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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
EATON, O., Aug, %. 1875.


Council met, all members present
except w. G. NJ. Brookins, Mayor
Foos in the chair. Minutes of the
previous meeti NC read and approved.
The following bills we're presented,
found correct and ord ers directed to
be issued for the respe ctive amounts:
Peter Smith, repairing hook d
ladder wagon, 1880
L. H. Zeek, repairing things
on stage in Hall, 200
L. H.. Geek, 4 weeks serv. as
engineer &c. at $3.50 per
week, to Aug. 10, 5000
Patrick DonohGe, hauling
Steamer, filling C. H. cistern, 1,5O
Jacob Fisher, l coupon due
Aug. 1st, 1875. 1857
R. Reynolds, rep. roof on Hall
building DC. 23,45
Jno. Townsend, keeping
prisoner 9 days and cost 800
B. Brost, II days labor on SITS. 1890
j, Wisemiller, s do do 1900
Jno. Klemmer, IS do do 27,00
Pat. Donohue, 10 do with team $500
Jos. Neal, 81 days labor on SITS. 4,S7
Fred. Miller y do do 11,25
W. Ii. Stephen 8 do do 1900
Geo. NJ. Crume 10 do do 1900
On motion, five hundred dollars
was temporarily transferred from
the Building Fund to the Cor. Road
Fund. st. Commissioners report
was read. On motion received and
placed on file, the Commissioner was,
on motion, instructed to notify the
Franklin Road Commissioner to open
the ditch along the D. & w. Turn
pike, from the corporation line ON
the east, to carry off The waste water
running east.
Complaint was made of a hole in
the sidewalk on the east side of Jno.
Klemmer's lot, on Maple St., the same
being a hog wallow and a nuisance.
On motion, the St. Commissioner
was instructed to fill it up.
w. A. Huffman presented aclaim
Tor damages, TO the mount OF forty
five dollars, alleging hat the Steam
Fire Engine left a pile Of cinders &
ashes near the race bridge, that
while driving along there Sunday
last his horse became frightened and
upset the buggy in the
Damage claimed on buggy $4,000,
" harness 500, .
"horse 20,00,
On motion the matter was referred
to the Judiciary Committee. On mo-
ton the resolution authorizing the
committee on purchasing Hook and
Ladder wagon, to purchase a Hook
and Ladder wagon was rescinded.
The Repair Committee was in
structed to examine the fire appara-
tus of the village and see what hose
&c. is needed.
On motion adjourned to Monday
! evening, Aug. Both 1875.
w. HI. DRIFT, Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

In common with a majority of
democrats north and south, we did
support JOHN c. BRECKENRIDGE in
1860, in preference to STEPHEN A
DOUGLASS. Both were ''honest and
consistent democrats, though, and
if either had been elected President,
there would have been no war in
1862. We don't face on u crusade
record! No sir.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
sHERIFE7's SALE.
Sheg.iH,s Sale,

[Case No. 3621.l
James B. Welsh, n
VS.. Order of Sale OH
VIM. A. swihart and Mortgage.
DY virtue of an order of sale issued
ID from the Court of Common Pleas,
of Preble county, Ohio, in the above
stated case, and to the Sheriff of said
county directed, L will offer for sale at
public auction, at the door of the Court
House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, Sept. 25, 1875,
between the hours of l and 4 o'clock, D.
m, the following property: The South
east fractional quarter of Section num-
Der 20, Township Z, Range 2, east, and
sitrate in Casper township, treble Co.,
Ohio, containing 40 acres of land.
The property or interest of John s..
Peters therein, which interest is the re-
mainder Of said premises to the said
John S. Peters, after the death of his
mother, Elizabeth Peters. Appraised
at 81 600. Terms cash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
Zoos 6 FISHER, Att'ys.
Aug. &c, 1S75-tds prf. $3.50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The Ringmasters County Conven-
ton is in bad repute all over the
county. Every man who submitted
his claims to its consideration knows
that it was a bold political fraud and
controlled by a few men for political
purposes, and there was nothing fair
or honorable about it. The honest
and independent voters of Preble
county will put their stamp of con-
domination upon its proceedings in
October next.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
Partition Sale.
Tease No. 3712.

~ ~ lSioC NV. Ot1- ~. H-
John o ss. 6 wife, Order of Sale in
Susan Lyons, ct al. } Partition.
PURSUANT to an order OF sale issued
Il from the Court of Common Pleas,
of tPreble county, Ohio in the above
stated case, aud to the Sheriff of said
county directed, | will offer for sale at
public auction, at the door of the Court
House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, Sept. II, 1875,
between the hours of l and 4 O'Clock, p.
M, the following premises, situate in
Preble county, Ohio, to-wit:
Being a part of the northeast quarter
of SCI tion Is, Towt ship Z, Range g.,
east, and bounded and described as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point on the east
line of the section 60 poles south of the
northeast corne thereof, and running
thence south S7l4 degrees, west l09.7S
poles toa stake; thence south 60 de-
grees 8 min, east 9.7S poles to a stake
witness a hickory, south $50 degrees,
west 90 links and an ash, south So de-
grees, west 721S links; thence south 36
degrees l3 min., east 45 poles to alsta2e
in the east side of the channel of Twin
creek witness an elm, north % degrees,
east 81 links and a sycamore, south 20
degrees, east 40 links; thence north
S725 degrees, east 6 80 poles to a stone
on the east line of the section; thence
north 3 degrees 8 min., west Il III poles
to the place of beginning, containing
26 5S:l0O acres. Appraised at $40 pei
acre.
TERMS-Onc-third cash, one-third
in one year and one third in two years
from day of sale; deferred payments to
bear 6 per cent. interest, aud to be Sc
cured by mortgage on the premises.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
CAMPBELL &c GILMORE, Att'ys.
Aug. II. lS75-tds prf 50. 10
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Mr.. Foos' statement in the Regis
ter may all be true, aud yet indirect
II many things are done which are
well covered. The great question
how facts known only to ourself
and Mr.. Zoos, and which we never
divulged, ever came before the pub
lie through the CINCINNATI Gazette is
is not settled. Where is the chan
mel? Who leaked?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The editor of the DEMOCRAT will
be absent for the next two weeks.
The paper is left in the hands of the
"Deuil," until his return, which will
account for any extraordinary things
that may appear in its columns. He
requests his Majesty not to deny
that he voted for Breckenridge B-
teen gears ago, for fear that it might
ruin his prospect for political prefer
ment in the future. He expects an
office,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The RAIDS. in different parts of
Ohio freely admit that there is no
show for them. Of curse there is
not a ghost of a chance for a party
which has robbed the people, and
again proposes to continue the same
kind of work.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

If it is any consolation to the big
calf that id the nominations last
fall-then threw up the Chairman
ship of the Central Committee like
a baby-pinned his fortunes to the
crusade-furnished abusive items for
the Cincinnati Gazette and Hamilton
TezegrapA-we say, if it is any con-
ISOLATION to the big ninny that we vot-
ed for Breckenridge, he is welcome
to it,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The Radicals find that the finan-
cial question is one upon which the
Republicans are greatly divided, and
that it is dangerous to tamper with
it; hence the whole Radical press
has set up a terrible howl about the
school question, and hope to get
through on their Misrepresentation
of it. In making the present Con
stitution of Ohio the Democrats put
it entirely out of the power to make
a division of the School fund and
their cry will fall as dead as their f.
nancial howl.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
"THE JUDIcIoUs STATESMAN

Before the solvent of the Hcapable
and judicious statesman" that the
editor of the Eaton Register wants
the honest and independent voters
of Preble county to indorse as a 'dis-
tinguished success" by voting for
Hayes, we had men of brains, honor
and honesty for u Presidents, and
they did not consider that they had
any right to be absent from the seat
of government for more than a few
days at a time, and very seldom at
that. And so, too, with army Off
GERS, after graduating at West Point
and taking a couple weeks vacation,
they were sent to their regiments to
perform the work for which they had
been educated at the public expense.
But not so now. Grant, the weak
est and most incompetent man we
ever had in the Presidential chair,
spends more than half his time as a
seaside loiterer, for which he charg-
es the good people of this tax-ridden
country at the rate of $4,000 a year
as salary, and as much more in the
way of perquisites. Really, when
the people, in their folly, put Grant
in the Presidential chair, it was a
most extravagant investment. How
many millions this man has cost the
government will never be known, but
his cool impudence exceeds anything
the world ever witnessed in a ruler
over a people. Grants leave-taking
of Washington and the cares of office
is the signal for a general oxodous
of all the principle ofice-holders.
This pernicious practice, which Sc
riously deranges the public business
and is often most damaging to pri-
vate interests, was wholly unknown
before the advent of Grant. He is
exclusively responsible for its intro
duction and the mischievous conse-
quences that have attended it for
the last six years.
No former President would have
entertained the thought of quitting
the capital for another residence, or
of placing his trust for consecutive
months into the hands of subordi-
mates while seeking personal pleas
ure. Grants predecessors were gener-
ally content with two or three weeks
of relaxation in summer, for health,
some of them would not even indulge
themselves to that extent under a
sense of duty which claimed their
whole time for the public.
Though in robust health and in
the full vigor of life, Grant has sought
every pretext for gratifying his
coarse tastes and loose habits-hab-
its which have brought discredit up
on the office which he occupies but
does not fill. He has been absent
from Washington nearly half of the
time he has served as President, and
that, too, without ever failing to
draw the last cent of his pay and
perquisites. And the people of this
county are asked to go to the polls on
the second Tuesday of October and
vote an Endorsement of this robbery
of their hard earned money, and
keep this Long Branch lounger in
office for a third term. Those who
do SO should not complain of high
taxes and hard times. 1t is all very
well for men holding a $4,000 office
under the great national hog and
rObhar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Gov. Allen is a farmer and Gen.
Cary is the friend of the working
man, and that is the reason the Rad
ical leaders are Safeguarding them
so furiously. The bondholders and
money changers do not want such
in Office. They prefer men of their
own kidney,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The following dispatch was re-
ceived from the Democratic County
Convention of Montgomery on Sat
urday last, which was then in session:
To Hon. ABNER HAINEs. s-,
The Democrtic convention of
Montgomery County, this day ratifl-
ed your nomination as candidate for
State Senator in this district.
d. G. FITCH, Prest.
w. W. SWAIN, Sec'y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

There is a regular stampede from
the Republican party in the mining
districts, caused by the policy of the
Grant administration. The Repub-
,lican leaders will hear something
drop when the miners and grangers
get through voting.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

When a man becomes so "wormy''
and sour that he throws up the Chair
manship of the Democratic County
Executive Committee-G- DIS
the nominations on the State ticket
furnishes items for a vile and IN
scrupulous Radical sheet-bobnobs
with the leading Crusaders and adj
Yises. them-he's consistent DEM
ocrat-oyer the left '-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

We Believe we could, procure a
half dozen of Cincinnati Reporters
to swear that we never edited a
a Breckenridge paper, to the best of
their knowledge. Such statements
are very cheap during political cam
paigns. But then we hardly ever
face on u record, especially when
voting for good consistent Democrats.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
Gheria,s Sale.
Z use No. S1I9.l

3d.. ~ d..
vs.. Order of sale ON
Henry Lewis, ct 81. Mortgage.
DURSUANT toan order If sa.e issued
4 from the Court of Common Pleas,
of Preble county, Ohio, in the above
stated case, and to me directed, [ will
offer for sale at public auction, at the
door OF the Court House, in Eaton,
VI On Saturday, august %, 1876,
between the hours OF l and 1 O'Clock, D.
NJ, the following premises, situate i'm
Preble county, Ohio, and described as
follows, to-wit: son 4--
Being half Lot number 60, as known
and designated on the town plat of West
Alexandria, being two rods in front
and eight rods back. Appraised at 500
Terms cash. .u-.ea tat..5
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
CAMPBELL &c GILMORE, Att'ys.
July 20, 1S15-t@s prf $3.50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Senator MCDONALD of indiana, is
spelling the effect Of MoEToN's
speeches by following in his wake q
telling the people the truth. I'm
mense crowds greet him at every
point.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

]. H. Zoos, Esq, Lord Mayor of
the city of Eaton and architect of
our "showy city Hail." furnished the
Radical Cincinnati Gazette with
items last campaign through an am
anuensis, and the Radical Eaton
Register copied them. This cam
paign he is writing over his own sig
nature for the Register, Next cam
paign he will publish a Radical cru
SADIE campaigner and face on the
whole business. 'Rah for the Ga
zette Reporters!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Why was the Lord Mayor, in his
communication, silent upon his off,
cia1 order to the Marshal, to compel
business men to remove their salt
barrels and-boxes from the sidewalk,
in order that the crusade sisters
might have room to annoy them in
their legitimate business?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

A large number of the most prom
inent Republicans of Mahoning and
Trumbull counties have announced
their determination to vote for Gov.
ALLEN.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

There are about five hundred Cath
olics in Preble county. They all pay
taxes-are honest, industrious and
good citizens, help to build up and
improve our towns. Now has any
body ever heard any of them COM
plain or make any disturbance about
our present school system? If so,
we would like to know il.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
Republican Platform 1865.

RESOLVED, That we heartily ap-
prove of the policy of Congress in
stopping the contraction of the cur
rency, and we believe the issue Of
currency should be commensurate
with the individual and commercial
interests of the country.
ResolUed, That justice and sound
logic require that the property Of ey-
cry citizen should bear it's equal
share of the public burdens, and
that this principle ought to be ap=
piled to all United States bonds here
after issued for the purpose of fund
ing or carrying the present debt of
the United States, by making them
liable by express provisions of law,
to taxation, precisely as other prop
erty.
no And yet in LESS than a year
after the adoption of the above Res.
olution, the Republican party, John
Sherman voting for it, passed a law
in Congress, making erpress proris.
ions by law, that the Bonds should
NEVER BE TAXED.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The bondholders have plenty of
money but the people have not.
Whose wishes are most entitled to
respect-those of the bondocrats or
those of the toiling millions?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

A few more turns of the Republi-
can screw of contraction of-the-cur-
rency VIII press the very life-blood
out of our farming, manufacturing
and industrial interests. Give it a
few more twists, gentlemen. The
suffering people we T looking on,
and making up their minds. They
will be heard from at the polls.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

The Democracy are in favor of a.
National. or what is generally called
a greenback currency. The Repub-
licans are in favor of private or Ma
tional Bank bills. That is the diff
ference. Now every sensible man
knows that the Government is safer
than an individual.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Is a bondholder any better than a
farmer or mechanic? Ifnot, then the
same sort of money should be paid
to all who earn it and all who get it
without labor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26


Governor Hayes is a National
Banker, a big bondholder and rail
road monopolist and has an income
of about $4,000 per year. No Won
der he thinks money is plenty and
can afford to send $4,000 copies of
his speech throughout the State fold
ed up in Republican papers as eek
tras," thus cheating the government
out of postage. But underhands,
section men end laborers, who re-
ceive from SLIP to $3.50 per day
don't think it is either cunning or
funny.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

TERMS OF SA LE-One-third cash, One-third in
9 rnOn!hs and Ore-third in is months from day OF
sale; deferred aymcn 10 bear 6 per cent. inter-
est, and to be secured by mortgage on the prem
iscS.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
X. w. QUINN, Atty.
Aug. L. IS75-tds Prf so
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
GEN. CARY.

1t is amusing to read the attacks
of the opposite papers upon Gen.
Cary. They are all, with one accord,
trying hard to convince the people,
that he is no power in politics, that
he cannot make a speech and that
his theories + wild yagaries. If
such is the fact, why all this terrible
cutlery? If he is not delivering tell
ing blows, why all this futter? If
the opposition entrenched behind
National Banks and other pet mo-
nopolies, are not hit, why do they
notice the efforts Of Gen. Cary?
Gentlemen, it is too thin. Wounded
birds futter!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
Free Turnpike Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petit
IN ton will be presented to the Board
of County Commissioners, of Preble
county, at their next regular session,
commencing on the first Monday of
September, 1875, asking for the APP
pointment of Commissioners IT, lay out
and construct a free turnpike road on
the following route, to-wiI: Commence
ing ON the Brennersville 6 Pyrmont
Free Turnpike, at the corner of Sec
lions No. II, u, Is & II, Twin Town
ship, and to run thence south on the
Section line two miles, to the north ter
minus of the Reel free turnpike.
MANY PETITIONERS.
INV 90 1S7,-ve
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
Partition Sale.
ECase No 371a

tCase No. $751;
Elijah Pease, Order of
VS.. = Sale in Par
Noah Schlosser, ct al. tition.
DY virtue Of an order of sale issued
- from the Court of Common P eas,
of Preble county, Ohio, in the above
stated case, and to the Sheriff of said
county direc,ed, l will offer for sale at
public auction, at the door of the Court
House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, Sept. IL, 1875,
between the hou. S of l and 4 O'Clock, D.
M, the following premises, situate in
Preble county, Ohio, and being the
north part of the north cast quarter of
Section IS, Township 7, Range 3, east;
beginning at Il stake at the northwest
corner of the said quarter, and running
thence south , degrees 81 min, east
81 :S4 poles to a Point in the channel Of
Twin creek: thence south 63 degrees s
min., cat Is :5l poles to Il stake; thence
north S714 degrees, east l46 81 poles to
q point on the east line of the section {;
thence north 3 degrees 3 min, west 40
poles to the northeast corner of the
section; thence south S74 degrees,
west 160 81 rods to the place of begin
ming, containing 80 SO :l00acres ofIand.
Appraised at $50 per acre.
TERMS-One-third cash, one-third
in n year and one-third in two years
from day of sale; deferred payments to
bear 6 per cent interest and to be secur-
ed by mortgage OIL the premises.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
CAMPBELL & GILMORE, Att'ys.
Aug. II, 1S75-tds prf $500
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Gov. ALLEN and Gov. HENDRICKS
are both appointed to speak at Zanes-
vile on the Sth Of Sept.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

Hon. MILTON s. SAKLOR,
VIII address the citizens of Preble
county, in Eaton, on TUESDAY
AFTERNOON, Sept. 2Ist, 1875.
Turn out, We laboriug men and farm
ers, and hear for yourselves. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26
I. WILLIAMS. Gem supt;
L.WTELIAMS, Gent Supt.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
Relative to an amendment of Article
Four ofthe Constitution relating to
the Judiciary. rraT -

RESOLVED, BY H GENERAL ASSEM-
the menbers elected to each House agreeing
thereto) that 1t be and is hereby proposed to tho
October election, niJon the approval or rejection Of
the following amendment, as additional section Of
article four OF the Constitution of the State Of
Ohio, to-wit: rs
Section .. A commission. which shall consist
ernor. with the advice and onsent of The senate.
the members of which shall hold Office for the
term %oftIree years from and after the frst day OF
February. 1876, to dispose OF such mart OF :he bust
ness then ON The docketS of the Supreme Court as
shall, by arrangement between said commission
ana SAID court, be transferred to such commission:
and said commission shall have like Jurisdiction,
and power in respect TO such business as are or
may be vested in said court; and the members OF
said commission shall received like Commentator
Tor the time being, with the Judges of said cou t.
a majority Of the members Of said commission
shall be necessary to form u quorum or pronounce
tered and enforced rs tile judgments of the SUI
preme Court. sand at the expiration Of the term OF
SAID commission, all business undisposed of. shall
by it be certified to the supreme Court and disnos-
ed OF as II satd commission had never existed. Tho
cleik and reporter ofsaid court shall be the clerk
and reporter OF said commission, and the commis-
sion shall have such other attendants, not exceed
ing in number those provided by law for said
conrt, which attendants said commission NAV an
point and remove at its pleasure. Any vacancy
occurring in said commission shall be filled by APP
potntineiii nf the Governor, with the advice and
c.,Iseat "f the Senate ifthe Senate be in session,
aud If THE senate he not in session, by the Gov
ern0r, but in such last case, such appointment
shall expire at the end of the next session OF the
General assembly. the General Assembly may.
ON application ofthe supreme Court, duly e,tere,i
on the JonrDaIof the court and certified, provide
by law, Whenever two-ihirds OF such reach1 House
SHAH concur therein, from time to time, for the APP
pointment in ike manner offs Ike commission
with like powers Jurisdiction ard duties; pruyi-
drd, that the term of any such commission shall
not exceed two .Tears, nor shall it be created often
er than once IN ten years II This amendment
snail be adopted bya majority ofthe electors of
the State of Ohio. voting at the next efpctinn hold
en- for the election ofSenators and Representa-
t!ves, II shall become section Twenty-Five OF the
Ohio. ~
Al such election the voters desiring to vote in
place upon their ballots the WORKS,
Is "eoR THE c~oMNTSsIoNau
The voters who do not favor the ADOPTION of snch
amendment, shall place upon their paIlots the
AGAINST II COMMISSION
-.a-. MILTON MCCOY r.
speaker pro lem. OF the House of Representatives.
I.E1 HART,
President OF the Sen aie-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-26

PROCEEDINGS OF THE pRERLE
COUNTY PROHIBITION CON-
VENTIoN.