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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
For the Eaton Democrat
The Editor Of the Register.

Col. Williams bigotry, conceit and
limited amount of brains, has led
him all through this campaign to go
outside of decent and honorable jour
palism to assail and personally.abuse
private citizens who do not feel dis
posed to think and vote as he does.
Probably he is more to be pitied than
censured for this weakness of gen.
tlemanly civility and courtesy in his
business. His insinuation, however,
in the last Register, that l used mo-
ney to purchase or influence the vote
of Solomon Cox, is characteristic II
his course, and 1 pronounce it a false
hood. He probably made this thrus.
at me to forestall a little private ar.
rangement entered into with his dis.
tinguished colored citizen and CO.
laborer, John Smith, Esq. DOM
any more COL, your colored friend
might blow, and then that terrible
"War Record!"
If Mr.. Williams will remember two
facts, first, that every mar is entitled
to his opinions; and, second, thai
personal abuse and blackguardisn
are not logical arguments-he would
avoid making a fool of himself any
more. IA word to the wise is suffi
cient." ]. R. B.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Our Outside,

On our outside will be found the
address of the State Central Com
mittee to the Democracy of Ohio
the official vote of Ohio and Indiana
an address by Parke Goodwin, a
Liberal Republican, on the issues of
the hour-"Rebel claims" exposed
and much other good reading matter,
to which we ask the careful attention
of u readers, especially the honest
and independent Republican portion
of them,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
LABoRING MEN,

The price of your wages per day
has declined about one-third since
Hayes was elected last fall, when you
were promised "Honest pay for Hon
est toll" and very few mechanics and
laboring men can get employment at
any price. YOUR TAXES HAVE
NOT BEEN LESSENED IN PRO
PORTIONS! Why? Because Repub-
lican leaders have lgislated in favor
of rich men and against laboring men
Hayes endorses all that the leaders
the Republican party have done in
the past ten years AGAINST Far
mers, mechanics and laboring men
andin FAVOR 0 frich men. and says
if he is elected he will pursue the
same policy the leaders have in all
their Conventions approved. VoTE
FOR a CHANGE!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Republican leaders all over Obi,

Republican leaders all over Ohio
are giving up all hopes of ~electing
Hayes and are not slow about ex-
pressing their opinions to that effect.
Stand in line fciends of an honest
government and reform! The eyes
of the leaders of this Republican
party are sot! Once more to the
ballot-box and victory will perch up
on our banners and we'll rescue our
government from the grasp Of the
thieves now in office and put new
men in their places-if they don't
do right, in four years we'll turn
them out and put new ores in. Let
us have a change-timcs cannot be
worse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Club Meeting,

The TILDEN AND HENDRICKS CLUB,
of Eaton, had a splendid meeting in
the Court House, on Thursday eve.
ming last. The room was packed
full of Democrats of Eaton and sur.
rounding neighborhood, and the ad.
dresses delivered by Judges HAINE:
and CAMPBELL, L. G. ABBOTT and
NJ. L. HOLT, Esqrs., were able, con.
vincing and well received, and made
the boys feel full of Democratic en-.
thusiasm and work for TILDEN, Re
form and better Timesi
The Club will be addressed on
Thursday evening next, Nov. I'd, by
Gen. H. B. BANNING, Congressman
elect of the second District. All
who want to hear the Bouncing
BANNING, the "gamest man in Ohio
should be on hand that evening.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

Let every Democrat and friend OF
Reform in Preble county, roll up his
sleeves and work earnestly and ener-
getically from now until the Novem-
Der election for the success of TILDEN
and Reform and we will be able to
wipe out most of the Republican ma,
jority of four hundred and thirteen
in this county, which was procured
at the October election by fraud,
corruption and illegal votes. Every
true Democrat to the post of duty
with the firm determination to do
and dare for the right and the No
vember ides will crown u efforts
with a glorious victory.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

A vote for Hayes on the 7th OF
next month is a vote for specie re-
sumption on the LIST of January 1879.
All the untaxed bondholders will
vote for this, but how can mechanics,
merchants and farmers do it; and es.
pecially those who r in debt and
struggling to get out?-Voters, ask
yourselves this question before you
cast your ballot. Deal honestly with
your wives and children and vote
with the party that is pledged to re.
trenchment and reform.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

1t seems as if no person can take
an active part in the politics of this
county, opposite the nominal editor
of the Eaton Register, without get
ting a personal thrust of some kind
from his i~lliteral pen. He has an
idea that scurrility and personal a
buse is all the argument the readers
of that paper desire to convince them
that Grant and his $4,000 leeches
should continue in power and rob
and plumber the Taxpayers of the
country. May belt is
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Assignees Sale.

IN pursuance of an order of the Pro-
l bate Court, ofPrcble county, Ohio,
we will offer for salient public auc-
ton, at New Paris, Ohio,
On Tuesday, Nov. IN, 1875,
the goods and chattels ofRobert L.
Shaffcr, assignor, consisting of: Par
lor and Cooking Stoves, a Isrge stock
OF Tin Ware, one Spring Wagon, n
set of Single Harness, two Bells,
twelve Stands of Bees, one Bay Horse,
and other articles not enumerated.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock fore
noon.
TERMS-Purchases amounting to
$500 or less 10 be paid in cash, above
that sum notes at ten months with two
good sureties will be taken.
PATRICK McGREW,
WILLIAM J. MEANS.
Assignees of r. l.. Shaffer.
Oct. 5, IS76-w4
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The official footings of the whole
number of votes cast for Secretary OF
State was 631, 065.. Of these Barnes
received 81, $50; Bell 311,4I0; Chap
man Prohibition, 1888; Barnes ma
jority, 4,347; Barnes plurality over
Bell, 6,446. The total number OF
votes cest for all the candidates run.
ming for Congress in the State was
629, 200, of which number the Repub.
lican candidates received ia, $40, be-
ing ninety votes less than a majority
for the Congressional tickets in the
State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

To the Voters Of Preble Co., o.:
1, JOIN TOWNSEND, Sheriff of Preble
County, Ohio, do hereby notify the
qualified electors of said county to as
sem6le in their respective Townships
ON the Ist Tuesday in November,
Is76, (being the 9Th day of said
month"; at their usual places Of holding
elections, or such places as the Town
hip Trustees may direcl, and then and
there, between the hours OF e4o'clock,
A. NJ. and 6 O'Clock, =. NJ, of said day,
proceed as the law directs, to elect
Twenty-Five Electors Of President
and Vice President Of the United
States,
in pursuance of the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, and Of
this State.
|. JOHN TOWNSEND,
Sheriff Preble Co., o.
Dated at Eaton this 18th day Of Oct.
A. D. 1876. law
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Improved Road Letting.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ Road Improvement known as the
Georgetown and Verona Road Improve
nent, will be sold to the lowest and best
bidder, at the door of the Court House,
in Eaton, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. %,
1876. Specifi" ations for the work will
be on fl. in the AuGitor's Office on and
after Oct. 20, 1879. Bond will be re-
uuired of the successful bidder for the
faithful performance of the labor.
JAS. v. ACTON, Engineer.
Oct. 70. lS76-w3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
ShertTs Sale.
Case No. 3s77.l

Cease No. 3S77.)
A. Edgar Hubbard Order OF
s. Sale.
Helen NJ. Cans, ct al.
DURSUANTtoa an order OF sale issued
/ from the Court of Common Pleas,
of Preble county, Ohio, in the above
stated case, ard to the Sheriff of said
county directed, 1 will offer tor sale at
public auction, at the door of the Court
House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, Nor. 20, 1876,
Letween the hours of l and 4 o'clock p.
m, the following premises, situate in
Eaton. Preble county, Ohio, and de-
.Scribed as follows, to-wit:
Thirty seven feet off the middle part
of Lots numbers 10 and IL, and FIVE
sixths of Lot number u, being the
south part thereof, as known and de-
signated on the original plat Of said
town of Eaton. Appraised at -
Terms cash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
HUBBARD & FREEMAN, Att'ys.
Oct &c, lST6-tds prf 1925
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Sherif's Sale.
Cease No. 1914.

Cease NO. 5Sl4.f
Da,i id Peters, guard'n, &C., oorder OF
VS.. safe.
Elias W. Jones, ct al.
10y virtue of a plurius order Of sale
= issued from the Court of Common
Pleas, of Preble county, Ohio, in the
above stated case, and to the Sheriff OF
said county directed, I will offer for
sale at public auction, at the door OF the
Court House, in Eaton,
On Saturday, Nov. Is, 1876,
between the hours of l and 4 O'Clock p,
M, the following premises, situate In
Preble county, Ohio, and described as
follows, to-wit: Being go acres of OF
the south-cas. side of the east quarter
of section 80, township Z, range 2 east
the north line OF the said 60 acres being
parallel with the south line of said
quarter. Appraised at s33 per acre.
Terms cash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
HUBBARD & FREEMAN, Att'ys.
Oct. 10, lS76-tds prf $500
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

That man is a poor sportsman who,
while in pursuit of a deer will stop
to waste his amunitionpn pole-cats.
So is that man very silly who loves
his country and family, and who is
in pursuit of The rascally government
officials at Washington City, to be
turned aside by the ponsensical twad.
die of "a united South" or "rebel
claims.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The Philadelphia Times puts a
correspondent in the way of truth, as
follows:
A correspondent who seems to
think that he. knows what he is talk
ing about and that the Times does
not, challenges us to give the names
of any of Mosby's guerillas who have
been appointed to office under the
present administration. We have
not space for the whole list which we
believe to number twenty-five or thir-
ty, but a few examples will suffice,
such as William H. Chapman, Mos
by's lieutenant colonel, special agent
of the Post Office Department, and
Samuel F. Chapman, his brother, a
captain in Mosby's cammand, postal
car clerk. Mr. Jewel can tell all about
these men. Then there is Thomas Y.
Mosby, q brother of j. S., and q
bushwhacker gouger Of the Fifth Vir.
ginia district, not to mention Miss
Mosby, a sister, clerk in the Patent
Office. Marcy Adams, sergeant in
the Black Horse Cavelry, clerk in
the Surgeon Generals office, comes
in the list of Mosby's proteges, as dc
John G. Hester. lieutenant on the
rebel ram Alabama, now special agent
in the Department of Justice, and
Elias Griswold, major and assistant
adjutant general to General Winder.
at one time in charge of the Ander-
sonville prison pens, and afterwards
of Castle Thunder and the tobacco
warehouse prison, appointed last
August to an 81, 5000 clerkship in the
Treasury Department. If our cor.
respondent insists on having more
we can add to the list. It's of nc
consequence, except as illustrating
the particular class of rebels that the
administration takes to.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Hon. JOHN A. MCMAHON.

Montgomery county replied en-
..hatically in the late contest, to the
scurrilous attacks of the editor of
the Eaton Register upon JOHN A.
MCMAHON. Two years ago his home
county gave him q majority of 9e9.
This year his own county again
stands by him and rolls up his ma
jority to 1928. Republican Dayton,
which last spring elected a Republi-
can Mayor by several hundreds of a
majority, responds to the eowardly
thrusts of such men as the editor of
the Eaton Register by giving Mr..
MCMAHON 1853 majority. Unless
MI. Williams a make better head
way, as the editor of a p~artizan jour
nal than he seems to be making since
he attempted the role of a political
writer, it would be well for the inte-
rests of that journal to call back
from the classic shades of Twin
creek the former local editor ard
make even him chief.
Either the valient editor, who at
tacks war records until private sol
diers punctured the small bubble Of
his reputation, must learn that dis
erection is the better part of valor, oil
he will continue to shame his friends
and contribute 10 the defeat Of his
own party, as he did in his ill.starret
attack upon Mcmahon in the fat'
canvass. The time has gone by
when a great, campaign can be man
aged by low scurrility and persona
attacks, and The editor who is no
ballasted with more weighty ammu
milton, although he may make SOM
noise, will do little execution, anc
the recoil of his shots will damag'
him and his party more than the,
will help him or his sinking cause
Mr.. McMahon was elected upon hi
past record and present conviction
calmly and fearlessly expressed, AM
the only effect of the attacks of tn
Register upon him was to call fort
the most grinding of all political re
Dukes, a largely increased majorit
from those who knew him best.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Pc
~ tition will be presented to the
Commissioners of Preble county, al
their next regular session in D cember,
asking the appointment of Commission.
ers to lay out and establish a Free
Turnpike Road on the following de.
scribed route, to-wit: Commencing al
a point OH the Concord freepike fifty
rods east of the southwest corner Of
Section number y, in Dixon township
thence north 100 rods; thence west 81
rods; thence north ~ miles to the Ea.
ton and State Line improved road, and
there to terminate.
MANY PETITIONERS.
October 90, 1876
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
It. bagging, tax payers?

The New York Herald would have
Governor Chamberlain and the Re-
publican party understand that "this
is not Mexico" The war ceased elev-
en- years ago, and all sensible men in
the North believe that it is now time
to let the Southern States manage
their own affairs, and believe this be
cause they see that wherever Federal
interference has ceased, peace has
| come at once.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The report in Gratis township
that Mr.. JOSIAH BAKER posted US, OF
said one word in regard to the bal,
lot-box being left alone while the
Trustees adjourned for dinner, is moi
correct. Mr.. BAKER never spoke to
US on the matter until after the no
tice appeared in the DEMOCRAT. We
make this statement in justice to Mr.
BAKER, who is one of the judges Of
the election of that township.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

Two years ago, tho cry through
the land was: Farmers to the front
politicians take back seats"
Have the times grown any better!
Are we any more prosperous in 1876
than were in 1912 Yet to-day the
politicians cry of the bloody shirt
browns all Others; and the farmers
have to take back seats.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
NECESSITY OF ECONOMY AND
BETTER N

The Republican papers and orators
have lately made great use of the ar
gument that times had already i'm
proved; the people were becoming
less embarrassed, and, as they
thought there was no necessity for a
change. The mercantile agency of
Messrs. R. 6. Dunn & Co. make a re-
port of the state of commercial affairs
of the last quarter which refutes this
argument. The failures in the third
quarter of 1876 were 2,450, against
LII in the corresponding quarter of
1875. The total failures for the
three quarters of 1875 toere 1873,
while the failures for the whole Of
1876 acre only 1000, so that there
pere 739 more mechants thrown out
business and into bankruptcy in nine
months of 1876 than in II months of
1875.
The liabilities of bankrupt mer-
chants for the nine months of 1876
are $156, 271, 900 as against $131, 1885,
900 for a like period in 1875, show
ing an excess of loss of 1S76 of $685.
OS4, 1000. This does not look like the
improvement which the Republican
organs and speakers insist upon as q
decisive answer to the Democratic
popular demand for a change. The
truth of the matter is that the crowd,
ing of the railroads by visitors to the
Centennial, and the natural increase
of business consequently upon the
Fall trade, has as Governor Seymour
so eloquently said in his letter to the
Cooper Institute meeting last week,
been mistaken for q permanent i'm
, provement. The worst feature Of
/ the exhibit is not the excessive
amount of liabilities of houses failed
!, this year, but the excess in the NUN
Der of the people who have beer
t thrown out of their business, and in
to bankruptcy, and consequently be
r come for the time being drones in thu
community. If the same ratio of in
crease should continue, we would
, very soon reach a state of genera
5 bankruptcy, and there is no othel
: remedy for this than the n to bt
) found in the study of the cause:
which brought about the general de
: preston. We are bankrupts because
the policy of the Government hal
forced bankruptcy on the people
| The only remedy is to be found il
e the reversal of that policy and tn
consistent enforcement of the polio,
r of reunion and reform.
: For waste and extravaganza W,
must substitute retrenchment and re
s form. We must also insist upon re
g union, because without thorough ant
: hearty reunion there "a be nothin,
: but governmental extravaganza AM
governmental corruption. The exis
tence of corrupt 'carpet-bag govern
ments in the Southern States in il
d self is an absolute bar to polio
of economy in the Federal admins
r tration. And the solution of finan
e cial difficulties is to be found only il
S the complete tranquilization of tn
country, North and South, Under tn
Republican rule it never can be done
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

Mr.. MCMAHON carried his own
county by over 1900 majority. Mr.
LEwELLEN, our candidate for Sheriff
carried bis own township by 60 ma.
jority-it gave 4 majority for Barnes
In Somers where he resided before
he came to Eaton-while the Repub'
lican State ticket received l72 ma
tjority, he was only beaten IS votes
He also carried Snyders own town
ship by "a! Mr.. DEEM and Mr.
BRINGMAN made the same creditablt
runs. That shows the popularity o
our candidates, and that it was only
party slavery that beat them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

Tie Republican Administration
proposes to destroy the solidity of the
South by The bayonet. While the
energies of the t~ottering party are
bent in that direction it should look
a little out that we don't get away
with a few northern states, the cleo.
toral votes of which have been put to
Hayes credit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
sHERIFF'S SALE.
Sherif'S Sale.
Case No. S99l.l

Cease No. 399l.)
Joseph Loop Order
VS.. OF
Rebeeca II. Runkle & husband Sale.
DURSUANTto an order of sale issued
L from the Court of Common Pleas,
Of Preble county, Ohio, in the above
stated case, and 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, Nor. %, 1876,
between the hours of l and 4 o'clock p.
~, the following premises, situate in
the town of Camden, Preble county, o.,
and described as follows, to-wit:
Lot rumber 22l, as known and de-
signated OH Samuel NJ. Pottenger's ad-
dillon to said town of Camden. APP
praised at 1895. Terms cash.
JOHN TOWNSEND, Sheriff.
Zoos & FISHER, Att'ys.
OFT. 26, lS76-tds prf $500
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The aid and encouragement given
to the negroes in South Carolina, has
resulted in their making a murder
Gus attack upon the whites, and the
dragons teeth sown by Chamberlain,
are s%pringing up armed blacks all
over the state to murder the white
people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

This constant and continuous cry
of "a united South" does not seem 10
alarm the taxpayers any more. They
are too busily engaged just now in
trying to keep the wolf from the door
and to raise money with which to pay
their taxes, to care much whether the
South is united or divided politically.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
How thew Gained +

Four years ago at the State cleo
tion the Republican ticket received
a majority of427 in this county-this
year only Alb. Grant carried it by
61S-and we'll bet high that it will
be considerable short CT that for
HAYES. Say 200.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

Neither money to buy voters nor
negro fraudulent voting can save
Hayes. His goose is cooked" and
the tides of November will tell the
tale of the peoples reputation of the
Radical rule and the dawn ola new
era of honesty, economy and reform
in our National Government,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The crack of the Ring whip is al
ready heard in Eaton, and the Dem
ocratic greenbackers who howled for
Bill Allen last Fall, rush to the sup
port of hard money Sam.-Register.
The wall of Grant'sarmy of office
holding lceches is liken unto the
agony of the Whang-doodle in the
mountains of Hepsidam crying for
its first born. Sick sickly!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26
When you hear a Republican talk

When you hear a Republican talk
about war if Tilden is elected, just
ask him who will make war, and see
how quick he will subside. Is a Re
publican who talks about war if Til
den is elected, any better than JEFF.
Davis who talked about making war
when Lincoln was elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The nominal editor Of the Eaton
Register seems to be jubilant ever
the result in this county. Some of
the ticket barely escaped defeat, and
the others but slim majorities where
it used to be seven AID eight hun
dred! He is welcome to his grave
yard whistle"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-26

The Republican party, according
to John Sherman who ought to be
good authority, has paid over $780,
100000 of "rebel claims since the
war. TIE Democrats have not paid
a cent. Let the taxpayers re-
member this Shen they come to vote
in Noyemher.