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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Kell0gg's Board.
New Orleans Demoorat,l

The Returning Board has been roundly
abused for stealing the Electoral vote of
Louisiana. The astonishing fact is now
disclosed that the Returning Board did
not, could not, with all its audacity, its
bitter animus, count out enough votes
to defeat the Tilden Electors. Sixty-nine
polls were objected to and counted out
by the Board, many of them on the finn
siest pretexts. Against these and these
alone was there word of evidence. The
other polls were above suspicion. The
polls counted out, so the official docu-
ments of the Returning Board declare,
contained 10, 269 Democratic, and 1,763
Republican votes.
The full returns from all the polls and
parishes in the State show SO, ,859 votes
for R. G. Wicklife, the highest Tilden
Elector, and ", ,174 votes ior w. P. Kel-
logg, the highest Hayes Elector. De-
ducting from the, votes thrown out by
the Returning Board, and those counted
in by clerical error in Vernon, tile vote
for misunderstanding Board count
should he.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Florida.

We do not need to look to Oregon,
where we have the law and vote, but
we are content to look to Florida, where
we have the law and four votes. The
Supreme Court of Florida sustain
Drew's demurrer to the answer of the
Canyassing Board. They grant a pe-
remptory order to the Board to.recanyass
from the face of the returns. This for
bids the Board to throw out any votes,
and the State has voted for Tilden Elec-
tors. There has been no doubt among
fair-minded men that Florida has been
carried by the Democracy. The evi-
dence is now cumulative. Gen. F. G.
Barlow goes to the State by Republican
invitation to find Republican verdict.
He returns, saying that Tilden has carried
the State. Mr.. Salstonstall, an eminent
man of business in New England, not
politician, though Republican, gives
report to the country which alarms the
Republican party. And now comes the
Supreme Court of Florida, and saws that
the Canvassing. Board shall recanvass the
returns, and shall count the votes re-
turned. The decision-though the text
is not at hand lis to the point that the
Canvassing Board has no Judicial power;
that it can not exclude votes that have
been actually cast; that it can not dis
franchise voters whom the fundamental
law of the State has enfranchised. The
Republican party is very recently com.
mitted to the forms of law. The doc
trine that the forms of law should be
observed, even though injustice thereby
be done, is fresh from the lips OF the Re-
publican party. The decision of the Su-
preme Court in Louisiana is regarded as
infallible authority. OF course the Re-
publican party will not question the au-
thority of the Supreme Court of Florida.
This decision, and the recount
that will follow it, will give Florida to
Mr.. Tilden. By eminent Republican
admission the Ti.den Electors have a ma
jority of the votes actually cast; by the
authority of the Supreme Court of the
State the votes actually cast are to be
counted. The Republicans have insisted
that there is no power outside Of State
to go behind the returns of the State;
but in this instance the State Itself has
through itshighest tribunal, gone behind
the returns. Unless prevented by enor-
nous violence, the vote of Florida will be
cast for Tilden, and that will elect him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
A whale of great porosity,
And small snecif;c gravifv

A whale of great porosity,
And small specific gravity,
Dived down with great velocity
Beneath the seas concayity.
But soon the weight of water
Squeezed in his fat immensity,
Which varied-as it ought to
Inversely as his density.
ItEould have moved to pity
An Ogre or Hessian,
To see poor Spermaceti
Thus suffering compression.
The whale he lay a-roaring
In sgonies gigantic;
The lamp-oil out came pouring,
And creased the wide Atlantic.
Would we'd been in the navy
And cruising there. Imagine US
All in a sea of gravy,
With billows oleaginous.
At last old miIlion-pounder,
Low on a bed Of coral,
Gave bis last dying hounder;
Whereto pen this moral.
MORAL.
Oh, let this tale dramatic,
Anent this whale, Norwegian,
And pressure hydrostatic,
Warn you, my young collegian-
That down compelling forces
Increase as you get deeper,
The lower down your courses
The upward paths the sleeper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

OVER twenty-four thousand Masons
were made in North America last year,
and the whole number of affiliated
Masons on the continent at this time
exceeds six hundred thousand,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

The Proposed Territory of Huron.
The proposed new territory of Huron
contains about seventy thousand square
miles and ten thousand inhabitants. 1t
is the northern half of Dakota, and is
said to embrace one of the best farming
regions in the United States. The bill
to create the territory has already passed
the Senate, and will probably pass the
House, since there seems to be no serious
objection to it. There being 70 direct
means of communication between the
northern and southern portions of Da-
kota, people in the former section hav-
ing business at Yankten, the capital,
which is located in the southern part of
the territory, are frequently compelled
to travel hundreds of miles in the dead
of winter. The capital of the new terri
tory will be the young but rapidly-grow-
ing town of Bismarck. Fortunately, at
the suggestion of Senator Bogy, the name
was changed from Pembina to the more
euphonious one of Huron. The latter
is an Indian name, while the former is 8
corruption of two French words.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

QUINTILIAN bore testimony to the
greatness of Julius Cesar, even in little
things, and among the forgotten proofs
of his superiority to the majority of the
great men who succeeded him is the
fact that he never condescended to watch
his wife through key-hole.
In "Lucky STAR" play enacted in
Chicago, stag-hunt is represented with
real deer, horses, and dogs. One of the
deer jumped from the stage among the
musicians, sticking leg through drum,
and smashing fiddle. That scared the
horses, and two riders were thrown. The
people were well entertained.
SOME boys created great excitement
at Rochester. N. Y, the other day, by
stufing a pair of striped stockings and
arranging them SO as to float down the
Genesee River with the feet upward, as
if human body was drifting along gwith
the head downward. A great crowd
gathered to rescue the supposed body,
and after much effort The stockings were
fished out and the deception became ap-
parent. esf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
striking Feature of the Brooklyn
Horror.

One of the most striking features of
the great Brooklyn horror is the youth
of the victims. This is accounted for
by the fact that they were mostly in the
gallery, which is generally occupied by
the young who earn their own living.
OF the one hundred and forty, whose
ages are recorded, the classification is
found to be as follows: Seven years old,
/; nine, 1; ten, 2; twelve, 8; thirteen,
6; fourteen,2 fifteen, 6; sixteen, 5;
seventeen, IL; eighteen, 10; nineteen,
IA; twenty, IL; twenty-one, s.; twenty
two, II; twenty-three, 10; twenty-four,
2; twenty-five, 8; twenty-six, A; twenty-s
seven, 3; twenty-eight, 4; twenty-line,
/; thirty, 8; from thirty to fifty, 10;
above fifty, 2. The average age of the
victims whose age is known, is twenty
one years and FIVE months.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
IN THE Old CHUKoH T0WER.

In the old church tower
Hangs the bell; -
And above it on the vane.
In the sunshine and the rain,
Cut in gold st. Peter stands,
With the sky in his two hands,
And all is well
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell;
You can hear the great heart beat,
All 50 loud, and wild, and sweet,
As the parson says prayer
Over happy lovers there;
While all is well
In the old church tower
Hangs the bell,
Deep and solemn. Hark again; -,,-g
All, what passion and what painl
With her hands upon her bfeast, 80
Some poor soul has gone to rest,
Where all is well
In the old church tower -
Hangs the bell
quaint friend that seems to know
All our joys and all our woe;
:. 1t is glad when we are we'd ~ = -,
1t is sad when we are dead
And all Is well /
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

To answer a bully with the courteous
ness of gentleman, is like defending
yourself with foil against q two-handed
word,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Tilden's total majority !.

1t would, therefore, be most interesting
to honest men of all parties to know by
what methods the majority Of the Board
came to conclusions so diametrically op-
posed to these of this fair and high
minded Republican. Mr.. Barlow signif-
cantly remarks that not single vote
was thrown out on the ground of intimi-
dation." Please enlighten honest men
on this matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

IF the Hon. F. q. Barlow, of New
York, the eminent lawyer, attorney for
Republicans, and the most prominent
and reputable of the visiting Republi-
can statesmen to see fair count" in
Florida, had been the Returning Board
he would have given Mr.. Tilden his due,
a comfortable majority. Mr.. Barlow's
report, published in the New York Herald,
sums up as follows: He and the Board
gave Tilden 1876 majority on the face of
the returns. He would have reduced
the Republican vote 219 in Alachua
County. He would not have thrown
out 342 Tilden majority in
Key West, nor the 236
Tilden's majority in Manatee. He would
have reduced the Republican vote 60 in
Jefferson. He would have added % to
the Democratic majority in Clay County.
He would have reduced the Republican
vote 2 in Duval County; and he would
have thrown out Democratic majority
of 101 in Jackson County, the only re-
duction of Democratic votes he would
have made. In opening his report Mr..
Barlow says he "will mention the main
questions which are for decision" As
can be seen by his report he leaves the
result thus:
Tilden's majority on face of returns
Reduction Of Republican vote in Alachua.......2l9
Reduction OF Republican vote in Jefferson. GO
Addition of % overlooked majority, Democratic,
in Clay County %
Reduction Of Republican vote in Duval County. 2
Total................ ...........4s 4ss
Deduct Democratic majority he would have
thrown out in Jackson County .................101
Tilden's total majority 1888
1t would, therefore, be most interesting
IN bopoot N, an Of oil ,>o yt;ao 70 looxr, l,I1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

FACTS in natural history-Pig headed
men are always bores,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04

The barber shayes with polished blade,
The merchant shaves in constant trade,
The broker shaves on twelve per cent,
The landlord shayes by raising rent,
The doctor shaves in patent pills,
The tapster shaves in pints and gills,
The farmer shaves in hay and oats,
The banker shaves on his own notes,
The lawyer shaves both friends and foes,
The peddler shaves where'er he goes,
The off holder shayes the nation,
The parson shaves to mems salvation,
The willy churehman shaves his brother,
ali sl,n araathar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

THE remembrance of well-spent life
is sweet.
THE deeper the sorrow the less tongue
hath it.
HAVE not thy cloak to make when it
begins to rain.
WHO purposely cheats his friend would
cheats his God. as
FAITHFULNEss and sincereity are the
highest things.
FORTUNE gives to many too much,
but to none enough.
SwEETENING ones coffee is generally
the first stirring event of the day.
A WISCONSIN man made $1S, 900 out of
cranberries last season. Such men al
ways bring smile to the face of sugar
dealer.
You will remember that the corn
husks were very thin last fall, and that
was a sign of an extraordinarily mild
winter. a
Two souls with but single thought
Two ragamuffins climbing over an Or
chard fence with ferce-eyed dog in
pursuit.
WHY is drunkard like bad politi-
clan? Because he is always poking his
nose into measures that spoil the Consti-
tuition.
No young man should think of send
ing poetry to the publisher without send
ing the names of a few subscribers as an
atonement.
o, YOU much impartial godsl why
gave ye men affections, and not power to
govern them? What / by fate should
shun, most affect.-Lodovick Barry.
1t may not be wrong for the man in the song
Or the moon-if anxious to settle,
To kneel in wet grass and pop, but alas !!
What If he popped down on nettle?
For how could hesee what vss under his knee,
Z Ii, in spite Of my friendly warning, -ss.a1
He went out of bed, and his house, and his head,
At five o'clock in the morningr
AN Iowa woman has kettle cast in
1853. But unless that kettle was once
tied to tail the of George Washington's
dog,lt doesn't possess enough historical
interest to be sent to the next Centen-
NAL.
JOHN BULL declines to make war over
the Easternquestion; Sitting Bull wants
to suspend hostilities ON the Western
plains, and Ole Bull has decided to re-
turn to his wife in Wisconsin. Evil
IDENTIFY the Bull family wants peace.
To show the value of mere professions
the Brookly Argus cites a case: "a st.
Louis man, it says, " who declared that
he would rather be right than be- presi-
dent, has been arrested for pawning his
wife's earrings and betting the proceeds
on dog fight"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
Senator Crittenden said later:

/ shall not presume before Congress to oc-
cupy moments time with argument.
wish merely to say that the sense OF duty
an honorable sense of duty, have no doubt
upon which the Presiding, OficeE ha:
acted in assuming to declare the number Of
votes, involves the privilege Of determining
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-04
A FIST STOKY,

! Jon PHnsTNG Of all descriptions furnished %
quality.
The New York herald., 1877-10-01
SPOKEN.

Ship John 7 Berry. Emerson. from Bremen for Tybee.
Sept ]. lat ~. lon 35
Herbert BeeohtBr. from Quebec for Liverpool. Sept
II. lat 81. lon i3.
New York Sept 1. lat IS s. Ion &.
Ship Lake Ontario Br, from Montreal for Glasgow Sept
16. lat ~ Ion II.
ship fontenay. !Br. Taylor from Boston tor London.
Sept IL lat a. Ion so
Ship Island Home !Br smith. from Gloucester for New
York, Sept 7, lat 30, Ion IT.
Ship He'd Jacket tB3 from Liverpool for Quebec, Sept
IA lat ~. Ion 81.
Ship Quorn fI3r,, from Quebec for Liverpool
Ship Three Brothers, Cumming from Liverpool for San
American ship. steering 3. showing letters JKNB
Aug =. lat n, Ion ~ W.
Barx Anna tBr, McPhsi. from Liverpool for Sydney.
b, Sept Z. lat 43. Ion 90
Bark Modern (r,. from Liverpool for Quebec no date
Bark AbrsAm Young lBr). from st John. NIB. Aug IT.
for Dublin "a days out cported heavy gales from scpt
Ssrt CSnssrS. u or from PnadsDh. for cron'ad
Bsrs Admi.! TssssAog cGsr,. from New York 10. Bre
Bark Crest Of the Wave CBr, Harris. from London for
Ii. no lat 10
BARK Ghip%an Rr, Lewis nom Liverpool for calontss,
BaH Cronstadt lBr. Tnrncr. from London for Sandy
Hook. Sept 10, lat 40. Ion Is.
Bark Au.es sr from Bull River for Londonderry Sept
Brig Eys Iar,. osnn, from Alsos Bay for Boston, July
sehr American Eagle OF Boston, Jny 25. lat 10 N, lon
The "Ncsesabc;, from Wilmington for Aiksmar Sept Z.
KTM (Nor. from stavnngcr for Now York, Sept is.
lat.
The New York herald., 1877-10-01
MARITIME MISCELLANY

STEAMER Gro CLYDE at Charleston 30th from Now
York, encountered heavy gales on tine passage
badly aama.ed by tho ro il her cargo while lying at Bos
ton that she will be condemned.
aSos on Deer Island Point sd was hauled Oh next
day without material injury and was taken to Calais for
examination.
Sem SARAH DAVIS, Cottreli. from Jacksonville for
sps sv g. s tho
ing cargo tho 9th and would go on the railway for
repairs.
scmn ARTHUR from san.ee for Philadephia. before
ported burned in s"ntec River SC. was owned by Capt
trnse who formerly commanded her Tho schooner was
partly insured. and the cargo of shingles entirely.
before ow.d into NV w~siT hhsrSo
discharge.
scnR OCEAN AvsCaptain Mcintyre of tho schr Ocean
Ici. sou.hwss: Pas. TIC isa Q, sep.smoeI undo,
the rapid approa Of bad weather and arrived OF calves
tUn ws bar "a ne z" The eond
the har ara anchored N i've asnoms 81 | rsse. Nv
beakngc the ycsse. at times ~ mucn r four
with the dragging both her nnehHss on MS"dSy
nSs manm.. S Sss been Sowp
above ss. ess except The
the winds tho rain " % sosdy rs onmr =" h
s"Is had %edsrs,ed ssnsIdo,sSly and for the mrs.
made from =. ,,,s.n, ws,ss The vessel
ses S1 II anchors e were slipped being them
with the windas, gone The captain tried to gt his vsssc
She dred ~ disabled and water logge condition
mr. the 23d inst. when went down In thirty feet o
wntcr about mitss from the shore Tho CROW wcrc NIL
saved brought Galveston In ono 81 the Brax"s
boats The small carried with the gale
M has been before that Captain Mcintyre and crow
all lost
ScnR j u DxwoLr ilowes Baltimore for Boston, Sept 2s
30 miles OF Vert Bay weather thick and foggy WITH WIND
So by T. to ESE vessel the -tarboard :acH ana sang
ON tho wind into ard struck on the port bow Ny
schr Ruth II Baker. from for philadelphia, tearing
and carrying chain patcs secured he mat
ms n POSSIBLE for this mort Tor repairs we
were constantly blowing the oghorn AMI whom st slight
ing the II she points on the Ice DOW. Her
damage not asccrtnincd
Stur tAs DENNIS of and for Providence, from George
town pc nut into Fortress Monroe 10th In distrcss OF
What na,nrc not reported. Mr. Lawlor the mate. was
seriously injured by tho main boom
lIAiyAx sent 27-Schr Quckscp fsner, from this port
OF and bound 70 Malone R1y. which sn.d on saturday
evening last got gcs OF Sambro; sne soon
atcrward ra after having her bottom consider aoy
chnied: returned ana " "o" ~" WV
maine slip Dartmouth ,....... -. a-,-..
schr Eva May Gospcy, .rnding voyage was ariven
ashore in the late gale VT inbor Boncie She viii be got
o with very little Vessel Insured Tor fooo cargo
aso Insured for x5,s in tho Chcbucto. OF Halifax.
scar appy Home Pcttipas. urn tho gale OF SATURDAY
last was unset when miles OF t.npc Go0rgc Ibc
cant ain on. man hoy succeeded IN sctting IN
dory and after exposed about nvc ncufs III mn OK
hnu.tcd state landed tho shore at BAYFIELD,. -,
Schr Herald NJ adsy rop and oi tnysbor" on trndng
yoy agc was driven ashore saturday last near
Two French schoo1crs, nnmrs UNKNOWN, were a,IVon
ashore ST Pierre Miq on Friday last during 'no E"c.
The New York herald., 1877-10-01
WASHINGTON. w A
FROM CUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

AN EMDrzzLISa CLERK OF THE PATENT or
rrcE--coxYEssIoN OF THE CRIMINAL.
A payroll clerk OF the Patent Once namod Frederick
R Goodridge has boen drawing tho mouey OF some OF
lbs clerks on a.se representations and forged
turea The Investigation thus far has discovered
slcvcn names and tho total amount cmbcxzled is
s9l6 Ia his confession Goodrdge acknow lodges tnat
ho began taking tho money about four months since.
and alter found himself carrying deb. OF s6ooto
tho payroll. Hc baiied detection by borrowing money
and with meeting the payments whom they fell duo
but the thing last got beyond his CONTROL and his
detection followed
sENAToR PATTERSON TO REQUEST AN INvEsTI-
CATION OF HIMsELF.
Senator Patterson Is going TO dodge all tho issues
involved in relations TO tho President ana In the
question OF voting Tor or against his would-bo col
league II. c. Butler, of South Carolina, by moving
for committee OF investigation upon himself as soon
~ tho Senate meets thcn absenting himself from
It's sessions until the committee reports
TIE cLxRxsHIp OF THE sENATE-Mn. COR
HAMS POSITION INSECURE.
Whlc the democrats disclam any intention to In
trgue for the organization OF the Senate plan is
rad be on foot, prompted BY Senator Booth, of Cal
iforna 10 secure the removal OF Clerk Gorham which
will be demanded proper sequence OF the over
whcming defeat ot the Sargentfager ring IN CatoThia
As Senator Booth would only be too glad to act with
tho democrats In NATTER and az the Senate is SO
evenly divided Mr. Gorhams tenure Of office is not re-
gardcd as at all secure.
THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE ACCIDENTAL.
There is no truth In the that the nvestiga-
ton OF Patent Occ 1re has proved TO be the work
OF an incendiary On The contrary the testimony goes
20 show that II accidental.
THE IMpoR rArIoN OF ARTIrIcIALLY coLoREp
SUGAR.
Tho customs officials fear that the order prohibiting
she Importation OF artihciay colorcd sugars at,r Oc-
tobcr will not altogether accomplish its purpose.
Th, for this that tho officers OF tho Gus
House will be likely to nnd that they Will require
the authority 10 show that the cargo which they
seize is arti1ciay coored they would necd to wash
suspected sugars to prove this fact and the lawyers Of
the sugar importers insist that the law gives the
Custom House people such authority 10 either
instance. There will probably be considerable cx-
cltemont about this matter and after Monday.
The New York herald., 1877-10-01
THE DEVILS ROCKING CHAIR.

Tho chapel OF Union Tabernacle No. /, o n tho cor
Of South Second and Fourth streets, Williams.
burg, moderately llcd last evening with
to a most peculiar sermon by Rev. A. II. Robinsop on
''Thc DEVILS Rocking Chair" from tho text .'Be yc
at easc," phrase from Job Mr. Robinson's argu-
ment was that every liked case. and the dcvil
taking advantage OF this universal falling had provided
rocking cha,rs Tor everyone, IN which they could
rest easy and rock themselves into hell Indolcncc
the chair provided for Christians, ana prcsump-
ton for rocked 10 hell by neglect
ing their duties and sinners by prcsuming to Judge
the best time Tor their soui's savation.
Every religion and every denomination had its rock
ing char direct from the devil, aud many were tho
members who had como to hell III II, dceming them
selves all right while the arch dcceivcr was laughing
IN his sleeve Tho Roman Catholic rocking chair was
ceremony tho Methodist "hrc,n tho Baptist
water" the Presbyterian 'sordcr,n and the
'Temple OF Godr tho chair OF every
demon nation which claimed tho only way to
heaven. The Presbyterian chair Is like a bedstcad.
st and formal killing The spirit o God bv too strict
an adherence orthodox rucs. The Methodist chair
was provided with saddle bags and text ret lis doc
trIne OF hell hro had effected wonderful amount OF
good Notwithstanding II was one OF tho elective
OF the rockers Thc Baptist chair deep In tns
water while tho Catholic was so ornamentcd with golc
and embroidery that IL seemed too valuable for gen.
craI use He concluded by saying that there were
good people outside or the Church and bad people In
SIDE and IL would be better for both " cxchnngt
made
The New York herald., 1877-10-01
BASEBALL.

Tho League championship question Is now setued
beyond any further doubt. rho victory OF tho bos.
tons over the Hartfors, At Boston, on saturday as'.
put them beyond being tied oy tho Louisvies' wh'oh
might have been done had Tho Bosions los. Saturdays
game and the Loaisvillcs been successful In al he'r
games the OF the season. and also have decidos
IN their favor tho with tho Hartiords before
the judiciary Committee. about a disputed gamc.
Tho Louisvilles are safe, however IN second
position, and tho Harfords ars equally secure
In ihird place. Afcr the season shall have
ended como highly important questions arc 10
bc settled by Tho Judiciary Committee Of
tho Lcasuc-amopg them tho Of tho Cinc nnati
clnb Tho original club Of Cincinnati failed TO pay tho
required $780, Some time after tho season opened
dimcuity crosse because Of ths default Capitalists of
th,t city agreed to rcorganze tho club ana pay the
amount OF money demanded II the club thus recon-
struc,ed would admitted aud permitted 20 take up
tho contest whore the other club left on. To this
every club In tho League gave their consent The
question now whether or not this consent was
legal II all tho Cincinnati games are TO be counted
In vvtil ha ne