The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-30
THE EAST,

At a meeting of the citizens of Law
renee, Mass, on the 2lst it was decided to
transfer the balance of the old Pemberton
mill relief fund. which now amounts to
5000, to the fund for the relief of the
Charleston sufferers.
John ]. O'Brien has resigned the chair
manship of the New York State Demo
cratic committee. At meeting of the
committee on the 2lst ex-Congressman
Walker, of Steuben County, was elected to
fill the vacant craftsmanship 1t was de-
cided to hold no Democratic State Con-
vention this fall.
At the session of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows in Boston on the
21st John L. White, of Albion, N. Y, was
elected Grand Sire; John G. Underwood, of
Covington, KY, Deputy Grand Sire; Isaac
A Shepard, of Philadelphia, Grand Treas
urer; Theodore A. Ross, of Baltimore,
Grand Secretary. 1t was voted to hold the
next session at Denver, Col, on the third
Monday of September, 1887. All amend
ments proposed to the convention were
postponed. All the reports showed the
order to be in excellent condition.
The dead bodies of six of the imprisoned
miners in the Marvine colliery at Scran-
ton, Pa, were found on the 2lst They
were badly decomposed and could not be
recognized. Death was evidently caused
by suffocation, as the bodies were not
crushed.
The New Hampshire Greenback- Labor
Convention on tn, 21st nominated George
Carpenter for Governor. A platform sim
liar to that of the "Organized Labor con-
vention was adopted but the latter de-
oil nod fn 70 hac IT. hr -
party, though they will make no nomina-
tion.
George J. Jenkins, prominent real es-
tate and insurance agent. at Lynn. Mass,
has disappeared owing about IS, 900.
severe frost, damaging to vegetation,
was reported on the 2lst from northern
New Hampshire and Vermont.
In the race from Newport to Marblehead
on the 21st the Boston sloop Thstis beat the
English cutter Stranger over four hours.
DR.. Smith Buttermore, of FaYette
County, Pa, the Representative con-
victed of an attempt to defraud the State
of S12, 500 for bogus hospital at Connells-
Vile, was on the 22d sentenced to pay a
fine of $780, costs of prosecution and be
imprisoned in the county jail for sixty
days.
The Moosic powder mill at Jermyn, Pa,
exploded on the morning of the 22d, killing
William Miller, aged twenty-five, and
Bailey Wage, aged forty years. Three
tons of powder exploded.
The Democratic conferees of the Twenty.
| first Pennsylvania district, composed OF
Fayette, Westmoreland and Greene coun-
ties, after repeated ballots, on the 22d
nominated Gilbert Rafferty,, of Pittsburgh
; the present member and chairman of the
! Pan-Electric Investig ating Committee.
James Howe, founder of the New Yorl
| Spirit of the Times, now Wilkes Spirit Of III
Times, died at his home in Lafayette, Iud.
on the 22d, aged eighty years He at on'
time employed Horace Greeley as printe
on his paper.
At Greensburg, Pa, on the 22d the jury
| in the trial of Frank keenan, for the muir
der of Mac Dixon rendered a verdict of no
guilty, and keenan, was discharged from
custody. The testimony showed that tn
killing was in self-defense. Both mel
were prominently connected and the yer
dict was received with cheers.
A freight train on the Buffalo, New Yorl
& Philadelphia railroad was thrown of tn
track at Holland, N V, on the 23d by
| DrOken Wneel. lul:ty-hNs codi anu vi
cars took fire. and with their contents wer
! consumed.
A fire at Meadville, Pa, on the 22d dc
stroyed the extensive Touring mill of "
s. Harper, together with largo amour
of lumber and several outbuildlngs. Los
$25, 900, mostly covered by insurance.
The reports current in the East that tt
natural gas supply of Pittsburgh was d.
minishing and would soon fail are pro
nounced entirely without foundation b.
the officials of the various companies.
The convention of labor unions at Cla
endon Hall, New York City, on the 2;
nominated Henry George for Mayor by
vote of $50 against 81 for j. j. Coogar al
, | IL for President Thorne. of the Secor
Avenue Street H-iiway Com rsEy,
Charles A. ", HerTin IN i,,ipartsr OF
! seslsf IN ehsnisnis sn5 lrass at New xs,