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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
xLVIII. CONGRESS.
Second Session.

WASHINGTON, February A:-sENATE.--The
bill looking to a settlement of TIE oklah6mla f,Ils
we're we're then he debated. bill to prevent aliens
from acquiring lands in the Territories was
reported.
harbor bill was continued in committee of
the whole and completed, and the bill re-
ported to the House.
WASHINGTON, February 25.-SENATE.-Con-
sderation was given to the Legislative, Ex-
ecutivc and judicial appropriation bill.
There was also general dlscusslon on
courts-martial in general, and the SWAIN
HOUSE.-Ite River and Harbor bill, as re-
ported trorl the committee OF the whole, was
debated. The Mississippi River approprla-
ton was passed by n small majority, where
upon the enemies of the bill inaugurated and
maintained a systematic filibustering meas
ure. and etrectually checked further pro-
greSS toward its passage.
WASHINGTON, February 26.-SENATE.-The
legislative hill passed substantially as it
came from the House. The silver bin was
debated.
HOUsE.-Two hundred thousand dollars
was appropriated to print agricultural re-
h9 Was fSf and
poned.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-SESATE.-The
naval appropriation bill was passed substan'
italy as it came from the committee. a mum.
Der of pension bills were considered and de-
feated.
HoUsE-Tbe sundry civil bill passed. The
Senate amendments TO the legislative, eXecu
tive and judca! appropriation bills were
non-concurred in. Committees of conference
from both houses were appointed.
WASHINGTON. February 2s.-SENATE.-The
Attorney General sent in IL communication
stating that the deficiency bill, as i...ssed by
the House. does not provide enough to meet
the expenses of the L. =. Court. a resolu
ton was submitted TO require the Committee
on Finance to report IL bill to provide for the
immediate suspension of coinage of silver
standard dollars.
HOUSE. E.-The Senate amendment to the
Post-office appropriation bill, permitting
sample copies of second class mail publica
tions to be sent III one cent per pound, wa!
concurrcd i'll. other amendments were non.
concurred in. The navy appropriation bill
after some amendments as reported from tht
Senate, was passed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
WASTING AWAY.
General Grant Dying by Degrees
of an Insidious but Fatal Dis
ease.
He is Heroically Bearing the Torture of .
Thousand Deaths.

New YORK, March 1.-General Grant
was somewhat more comfortable to-day.
The distracting pains which have been such
n marked feature of his case for the past
few weeks, were temporarily dispelled
and he dressed himself and expressed
desire to be allowed to do some
work on his forthcoming volume on the
war. His family were considerably elated
with the apparent relief in the
Generals condition, and Mrs. Grant at
once urged him to try and partake OF some
nourishment. The General said that he
had no inclination to eat, but upon being
urged consented TO take little soup. This
his stomach was unable to retain, however,
and no further attempt was made to eat
anything until toward evening,
when the patient was able to
receive spoonful of jelly, which he
swallowed with apparent relish. DR.:
Fordyce Barker said that he had not called
upon General Grant for some time. 81 had
at first held tho opinion that General
Grants trouble was not cancer, but I am
now convinced that it is epithelial cancer,
and the depression of the system which
the patient is suffering will, 1 think, en-
tirely undermine him, even if the disease
itself were not fatal, as I believe it is."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
M,scrIlaneou. Items.

THE liabilities of L. J. Lemert e Sons,
Dresden, are $99,3O2.97, and their assets
$102, ,961.2s.
Two young sons of Charles Calling, Can
ton, were seriously burned by an explosion
of gunpowder.
c. G. SLOUGH, Mayor of Mansfield, has
resigned on account of ill-health.
NJ. Y. ROGERS, a saloon-keeper of st.
Johns, was arrested and taken to Toledo
charged with selling liquor without a Ii
cense.
ELIAS HEATHMAN, a prominent business
man of Dayton, well known throughout the
country, died at his residence the other ev-
ening, after a protracted illness.
THE widow of Ex-Governor Samuel Me-
dairy died at Columbus ON the 26th, aged
| seventy mine years.
JAMES MONTGOMERY sons, at Dresden,
fooled with gun until the eldest, nineteen
| years of age, was shot dead.
In Franklin Township, Licking County,
George Orr, while hauling logs on a sled,
was badly crushed by the sled breaking and
throwing the log on his left leg, crushing it
| badly.
| CHARLES HALL, former teacher at
| Youngstown, took a dose of morphine on
| A
short time ago he shot himself in the breast.
but recovered.
AT Mingo Furnace, Thomas Paxton, of
Steubenville, while carrying cap of hot
| iron, let it fall in some water, an was ter
ribly burned about the eyes by the explo-
sion.
AT Newark, Dan. Herrigan was fined
Sl36o and costs for participation in the
Salvation Army riot. Dan. Milligan, one
of the Army, who was concerned in the
fracas, was discharged.
LICKING County farmers want an insti-
tute.
ADAM ORRT, former business man OF
Canton, has sued the city for DANA ges in
the sum of $4,000, for injuries received by
falling through an open coal-hole set il
the sidewalk. Orrt broke an ankle, which
resulted in lame leg.
HENRY JENNINGS was horribly manglet
by machinery at Akron, his right arm be
ing torn from its socket.
THE Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed tn,
validity of the Statute under which tn,
savings and loan institutions of the Stat,
carry on business.
IT is estimated that twenty Thousand
persons in Cincinnati are out of employ
ment.
A PRIVATE residence in Nashville, wa
demolished by dynamite. The occupants
were absent at the time.
CHARLES PADDOCK, an engineer on tn
N. Y. P. & o., was run over by an engin
at Youngstown, and died of the injuries re
ceived.
A BOILER at the Dayton Screw-works ex
. ploded the other day, wrecking the boile
building, but doing no damage to person.
Ex-JUDGE A. G. w. CARTER, of Cincin
natl, is dead.
Mrs. LINTNER was sfnothered to deaf
by gas at Columbus.
JOHN EILER of Bucyrus, was killed ny
train on the Ohio Central railroad, and hi
body horribly mutilated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
70. EATON OHIO THURSDAY MARCH 5 1885
AN AUSTRIAN SPEcULAToR.
How = Swindling Sharper Played 1t Or
An Unsuspecting Land Owner.

How . Swindling Sharper Played 1t On
An Unsuspecting Land Owner.
One of the most expert spectators in
Vienna is man named Heinrich Kuff1er.
Over there, however, they with brutal
frankness, call such men swindlers.
Some of his late tricks are so good that
even Jay Gould might take lessons from
him. The Austrian speculator is fully
up to Mr.. Ward, on a smaller scale,
however.
Not long since. Kuffier appeared in
the office of a wealthy lumber dealer
who owned an immense humber yard in
the heart of the city. At this time there
was perfect mania for building houses
in Vienna, and available lots commanded
fancy prices.
II want to buy the land you have got
your lumber yard on. want to put uf
a big hotel on ii" said Kuffier.
Il don't care to SELL
'But have got to have it. 1t is the
only suitable place in this part of the
city. I'll give you half million.
81 don't want to sell. I would not
sell for million.
81 will give you a million
The lot was not worth million, but
as the merchant had his lumber on it,
and was wealthy, he did not care to ac-
cept the offer.
'.No, I would rather not"
'Tll give you a million and quarter,
and to show you that am in earnest,
I'll put up fifty thousand marks forfeit.
| I must have big lot on which to put
up my new hotel" said he, placing that
amount in thousand mark notes on the
! table.
The poor lumber dealer became nerv-
Gus and excited. Great beads of per.
| spiration stood on his brow. He asked
for twenty-four hours to think about it.
The trade was then concluded. The
lumber was to be cleared away before
two months. The fifty thousand marks
forfeit were to be paid over at the enc
of week. The lumber dealer was sat
istied on that point. He knew thai
Kuffier had the money.
The lumber man then proceeded tc
hunt for another lumber yard. Suitable
vacant lots were extremely scarce.
land agent, however, who had heard tha
the lumber dealer was looking for a lot
|
marks, but only gave him the refusal o
it for twenty-four hours. He said hi
could get that amount from anothel
party. In his anxiety to sell the place
to Kuffler for million and quarter
the lumber merchant paid down 81.
hundred thousand francs to the agent
Next day Kuf1ier notified the lumbe
dealer that he would pay over the fift.
thousand marks forfeit as he was unable
to raise the million and a quarter, tn
purchase money for his lot.
With the aid of skillful agent, tn
speculator had sold to the lumber mer
chant for six hundred thousand mark
lot only worth four hundred thousan'
marks, thereby profting, after payin;
the fifty thousand marks, a cool 150, ,00
marks.
The lumber merchants has now tw
lots on his hands, and is also in posses
sion of considerable experience.-Ea
! chanQe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Secretary Lincoln on Civil Service Work.

WASHINGTON, February 26.-The Senate
bill introduced by Mr.. Dawes, to create the
office of Assistant Chief Signal Officer, the
design of which was to provide for promo
tion of Lieutenant Greedy, having been re-
ferred by the Military Committee to the
Secretary of War, the latter has made re-
ply, in which he gives his views on Signal
Service generally. A few ex-
tracts will suffice to give the spirit of the
communication. ''The bill referred to me
is a further step toward comprehensive
military organization of an establishment
for which there is no military need. Mill
tary signaling, or conveyance of military
orders, or intelligence by telegraph, or
flag signals, is not a proper object for
the existence of a Burea of the War
Department. A single staff officer
on the staff of commanding
General of the, army. could
company commanders of proper code books
and amendments to them: The actual
work of signaling by flag must always be
done by actual soldiers, and enough of them
in every command are now, ana will pro-
badly always be, instructed in the very
simple work. By various steps a signal
service force of enlisted mem has been
authorized, which now, under the law,
consists of five hundred men, of whom $50
are sergeants and corporals. OF this force
this city as clerks, printers etc, and the
remainder, except few telegraphers, are
isolated observers of the weather. In the
Weather Bureau service Ithe work is all
necessarily in chaos until digested at the
great central Office in Washington, and to
do this are stationed here the Chief Signal
Officer and six subordinate detailed officers
of the army, and five Second Lieutenants
of the Signal Corps and 175 enlisted men.
There is also stationed here large force of
| civilian officers and employees. 1t is an as
semblage of military and civil officers and
employees all performing civil duties with
out pattern in any other branch of the pub
| lie service, and 1 would see with regret any
further step toward preventing an estab-
lishment SO organized becoming, in
| time, purely civil in it's organization.
| A military organization seems to
be entirely inconsistent with ouri policy in
| such matters. While upon this general
subject attention may be called to the fact
that under the present system the Bureau
| of the Chief Signal Officer, for good reason,
is alone excepted from consideration of the
| civil service act"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
PUNesNT PARAGRAPHS.

Women are the hardest conun-
drums ever given to man, and yet man
never seems to be willing to give them
up.-M Y. Ledger.
The craze for stuffed owls has
broken out gain. The owl sets a good
example, and every family should have
one. 1t keeps its eyes open and its
mouth shut. = Chicago Journal.
-"Yes, my bov." said an old min
lister to his son. who was going out to
do battle with the world; '.be as wise as
serpent and as harmless as a dove;
7ice do not forget that part about being
As wise as serpent. ."-Boston Courier.
The man that 1 marry" said
Clara. must be hand rich, brave,
clever and good-tempered." ''But how
will you discover that he possesses all
those qualit t;es?' Il can see for myself
if he is handsome and can easily ascer-
tain if he is rich. don't so much mind
about the others. - Philadelphia Record.
-''What name does your husband
call you by?" said bride to friend
who had been married several years;
''doe; he call you ducky or lovyP Ny
darling calls me ducky." "Does he?
Mine used to call me popsey-wopsey,
but he doesn't use that term now"
..What does he call you, thenp" He
calls me, Say, there:?' IN Y. Sun.
How much for candy?" said q
little boy. six sticks for five cents, ehe
Now, lem me see; six sticks for 5 cents,
five for cents, four for cents, three
for cents, two for l cent, and one for
nothing. I'll take one stick, mister
He rot it, but the dealer is still in a
state of bewilderment, and can't see
how that can be.-MOntreat (Cdndda)
WItnesS.
i used to think Edmund an
angel" sighed Madeleine. ..Matri-
mony, however, opens ones eyes, and /
find him perfect BEAR 80, how de-
| lightful.'' exclaimed Sylvia, clasping
her hands and looking unutterable
things. '.Delightful?' echoed Made
leine, in amazement. .Yes, delightful!
FELL me. dear, isn't bear one of those
| awful animals which hug one to death?
Yes, l know it is! How happy you must
ber' Madeleine had fainted.-OU City
Blizzard.
| You don't cook like. Sary Ann
used to, Mat l la," he said, in tones of
gentle, exasperating reproof; mo. it
seems to me YOU can't cook like Sary
Ann used to-" On another occasion it
was: You're not as smart in gettin'
round as Sary Ann was, Matilda. You
don't appear to ketch on where she left
off" About this time heavy rolling
pin came in contact with his head
what do you mean by that, you vix-
emp he exclaimed in agony. I'm
doing some of the work Sary Ann neg.
lected,' she replied, and there was
much peace in the family thereafter
-PiiIddciDhid Record.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
A Novel Traffic.

The cowboys here, writes a Midland,
CTes.) correspondent, in the good
weather are doing little business or
their own account by killing wolves
with strychnine for their hides. The
hides they send to Chicago, getting a
fair return for them. A New York
woman, who came out here to keep a
hotel. with her husband, has started up
an interest in curlews' wings which are
fashionable adornments for ladies hats,
and the cowboys are killing curlews
now by the score. The curlew is abun-
dant on the staked plains, and their
wings, which are brownish green, with
spla.shes of dark brown and green, are
very good backgrounds in millinery for
few more brilliant feathers. The cur
lew nests in the prairies by scrsping up
some dry grass under a tuft of gralnma
grass. They drop four eggs into the
nest, and it is as rare as 10 discover a
four-leaf clover to find nest where the
four small ends OF the eggs are not to-
gether. The curlewo' wings bring ten
cens pair Midland, Tsr.
/ Coz thisago lfpaeS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
The Dress of Great Men.

Daniel Webster usually wore suit of
snuf-brown color, with large soft
neck-tie. Martin Van Buren, was very
fastidious about his clothes, and always
appeared during the summer in the
whitest of white linen duck. His clothes
were cut in the latest styles, and he
wore very high stock neckties, out OF
which peeped his standing collar. An
drew Jackson also dressed well, though
he did not make his clothes great
matter. Henry Clay wore swallow
tail. and a standing collar extravaganza
ly high. James Buchanan was always
very precise in his clothes. always ap.
pearing in full dress. Washington Cor,
Cleveland Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
CLEVELAND'S CABINET,
This is Believed to be the List o.
the President-Elect's Advisers.
Mr.. Villas Will be Postmaster-Generai-S
eral Reasons For Taking Two Men From
New York.

NEW YORK, February 27.-The following
special was sent to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
1 am permitted, on high authority, to give
the Cabinet which President elect Cleveland
has determined to send to the Senate:
Secretary of State-Thomas S. Bayard,
of Delaware.
Secretary of the Treasury-Daniel Man
| ming, of New York.
Secretary of the Interior-L. Q. G. La
mar, of Mississippi.
Attorney General - Augustus H. Gar
land, of Arkansas.
Postmaster General w. F. Villas, of
Wisconsin.
Secretary of the Navy-William CIV hit
ney, of New York.
Secretary of War-William c. Endicott,
of Massachusetts.
The only question in reference to this list
is as to the acceptance of William c. Whit
ney, of which, however, there is no doubt
1t is not to be presumed that this list is i'm
possible of change, but that it is the one
now decided upon is certain. Mr., Cleve-
lands determination to give two places to
New York is based on three con-
tention to combine the East and South
in the political movements of the next
four years. The West will only be Incl
dentally considered through Mr.. Hendrick
in Indiana. Even Mr.: Villas, while the
expected to use his patronage to further
the scheme mentioned. The second consid-
Grafton was the personal relations between
himself and Mr.. Whitney. 1t is customary
for the President to have at least
one personal friend in the Cabinet.
Mr.. Manning is Mr.. Tilden's friend rather
than Mr.. Cleveland's. Mr.. Whitney comes
nearer the position of personal follower
and friend. The third consideration was
precedent. A long list of similar
dual appointments stretches across
| the face of Blue Books from Wash
| ington down to Grant. 1t is proba-
BILE also that the desire to have the
wealthy young New Yorker, with his abil-
| ity for political management, in Washing
| ton had much to do with the decision. The
| attitude of Western Democrats ON the sill
yer question certainly hastened and con-
| firmed it. The Cabinet news which 1 have
| thus given is not generally known here,
| and may not be for day or two, SO there
| is little discussion about it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Fell Dead.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, February 26. -
Judge Robert Logan, of Whitesides
County, dropped dead at the head of the
House stairs as he was on the way to the
chamber. The elevator was not running,
and he attempted to walk up the long
stairway. Logan had been ailing all ses-
sion with heart disease and could notstand
excitement of any kind. When he drop
entrance to the Chamber, he was picked up
by friends and carried into an ante-room
and doctors called. Five minutes later he
was pronounced dead. In joint session it was
arranged that no vote would be taken for
q. S. Senator before next Tuesday. If the
Republicans refuse to vote, as they now
propose, the election of Senator will not
take place until after the successor to Logan
is elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Starved to Death.

READING, Pa, February 2S.-John Bare
kel died in the County Insane Asylum here
to-day, after having refused to take food
for twelve days. He became insane
through the election excitement, and re-
fused all offers of food because he
ina gined that the party opposite to
that to which he belonged wanted to poi
son him. He literally starved himself
to death. When well he weighed 1G0
pounds. but by voluntary starvation he
had reduced himself until his corpse
weighs no more than seventy pounds. He
looked upon every one with distrust. and
allowed neither food nor water to pass his
lips. He has been unable to walk for sew
eral days. He hailed from Boyerstown,
this cOunty
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Frozen to Death.

WARRENroN, VA, February 2S.-Roder-
TX Toliver and Robert Parr, two young
men, while out slsigh-l iding last night,
were thrown out of the sleigh into Deeprun
Creek Both men scrambled out of the
water. Toliver lay down on the bank of
the stream and froze to death. Parr
walked home, and was present at the in
quest held on the body of his companion
to-day. Toliver was from Baltimore.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Nova Scotia Tires of Canada.

HALIFAX, February 27.-In the Nova
Scotia Legislature Mr.. Power gave notice
that he proposed to question the right of
the Parliament of Canada to impose a duty
on flour. Another member brought down
a resolution stating that union with Canada
had been injurious to Nova Scotia and rec
ommending an appeal to the Imperial au-
thorities for leave to withdraw.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
No Extra Session Probable.

WASHINGTON, February 27.-The appro-
priation bills were placed in a more for
ward condition to-day by the work of both
houses, and all possible danger of an extra
session seems to have been safely
passed. The Senate has four appro-
priation bills yet to act on, namely
the sundry civil, river and
harbor, general deficiency and fortifica-
tions. The House has but one to formally
pass, and that is the Notifications. All the
rest, except the military academy bill,
which is a law, may be said to be in con-
ference, without any serions disagreement
acfion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Disastrous EXPLOSION.

LONDON, February 26.-A terrible explo-
sion occurred this afternoon at the Royal
School of Gunnery ct Shoeburyness while a
number of Artillery officers and scientists
were testing a new patent fuse. Three
men were killed outright and several
fatally wounded. Among the latter
were some OF the most prominent
officials of the Government Laboratory at
Woolwich. The scene of the explosion pre-
sented a sickening sight. Some of the
wounded had their faces carried away.
others legs torn off, and men were lying
about in every direction, groaning in dy-
ing agonies
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Child Killed by Rats.

READING, Pa, February 2S.-Lillie,
two-year- child of James F. Anspach,
in Heidelberg Township, this county, was
attacked by rats and fatally injured. The
little one lay in a cradle. and the rats
jumped up during the night and bit it in
the nose, ears, arms and hands: Whlcn
swelled to enormous proportions. The rats
were bound to make meal of the child,
and had to be driven off with a club.
Some were as large as small-siZcd cat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
SLAUGHTER at Khartoum Confirmed,

LONDON, February 2G--A letter has been
received at Korti from nun taken pris-
oner when khartoum fell into the hands of
the Arabs, and who is now kept in captiv-
ity in the Madhi's camp at Omdurman. She
confirms the statement that El Mahdi's
troops massacred the soldiers of the garri-
son and many peaceful citizens, and she
states that the number of persons slaugh-
tered was fully two thousand.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
A ProYidentiaI Eseane.

WELLsBURG, W. VA, February pa
sensation was produced here by the mar
row escape of three hundred people from
an awful death. A large crowd was at the
M. E. Church last night, which is lighted
with natural gas. When the services were
half over, a man entered hurriedly
and whispered to the sexton, the
sexton whispered to the minis
ter, and the congregation was Immediately
dismissed. An examination was made,
and break in the gas pipe, half an inch
wide, was found. Ten minutes later the
gas would have reached the light, and the
church been torn to atoms. Many women
tainted when they learned their escape.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Chicago Election SWindIers.

CHICAGO, February 26.-In the prelimi-
nary hearing of Sullivan and O'Brien, for
perjury, committed in the trial of Mackin
and others, for election frauds, O'Brien
was discharged on motion of the District
Attorney, the evidence not being sufficient
to hold him. Sullivan and the other ac-
cused parties were held for further hear
ing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
Over a Bridqe.

KEoKUK, February 27.-The rear coach of
the W abash train fell over a bridge at Cen
terville, this morning. About dozen per-
sons were hurt, the worse being Conductor
Gibson, F. Burnes, Roadmaster; A.. M.
Gregory, claim agent, and Mrs. Gilbert, OF
Salt Lake City.