
aged resident of the Village of Winnetka,
near this city, and his invalid wife, were
found dead in their cottage shortly before
noon to-day. The discovery was made by
a young woman who had been in the habit
of calling upon Mrs. Wilson almost
daily and attending to. her wants. The
body of Mr.. Wilson was found on
the first floor, his head and body showing
number of cuts, which had evidently
been administered with a sword belonging
to the son of the dead man, and which had
been hanging up in the house. Visiting a
room up stairs the invalid wife was found
lying on the bed dead, with several stabs
in her body, while the position of the re-
mains showed that weak as she was, she
had made frantic efforts to protect herself
from the murderous stabs of the
assassin, blood being spattered on
all four walls. The motive
of the murder appears to have been one OF
robbery purely. The only clue is the fact
that Mr.. Wilson stated last evening that
he had a gentleman guest whom he was en-
tertaining, but who has since disappeared.
Mr.. Wilson was man of considerable
wealth, and always kept large sum about
his premises, doing his banking business
with a firm in this city. The house shows
evidences of having been rified. Detect
ives are endeavoring to discover the where
abouts of the mysterious visitor, as the
crime is popularity credited to him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
AT LIBERTY.
Daring Escape Of the Black Monster,
RurE, who is Accused OF Many Crime on
Long ISLAND.
NEW YoRx. February 1.-The

NEW YORK, February 1.-THE negro
Rugg, who committed the murderous as
sault on farmer Sprague on Long Island a
few weeks ago, and who is suspected of
having murdered Mrs. Maybee and her
daughter, and also of having attempted to
kill Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend, escaped from
the Jail in Long Island City tonight. There
is great excitement. At ten O'Clock
Rugg pretended to feel very
ill, and Jailer Murphy brought MIN some
medicine in a cup. Rugg, as the cup was
presented to him in his cell, suddenly
sprang to his feet and clutched the jailer
by the throat. Murphy is a large, powerful
man, but Rugg seemed to possess giants
strength. The jailer finally tore off the
negro's clutch and yelled for
struck the jailer over'the head and knocked
him down. At this juncture ex.Mayor
Debevoiz, of Long Island City, who is in
Jail on charges of mispappropriation OF
public money, came to the jailer's rescue
armed with policeman's billy. He struck
open the scalp. The negro staggered, and,
crouching, said: Its all up: I'll STOP"
But instead of stopping he darted like
lightning out of the cell door
rushed through the Jail office, with three
bounds ascended the stairs to the corri
dors of the Courthouse above, rushed into
the Grand Jury-room, and without stopping
to open the sash, darted through a window
glass and all, and fell into the mud twenty
feet below. Instantly he sprang to his
feet and darted away in the darkness, ant
that was the last seen of him. Genera
York, Brooklyn and Long Island City
and search is being made in every direc
ton, but up to one o'clock no trace of tn
fugitive has been found.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Egypt.

CAIRO, February 17.-Scouts sent from
Trinkitat toward Tokar re port Osman Dig
ma, the rebel leader, massing his men near
a defile, closing the road from the coast,
at the spot where he defeated Tahir Pasha
and Colonel Moncrief. 1t is supposed Os-
man Digma's plan is, if he fails to reduce
Tokar before the arrival of the English
troops, to give battle at the defile. Sheikh
Morghani and Colonel Messagdaha, sent
from Suakim to stir up the tribes in the vi
cinity, report they only succeeded in secur.
ing promise of neutrality from the chiefs
Admiral Howell is advancing his lines four
miles outside the Suakim zone. His
trenches are within range of the English
fleet and forts. General Gordon has ar
rived at Khartoum. General Gordon has a
as the Sultan of Kordofan, remitting half
the taxes, and placing no restriction on the
slave trade. The Arabs of Khartoum ex-
pr. IS great satisfaction.
SUAKIM, February 1.-THE rebels fired
on the forts to-day, but soon retired. A
number of Egyptian soldiers had been Sc.
lected to drive a camel battery to Soudan
A petition presented by four privates was
numerously signed, and purported to be in
dorsed by the whole Egyptian army
which objected to being employed in 6
Christian expedition. General Mood de
clared the signatures to the petition for
geries. The mutiny is now con
it is said, shaken the confidence of tn,
English officers in the Egyptian troops. Oh
the other hand, d seems TO be the genera
| opinion that the Egyptian army ought Il
| be disbanded, being useless and dangerous
| and orders given to confine the British ex
| pedition to the relief of Tokar. 1t is ex
| Pected decisive battle will be fought o.
i the 24th inst
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
The Ohio River.

CINCINNATI, February S.-The Ohio
River was falling last night from Pitts
. burg to the foot of the Falls. At Cincin.
natl it receded over thirty inches during
the twenty -four hours ending at midnight,
and was falling over an inch an hour, with
sixty-five feet of water. The Kanawha
and Kentucky Rivers are falling. Nearly
one-half inch of rain fell at Cincinnati.
At Cairo the Ohio is still rising
one-quarter of an inch an hour,
and is within twenty inches of high.
water mark. Half of Paducah is SUBJ
merged. The big Shield engine was started
at the Cincinnati Water-works last evening.
A large amount of rope has been secured,
and will be sent up the river to-day to be
! used in floating buildings back upon their
foundations. Representatives of the Red
Cross are on the ground. Reports from
the steamboats, sent out with supplies indi-
cate that the distribution is being success
fully made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Disastrous Cyclone in Georgia.

SAVANNAH, GA, February 15.-Reports
are coming in of cyclone which passed
over the northwestern portion of this State
yesterday and last night. Trees, fences,
and buildings were blown down without
number. Near Rome, Captain Gordon's
barn was blown down and two mules
killed. At Jonesboro the Colored Method
ist Church was carried away, and several
houses unroofed. 1t is estimated that 300
small houses and negro cabin were demol-
ished, and 800 people rendered homeless.
Fortunately the temperature is mild. Ten
miles from Irvington colored woman
was picked up by the wind and landed in
stream, from which she was rescued, badly
injured. Two negro children perished by
the falling of cabin in which they were
sleeping.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Dyinu of Hydrophobia.

CHICAGO, ILL, February 17.-Lulu Bar
ker, the ten-year-o1d daughter of Justice
Barker, of this city, is dying Of hydropho-
bia at her home. She was bitten in the leg
by a dog last October. About three weeks
ago she sustained severe fall whl = skat-
ing which caused nervous shock. Her par
ents then first learned that she had been
bitten. Two weeks ago the child was
seized with spasms, and physicians
declared that she was suffering from
hydrophobia. In her spasms the sufferer
snaps at every one who comes near her, and
crouches in fear, foaming at the mouth. At
one time she made desperate leap to the
floor, and tried to get beneath the bed. 1t is
thought that she may recover, as she is of a
robust constitution. The most hopeful sign
is that she is not afraid of water, although
she is unable to swallow much of it. There
has been some thought of applying the
maidstone, but the exact spot where the
virus entered can not be located.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
THE END
OF a Misguided Woman's Wicked Life.
Death from Morphine Poisoning OF Mr.'
Emma Uhler.

NEW York, February 15.-Mrs. Emma
Uhler died in the New York Hospital yes
terday morning by morphine poisoning.
She was implicated IN the shooting Of Will
bur b. Haverstick, broker living at the
Paris Flats. in West Twenty-third street,
last March. Haverstick was shot by Mrs.
Uhler's brother, George W. Conkling, sur
veyor. Mr.. and Mrs. Uhler began their
married life about eleven years ago in
Brooklyn, where several children were
born to them. For five years they lived
happily together. Three years later they
began to have misunderstanding, which
finally developed into open quaIrels, and
it was said that Mr.. Uhler often resorted to
violence. Mrs. Uhler left her
husband, who had previously moved
to this city, and the husband
attributed all his, family, trouble
introduced to his wife by him, and had
spent several months in their house as
boarder. Mrs. Uhler was next heard>of as
the companion of Haverstick. When MI
Uhler heard of this he sent his children TO
friends in Lebanon, Penn. The woman
continued to live in this way until she
chanced to meet her brother in the street.
He accompanied her to the fat in Twenty
third street. and used every effort IN ms
power to induce her to give up her sln1ul
mode of living, and promised to give her
everything which would make her comfort
able and happy. Mrs. Uhler consented,
and asked to be allowed to see Haverstlck
before leaving. This was agreed to, the
brother requesting to be present at
the interview. II was SO ar
ranged, and on the night of March
8 Conkling went to the fiat and was
received by his isister, who shortly after
excused herself and went into an adjoining
room. Soon after loud talking was heard
in the room, and he, being afraid that ms
sister would be urged to break the good
room, where he found his sister and Hayer-
stick engaged in an angry dispute; Inc
men became involved in quarrel, and
Haverstick advanced toward Conkllng In a
threatening manner. Conkling drew re.
volver, and Haverstick seized vase and
threw it with all his strength at Conkllng,
and was preparing to throw anotner
when Conkling fred, and Haverstick
fell with bullet in his.abdomen. he I'm,
gered few days and then expired. Last
Friday Mrs. Uhlertook a room at the house
of Mrs. Adams, at No. 3S West Twenty
ninth street, calling herself Mrs. Halgnt
and paid 81, on account, all the money sne
had. Since that time she has kept her bed
stating that she was sick, and refused &c
see doctor. Late last night the servant
Margaret Healey, heard her groanlng, ane
on going to her room found herln an un
conscious condition. The police were callet
in and an ambulance summoned, ant
she was taken to the New York Hosplta
where she died within three minutes. Z
bottle found by her bed contained wha
was supposed to be morphine, and he
symptoms clearly indicated that her deati
was caused by poisoning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
miscellaneous Items.

ARRAKEMAN ON the o. s. Road, named
Carter Hurliss, was arrested at South
Charleston recently for killing brake
man on the D. g. S. E. K. r. Hurliss, with
a number of roughs, boarded a train on the
n. g. s. E. and refused to pay fare, and
gave the conductor a beating, when brake
man interfered. The roughs turned on
.him and injured him so badly that he died
this morning.
d. H. KENT, proprietor of the Kent
House of Fort Recovery, in attempting to
board a passenger train recently came
near being killed by being knocked be-
tween the cars and platform of the depot.
Although not seriously injured, he received
a severe scalp-wound and internal injuries
which may yet prove fatal.
SECRETARY LINCOLN is placing the funds
| for the relief of the flood sufferers in the
hands of the officials and relief committees
! of the inundated towns, with remarkable
promptness. He began his arrangements
| for disbursing the fund before the appropi-
alton was made.
GEORGE MURRAY, living near North In
dustry, Stark County, is missing from
home. He is demented, and imagines some
one is seeking his life. He is armed with a
razor. Murray is of middle age, and has a
| family.
A swINDLING peddler, giving the name OF
Abraham Brown, bought $1,000 worth OF
goods of Cincinnati merchants on credit
recently. He shipped the goods to Cleve'
| land, where part of them have been re-
covered.
LAST year $500 in addition to all re
ceipts, which are about 100000 per year
was appropriated for the relief of the canals
and this year they are asking that mucl
more, claiming great losses by the recen
floods.
JOHNSON was found guilty of murder il
the first degree in the Williams murde
case at Napoleon.
CHARLES ARMSTRONG, of Norwalk, brake
man on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Road
was killed recently at Toledo while coup
ling cars, by the engine suddenly backing
He was aged twenty years and unmarried
WIN. MAY, sleep-walker, living il
Sharp's Building, Springfield, walked ou
of the fourth story window, a few night
since, and fell on a shed twenty-five fee
below. He was badly injured, but it
thought he will recover.
GOVERNOR HoADLY has appointed Hol
B. Bancroft, of Gallia County, State II
spector of Mines.
HENRY IRVING, the English actor, be
subscribed $3.50 for the relief of Cincinna
. sufferers from the flood.
, A YOUNG man named Miller, living nes
:, Turkey Hen, Washington County, wt
found dead recently with two bullet holt
through his body. 1t is thought that he WI
murdered.
JOHN SHoTTs, coal miner, was killed /
falling slate at the Starr Furnace Mines
I few days ago. His brother was burned
| death in the same mine within the 10
q year.
I JONAS PECK, pioneer, was found de'
OIL his farm near Trenton, few days sine
t Apepiexy is tie supposed cause, He W
eRad seventy'sight years
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
New Orleans Exposition.

NEW ORLEANS, February 14.-Director
General Burke, of the Worlds Exposition,
has designated sc, 600 feet inside for the Mex
ican exhibit of minerals, farm products, ETC.,
and 200, 900 feet outside for building for a
Mexican garden and building fer the Com
mission and camping ground for battal-
lion of Mexican troops. A magnificent
band of musicians and corps of cadets
will be sent from Mexico. Arrangements
are being made with the Central American
Republics and South America for a fine
display of the products of those countries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
charusd With EmbezzIement.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, February 13.-An
official circular was distributed through the
mail yesterday announcing that B. D. De-
Forrest, Manager of the Birmingham Ex-
change of the Southern Bell Telephone Co.,
was relieved. DeForrest was arrested and
put on bond yesterday afternoon for trial
on the Goth, on charge of embezzling $500
from the company. He denies the embez-
element and claims he can explain the ap-
parent shortage satisfactorily. He bore
good reputation. here and has been an
employe of the company a long time in
almost every quarter of the globe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
A Mad Flock of Sheen.

L1NcoLNToN, N. c., February 15.-Some
weeks ago mad dogs attacked flock of
sheep belonging to Mr.. Ed. Campbell. A
few days ago one of the sheep exhibited the
usual symptoms of hydrophobia, and was
killed. Then another sheep was similarly
affected. Yesterday three more went mad,
and it appears that all the sheep are af-
fected. One of the strangest facts in con-
nection with the affair is that the dogs did
not kill any of the sheep, but only bit them.
1t is probable that fifty or sixty sheep will
have to be killed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
suuar IN Bonded WAREHOUSES.

WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 15.-The United
States Attorney General has decided that
the sugars which remained in bonded
warehouses at the time the new tariff went
into effect, but which had been in bonded
warehouses beyond three years from the
date of the importation, are not entitled
under the new tariff act to reduction of
duty, nor are they entitled to the privileges
of exportation. He also holds that the
goods remaining in bonded warehouses be-
yond three years from the date of import
alton, whether the duties have been paid
or not, are to be regarded as abandoned to
the government, and should be sold at
public auction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
cItIzena Have Grub, with COWBOYS.

DEADwooD, D. T., February 15.-1nfor-
nation was received here few days ago
that an attempt had been made by the cow
boys to rescue Jesse Pruden, arrested for
horse stealing at Miles City, NJ. T., and en-
route for Deadwood. A posse left Spear
fish to assist the officers. Arriving
at Stoneville, seventy-fiye miles north of
Deadwood yesterday, the posse was at
tackled by cowboys. A man named O'Hara
was killed and Fred Wellard was wounded.
One cowboy, named Cunningham was
killed, and another whose name is unknown,
was wounded and captured. The cowboys
sorarfi,h 10 pursue the eut'iaws,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
The Bonded spirits Extension Bill.

WASHINGTON, February ia large
number of dispatches to the Hon. VIM. r.
Morrison, Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means, urging speedy passage
of the bonded spirits extension bill, have
been put in pamphlet form for distribution
among the senators and representatives of
Congress. There are kilograms from promi-
nent bankers and merchants of Louisville,
Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis, Peoria,
Pittsburg and Omaha. The list is headed
by dispatch from Hon. j. Proctor Knott,
governor of Kentucky.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
A Chauter of caIamities,

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, February 14.-E.
Ross, aged forty, was frozen to death near
Blunt, Dakota, last night. Thomas Sum-
mers, prisoner in Jail at Breckenridge,
Mimi, inhaled smoke and flames when the
Jail burned, and died yesterday. A ter
rife explosion of nitro-glycerine occurred
February /, near McKay's Harbor, on the
Canadian, Pacific, North Shore & Lake Su'
perior. One man was blown to pieces,
another riddled with fragments of flying
rock, and a third so injured that he will
lose the sight of both eyes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
plstrinutinu the Appropriation.

WASHINGTON, February 14.-Secretary
Lincoln is perfecting his arrangements for
distributing the appropriation of 100000
for the relief of the Ohio River flood suffer
ers. He has authorized the Mayors of
towns in Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia
to expend from $500 to S., 800 for immediate
relief and make requisition upon the Gov
ernment for the amount. The officers of
-the Commissary Department of the army
have been ordered to Cincinnati, Pittsburg
and other points to secure organized dis
tribution of clothing, provisions, etc. The
Secretary replied to many applications
for relief yesterday.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
stage Lost in the Snow.

PUEBLO, Col, February 14.-The stage
between Oroville and Quincy, Utah, has
been lost. The stage left Oroville on Sum
day, the 9th of January, and has not been
heard of since. A relief stage started in
search last Sunday, but the journey so far
has been unsuccessful. 1t is thought that
the stage has been buried under snow
slide, and that all the travellers have been
killed, and at last accounts the snow on
the Big Summit was ten feet deep and six
on the Little Summit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Killed by FalIinu Walls,

PHILADELPHIA, PENN, February 1.-THE
towering walls of the great flour store
house at Broad and Vine streets, that burn
ed on Saturday night, overshadowed the
little houses across Leeds Court till fifteen
minutes of six this morning. At that hour
it fell, and left 1416 Vine street, the house
at the head of the Court, heap of ruins,
out of which two men, three women and a
child escaped by miracle, and from which
Edward Curran was carried dead.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Bill Forfeitinu Land Grants.

WASHINGTON, February 13.-The House
Committee on Public Lands has agreed to
report bills declaring the forfeiture of
land grants on the Onatonagon and Brule
River of the Marquette and State Line and
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Rail-
roads, the rights of cash and homestead
entries to be protected, preference being
given the latter. About two hundred
thousand acres are included in the for
feiture,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21

The Bank of England has . floating
balance of 100000, 900, and the bank
notes, If stretched together end to end,
would reach a distance of 1880 miles.
1t is just possible the Egyptian war will
use up few miles of this money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Campaign In Egypt.

CAIRO, February 15.-The rebels have
evacuated their post, ten miles from Sua-
kim. Wylde, of the intelligence depart
ment, has returned from Abyssinia. He
reports four tribes hostile to Ell Mahdi,
and awaiting an opportunity to attack him.
The Hadindowah tribe, however, the most
powerful in the Eastern Soudan, has de-
clared for Ell Mahdi, whose emissaries are
also stirring up the rebellion in Yemen,
Arabia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Terrell. the Hooking Murderer. Dead.

COLUMBUS, o., February 15.-William
Terrell, of Hooking County, who was serv-
ing life sentence in the penitentiary for
the murder of the Weldon family in 1878,
died this morning. He had been insane
for years. Richards, another life prisoner
from Hooking, is in for the murder of
TerrelPs mother, some two years ago.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Mississippi River Commission.

ST. LOUIS, February 15.-The Mississippi
River Improvement Commission is in ses-
sion hese, arranging routine matters and
making allotments of the 81 200, 600 recently
appropriated by Congress. So far they
have allotted $400, 900 for Plum Point reach,
the same amount for Lake Providence,
SOC, 900 for Memphis, $4,000 general service
and a couple of smaller amounts for minor
intc
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21

THE London Saturday ReUietO says:
''There is no denying that a certain set
of young Americans, more particularly
in New York and Boston, affect the
Englishman and ape all his affectations.
They mimic every English trick in the
most snobbish way. They attempt an
English accent, and they sprinkle Britt
cisms freely through their speech.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21
Steamer Halliday Burned.

ST. LOUIS, February 1.-THE steamer
w. P. Halliday, of the New Orleans An
chor Line, burned to the waters edge at
four O'Clock this morning. Private Watch
man Matt Brown was the only person on
board He was burned badly and taken to
the City Hospital. The loss will reach
nearly S10O 600
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-21

AN exchange asserts that if there is
any business that requires scrupufous
cleanliness it is that of the retail grocer.
"He handles our sugar, he dishes out
our butter, he weighs our meat, he
fingers our bread, he touches our food
at every turn. He needs clean hands
and clean vessels"