Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-30
Items Of News.

Bills on intemperance, similar
to those adopted in Ohio and Ill
nois, have been introduced in the
Missouri Legislature.
It is stated that a new horse
disease of dangerous character is
prevalent in New York City
The surgeons pronounce it spinal
meningitis, and it is believed to
be the outgrowth of the distem-
per recently prevalent, caused by
working the horses before they
had fully recovered. There have
been several fatal cases already.
The Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal says: GA mandatory of
Cardiff Giants has been estab-
lished in Iowa. This will enable
Grant to secure q new Cabinet
quite as cheap and quite as able
as the cid one. But the deuce
oft is Cardiff Giants nsver buy
their way into Presidential Cab
nets.
Col. L. v. Bogy, the new Sen>
ator from Missouri. is a gentle
man of French extraction, about
fifty years old, form erly a friend
of Col. Benton, a Jealous Catho-
lie in religion, and an old line
Democrat in politics. Hi expe-
rience IN political matters is not
very extensive, but he is repre-
sented as a man of honor and
dignifed character.
A large meeting, held at Fort
Scott, Kansas, adopted resolu-
tons declaring the reelection Of
Pomeroy to the United States
Senate would be a disgrace to
the State.
AS soon as Congress is through
with CaldwelTs bribery opera
tons, it is said Clayton Of Ar
kansas, will be neXt in order
His case Is a dark one. If this ar
raigning Of Radical Senators
don't come to an end soon that.
body will be left without a quor-
um of honest men to attend to
the business of legislation. The
public exposures of the venali-
ty and unmitigated scoundrelism
of Radical ohee-holders which
are daily transporting, is d humil-
iating spectacle for the people of
other nations to look upon, to
say nothing Of their demoraliz-
ing influence at home.
The Pennsylvania Constitu-
tional Convention will very like
ly incorporate a provision re-
curing that State elections shall
hereafter be held on the same
day as the Presidential election.
Our Constitutional Convention
should do likewise.
An Indiana man has upset all
the theories Of the teetotallers by
killing himself with drinking
iced water, of which he imbibed
"a tumblerfulls in twenty-f four
hours. This shows the necessi-
ty of moderation in the use of
any unaccustomed beverage, for,
as the friends of the deceased OBJ
serve, an equal amount of whis-
ky wouldn't be thought anything
N that part of the country.
There is 70 end to Radical leg
islatioE-the managers of that
party are never satisfied. They
spend the peoples money in pass
ing laws. and then turn around
and favor a repeal. A bill has
just been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature to repeal that part
of the Criminal Code passed last
winter which allowed Prosecu-
ting Attorneys to be present at
the sessions Of the Grand Juries.
Ben. Butler only received S.
600 for counsel fees as a lawyer
to the Credit Mobilier Ring, be-
sides an extra thousand for one
work during the Fisk in
vestigation. There was no bri-
berry in this. No! Of course
not! Ben's skirts are as pure as
he "beautiful snow
Hon. Cakes Ames, who man
euvered the Credit Mobiter affair
n Congress, is now dubbed Hoax
Ames.