The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
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In the Criminal Court at Hcrkimer, N.
Y, ON the 9th Mrs. Roxalana Druse, con-
victed OF killing and afterward burning
and boiling the body Of her husband, was
sentenced to be hanged December %, 1886.
Her counsel will appeal to the Governor to
commute the sentence.
The National convention OF United Pres
byterians who are opposed to tha action Of
the General Assembly on the music ques-
tion, met at Allegheny City, Pa, on the
9th
Lyman A. Hill and Charles Niles were
shot dead on the Sth in Hemenway town
ship, Me-, by unknown parties. Poachers
had been doggsng q deer, and Deputies
Niles and Hill were about to capture their
dogs, whom they were fired upon by the
poachers. who then made their es cape.
1t is understood that the trustees of the
Brooklyn bridge have concluded to make
the bridge free for foot passengers. as tbs
revenue from that source at the present
rate Of toll is only sls,77 per year, while
the expense of toll takers tickets, boxes
ETC., is SAC, ,791 per year. The wagon way
and cars are profitable source OF revenue.
A Henry George Club has been organized
in Philadelphia. 1t is understood that its
first field of activity will be in endeavoring
to secure the election of labor candidate
for Mayor at the February municipal cleo
tion.
At Dunbar, Pa, ON the 9th, the boilers in
Bliss Marshall & Co.'s brick yards ex-
ploded, killing Miss Tilly Campbell and
seriously injuring Perry >Gaddis. The boil
ers and part of the brick yards were de-
molished.
The schedules in the assignment Of Bar
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were filed ON the 9th. The liabilities arc
$2S5, 5,642; nominal assets, $1,10479; actual
assets, $4,000.
The National Grange, Patrons of Hug
bandry, composed of delegates from every
State and Territory in the United States,
commenced their twentieth annual session
at Philadelphia on the 10th. The meetings
arc held in secret and will continue about
eight dayE.
The stores Of John Sharpless & Co., deal
ers in dye stuffs, No. % North Front street,
Philadelphia, and Pierce & Middleton,
wool dealers, were damaged by fire on the
10th to the amount Of $4,000.
Two boys about sixteen years old were
arrested at Hartford, Conn.,, on the 10th fol
series Of burglaries committed through
out the State. Their operations were re
marKaDly DOlQ anu SUCCESSFUL.
The police Of Hartford, Conn.,, on the 10tt
found Joseph Il. Lord, formerly one of the
editors Of the Post and a well-known news
paper writer, lying on the grave of his wife
in the Old North Cemetery. He had sho
himself through the head with revolve
and was in dying condition. His age wa
ffty-five years
The Woman Suffrage bill, which passst
N - ktx, mt nfcIa
ture few days ago. was refused thir'
reading in the Senate on the 10th by a vot
offs to 10. This kills the bill for the session
At meeting of window glass manufact
urers Of Pittsburgh and the West. held il
that city on the 10th, a syndicate wa
formed to regulate prices and control pro
duction. The details of the combination
can not be given, but as contemplated
will secure a steady market at REASONABLY
prices and prevent ruinous competition.
Mrs Margaret Carnegie, mother OF Al
drew Carnegie the millionaire iron an
steel manufacturer, died at her homo
Cressou, Pa, en- the 10th, aged seventy
seven. Andrew Carnegie who has been
with typhoid fever for several weeks,
said to be convalescing.
At Pittsburgh on the 10th Isaac Cline WI
dow Glass Workers Association. This
his third term.
The United States ASSOCIATE on Of Cha
coal Iron.workers began its seventh annu
session at Philadelphia on the 10th. II
body is regarded as one Of the most infiue
tial trade organizations in the country.
membership includes representatives fro
twenty five States and Territories, and e
capital interested amounts to nearly "a
100000.
Associated with R. j. Lane, Of the st
carappa leather board enterprise, which
said to have absorbed SO large share
the funds Of the Arlington (Mass.) Nation
bank, was George E. Davis, young m
of extravagant habits living in Bostt
Two weeks ago Davis died suddenly, and
Is now asserted that he embezzled goo,
or $4,000 of the banks money, which b
been invested in the Saccarappa enterpri
Gold quartz yielding from s17 to s2a
ton 10 said to have been found on the ia
efJ. T. sarchstt, near Exton, Pa, and
skAsr premises thsrsaboush Ths di'sev'