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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
whisky and Opium Do their Work.

GRAND HAVEN, MICH, Feb. 19-John
Doyle, of Holland, a young man Of twenty
eight years, was found last night lying in
the street in an insensible condition appar-
emily drunk. He was accordingly
taken to jail where it was found he
was in a dying condition. Investiga-
tion showed that he had been drink
ing in company with several young men
during the evening, and every time he took
a drink he was observed to sqeeze brown
substance into his glass. This substance
afterward proved to have been opium, but
the deadly poison was not recognized by
any of his friends. He died during the
NIGHT.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Frozen to Death In Michigan.

NEGAUNEE, MICH, Feb 21.-Yesterday
John Kennedy and q man named Ryan set
out for a neighboring mine, about six miles
away. Ryan was very thinly clad and soon
began to suffer terribly from the intense
cold. Kennedy took him on his shoulders
but his own sufferings and exhaustion
compelled him to drop his burden. AL
most dead himself he was barely able to
find help, which arrived too late to rescue
Ryan, whose dead body was found by the
roadside. Kennedy viii probably survive,
although badly frozen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Another Chapter in a Great Horror.


BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Feb. 19.-The sequel
of the terrible deeds enacted last evening
by David Sholty, the insane man of Shir-
ley, when he shot several members of his
brothers. family, and burned his brothers.
valuable barn is, that the demented man
persisted in the flames which he set. After
shooting Mrs. Sholty and her seventeen
year-old daughter, he climbed to the
hay-mow, set fire to the building
and then, instead of flee
ing, as was thought, he held himself to the
grain bin, where he was first discovered,
and remained there until the flames over
took him. His charred and roasted remains
were found in the debris Of the burned
building at daylight. he had revolver
and two shot guns which he had stolen
from neighbcrs. He was forty four years
of age and unmarried. Levi Sholty, it
transpires, was not hurt, the buckshot cut
ting his coat only, but his wife received
thirteen buckshot in her back, and il
thought to be fatally injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
ABOUT FOOD.
Tho WonderfuI Processes or Digestion end
!. -. n1s,friffan. &. D ~ lIel.-rssf

Tho Wonderful Processes or Digestion and
Our bodies are made up of what We
eat An article to be suitable for food
must contain at least one Of the elemen-
tary substances of which the body con-
sists, and this must be capable OF .
ready separation from all other ele-
ments. The latter, if not poisonous,
will be rejected from the system without
harm. The best kinds of food are such
as contain the most of the bodily ele-
ments. Milk contains all, and is hence
a perfect food. A proper diet is such
combination of articles as together fur
nisa all the elements in due proper
ton, while, at the same time, these arti-
cles please the taste and crafty our
love of variety. Starvation would re-
suit in time if single one Of these ele-
ments were lacking. Not only must
muscle, bone, etc., be provided for, but
still more, brain, nerve and every secre-
ton. The modern fancy for the whitest
| bread is at fault, for such bread is de-
ficient in the elements that make brain,
| nerve and bones. Hence the tendency
to nervous diseases, dyspepsia, and de-
caying teeth. Absence of vegetable
food gives rise to scurvy; the too exclu-
sive use of animal food, to gout
But food must be digested. For this no
less than five digestive fluids are se-
creted by appropriate glands-saliva,
for starch and sugar; gastric juice for
flesh, fish, eggs, etc.; bile and pancre-
attic juice for fat, the latter also aiding
in The digestion of starch. and the in-
testinal secretions to complete the pro-
cess. A. deficiency in any one of these
results in some form of dyspepsia. The
digested food must pass from the intes-
| tines into the circulation. Hence
myriads of hungry mouths seize it from
the former. and pour it through count
less, minute vessels which constantly
unite and form larger into the right
side of the heart. Should these vessels
be closed up by Inflammation the body
would waste away, however good the
appetite and vigorous the digestion.
This imperfect blood does not, however.
vet go into the full circulation, but
passes round through the lungs with the
venous blood and then into the left side
of the heart, whence it is sent out into
the arteries pure fluid, richsin every
element. But the process Of nutrition
is not yet finished. Those sleepless
workers, the ultimate cells, whether OF
brain, or bone, or muscle, or MEM
brane, throwing off each moment the
waste debris. take from The same arte-
rial duid each what it needs.-Yostth's
Companion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Died at the Aue Of i2o.

Sr. CATHARINEs, ONT., Feb. H.-An old
colored woman named Sarah Taylor died
yesterday in the Township of Lowth, in
this county, at the advanced age of 100
years, II months and days. There can
be no doubt of the reliability of this
statement as the records of Virginia,
where she spent her early days in slavery,
have been examined, and testify to its cor
rectness. Her mental faculties were un-
impaired up to her death, and it may be Of
interest to know she was in possession of
second sight, had third set of natural
teeth, and her hair was quite dark, having
Changed from white
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Sad and PecuIiar Afiiction.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Feb. N.-Hattie Stan
ley, aged eight, daughter of Joseph STAN
ley, a blacksmith, is suffering with a dis
ease that is attracting the attention of the
medical fraternity. Two years ago the
child, who possessed bright intellect,
was attacked with rheumatism affect
ing the heart to such an extent that
it did not have sufficient vitality to
send the arterial blood to the extremities.
Her hands and feet have become
lifeless, and the child is slowly dying with
dry gangrene. The fingers of each hand
up to the knuckles are black and withered,
and her feet present similar appearance.
The child has suffered excruciaring pains
for the past fifteen months and looks for
ease is often met with in aged people, but
this is the only one known Of which the
sufferer was SO young.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
A Noble Hangman.

ment that well known Baronet had as
sisted Hangman Berry in hanging the
three Netherby burglars, Sir Charles De-
Crespigny, in an interview to-day, ad-
mitted that he was the one alluded to.
He said that as he would probably
be sheriff he desired to gain expert
ence in order that he might be pre-
pared in case he should be obliged to ac-
He slept in the prison during the night.
pinioned one of the culprits himself and
generally assisted Berry. The latter con-
siders Sir Charles a plucky individual who
does his task we'll Sir Charles appears to
take lively interest in his chosen calling.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
A DANGEROUS Counterfeit Dollar.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Feb. 19.-Teller Hem
derson, of the La Crosse National Bank,
has discovered a counterfeit silver dollar
that is pronounced by all bank people in
the city absolutely the most dangerous
ever seen. 1t is a standard silver dollar
of the coinage of 1881. The outside is sill
yer, and the die in every substan tial par
ticular as clear as the original. 1t stands
all microscopic tests. The only possible
means of detection is by weight, 1t being
exactly. forty-seven grains short Of the
standard and estimated about forty y-throe
grains short of the average. rsl'-ise n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
An INGENIOUS Suicide.

NEW York, Feb. 1S.-Jean Lobossong, a
French cook, was found dead this morning
at his boarding house, No 404 Fourth ave-
nue.. He had committed suicide by in
haling gas in an ingenious manner. The
gas jet in one corner of his bedroom was
turned on full. Over the burner on the
pipe was one end of an eight-foot rubber
tube. This was run down the side of the
an iron pipe about foot long. The rubber
was coiled once around the body of the
dead man and the iron pipe stuck in his
mouth. Then over all this was placed the
bed clothes and pillow. When found he had
evidently been dead two days. He left a
letter in French saying that he was tired
of life and that he had been out of employ
ment two weeks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Four Men Drowned.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb 2l.-Yesterday
morning, while four men and a boy were at
tempting to cross the Susquehanna, the boat
capsized and the four men drowned. The boy
succeeded in climbed to the boat, and was
rescued about two miles below. The names
of the unfortunate men are as follows: John
and Frank Mast, aged eighteen and twenty,
respectively, Lewis Ditrich and Charles
Mathies. The lad who was saved was a son
of Mathies
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Care of the Ears.

Picking the ears is a most mis-
chievous practice; in attempting to do
this with hard substances an unlucky
motion has many a time pierced the
drum and made il as useless as .
bursted rubber life-preserver; nothing
harder or sharper than the end Of the
little finger with the nail pared, ought
ever to be introduced into the ear un-
less by physician. Persons are otter
seen endeavoring to remove the ..wax"
of the ear with the head Of pin; thin
ought never to be done; first. because L
moi: only endangers the rupture of ths
ear by being pushed too far in. but b
not so far 1t may CRATE against the
drum. excite Inflammation. produce a
ulcer which may finally eat all the part
away: second. hard substances have of
ter Slipped in and caused the necessity
of painful. dangerous and expensive
operations; third, the wax is manufac
tured by nature to guard the entrancs
from dust, insects and unmodiied cok
air, and when it has subserved its pur
po e it becomes dry. scaly and light ant
in this condition is easily pushed outsid,
by new formations of wax Within
| Boston Transcript.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
indians May Not Sling Mail.

New ORLEANS, Feb. 1s.-A special from
Indian Territory says: Mrs. l. Adair has
taken charge of the postoffice at Talle-
quah, displacing John W. Stapler, who had
held the position for twenty years. The
change is occasioned by the decision of the
Attorney General Of the United States to
the effect that Indians are ineligible for
postmasters, not being citizens of the
United States, Mrs. Adair is white
woman, the wife of prominent Indian.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
FIRE IN WILMINGTON, N. o.
Over s1,Soo,ooo Worth Of Property
Destroyed.

UestrOyod.
WnMINaToN, N. c., Feb. 21.-A destfuc-
tive fire occurred in the business portion Of
this city this afternoon. The loss will
probably exceed 81 5000 The fire origi-
mated on the river steamer Bladen, cotton
laden, which set fire to the wharf and sheds
of the Clyde line Of steamers. high wind
was blowing at the time and the fire spread
rapidly, sweeping away the business
houses on Water street for three blocks
and many valuable residences on Front
and Second streets. Among the building gs
destroyed were the first Methodist Church,
the offices Of the Atlantic Coast Line, the
freight depots of the Wilmington, Colum-
bia and Augusta and the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad Companies, the Champion
Compress, two large grain mills, asawmill,
Son, Worth Il Worth, Kerchner & Caldner
Bros, s. P. Shelter & Co., and the steamer
River Queen and the schooner Holmes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Foreian News.

LONDON, Feb. 19.-Sir Charles Dilke's
constituency, with buta handful dissent
ing, voted confidence in him. The Portu-
guese Ministry has resigned. Servia is
negotiating with Turkey for uuion Of
Bosnia and Servia similar to that of Bull
garia and Eastern Roumelia. A Nihilist
circular has been discovered which dooms
to death certain prominent officials. The
Chancery court has authorized the sale OF
the Blenheim gallery in June. Senor Ca
novas Del Castillo has been absolved by
the Pope of all interdictions, and the Order
of Christ is conferred upon him
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Fatal Encounter with Desperadoes.

LOUISVILLE, KY., Feb. 21.-A Courier
Journal special says: ga fatal encounter
took place near Pineville, KY, between a
man named Lane and five men named
Turner, on Friday afternoon. There was
an old feud existing between them. The
Turner'S are celebrated as roughs and bad
men. They were in ambush, hiding behind
trees, when Lane came along the road, and
they all fired upon him. Lane saw one of
the Turner's step from behind tree, and
shot him dead. Almost Immediately after
wards Lane fell, his body being pierced by
several bullets.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
-He-"It was natural, you kno,

that I should be attracted to you"
She (shyly)-" Indeed! Whyp" He
"Well, you know, your brother studied
law in the same Office with me, and we
were admitted to the bar together"
She" But what had that to do with
meP" He" Why, don't you see, I
looked upon him as brother-in-lawp"
She (blushing)-':O! l see." He
"Yes, brother-in-law de jure, as it
were. Now propose that he shall be
a brother-in-law de facto as well. :"
Then he slipped the engagement ring
on her finger and their heads came
close together, and the parian cupid on
the mantel looked as if he was about to
clap his wings and crow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
FOUR CHILDREN oREMATED.
iDistressing ocourrence ON an Island in
chesapeake Bay.

(, ONANcoCK, Va, Feb. 17.-Persons arriv-
iing here late Monday night fro m Targier
Island, Chesapeake Bay, brought inselli-
gence Of q terrible burning accident that
occurred there on Sunday afternoon. -Four
small children undertook to build a fire
ing the burning fluid over the children
and signiting their clothing. There were
mo grown people in tie house at the time,
and the children were so frightened that
they ran. out with their blazing garments
into the open air. Their cry for help soon
attracted the attention of the neighbors,
but not before the children had been SO
badly burned that two of them have since
died, and the other two are fatally injured.
The unfortunate little ones are children Of
VIM. Pruitt and Lee Cooper, two we'll
Known citizens of the island All the chill
dren were under twelve years Of age.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Chinese Leper D scoyered.

WATERBURY,, Conn, Feb Thames
Burns and Thomas Broderick, District
Telegra&pb & boys, beard groans goa1 .s issuing from
found Long Lee sick on a cot. A select
man was summoned, who discovered that
the Chinaman's lower limbs were covered
with white spots. Medical Examiner French
the Cinnamon here will have to go.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

-Cremationists have now become
numerous enough to warrant the pub
hcation of a magazine devoted to their
interests. This magazine states that
in America there are two cremation
furnaces completed, three soon to be
built, and ten societies besides those
owning the crematoriums.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Mine ExpIosion.

EVANSTON, wy, Feb. 21.-An explosion
occurred in No. 8 mine at Almy yesterday.
Fifteen men were burned, one severely.
Nobody was killed. Forty men were in the
mine. Fifteen days ago the meh left the
mine on account Of gas, but were persuad-
ed to go back. There was not gas enough
to wreck the mine, though the men were
blown thirty feet. The fire lasted half a
minute.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
A nlaer,s Miserable Death.

NoRRIsrowN, Pa, Feb. M.-Henry John
son, bachelor and hermit, about fifty
years Of age, living in East Perkiomen, this
county, died yesterday, leaving considera-
BILE real estate and money. johnson was
SO miserly that he would not allow himself
the necessary comforts Of life. During the
recent cold weather his feet were SO badly
frozen that the soles of them became morti-
fled and fell off. Other. portions of his
body were also badly frozen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Its Head In Its Stomach.

VILLA RIGA, GA, Feb. 1.-Mr. B. ]. Gar
rison brought to town yesterday Calls
head taken from its own stomach. The
calf when born was perfectly formed ex-
cept head. Where the neck should have
been an ear appeared. Some one suggest
ed that the head might be inside, and upon
there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
TEE BURIED AT NANT1ooKH

Fears That, After All, the Dead Miners
May Not BE Reached.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 21.-The officers
of the Susquehanna Coal Company are
very much afraid that the men constituting
the recovering party at Slope No. will,
within the next twenty-four hours, quit
work, as they have reached very close to
the point Of the cave in which there is
great danger ahead. They have no means
Of escape should another rush of sand and
rock come. Should they refuse to work it
to take their places, therefore the twenty six
bodies of the miners who were entombed
on December Is will forever remain,in the
nit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
a centenarIan Frozen. to Death.

READING, PA, Feb. 17.-Tbomas NJ. Jack
son, colored, who was found in his hut on
the hills of Union Township badly frozen,
died at the county hospital yesterday.
There is undoubted evidence that jackson
was 104 years of age. Over seventy years
ago he was in the employ of General
jackson on the latter's plantation in Ten
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
IN THE coNv1ors FAVOR.
Remarkable Suit For Damages In q Te
nessee Court.

Remarkable Suit For Damages In q Ten
nessee Court.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, Feb. 1s.-An interest
ing case was decided in the Circuit Court
this morning. Two years ago VIM. L.
Smith was convicted of murder and sem
fenced to the penitentiary for two years.
He was placed in the coal mines of the
Knoxville Iron Company under the lease
system He was placed in dangerous tun-
mel by the mine boss, and the roof fell in,
breaking both legs and one arm, making
him cripple for life. He sued the Knox
vile Iron Company and Cherry, Morrow &
Co., lessees of the State Penitentiary, for
$4,000 damages. The case was on trial for
over a week, and the jury returned a YER
dict for the full amount.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Polish Church Burn d.

TOLEDO, O., Feb. IA Polish church was
fired and burned bv an incendiary to-
Of the riots of last June, in which two % men n
were killed, five persons injured, and two
houses dismantled. There was great sx-
Msemsnt Ia the Polish settlement,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Indian Scholar Dies on His WAY Home.

CHICAGO, Feb. ia young Indian,
named Red Eagle, on his way from the
Indian Training School at Philadelphia to
his home at Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota,
died on the Northwestern railway this af-
ternoon of consumption. He was accom-
panied by nine other Indians, also on their
way home from school. He had been urged
not to attempt to undertake the journey.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
A Weeks Failures,

New YORK, Feb 19.-The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country
during the last seven days, as reported to
r. G. Dun Il Co., number for the United
States PSI and for Canada IS, or a total of
2S6, as compared with 275 last week and
287 the week previous. The business casu-
alties in the Southern States and in Canada
are still above the average.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
ParalYzed by a Fall.

Stuck, ~ prominent citizen IT,, of Of Newburg, W. ":
Va, while walking to Sunday-school step
ped on rolling stone, which threw him to
the ground and injured his spinal column.
In short time the lower half of his body
was entirely paralyzed. His back is broken
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Death Of Ex-senator EiIsom

HUMBOLDT, NEB., Feb. 21.-Ex-Senator G.
NJ. Filsom died while sitting in chair on
the steps of his house to-day. His age was
SixtV-siX years
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
A Somna mbuIlst's Experien ce.

DETROIT, MICH, Feb. 21.-Edward Ashley,
while asleep, left his berth on a train, at the
town of Attercliffe, Mich, and walked off
the rear platform. He was not injured, and
walked to the station and was provided
with clothes, having left the berth in his
night shirt
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
THE Greek fleet has gone to Euboea.

GENERAL BoYEN, Adjutant to Emperor
William, of Germany, is dead.
The Meininger actors of London will
sb ortly make tour of America.
THE Infanta Eulalia is confined to her
bed with an attack of sore throat, accom-
panied by fever The date of her marriage
has been postponed. .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Herders Killed bv Anaches.

SANTA FE, N. M, Feb. 1s.-Eight sheep
herders on the ranch of Solomon Luna,
Valencia County, New Mexico. near the
Arizona line, had fight with the Apaches.
All the herders were killed. The Luna
brothers, with two forces, mounted, have
gone to the scene of the fight
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

McLEANsBoRo, ILL, Feb. 19.-John Mann,
a wealthy farmer, was ambushed on the
road near his home by two unknown assas-
sins and shot dead from his horse. The
motive for the deed is mystery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
The Volcanic Eruption In Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 1.-THE crater of
the volcano of Colma has diminished in
size, but the eruption still continues. The
inhabitants of the surrounding country
are fearful of coming disaster.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Ne Dreaded Exposure.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. H.-Fishermen at Caron-
delet this morning saw q curious object
floating in mid stream, which was caught,
and proved to be a mans body incased in
ice. The appearance of the body indicated
that it had probably been in the river fully
proved beyond question that the deceased
was the, late Rev. Jesse B. Braly, of Nor
tonville Ty., and that he committed sui
eide by jumping into the river. The cause
of this action Is shown to be, from these
same letters, the fear of the result Of an
investigation then going on in relation to
his private affairs and habits, which, it is
'hinted were not beyond reproach.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Nothing Like a Good Example.

DEs MoINEs Iowa, Feb. 1S.-A bill was
introduced in the Senate yesterday prohib-
iting teachers, members of college facul-
ties, State and county superintendents and
members of the State Board of Examiners
from using alcoholic and narcotic stimu-
lants
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Repairlnu the Andre kIonumeut.

TAPPAN, N. Y, Feb. 19.-Workmen began
the work of restoring the iron fence around
the Andre monument It is understood
that the stone will be repaired, but that
the inscription will not re-appear In its
former language.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Flying Columns Through the Northwest.

OTTAWA, Feb. 19.-The Government has de-
cided to send through the Northwest flying
column composed of A and B Batteries,
and detachments from the cavalry and in
fantry schools. An advance will probably
be made during the first week in March.
General Middleton will take command,
and will, as far as possible, visit the reser-
been shown.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Death Of Kenward PhiIp.

New York, Feb. A.-Kenward Philip,
aged forty years, an Englishman by birth.
and at one time charged with forging the
famous Morey letter in 1850. died this morn
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Heavy Capture Of Struggled Firearms.

MArAMoRAs, MEXICO, Feb. 1.-THE milf
itary commander of this district received Q
report yesterday from up the river that
! a portion Of 1,100 rifles recently smuggled
across the Rio Grande from Texas, near
Torus las Priestas and Larascita, in Tamau-
lipas. These arms, 1t is reported, were to
be used in revolution thatis on the tapis
in an interior State,