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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
overhauIinq the white House.

WASHINGTON, August ia placard on
the White House door, bearing the simple
inscription, "Closed," announced to visi-
tors to-day that all efforts to effect an en-
trance would be futile. To those privil-
eyed to enter the building the interior pre-
sented very disordered appearance. The
summer repairing has been inaugurated,
and workmen are seen in all the
corridors buily engaged prepar-
ing the building for the oc-
cupancy of the President during the COM
ing winter. All the carpets have been
taken up and the furniture, ornaments and
paintings have been stored away. The
chandeliers in the east room and the lobby
are to be taken down and ''made good as
will require until October to complete the
contemplated work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
The Solitude of Sleep.

Seek some spot where no foot Of man
has trod. There the wild bird gives
you shrill, sweet greeting and the
CHEEKY insect vibrates in its hidden
nook with a murmur of companship.
Forsake humanity as far as may be and
the echo of the great pulsating machin-
cry, Of which. even against your will.
you are a part. will never leave you.
You may be lonely-lonely in the heart
of crowd. You may in the circle
round the fireside, in the busy streets,
in great assemblies or friendly gather
ings. feel yourself utterly alone. That
is different thing; it is loneliness, not
solitude. Life has no solitude save the
strange, sweet solitude of sleep. For IL
is only in the sleep world. 30 Sphinx
like in its reserve, SO grave like in its
absolute silence, so death like in its
complete separation, that we go away
off by ourselves, leaving even our near.
est compan on. this dearly cherished
body of ours. and wandering. who
knows whereP - Charleston -. ca
NetDs
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
CHANGING THE CAPITOL.
Three Additional Terraces-A Million Dol.
lars 60 be Expended in Their Con.
struction.

structtOn.
WASHINGTON, August 13.-Every day
when there is not rain you can hear the
sound Of hammer and Growel at the Capitol
building. We boast of having the finest
building in the world, and it is probably
true, yet the work of improving it goes
steadily on. The Senate at last session
voted to spend a million dollars in con-
structing terrace about the three fronts
of the Capitol building, for the Capitol, it
must be understood, has front on every
side. The object of this expenditure is to
add to the apparent height of the building,
and to give some additional room for stor-
age and committee rooms. 1t is true that
the height is already nearly 800 feet. that
the length Is 751 feet, and the width 324,
and the number Of rooms very great, yet it
is equally true that the building has low
appearance when compared with its length,
and that it has not nearly the amount OF
room needed for the business transacted in
$3.50, 700, which, with the sum already put
in these basement extensions, would
make them cost a million dollars. Few
people who have not seen the Capl-
tol, and not half those who have. can get a
clear understanding of its immense pro-
portions. When these additions are made
to it you will have to walk a half mile to
go once around 1t. The main building IS
352 feet and inches long in front and l22
feet6 inches deep, with a portico 16O feet
wide, of "a columns on the east and pro-
lection of SO feet on the west. embracing
recessed portico Of 10 coupled columns;
The extensions are placed at the north and
south ends of the main building, with con-
Meeting corridors "A feet long by 56 feet
wide, hanked by columns. Each exten.
sion is 142 feet inches in front by 13S feet
10 inches deep, with porticos Of % columns
each on their eastern fronts, and with pOr-
ticos of ten columns on their ends and on
their western fronts. The entire length OF
the building is !51 feet inches, and the
greatest depth, including porticos and
steps, is 324 feet. The additions now build.
ing will add 120 feet to the length and 60
feet to the width. The area now covered
by the entire building is 153, 3,112 square feet
The height Of the dome above the base line
of the east front is 237 feet 5 inches; the
height from the halustrade of the building
is 217 feet II inches, and the greatest dia'
meter at the base is 1876 feet inches. The
rotunda is So feet inches in diameter, ano
its height from the floor to the top of the
canopy is 1S0 feet 8 inches. The Senate
chamber is lib feet inches in length, by
80 feet 8 inches in width and SO six feet il
height. Its galleries will accommodate
1000 persons. The representatives, hall i
139 feet in length, by SO feet in width ant
SO feet in height. The Capitol as 1t nov
stands covers about three and ene-hal
acres of ground. When these improve
ments are finished it will cover, about fiv
acres and will have cost about $15. 600 ,OOO
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
ALMOST INCREDIBLE.
A Strange Transaction In Penn
sylvania.
, without Taint Of Insanity, q Woman
| Confined Twenty-seven Years.

PHILADELPHIA, August 14.-Adrianna
Brinckle has just been released from the
State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg, where
she had been confined twenty seven years,
although perfectly sane during all that
time. Thirty years ago the family of Miss
Brinckle's father, Dr.Wm. Draper Brinckle,
were leaders of Philadelphia society, and
Addie was the center of an admiring circle.
Reverses finally swept away the DOCTORS for.
tune, reducing the family to uncomfortable
circumstances. To raise money for neces-
sary expenses Addie sold a piano and
furniture which had not yet been fully
paid for. The owner sued her for wrongful
conversion Of the property. With the idea
of saving the family honor, DR.. Brinckle
caused his daughter to be placed in the lu-
natic asylum, intending to secure her re-
lease in a short time. He died
suddenly, however, leaving her
in the institution, where she
has remained until released by the
Commission on Lunacy q few days ago.
Her relatives and former friends had
either been aparhetic or had feared the
raising of unpleasant questions in the in
vestigation that would have followed any
attempt by them to release Miss Brinckle.
A letter written by her to DR.. Thomas G..
Morton finally led TO an inquiry into her
mental condition. She is now at the Con-
valescents' Retreat, near Glen Mills, Della
ware County.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Bigamists Released.

JOLIET, ILL, August 13.-Mary Daniels,
of Terre Haute, white woman, and Chas.
A. Stewart, a negro, originally from the
same city, were released from Joliet prison
this morning, having served a year each
for bigamy. Mary eloped from Terre
Haute, leaving white husband, and
Stewart left a colored wife. The two went
to Marseilles, Ill, and were married, but
were followed up from Indiana by
Stewards dusky better half, who had them
arrested and convicted. A popularity
about the Daniels woman Is that when she
reached the prison her face and hands had
been colored by some kind of a stain that
gave her the appearance of q bright COL
ored mulatto woman. A years sojourn
behind the bars has bleached out her skin
to her natural color, SO that when she was
called up for discharge this morning
the prison officials were aston
ished to see that instead of being
. mulatto Mary Daniels had
blue eyes and fair skin, with rosy cheeks,
and instead of kinky hair her head was
adorned with bangs Of light brown color.
Stewart had been released several hours
ahead of the woman, but instead of leav-
ing town he hung around the prison wait
ing for her release. She remained at the
prison until the st. Louis train arrived,
when she got aboard, giving her colored
lover the slip.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Death Of q Fine Cow,

WASHINGTON, August 14.-Mrs. Samuel
M. Shoemaker has lost by death, from in
hammation of the lungs, the world re-
nowned COW, Princess Second, which as
tonished the world by giving in seven days
. yield Of forty six pounds and ten and q
half ounces of butter. This test of her
butter qualities was completed April 10,
1885. Some time after the test the blankets
were taken Of rather suddenly it is thought,
and she took q cold, from which she
never recovered. She was q magnificent
animal, of great vitality and force, as well
as a fine butter producer. About two years
ago Mr.. Shoemaker refused $25 900 for her.
She was eight years and six months old
when she died. She was an imported cow
and was bought at auction in New York
for $4,SO0. She was of the celebrated
Coomassie strain. Her last calf was sold
during an absence from home of Mrs.
Shoemaker for $4,000, but the sale did
not stand, Mrs. Shoemaker refusing to
ratify it on her return. While
the Burnside Park Jersey herd has
sustained great loss in the death Of Prin-
cess Second. it is thought her place will be
more than filled by noble cow of grand
physique of the same strain. This animal,
| Oxford Kate, near relative of the Prin-
cess, has already:a q record of thirty mine
| pounds twelve ounces of butter In seven
days, which is already second to Princess
Second, and as she has never been pushed
| IL IL believed she can beat the foremost rec
ord. The mother of this COW sold fol
$3.50. All the Burnside herd are in fine
condition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Twenty Bad Indians Killed.

BILLINGS, MONT, August,14.-Ed. Could
ing, with two associate cattlemen, on the
Musselshell, yesterday met a marauding
band of Piegan Indians between the Razor
and Half Breed Greeks. The Piegaps
numbered twenty and were accompanied
by seventy five stolen horses. Could
ing and party fred, killing one
Indian, but being greatly outnumbered
were compelled to retreat for reinforce
ments. Obtaining the latter and overtak-
and recovered al the stolen horses. What
effect this battle may have on the neigh
boring bands Is unknown.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
ANOTHER TORNADO.
Houses Crushed Like Eggs-Bridges De.
stroyed-Eight Lives Lost.

NEW YORK, August IA special to the
Sun from Utica says: At about five o'clock
this afternoon a tornado struck the village
of Norwood, st. Lawrence County. The
streets were soon filed with flying roofs,
trees, ,timbers, etc. Buildings went like
feathers. All the church steeples were
blown down and one church was demolish-
ed. The school-house and the large
bridge over Racquet River, own
ed ty. the Ogdensburg and Lake
Champlain Railroad Company, were de-
stroyed. Many private residences were
also blown down. Hailstones as large as
mans fist destroyed the growing crops.
Several persons were killed, including four
men working in the school-house. Tele-
graphic communication is interrupted.
The storm lasted three minutes only.
Among the killed are Mrs. David Fttz-
gibbons, Mrs. Armstrong and John Mar
tin, a prominent miller. Later reports say
that eight persons were killed and as many
more fatally injured. Five hundred ex-
cursionists from Pittsburgh to Ogdensburg
are detained at the latter city tonight on
account of the giving way of the Ogdens-
burg & Lake Champlain Railroad bridge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
RurIad hx aIand SIide.

ITHACA, N. Y, August ia gang of
four laborers on the Cayuga and Lake
Shore branch of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, during a heavy rain late this after
noon sought shelter under an overhanging
bluff, when a land slide fell upon them and
buried Michael McManous, Patrick Mahon
killed. The fourth man escaped. Nc
Manus was unmarried, but the others leave
large families,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Escaped Convict murders a Woman.

PLATTE CITY, Mo-, August 12.-Last
Sunday night an escaped convict from the
Tennessee Penitentiary, named wynott,
shot and killed Mrs. VIM. Maggott, of this
county, who was a relative of his. The
deed was in revenge because Maggott and
his wife had given information as to
Mynott's whereabouts which led to
his extradition. He, however, managed to
escape his guard while being taken back to
Tennessee and making his way here,
her dead. The country is aroused and in
hot pursuit, with lyncbing in prospect
The matter has been kept quiet, fearing
publication would assist Mynott in es-
Gaping.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Disastrous Eruptiou of cotouaxl.

NEW YORK, August 13. News from
Guayaquil, Ecuador, to July %, is to the
effect that the volcano of Cotopaxi is again
OF sounds resembling heavy cannonading.
Intelligence from Chinbo, situated at the
base of the mountain, is to the effect that
the lava has done much damage. One
hundred houses have been destroyed. Loss
of life not known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Dairy Statistics.

WASHINGTON, August 16.-The report Of
the statistician of the Department of Agri-
culture, for August, contains a chapter OF
international dairy statistics, which will
prove of great interest and value to all con.
nected with the dairy interests of the
United States. 1t gives the annual ex-
ports and imports of dairy products of this
country, Canada and of European and
other foreign countries, rendered into
pounds and dollars from the original meas
ures of quantity and value. :.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Counting the Coin.

WASHINGTON, August 13.-It is said at
the Treasury Department that a count by
weight is the proper way of determining
the value and amount of the coin on hand
in the SUBJ Treasury at San Francisco, and
is certainly more expeditions and safer
than by any other method. The stand
taken by the outgoing official is freely
criticised, and Assistant Secretary Fair
child has consulted with Solicitor McCue
as to his powers in the premises, and will
instruct the newly appointed Assistant
Treasurer in accordance with the Solicitors g
decision when rendered.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

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oeen Par!l ss;I' ~ s,,,e-..;e;crs ,s
~ nS iii ,er ~. ..s;r r' ands and csddssses
~ snI LoIa Jn1 AZ. Sp =, ann 1re.t tronbIe.
no.p SAe1 :. - - - -. h..a-.a.
In tnese Gays tnols .~ aLo no ..~
And proDaDiy 1aousanus, aIIss " {;I'eri ~. [
wno oDta.n wns. ,s sa.;..,. ca.eu thcmeat =
catlon MiInouS ony sei. az oss.s;c.,.
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D-Ns":",.. p..,s.,t .. o,,v
-nomuo,. a,,t :, ne no1,.ra snS tSr.s vs.,S
SIX yeals Sta oSs ~ Sono tha an" theoicS;csi
.rom suIoS Ds - .s,.s :. a. ~,I;s,tso,,
seminary Dus y yousn .,SSS = q s.csI
70 man Ior saca =: esP.s P.t.:.sIv -.
tlon: II ID one ns tna' po, no 70 0
tec'ing. .-oosN," 1o', a.
l., II is staeeu ehas Iro mv1u "
tr;b,,tod mora for the missionary fund
than ali the other Presbvterias in the
Territory topether. This is q good
showing for the religious zeal Of the
tawnv sister.--ChicGoo Times, !,
n p.x,,,u, hss .ractaA /. 6na
| e. .,r,,t h,,;id;,o - T,,ttss Co,,ece ~
Rr;d daenort 6nnp vi wb;ch viii he T5ovn
a. s.afhe Rorrnno Museum ~ National
i H;storvn Hs has aIso promised the
college the skin and skeleton Of Jumbo
when he dies--Hartford Cowroms.
According to President Seelye,
Smith College, at Northampton, Mass.
ten years age, began with fourteen stu.
dents and now has $40 ON its rolls; and
during that time but one death q
drowning aceident) has occurred among
the students and graduates.
i Tbere ia not nucb indication th.s
tho stndants of onr college. difIar frum
H.. ho - ,,.s, d.us =, thssr ,,red;lsct;ocs
snu sno'o - pesS e.raors - ~ hi. vssr,.
.oI YIo..osona. t:1 - - .n~ W. ~ -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20

The new postal law is now in effect,
and an ounce letter can be sent for two
cents. This enables young lady who
is writing to friend, whom she has
not seen for ten hours, to tell her all
the news on two sheets of paper, in
stead of filling one sheet SO full that
half a column of the correspondence
runs over on the margin, and strikes
out criss-cross, cat-a-cornered, dag
onally and otherwisely over the pages
in order to save postage Chicago
Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
ManqIed by an Engine.

PITTsFIELD, MASS, August 16.-Last
evening as Jas. Carney, Mary and Bridget
Granger and John Norton were crossing
the Housatonic River Railroad bridge, an
engine came into the bridge, and ran
into the quartette, killing Carney and Nor
ton instantly and injuring Mary Granger,
who died soon afterwards. Bridget
Granger barely escaped by jumping from
the bridge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Wifs.Murdersr Executed.

TROY, N. Y, August 13.-The execution
of jam es Horace Jones, twenty -one years
Of age, for murder of his wife, Amelia, took
place at the Jail in this city to-day at 1913
a. m. Jones died in thirteen minutes after
the Sheriff pulled the rope. The condemned
man met his fate fearlessly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Chinese Shoemaker Fails.

SAN Francisco, August 13.-Hop Kee &
Co., the largest wholesale Chinese manu-
facturers Of boots and shoes in this coun-
try, failed to-day. Liabilities, $110, 1000.
Assets unknown. It had a prosperous
branch in Victoria, B. c., which dishonor-
ed its drafts when it got into trouble and
caused its failure. This is the first Chinese
bankruptcy in America.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20

Manitoba is not a creditors para
disc. By recent act not only are a
settlers household effects and furni-
ture, ETC., free from execution, but a
portion of his stock, land to the extent
of 160 acres, and buildings to the value
of $4,000 are also exempt. Chicago
Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Asphyxiated by Gas.

BALTIMORE, August 16.-Fannie Lagner,
aged twenty three, living at No. 6 Boun.
dairy Avenue, was found dead in her room
to-day, having been, it is supposed, as
phyxiated with gas, which was escaping
from the burner. The family with whom
she lived have been absent for a week,
leaving the house in charge of the girl,
and Carl Willie, lodger. Willie explains
that he had not been near the house since
Friday until to-day, when he forced Fan
nie's door open and found her dead. The
girl had not been seen since Friday, either,
and the Coroner deemed it wise to hold
Willie under arrest until an inquest can bs
held
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Rich Gold Discoveries in Oregon.

PORTLAND, OREGON, August 16.-Gold dis
coveries iu Eastern Oregon are attracting
miners from all sections of the Rocky
Mountains. Developments thus far indi-
cate permanent veins and rich ore.
A correspondent of the Portland
Neaos, who was sent out to investigate the
mines, returned this morning confirming
the richness of the mines. The mine.
were discovered two weeks ago and were
sold to Omaha parties for $4,000, and orr
enough has been taken out since to pay fol
them. Roads are being extended to tht
mines from Baker City and stages will b.
put on. Towns are also springing up
Samples brought to Portland show from $4l
to $1,000 per ton. The gold mining interes
all over the coast is increasing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Four Boys Drowned.

PITTSBURGH, August 10.-Six little boys,
ranging in age from nine to twelve years,
secured rowboat, about o'clock this
afternoon, and started out for a ride on the
Monongahela River, just below Lock No. L
They had rowed up close to the dam, and
in turning about the boat rocked so heavily
to one side that all were thrown into the
water. Charles and Mark Rich, brothers
Charles Steelard and Court Ahlers were
drowned. Jacob Mexner and lDavidILind
erman were rescued just as they disap-
peared for the third time. Two bodies have
been recovered.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
BOYS In Mines.

HARRISBURG, Pa, August 1.-THE recent
Pennsylvania State law prohibiting the
employment of boys under the age of four
teen in mines affects about ten thousand
boys, whom mine owners are discharging
as fast as their places can be supplied by
Polanders and Hungarians. Much distress
is caused where widowed mothers have
depended on the earnings of the boys.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Maxwell Says PreIler is Alive.

ST. LOUIS, August 13.-According to q
telegram from San Francisco published
here to day, Maxwell, the alleged murderer
of c. Arthur Preller, now says that in due
time he will produce Preller alive and well,
and show where he got the body in the
trunk. Maxwell asserts that the body in
the trunk was bought by himself and Prel-
Ter and left in the hotel for the purpose Of
procuring insurance money upon Preller's
life
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Fatal Penalty for FooIhardiness,

SPRINGFIELD, O., August 12.-Jacob Kolb,
a pump manufacturer of this city, was suf-
focated by choke damp, in a well, on Gal
lagher street, this afternoon, while de-
scending to clean the well, preparatory to
fitting it with pump. A man named De-
Land first went down, and being overcome,
signaled to be drawn up. When he was
drawn up he tainted. Kolb called him q
coward, and himself descended. When he
had got half way down he fell the rest of
the way. His body has not yet been re-
covered. Efforts are being made to pump
the gas out of the well.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Massacre Of Europeans.

LISBON, August 14.-Advices from st.
Paul de Loanda, West Africa, under date
Of July Is, reports that petty King, Coan-
hama Huilla, died recently, and the ma
tives, attributing his death to the witch
craft of the whites, massacred twenty
Europeans, including three French mission
aries. The same advices state that NJ. de
Brazza is still in the interior.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20

Some persons think that Queen
Victoria would lose her crown if she
should marry again. This is mistake.
There is no law of the British realm
preventing the sovereign from marry
ing as often as he or she pleases. Henry
VII was married Eve times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Too Posr to Bury Her Husband.

NEW York, August 14.-Sanitary in
spectors to-day found the body of James
house on West Thirtieth street. The mans
death occurred seven days ago and the
widow had vsinly sought money for bur-
ial expenses. The body was buried by or
der of the Sanitary Department.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Natural Gas in Ontario

PORT CoLBoURNE, ONT, August H.
Natural gas was struck at a depth of 420
feet with sufficient force to light mp the
burned on the public str sos last night
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Heavy Lass TO Farmers.

ScHENEcrADY, August 14.--A man who
has inspected the district in Glenville dam
aged by the recent storm, says the farmers
have lost $200, 900. On some farms heavy
deposits of rocks and gravel have forever
ruined fertile fields.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Realistic Amusement,

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, August 1S.-John
Reilly, of this city, held revolver to his
mouth and pulled the trigger, to amuse his
friends. Tie effect ives realistic, for to his
dismay he found one chamber was loaded.
He 10 dead new.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
New York sub-Treasury Receipts.

WASHINGTON, August 13.-The annual
report Of the Sub-Treasurcr at New York
shows that the total receipts during the
last fiscal year were 1896 95l ,515. and the
total disbursements $3.50, ,651 PAT.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Aued Woman Suicides.

NEW YORK, August 14.-Carrie Loesch-
man, German woman. eighty-one years
of age, committed suicide early this morn
ing, BY hanging herself, at her residence
on TWENTY second street.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Changing P0stmasters.

WASHINGTON, August 18.-First Assist
ant Postmaster General Stevenson has ex.
pressed o belief that 2,6oe postmasters will
Be changed during the month Of August,
and that the ratio win be increased a. the
WsAthsr grows oA4lNI.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-20
Sympathy for RieI.

QUEBEC, August 13.-Large meetings to
discuss means to secure a Communication of
Rieps sentence continue to be held at
various points in this province.