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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Excitement Over the Quebec Explosion.

QUEBEC, October 12.-The troops placed
around Parliament building last night were
withdrawn this morning and strong guard
of police established. No person was al~
lowed to approach the building or pass in
close proximity during the night, and to-day
the most vigorous watch was kept. The
excitement is unabated. Upwards of
forty thousand persons visited the
scene to-day. All sorts of rumors
were in circulation to>day, one theory be-
ing that four strangers who have lately
been employed there as workmen have
been acting in most suspicious manner,
and that one of them always remained be-
hind in turn while the other three went to
dinner. The damage done by the second
explosion is less conspicuous, but the
cost of setting it to rights will ins
volve much more money. It is
new felt that the entire wall will have to
be taken down on the northeastern portion
of the house, involving cost of SIS, 900. It
is thought the contractor, Charlebois, will
add another $1,000 reward to that already
offered by the Government for information
or the arrest of the parties implicated. The
building now can not be completed in time
to permit the Government to hold session
there this year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
POLITICAL POINTS,

Mrs Belva Lockwood's face re-
minds correspondent of Maria An
toinette's on the night before her execu-
ton. But it will not be half SO sad as
Mr.. Blaine's face on the morning after
election. .-Brooblyn Eagle
1t seems that Blaine thought, the
Fisher letters worth about $40, 900.
Leastwise he offered Mr.. Mulligan, the
custodian, that amount before they
were published. He evidently wanted
to do his own .'vindicating."
We have never believed that
Don Cameron was very susceptible to
the influence of the Blaine magnetic
currents and we do not believe it now.
The Maine charmer must have en-
ployed some other spell brooklyn
Eagle. as
There is nothing in Blaine's offer
to buy those letters of Mulligan for
$4,000 and send Fisher and Mulligan
to Europe on a pleasure trip "incon-
sistent with the highest honor and in
tegrity." That Is to say, from a Blaine
standpoint.
Blaine said there was nothing in
the Mulligan letters Inconsistent W th
HONOR The New York Tribune calls
them a compost heap" Therefore,
by the inexorable laws of logic, there is
nothing in compost heap inconsistent
with the strictest integrity and honor.
when the dispute arose between
Mr.. Mulligan and Mr.. Blaine as to the
custody of those letters, if Mr.. MulIigan
had only been thoughtful enough to
have given them to Frank Moulton in
trus', the Plumed Knight might at
least have escaped the degradation of
gong down on his knees.-Brookly,s
Eagle.
One of the most remarkable dis
appearances Of the time is Blaine's sag
gressive campaign" Almost before it
materialized it vanished from the pub
lie gaze like the mist of the morning,
and it has been missed ever since. 1t
ought to be advertised with an offer of
suitable whatever that would
be-for its restoration. Nothing else
will bring it back, and it is not quite
certain that advertising VIII. Every
one of the Blaine campaigners, from
the candidate down, is so earnestly en-
gagged on the defensive that they would
hardly know what to do vii b an ag-
gressive campaign if they had one. We
ought. perhaps, to except the Rev.
Ball, who is said to be preparing re-
vised edition of what he regards as
aggressive campaign, in anticipation
whereof the reputable press of the
country is holding its nose and ordering
disinfectants.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

WHOLE NUMBER GIL.

the Emperor of France regarding Mex
leo in the crisis of our civil war and
that taken toward Mexico itself by Mr..
Blaine, and ask himself whether the
party which followed and trusted Lin
coin and Seward can put its confidence
in the pusillanimous, invertebrate
charlatan who changed the grateful re-
gard of Mexican statesmen for tine
United States into scornful resentment
No. a thousand times, no, Mr. Blaine
is not representative American. From
the moment when Washington sent
Jay to England to avoid war by all hon.
orable means to the period when the
firm and wise attitude of Lincoln and
Seward held at bay the eager hostility
that threatened Intervention in our civil
war American foreign policy has been
one of answering seif-respect loving
peace, seeking justice, and fearing
nothing. 1t is no more embodied in the
ideas end character of Mr.. Blaine, as a
public man, than is the sensitive and
proud integrity of the American man OF
business embodied in the greedy, tricky,
shifty and dishonest adventurer and
speculator who wrote the letters to Mr.
Fisher.-M y. Times (Iad.)
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
October Crop Report.

WASHINGTON, October 11.--October res
turns show the corn average higher for the
condition than in the past five years, but
not SO high as in any of the remarkable
corn years from 1875 to 1879 inclusive. The
general average is ninety~three, which is
very nearly the average of any series for
ten years, and indicates about twenty>six
bushels per acre, on breadth approximat-
ing seventy million acres The region be-
tween the Mississippi and Rocky Mountain
slopes again presents the highest figures;
which in every State rise little above the
nominal standard of full condition. No
State east of the Mississippi returns a con-
dition as high as one hundred The lowest
figures are in West Virginia, 20; Ohio, "a,
Louisiana, "A; Texas, 80; South Caro>
lima, SO. "A reduction was caused
Of drouth in the Ohio Valley
and in the Atlantic and Gulf States, but
not sufficiently severe to reduce seriously
the yields. Early>planted corn is every
where matured. Late paintings in South.
ern States suffered for want of summer
rains and will be light and not well filed.
Very little injury has been done by frosts.
Damage by chinch bugs and other insects
has been slight. the wheat crop will ex,
ceed that of last year by about 100, 600 900
bushels. Threshingis slow and late, with
indications of former. reports.
The yield per acre will av-
erage about 135i bushels. The quality of
the present wheat crop is generally very
good, especially in the Eastern and Middle
States, and on the western slope of the Al
leghenies, and in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Some depreciation in quality
is noted in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Kansas The ee for the en-.
tire breadth is 96. The indicated yield of
rye is about - bushels per acre. The quail.
ity is superior. The yield of oats is little
els per acre, and making the crop approx
mating $40, 100000 bushels of good quality.
The barley crop makes a yield of
nearly % bushels per acre, and the
product exceeding 5o,000,0 600 bushels of
average quality. The condition of buck
wheat, average 81, indicating crops slight
ly under the. average. The condition of the
potato crop Is represented by SO, and five
points lower than in October of last year.
October returns of cotton indicate reduc-
ton of nearly eight points in the average
condition from SO to TAI, as the result Of
and destroying the quality of plants. The
prospect of a top crop is reduced
to the minimum. The drought
has been general and its effect me1i>
fest in every. State. OF ten successive
crops only two have averaged lower condi-
1883. when the averages were 66 and 6S re-
spectively. The average was SS in the
great crop of the year 1882 State averages
are as follows: Virginia, 81; North Caro>
lima, 70; South Cololina. 30; Georgia, 10;
Florida, "a; Alabama, IA; Mississippi, 7e;
Louisiana, n; Texas, 81; Arkansas, 70;
Tennessee, So. Returns OF the local esti-
mates of the yield per acre, in fractions of
bales, indicate an average rate of yield of
thirty-six hundredths of a bale per acre.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Advance in Paper.

PHILADELPHIA, October 10.-At secret
conference of paper manufacturers, held
in this city a day or two ago, reports were
made of a short supply of rags all over
the country, owing to the Government en-
barge on imported rags from the East, and
twas determined to call a meeting to be held
In Cleveland. 1t was thought a deter
mined effort would be made to force the
price up an average of two cents pound.
The supply of rags in port and ON the
water will only keep the mills going until
December 1. The large paper dealers in
Chicago and other cities, East and West,
are serving their customers with notices to
the effect that they are compelled to with>
draw former quotations and give prices on
amounts, or from day to day. The writing
paper manufacturers agreed, at meeting
held in Boston on the 9Th, to advance
prices two cents per pound, and to main.
tain the advanced rates.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Noted GhouI Arrested.

WASHINGTON, October LIZA couple of
mounted policemen, while patrolling their
beat in the outskirts of the city last night.
discovered that grave robbers were at
work in one of the colored cemeteries.
After waiting for DEVELOPMENTS, they
found that two bodies had been disin>
TERED, and that the ghouls were about to
take their CHASTITY freight in a wagon to
one of the medical colleges. When
the robbers were about to drive off the
policemen proclaimed their presence, and
az the point of their pistols captured the
party, consisting of three men, two of
whom were colored. The white man was
-Vigo Jansen, notorious resurrectionist.
Jansen is is.weI1>known as a grave>robber
here and in Baltimore. They were CONS
mitted to Jail in default of $1,000 bail each.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
counterfeiters' Den Discoyered,

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, October 10.-In de-
molishing an old building on the top of
East Rock, workmen discovered several
underground passages, thirty or forty feet
long, fifteen feet high and three feet wide,
which led to a subterranesn vault. Several
counterfeit silver pieces and a broken die
were found. Milton j. stewart, the last
occupant, disclaims any knowledge of the
matter. The place had an unsavory repu>
tation, murder and various crimes having
beeu committed there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Bold Thieves.

EPHRArA, Pa, October 11.-Joe Buzzard,
VIM. Weadener and Otter Clark, members
of the Buzzard gang, on Welsh Mountain,
were released from Jail recently, having
served their time. Early yesterday morn-
ing they broke into the mill of C. Hershey,
near Leaman Place. stole the safe, and
hauled it to a field some distance away,
where ti1ey broke it open with sledges, and
secured $50 in money and lot of valuable
papers. The thieves then went to the
house of J. N. Woods, who was awakened
by the noise of his dogs. Woods and some
other men gave chase. The robbers fred
on their pesuers, and compelled them to
retreat with several bullet-holes through
their buggy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Bold Robbery by Masked Men.

Z JoHNsrows, PA. October 10. = Five
masked men, with revolvers fiourishing,
battered down the door of the house of
farmer Joseph Gates, in White Township,
early yesterday morning, and compelled
Gates, at the point of pistols, to give them
over 81 100, which he had secreted. The
robbers then hastily departed, firing re J..
volvers as they emerged from the house.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Stewart PossIhIy slim Alive.

CAIRO, October 10.-Colonel Kitchener
telegraphs that a rumor is current at Ambu-
kol that rebels captured three Europeans,
with their dragomap. If the report is true,
the prisoners are presumably Col. Stewart,
Power, correspondent of the London Times,
and N. Herbin, French Consul at Khartoum
Thus there is some hope that the lives Of
three have been spared. One hundred row.
boats, forming part of the Nile expedition,
have arrived at Assouan. The Canadian
contingent passed Assiout in a steamer. 1t
is noteworthy that the first news of Colonel
Stewards murder was received with great
rejoicings in the native quarters of the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Antique clocks and old colonial
furniture are the latest craze in New
I ork. Recently dealer in that city
received $500 from the wife of mil
ionaire for an old Dutch clock made in
Amsterdam in 1874. An old San Do
mingo mahogany sideboard, with inlaid
panels and mirror back, which he had
in stock, he expected to get $500 for.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Continuous Machinery Exhibition Scheme.

ST. LOUIS, October 1.-THE Directors of
the Exposition now in progress here have
scheme on foot to turn the Machinery De-
partment into a permanent exhibition and
place OF sale, and have issued circular to
exhibitors of machinery offering them
great inducements to make their exhibits
continuous. Steam will be supplied SO
that machinery can be shown in motion
any day in the year. 1t is thought exhib>
itors generally will accept the proposition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Cholera.

NAPLES, October 12.-Grerati, President
of the Tribunal of Commerce, died to-day
of cholera. The Cardinal of San Felice,
sent the gold cross presented to him
by the Pope to assist the sufferers inCatania.
MADRID, October 1.-THE Official Gazette
announces the cholera epidemic ended.
Bulletins are stopped.
The Queen of Portugal sent $1,000 to
Naples, and Humbert S. 900 to Genoa, for
the relief of sufferers. -
ROME, Ocrober 12-To-day, in the chol-
era-infected district of Italy, there were
239 fresh cases and 1877 deaths, including 115
fresh cases and 81 deaths at Naples.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
ALady's unexpIainabIe Suicide.

NEW ORLEANS, October 12.-Mrs. Louise
Mallory, nee Phelps, wife of G. Mallory, of
Mystic, Conn.,, son of C. II. Mallory,
drowned this morning in Pontchartain
Lake. The lady 1eaped from the North.
eastern train when near Slidell. The party
were on the way to the city to spend the
winter here, the husband being Commits
sioner for Connecticut to the Worlds Ex-
position and Cotton Centennial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

The Russian Government has
sought, thus far in vain, to bring about
the general use of coal in that country
instead of wood, in order to save the
forests. AS though no such thing as a
good stove or heater was known, a
prize has been offered for the best ap-
paratus for utilizing coal in Government
Offices.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Three Thousand Houses Destroyed.

ROME, October 11.-Late adyices from
Catanfa show that the cyclone the other
day was most destructive. The entire
country about Catania is devastated.
Vineyards and olive groves vanished like
magic. Fully three thousand dwellings
were destroyed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Jewish Murderers Sentenced.

CRAcow, October 1O.-The Jews, Ritter
and Svroshlenski, charged with the murder
of Christian girl, under the most revolt>
ing circumstances several months ago,
were found guilty and sentenced to death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
FATHER AND SON.
The Hendershots Escape the Lynchers,
and are safely Lodged in Jail.

EVANSVILLE, IND, October 1.-THE at
tempted lynchfng of Stillwell Hendefshot
and his youngest son, William, at Cannells
ton, last night, failed. The mob arrived at
the Jail about midnight, the Sheriff made
a short talk, and persuaded them to return
without carrying out their designs, Hens
defshot, and son were taken to Rockport to-
day and placed in the Spencer County Jail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Blaine's Character.

Everybody knows. or should know,
now how fully Blaine revealed his char
acter in the Mulligan letters. His poor
ly dissembled use OF his high position
as Speaker of the House of Represent
atives simply for bis own personal
ends marks him as a man who is utter
ly unworthy of any trust. How Inn
pudent is it, therefore. for him to aspire
to the highest place in the, country!
With that utter recklessness of princi-
Piles and of consequences which
his shameless admirers call dash"
he read on the floor of the
House what he; willed az the
letters he had filched' from Esulligan,
and by most ingenious system OF
garbling and special pleading arrested
tor the time the sentence that was his
just due Years went by, and after
popular forgetfulness had made dim his
Republican candidate for the Presiden-
cy. But fate had followed him, and the
correspondence which he thought ihe
had held entire and had destroyed re-
appeared in the form of care -ully-pre-
served copies to confront him in his
path to the greatest goal of an Amer.
leans ambition. All the facts that he
had long thought dead and buried
came back to him as forgotten
wanderers in distant land. When
those, who had sill cluDg with faith
weak faith though it was--to his fall
ing fortunes, could no longer follow
this dangerous man, and when the
man himself saw the desperate course
that lay before him, his only resort in all
his troubles. his bold and INSCRIPTIONS
"dash. !" came into play, and, know
ing that all men would read the Null
ligan letters, he had the effrontery to
beg all men to read them. But his
''dash" is at last dashed to the
ground. For Blaine, in his despera-
tion, has declared that there is roth
ing in those letters inconsistent with
any sense of integrity and honor"
Whatp Can man of integrity. and
honor write to correspondent Of his
rulings as Speaker of the House Of
Representatives in connection with q
corporation whose stock he wishes to
secure, and say to the same correspon-
dent that he knows :schannels $ in
which he can be useful" and pledge
that he will be mo deadhead in the
enterpriser' How debased must be
the notion of integrity and honor that
moves either the private or the puiolic
acts of such a man. By Blaipe's own
lips is he condemned. For the man
who has SO far forgotten the simplest
teachings of an honest life is unfit TO
be the President Of the United States.
Richmond (Ha.) State.
The present swinging of Blaine
around the circle seems to be equal in
human fuss and in senseless parade 10
that made by andy johnson on SINH
lar occasion years since, aud win be
equally unproductive OF any good re-
suit to the political charlatsu who is
the chief actor. He will find this ots
himself after November Al Rictno1d
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Sign of Insanity Discovered Teo Late.
COLUMBUS, October r12.-Physicians made
an examination of the brain of Chas. W.
Butler, executed at Columbia City, Indiana,
Friday. 1t is thought sufficient evidence
was found to sustain the theory of insanity
urged by the defense.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

--Perhaps Blaine wanted to use his
letters to Fisher as Republican cam
paign documents. That's the reason he
offered Mulligan, through Fisher, S10.-
600 for them. He wanted to get ahead
of the Democrats-anticipated them, as
it were. In the work of vindloation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Three different civil engineers have
made estimates of the quantity of water
pouring over Niagara Falls every min
ute, and there is difference of two
quarts between the highest and the
lowest. .-BufaIo Erpress,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
ATemperance Apostles Anniversary.

SCRANTON, Pa, October 10.-The Father
Mathew Societies OF Lackawanna and
Luzerne Counties celebrated the ninety
fourth anniversary of the birth of the great
temperance apostle to-day. There were five
thousand uniformed men in line.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
jealousy Among Medical Mem.

LONDON, October 12.-The doctors are
vigorously pulverizing DIR. Koch's claim to
the discovery of the cholera microbe.
They made sorry exhibition of the Ger.
MANS uethod
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Socialist Riot.

BERLIN, October 12.-In Socialist riots at
Brandenburg, the mob tore up the pave.
ment and attacked the police. The military
were called out. Several persons were
wounded on both sides. Many arrests were
made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

If tradesman in Madagascar gives
short weight and is found out, he is
sentenced to pay fine OF five oxen and
i've dollars, or 60 to prison and work
In chains for one year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Another Cyclone at catania.

ROME, October 12.-Catania has been vis-
tied by another cyclone. Thirty persons
were killed. King Humbert sent f4O0 for
the relief of sufferers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Ice a HaIf-Inch Thick.

heavy white frost covered the ground this
morning. There was ice half an inch thick
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
81 SECOND FALSE

SECOND fALSEE I
Blaine's Letter to Fish |
er, October 5, 1859.
~ note what you say
about the Importance
of my keeping all quiet,
here. I fully. appreei-I !
ate your wisdom and
your kindness, and
shall endeavor to do
Just as you desire in
the premises"
fl, THIRD FALsEH
Blaine's Letter to FISH
er. October 4 1853.
mo one will ever
know from me that I
have disposed of a
single dollar in Maine.
So there need be no
embarrassmentin in talk
ing with Mr.. Caldwell"
| ASKS FISHER T
Fisher to Blaine, No
vember, 8, 1871. @ift
/ have placed you in
positions whereby you
have received very
large sums of money
without one dollar of
expense to you. and
you ought not to for
get the act on my part.
OF all the parties con-
nected with the Little
Rock & Fort Smith
Railroad, no one has
been SO fortunate as
yourself in obtaining
money out of 1t. IN I
| IN AGONY ovE
Blafne's Letter to Fish
Ter, April I6, fST6.
] wish you to send me
a letter such as the en-
closed draft: Con
cealment of the invest
ment and everything
connectedwith itwould
have been very easy
had concealment been
desirable; but your ac-
ton in the whole mat
ter was as open and
fair as the day."
FOURTH FALSE
Blaine be fore tn e
| House in 1875.
/ am not afraid to
show theletters. Thank
God Almighty, / am
not ashamed to show
them.
WRITES AN INDORs
/ want you to send j
enclosed draft. :.
shall never forget IL "
the letter and mail the
G. Rlaina.
4~ HE DEFIEs
/ have defied the 2
compel me to produce
g. Blaine.
4 IMPORTANT NJ
I enclose letter from
important man for us
toward us, and i only !
ated that i could h
Fisher. .}IsEs
| Mr.. Blaine must
is the third and la
be evaded. Furthe
part makes the ract
long missing letter
Even the white fes
earth, and the Will
taken from the lists