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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14

NINE DEAD.
He Kills Eight Persons Before He IL Made
to Bite the Dust.

LAS VEGAS, N. NJ, May 6.-Yesterday g.
morning at Bonito City, "a mining camp in
Lincoln County, Martin Nelson arose from
bed, and, while committing a robbery,
shot and killed DR.. William H. Flynn,
late of Boston, who was sleeping. in the
same room with Nelson in the up
stairs of the house of n. S. Mayberry. The
firing aroused the family, when Nelson
shot and killed Mayberry and wife, and
two sons and a little daughter were wounded
fatally, Peter Nelson, neighbor, was
alarmed and came to the house, when he,
too, was shot dead. 1t is supposed Nelson
remained in the house. Ten citizens
watched it to prevent Nelson's
escape. At Z a. m. the guards were
surprised to hear a shot from the real, when
Herman Beck fell dead. Nelson then came
down the street firing Winchester rifle
until he was shot dead. Nelson was sane,
was a good citizen, and came from Nebras-
ka. There is great excitement. The whole
neighborhood is making collins.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
THE "MlsTAkEs" OF THE PARTY.
Republican Politicians Satisfied That .
wise Head and Firm Hand Contrs< AZ
fairs.

Republican Politicians Satisfied That
wise Head and Firm Hand Contr4S AZ.
fairs.
The Republican managers expected
to have organized before now for their
campaign of 1883. They felt confident
that Mr.. Cleveland would wreck the
Democratic party at once, for had not
one of Mr.. Blaine's loudest organs, tho
New York Sun, pointed out how in
competent the Democrats standards
bearer WASP how unfit he would be to
conduct the business of the Govern
ment? The issue would be a very SIM
pie one, thought the Republicans; ''the
mistakes of the Democracy" nothing
more, nothing less.
But as yet the Republican managers
have not launched forth. On the other
hand, they have kept remarkably quiet
For President Cleveland is making such
an admirable Executive that even the
opposition can not find flaw that will
afford capital for campaign purposes.
True, some of the Republican papers
find fault with the Administration, but
so groundless arc their charges as to
make them absurd from the start.
President Cleveland entered upon the
work of reform the day after he was
inducted into Office. He did not make
clean sweep of the offices, but he in
| stituted a rigid examination, and from
day to day since the 4th of March resig
nations have been called for, and good
men appointed in the place of incompe-
teni partisans. And the verdict of all
intelligent and honest men is that a
| wise head and firm hand guide the
affairs of the Republic.
So long as good men applaud the
Democracy and thieves complain, the
Republican party must keep in the
background.
The loss to the political thieves by the
change in the Administration is enor-
nous, and we'll may the Dorseys and
Bradys cry out against fate. But the
more they howl, the better satisfied will
the people be.
The outlook is indeed gloomy for
Evarts and the Republican machine,
Richmond Va. State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
U. S. Marines Leave Panama.

PANAMA, May S.-Last night the Second
Battalion of U. s. Marines, numbering four
hundred officers and men, embarked on the
steamer Colon for New York. Two hum
dred additional Government troops landed
at Panama this morning from Buena Ven
tura, and more are expected tomorrow.
The First Battalion of U. s. Marines
is now stationed as follows: Col
onel Haywood and Companies B and
D at Aspinwall; part of Company E at
Matchin, and the remainder at San Pablo,
and Companies A and c, Captains Meeker
and Cochrane, remain at Panama. If the
situation improves they expect to return
home this month, and will leave the inter-
ests of the United States to six ships of the
Pacific and North Atlantic fleet, now at the
Isthmus. The health of all is excellent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
May Blossoms Nipped.

JANEsvILLE, WIS, May IA powerful
windstorm set in from the northeast last
night, and the Thermometer fell to2 above
zero, making ice quarter of an inch thick.
Tobacco beds suffered severely. The ther-
mometer stood 3se above zero during to-
day, which is the coolest ever known here
in May.
DRsMoINEs, Ia, May 7.-Three-quarters
of an inch of ice formed here last night.
Serious damage to fruit is feared.
ST. PAUL, MIMI, May IA snow-storm
is general throughout the Northwest.
Seeding will be retarded, but there will be
no great damage to vegetation, as it is not
far enough advanced to suffer seriously.
Ice is an inch thick at Yankton, Dakota.
Fruit buds are reported frozen. There is
an inch of snow at Fargo. The wind is
thermometer registers 21s above zero.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
SOLUTION OF THE PLAGUE.
A Mountain Stream Poisoned Where Ty-
phoid Fever Had Existed
Further Deaths.

WnKEsBARRE, Pa, May From last
evening up to noon to-day five deaths oc-
CURED at Plymouth from the plague. A
committee of physicians has discovered
satisfactory explanation of the epidemic at
Plymouth. At the headwaters of the
mountain stream supplying Plymouth with
water is house in which typhoid fever
has prevailed for the last three months.
The excretal of the sick were thrown into a
privy forty feet from the stream, and were
washed into the stream by the March
rains. By this pollution of the water sup
ply one thousand persons were poisoned.
About eighty-five died of typhoid fever.
Other deaths are expected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Horribly Injured by a Doq.

NEW YORK, May IA seven-year-old
boy named Willie Evans was almost chew
ed to death by a savage dog in his mothers
bedroom. The animal was owned by a
family that lived in the same house on
Thirty ninth street. While the boy
was trying to sweep the room,
the dog jumped at the broom
and then at him. He threw him upon the
floor, and began to tear the flesh from his
back. The lad fought as best he could, but
the enraged brute gnawed at his rists, legs
and arms. His screams finally attracted
the attention of his father, and he rescued
him by clubbing the dog. The lad was so
badly bitten, though, that he will undoubt-
adlx, die
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
After Fifty Years companiousI1ip.

FREEvILLE, N. Y, May 6.-For more
than fifty years George W. Trip and his
wife lived in this village. Mrs. Trip has
been in i'll health for year past. On Sat-
urday last, the doctor told Tripp that his
wife had cancer, and that she could live
but short time. On Sunday afternoon,
the old man was found hanging from a
beam in his barn. A note was pinned to
his coat. 1t read as follows: "Mother will
die and leave me alone. I can not bear it. -
He was seventy mine years old. His wife
was seventy eight.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Great Interest in Temperance.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 10.-The interest
in the Murphy temperance movement is on
the increase. Hundreds were unable to
gain admission tonight to Library Hall,
where the meeting was held, and the audi
torium was SO densely packed that several
women tainted. The crowd on the outside
broke down the doors in their efforts to get
in, and the police were finally compelled to
disperse them. Over four hundred persons
signed the pledge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
BUSINESS IN ARREARS.
A Manifest Duty on the Part of the Ne
Adminfstratisn.


A Manifest Duty on the Part of the New
Administratisn.
Owing to the incompetency Of officials
and their attention to politics rather
than to their duties, vast amount of
business was in arrears in all the de-
partments in Washington when the
present Administration came into pow
er. The shameless neglect visible in
every bureau rendered the task of each
new chief an arduous one, as it was
necessary to clear away the accumula-
tions of years before striking clean
balance sheet. Hence orders were given
to enforce diligence and full time from
every clerk, and for the first time the
Government is getting the worth of its
money out of many employees who were
than useful. The rules which govern
prudently-conducted mercantile estab-
ishments, in which time is regarded
as money and employees are obliged
to do the exact amount of work
they are engaged for, have been
put in operation in the Govern
ment offices. The President has said
that the people have right to demand
of subordinates in public place, as in
cases of private employment, that their
money be paid to those who will render
the best service in return, and that the
appointment to, and tenure of, such
places should depend upon ability and
merit Heretofore clerks could come
and go as they pleased, especially if
they were valuable partisan workers,
and in many offices duties were wholly
neglected or performed in the most
slipshod manner. Orders have been
issued by the Secretary of the Navy
and the Postmaster-General exacting
full time of their employees in order to
catch up with work left behind by their
predecessors, and it is thought that the
same course will be found necessary in
the other departments. AS an instance
of the carelessness, hardly less than
| criminal, which has so long prevailed
in Government offices, it is related that
oney-orders, aggregating thousands of
| dollars and over two years old, which
| have never been through the auditing
| clerks hands in the Post Office Depart
ment, were found hidden away in the
| pigeon hole of q desk. Mr.. frank"
Hatton was too busy with politics to
look after such things and Colonel
Villas has task of no little magnitude
to make up for the deficiencies, of his
predecessor. The Republican journals
have been asking repeatedly in sneer-
ing manner about the frauds which
were to be unearthed when the new
administration came into power. Let
them have little patience, they will be
reached in due time. When accounts
have been muddled in such hopeless
manner as those handed to the present
chiefs of bureaus, it takes some time te
straighten them out. The administra
ton is scarcely six weeks old and the
strata of fraud lie very deep beneath
the surface. They will be reached
however, and our friends will then leave
off sneering. There are many pigeon
holes yet to be examined and books tt
be posted. The President and his lieu
enants will make up for the time los
by those who regarded public bushes;
5 cloak for partisan work, and lef
the Government offices choked will
neglected accounts. - Washington Post
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Heavy Haul by Hiqhwaymen.

JUNEAU, WIS, May Ga man named
Kunter, who lives at Neosho, near here,
was attacked by highwaymen yesterday
and robbed of 5000. He had received the
money at the express Office in Woodland,
and was on the road to Neosho when at
tackled. A description of the two robbers
have been given the Sheriff and reward
of 5000 offered for their apprehension, but
at last accounts no trace of them had beer
found,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
News From Other Lands.

LONDON, May mo further definite
news regarding the Anglo-Russian diff
Guilty is expected until next week. The
general opinion in Europe is that England
has made complete back-down. Dufferin
is again reported to have resigned. Smith,
informer in the Phoenix Park muir
ders, has died in London from alco-
holism. A bust of the poet Coleridge
ster Abbey by Minister Lowell. The
French Anam treaty has finally been ap-
proved by the French Deputies. Lady
Lonsdale was married to-day to Earl De
Grey, son of Lord Ripon. Mrs. Weldon
received $50 900 in her damage suit for libel.
French emigrants bound for Buenos Ayres
mutinied owing to poor food. Several
were killed.
PANAMA, May Two of the leaders in
the burning of Colon were publicly execut-
ed to-day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
An AGED Couple Commits Suicide.

NEW YORK, May 1o.-Charles Lehman,
aged seventy two, late watchman for Bud
densiek, the alleged 'bogus" builder, whose
buildings recently tumbled, and his wife,
aged seventy -one were found dead in their
rooms at 31j East Seventy fifth street, this
afternoon. The couple had taken paris
green. Utter poverty is set down as the
cause of the suicides.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
A Weeks Failures.

NEW YORK, May s.-The business fall
ures occurring throughout the country
during the last seven days, as reported to
R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United
States 225, and for Canada twenty three, or
a total of 24S, as compared with 20S last
week, and 240 the week previous to the last.
The failures in the Southern and Pacific
States are unusually heavy. In the other
sections, particularly in the Western
States, they are below the average.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
War on Lottery Companies.

WASHINGTON; May SIT is understood
that Postmaster General Villas has now un-
der consideration series of prosecutions
against the lottery companies. They are
to be brought simultaneously before the
United States Circuit Courts in a number
of States. The prosecutions brought by
Postmaster General Gresham, it is said,
reduced the business of the lottery COM
panies one-half. Washington is regarded
as one of the best of the cities for the lot
terry companies, as nearly all of its inhabi-
tants receive their salaries semi i-monthly
and just before the drawings take place.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Avenetian Naval Battle.

VENICE, May 1O.-A serious riot is in
progress here. The trouble is caused by
the hotel proprietor keeping gondolas for
the use of their guests. This innovation
was resented by the regular gondoliers,
who organized mob and attacked the ho-
tel gondoliers and scuttled their boats.
Several serious casualties have occurred,
and many arrest have been made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Obscene Bills Must Not be Posted.

NEW YORK, May 6.-Bill-poster Thomas
j. Murphy, of Brooklyn, who was con-
victed of putting pictures of semi-nude
women as advertisements of the "Adam-
less Eden" performance, was before
Justice Walsh to-day for SEN
tence. Lawyer Bush, on behalf of the
pastor and congregation of the Hanson
Place NJ. E. Church, said that they were
satisfied with the conviction vindica-
tion of the law upon the subject, and they
did not want Murphy punished, if he and
others would take warning. Justice Walsh
imposed a fine of 81, and warned the de-
fendant not to repeat the offense.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
New Governor for Alaska.

WASHINGTON, May s.-A. R.. Swineford,
of Marquette, Mich, was to-day appointed
Governor of Alaska. Mr.. Swineford is an
ex-Mayor of Marquette, is editor of the
Marquette Mining Journal, has served as
member of the Legislature of his State,
and was a candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor two years ago. He was appointed
State Inspector of Mines and Mining by
Governor Begole, of Michigan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Insane Patients Murdered by Attendants.

NoRR1sTowN, PA, May 6.-Theodore Cas-
tor, of Philadelphia, who was brought
here and placed in the asylum for treat
dead in bed, and an investigation showed
that he had been terribly beaten and
died from the effects of his injuries
Alexander Steele and W. H. Turn
bull, attendants at the hospital, were ar
Turnbull sent for Captain William II.
Bodenbaugh, Chief of Police, to whom he
made confession charging Steele with the
crime. He says: "Steele knocked Castor
down and jumped on him twice. He then
came to my room and asked me to conceal
the truth"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
stranue Fatality by Liohtninu,

BERR1EN SPRINGS, MICH, May ED
ward Wood, of Eau Claire, was instantly
killed by lightning this morning while at
breakfast. His wife and babe, who sat op-
posite at the table, were uninjured. There
few bricks out of the chimney and the
dishes on the table, which were demol-
iShed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Prof Tbinoumhoh mt nm n

Prof. Thingumbob put up the fol-
lowing notice on the door of his lecture
room at the close of vacation. PRO
fessor Thingumbob will meet his Glasses
on Monday next A student among
the earliest arrivals carefully erased the
initial 'sC'' of "Classes," leaving the
word 'lasses'' When the professor
saw this he was wroth, and erased the
s.l'' of the lnutilated word, leaving it
simply cases. And when the bulk of
the students arrived, they wondered
what made old Prof Thingumbob $50
beastly personal " Puck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
1wo Gents Shorf.

count only two cents were found short, and
in an out of -the-way nook of the vault was
found a square box containing bottle of
diamonds, bottle of pearls, a bottle of
altar of roses and lump of gold.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
A contemptible Revenge.

OswEGo, N. Y, May 10.-Early Saturday
night two masked men entered the house Of
F.S. Thrall, in this city, during the abb
sence of Mr.. and Mrs. Thrall at church. A
daughter aged fourteen years had
Just put a younger sister to bed, and
sat at the piano playing, when the
two men appeared in the room. One
of them, with drawn knife, seized her, and
under penalty of death commanded silence,
but said she would not be harmed if she
made no outcry. He then cut off her hair
and cut her clothing, saying he wanted to
be revenged on her father. They took some
articles of silverware, and left the house
without doing the child further harm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14

Wheat. now the most important
cereal crop cultivated in all parts of the
world, and one of the principal articles
of human food, was derived from a
wild form of grass, and can only be
improved and maintained by careful
culture. Although widely disseminated
it is nowhere found growing Wild
CHICAGO Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
A Ferrybo t Capsizes.

PITTSBURGH, May 10.-A ferryboat with
six persons capsized in the Monongahela
River, ,a4Six -milesF Pa, and Mrs. Oriel-
la Gubenee and her eight-year-old son and
August Ruse were drowned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Double Fatal EXPLOSION,

TARRYTowN, N. Y, May 10.-In drilling
little hole at the new Croton Aqueduct
works, the drill struck some powder in the
bottom of an old vertical hole. The result
ing explosion caused the death of Michael
and George Hurlbut, and slightly injured
two other labOrers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION,

LEBANON, Pa, May s.-A terrific ex-
plosion of dynamite took place yesterday
at Cornwall iron ore banks. Six men were
badly torn and mangled. 1t is feared that
three Of them cannot live
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14

No Nermonter ever said ''Var.
mount except n initiating outsiders.
The local pronunciation OF the name of :
the State is that OF the scholar except ny
for tendency to neglect the ''r'' and % n"'
make il Vermont .'-Rat,and (Pti, Ne
Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Terrible Avalanche.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, May S.-An avalanche
from the mountains near Lake Van, Ar
menia, overwhelmed native caravan and
caused the death of sixty EIGHT persons.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
An eccentric Tennesseean living

An eccentric Tennesseean living at
Jasper, in that State and lately dead,
left large property in trust, the in
come to be used by the trustees in any
manner they NAV deem best calculated
to suppress the habit prevalent among
men of eating with knives when forks
should be liset
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
Denmark Will Arbitrate.

COPENHAGEN, May 6-The King of Dem
mark has informed Russia that he is will
ling to act as arbitrator in the Pandjeh af-
fair, if he is so requested by England.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
The tunneling of Tuscarora Noun

The tunneling of Tuscarora Noun
tain, in Fulton county, Pa, is gigantic
work. Drills, propelled by compressed
air, are in operation ON each end of the
tunnel night and day. The tunnel is
already bored 1920 feet on the west
side and l,300 on the east. AS the
mountain is calculated to be just one
mile through, the boring is now half
completed. 4 Pittsburgh Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
How India Feels.

LONDON, May s.-A special dispatch from
Calcutta to the Times says: 1.-THE news
of the peace arrangements has created dis
NAV here"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
The Garnet Reinforced,

NEW YORK, May THE English man.
of-war Garnet, in New York harbor, has
been rel forced by the corvette Canada.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14
NAV Crop Reports.

WASHINGTON, May s.-The May report
Of the Department of Agricultural relates
to the progress of spring plowing and of
cotton planting, and to the condition Of
winter grain, meadows and pastures. 1t
also reports the prevailing rates of wages
of farm labor. Cotton planting, though
comparatively late, is well advanced, fully
four-fift of the proposed area having
been planted. The usual proportion seeded
on the first of May is probably five per
cent. greater. Last year but thirds of
the area was in termination at this
date. Rains in Texas have delayed work
late, but the progress has at most points
been unusually rapid. The plants have
been slow in termination on dry areas, and
have not yet made their appearance at
many points. Spring plowing in prepara-
tion for planting is everywhere late. Last
year at this date it was estimated to be two
thirds done. This year it is scarcely
six-tenths. The estimated average
of series of years exceeds
seven tenths. Less than half of
this work is done in the Eastern States, in
New York, Ohio and Michigan. A much
larger proportion is finished in the North
west, where corn, potatoes and other late
planted crops are grown In smaller propor-
tion. The injury to the winter wheat
crop was greater than appearances in
Aooec
were killed in the central belt even
worse than was supposed. In New York
tho snow protection was ample, ex-
cept in spots, and in Michigan no mate
rial injury occurred. But in the Ohio VAL
ley and in Missouri reports of the condi-
ton ere much reduced. In the South a
slight Improvement in the prospect has &C.
CURED. The average of condition in the
principal wheat-growing States is as fol-
lows: New York, 95; Michigan, 100; Ohio,
20; kentucky, 40; Indiana, 20; Illinois, ~;
Missouri, co; Kansas, 62. The gem
eral average is 70 instead of n
in April. a reduction of about 9 per
cent, reducing the indicated production of
winter wheat to about 240,0O0,0O0 bushels.
The condition of rye is also lower than re-
ported in April, yet much better than
wheat, the average being S. The average
condition of winter barley is 80. The now
ing lands promise nearly average crop
of hay, the aver age of condition being 70.
Pastures look nearly as well, condition 80
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14

Manufacturers of wood mosaic
assert that they have found by expert
ments that hard maple on end is from
four to five times as durable rs marble
and equally as durable as the hardest
baked Ue,-Chscaoo Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-14

There are ten Irishmen on the
Pacific slope who own between them
S41S,O00, ,O90.-San francisco C0lA