The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-07
THE EAST.

Colonel o. L. jackson, of New Castle,
Pa, was on the 2Sth ult. renominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Twen-
ty-fourth Pennsylvania district.
The New JERSEY Democratic State con-
vention on the 2Sth ult. nominated Judge
Robert Green, of Union County, for Gov
ernor.
BARLEY Campbell, the play wright, now
confined in the Bloomingdale IN. W asy-
lum, has been declared hopelessly insane
by a commission of experts.
The new steel cruiser constructed in the
yards Of Harlan & Hollingsworth, at Will
mington, Del, for William K. Vanderbilt
will soon be launched 1t is stated that the
price thus far paid the company is S523, 900
but that this will not cover the whole eX-
pense.
The coal agents of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company have advanced the SELL
ing price of coal on an average about
fifteen cents per ton.
The National bank examiner reports the
surplus of the First National bank at Port
land, Me-, to be s167,4S5 below the amount
called for by the ledger. Cashier Gould
has transferred his property to the bank to
cover the deficit
George Axtell, who committed the triple
murder at Deposit, N. Y, on May 20, 1885,
died suddenly in jail at Binghamton. that
State on the 27th ult.
The Massachusetts, Republican State
convention met at Boston on the Goth ult.
and placed the following ticket in nomina-
tion: Governor, Oliver Ames; Lieutenant
Governor, j. Q. A. Bracket; Secretary of
State, Henry B. Pierce; Treasurer, A. W.
Beard; Auditor, Charles R. Ladd; Attor-
ney General, Edgar j. Sherman.
James N. Platt and George Bardwell
have confessed to setting fire to the Mum
son (Mass.) Academy buildings last June.
Platt says the deed was done "for the fun
some excitement.
Reports from the principal onion grow
ing sections of the country indicate short
| crop and higher prices. This is true not
only in New England but in the onion
| fields of New York State and the West.
f. R. Brooks, of Chicago has sued Har.
ward College for $4,000 damages on ac-
| count of injuries received while a student
| at the college, by the explosion of chsmi-
Gals which he was preparing under tn.
direction of professor.
| 1t is reported that Engineer Brewer, whe
rar the illfated Nickel Plate excursion
train and has been indicted for man
slaughter, has become insane.
Seven thousand Monongahela rivel
miners, through their representatives, OF
the 29th ult asked the coal operators for
conference at which a demand from tn
men for an advance from two and one e-hal
| to three cents per bushel could be con
sidered. The operators say that they cal
| of mt i,,or Of fri
will probably result.
The safe of the post-office in the produc
exchange building at New York City wa
opened on the night of the 2Sth ult. b.
some person who knew the combination
and So 900 in cash was stolen from it.
John Hugg, the burglar who shot the so
of Banker Coe, was on the Goth ult ser
fenced to fifteen years in the New Jerse
penitentiary, ten years for the shootin
and five years for burglary.
The New York Republican State Com
mittee nominated Judge Daniels by az
clamation for the Court of Appeals. Th
Democratic State Committee has selecte'
Rufus W. Peckham as their candidate.
William 81. Downs was arrested at Bo
ton on the 30th ult.. on his confession
found written out in pocket of a coat b
had pawned, that he had murdered Tobi
Cain, near Cincinnati, four years ago.
The number of business failures through
out the country for the three months ende
September 80 is 1882, as compared wit
2,l73 for the third quarter Of 1885, shown
a decrease of 24l failures. The liabilitie
however, show a considerable increas
amounting in the quarter just closed ,
s27, $40, ,OCO, as against $23s74, 900 in tt
corresponding quarter of 1885
Mrs. Mary Warner and her four-year-o
daughter were killed by train at Bing'
Station, Pa, on tho 3Jth ult. The chi
] WAS playing On the track when the ira