The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
WEST AND SOUTH.

Inc Ur1al OIL young Wllll6 SeuS, at Er1e,
Kan, charged with the murder of his
father, mother, brother and sister, ended
on the 9th with a verdict of guilty of mur-
der in the first degree. The prisoner be-
trayed no emotion at the result.
Notwithstanding severe droughts in many
sections of Texas the crops throughout tho
State are reported better than last year.
At New Albany, Ind, on the 27th Prof. j.
c. Strunk shot and killed Charles Hoover
and seriously wounded his father, DIR.
Hoover. 1t is charged that young Hoover
had been too intimate with Strunk's wife.
DR.. Hoover is a well known physician and
is professor in medical college.
At Louisville on the 27tb John Koehler,
a baker, shot and killed John Carter,
polisher, and mortally wounded Peter
Haupt, bricklayer. The deed was
prompted by jealousy.
Treasurer Frederick Turner has issued
call for the General Convention of the
Knights of Labor to be held in Richmond,
Va, October next. Commenting on the
wonderful growth of the order, Mr.. Turner
says that since April l, 1886, over $500 new
assemblies have been formed, showing an
increase of 4,50O in six months.
Major R. E. Fleming, one of the Rail
road Commissioners of Dakota, estimates
that the recent storm in North Dakota de-
stroyed about million and half bushels
of wheat.
Charles Engle, alias Charles Warner,
alias George Engle, II dangerous profess
sional burglar, whose depredations have
extended all over the country, was arrested
at Chicago on the 21th.
Reports from the rice fields along the
Santee river in South Carolina state that
the whole country for miles on each side of
the river in Williamsburg, Georgetown
and Berkeley counties is covered with
water. The rice is all under water and is
in most cases totally destroyed The loss
will be terrible and much suffering among
the negro laborers has resulted
Samuel Fulham's saw mill and shingle
mill at Gowen, Mich, together with forty
million feet of lumber and ten million
shingles, burned on the 2Sth ult. Loss
$500, 900, on which there was Sl50,00O in
surance.
At Republican conference held in Par
kersburg, WA, on the 2Sth ult., attended
by three hundred delegates, resolution
was adopted favoring the submission of a
prohibitory amendment to vote of the
people.
The Georgia Democratic State conven-
tion on the 2Sth ult. placed in nomination
the following State ticket: Governor,
General John B. Gordon; Secretary of
State, N. c. Barnett; State Treasurer,
Robert U. Hardeman; Comptroller, Cen
eral W. A. Wright; Attorney General, Cliff
ford Anderson.
Judge Constant Bryan, one of the Oldest
members of the Summit County (O.) bar
and formerly probate judge of that county,
died at Akron on the 2Sth ult., aged seven
ty-seven.
Colonel Nelson Plato. formerly Collector
of Customs at Corpus Christi Tex, who
was convicted and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary for embezz!ement while
in Office, has been pardoned by the Presi-
dent.
The Republican members OF the Cali
fornia Legislature, in caucus on the 2Sth
ult., resolved to elect at the present extra
session United States Senator.
Near Lawrence, Kan, on the 2Sth ult.,
John Pierson, wealthy Swedish farmer,
shot his wife and then put a bullet through
his own brains. The woman was not
fatally injured. Pierson left papers stat
ing that the bad temper of his wife made
living together impossible and had driven
him crazy.
The jury in the case Of John Tosney,
charged with the election forgeries in pre-
cinct A, Fourth ward, Cincinnati on the
2Sth ult. rendered verdict of guilty. A
like verdict was also rendered in the cases
of John Miner and Patrick Kelley, judges
of election in precinct L, of the Nineteenth
ward. Sentence was deferred.
The liabilities of the Charles W. Allen
Company, of Chicago, manufacturers of
tobacco, who suspended few days ago,
are estimated at $4,000 Assets about
100000 The failure is due to shrinkage in
values and to the effects of the labor
troubles.
1t is reported that q syndicate has been
formed, headed by E. II. Taylor, of Frank
| fort, KY, and Senior & Son, of Cincinnati,
to corner the Bourbon whisky market. 1t
proposes to buy all the whisky of the years
1879 to 1888, inclusive. The deal is made
possible by the heavy importation of
whsky to escape the tax.
Fred L. Tyler was killed and three work
men seriously injured by the explosion of
boiler in the plating works at Galesburg,
ILL.,, on the Goth ult. The building and ma
chinery were wrecked and the boiler hurled
distance of one hundred feet
The boiler of sawmill located at Tehu-
lua, Miss. exploded on the 25th ult., kill
ing six persons and injuring several others.
Among the injured was Colonel Graves,
owner of the mill.
Judge David johnson died at jackson,
Mich, on the 29th ult. of blood poisoning.
| He was seventy seven years of age, and
| had been prominently connected with
| Michigan affairs during nearly half a cen.
| tury.
at her home in Evansville, Ind, on tie Goth
ul',, of hydrophohia, Her symptoms were
frishtfsi ts bsheja, and siz men we're re-