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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An old maid may toss her head and
laugh at the idea of marriage, but in
that very laugh she goes He, he. he. !"
When Jimpkins got married for the
fourth time, and his friends teased him
about it, he said he couldn't help it, as
he'd Benedicted to it for some years.
Don't say man is unsuccessful
simply because he never aceomplishes
anything. How do you know but that
is just what he is trying to DON y
Herald.
-..Ella, my child" said a prudish
old maid to pretty niece, ''if the Lord
had intended your hair to curl He would
have done it Himself" $50 He did,
auntie, when was baby, but he thinks
am big enough now to do it myself"
Golden Lays.
In Petersburg, Va, man charged
with murder was convicted of involun-
tary manslaughter and sentenced to one
minutes Imprisonment and a fine of $5.
This brings murder within the reach OF
the humblest citizen.-LoUeU Mass
Courier.
I'm a regular blamed fool" said
husband to his wife when he had done
some foolish thing or other. as is usual
in all well-regulated families. 1T isn't
necessary to put up sign, my dear, "
she responded so fervently that there
didn't seem to be any necessity for con-
tinuing the conversation. = Chicago
Times.
You did not dare speak to me in
that manner before l married you, sir!''
she indignantly exclaimed. mo, nor
Won didn't dare come cayOrtino around
me in curl papers and rag-carpet
slippers before 1 married you, mam?'
he retorted. Then she cried and he
| profanified. Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
| graph.
The teacher was trying to teach the
boy something about navigation. Nov,
suppose YOUR father should start to-
morrow morning to walk across the
river-could he do it?" mo, sir. -
"Of course not" said the teacher much
encouraged; land why not?" BE
cause Eyes, go on; because
because he's in Jail, sir. - Yonkers
Statesman.
-Tommie's composition on pigs and
pig-pens: "a pig is an animil. 1t has
to eers, to lis, won tale, fore legs, and
hare. Pig-penz is not like steal penz
but ar sheds where pigs is kept We
hav won and too pigs, to. johnnie
Smith kane hear won da an teezed
them. Won went for hym an knoket
hymn inA the durt. 1 red in book the
the pen is miteier then the sord. Oul
pig has a sor2 on his eer where hi
hym. | don't no ane more about pigs.
Golden Days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
THE ALMSHOUSE HORROR.
Entire Portion Set Apart for the
Insane Destroyed.
Twenty-Eight Now Thought to be the
Number Who Perished, but Many More
are Missing.

PHILADELPHIA, February 13.--The fire of
last night at the Alms-house entirely de-
stroyed that portion of the institution set
apart for the insane. Of6s4 lunatics confined
there are many missing, but it is thought
most of them wandered away. At 9 O'Clock
this morning two more charred bodies were
found in Ward No. 2, They had been
roasted beyond all recognition. Several hu.
man forms can be seen in the burning
wreck in the cellar. 1t is now thought
twenty eight of the inmates perished,
That number of violent patients were
locked in cells on the third floor and could
not be reached. Eight of them have been
taken out dead, and the others have not
been accounted for. 1t seems that there
is no doubt but that they are lost, and that
their remains are among the ruins. During
the night many insane persons were
found wandering in different parts of the
city. some nearly naked. The poor crea-
lures generally seemed unable to under
stand their situation, and in some cases
begged their captors piteously not to throw
them into the river. Others seemed to
gleefully when the subject of the fire. was
mentioned. Another came flying down
South street early this morning with a
manacle attached to his wrist, and
a few links of a chain dangling from
it. He shrieked and laughed as he struck
right and left among the frightened peo-
pie. 1t was found necessary to use vio-
lence, and knock him down, before he
could be secured. Another madman caused
panic in a street car by rushing in half
clad. and with his face scorched and black
ened. He sank covering in a corner. 1t
was soon found that he was more fright
ened than those who had run away. The
report that the streets We're full of es-
capped maniacs caused much alarm in West
Philadelphia, and strangers look upon each
other with much distrust. Eleven bodies
were fonnd to-day. They were removed to
the dead house and placed side by side
with the bodies of the seven suffocated and
removed from the building last night. The
burned bodies are horribly disfgured,
some of them being burned to crisp.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
DIED TOGETHER.
Two Lovers Found Lifeless on Railroad
Trae<--A Melancholy Tragedy.

SHELBYvILLE, KY, February 15.-Will
Adams, n young man twenty-six years
old, and his sweetheart, TIME Wilmouth, a
pretty girl of eighteen years, were found
dead at an early hour this morning on
the railroad one mile west of Shelby
vile. Their bodies were stiff in
death and bespattered with blood, and
lay within few feet of each other, Adams
pistol, q small Smith & Wesson, with two
empty cartridges, lay between his legs. He
evidently murdered the girl, and then took
his own life. Both were shot in, the head,
she in the right ear, he in the left eye. They
walked to FShelbyville early in the
night from Mr.. Vim. Jessie's,
where the girl lived, and on
the return are supposed to have sat down
on the railroad track at the scene of the
tragedy. What took place between them
no mortal knows. Two pistol shots were
heard about II O'Clock last night, and the
dead bodies Were found this morning by
Mrs. Kent, a near neighbor. lovers
quarrel was probably the cause of the
tragedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Boards.

Most of the fathers of the Church
wore and approved the beard. Clement.
OF Alexandria, says: Mature adorned
man, like lion, with beard, as the
mark of strength and power" Lactan-
thus, Theodoret, St. Augustine and st.
Cyprian are all eloquent in praise of
this characteristic feature, about which
many discussions were raised in the
early days of the Church, when matters
of discipline engaged much of the at
tention of its leaders. To settle these
disputes, at the Fourth Council of Car
thage-A. D. 252, Can. 44-it was en-
acted s'that cleric shall not cherish
his hair nor shave his beard.n Bing-
ham quotes an early letter in which it is
said of one who from layman had be-
come clergyman: His habit, gait
were all religious; and agreeably to
these, his hair was short and his beard
long" A source of dispute between
! been the subject of wearing and not
wearing the beard. The Greek Church
! has adhered to the decision of the early
Church, and refused to admit any shaven
saint into its calendar, and thereby con-
demning the Romish Church for the
/ opposite conduct. Detroit Post.
1t would be impossible to devise a
system better calculated to afford the
minimum of representative rights than
that of the Municipal Franchise in Ire.
land. In Dublin, for instance, citizen
must be three years IN occupation of a
house of the proper rateable value. be-
fore he can claim municipal vote
f! Dublin Isfshmdn-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
XVIII. CONGRESS.
Second Session.

WASHINGTON, February 10.-SENATE.-The
bill to prevent unlawful occupancy Of pub
lie lands passed. The question Of general
legislation on appropriation bills was de-
bated again, and an issue was made on
striking out provision in the pension law,
and the Senate voted to consent to that much
HoUsE-Thc House in committee of the
whole debated at length the Post-office ap-
propriatj9n bill te read rt by as Gama
The appropriation bills that are now before
the House are the river and the harbor, the
Post-ofIice and legislative. The bills not yet
reported TO the House are the regular naval
bill, the sundry civil. the deficiency and for
tifications.
wAsHINGTos, February 1.-THE two Houses
met in Joint session for the formal count OF
the Electoral vote. and at its conclusion the
presiding officer, Senator Edmunds, formally
announced the result. That deciarat1on, ne
the presence of the two Houses of Congress,
and not as possessing any authority of law to
declare any legal conclusion whatever. This
latter statement by Mr.. Edmunds occasioned
long debate in the Senate The House went
into Committee Of the Whole on the Post
Office Appropriation Dill.
WASHINGTON; February 2.-SENATE.-The
bill repeating preemption and timber culture
laws was debated.
HOUsE-A committee of the whole sat to
consider the pOst-office appropriation bill. A
long debate enSued on the paragraphs relat-
ing to a change in the method of compensat-
ing railroads for mail transportation. The
Recommendations of the department were
generally sustained as to appropriations. The
army appropriation bill was amended and
passed.
WASHINGTON, February 13.-SENATE.-The
conference committee on the Electoral
count bill reported as unable to agree: The
bill to prohibit the importation of foreign
contract labor was debated.
HOUSE-Bill was passed amending Pacific
Railroad act so as to'authoriZe the construc
ton of road from Sioux City, Ia, to Gran
ger Wy. T, The House sat in committee OF
| the whole on the Post-office appropriation
btll, which was debated.
WASHINGTON, February 14.-SENATE.-The
bill to quiet title to Des Moines River lands
| and the Indian appropriation bill were de-
bated
HoUsE-Sat in committee of the whole on
| tive appropriation bill.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
FEBRUARY
THE OLD ATTIC ROOM.

remember the dear old attic room,
Where slept when a little boy,
In the farmhouse over beside the hill,
WhAn life was perfect joy.
remember the chairs so old and quaint,
And the bed whereon slept,
And the chest of drawers beside the door,
Where the apples were always kept
] remember well how the early sun
Through the window small would stray,
And how the bird in the tree outside
Would warble his morning lay.
And how my mothers Thine to get upl"
On my needless ear would fall,
And the unpretentious print that hung
So crookedly on the wall.
remember the ceiling, cracked and low,
Where punches of peppers hung,
But In every wild breeze swung.
l remember the barrels with stove-pipes
filed,
And the memory of this dear old room
Remembrances also brings.
OF the nights had of innocent rest:
What wouldn't give to be
Again, in the rosy, boyhood dreams,
And on its carpetless floor to romp,
A merry and boisterous boy,
And see Iny little sister play
With her latest painted toy?
The room was not fair to look upon,
But to me twas jolly nest.
All, that now as then could lay me down,
Its tired and willing guest,
And dream the dreams that then dreampt
In the nights so cold and still,
On the homely bed in that attic room,
In the farmhouse by the hill!
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
a Mormon CompIaint.

CHICAGO, February 13.--An elder of the
Mormon Church, in business in Salt Lake
City, and at present in this city, in an in
terview to-day, in speaking of the Ed
munds law, said: "The prosecution of
Mormons for unlawful cohabitation under
the Edmunds law continues. Mormons. how
ever, complain bitterly of the partiality of
the District Attorney for not prosecuting
Gentiles for the same offense, although
it is notorious that many are guilty.
Even the anti-Mormon press declare the
raid is prostrating business. Many Nor
mons against whom District Attorney
Dickson is moving, are leaving, because
they claim they can not secure justice in
court; that juries are packed by open
venires, and that bail is refused Mormons
pending appeal. Gentiles are beginning
to think they, too, will have to leave. or
starve, owing to the injurious effect upon
business, which would leave Utah in COM
plete possession of Mormons."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
A hxdranathie Cure.

HAvERHILL, MASS. February 13.-George
7. Royal, one of the principals in a recent
elopement, announced to-day that he had
swallowed poison. He took to his bed,
called distinctly upon Lena" his wife,
and proceeded to die. An empty bottle
which had contained laudanum was
found by the bedside, but the
physician suspecting that the dose
had been a light one, poured ice water
down the patients back. This brought
him to his feet as well as to his senses, and
boiling with wrath he throttled the doctor.
Another doctor arrived opportunely and
the patient subsided. The game was
doubtless intended as a first step toward a
reconciliation with his offended wife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Miscrllaneolls Items.

A MEETING was held at a room in the
,tate-house, Columbus, to inaugurate mea-
iures for the centennial celebration of the
irst settlement OF Ohio, which is to be held
April Z, 1888.
SIMON HANKEY, a prominent lumber
1ealer, of Akron, was killed in O runaway.
JOHN BABB, one of Wooster's oldest citi-
tens, is dead. He was born in Reading Pa,
IN 1904, and came to Wooster in 1881. He
became Mason in 1920, aud is said to be
one of the oldest Masons in Ohio. He has
taken all the degrees, including knight
remplar, the latter degree taken in 1S4S
For thirty yseven years he has been Tiler in
Ebenezer Lodge, of Wooster. He was
buried on the 18th with Masonic honors.
THERE was terrific explosion at the Ohio
Powder Works, two miles from Hubbard.
IN the morning Of the 18th. The whole OF
Mill No. was blown to atoms. Mike Egan
and Otis Hubert were seriously, if net fa-
tally injured. The shock broke many win
lows and burst open many doors there
There has been no estimate of damages as
yet, but it is probably 8 900.
AUGUST LExLINE, a tramp, slept upon a
pile of ties near the Valley Railway track,
about mile north of Canton, on the night
If the 11th, enduring the intense cold,
which reached 20 degrees below zero. pro-
tected only by a miserable suit of rags.
Early in the evening he had built a fire,
but it soon died out. He was taken to Can
| ton next morning by policeman and sent
| TO the County Infirmary. His limbs are
frozen hard and his face burnt into scales
The latter was caused by the fire, neal
which he slept. Long shaggy hair covers
his head and face, and his appearance is
| anything but human. Lexline is a German
and journeyman cooper. He says he left
Pittsburgh in October, and has been sleep.
ing in the open air ever since.
EARLY the other morning two burglars.
teking a rail, broke down the door of VIM
Hott's house, eight miles north of Circle
vile. One of them then guarded Mr.. Hott
! and his wife, while the other brought in the
hired girl. At the point of their revolvers
they made all three get into the same bed
where one guarded them while the Other
searched the house. They found a lot oi
silverware and $50 in cash. They then tool
victuals to the bedroom, ate their suppers
in the presence of their prisoners, bid then
adieu, and left without giving their ad
dress.
FRED. WARDE, the actor, was arrested ir
Dayton forigiving performance on Sun
day.
MRS. DUNwIDDLE, Dayton, drew a bead
on Mrs. Hurley, through the back fence
but it was too fine a shot, and simply rid
died the Hurley's door -jamb.
Mrs. JAS. MUNsLEY, of Perry Township
Licking County, went to the spring to ge
bucket of water leaving her child alon'
in room close to the CRATE, in which was
fire. On returning she found her little on
in flames, and it's flesh burned almost to
crisp. Death resulted in few minutes.
r. NJ. SHOEMAKER, prominently connecte
with railroad interests in the west. died a
Cincinnati, a few days ago.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Gord0n's Fate.

LONDON, February 15.--The Press Asso-
citation states, under reserve, that late
Saturday night the War Office sent tele-
gram to Miss Gordon, at Southampton, to
the effect that Khartoum had not fallen,
and General Gordon is safe.
KoRTI, February 15.-The Mudir is now
convinced that Khartoum has fallen and
General Gordon is dead. A cavass of
Ibrahim Bey Reichdi states that Farag ad
mitted the rebels to Khartoum. The cavass,
with his master, went to the Government
House and met Gordon coming out. armed,
with Mahomed Bey, Mustapha, and twenty
cavasses. While proceeding to tine Aus
trian consulate, they met party of rebels,
who fired volley. Gordon, Mahomed and
MustaDha fell dead
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
koch's Theory.

Mrs. Winks-What queer things sta.
tistics bring out. see that the fig.
ures gathered by the Paris authoritie.
show that nine-tenths of the male vic.
tins of cholera there were unmarried
men.
Mr.. Winks-I am not surprised
That proves that Koch's theory is cor
rect.
"Indeed! What is his theoryp"
THAT cholera germs are easily de.
sroyed by boiling. %
"Why, what has that to do with the
immunity of married men, praya'
They are generally kept in hoi
water, you know, n@-Ptiladelsh$a Cdll
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
A Maniac and a Preacher.

NEW YORK, February 14.-Regina Neh-
mer has, for two years, been a member of
the family of Rev. Leo Koenig, pastor of
the Fifteenth street German Lutheran
Church. She is only seventeen, and yester-
day became raving maniac. About ? in
the morning Mr.. Koenig and his wife We're
awakened by a terrific banging at their
door. Suddenly the door opened and Re-
gina burst into the room. Her hair hung
down her back, and her. eyes
glared. She rushed to the bed,
clutched the minister by the throat
and shrieked: 81 have been ordained by
God to kill you both!' Mrs. Koenig
screamed, and springing from the bed,
rushed from the room. The struggle be-
tween Mr.. Koepig and the girl was vio-
lent one, but he finally broke away from
her grasp and dashed into the hallway,
closing and locking the door after him. A
policeman soon arrived and the girl was
locked up. Failure to hear from her friends
in Germany has unsettled the girls mind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
The-Past Weeks Failures.

NEW YORK, February 13.-The failures
throughout the country in the last seven
days, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co.,
number, in the United States, $50; Canada,
81; total, 30 as compared with a total of
346 last week, and 354 the week previous.
The large decrease is probably more ap-
parent than real, as railroad and tele-
graphic communication in the West and
Northwest has been SO interrupted that
doubtless many failures in remote locali-
have not vet been reported.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Warming a Viper.

KANKAKEE, ILL, February 14.-A tramp
named Nelson applied for lodging at An
drew Shrefi1er's residence in Rockville
Township, Thursday night, saying that his
feet were frozen. He was given bed, and
yesterday, while Mr.. Shreffier was at work,
the tramp asked Mrs. ShrefIler for some
thing to put on his feet. Mrs. Shreffl er
gave him some kerosene oil, but
Nelson did not like it, and,
taking an iron skillet from the stove broke
it over her head. Then he took fat iron
and struck her again ON the head, produc-
ing several terrible wounds. The woman's
skull was fractured, and she died this
morning. Nelson was brought to this city
last evening and lodged in Jail The feel
ing against the murderer is very strong,
and fears are entertained that he will be
lynched.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
A Conductors Costly BIunder

CLEVELAND, O., February 13.-Mrs. Mary
NJ Tuttle, of Ann Arbor, Mich, started for
Cleveland on February 10, 1888. She arriv-
ed at Toledo. and took the New York and
Chicago limited express on the Lake Shore
road, without having purchased a ticket.
The rule was that passengers should have
tickets for this train. She presented money,
but the conductor refused it,
and told her to buy a ticket at
Sandusky. When she reached the latter
place she bought a ticket from Sandusky to
cleveland. The conductor informed her
that she should have purchased ticket
from Toledo to Cleveland, and put her of
the train at the first depot. When she ar
rived here she entered suit for 81 ,00D dam
ages, and to-day the jury gave her 1850.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Read a Dime Novel,

HILsDALE, MICH, February 12.-Two
twelve-year- -old boys, named Davidson and
Parker, of Grosvenor, Lenawee County,
yesterday, after reading a dime novel, pre-
pared sham Indian fight. Davidson had
hatchet and Parker revolver, which
was accidentally DISCHARGED, striking
Sta anfl
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
DUTY on Tobacco.

WASHINGTON, February 12.-The Ways
and Means Committee to-day decided to re-
port a bill, providing that the duty on leaf
tobacco of requisite size and necessary fine
ness of texture to be suitable for wrappers,
and of which MOI than one hundred leaves
are required to weigh pound, and leaf to-
bacco of growth of different countries,
shall be, when inclosed together in bale or
other package, if not stemmed, seventy
five cents per pound, and, if stemmed, one
dollar per pound. So much of any package
of tobacco as may not be suitable for wrap
pound,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Socialists Favor DYNAMITE.

NEW YORK, February 12.-The Socialist
Labor party held a meeting in Concordia
Hall tonight, and unanimously adopted
resolutions favoring dynamite policy for
Irishmen. Alexander Jones began his
speech by exclaiming: Dynamite. you
are my lifew Edward King said Irish
men were justified in using dynamite to
revenge the cruelties to which they had
been subjected. A bottle of sulphur was
found in one of the galleries. Wild en-
thusiasm prevailed, but no disorder.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Eva Mackay'S Wedding.

PARIS, February 12.-Miss Eva Mackay
was married to-day to Don Ferdinand
Julien Colonna, Prince of Galarro. Mrs.
Mackay, mother of the bride, gave grand
bridal reception, which in every respect
must rank with the most magnificent festi-
walls of French history.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19

There has been discovered near
Yuba Dam fugitive sheep, which, in
swimming through the muddy water,
had become thoroughly covered with
''slickens," in which much grass seed
had been mixed. A thick crop of green
grass is now growing upon the sleeps
back. Both the sleep and grass are be-
ing carefully guarded, and when the
latter has reached IFS full growth it will
be halvo sted, converted into hay and
preserved as one of the California GU
rios. S.tieS.-Ckicaqo Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Another Spanish Earthquake.

MADRID, February 18.-Earthquake
shocks were felt to day at Tore Del Cam
DO, forty miles north of Granada. The
hospital was seriously damaged.i
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
France and China,

PARIS, February 12.-The Government
has advices that the troops in Tonquin
have had three days heavy fighting in a
defile in the course of their advance
towards Langson. The Chinese show
great obstinance, but the French advance
slowly, but surely. Their losses, however,
are heavy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Five Workmen Asphyxiated,

CHICAGO, February 12.-Five men were
asphyxiated in sewer this afternoon.
Four were dead when brought up, and
another died soon afterwards. The names
of the dead are Michael Laski, Joseph Gill,
James Grady, Daniel and Matthew Mason.
All were married except Gill.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Men have teen emnlored on =

Men have Teen employed on rail-
ways W tn the ten parature of 1O4 de-
grees, ard in the mines, under favor
able c.rcumstances, at 125 degrees,
while the stoke olcs of trop cal vessels
they are said to work occasionally at a
temperature of 156 degrees. Cleoela,sd
Lender,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
A horse-car condnctor in Neuhr,,-

port, Mass, has long memory. A
man owed him for two rides, and dis
appeared for four years. Upon his re-
turn lie started to ride home, and
handed the conductor money for his
fare. The conductor took out four
fares, two of which were for the debt,
and one for the intel est -Bostop Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-19
Ex-sheriff Blows Out His Brains.

SOMERSET, Pa, February 15.-This
morning, at an early hour, ex-Sherif
Spangler committed suicide by blowing his
brains out, Oh account of financial en-
barraSment.