The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
A NEWS ITEMS.

REV. SAMUEL DICKINSON, of Jefferson,
has been called to the pastorate of the
Church at Norwalk, at a
salary of 81 200 per year.
ELMER HAINEs, found horribly mangled
on the railroad near West Sonora, is be-
lieved to have been murdered, and two
men have been arrested on suspicion.
MISS ELLA Belts, the young lady who
was reported to have been "cured by faith"
at Nevada, recently, died on the ID.
A A died near Defiance, recently, from,
enlargement of the liver, and a postmortem
developed the fact that that organ weighed
over twenty-five pounds.
ONE thousand coal miners in the Akron
district of the Tuscarawas Valley struck |
again the other morning. The cause of the |
trouble is unknown.
VEsUvIUs, a small village on the Dayton
and Ironton Railroad, is terribly stricken
with typhoid fever. Three persons have
died within the past few days, and there
are twenty-six other serious cases.
A MEETING of members of the Spring
field bar was held the other day to protest
against the exhorbitant charges for the
use of telephones and threatening to dis
continue their use unless rates are reduced.
JANE DARRAH, of Alexandria, took a
dose of arsenic to end her miseries, but
doctors successfully interfered. James
mother refused to put down a new carpet.
ZEPHANIAH and Joseph Stoffer were
arrested at Independence, Richland Coun-
ty, and jailed at Mt. Vernon, charged with
larceny and burglary.
BURGLARS entered the residence of s. K.
Ruse, near Bascom, during his absence a
few days ago, and stole notes, silverware,
clothing, etc., valued at several hundred
dollars. Martin Shagner was also robbed.
The family of w. H. Topping, consisting
of himself, wife, two children and mother
in-law, living at Ashland, swere poisoned
by eating of a cheese hat had been pre-
sented hin by a friend. Their lives were
saved with difficulty.
THE Probate Court at Mansfield has ad-
judged Mrs. Eliza Hoskins, William Slough
and Emma Mitchell insane, and thew were
taken to the Columbus Asylum.
JAMES WINANs, after a preliminary
hearing at Mansfield, was held without
bail for the murder of Clara Hough.
ABRAHAM GooDHUE, living about twelve
miles from Logan, was robbed of $3.50 by
ohi CO ule WHO euGeTou lis resi-
dence, and at the point of itheir revolvers,
demanded his money.
BILL ~BooKwALTER, of the Dayton Sol
diers' Home, while on a spree near Circle
vile, a few days since, shot Sam Tibbs,
colored, and he can not recover
THE Paris Figaro, the best paper in the
French metropolis, distinguishes itself
thus in its issue of September 6, in an arti-
Gle about American politics: "The news
from Ohio, which is one of the prominent
cities of America, is of a very discouraging
nature. Under the leadership of General
John Tecumseh Sherman, the late Frebel-
lion has broken out anew, and threatens to
engulf the whole land. General Sherman
was commander of Georgia, in the South,
and more recently Minister of Finance in
the National Government. He has been
reinforced by the General of Massachu-
sets, the city which is the capital of Bos-
ton, by a certain Mr.. George F%risbyhorr, a
soldier of talent, and one to be feared. The
purpose of the uprising is to prevent the
re-establishment of slavery in the South,
as well as the reduction of imports upon
sheep and cheese, industries of high rank
in the State of Ohio" Evidently the FL
caro- is not posted on American history.
THE ten days old infant of Mrs. F. King,
of Springfield, weighed but one pound and
five ounces.
MRS. WM.H. BURNSIDES, Jackson County,
delirious from typhoid fever, laid her four
months babe, face down, on a bed of Goals
in the CRATE. Almost instantly fatal.
AT Lima the other day Mike Doyle's
baby fatally scalded himself with the cot
fee-pot; B. O.. Browning was thrown from
his buggy and dangerously kicked; and a
lad named Reel had his arm mangled in {
laundry machine.
AT Mansfield, the other morning, as {
daughter of John Jarvis was driving int
the city, and as she arrived at the bridge
over the creek at the %ravine, a badly de-
moralized specimen of the genus tramp
suddenly emerged from the wood ant
stopped her horse, at the same time de
handing money or something to eat. TIL
young lady, thoroughly frightened
whipped up her horse, and escaped. B,
many he is believed to be the murderer o
Clara Hough, and as there is a cave here
tofore UNEMPLOYED in the woods in which h
disappeared, a party has been organized t
thoroughly explore its mysteries, and,
possible, capture it's occupant.
VOTERS in Cleveland, under a law pass
ed last winter, are now compelled to regis
ter. The books closed on the Doth. Thirt
thousand one hundred and eighteen voter
registered in Cleveland, or 5000 less tina
voted last November.
THE number of voters registered in Cir
cinnati was 6O,096, being 1924 less tina
voted at the Presidential election last Nc
, vember.
; STEPHEN G-ENsL1NGER, Chief Enginee
of the Fire Department, of Piqua, commit
ted suicide, by shooting himself through til
: head.
4 WHILE walking on the track of the Day
ton & Union Railroad, near West Bait
Z more, Elmer Haynes was struck by a trai
I and killed.
! AT Crestline burglars entered the res
= dence of VIM. Boales, gagged and bel
8 him, but only succeeded in stealing a waite
= and chain.
GODFREY SMITH was found in a badl
4 bruised condition on the railroad net
v Wooster. He claimed to have been robbie
of 81 800 and thrown from a train.
THE three-year-old son of Daniel SmitI
at College Hill, Hamilton County, fell in
Q the cistern in the yard. near his parent
q house, the other day. He was taken OF
n alive, but died in a short time.
l. The old Burnet homestead in Burn
'e Woods, Cincinnati, was totally destroys
d by fire a few nights ago. The structu
Is was owned by Cincinnati and the loss W
II amount to about $4,000.
>, THE Ohio State Live Stock Commissi,
has q%uarantined against the cattle of Ne
=. York, New Jersey, District of Columb