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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
De Icons Feat.

PORTAGE, N. Y, September 30.-Fully
fourlthousaud persons, coming from Buffalo,
Rochester, Elmra and other places along
the line of the Erie Railroad, were on the
banks of the Portage Gorge. this afternoon,
to see Prof. j. e. De Leon, of Springfield,
o.. risk his lifo by walking tight-rope
stretched $50 feet from side to side, at a
distance of 200 feet above the rocky
bed of tho river, and directly above the
falls. The rope was an inch in diameter,
much smaller than is generally used in
such feats. The performer walked across
in eight minutes, and returned to the CEN
ter of the chasm, where he gave a trapeze
performance, after which he lowered him
self to the river, landing on the stonework
which was recently built to keep the falls
from washing away. He was thoroughly
exhausted, and after q rest climbed the
stairs to Murphy's Park and marched
triu.nphantly back to his hotel with brass
band in front. of him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
The SMALLPOX Endemic.

MONTREAL, October lit has been de-
cided by the Provincial Board Of Health to
recommend that the Indians and half
reed on the various reservations shall be
>accinated. The official vaccinnators now
aking house to house visitations number
'ty -eight, and three thousand persons
ere being inoculated daily. Official re-
turns at the Health Office to-day showed
forty -four deaths from smallpox in
this city yesterday; five in Ste. Jeanne
Baptiste, three in Ste. Cunegonde. Mr..
Massiah, night editor of the Daily Times,
died of smalI-po this morning, and was
buried at once. Eighty-four new cases of
smallpox were reported to-day. For the
six days ending Thursday night there
were 216 deaths in this city and sixty six
in the adjoining municipalities.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
To Robinson's Circus Train in Min
nesota.
Five Employees Killed and Thirty or
More Injured.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, October A terrible
accident happened on the Fergus Falls
branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
seven miles west of there, this morning,
by which five men lost their lives and
thirty or forty more were more or less in
jured. John Robinson's show left Wahpeton.
Dak., for this place, in two sections. When
within seven miles of Fergus Falls, near
small place named French, the head or
baggage section broke in two iwhile going
up a heavy grade, and ten or twelve cars
went flying back at a terrible rate.
On the rear of the train
were three sleeping cars occu-
pied by workmen, two hundred in num-
ber, all of whom were sound asleep, and
not aware of impending danger. The cars
which had broken loose increased their
speed as they approached the second or
cage section, and probably had ran a mile
before they struck it. The engineer of the
but only had time to stop his train be-
fore it struck him. The brakemen on
the loose cars tried to put on brakes, but
they had difficulty in running from
car to car on account of the wagons,
which impeded their progress. Had the
engineer of the rear section had a moment
more time he could have backed his train
and avoided the calamity. But it was
too late, and the cars struck his en-
gine with tremendous force, throwing three
sleepers from the track and smashing them
beyond recognition. The result was soon
apparent. More than a hundred men were
buried in the debris. The scene can hardly
be described. The night was fearfully dark,
and the groans of the men were appalling
The people in the rear section began the
work Of removing the victims, five OF
whom were fonnd dead, and many others
wounded and Needing. Word was al
once dispatched u the city, and train in
charge of Superintendent Vining at once
hastened to the scsue, and the dead and
wounded were brought here. The work Of
removing the men from thesdebris was 9
sorry task. A man alive and uninjured
was taken from between two dead
ones, and it was simply miracle that he
escaped. Wilson, the watchman, saw that
the accident was inevitable, and he could
have saved his life by jumping, but he re.
fused to desert his comrades, and lost his
life while trying to arouse the sleeping men
Wilson was torn to pieces, and his mangled
remains were strewn along the track fol
some distance. His heart was found or
top of a car.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
MIDNIGHT EXECUTION.
The Wretched Man, Hartnet, Almost Be-
Headed by the Fall.

COLUMBUS, O., September 30.-2 A. M
Patrick Hartnet, the condemned murderer,
ate hearty supper and retired at 10 O'Clock
to await the hour of execution. At 1:15
the officers and witnesses of the execution
assembled in the Clerks Office, put on slip
pers, and, with lanterns, the party, headed
by the Warden, proceeded to Hartnet's
cell. 1t had been previously arranged that
Beresford should pull the lever, Long ad-
just the rope, Kelly strap the prisoner, and
Moses put the handouts on him: The Sheriffs
were Baker, of Clarke; Arnold, of Seneca,
and White, of Delaware. Hartnet was
found sitting in the corridor waiting for
the executoners to arrive. He arose, spoke
to the Cincinnati men, calling each by
name. He was then taken, placed on the
trap, walking out smiling, and again spoke
to all. He answered that he had nothing
to say, and 1:22 the drop fell, and an
awful scene was presented. The
fall was too great, and Harnet's
head was nearly torn from his body.
The blood spurted over those near by, and
in less than two minutes he was pronounc-
ed dead. Hartnet was at once cut down,
as it was feared that the head would be
torn clear from the body if permitted to
remain long. The scaffold was slippery
with the blood, and those in attendance
were not long in getting out, all looking
pale and some were sick. 1t was pro-
nounced by all to have been very sicken-
ing affair.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Train Ditched, With Several Casualties.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL, September 30.-At 4
O'Clock this morning, the indianapolis,
Bloomington and Western west bound pas
senger train was derailed at Downs by a
broken locomotive axle. The speed was
high, and all but the rear chair-car went
into the ditch. Isaac Cornell, of Ellsworth,
ILL.,, returning from visit to Ohio, had
his shoulder broken and sustained a con-
cussion of the brain, which will prove ia
tai. Luke Cornell, of Ellsworth. and a
young son of DIR. Taylor, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, were badly cut and bruised. The
other passengers were but slightly injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Bad r iIway Accident in New Brunswick.

ST. JOHN, N. B., October a.-About 1880
this morning, as the express train from
Quebec to st. John was approaching Ca
uaan Station, the first-class, second-class
and postal cars were thrown off the track
by broken rail. The stove in the first
class car was upset, and the car imme-
diately took fire. The coach was filled with
passengers, almost all women and chill
dren. For a few min tes a scene of the
widest confusion reigned. Women scream
ed and tainted, and were trampled upon,
and even the male passengers lost their
heads. A woman named Tucker, of Am
herst, sustained fatal injuries by the stove
falling on her, and an infant received a
fri2htful cash in the head, from which it
cannot recover. All of the passengers are
injured more or less. Medical assistance
was sent from Moncton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Peculiar and Fatal Accident.

CENTRALIA, ILL, CUuober A little
girl, the daughter of F. Burkley, residing
at Sandoval, ILL.,, met her death in very
esculiar manner. The tongue of a gang
Piow had been propped up with stick
under the tongue. An iron kettle having
2our sharp pointed legs was turned upside
down. The child in playing around the
plow tongue, which, coming down, caught
her head on one of the iron legs, which
penetrated her brain and knocked out one
eye. The poor child died in great agony.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
The Pennsylvania AeroIlte.

CLAYsvILLE, Pa, October 1.-The aero
lite, or meteoric stone, which is supposed
to have caused the loud detonations heard
throughout the greater part of Washing
ton and Allegheny Counties on Saturday
last, fell upon the farm of Mr.. Buckland. in
Jefferson Township, near the West Virgin
ia line, instead of Cecil, as reported in
some papers. Ellis Jones, who carries the
mail north of this place, witnessed the
fiery creature in its flight through
the heavens. He said he never
heheld more awful or inn
pressive scene. His horse suddenly
stopped, and he heard noise as if the
winds were rushing onward with great
violence. Looking up he saw moving high
above him with incredible velocity a huge
mass, which he describes as resembling a
great coal of fire as large as the largest
barn he ever saw. There appeared to be
er color than the coal, which tapered off
into dark tail with sinuous trace. All
in a moment, Mr.. Jones states, the noise
which accompanied it ceased; the fire-like
appearance, the flame and the black
tail disappeared, and in their stead the
stone assumed a whitish hue, which it re-
tanned until it passed out of sight. His
horse was SO frightened that it took several
minutes of vigorous application of the
whip before the animal could be pursuad led
to move. He afterwards saw the stone
when it was still hot. When the stone lit
it broke into three pieces, but did not pene-
trate the earth to such a great depth as
already stated, as two-thirds of the body
of it is above ground. 1t is grayish in color,
with tendency to red in streaks. Is ir-
regular in form. and at least thirty feet
square, although at some places its dimen-
sions are fifty feet square. CONSERVATION
seized upon the people who beheld it in its
flight through the air, and those of su-
perstitious nature thought it ladened with
portends dire and awful, and that the spirit
which causes war, pestilence and famine
pervaded the fiery visitor. A great num-
ber of people have gone to see the wonder.
Measures should have been taken early to
preserve the stone intact. Up to this time
| the relic hunters have done remarkably
we'll in carving away souvenirs
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
A Singular Chapter of Acc dents.

PARIS, October "A few days ago Jean
Coubret, mason, living at Vallon, near
Moulins, fell from a scaffold and fractured
his spine, his injuries proving fatal. His
brother Tranquile, on returning from the
funeral with his brother-i in law, Jaillet,
fell into the Berry canal and was drowned,
the brother-in-law himself losing his life
endeavoring to rescue him. On the fol-
lowing day when the bodies were recov-
cred, the widow of Jaillet swooned,away
.n4 falling to .he ground fractured her
sRulI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Over the Ocean.

LONDON, October 2.-Sir Charles Dixie
will be married tomorrow. The second
day of the English cheap postal telegraph
saw an increase of nearly one-third. Ber-
lin now comes forward with a scandal,
with an eminent artist and Senator as the
guilty party. A new See has been es-
tablished by the Pope in Nebraska, with
Rev. O'Connor, present Vicar Apostolic as
Bishop of Omaha. Cholera has appeared
in Genoa. In Italy Thursday there were
1913 new cases and so deaths. There is great
activity in Turkish military circles. Russia
demands that she be allowed armed inter-
vention il Servia enters Macedonia. The
Greek Government is raising funds for de-
fensive operations. Austria is said to be
privately supporting Servia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Killed by a Train.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, October 1.-At $3.50
o clock this morning a train on the New
York and New England Railway struck an
omnibus in New Britain, at the Black Rock
grade crossing. 1t was occupied by chill
dren on their way to school. Charles Olson,
aged nineteen years, the driver of the omni-
bus, and his sisters, Minnie and Lottie,
aged thirteen and fifteen years respec-
lively, were SO badly injured that one has
since died, and the others will probably die.
They were the children of the owner of the
omnibus. The engineer says that the
horsesIbecame unmanageable and ran upon
the track in front of the locomotive.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Tc Investiqate the Cholera.

WASHINGTON, October 2.--The President
has issued an executive order directing DR..
E. o. Shakespeare, of Pennsylvania, to
proceed under the direction of the Sscre-
tary of State as the representative of the
United States to Spain and other countries
in Europe wher cholera exists, and make
investigation of the causes, progress and
proper prevention and cure of the disease,
In order that full report may be made to
Congress during the next session.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
The New Cruisers,

WASHINGTON, October 2.-The special
Board of Naval Officers appointed by. Sec
retary Whitney to report plans for arma-
ment of new cruisers, have submitted
recommendations for two vessels, to COST
not more than $1,100,O00. capable of a
eight-inch and eight six-inch guns, besides
secondary and smaller battery. For
heavy gun-boats costing not more than
$4,000 each, main battery of six six
inch rified breech-loading guns, with a
secondary battery, is recommended; for
eight gun boats, costing not more than
$275, 900, four six-inch breech loading rifled
guns and secondary battery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
The British at Herat.

ST. PETERSBURG, October A dispatch
to the Nouoe Vremyo from Askabad dated
Saturday, says: "The English have taken
entire possession of Herat, and have Or
dered the inhabitants to quit the town i'm
mediately. The inhabitants, angered by
the action of the English, have thrown up
earthworks opposite the citadel. The Eng
lish are being strongly reinforced" This
dispatch is considered to be exaggerated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Fatal Elevator Accident

CHICAGO, October 1.-William Foster
and John McKillop, employees at the Le-
land Hotel, placed piece of furniture or
top of the elevator cage, to day land started
for the top floor. Before reaching their desti-
nation the furniture struck against the top
of the shaft, the cable parted, and the
cage dropped to the ground. McKillop
died from his injuries and Foster is in q
precarious condition
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Guilty of Her Husbands Murder.

LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, October 4.-The
trial of Mrs. Druse for the murder of her
husband closed at Herkimer at 1880 this
morning with verdict of guilty of mur-
der in the first degree. The murder was
committed in the town of Warren, on the
18th of December last. After Mrs. Druse
killed her husband she cut his body up
and burned it in the stove. The crime was
not detected until about four weeks after.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Flood in Georuia.

DALTON, GA, October 2.-lt has been
raining hero hard for several days. The
entire valley is inundated. Corn and cot
ton are under water; pumpkins are floating
about, and people are vacating their houses
in canoes. Water is all over the branch
prison at Graysville, and convicits are
wading around nearly to their waists. 1t
is still raining, with signs of abatement.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
An Epidemic of Hydrophobia.

DEs MONIES, IA, October 4.-The people
of Bayard, Guthrie County, are greatly ex-
cited over theravages of hydrophobia in
their midst. A few weeks ago dog went
mad and bit a number of cows, the disease
spread to the horses and other stock, and
now the net loss reported is nine cows,
three steers, two colts and some other
stock. The amount is not definitely
known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
.Wbv is If that the watch snr,,

Why is it that the watch springs
are breakingp I'm my experience of
thirty-three years. writes a workman
in the finishing-room of factory, 81
have never known of SO large a per
cent. of broken springs at this time of
year. always have noticed that there
was large increase in the breaking of
mainsprings in watches in the fall, but
there are more accidents of the kind
now than ever. Why is it?" No less
than five thousand mainsprings in
watches were broken during a recent
storm in New York.-M Y Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Arrested for an Old Murder.

GALVESTON, TEX, October A special
from Paris, Tex, to the Ne,os. says: John
Alexander, charged with murder in this
county thirty two years ago, and who was
recently arrested in Arkansas, arrived here
yesterday in charge of officers. Alexander's
was sent to the Penitentiary for life Eve
years ago, and died there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08

AT Phyong Yang, in Corea, the hats
worn by the poor women are baskets
three and half feet long, two and a
half wide, and two and a half deep.
The men wear similar basket, but
smaller. 1t requires both hands to
keep it in place. Women of the better
class wear white cloaks over their
heads.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Her Fast Nearly Ended.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, October 4.-Mrs. Bulla,
the faster, who has not tasted food since
August 10, is failing, and her pulse is very
weak. She sleeps great portion of the
time. She is not expected to live more
than two or three days longer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08

1t is an odd fact that the women at
the watering-places written up by cor
respondents as the ''best dressed are
the ones never heard of in society"
in New York or any other city.--M z
Nail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
JIe egatoil &flnpfraf.
3 ATEs OF ADyFRTIsINo.

Business cards Of ave Hines or lsss. - per annun.
Local notices, 10 cents per line each inssrttea.
Simple announcements OF marriayes and eeatha
snd church and benevolent society notices insrteA
free. ANY additions to obituary notices win -
charged fye cents per linz.
Favors urist be handed In - early - Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week Conl-
municafions upon subjects e general q No.
katerost are solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Hoo Cholera in Kansas.

TOPEKA, KAs., October 4.-State Veterfn.
arian Holcombe reports that hog cholera
prevails in between thirty and forty .coun-
ties in Kansas, and large numbers of the
animals are diving of the disease.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
A Comma Earthuuake,

NEW YoRK, October 2.-The great charge
IT 276, 900 pounds of dynamite with which
tt is proposed to demolsh Flood Rock, in
Hell Gate, will be discharged at $50 A. NJ,
October Il
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Chief Past.nffiee Insn q efnr

WASHINGTON, October 9. - William A.
West, of Oxford, Miss, to-day accepted
the position of Chief Post-office Inspector,
and at once entered upon the discharge Of
his duties,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
In the Interest of the Sabbath.

WASHINGTON, October IA delegation
of ministers has waited upon the Post
master-General to protest against the de-
livery of special rate letters in any of the
cities entitled to them on Sunday.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
POLITICAL NOTES.

1t would be interesting to know
what the people of Ohio think of their
Republican leaders. 1t is clear from
Their speeches that the Republican
leaders consider the Ohio people an ag-
pree-ation of consummate fools.-Ptit0.
del1hia Times.
The people of Ohio demanded
change in the administration two years
ago and Hon. George Hoadly was elect
ed Governor. His administration hal
been thoroughly honest and economical.
and the people on the 18th dav of Oc-
tober will indorse it by re election
Cleue'and Plain Dealer.
The Ohio Republican Executive
Committee has sent circulars to the
Ohio clerks at Washington begging TO;
money and promising to find them en-
plovment if the Democrats bounce them
for contributing. They also entreat the
few clerks Will bite at this hook
Washington Dispatch.
WHY don't the Republican papers
what their Legislative candidates really
did say to the saloon-keepers on tho
prohibition question? Are they between
declare their anti-prohibition opinion
among the temperance men OF the Re-
publican party, and equally afraid to
speak out their prohibition views among
the saloon-keepers. for fear of offending
one or the other of these classes?-CSs-
cinnati Enquirer.
Ohio. in the coming battle. occu-
pies peculiar ground. 1t is the first
State to vote succeeding q National
Democratic administration. Carried
by the Democrats. it would be the first
blow struck in the annihilation of tho
Republican party. There can be no
doubt but that if Ohio is anchored
safely in the Democratic column both
New York and Virginia will give Dem
ocratic majorities. and this means the
overthrow of a party which has sur
vived for ten years past only upon Sec
tional Cincinnati Enquirer.
One of the Justices of the Maine
Supreme Court occas onally amuscs
himself, when he is alone. by taking
down an old fiddle and playing on it.
The Judge used to be an expert per-
former of jigs on the fiddle. but since
his boyhood has not devoted much time
to the violin. He was born and raised
in poverty. and the story of his life is
almost a romance. His father was the
fiddler of the village, nomadic and
iovial soul. Said an old neighbor the
other day. when l went to muster.
sixty yeals ago, used to see the Judge
and his father playing the fiddle for
dances at sixpence per tune. That was
the regular price in those DAYS. None
of the dancers ever supposed that their
little fiddler would become Judge OF
the Supreme Court, t,-LeWis!on Jouraa'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
The Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 1.-The
following is recapitulation of the debt
statement issued to-day, given in the new
form:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08
Total available for reduc.
fiOn Of the debit
Total cash in Treasury as
shown by Treasurer's gen.

eraI account...... 4S3g36,I57 %
The payments on account of interest due
on bonds amount to about 81 800, 900, which
will reduce the decrease of the debt to
about $5,250,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08

tober i. 1885 ..... 81. .4eo, ,s34 ,s42 27
Debt less cash in Treasury
September l. 1855. 81, ,473, ,6a2, ,ao7 Sc
Decrease of debt during the
month as shown by this
statement. t.................... SI2,157 ,965 %
Cash in Treasury available
for reduction of the debt
Gold held for gold certificates
actually outstanding. ....... s.137, ,79O 90
Silver held for silver certifi-
Gates actually outstanding. 93656,716 90
United States notes held for
certificates of deposit actual
ly outstanding. .......... -. 23,1s5,OOo 90
Cash held for matured debt
and interest unpaid. ............. 5,945, ,O66 II
Fractional currency .......... 2,501 80
Total available for reduc-
tion OF the debt. 24o, ,o74 20
Reserve fund
Held for redemption of United
States notes, acts of January
A. 1875, July II, 1852. $780, 100000 90
Unavailable for reduction of
the debt:
| Fractional silver COIN $23,641 1893 70
Minor coin. n............... ........ ,S52 26
................S "a 43s, ,746 O5
Certificates held as cash is
used but not outstanding. $E4.66T. .230 90
Net cash balance on hand Ga, 900, JOG 80
| Total cash in Treasury as
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-08

in the eyes of the Senator. Democrats of the
North are not only their allies, but the party
has been "the chief agent in organizing the
frauds in election" and a Dull of excommu-
nicaton banshes President Cleveland from
among patriots for the pardon of Mullen
That may have been wrong, but was it right
to import negroes from Kentucky and out
laws from all parts of the Union and arm
them with bulldog pistols to dominate and
overawe the polls! If Mullen arrested ilie-
gal voters without warrant of law, did not
Lot Wright import and arm foreign bummers
and thugs in barefaced defiance of the Fed
eral statute? But does the distinguished
statesman forget John l. Davenport? Did he
as illegal voters when they held valid nat
uralizaton papers, as he knew, and hold
them till the election was over and then dis
charge them? And did he not make some
$4,000 in the operation, all paid out OF the