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IMPORTANT EVENTS
Collated and Compelled From all Quarters.
AT WASHINGTON.
Postal Clerks Should Seal Valuable Letters.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
has made the following ruling: When
registered letter envelope is forwarded
from a post-office unsealed, if a depredation
is committed on such unsealed package, and
the depredation can not be directly traced
to the parties committing it, the mailing
Postmaster will be held responsible for the
loaa, because of his neglect of duty. Post
n asters and postal clerks should report
every instance of this irregularity.
Consolidation of Internal Revenue Districts.
trtete.
The President and Cabinet have agreed
upon a pi an for the re-arrangement of the In
ternal Revenue collection districts. Forty
two out of the 128 districts will be abolished
and the territory composed by them added
to the adjoining districts. As regards Col
lectors the general rule will be to drop
t hose who hare been in the service longest,
Ministerial Appointments.
The President has appointed Capt. S. L.
Phelps, of the District of Columbia, Minis
ter to Peru, and Richard Gibbs, of New
York, Minister to Bolivia. Mr. Phelps
was born in Ohio, served in the nary dur
ing the war, and then entered the service
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
He was at one time President of the Board
of Commissioners of the District of Colum
bia. Mr. Gibbs waa United States Minis
ter to Peru from 187S to 1879.
Notes.
Department clerks are reported to be
raising a fund to prevent the ranomlnation
of Congressman Cannon, of Illinois, be
cause he was the originator of the clause in
the last appropriation bill which requires
them to work until four o'clock, instead of
closing at three, as formerly during the
warm season.
The Secretary of War has informed Sec
retary Teller that the military has taken
all necessary precautions to expel Captain
Payne in the event of another raid by his
party upon the Oklahoma lands, in the In
dian Territory.
James C. Wheeler, of Tennessee, an
agent of the Internal Revenue Service, at
present on duty in Ohio, has tendered his
resignation to the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, to take effect in July, to ac
cept the position of Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue of Owensbore, Ky.
Secretary Teller says he wishes to
have the captive Apaches kept as prisoners
by the War Department, as this may have
a good effect on the future conduct of the
Indians. The War and Interior Depart
ments agree on this question.
The National Board of Health has decided
to tender to President Arthur the quaran
tine outfit at Ship Island Station, Missis
sippi, for use in connection with the fund
for the prevention and suppression of epi
demic diseases.
DOMESTIC.
A Mother's Love.
At Metropolis, Illinois, a few days ago,
Mrs. Simpson's six-year-old boy was
drowned In the Ohio River. The mother,
rn hearing of the accident, attempted sui
cide by poison, and is in a precarious condition.
Horrible Discovery in a Philadelphia
Physician's Cellar.
The police of Philadelphia, on the 20th,
found in the cellar of a building formerly
occupied by Dr. Isaac Hathaway, the al
leged abortionist, the bodies of several
children and a number of human bones.
Dr. Hathaway was arrested in March, 1881,
with Rev. Thos. B. Miller, for committing
criminal malpractice upon Mary Butier, a
servant girl, whose child died after the ope
ration. Both were admitted to bail, and
Hathaway fled. He, however, returned to
the city some time ago, but has never
been rearrested on the charge.
Three months ago his wife charged
him with brutally assaulting her and
threatening her life. She asked to have a
warrant issued for his arrest, but subse
quently withdrew the charge. She told
the officials at the time that her husband
had performed several criminal operations
upon her and she knew he had performed
hundreds of others. Twenty-one skulls, or
portions of skulls of infants has been found
buried in the cellar of the dwelling. Dr.
Hathaway is now in the county prison,
charged with assaulting a relative, and
the Coroner has lodged a detainer at the
prison against him.
Beggars From Jerusalem.
Five beggars from Jerusalem were ar
rested at Mansfield, Mass., the other day.
About $500 in gold coin, checks for $100,
and two revolvers were found in their pos
session. They were made to pay their
fares to Boston. A registered letter re
ceipt, showing that they had sent a large
sum of money to Jerusalem, was also
found.
Drowned by a Whale.
A Princeton, Mass., dispatch of the 30th
ays: "Mate Dunham and six or eight of
the crew of the whaling schooner Ellen
Rizpah, were lost on a whaling voyage.
The captain and mate struck a whale at the
same time, and the mate's line becoming
fouled, his boat was dragged under, and
was never seen afterward."
Mr. Patterson's Costly Visit.
The residence of Ezekiel M. Patterson, at
New Brunswick, N. J., was robbed a few
nights ago of $12,000 in bonds and gold
during the absence of the family.
An Aeronaut Drowned.
Mr. E. L. Stewart made an ascension at
Fayette, Mo., on the 20th in a balloon in
flated with hot air. The clouds were threat
ening rain and a gale was blowing at the
time. After ascending to the height of
about a thousand feet, and when over
Bonne Femme Creek, the balloon was seen
to collapse, precipitating the unfortunate
aeronaut into the water below. When his
bodgr was recovered life waa extinct..
High License at Macon, Ill.
The City Council of Macon, HI., by a rote
ef 4 to 1, has passed the bill increasing the
dram-shop license from $250 to $1,000 per
annum, which, with County, State and
National, will make it $1,800.
High License at Macon, Ill. Mrs. Scoville's Name Changed.
Decrees of the court were entered at
Chicago on the 20th, permitting Mrs. Fran
ces Maria Scoville, sister of Charles J.
Guiteau, and the divorced wife of George
Scoville, to change her name to Frances
Marie Howe.
A Texas Atrocity.
A Jefferson, Texas, special of the 20th,
ays: "Rear Lasater this morning a lady
(name withheld for the present) was
brutally ravished by two unknown negroes,
under circumstances of peculiar atrocity.
She waa tied by them with ropes. They
then accomplished their purpose and de
camped. The woman, still bound, was dis
covered only after the lapse of considerable
time, upon her husband returning from the
Mi."
The Philadelphia Charnel House.
The portions of human remains found a
few days ago in a house formerly occupied
by Sr. Hathaway, at Philadelphia, were
ike
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EATON. OHIO, THURSDAY. JUNE 28. 1883.
WHOLE NUMBER 843.
examined at the Coroner's office by
physician on the 21st, and the collection
pronounced festal bones. He expressed the
opinion that they were probably the re
mains of a dozen babies. The authorities
will make an examination of another
dwelling recently occupied by the
doctor, and thought to be another
charnel house. Search of the prem
ises on Bristol avenue, occupied
by Dr. Hathaway at the time of his
arrest, resulted in the discovery of a
small leather satchel filled with vials cots
taining liquids and powders. A surgical
instrument was also found which the doc
tor's wife (who lives in the house) said he
used in his nefarious practice. An account
book was found which covered a period ex
tending from May, 1876, to July, 1881, and
contained the names and addresses of
about 200 females, with amounts for serv
ices written on the margin.
Another Devastating Missouri Cyclone.
A Chillicothe, Mo., dispatch of the 21st
says : "A tornado struck the south part of
this county about fifteen miles southwest
of here last night in what is known as the
"Low Gap" country, and swept away
twenty-five or thirty farm houses, spread
ing havoc in its track. Two men were kill
ed and fifteen or twenty injured. Owing to
communications being cut off by the flood,
it is impossible to get particulars to-day."
Ohio Democratic State Ticket.
The convention of Ohio Democrats In
session at Columbus on the 21st nominated
the following State ticket: For Governor,
Judge George Hoadly, of Cincinnati; for
Lieutenant Governor, John G. Warwick, of
Massillon; for Judge of the Supreme Court,
for the short term, M. D. Follett, of Mari
etta; for the long term, Selwyn M.Owen,
of Williams County; Clerk Supreme Court,
J. W. Cruikshank, of Miami County; for
Attorney General, James Lawrence, of
Cleveland; for Auditor of State, Emil
Kiese wetter, of Franklin County; for State
Treasurer, Peter Brady, of Sandusky
County ; Commissioner of Common Schools,
Leroy D. Brown, of Butler County. The
platform adopted reaffirms the principles
of the party as expressed in the State and
National platforms in regard to personal
liberty and the true functions of the Gov
ernment, and favors a tariff for revenue,
limited to the necessities of the Govern
ment. The session lasted fifteen hours.
Trial of Borden's Murderers.
The preliminary examination of the Jen
kins brothers for the murder of J. Lane
Borden, at Mansfield, La., was held on the
21st. The testimony showed that after
Borden had been shot down and was ap
pealing to Jenkins not to shoot him again,
Jenkins walked up to Borden's feet as he
lay upon the sidewalk and deliberately
fired the fatal shot into Borden's forehead.
Not Favoring Woman Suffrage.
The Massachusetts Senate has refused by
21 to 11 to memorialize Massachusetts Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress for
such an amendment to the Constitution that
the right of suffrage, not on account of sex,
be denied to women.
Two Negroes Lynched in Tennessee.
A Pulaski, Tenn., special of the 22d, says:
"Kyle Walker and Harry Reed, both col
ored, arrested for supposed implication in
the murder of young Trece, at Veto, Ala.,
were released on Wednesday, but certain
parties believing them guilty, investigated,
and found proof and rearrested them. By
threats the fourteen-year son of Wesly
Warren, lynched on Thursday, was forced
to disclose particulars of the crime, which
were substantiated by his mother. Goods
and the mule stolen were found in places
Indicated. Walker and Reed were taken
on Thursday night and lynched. They
confessed fully before being hanged, but
expressed no feelings of regret. Their plot
was deliberately formed and executed. It
included the killing of J. M. Neal, who for
tunately left the store two hours before the
killing occurred. The parties were traced
to Warren's house by tracks in the mud.
One other negro implicated is being held
for further proof."
Arrested For Perjury.
Wm. McCulIom and Wm. Laskey, of
Chicago, formerly employees of Fowler
Bros., who, in the McGeoch-Fowler lard in
vestigation, testified for the prosecution
that Fowler's lard was largely adulterated,
and a few days after testified in behalf of
the defense that their former statements
were false in every particular, and that
they were hired by the prosecution for $30
each to make such false statements, were
arrested on the 22d and held in bonds to
answer to a charge of perjury.
Business Failures.
The business failures for the week ending
the 22d, as reported to R G. Dun & Co., of
the mercantile agency, number 181, as com
pared with 186 the week previous, a de
crease of five. New England 13, the Middle
States 23, the Western 48, the Southern 43,
the Pacific States and Territories 21, Can
ada 26, and New York 7.
The Mississippi Overflow.
A Helena, Ark., dispatch of the 22d says:
" The water is pouring through the crevasse
just above Friar's Point, Miss., flooding
many farms in that locality. It also
threatens to overflow all the country from
Helena south to Laconia Circle not protect
ed by levees. The damage by the present
high water can not be overcome.for when it
recedes it will be too late to replant the
crop."
A Belgian Laborer Murders His Stepson
and Fatally Beats His Wife.
At Kensington, 111., sixteen miles south
of Chicago, the discovery was made a few
days ago of a horrible murder. Edward
Vernmiller, a Belgian laborer, beat his
wife, and she is now lying at the point of
death. Fearing her husband intended to
murder her she dragged herself to the
nearest neighbor and related the story
that one Sunday morning, last October,
Vernmiller sent her son (his stepson), aged
ten, with $4 to make some small purchases.
The boy returned with forty cents short.
The brutal stepfather thereupon pounded
the boy to death, threatening the mother
with death if she Interfered to save her
son. The night after the murder Vern
miller took the kitchen floor up and buried
the body. Since murdering the stepson
he has made several savage attacks on his
wife. His last brutality will probably re
sult in the death of the wife, as she was
about to become a mother. The body of
the son was discovered under the floor.
Vernmiller is in jail, and there are threats
of lyj.-hino
Gallows Fruit.
At Ciarksville, Johnson County, Ark., on
the 22d, Gove and Jim Johnson, and Mc
Donald and Herndon, who last March mur
dered Conductor Cain while robbing the
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Railroad train
near Mulberry Station, were hanged in the
presence of a crowd of several thousand
persons.
Suicides and Murders.
Mr. A. C. Lack, a prominent citizen of
Lyncoln County, N. C, committed suicide
in the woods near his home on the 20th, by
shooting himself twice through the head
and breast. Business trouble was the
cause.
Daniel Womeldorf was stabbed by his
brother-in-law, Jeff. Morris, near Tremont,
Tazewell County, 111., on the 21st, and died
the next day. There were thirteen stabs on
the body, any one of six of which would
have caused death. Morris acted in self
defenco.
FOREIGN.
Prussian Edict Affecting Hollanders
Jjlumerous Hollanders, residing in the
Prussian District of Viorsen, on the Dutch
frontier, who have recently reached mili
tary age, have been notified that they must
become Prussian subjects or leave the
country within six weeks.
Our Good Example for Europe.
At London a few days ago, tho Prince ot
Wales read a paper, written by the Duke
of Edinburgh, before the fisheries confer
ence, which contained the statement that
in view of the diminution of the fish supply
in Europe, the example of the American
Government, which devoted a sum annually
to the breeding of sea fish, was worthy of
imitation by European powers.
A Dead Queen.
At the cabinet council in Paris, on the
21st, it was positively stated that the Queen
of Madagascar has been dead six months,
and that the military party had concealed
the fact.
The Khedive's Complicity in the Massacres.
Lord Randolph Churchill, in a written
communication to Gladstone recently
stated that he would hand over to the lat
ter an historical memorandum proving the
Khedive's complicity in the massacres at
Alexandria if the prime minister would
promise a full inquiry. Gladstone replied
that In any step the Government might
take the position of the Khedive, as ruler
of Egypt, would be duly regarded.
Indignities Shown Americans in Turkey.
The American consul has gone to Bitlis,
Asiatic Turkey, to inquire into the case of
two American missionaries attacked and
nearly killed by the Kurds near that place.
General Wallace has demanded, and the
Porte has promised, that the persons guilty
of the outrage shall be punished. An
American physician has been forbidden to
practice his profession in Tripoli because
he was not provided with the Turkish di
ploma. General Wallace, on learning of
the fact, had the physician come to Con
stantinople, pass an examination, take a
diploma, and return to Tripoli. General
Wallace addressed a note to the Porte, in
sisting upon an apology for the treatment
of the physician, because hundreds ol
native doctors practice without a diploma.
Notes.
Tot revolt of Albanian tribes has been
suppressed, and the Albanians have asked
amnesty.
Tot Italian Chamber of Deputies re
cently adopted a motion requesting the
government to introduce a special bill
dealing with the question of the United
States unduly taxing objects of art import
ed into the United States.
Captain Cooper, of the steamer Tropic,
recently from Port Antonio, Jamaica, sayt
the Haytian Government made an attack
on Miragoane from the sea and were re
pulsed with a loss of two vessels and many
men. The rebels have captured Jacmet
and have possession of nearly all the west
ern coast.
Caret, the Phoenix Park murders in
former, has been given his choice between
being sent to one of the British Colonies or
released in Dublin without police protec
tion. The trial is progressing in Nyregphaza,
Hungary, of a number of Je ws accused ol
having murdered a Christie , girl at Tisa
Eslar, to use her blood to ' .ix with theii
passover bread. The testirr'ohy is conflict
ing. A Catholic priest admitted that he was
the author of the anonymous attack on the
Jews, accusing them of the murder of the
girl. On the other hand, two witnesses de
clare they saw the murder committed.
Reports from Breslau and other points
say that the danger and losses from the
floods in Silesia are hourly increasing. The
Niesse is still rising beyond a higher point
than any of which there is a record. Like
reports from Bohemia and the Upper Dan
ube say that great distress prevails.
Anarchical placards have been posted
throughout the city of Athens, threatening
to destroy the royal palace and the public
monuments with the dynamite facilities
which they claim to possess.
Gen. Wallace, the American Minister,
has refused to accept the notice given by
the Porte of the termination of the treaty
of commerce between Turkey and the
United States, on the ground that it was
given too late.
LATEST NEWS.
The passenger vessels Hurunui and Wat
tara, of the New Zealand shipping Com
pany, collided off Portsmouth, England,
on the 24th, and the Waitara sunk in two
minutes. Twenty-five persons were
drowned.
Dr. W. T. Cruchfield and L. F. Mason,
both respected citizens of Richmond, Va.,
settled an old feud a few days ago, by an
affray in which the former was fatally
stabbed.
The remains of Charles T. Goodwin, the
missing cashier of the Lake Shore freight
house in Cleveland, have been found in the
lake. He was $7,000 behind in his accounts
but had property enough to make it good.
He had been speculating.
In an engagement between the Govern
ment troops and the insurgents in Hayti
General Casimir was killed. Twenty-foui
ringleaders of the insurgents were shot a
St. Louis and ten at Cavallon on the 23d.
Troops are besieging Jacmel.
The vestry of the Church of the Ascen
sion, in Chicago, have refused to accept the
resignation of Rev. Mr. Ritchie, their ex
treme High Church rector.
There were fifty-two deaths from yellow
fever in Havana during the week ending on
the 23d. At Vera Cruz the fever is making
frightful ravagis among the European!
and Americans. There have been one
thousand deaths within two months. The
heat has become almost unbearable.
A loss of $75,000 has been sustained by
Bassett, Huntington & Co., of McGregor,
Iowa, by the burning of their grain eleva
tor. The water was reported rising at St.
Louis on the 24th, but more slowly. The
general situation is not materially changed.
The eastern portion of Venice is inundated.
At Carondelet three-fourths of the people
have been driven from their homes. There
has been great damage to crops. There is
a tract to the north of East St. Louis, con
taining 15,000 acres, which is entirely sub
merged, and crops have been destroyed
valued at $200,000. In the vicinity of Ca
hokia there are 10,000 acres of wheat under
water, and fully as large an acreage of
other crops.
At Dover, N. H., on the 24th, Perry P.
Long, aged seventeen, was killed by James
Glidden, aged nineteen. The latter claims
the shooting was accidental, but the story
is doubted by the authorities.
Louise Michel has been found guilty, at
Paris, and sentenced to penal servitude
for eight years. The general opinion is that
her sentence is too severe. She spoke in
her own defense the day previous. She at
tacked the Government, and declared that
the issue of pamphlets to soldiers inciting
them to burn barracks and murder officers
was justified. She said the soldiers at
Sedan would have done well to have shot
their officers and saved their honor.
JUDGE GEORGE HOADLY
The Democratic Nominee for Governor
of State of Ohio-Chosen on the
Second Ballot, After a Close and Exciting
Contest-A Ticket Declared Unexceptional
to the Party, and a Platform
Adopted Which Meets the Favor
of All Democrats—The Nominee's
Speech—Other Notes.
THE TICKET.
FOB GOVERNOR,
GEORGE HOADLY, of Hamilton.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR,
JOHN G. WARWICK, of Stark.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT SHORT TERM,
M. D. FOLLETT. of Washington.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT LONG TERM,
SELWYN N. OWEN, of Williams.
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT,
J. W. CRUIKSHANK, of Miami.
FOR ATTORNET-GENERAL,
JAMES LAWRENCE, of Cuyahoga.
FOR AUDITOR OF STATE,
EMIL KIESWETTER, of Franklin.
FOR TREASURER OF STATE,
PETER BRADY, of Sandusky.
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
LEO D. BROWN, of Butler.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
JOHN P. MARTIN, of Greene.
COLUMBUS, O., June 21, 1883.
The Democratic State Convention met at
10:30 a. m., and was formally opened by
the selection of the following officers :
Chairman John McSweeny, of Wayne.
Secretaries Wm. G. Brady, of Gallia;
W. F. Alberson, of Ashland; David W.
Thomas, of Adams; W. W. Redfield, of
Huron; John S. Gill, of Delaware ; Charles
N. Allen, of Belmont; H. E. Kellogg, of
Lake.
Mr. McSweeney was then led to the chair,
and after thanking the Convention for the
honor conferred, said:
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SPEECH OF MR. M'SWEENY.
I congratulate the Democracy of Ohio on
this vast assembly now present. It means
something. Seldom in the history of the
party, and I have been here to see, has there
4. The Democratic party Is, as it always haa
been, opposed to sumptuary legislation and
unequal taxation in any form, and is in favor
of the largest liberty of private conduct con
sistent with the public welfare and the rights
of others, and ol regulating the liquor t ratio
and providing against the evils resulting
therefrom by a Judicious and properly graded
license system.
5. The abuses of the present contract sys
tem In our State Penitentiary, by which the
firodncte of the labor of convicttutre brought
n competition with the products of honest
labor to the great detriment of the latter, are
injurious and unwise, and ought to be cor
rected; and the promises of the Republican
party to abolish this sy6tem are shown to be
false nd hypocritical by its failure to do so
while It has had the power.
6. The protection of the Government Is due
to all Americrn citizens, native and foreign
born, abroad as well at at home.
7. We reaffirm the resolutions of the State
Conventions of Ohio In 1880, 1881 and 1882, and
of the Democratic National Conventions of
1872, 1876 and 1880, demanding a thorough re
form and purification of the Civil Service,
and charge that the Republican party has
violated every pledge It has heretofore given
for the reform thereof, and has failed during
its long administration of the Government to
correct even the most crying abuses; and we
demand, therefore, a change in the executive
administration of the Government itself as
the reform first of all necessary (as made still
more manifest by the recent Star-route trials),
thereby ousting corrupt rings confederated
to protect crime and prevent the punishment
of criminals, and. by so doing,mako it possible
again to punish fraud and theft in the public
service.
NOMINATIONS FOR GOVERNOR.
After the adoption of the platform, the
Chair announced the nominations for State
officers was next in order, that for Gover
nor coming first.
Sen. T. E. Powell, of Delaware, arose
and placed in nomination Gen. Durbin
Ward. Uproarious applause followed the
announcement of Gen. Ward's name.
When the convention had again been re
stored to quiet, ex-Senator Thurman arose
and seconded the nomination. After
speaking touchingly of Gen. Ward's war
record and claims upon the Democratic
party of Ohio, Mr. Thurman closed as fol
lows: In conclusion, gentlemen, let me warn you
against taking a course that may seem to sub
ordinate the principles, tho doctrines and as
pirations of the grand old Democratic party
to a single issue. The very fundamental prin
ciples of Democracy make It the enemy of
sumptuary laws, and such laws will ever be
JUDGE GEO. HOADLY, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVENOR OF OHIO.
assembled at your Capital so grand an assem
blage of the leading and representative men,
of the bene and sinew of those who cast the
votes, as I see assembled on this occasion.
You arc from all over the State; from the
Queen City on the South, circling around on
ward up into the great Northwest, where we,
down in our region, so often watch and -wait
and listen, and so are seldom disappointed in
hearing the grand old Democratic thunder
rumbling In the heavens in that region up
here to the regenerated, disenthralled, grand
old Cuyahoga; bright faces flushed with tri
umph from the city of beauty that sita like a
gem on the waves on blue Erie's sea; and then
come along to this wheat belt, where the un
dersigned and others reside, where they raise
wheat and Democrats with backbone in them ;
and along through the mines, workshops, on
hill and In dale, wherever industry strikes
a hammer or agriculture turns its plow,
they have come to us to-day to
make it a gala day; while striv
ing each in the earnestness which betokens
triumph for his candidate, yet in the spirit of
Democratic gentlemen, determine to hurrah
for the victorious candidate, and buckle on
the armor, for his election when the battle
comes. To achieve success we have but to
bathe anew the grand old party in the spirit
of the fathers, in the spirit of the immortal
Jefferson and Jackson, in that spirit which is
constantly struggling for popular right and
the enlargement of popular freedom, and is
continually vigilant in the restriction of gov
ernmental interference with any form of
personal liberty down to tho very minimum
consistent with .the proper preservation of
law and order, a spirit which relies upon the
real domestic fireside home virtues of
economy and frugality, instead of onerous
taxation, exacting burdens under whatever
name, as the true basis of national, as it is of
individual, wealth and prosperity, which
relies upon the cultivation of personal
endeavor, personal control, as distinguished
from external force, as the true basis of
manly temperance and all the other cognate
virtues.
And now, fellow-citizens, that same spirit of
the fathers of which 1 have been speaking,
and which has made our homes pleasant here,
answered in the spirit of true philanthropy
that great question: "Am I my brother's
keeper?" when that question was asked of the
down-trodden and oppressed of other lands:
Tes, we are, in that scn6e, our brother's
keeper; or In that spirit of the old Democratic
party which goes forth in sympathy across
oceans and mountains and sympathizes with
the oppressed wherever the tyrant's rod is
raised, whether it be over some poor bleeding
back beneath the Russian knout, or over in
the green island of the sea, where, under
quick trials, the victims ascend the scaf
fold and step off to glory. Wherever oppres
sion raises its head; wherever the tear of the
oppressed falls and his hand is uplifted to us,
the Democrat's great heart goes out in sympa
thy for him. We are going to nominate the
ticket to-day that is to be elected. We are go
ing through no sham performances. The vic
tory this fall will be the forerunner of what is
to come, and will tend to permanently trans
fer the grand old State of Ohio from the Re
publican roll over to the Democratic, and let
us see if we can't do better with it. We are so
determined that in the printing of our Demo
cratic lexicons we will have no such word as
fail.
The report of the Committee on Platform
was then read as follows, and immediately
adopted amid great enthusiasm :
THE PLATFORM.
The Democracy of Ohio in convention as
sembled hereby reaffim the principles of the
party as expressed in primaries, State and
National platforms, In regard to personal lib
erty, the true functions of government, and
as embraced in the political creed expounded
by the great founder of the Democratic party
Thomas Jefferson. The application of these
principles to our present condition demands
the purification or the public service, the
punishment of the robbers of the public treas
ury, the equalization of all public bur
dens, the arrest of the proflicacy and extrav
agance that corrupt the administration of
public affairs, and a total change in the policy
that has so long been pursued by the Repub
lican party, favoring individual and class in
terests at the expense of the laboring and
wealth-producing people of the country; and
we re-announce our previous declarations for
stable money, the gradual extinction of the
Subllc debt, and the payment of pensions to
lsabled soldiers, their widows and orphans.
2. We favor a tariff for revenue limited to
the necessities of government economically
administered, and so adjusted in its applica
tion as to prevent unequal burdens, encour
age productive Industries at home, afford Just
compensation to labor, but not to create or
foster monopolies.
3. The act of the Republican Congress re
ducing the tariff on wool, while at the same
time increasing it on woolen goods, already
highly protected, was IniquitouB legislation,
discriminating in favor of monopoly and
against the agricultural interests of the
country, and ought to be corrected ; and we
heartily approve the action of the Democratic
members of the Ohio delegation in Congress
in voting against that increase.
opposed by our party, as they ever have been.
But sumptuary laws are not the only matter
now before the people of Ohio, and he is not a
wise counselor who would restrict the contest
to them; and, gentlemen, don't letour enemies
put us on the defensive, and hide from the
public gaze the great principles of Democracy,
which are the heart and life-blood of our
grand.old party.
Matthew Ryan, of Hamilton, then rrose
and nominated Hon. George Hoadly. After
referring at some length to the claims of
Judge Hoadly, and his eminent fitness for
the office, he said :
Gentlemen of the Convention, I would not
if I could, and I could not if I would, take
away one laurel from the brow of Durbin
Ward. I would not, if I could, seek in any
possible manner to tarnish the bright escutch
eon of Judge Geddes. But, gentlemen of the
convention, if you nominate George Hoadly
here to-day you will have the most brilliant
campaign before you ever fought in the State
of Ohio. He has the vim, the courage and de
termination and the firo to lead us to sure and
certain victory. But, my friends, I see it in
your eager countenances, I hear it in your
cheers, that, you are determined to launch
Ohio in the Democratic column in 1884, and
the logic of this convention is Hoadly and
victory.
The nomination was seconded by Hon. E.
B. Finley, of Bucyrus.
Rev. Charles Craven, of Toledo, pre
sented the name of Judge Geddes, which
was seconded by Gen. George W. Morgan,
of Mount Vernon, in a telling speech.
This closed the nominations for Governor,
and balloting was proceeded with after
some little delay.
The vote was taken and the first ballot
resulted in Hoadly, 200; Ward, 261 X;
Geddes, 77.
Much confusion followed the announce
ment of the result of the first ballot, and
much time was lost before order was re
stored. The second ballot resulted as follows ;
Hoadly, 332; Ward, 245; scattering, 60,
and the Chair thereupon declared Judge
Hoadly the nominee. The most terrific en
thusiasm prevailed upon the announce
ment. A Committee appointed for the purpose
then led Judge Hoadly to the platform,
and after being introduced to the Conven
tion, the Judge spoke as follows :
JUDGE HOADLY'S SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Convention, Fellow
Democrats and Dear Friends: With a heart
overflowing with emotion I thank you for
that small part of this vote which consists in
the expression of confidence in myself. I say
that small part because no man knows better
than I that I have been chosen over older and
better soldiers of the Democracy, not because
gersonal confidence and affection existed, but
ecausc it was hoped and believed that
through my nomination notice might be given
more effectually to the world that the fences
were down and the gates were open ; that the
barriers were leveled and the ramparts had
ceased to exist, and that the hospitable heart
of the Ohio Democracy was open to receive
recruits, no matter of what race or color, or
previous condition of party servitude.
To be nominated by such a convention over
such more worthy antagonists, is an honor
which ought to fill the ambition of a lifetime,
and completely occupies mine. To be nomi
nated by a convention presided over by my
oldest friend, by whose side from forty to fifty
years ago I fought as a boy in my college so
ciety the battles of the Van Buren Democra
cy, is a most gracious compliment and honor.
You know that I hated slavery, and I left
the Democratic party and remained beyond
its portals until 1 believed that the full meas
ure of his rights had been given to the colored
man, and then, believing that he stood, as he
ought to stand, upon an equal plane and plat
form with every other man of every color
and race, I came back to the old fold, and
here I am applause prepared to do my duty,
forgiven, I hope, for such delinquencies as I
may have committed, ready with such meas
ure of ability, zeal and activity as I may have
to make up for what I want in experience
and training, in order to lead you on, I hope,
to victory. Applause.
The party of national economy and per
sonal liberty will win. Applause. The partv
which believes that the foundation of wealth
is frugality, and not taxation, will win. Ap
plause. The purty that believes the founda
tion and rational basis of temperance Is self
control will win. The party that believes
that the proper measure of legislation rela
tive to the absorbing question of the hour is
by the license system, which affords protec
tion at the same time that it relieves against
the evils of abuses of drink, will win. LG rear
applause.
Standing upon this platform, which I doubt
not is written in vour resolutions. I accept ths
trust. I thank you for the trust, and I will
detain you no longer from your important
business. I shall do my full measure of duty
li lire ana neaitn is snared, ana, manning you
attain. I relieve vou of mv nresence and remit
you to the more important duties of the hour.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Nominations for Lieutenant Governor
being declarer, in order, Hon. James C.
Campbell, of Butler, arose and nominated
David C. Coolman. Mr. Victor Gutz
weiler, of Cuyahoga County, seconded the
nomination.
Mr. Robert Shields, of Canton,then nom
inated Hon. John G. Warwick, who was
seconded by "A. J. Williams, of Cleveland.
The balloting for Lieutenant-Governor
was then proceeded with, the tide being
strongly in favor of Warwick from the
start. D. L. Rockwell, of Portage, with
drew the name of Mr. Coolman after the
vote of Hamilton was cast (fifty-five) for
his opponent. On his motion the nomina
tion of Mr. Warwick was made unanimous.
TREASURER OF STATE.
Hon. J. J. Hall, of Akron, nominated
John Zimmerman, of Wayne County. R.
D. Marshall, of Montgomery County,
seconded this nomination in a bril
liant speech. Mr. Dean, of Lawrence
County, named Leo Ebert, of his
county, and Hon. J. L. Vance,
of Gallipolis, seconded his Domina
tion. General James B. Stedman put in
nomination Peter Brady, Representative
from Sandusky. Mr. Way, of Cuyahoga,
seconded the nomination. Leo Ebert's
name was withdrawn. Mr. Brady received
a majority of the votes, and on motion his
nominatiou was made unanimous.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
Leo D. Brown received the nomination
for School Commissioner over Wm. D.
Ross, of Sandusky.
MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
John P. Martin, of Greene County, was
nominated over three other competitors
for member of the Board of Public Works-
OTHER NOMINATIONS.
Nominations for other offices were then
radidly proceeded with and resulted as
follows :
Supreme Court (short term), Marion D.
Follett, Washington.
Supreme Court ( Long, unexpired term),
Selwyn N. Owen, Williams.
Clerk Supreme Court, J. W. Cruikshank,
Miami.
Attorney General, James Lawrence, Cuy
ahoga. Auditor of State, Emil Kiesewetter.
School Commissioner, Leroy D. Brown,
Butler.
THE CLOSE.
The Convention adjourned at 1:15 o'clock
a. m., on the 22d, having been in session
continuously, without even the shortest in
termission, for over fifteen hours. It goes
on record as a most memorable event.
Great delay was caused by the delegations
changing, and making it next to impossible
for the Secretaries to get the totals. The
order of things in confusion started with
the nomination for Governor,and continued
to the end.
Gen. Sherman's Remarkable Dream.
Gen. Sherman denounces as false the
story of his having once seated himself
beneath the umbrageous shadow of a
weeping willow during the war and
combed cannon balls out of his hair
while a fierce battle was raging. One
night, however, he took refuge in an old
farm-house near Milledgeville, Ga., and
had fallen into a deep sleep when he
was visited by an exciting dream. He
thought the house in which he slept
was surrounded by a baud of guerillas,
that dug a hole beneath the wall next
which he lay, filled the hole with pow
der and touched it off. The explosion
that followed was terrible, and the Gen
eral thought he saw himself flying
through the air in sections. With a
howl he sprang out of bed, rubbed his
eyes and hastily dressing himself went
down the stairs. To his surprise his
body.guard was nowhere to be seen.
Tho inmates of the house were appa
rently asleep, but the General felt that
something was wrong, and slipping
auietly out of the back door lie walked
cautiously to the baru. Had no sooner
got there th?n a lurid flame shot into
the air. followed by a terrific explosion.
Turning to see thejeause the General was
astonished to find the side of the house
he had just left blown completely away,
and congratulated himself that he had
not been blown away with it. Since
that time the General says he has been
a firm believer in dreams. Aew York
Journal.
Smuggling Through the Mails.
'Can you tell me some of the devices
for smuggling goods through, the mails
"Laces, kid gloves, silk stockings, silk
handkerchiefs, and other light articles
are inclosed in newspapers and pamph
lets. They are inclosed so that it is hard
to detect them. A pair of silver sardine
tongs, going to California, was recently
found hidden in a package of pamphlets
In an English newspaperwerediscovered
a lady's silk stockings, one black and one
red. According to the revenue law.
these might have been taken as samples
and entered free. A trick was suspected,
and the articles detained. The next
steamers mail contained a newspaper ad
dressed to the same person. In it were
folded one red and one black stocking,
to mstch the others. The lady to whom
they were addressed was sent for and
paid the duty.
"Old Bibles and books are used to send
watches and other jewelry, the leaves
being cut and spaces hollowed out to
hold the smuggled articles. One book,
arranged in this way, disclosed, on being
opened, three gold bracelets, two watch
chains, two lockets, a set of sleeve but
tons, five gold pins and two necklaces.
This collection was on its way to a lady
in Cincinnati. It was appraised at $334.
One mail will bring the first part of a
book, and the next mail the rest of it
but this trick for getting in books free
is rarely successful. " New York Sun.
How Men of Different Nationalities A
The other evening there happened to
be sitting in a horse car in New York a
number of men of noticeably different
nationalities. An unmistakable Eng
lishman calmly waited until the car
came to a dead standstill before he com
posedly left even the door. The Ger
man suddenly rose with a bounce,
bolted for the door, and, on the steps,
called for the oar to stop. An Irishman
strongly broke his way through a crowd
and bumped against a fellow country
man who was trying to get on the car.
An American swung himself off was in
rapid motion, had to run half a dozen
steps to catch up to himself, and swore
because he got off a block too soon.
The latest, as tried on a Fulton ferry
boat, is for three men to get in a quar
rel, and push one of them overboard.
The two jump in and rescue him. The
fourth and possibly the fifth of the gang
pick all the pockets possible of the
crowd leaning over the rail. The man
is rescued. A benevolent looking scamp
now appears hat in hand, and suggests
a contribution for the rescuers. All then
move off for some other boat N. Y.
Graphic
STATE NEW ITEMS.
;
Charles Doering, an old rag-pioker and
beggar, who has been living in a miserabli
way, died in the hospital at Cincinnati tht
other day, and in his room and on his per
son over $1,000 were found.
- Patents were granted Ohio inventors on
the 19tfa, as follows: Daniel Argerbright,
Troy, vehicle spring; Marshall Beaty, Cin
cinnati, thimble; John M. Blair, Cincin
nati, metallic pallet for brick; Frank E.
Campbell, Fiqua, combined leg and clasp
for folding lounges ; Frank A. Comstock,
Columbus, vehicle seat; Daniel Dowd,
Larue, cutting and feeding attachment for
threshing machines; Samuel V. Essick,
Alliance, printing telegraph; John U.
Piaster, Cambridge, bed spring; Herbert
R. Forbis, Columbus, protector for the
heels of boots or shoes; Samuel Fox,
Toledo, stuffing-box or packing-chamber;
Levi H. Goodwin, Cincinnati, driving
chain or belt ; John B. Haight, Cincinnati,
cylinder cock for engines ; Henry C. Hart
ley and J. L. Rogers, Springfield, button
hole attachment for sewing machines;
Charles Heft, assignor of one-half to P.
Renner, Cincinnati, coal hod; Charles A.
Huth, Maynard, car coupling; Henry and
J. Kassen, Cincinnati, coffee boiler;
Charles P. Kramer, Hamilton, stove pipe
section; Homer C. Lewis, Columbus, hinge
Silvio O. Massan, Columbus, vegetable
slicer; George P. Merrill, Toledo, device
for unloading platform cars ; Frank Mur-
gatroyd, Cleveland, coal and ore carrier
and transmitter; Charles Niemiller, as
signor to G. Utchman, Cincinnati, rocking
chair; Udolpho H. OdeU, Dayton, grinding
mill; Ernest F. Pflueger, Akron, paper
weight; Hart E. Pry or, Ravenna, grain
cutting machine; Demetrius M. Steward,
Cincinnati, electrical insulator, reissue;
Peter G. Van Wie, Cleveland, straight
way valve.
Under the proposed plan of consolidating
the Internal Revenue Districts in this
State, the Wilmington District will be
added to Cincinnati and the Columbus
District to Chillicothe. Bellefontaine and
Marietta will also be merged into adjoining
districts. The change will be made as soon
after July 1 as the details can be arranged.
A difficult!" occurred at one of the
voting precincts in Cincinnati on the 19th,
during which ex-Alderman John Kelly shot
and probably fatally wounded a man
named James Toal. Witnesses of the affair
claim that the assault was unprovoked.
Kelly was arrested.
At Cleveland, a few days ago, Eddie
Ryder, aged fourteen, while bathing in the
Cuyahoga River, began to struggle, and his
brother Charles H., aged twenty-nine,
jumped in to assist him, and both drowned.
Citizens of Frazersburg, Muskingum
County, gave chase to a suspicious
looking man the other day, who jumped
into a creek and was drowned. When the
body was recovered a pardon was found in
one pocket from the Ohio Penitentiary, for
Frederick W. Grilloh, sentenced from Lick
ing County, in 1861, for burglary and lar
ceny, for a term of twenty years. The
suit he wore was identified by a merchant
of Frazersburg, as one that had been stolen
from his store.
A Cincinnati baker sold "cream puffs"
to quite a number of customers the other
day, and those who ate them were immedi
ately taken sick, but all will recover. It is
supposed arsenic was used instead of
baking powder by mistake.
Ira Stump was sentenced the other day
in Fremont, Sandusky County, to the Peni
tentiary for three years for horse-stealing,
and the following day was married in the
parlor of the Sheriff's residence to Sarah
Thornton.
Adam Oberlin, an extensive coal dealer
of Canton, Stark County, has absconded,
leaving debts to the amount of several
thousand dollars. Attachments were made
by the Sheriff for debts amounting to
$4,000. Oberlin's whereabouts are unknown,
but he is supposed to have gone to St.
Louis.
The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed
the judgment of the Common Pleas Court
of Hamilton County in the cases of Mc
Hugh, the wife murderer, and Andrew J.
Tullis. In the McHugh case Judge Mcll
vaine dissented.
In the Common Fleas Court at Sandusky,
Erie County, on the 19th, Peter Lavell
and John Davis were sentenced to the
Penitentiary one year each, and Philip
Kenned3", Joseph Santry and John Hen
nesy were sent to the Reform School. These
are the boys who broke into Mike O'Don
nell's house, in that city, and stole $20.50 in
currency.
A little girl named Ella Parsons,eleven
years old, while out in the woods playing
the other day near Hubbard, Trumbull
County, was attacked by Bill Newton,
eighteen years old, and her person "out
raged. In the struggle the clothes were
nearly torn off the girl, and her body was
badly bruised. Newton escaped.
George McMillan, the wife murderer,
who was to have been hanged at Canton on
the 22d, was reprieved by the Governor a
few moments before the hour for his execu
tion. He will be hanged July 20.
Governor Foster has pardoned George
Driver, convicted at the January term of
Court, 1883, in Sandusky County, of assault
and battery, and sentenced to imprison
ment in the county jail for six months.
There was also a fine of $200, which was
remitted.
i Farmers down in the Hocking Valley,
1-'. anklin County, report the discovery of a
worm at work about the first joint of the
wheat stalks, and proving very disastrous
so far as known. It is, from the descrip
tion, similar to the worm reported in
Illinois.
The wife of Joseph Stein left her home
in Fairmount, Hamilton County, a few
days since while her husband was away at
his work, leaving a note to the effect that
she had gone to commit suicide. Search
being made, her body was found in a pond
a short distance from her home. Her mind
had become affected by religious subjects.
The story is reported from Petersburg
Wyandot County, of George C. Irons sell
ine his wife to whom he was recently wed
ded. to a man named Taylor for eleven
dollars and a revolver. The woman ob
jected to the transaction, and has returned
to her parents.
lhe New York Journal inquires
with animation whether or not a rea
sonable human beino- should marrv
schoolmistress. Of course he should if
he can get her. But this higher educa
tion of woman makes it hard for a lazy
man to keep up with the procession oi
modern ideas. A man can't help wish
ing to keep a little ahead of the women
but since the women all wish the same
the ordinary masculine need not worry.
We read, says the Scientific Ameri
can, every now and then of cases in
which burglars are supposed to have
rendered their victims unconscious by
holding clothes wet with chloroform to
key-holes before entering an apartment.
Of course the absurdity of such a fiction
is apparent. Whether sleepers can pass
from natural to chloroform sleep, if it is
held near the face, is still a question.
Antiquarians are jubilant over the
discovery at Cairo of the tombs of the
Abassides, which scientists have
searched for so long in vain. The hall
containing the tombs is crowned with a
dome of stained glass, and is magnifl
cently carved with detailed inscrip-
tions.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
It does rather stir up the bile of a
college President to speak of him aa
runn'.ug a dude factory. Chicago Trib
une. A proposition to elect teachers for
ten years is under discussion by
the Baltimore authorities. Baltimore
American.
In probably no other place in the
world but Strobeck. Germany, does
chess form a regular course of study in
the schools. ;
The Supreme Court of Virginia
has decided to sustain the appointment
by the Governor of two negroes on t he
Public School Board at Richmond.
Philadelphia Record.
A committee of ladies decorated
the Methodist Church at Gardner, Me.
Among the mottoes they put on the
walls was the effete text : "It is not
food for man to be alone." Troy (N.
'. ) Times.
' There are one hundred and thirty
two pianos in the Boston public schools
and they are kept in tune at a cost of
one thousand two hundred dollars a
year by inmates of the Perkins Institu
tion for the Blind, Boston Post.
The average cost of every school
house in Illinois is 91,336; in Ohio, $1,
800; in New York, $2,584; in Tennes
see, $262: in Virginia, $491; in North
Carolina, $130, and in South Carolina,
$47. Chicago Herald.
The preacher who kicks against
church traces and announces himself
as independent, soon becomes inde
pendent of all religion, in a way to be
representing only himself. N. O. Pica
yune.
There are Indian girls m the Indian
Territory University who are studying
German, French, Latin and Greek,
geology, moral philosophy, political
economy and other branches of the col
lege course. N. Y. Times.
A high-school teacher in Massachu
setts has resigned, after thirty-eight
years of service, giving as a reason
that he knows now that he can teach,
but that in a lew years he mignt nos
know that he could no longer teach.
Boston Herald.
Jn the Boston Globe appears a his
tory of the Harvard annex, which
shows that in spite of popular prejudice
women are slowly but surely gaining a
footing in Harvard University. The
movement was begun several years ago
by the institution of evening readings
in the university, which were tree to
members of both sexes. Then an en
thusiastic young lady took up a regular
classical course under one of the pro
fessors, thereby showing what women
oould do.
A Judge in St. Louis has dis
charged a master of a public school
who was prosecuted tor wnipping a
boy after milder punishment had been
of no avail. The Court found that, in
order to preserve discipline, the teacher
must determine the necessity, the na
ture and extent of punishment, his acts.
like those of a parent, being- subject to
judicial review. The Judge also said :
"rour years experience in the admin
istration of criminal law convinces me
that the boys who become criminals are
boys who don't get whipped; and when
it is remembered that a large per cent
age of the bolder crimes known to the
law is committed by youths ranging in
age from fourteen to twenty years, the
question arises, Is it better to whip first
or imprison alterwarar ot. L,outs
Post.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
i
I
He Monkeyed With a Buzz-Saw,
and Look at Him Now," is the title of
the latest pathetic ballad.
"How can I expand my chest?"
asked a stingy fellow of a physician.
"By carrying a larger heart in it," was
the reply.
Y Wasg, the Welsh paper of Pitts
Durgh, has suspended. Its failure is
owing to Ywwchffrddmawrswych es
tesddywffcwffwchdffryn. Just as we
expected. Norristown Herald.
Kate Field is reported as having
declined many brilliant matches. She
acted wisely, for when a match be
comes brilliant its utility is well nigh
ended. N. Y. Graphic.
An eastern paper says there is a
demand for electric lights for lighting
lawn-tennis and croquet parties. The
electric light is a good thing', but it
seems that it may be "run in the ground
a croquet ground for instance. In
dianapolis Journal.
"I wish I knew what would pre
vent my food from distressing me,"
said Mr. Lymph. "My dear fellow,"
exclaimed Fogg, "come and stop a
while at our boarding house. I can
assure you that all the food you get
there won't distress you a particle.
Boston Post.
Did you ever notice the warning
"Paint" posted on a door, that you
didn't feel the matter with your finger
just to find out whether it wasn't dry
enough to take down the sign? You
probably never did. It would be con
trary to human nature. Rochester (N.
Y.) Express.
Cyclones are becoming very fre
quent in the West, and when a young
chap takes his girl out riding she softly
murmurs : Hold me tight, Charley;
a cyclone might come along and blow
me away from you." Even cyclones
have their advantages. Philadelphia
Chronicle-Herald.
"Do you know what bulldozing
is?" asked a man of an old farmer. "1
thought I did," said the granger; "but
the bull wasn't dozing; he was only
making believe, and being in the mid
dle of a forty-acre lot, I naturally had
to make pretty quick time to reach the
fence ahead of him."
Silent Forever.
We parted in silence, we parted by night,
On the bank of a beautiful river;
No sound but a gurgle, as, out of my sight,
Swift she sank, with scarcely a shiver.
The nightingales warbled, the stars sweetly
shone.
And, though she will rise again never.
No sorrow was shown for the life that had
flown
For that cat is silent forever.
He who sleeps by day will hunger
by night. Industry am de peg on
which Plenty hangs her hat. Argy
ment makes three enemies to one friend.
Men who go to law inns' expect to eat
deir 'taters widout salt. De biggest
balloon can be packed in a bar'l when
de gas am out. De rattle of de empty
wagon can be heard furder dan de
rumble ob de loaded one. Detroit Free
Press.
"Here," said an ignorant fellow, as
he stepped into -a jeweler's shop; "I
can't do anything with this watch. I've
shoved the regulator round as far as it
will go, but it keeps a losing time.'.'
"Why, man," exclaimed the jeweler,
"it's an hour and a half ahead of time
now! What did you set it by?" When
it was ascertained that the silly fellow
had been trying to time it by a gas
meter, the jeweler didn't wonder a bit
that the watch couldn't begin to keep
j
up. Boston Post.