The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

Excelsior geyser, in the Yellowstone
park, the most powerful geyser in the
world, suddenly broke out on the 3Oth ult.
and continued to play for over twenty
four hours. The Excelsior had been in a
state of quietude for over four years prior
to this.
Five armed men boarded a passenger
train at East St Louis, ILL.,, on the evening
of the 30th ult and rescued Jerry Carroll,
a notorious bank robber, from the hands
of Deputy Sheriff Richey. Carroll was be-
ing taken to Galesburg, ILL.,, for trial on
charge of being concerned in a bank rob
berry there several years ago.
Two four-story brick buildings occupied
by the E. P. Sweeney manufacturing co m
pany and a number of small establish
ments, at Chicago, were destroyed by fire
on the 31st ult, causing a loss of about
S75,OOO
The new fair grounds of the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture were formally dedi-
Gated on the 31st ult. The exercises con-
sisted mainly in speech-making by Gov
ernor Foraker, Senator Sherman, Judge
Allen G.. Thurman and others.
Matte Moore, aged sixteen, a white girl,
eloped from Mayfield, KY, few days ago
with mulatto named Charles Day. They
were overtaken by mob near Florence,
that State, on the 1st and it is reported
that both were hung to tree.
George @. Cannon, the convicted Nor
mon, who escaped before sentence was
pronounced upon him, has repaid his bonds
men, John Sharp and F. Little, the $25, 900
which they had paid for his forfeited bail
Since the artesian well on Wier's place,
of Pn1l loiv To ,fy.c1
liable flow few days ago, six other arte sian
all.
The Illinois Republican State Conven-
tion met at Springfield on the 1st and NOM
mated John R. Tanner, of Clay County,
for Treasurer, and Richard Edwards, of
Bureau, for Superintendent of Public In
struotion.
M. Van Pelt, of Charleston, W. Va.
Democratic candidate for State Senator,
was fatally shot by Jack Isbell. brother OF
the Labor candidate for that Office, during
a political discussion at Fayette Court
House, that State, on the I'd.
Mr.. Schwartz, of Chicago, owner of the
trotter Charles Hogan and other horses
has purchased Oliver K, the winner of the
$4,000 special stake race. The price paiG
was SIT, 900.
A Tombstone, A. T., dispatch says new
reached there on the I'd that the Mexican
troops demanded of American troops thu
surrender of Geronimo, which was refused
| A fight ensued in which five Mexicans were
killed and two Americans wounded. Dur
ing the melee Geronimo escaped.
A. N. Wilson, postmaster at Savannah
| Ca, refused to give up his Office to the mai
appointed by the President. A postal in
spector thereupon elected him and put tn,
| new man at the helm.
The union men employed in the brewerie
| at st. Louis determined to insist upon thei
demand that the bosses withdraw the orde
requiring employees to leave the union i
that organization did not raise the boycott
on the small bfeweries by September
The demand not being acceded to abou
five hundred men walk ed out.
Jimmy Carroll, the notorious ban
robber, who escaped from his captors b
jumping from train at East ST. Louis, Ill
| a few days ago, was recaptured on the 2
and taken by two duputy sheriffs to Gales
burg. Ill.
All the miners ia the mines about 81
Louis, except in one mine, struck on the
for an advance of wages from 6215 to nine
| ty cents ton. The operators refuse to pay
Reports from Adams County, Ind, stat
that losses by hog cholera there within th
past two weeks will aggregate $4,000.
Indiana Republicans, in State conver
tion at Indianapolis on the 3D. placed tn
following ticket in nomination: r. I
Robertson, for Lieutenant Governor
Charles L. Griffin, Secre tary of State
Bruce Carr. Auditor; ]. A. LIE empke, Trea
urer; L. T. Michener, Attorney Genera
Byron E. Elliott, Supreme Judge; W.
Noble, Clerk of Supreme Court; s.
LaFollette, Superintendent of Public L
struction.
At Bowersville, O., on the I'd JOSEF
Zeiner was shot and killed by some III
known person, who fired load of buc
shot at him through q window. A fe
months ago Zeiner declined to fulfill
promise to marry Miss Flo johnson. St
tried to shoot him but failed, and afte
ward committed suicide. 1t is believed
friend of Miss johnson was the murdere
While party of men were repairing tt
road near Oakland, ILL.,, few days ae
five skeletons were plowed up. They wei
buried in holes about three feet square an
looked as if they had been thrown dow
| lhOO ouOhl, dS OnO boico WOIo oil LII a uod
1t is believed that they are the remains
people murdered years ago.
The Ohio State Fair closed on the Sd aft
q four-day's exhibit. The fair was Il
, most successful in the history of the Sta
, Board of Agriculture.
{; An earthquake shock of more or lie
(; severity was felt all along the Atiant
+; coast, from Washington south, on the mig
| iaF tIaQ No dup n rte