The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-14
WEST AND SOUTH.

A box containing thirty pounds Of giant
powder exploded in the 3O0-level of the
Caledonia niue at Deadwood, D. T., on the
9th. Four men were killed outright and
another fatally injured. The bodies Of the
killed were blown in pieces and the re-
mains taken out in barrels. The five men
had gone to sleep on box used for powder,
when a spark from one of the mems pipe
fell among the scraps.
Mr. j. Juvenet has sent to the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange a bale of ramie,
and to the Produce Exchange a bale of
jute, which he asserts are the first bales of
these products ever made in the United
States He claims that in Louisiana net
profit of $50 per acre can be made by culti-
waiting ramie, and that the cultivation of
jute will yield net profit of $50 per acre.
Governor Ross, of New Mexico, has
issued proclamation to the cattle in
spectors of the Territory, authorizing them
to prohibit the importation of cattle from
the districts in the north and east of the
United States where contagious diseases
exist
The Union Furniture Company's factory
at Grand Rapids, Mich, burned on the 9th,
entailing a loss of $40, 900.
Hon. Jacob Romeis was on the 9Th re-
nominated for Congress by the Republicans
of the Tenth Ohio district
Kaufman g. Runge, cotton merchants
! of Galveston, estimate the Texas cotton
yield this year at from !, 400, ,0Oo to 1,5O0, 600
bales. The estimate made last year by ex-
perts was 100000 The decrease is due to
meagre top crop bales and the damage by
worms and the recent heavy rains.
The Ohio Supreme Court on the 9th dis
kI, 1av Af Ardr VIC
the Hamilton County auditor.
r. Roderick has brought suit in the Sum-
NIT County CO., Common Pleas against
Henry Thornton for the death of his
daughter, which resulted from the bite of
dog belonging to Thornton.
The Colorado Democratic State conven-
ton on the 9th nominated Allan Adams
for Governor; H. B. Gillespie for Lieuten-
ant Governor, jeremiah Mahoney for Sec
retary of State, James F. Benedict for
Treasurer, Casimiro Barela for Auditor,
Colonel Stirman for Attorney General and
Rev. Myron W. Reed for Congress.
Dave Henry and wife, of Columbia, s..
c., went to a camp meeting on the 9th,
leaving their house and two children in
charge of Caroline Berry, an old woman
, Upon the return of the parents they found
the CnarreQ remains Ol tueiT ohe
Mrs Berry in the ruins of their home
which had burned during their absence.
Frankfort, KY, celebrated the one hun
dredth anniversary of its birth on the 9TH
, Fully fifteen thousand visi tors were pres
ent ut the festivities.
James Smith, colored, charged with arso
in Charleston, No., while being taken fror
st. Louis to the scene of his crime on tn
~, -, lny,i
: running thirty miles an hour and escapes
a unhurt.
The thirteenth annual convention {
J. the National Butter, Cheese and Egg Asse
citation will be held in Chicago Novembe
J. 10, II and 10.
q Two children of George Davis, a boy an
y girl aged ten and seven respectively. wei
A burned to death in their beds at Chicae
o. by a fire which destroyed their home o
q the night of the 9th. The mother OF th
children was also burned severely and hs
n her arm broken in two places.
" The case of James h. Smith VS.. the Nel
l ark, Somerset & Shawnee Railroad Cor
n pany ct al. was decided by Judge Hunts
IN at Newark, O., on the 7th. Judgment f
R. over $100, 900 was rendered in favor OF Il
plaintiff. The case involves larg
n amount OF money Gndu any oNoA ooSAes
10 before a Licking County court.
j" The petition to the Ohio Legislature as
TO ing for an appropriation for the erectl'
la in Cincinnati of monument to the mel
is ory of General William Henry Harris
has already about 10000 signatures.
,e- A fire at Gallatin, Tenn, on the 7th {
d. stroyed Tompkins' opera house and sever
rk business places, causing loss of $56, OF
ee insurance $4,000. Lewis Tompkins "
m fatally hurt by falling timbers.
at The coroner's verdict in the case of
recent disaster to the steame La Mascot
" on the Mississippi river, whereby thil
or persons lost their lives. exonerates the c
he GERS of the steamer from all blame q
lit severely criticises Captain Through of
r. Eagle for his treatment of the surviv
ly and for not attem pting to run the burn
boat ashore, and recommends that
he license be revoked.
", Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, of the Catht
af- Cathedral at Wilmington, Del, has arri
nd from Rome with the Papal edict max
he him Bishop Of Wilmington. He will
consecrated November IA by Cardinal {
~, bons.
re- Wright Weldon, colored, was hanged
of Edgefeld, S. c., on the Sth for the mur
nd, of John w. Lagrane, planter. The n
der was committed twelve years ago.
rie George Hoelzel, while being taken to
us waukee by detective on tne cnarge
Y, poisoning his uncle, F. Metz, jumped II
de- a Milwaukee & St Paul train on 1ne
.te, while it was running forty miles an n'
yed and escaped. The detective was asleel
the time.
for A great strike OF the pork packers IN
led Chicago stock yards was lnauguraoeo
lue the Sth in consequence OF the posting
left notices in the different establishments
of there would be a return to the Toni
ion svstap, Tuantv Thousand men are