Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-26
Communication
News-fasnious and Amusements

NeWB-FQSh1odS and AmuSement9
C1MTNNATI .. Jan %. 1871
Ahies Greenwood has crmmenced
wnrkIn, prisoners at the city work
shops. HE viii take seventy iTc men,
none Of them. or at least 81 few of them
that we may say none know II thing "
bout tho moulding huSine S Tho aver
aye time t;Is1f u prisoner stays Mt tho
work hGu>e is "A little over a month. You
will see fnm this that they have o
mach tim To learn the trad-', on Mon
day Of this week ten prisoners of al ages
were taken intn tn, moulding shops.
The first step vas tu instruct them in
filing TASKS / moulding. Real pat
terms were pat in their hands aud they
were set 10 work. All day they p~ractlc-
ed filling TASKS and Knocking the sand
out as soon rs they were dona, only 10
do the same wa rk rVer and do it each
successive time better, an Instructor
stood over them AID criticised their work
when done. After two or three days IT
attraction in this manner q G men are
prepared to DO usefsI. The trade un
ions in the city nrS making q great fuss
about criminal labor coming into com,
petition with item. .
The Young Mems Christian Associn-
ton had Q meeting last night for the
installation of. new officers. Thone
Miller retired as President, and Col. S.
S. Fisher, late commissioner of Patents,
succeeded him The association is re.
organized with the object of giving no
predominance to any one christian de-
nomination in its management, and to
provide certainly for its capacity to Ac-
quire and hold property. Thone Miller
made q speech upon retiring. 1t wssi in
good taste, as is everything he does or
says. Then there is more aoul in that
heavenly voice of his than in any other
voice / ever heard. IT'S very tones are
soothing and persuasive and honest;
there is more persuasion in them than
in many an other mans eloquence and
moro argument than in mich iogics.
Mile Nilsson, who has been creating a
sensation in musical circles in the land,
scarcely inferior to the furore hat at
tended Jenny LIMBS visit to this country
many years ago. She made her first ap-
pearance on Inst Thursday night, Jan.
19, she gave a concert on Friday follow.
ing and then gave her third and last on
Monday night, the 23d inst. I am of
opinion that she lost favor By the exor'
bitant rates she charged. d Prea: num-
Der of concert troupes and shows made
haste 10 get around here in advance of
her.
We have = public library building
here now partly finished, that is, the
front portion Of IL; which is to be the
administrative block il completed and
occupied. The library has thirty thous'
and volumes, it will have from one-tenth
of a mill taxation. $4,000 per year
hererfter for the purchase of books.
The portion put up is fire proof nearly.
while the main library building, which
goes mp this summer will be entirely FIRE
proof. This building is next north of
the old Wesleyen Female College on
Vine Street. between 9th & 18th streets.
It 10 the building begun Tor the Handy
Opera House, when finished it viii cost
q third Oft million.
Business in the retail of Dry Goods is
at the main houses about as brisk as
ever, this especially true of the House Of
L. C. Hopkins, at the South west corner
of Fourth and Race stress. Go there
when you will, you are snre To see q
crowd, and you will see Hopkins too
No man gives the details Of his business
closer supervision tnan he A closer
buyer is not to be found anywhere, and
he has a reputation among dealers tor
with great judgment One who
sells quicker or on a closer martins ut
the same time safe, would be hard to
find. Then his army of clerks are un
der perfect discipline and are models of
patience and ate ton.
The Fur & Hat house of C.. B. Camp
. CO.. on Third street, opposite the
House, is enjoying great prosper
There is q reason for this, and =
Fery obvious one No customer of
ever goes away feeling bored.
The firm never press men over much to
and they keep an Assortment that
-nrely fails to please buyers. G.