The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-08

tenant Governor, William 7. Davies; Au-
ditor General, Colonel A. W. Norris; Sec
retary of Internal Affairs, Thomas j.
Stewart, Congressman at-Large, General
A. F. Osborne.
A. G.. Ogilby, indicted for embezzling
$50, 1000 from the Dime Savings Institution,
of New Brunswick, N. j., of which he was
treasurer, has been sentenced to four years.
imprisonment. He made no defense.
Richard ]. Lane, the embezzling banker
Of Abingdon, Mass, was examined befor Q
a commission on the 1st and held in $4,000
to appear before the United States Court,
July 12. Bail was furnished by his broth
ers. The Arlington National bank has sus-
pended payments.
At the Black Diamond colliery, near
Minersville, Pa, on the 1st two miners,
named Abbott Russell and John Kelley,
were engaged in tapping the water from
an old breast when great volume of water
suddenly burst in, drowning both men and
completely flooding the mine.
The Massachusetts, Legislature has passed
. bill appropriating $50, 900 for entertain
ing the President should he visit Massachu-
setts this sum mer.
Frank 81. Brown, a prominent grant
merchant of Boston, Mass, was arrested on
the 1st charged with for ging bills Of lading.
The business failures throughout the
country for the first six months of 1886
amount in number to s, ,146 as against 6,0O4
for the first six months of.1Ss5. The liabili-
ties amount to $50, ,434 900 for the first half
of 1885, as against s74 ,722, 900 for the first
half of 1885. showing decline in the num-
Der of failures of S4S and in amount of liza
bilities S24, ,2ss, 900.
On account of the failure of Congress to
pass the Naval Appropriation bill the
Brooklyn IN. W Navy Yard was closed
on the LIST and 1855 men, clerks and labor
ers, are in enforced idleness for an indef-
mite period.
At Newport, r. L, on the 1st Allen W.
Dorsey and his wife were found guilty of
the murder of Benjamin Burton, Mrs. Dor
sey's father. last fall, and sentenced to im-
prisonment for life. Burton was . we'll
to-do colored man and the murder was par
ticularly cold -blooded.
Warrants were sworn out in Philadel-
phia on the LIST for the arrest of both Will
son and Henry V. Leslie, the former secre-
tary and treasurer of the Chesapeake &
with embezzlement. 1t is believed the
is without means.
: At Nanticoke, Pa, on the 1st, during a
quarrel between Edwin Bellows and his
wife, the former in fit of frenzy drew a
revolver and shot the woman twice, inflict-
ing fatal wounds.
Fouryears ago Miss Ella Carlisle sprained
her ankle by stepping on a loose sidewalk
plank in the city of Bradford, Pa She
60 Ior ircf f1,o
city and on the 1st jury awarded her a
verdict of s13,544.
The Atlantic Giant Powder Works, near
Drakesville, N. J., blew up on the morning
of the I'd, completely demolishing the
works, instantly killing ten men and in
juring many others more or less seriously.
The explosion occurred in the building
known as the mixing house. The con-
cussion was felt distinctly for twenty miles
around, and glass in houses five miles
away was shattered. Most of the men
killed leave families. The loss will be very
heavy.
John Measures, his wife and two children,
seven and ten years OF age respectively,
while crossing the track at Wakefield,
Mass, on the I'd were struck by the express
train. The carriage was smashed to pieces
and all four of the occupants instantly
killed, together with the horses.
The total imports of dry goods at the
port of New York during the week ended
the I'd were valued at $1,997,356, and the
amount thrown on the market at 81, S93, ,S94.
Nearly all the building trades of Will
iamsburg. N. Y, were on strike on the
I'd against the reintroduction Of the ten
hour system. They include carpenters,
farmers, bricklayers, hod carriers, etc.
A freight train ran into the rear end of
the Trenton accommodation at Fishhouse
station, N. j., on the ID. Engineer Huntley,
of the freight train, was seriously hurt and
several passengers more or less injured.
The convicted boycottsrs of Thesis, the
proprietor of concert garden in New
York, were arrnigned in court for sentence
on the ID. The judge sentenced Paul Wilt
zig and Henry Holdorf to two years and
ten months at hard labor; Michael Stroh
and Julius Rosenberg to one year and six
months imprisonment. Daniel Danen-
hauser, the most violent of any of the boy
cotters, got three years and three months
in State Prison.
The one hundredth issue of the New York
City directory, just published, contains a
bound copy of the first city directory, which
was issued in 1876. This years directory
contains over 314, ,0o0 names, and from this
it is estimated that the population Of the
city is about 100000.
A reunion of the Third Army Corps was
held at Gettysburg, Pa, on the I'd. General
Sickles delivered an grafton in vindication
of the part taken by his corps in the Sec
ond's day fight
Admiral Baldwin's villa at Newport, R.
L, was robbed on the I'd OF all the silver
ware. The villa was robbed last summer
of several thousand dollars worth of jew
elry, some of which was lately found
buried in the vicinity.