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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Republican Arithmetic.


The Republican arithmeticians are
not SO successful in figuring out the
relative strength of the several candi-
dates for the Republican Presidential
nomination, as they have proved in
counting in their candidate after he
was defeated. They differ widely as to
the number of delegates that may be
relied upon to support the two prin-
cipal candidates respectively, Messrs.
Arthur and Blaine. Striking mean
by a sort of allegation alternate it
would appear that Blaine leads with
vote of nearly $50, while Arthur is a
good second with q vote close to 300.
The remaining 160 votes are distributed
among Messrs. Edmunds, Logan, Sher-
man, Gresham, Hawley and Fairchild.
The balance of power held by the
minor candidates is not likely to be
thrown solidly in favor of either Arthur
or Blaine. It is quite certain that the
former can get but little if any of that
strength unless, indeed, the final
struggle should be between him and
Blaine. In that event nearly all
of the Edmunds, Sherman and
Hawley vote would be cast for
Arthur. The talk of an understand
ing between Blaine and Logan is re-
newed and if it be true that an agree
ment between these two has been en-
tered into, it is quite likely that Bla'ne
will receive the 59votes of Logan which
would bring him so close to a nomina-
ton that his opponent would find it
difficult to defeat him. Ii the more
sanguine of Blaine's supporters feur
| with any degree of accuracy the vote
controlled by Logan will be quite sufii-
cient to give the nomination to the
"Plumed Knight
Both Arthur and Blaine are shrewd
politicians. They understand most
thoroughly the art of manipulating po-
litical conventions. Greek will meet
Greek at Chicago in the persons OF
these well-matched antagonists and
there will be tug of war in the Repub-
lican National Convention that will
equal if not surpass in stubbornness and
| exciting interest that OF the week S
battle between the BOG and the field in
1880. But may not the shrewGnesS OF
these principal contestants suggest
to them the propriety of "pool-
ing their issues" instead of per-
| mitting the field to utilize the
| strength of the weaker for the benefit
| of one of the minor candidates? Arthur
and Blaine between them control three
| fourths of the Convention. There has
been no such bitterness in their rivalry
as to preclude combination which
would be mutually advantageous. True,
it is not likely that President Arthur
would accept Office under Blaine, but
as he is a natural-born politician and
too young to retire altogether from
public life, he might be willing to be-
come 1.-THE power behind the throne
| greater than the throne itself" AS for
Blaine, it is not doubted for momen.
thai if he finds that his play for the
principal stake is to lose, he would be
willing to repeat with Arthur or any
other promising candidate the bargain
he made with Garfield. Stranger things
have happened in politics than com.
bination between Arthur and Blaine
HARRISBURG Patriot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
A Water-Snout.

LEAvENwoRTH, KAN, May ia water
spout washed away the track on the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Union Pacific roads, south
and west of here, to-day. On the former
road one hundred and fifty feet were
washed away, and seven cars loaded with
cattle, and the engine and tender went into
the river, being completely wrecked.
Seventy cattle were killed, and the
track was covered in places, and in other
places the water was two to five feet deep.
On the Union Pacific hail fell to the depth
of two inches, and three-quarters of mile
of the track was washed away. A bridge
was carried away farther west. All trains
are delayed and will be for several hours.
The rain was heavy here, but no damage
reported to the crops.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Oil Strike In Pomsrania.

LONDON, May 17.-Great excitement has
been caused in the northern part of Ger
many by the success of the experiment of
boring for petroleum in Pomerania. A
large flowing we'll has just been struck at
Swantow, which yields fifty per cent. of
pure oil. The nearness of this locality to
the Baltic Sea affords cheap and abundant
transportation, and the Pomeranians are
fiattering themselves with the prospect of
becoming independent of America and Rus
sia by home supply of mineral oil.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
BURNING OF A THEATER.
Bismarck's Resisna ,ion as President ofths
Cabinet Aecepted.--Von Boesticher,
Prussian Minister of State,
His Successor,

VIENNA, May 16.-The Stadt Theater
was totally destroyed by fire this evening,
but no lives were lost. The performance
was to have begun at o'clock, but the
flames were discovered two hours earlier
in the auditorium. The whole city was
filled with burning smell, and a thick,
black smoke darkened the heavens. At
the roof fell in with crash, and flames,
with loud roar, assembled, from the audi
torium. The conHagration first broke out
in the upper gallery. 1t seems that the
fire is the work of an incendiary. The
Stadt Theater was opened in 1872. Its first
manager was Henry Laube. 1t was in the
same theater that Mr.. Booth played year
ago. The house was devoted to refined
comedy, drama and French comedy.
BERLIN, May 16-The Emperor has ac-
cepted the resignation Of Bismarck from
the Presidency of the Cabinet, and ap-
pointed as his successor Boetticher, Prus-
sian Minister Of State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Suicide of a Rejected Lover.

WHEELING, W. VA, May 16.-A young
man named Vic. Frederick committed sui
eide near Smithville, Ritchie County, yes
terday, in dramatic and shocking man
ner. Young Frederick had for some time
been very attentive and lover-iike toward
Lille, daughter of G.. A. Hardman,
and on the evening before had Of
fered her his heart and hand, which
were refused. He at the time declared his
intention of killing himself, and as soon as
he procured a revolver placed it to his
breast and fred, the shot passing through
his heart, killing him instantly. The deed
was done in the presence of the fair one
without whom he thought he could not live.
Frederick was prosperous young farmer,
and both were well connected,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
RAILROAD WRECK.
A misunderstanding Of Orders Caused
a Disastrous Collision.
Seven Persons InJured, Nome Seriously
Roth Engines and Several Cars De-
molished.

PITTsBURG, May 17.-This evening about
Bix o'clock the Alliance Accommodation
going east and a freight train west collided
near Enon Valley, Pa, on the Pittsbnrg,
TT. Wayne and Chicago Railroad. Both
trains were badly wrecked, and seven per-
sons seriously injured, two reported ia
tally. The trains were going at the rate of
hfteen miles an hour when the COL
iision occurred. Both engines, nine
freight cars and the mail and bag
gage-car of the accommodation train were
demolished. Seven persons were injured,
but none seriously. Their names are as
follows: Engineer of the freight train,
w. Pontefract, bruised and cut about the
head; Engineer P. Overlander, badly
bruised; Fireman Charles Betz, leg broken
conductor of the passenger train, Isaac
Morrow, ankle sprained; express messen-
ger, name not learned, bruised and cut
about the head; Conductor Castner, badly
bruised. A number of passengers were
slightly bruised. The accident was caused
by the misunderstanding of orders. Trains
east and west were delayed several hours.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

THE Sanitary Engineer condemns the
practice in small towns of arching over
natural water courses and depending
upon them to remove household wastes.
1t explains that natural water course
serves for drainage of the land all along
its course. Its banks can not be made
watertght without obstructing tine
natural progress of the water in the soil,
and backing it up and retaining it where
it ought not to be retained.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Terrific Gas ExpIosien.

WELLsBURa, w. VA, May 1s.-An explo-
sien of natural gas, mixed with air, oc-
CURED at Harvey Brothers paper-mill this
morning, at O'Clock, produced noise like
the discharge of a cannon, and was heard
fer miles. Isaac Jones, one of the
engineers, turned the gas under the
boilers, without igniting, for the
purpose of cooling them so they could be
entered and cleaned, and after an absence
of some time, he returned, and was prepar-
ing for cleaning, when the explosion oc-
CURED, blowing him against the wall and
burning him dangerously. The stack is
rent from bottom to top, the roof of the en-
gine-room lifted off, the walls cracked and
windows broken to atoms.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
iast nf tha chirinahnas

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16,-The following
is received from the Department of Arizo-
ma, dated May 15: Captain Crawford tele-
graphs that Lieutenant Hunter turned over
to him, yesterday, twenty Chiricahuss,
four men and sixteen women and children.
Two sons of Juh are among them. This
marty is the last of the Chiricahuas and
Warm Spring Indians who have been in
Mexico. All these Indians are now on the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
A Terrible Fall.

PAINEsvILLE. O., May T.-William H.
Doane, day operator at the Nickle-P Plate
Depot, fell from the Grand River Bridge to-
day and escaped without a broken bone.
He was fixing the telegraph wire, when his
foot slipped, and he was hurled the fright
full distance of more than one hundred
feet, striking in six feet of water. He re-
gained consciousness and swan ashore, and
was conyeyed=to his home. The physician
refuses to express an opinion as to the ex-
tent of his injury until he has slept. 1t is
believed by some that he is injured inter
nally, as he is vomiting blood.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
A mormon EDITOR Iarrad.

NEW ORLEANS, May ia dispatch from
Water Valley, Miss, to the Times Demo-
crdt, says: "While Mormon Elder was
waiting at the depot here to-day for sever
al other Elders, he was assaulted by un-
known persons, who emptied buckets of
tar on his head. He made his escape. 1t
is reported from Calhoun and other coun-
ties that the Mormons are making great
headway among the lower classes, and
these Elders were on their way to a great
revival meeting.O
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Lioht Redemption Of Bonds.

New YoRx, May 16.-Washington advices
state that the sub-Treasurer here reports
only 100000 in bonds have been offered for
redemption under Secretary Folger's prop
osition to redeem in anticipation of the
date of call. The excess in the treasury
now is $152,675,6 $50, which is $14,o00,O 900
above the legal reserve, and, therefore,
sufficient for another call if necessary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

SOME time ago gentleman of Vicks-
burg, Miss, bored holes in rows around
a hogshead at regular intervals of six
inches, filled the hogshead with earth,
and set strawberry plant in each one
of the holes, besides putting number
of plants on top. There are one hum
dred plants growing from the sides of
this novel garden, which are now in full
beauty and bloom, having prolific
growth of berries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Thugs Fatally Wounded BY Policemen.

P1TTsBURa, May 1S.-At an early hour
this morning Boxey Bray and VIM. Hender-
shot, two we'll known characters of Law
renceville, were shot and fatally wounded
by Policeman McAleese. Bray and Hem
dershot tried to abduct an un-
Sophisticated German girl, and Of
ficers English and McAleese interfered.
The ruffians and their friends turned on
the officers, and in self defense McAleess
fred the fatal shots. Both men are living,
but no hopes are entertained of their re-
covery. Officers McAleese and English
were badly injured, and it is feared they
h,1rt i'm allv
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

A GRAND wedding in India is remark
able for the universal hospitality by
which it is attended. AT the wedding
Of the Rao of Clutch, "a. 900 people were
fed on the first day, on the second
81, 600, and on the third Sc, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Terribly HeartIess Murder Confessed.

PRESCOTT, ARK, May 16.-Frank Ward,
a peddler, April u, dined at Polk's house,
twelve miles from Center Point. Polk
accompanied him to creek, where,
aided by man named Kuykendill, he
murdered Ward, burning the body
and pulverizing the bones. Yesterday
the murderers were arrested, and Kuyken-
dill confessed. II is believed lynch law
will be enforced, but thus far nothing has
occurred. A party of Wards friends at
Prescott were organizing for vengeance,
when a message was received that the
citizens of Howard County had stopped the
party en- route to Arkadelphia, taken the
prisoners and hanged all three.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

THE SPECIAL grand jury appointed to
consider the causes which led to the
Cincinnati riots appear to have hit
lots of heads in its report. 1t denounces
the bribery of jurors, the delays of the
Courts and the indisposition of good
citizens to do jury duty. The important
matter for the consideration of the jury,
however, is how to bring to justice those
who have been either criminal or negli-
gent in the matter,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
TEE Queen of Hanover has lust a do2

THE Queen of Hanover has just doz-
en- ..front names," as Artemus Ward
would call them. The full list, as at
tached to the recent royal decree an
nouncing her sixty-sixth birthday, iss
Alexandria Maria Wilhelmina Catha-
inc Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louisa
Paulina Elizabeth Frederica Georgina.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

CAPTAIN MARTIN DEMING, of Baltimore,
in his eighty-seventh year, is thought
to be one of the Oldest vessel comman-
ders in the world. For sixty-four years he
has acted as master of sailing vessels and
steamers, and in all that time has lost
neither boat nor man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Baggage-Master Killed.

MEADvILLE, PENN, May 16.-Lewis Bre-
din, aged twenty-six, baggage-master on
the Meadville railroad, was crushed be-
tween cars at Evansburg this morning, his
injuries resulting fatally in a few hours.
Bredin was the support of a widowed
mother, and was to have been married in a
fa,xr DAYS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Roads Liability for Fires.

NoRRIsTowN, Pa, May 1.-THE jury in
the civil case of Samuel Freedley, of Potts
Landing, against the Philadelphia & Read
ing Railroad Company, rendered verdict
this evening in favor of the plaintiff for
So, ,S22, the full amount of damages claim
ed for the loss of a dwelling and other
buildings by fire which originated from
sparks of a freight engine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
YOU trv TO observe 1

-Mabel-Do you try to observe the
golden rule, Mr Nicefellow? Nicefel-
Iow-Yes, indeed. DO you2 Mabel
Yes; ] always try to do as 1 would be
done by. Nicefellow-Thati is the right
spirit Mabel-But 1 sometimes fail.
Ii l were to try 1 should fail now.
icefellow-Indeed. Why? Mabel
am not tall enough to reach.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

The largest book ever made at the
Washington Government Printing-ofice
was completed recently. The book
weighs eighty-seven pounds. is eight
inches thick, and is a general ledger Of
she q, S. Treasurer with the treasury at
New York. ]
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

DIED at Trenaw in Cornwall, England,
April5, 1915, Chilcott, the giant. He,
measured six feet nine inches around the
chest; and weighed 460 pounds. One
of his stockings held six gallons of
wheat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
The Successor 10 Minister SARGENT.

BERLIN. May 16.-The 1ageblatt to-day
positively asserts that Richards Muckle, of
the Philadelphia Ledger, will succeed Sar-
gent as United States Minister to Berlin.
Mr.. Muckle, the paper says, is an Alsatian
by birth, but persona grata to Bismarck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

PARIS fashion has grown weary Of
stuffed birds for hat and bonnet decor
alton. and has taken to insects and
reptiles. Any sort of creature of the
new order is deemed appropriate, pro-
vided it does not demonstrate by crawl
ing that it is alive.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

If the entire State of Rhode Island
could be transported to one of the
Texan cattle ranches and be fenced in,
there would remain of the ranch an out
lying territory of nearly twenty-five
thousand acres in which to pasture the
cattle without trespassing.- Chicago
Mems
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Severe Sentences.

MADRID, May ia Court-martial at
Saragossa for the trial of fourteen officers
charged with desertion, sentenced one Ma
jor to imprisonment for life; Lieutenant
was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty
years, and the others twelve years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

A TON Of wrought iron firstas it comes
from the furnace is worth, say $25-'
Worked into table-knives, its value is,
$500 90; into needles. 500, 600 90; into
pen-knives, s32, 200 90; into watch
springs, S1s1, ,0O0O0.i
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
We'll, it has come to this at l;

we ell, 1t mas Come to this at last
as everything seems to come to U.S.
little late. That the politicians of the
party see, what the people saw four
years ago, that Mr.. Tilden is the uni
versal choice. He himself has but to
say the word, and that ends it. The
National Convention will come only to
confirm it.-Louisutlle Courier-Jou7nai.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Conuress to Adjourn by July 1.

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Speaker Carlisle
says he does not think any one ought to
make any calculation on an adjournment
of Congress before July 1, but that he is
confident that business can be ended BY that
date, unless there shall be a deadlock be-
tween the two houses over some of the fap-
preparation bills.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

OF diseases resulting in death in Phil
adelphia, the highest on the list are
consumption, inflammation of the lungs,
and old age, and in the order named.
If people had their choice, old age would
be the favorite fatal ailment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
IT is of no yery rare occurrence for

IT is Of no very rare occurrence for a
person to die while under the influence
of chloroform taken for an operation in
dentistry or surgery. But it is related
of DIR. Gross, the distinguished surgeon
who has just died, that he adhered to
theuse of chloroform, and out of over
five thousand cases in which it adj
ministered under his careful supervision
not one accident occurred.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

Louis Stervoski and Harris Aaron
son claimed the same dog before the
New York Tombs Court, and the Court,
with wisdom superior to Solomon,
told the officers to kick the dog out of
court and let him decide which was his
legal residence by going to it.-M Y.
Mai
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
A Straw Bullet.

NEW YORK, May f.-Frederick Fuenfer,
a laborer, quarrelling tonight with an
emigrant runner, fired five shots at him.
One bullet struck Charles Call, silver
smith, of Greenwich, Conn. He will die.
Fuenfer was arrested.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
The presses are buster in Germany

than in any ofher country. During
1883 the total number of works pub
lished was 14,S02. These figures have
special significance when it is stated
that during the same year the total
number issued in Great Britain was
only 6,145, and in the United States
only 3,481-not quite one-fourth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

Could anything better illustrate
the confusion which sometimes over
takes men not wholly mad than the
suggestion to substitute Mcdonald for
Hendricks on the old ticketa She old
ticket is Tilden and Hendricks, nothing
more, nothing less. The displacement
of Hendricks for Mcdonald, or any 9TH
er man, would make the loss of Indiana
certain, and ought to. - Louisville
COu,3eY-.JOurnaI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Diseharuina Their Workmen.

READING, May 16.-In compliance with
an order to reduce expenses wherever pos
sible. $50 men were discharged at the close
of work this evening in the shops of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

The house in Frankfort in which
Mayer Rothschild laid the foundation Of
the famous family fortune is to be de-
molished, together with the remainder
of the old Jewish quarter. /.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

Chicago is to have an artificial
island in the lake to cost 100000. 1t
will contain summer hotel The next
thing Chicago will have sea-beach
and salt water bathing.-M. Y. Graphic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
The Queen to Erect a Convent.

LONDON, May 16.-Queen Victoria is me-
eotiating for the purchase of the Villa Ne
yada. at Cannes, in which Prince Leopold
died. Her intention is TO convert it into a
convent and chapel in memory Of the
prince.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
The colored neople have

The colored people have ex-
pressed a deal of indignation at the
action of the white Republicans in
drawing the color line and organizing a
strictly white mans party. The blacks,
at all events, should not allow the
whites to withdraw from their political
affiliation until certain pledges relative
to forty acres and mule have been
fulfilled. Cottrter-Jour1al.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

MANY citizens of Dodge County,
MIMI, are constructing cyclone cellars.
The usual plan is an arched vault with
an entrance from the house-cellar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
Tour of the Siamese EMBASSY,

NEW YORK, May 1s.-The Siamese En-
bassy arrived to-day from Washington,
and in two weeks viii begin tour of the
country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, boasts Of drug
gist who has widow full of live chickens,
dyed different colors to advertise popular
dyes
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

In six years Henry NJ. Stanley has
succeeded in establishing chain of in
teruational stations across the African
Continent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
CocoANUT SHELLS are ground up to
adulterate spices and other condiments.

AT the Carlisle Indian school there
are at present 455 pupils-325 boys and
130 girls.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22
DeIaware's whipping Post and PiIIory

NEWCASTLE, DEL, May 17.-Five pris-
oners were publicly whipped to-day, a
burglar getting twenty lashes in addition
to an hour in the pillory.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

The ship Rainier, bound from Phila-
delphia to Japan, with oil, was wrecked
in the Pacific Ocean last January. The
crew were rescued by men from Ujaal
Island, one Of the Marshall group.
There are fifty inhabitants on the irland,
governed by a King. The island is near
the equator, and its climate is one of
perpetal summer. 1t is three miles long
and is twenty-five hundred miles from
the nearest mainland; the nearest land
being the Philippine Island.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-22

The statue of Chief Justice Marshall,
at Washington, which was unveiled the
other day, is seated figure of bronze,
heroic in size, resting upon an oblong
pedestal at the foot of the terrace stair
way upon the west front Of the Capitol.
at the union of the two wide walks
which lead to Pennsylvania and Mary
land avenues respectively. Its face is to
the west, overlooking the half-dozen
acres of open, well-shaven lawn, which
intervenes between the terrace and the
Botanical Garden.