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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-09
TOBACCO.

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-09

We are also In receipt Of NVc more sa>os ~
LADIES, ,GESTLEMEN'S and CiiiLDRENS
EERINO UNDERWEAR;
LADIES MERINO KNIT VESTS at 25c. ee.t
GOs.;
LADIES MERTNo KNIT VEsfs at zoe. cost
LADIES MERiNO KNIT VESTS at e3e., eos,
81 so;
GENTLENIEks and CuILDRENs at similar
yalucs, .
go pieces WORSrFD FRINGESats S.. yard, s5e.
tRINGE Tor 5Oc., Gjc. Fringe for SIZE;
SISO BLACK SILK VELVET for 92c, sl2
VEIN NJ s7.75,f3.5O VELVET f0rsl 65.
The great ACTIVITY last Neck IN our upln(L-
STFRN, CARPET, and CURTAIN DtPAkf-
MI Nj has not been without strong cause. PRiCkS
HAVE NEVER PREVAILED 80 LOW.
SO GI RTAiNS f0rsl1; -
bFST VELVET CARPET iput on ioorl f3rtl a
ward;
TAPt STRIF~ FROM 55c 10 3 for best.
QuaniiIns Of oiLer BAR'tAlNS for The week.
COHEN BRO1lifH~.
uoO II fOursh aud Broad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The missionaries of India insist THAI
when a native woman is converted to
Christianity the native garb is not suffi-
cient for her clothing. -
The largest observatory dome in
the world is now being made in Cleve-
land for the University of Virginia. 1t
will weigh ten tons and measure forty
FIVE feet four inches at the base
Cleveland Leader.
"A .'soap bubble competition is
church fairs. Ten cents is the entrance
fee, and the person making the most
bubbles in five minutes gets the prize.
Chicago 1rid,f7se.
Tbs Harvard University services
on Sunday are now held in the evening.
and ministers of different denomina-
tions preach. The daily morning
prayers are limited to twelve minutes
for the whole service.-Boston Post.
Chicago has novelty in the way
of Gospel ship, called the Glad Tid-
ings. 1t is in command of Captain
Burby, his wife, son and two daugh-
ters. 1t makes trips through the North
ern lakes, and religious services are
conducted by the family Chicago
NeWs
The General Missionary Committee
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church re-
gently held its annual session in New
York City. The treasurer acknowl-
edged receipts for the year ending Oc-
tober 81 amounting to S751. .469.90. an
| increase over the preceding year of
| $50, 1889. The successive increase of
their receipts year after year shows the
| increase of the true missionary spirit
in the church. For the last four years
the receipts have been S2,626, l7O. "a.
the net increase year by year amount
ing to a total of S199, ,610. .60.-N r
Times.
"A little boy went lately to school
for the first time, and on his return ad,
mitted that he had enjoyed himself, but
! declared vehemently that he should not
go again. He seemed full of real ter
ror, and his mother judiciously waived
the question until the soothing and eon-
fdential hour of bedtime, when she
extracted the explanation. 1t camo
out that the teacher had informed him
that he proposed to '.put an idea into
his head the noAt morning. The word
ssidea" was one he had never before
heard. and he probably fancied it to be
some new and formidable kind of edge
tool--as indeed it is.-Detroit Post
The following information about
our colleges is given in tho
New York Independent: Harvard
College was named after John Harvard,
who, in 1888, left to the college f779
and library of over 300 books; VIII
liams College was named after Colonel
Ephraim Williams, soldier of the old
French War; Dartmouth College was
named after Lord Dartmouth, who sub
scribed a large amount and was Presi-
dent of the first Board of Trustees
Brown University received its name
from Nicholas Brown, who was a grad
uate of the college. went into business,
became very wealthy and endowed the
college very largely; Bowdoin College
was named after Governor Bowdoin, .oi
. . Maine; Yale College was named aftel
Elihu Yale, who made very liberal do
nations to the college.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Life Was a Burden.

ATLANTA, GA, December 27.-This after
noon j.. @. King, machinist, went into
Asher's drug store, on Marietta street, and
succeeded in purchasing drachm of gum
opium. He then proceeded to his room.
After few minutes he informed his wife
that life was burden to him, and that
poverty and death of friends rendered ex-
istence burden. 81 am going to kill my
SELF" he said, and forthwith swallowed
the drug. His wife sprang tn him and
tried to prevent King from swallowing the
poison, but she was too late. She ran
screaming out of the house, and proceeded
to the office of DR.. johnson. When DR..
Johnson reached Kings room he found the
would-be suicide sitting on a chair ap-
parently asleep. He was aroused, but re-
fused to take an emetic. After a good deal
of trouble the doctor at last succeeded in
making the man vomit, but he is still in
danger. His domestic relations were not
pleasant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A lady and gentleman accidentally
touched each others feet under the
table. 'sSecret telegraphy," said he.
"Communion of soles,p said she.
Mother Ito five-year-old, who has
sat very still for five minutes l-t'What
are you thinking of, George ?"
Chicago Tribune. 81 E
Mrs. French heard a terrible pound
ing on the stove-pipe the other day, and
called to her husband to know what was
the matter. ''Pm only getting out my
winter soot,' he replied, gravely.
-"Overcoats are worn long" re-
marks fashionable oracle. Then edi-
tors are in the style, for they can wear
the same overeoat as long as four years,
and sometimes longer.-OI CITY Der
rick.
An editor of paper in Pennsyl-
vania town has resigned his position
and gone to peddling fish. He can now
blow lis own horn without having to
ask leave of anybody.-Bu Burlington Free
Press. 95 s. g6at. -
When a wild Western editor ad-
vises the girls not to chew gum, but to
have little gumshun about them, the
art of punning reaches point where it
becomes useful as well as ornamental.
-Bufalo Express. &
An ornithologist has discovered
that to have an appetite proportional to
that of robin man would have to de-
YOUR daily string of sausages sixty
seven feet long and nine. inches in dia-
eter. Make a.sbob-o' -linkn of himself,
in fact.-Bosto,a Courier. 1855 a,t
John Burroughs calls Herbert
Spencer .'the Intellectual clearing
house, of the nineteenth century. II
is a beautiful idea. By another eyolu-
tion. he might be called the minds
produce exchange, or the bench-show
of thought Chicago Inter Ocean.
The man who was observed on
State Street this morning with three
cent stamp on his left ear, endeavorine
to climb into letter-box and clamor-
ing for them to flesh on their posh.
| offices Gosh he wash so drunk ht
couldn't go to them, is believed to hold
the theory that the Office should seel
the man and not the man the Office
Chicago Tribune,
1t will be pretty hard to convince
some persons that the world is growing
better when they are informed that the
dolls brought out this year sing: "Wai
till the Clouds Roll by, Jennie. 4
Western mob of masked men are now
on their way East, looking for the in
ventor of this doll. They want to ,rea
| son with him before he invents dol
that will cry for paregoric at midnight
| -MOTTjstOlC7l Herald
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
A VOLCANO.
Disturbances Suggestive of the Jayan
Disaster.
MT. AuEustia, Alaska. Bursts Forth An
Active Volcano.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 2S.-Profes.
sor Davidson received from Alaska to-day
theparticulars ofavolcanic disturbance, in
October last, near the entrance to Cook .
Inlet. On the morning of the 9th of October
the settlement of fishermen at English Bay
heard heavy report. Looking in the di.
rection of the sound, they saw immense
volumes of smoke and flame burst forth
from the summit of Mount Augustin.
The sky became obscured a few
hours after, and great guam titles of pumice
dust began to fall, some fine and smooth
and some gritty. At $3.50 on the same day
an earthquake wave thirty feet high came
all the boats and deluging the houses.
The tide at the time being low saved
the settlement from utter destruc-
tion. This was followed by two other
waves about eighteen feet high. which
was succeeded at irregular intervals by
others. Pumice ashes fell to the depth
of five inches, making the day so dark that
lamps had to be lit. AT night the surround
ing country was illuminated by flames
from the crater. Ordinarily Mt. Augustln
is covered with snow, but this year it is
completely bare. An examination after the
disturbances subsidized found the Emoun.
tain split in two from base to sum
NIT. The northern slope had fallen to
the level of the surrounding clltfs.
Simultaneous with the eruption was the
creation of a new island in the passage be
tween Chunaboura island and the main
land, seventy-fve feet high and mile and
half long. The violence of the volcanic
action was so great that two extinct vol
canoes on the peninsula of Alaska, lying
to the west of the active volcano Iliamna
1900 feet high, burst into activity,
emitting immense volumes Of smoke and
dust, the flames being visible at night. n
is stated that wives of a party of Aleut
Indians, engaged in that country in otter
hunting, became afraid of the subterra.
mean noises, refused to stay, and returned
home, while none of those who remained
can be found.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
The Willing Witness.

Witnesses in court often complain
that counsel will not let them answer
questions in their own way. The fol-
lowing reply, in the exact words used
by witness on the stand in court yes
terday, will show that he had no such
cause for complaint: Counscl-''Now,
marriage ceremony between these par
ties, and if so, where?'' Witness
.'Well, l was down in my field digging
potatoes, and my daughter came down
where was at work and said there
was gentlemen and lady at the house
who wanted to see me. We had some
word somehow or other that they
were coming. just then heard raid
of cattle that come on to me, and told
the girl she must stay there until
come back and that | would not be
long. 1 went up to the house and they
were there Melinda, as he called her,
introduced Mr.. Hutchins to me, and l
received him with the common courte-
sizes, and few words passed between
us, as there naturally would be, and
then he took his certificate out of his
pocket and told me his business. As l
was in Il hurry and wished to get back
as soon as could, we had but little
conversation. 1 talked with the wo-
man, as l was acquainted with her, but
had not seen her since her first husband
died. but as 1 had promised to go back
into the field in a short time did not
tarry there long" Here the witness
| paused and looked at the counsel as
though he considered the question an
swered.J ''Well, did you marry
them?" Witness Yes" - Bangor
| (lfe. Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Don't Lend Your Cigar.

The Pittsburgh Dispatch says that
man of letters was smoking and chat
ting with a physician on a Hudson
River ferryboat when stranger stepped
up and asked for light. '.Let me
give you a match, replied the man of
letters, adding, after his petitioner had
withdrawn: 81 don't know how yous
feel about it, doctor, but for my part !
very much dislike to put the end of my
cigar back into my mouth after it has
been fingered by Tom, Dick and Harry.
1 always carry matches with me, and
make it point to offer one of them in
stead.'' ''And quite right you are, y
said the doctor II believe that some
of the worst diseases can be conveyed
by one man to another through the Goa
tact of his fingers with borrowed
cigar l personally know of a case
where varioloid was transmitted by
means of a two-dollar bill, and | firmly
believe that varioloid and things much
worse can pass from mans fingers
iuto cigar end thesee late ths smokes
| 81 y. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
GENERAL GRANT
Severely Injured by Fall on the Ice.
One Leg Partially Paralized. but the Ex-
act Nature and Extent OF His In
JGrIes Not known. Ef'

NEW YORK, December 27.-General q.
s. Grant lives at No. East Sixty-sixth
street, in handsome brown stone house.
On Monday evening last he sent for his
coupe, intending to make call
in Madison avenue. 1t was a cold
night, and the sidewalks were COW
cred with a coating of ice. 1t
has always been the custom of General
Grant to make presents of money to his
servants on Christmas and this seemed to
him to be good time to tip the coachman.
He stepped to the box, handed the man
roll of bills, and then turned to enter the
cab. His feet slipped from under him, and
side. Before the servants could reach him
he rose, but his left leg gave
way under him, and he sank to
the sidewalk in fainting condition. His
colored valet and coachman, carried him
mp the front stoop slowly and carfully, as
he seemed to be suffering great agony.
They placed him in the elevator and car
him to his room, where he was put to bed
and physician sent for, who found
the General suffering great pain, and
seemed to be paralyzed. The leg was bent
and had to be supported on pillows, and
the pain was so great that he could not
sleep. This great pain continued all Tues
day and Wednesday,, and the General
got no sleep until Wednesday night. 1twas
believed at first that the femur was
fractured, and it is not certain yet that it is
not. The pain in the limb is so great tina t
thus far it has been impossible to make
thorough examination for frac-
ture. The General preserves his usual
good health, takes his meals regularly
and is as cheerful as his pain
will permit. He was much better to-
day, the pain had lessened, and he had
regained some control over the muscles
of his left foot. DIR. Baker said this
evening that he did not believe there
nerve and muscles are badly bruised. 1t
is not thought likely that the General
will be able to leave the house for some
weeks. Friends are constantly at his bed
side. His fall was heavy, for he weighs
more than two hundred pounds. He is
nearly sixty-two years old.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
DOMESTIC.
A Mail Carriers Di. cuyeryof a Terrible
Tragtdj.
Three Persons Murdered and Their Bod.
les Burned Ina the Mountains OF
I West Virginia.

WHEELING, W. VA, December 26.-A sps-
gives particulars of terrible tragedy re
Gently enacted in the mountains of Ran
dolph County, in which three human be-
ings, an inoffensive woman and two chill
dren, were brutally murdered by some un-
known wretches and their bodies reduced
to ashes in the ruins of their home. Eliza
beth Somerfeld, with two children, was
living on the land of Captain
Job Pearsons, near the Long Fork
of Cheat River, in wild but
picturesque part of the country. Thursday
while the mail carrier on the route from
Leadyille to the mouth of Seneca, in Poca-
hontas County, was making his weekly
trip to the latter place, was informed by
two strange men, that cabin had been
burned down close to the road along
which he would pass. The carrier upon
his horse. On approaching the cabin the
first thing that met his gaze was scorched
and baked human heart, lying in a heap of
ashes on the ground. 1t is supposed to
have been that of the mother of the family.
After searching further he found part
of the breast bone and some ribs, also
the skulls of the woman and one child,
that of the former having the ap-
pearance of having been crushed
in with some heavy instrument. A crow
bar was found close to the cabin, which
seems to be difficult to account for. As
soon as the mail carrier made the discovery
he FASTENED on to Captain Samson Snyder's
store, and there gave the alarm, and in a
short time nearly one hundred peo-
pie had gathered on the ground
to view the sickening sight. 1t
is supposed that the cabin was burned
down on last Sunday night, and heavy
snow falling the next day, had covered up
all tracks of the incendiaries and muir
derers. A coroner's jury has been sum-
moned, and the affair is undergoing a
searching investigations which will probably
throw much light on the tragedy. About a
year ago a similar mysterious affair oc-
CURED in the same neighborhood, in which
Adam Curreme and family met their death
at the hands of some unknown murderers,
and their bodies were afterward consumed
in their house
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Notes,

| The Secretary of the Interior suspended
from practice before the Pension Office N.
w. Fitzgerald. s. c. Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald
& Co. and A. B. Webb, pension attorneys
in this city, pending the disposition of in
dictments returned against them by the
Grand Jury charging fraudulent practice.
MRS. GENERAL RosEcRANs died in Wash
ington on the morning of the 25th, of cere-
Z bral hemorrage, with which disease she
suffered, with occasional periods of appar-
ont Improvement, for the past year.
An organization, to be known as the
"Emigrant Association" has been formed
among the colored residents of Washing.
ton, for the purpose, as set forth in the con-
stitution, of helping colored people in the
Southern States to emigrate and locate.
Lieutenant General Sheridan re-
ceiyed telegram from Major General
Pope, of Fort Leavenworth, Kan, ON the
9th, saying he thought a white boy,
Charley McComas, is with band of CHR
acahua Indians, who are daily expected to
reach San Carlos agency.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Bloody ARRAY in South Carolina.

ALLENDALE, s. c., December ga
street fight occurred Christmas, in which
two persons were killed, and fivs others
wounded. The circumstances are as fol-
lows: John Hudlett, Marshal of the
town, and his sons John and Tom,
and grandsons, Evan and
Joyce Strange, had an alteration with
Frank Weaver and Uley Middleton, in
which the two Stranges were wounded.
Returning from this fight, which was car
ried on until Weaver and Middleton had got
nearly out of town, they met L. B. and Frank
O'Bryan and Gus. Allen, returning from
a dinner party, when one of the Strange
boys insulted them. A general fight en-
sued, sticks, knives and pistols being free
ly used. Evan Strange and Tom Hudlett
were. killed outright, the two Hudletts
severely wounded, and the two O.Bryans
slightly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Missouri Coal Miners, Row.

UNIoNvILLE, No., December 27.-Yester-
day number of coal miners employed at
the Mendoza Coal Mines, about eight miles
northeast of this city, got into a drunken
row, during which miner named John
Hite was beaten in terrible manner. The
row soon became general, and telegram
was sent to this city asking for help.
Sheriff Stil1e and posse of men went up
to the mines and arrested six of the prin-
eipals, who have been brought to this city,
and will be held to await the result of
Hite's injuries, which, it is thought, will
prove fatal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
earfieId Memorial Church.

WASHINGTON, December 26.-The dedi-
cation of the Garfield Memorial Church
viii take place january 90, instead of jan
uary 1S, as intended. The building, as
completed, is one of the handsomest edihce-
in Washington. The building commit
tee will need about $4,000 to meet obliga.
tions not yet liquidated. The house will
be formally turned over to the congrega-
tion by Mr.. W. S. Roose, Chairman of the
Building Committee, and received by Rev.
#. D. Power, the pastor. The church now
numbers over four hundred members, and
is growing rapidly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Imitatiun American Train Robbers.

PARIS, December 27.-Two attempts have
been made to murder passengers on the
railway between Perpignan and Narbonne.
About two in the morning an assailant ap-
peared at one of the windows and fired a
revolver several times, but only wounding
slightly NJ. Gueronnier, who was
alone in the compartment. Before
the assassin could commit robbery
the passenger escaped from the car
riage into another. NJ. Lennes was alone
in a first-class compartment when an as
sassin entered, presented a revolver at
him and demanded his money OF his life.
NJ. Lannes Immediately rushed at the
thief with his sword-stick and drove him
ont of the train.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03

"A country dweller writes that farm
ers are ever ready to protect Bob
White and other birds in. severe winter
weather, but that they cannot prevent
their slaughter by gunners from the
towns and cities. Sign-boards are nail
ed up to give warning to trespassers,
but the bird and rabbit killers pay no
attention to them. Farmers fear the
risk of injury to person and property
which they would run by ordering these
reckless outlaws from their premises.
The thing for farmers to do in self-pro-
lection is to organize into neighborhood
associations, and employ efficient Of
ficers. The Township Constables who go
into office by way of the spring elections,
are, like other politicians, lacking in
courage. When fellow is in constant
fear of losing avote he does not make a
good officer in city or country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03

"A Philadelphia man was recently
found wandering about the streets with
his throat cut. He was carried to an
hospital, where he has become what the
surgeons call s'beautiful case" They
have sewn him up and rugged up an ap-
paratus for forcing a chemical substi-
tute for air into his lungs, and some
other apparatus with rubber tube to
introduce food into his stomach. The
man was living at last accounts, and his
case is said to be without a parallel in
the history of surgery.-Philadelplssa
Press
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Gold and levels Unearthed.

WASHINGTON, iGA., December 2S.-Nine
miles from here small oak tree was blown
down by the storm. Mr.. John Frank saw
something shining as he was passing, and
examined the roots of the tree. In a
hole left by the tree he claims to
have found almost peck of
gold, jewels, diamonds, rubies and
pearls, and parties who have seen them say
they are worth $15, 900 or $4,000. The be-
lief expressed by few who have seen
them is they are part of lot lost by the
Confederate Cabinet, as they were on that
road when they were lost. 1t is supposed
the party that buried twas killed soon af
ter, and consequently they were never un.
earthed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
News By Telegraph.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tine Matter of Bank circulatlon.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 25.-Buck-
ner, Chairman of the Committee on Bank
ing and Currency, is preparing a bill to in
roduce when Congress reconyenes. 1t
provides for issuing Treasury notes with
out the legal-tender quality to take the
place of bank notes going out of existence.
The purport of the measure is the same as
that of the bill introduced by Buckner in
the first session of the last Congress. The
proposition of Comptroller Knox to take OF
the one per cert. tax on circulation, and
allow banks to issue on the market value
instead of the par value, is not favored by
the Chairman of the Banking and Currency
Committee.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Notes.,

An important consistory will be held at
Rome in March. Several new Cardinals
will be created. 1t is strongly probable
coveted hats.
The so-called League of the Antilles has
ssnt from Snnto Domingo proclamations
melting Cuban negroes to rebellion, It IL
hsiisssd the sels ebsess II to kssp up an
piRfta,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
Disastrous Gas Explosion.

BUFFALO December 27.-A terrible gas
explosion occurred at the French Restau-
rant tonight. A workman had been fixing
a leak in the street main, and one of the
stop-cocks under the sidewalk was left
loosely closed. Gas collected, which was
ignited by lamp. Head Waiter Purcell
was knocked senseless, and internally in
jured. Charles Rehard, cook, was serious
ly cut on the head and body. Two wait
resses were badly cut on the head, and the
dining.room, bar and fixtures demolished.
Loss SO. .0OO