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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
a Reminder,

The first of January is near at hand,
and all those having open accounts are
expected to settle either by cash or
bankable notes. Interest will be add
ed to accounts after that date.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Harper's Bazaar.
1879.
Illustrated
NOTICEs OF THE PRESS.

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Boston Transcript.
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Harper's Weekly.
1879.
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AND ORGAN TRADE,
twenty-five years in this
Business Gives Great
Facilities fer Purchas-
chasing and Secur-
ing Choice Selec-
tion5 OF InSEYu.
mSnt9.

In our first experience as FinaGcia! Manager of
the Mt. Carroll Seminary, ii devolved upon IS 10
purchase Pianos for use OF The School. in which
transaction We became eogniZant of the swindle.
Eve cannot call il by a milder nan-e). prarliced
upon the public in the sale OF insiiuInents. We at
once resolved 10 correct the wrong, 50 far as In
our power, and at the same time subserve our
own interest ill encouraging the study ofmGsic,
by making 1t comparatively cas-? for our pupils
and patrons to secure Instruments. To this end,
we offered to furnish Pianos, etc, TO our music
pupils at cost" to us, Thus began 4 trade that
has become 30 extensive as to embrace ali classes
as our customers. exten'iiHg as IL does from New
Hampshire to California and even to Japan.
With the amount OF saies made, our facilities
have increased till We command any make in the
country, and the very lowest trade prices. Ave do
not now sell at 'cost," hut we sell at wholesale
prices to any and all persons ever in any way con-
nected with the school, and this gives great Lar
gains to purchasers, leaving q re sonable margin
Of profits TO us. To those newer patrons o. tins in
stitutinn, We can give discounts from manufac-
turers' lists of 30 to 80 per cent. Instruments are
all sent directly from the mandatory. hence
customers can be supplied with equal facility,
East, West, North or South. NarrantGeS OF live
years given OH every instrument.
For price lists and full particulars, address,
FINANCIAL MANAGER
Ell. CARROLL SEMINARY,
CARRoLL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
June 81, 1878.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
The Trade Dollars.

A Washington dispatch says Secretary
Sherman has addressed long and in
teresting letter to III. O. Booth, of Mans
field, O., concerning the issue of the
trade dollar, and the present deprecia-
ton in its value. Upon the latter point,
Secretary Sherman says at no time and
on no account have they ever been re-
ceived or paid out by the treasury, and
it is cause Of regret that so many
of our people should have &C
cepted them at their face value,
thus enabling their owners to
put them into circulation at consider
able profit. Under date of July 25,
1878, the director Of the mint published
tables from which the value of coins
can be ascertained. He does not adj
wise any one to dispose of them at such
rates. AS early as Aug. "a. 1876, the
department informed an enquirer that
trade dollars had only bullion value,
and this information has been
repeated scores of times and pub
lished by the press throughout the
country. To avoid the labor Of prepar-
ing manuscript letters, the director of
the mint embodied the information in
the circular, adding thereto tables for
computation of such value that there
was no new decision involved in the
circular, though possibly its publication
may have fastened depreciation OF
coins to their true value, an event. which
was inevitable and could not have been
much longer DELAYED.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
An Infant Has It's Arm Bitten Of by an
Alligator.
From the Tallahassee Floridiar

Mr.. Philbrick, among many other
living curiosltles, possesses an alligator
| about half grown and an infant which
is old enough to crawl and go about the
yard unattended A strange attach
ment existed between the alligator and
the infant, the former being so docile
that the friends frequently spent hours
during the day in playing with each
other. The alligator would amble
clumsily to his tank, take q sportive dive
and returning he would embrace the
little one, so to speak, and give unmis-
taxable evidence of delight in receiving
tender caresses in return. So secure
seemed the friendship between them
that Mr.. Philbrick never thought of
harm, and left the playmates to. them
selves to pass the time as suited their
inclination. The friendly relations did
not last long,> however, for Mr.. Phil
brick was startled about 10 o'clock on
Wednesday, last, by agonizing screams
coming from the back yard, and rush
| ing out he found to his horror that the
alligator had bitten the little fellows
arm almost entirely off, the fraction of
limb dangling by slender bit of cuti-
Gle. The poor suffering little thing
moaned and wept bitterly, and the ALI
gator seeing the distress he had caused
crawled up to his victim and shed copi-
Gus tears of sympathy, his expression
less countenance giving him the appear
ance of subdued and sentimental ass.
Mr.. Philbrick severed the lacerated
member, dressed the stub carefully, and
| the animal is now able to waddle about
on three legs. We have often heard Of
"crocodile tears" but until Mr.. Phil
bricks statement our faith in their ex-
istence could have been easily shaken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

growing dark then, not much could be
done. 1t is believed not more than $50
persons escaped out of 800 on board
The vessel Alice was long and low
river steamer, built for excursions down
the river Thames. of which the middle
and upper classes Of Londoners were
very fond. She had saloons on the for
ward and after decks, and her passen-
ger-carrylng capacity was unusually
large. A large proportion of her
passengers last evening were on the up-
per saloon deck, and must have seen
beforehand their impending doom; but
those in the stern of the steamer had no
warning till they heard the crash and
found passengers from the forward deck
OF the vessel running to the after part.
Beyond the fact that the tide was about
two hours ebb, which would enable the
Princes Alice to ease and stop sooner
than the screw steamer, which would be
borne on the tide, it is impossible to
discover any of the circumstances i'm
mediately preceding the collision. Be
tore the boats came in contact, there
were cries from one to the other to
keep out of the way, but as usual in
such cases, the accident was probably
due to a misunderstanding.
The cause OF the Princess iHcc disas-
ter is believed to be that both vessels
were rounding sharp bend in the river
caused by the projection Of point of
land whereon the powder magazine Of
Woolwlch arsenal is situated In order
to turn this point, Princess Alice had
crossed over to the right bank of the riv-
er, and was thus out of her course: her
lights were probably obscured b. the
shadow of the powder magazine: and
being much smaller and lower than b.
10eA Castle, the latter was upon her be-
fore danger was perceived.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
State InSOlyent Laws.

The federal bankrupt act having
ceased to operate, the state insolvency
and assignment laws will once more
come to the foreground. The states
which have such laws embrace all the
New England States, Arkansas, Califor-
MIA, Dakota, Florida, Georgia, Idaho.
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan,
North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Caro-
lima, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Missouri,
Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia. In Delaware an arrested
debtor may procure discharge by sur
rendering all his property. under special
regulations. In the following states
and territories there is neither an in
solvent nor assignment law, namely:
Alabama, Colorado, Mississippi, Mon
tana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
Texas, Utah, Wyoming and Washing
ton. -NeU YORK Daily Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
The Inflated ''Princess Alice -

The. steamer Princess Alice which was
run into and sunk with frightful results
on the Thames, near London, on the 3rd
inst, by the collier, BwOeN Castle,
was one Of the largest saloon vessels Of
the London steamboat company. The
Princess Alice left Gravesend for London
soon after o'clock in the evening, and
arrived at Woolwich at about s. The
By1UeH Castle was then approaching on
the opposite course. Two steamers
were near the middle of the stream,
just off the city of London. The gas
works at Becktyn are almost at the pre-
else spot where the fatal accident oc-
Cured, which lis between Metas and
Wentworth. u What happened is impos-
sible accurately to detail. All that is
known, amid the maddening excite.
ment is. that the screw steamer struck
the Princess alice on the port side, near
the forecastle. A scene which has
had no parallel on the river en-
sued. A very few persons cham
bered on the vessel, but nearly all
rushed to the afterpart Of the Princess
JAHce. AS her bow subsidized gradually
under the water, shrieks were fearful,
and nothing could be done to save life.
There were a dozen or more life buoys
on board, and some boats were swing
ing in dayits. Even if they could have
been got at, they would have been OF
little service under the circumstances.
Within five minutes the Princess alice
ikeeled completely over, and went down
in the deep water. Some small boats
FASTENED to the scene, and the Duke of
Trek, another steamer belonging to the
same, company, which was elso on her
passage up the river with party of ex-
ccursionists, went to the rescue, but the
river for a hundred yards was full Of
drowning people,, screaming in anguish
and praying for help, and as it was
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

CAN AMERICAN TRAVELLER" writes to
the London Times to say that during
the month he has been in England he
has, with an abundance of water on
every hand, been put to sad straits to
get drink Of it. When he landed at
Liverpool and asked for water at table
the waiter stared at him as if he had
been an Indian. At Chester it took
! hree persons and ten minutes time to
ecure a glass of water. AS he says,
;one servant, after some delay, told a
second to get it, and then. after more
delay, third brought it. In Dublin
for six persons | was served, after asking
at the table, with about one pint, with
one glass for six to drink from. In
Glasgow and Edinburg, l am happy to
ay, the water was actually placed on
the table without being asked for.
Here in London, however, there was
again difficulty in getting it; but now.
since | have been six days al the hotel,
I have at length succeeded to-day in
getting the waiter to place, without
asking, the water and the glasses on the
table,"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

JOHN ]. MOORE, late postal clerk on
the Union Pacific road, who some
months ago stole from the mails the
$4,000 in Canadian currency, the prop
erty of I. G. Baker & Co., Of Fort Ben
ton, has just been tried at Laramie City,
Wyoming. The case was concluded on
the 10th, the jury returning a verdict of
guilty. Moore was sentenced to a term
of ten years in the penitentiary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

SOME one at Saratoga has been bur
lesquing the toney tandem-teams SO
fashionable there, and this is the way
he did it.. A common dirt cart was
equipped with two seats and two-horse
tandem. In the front seat was the
i" jintleman at large handling theropes
or reins over the two crowbaits OF
horses, while on the back seat facing
backward were two servants in comic
livery, one of whom had huge sun
flower in a button hole They had a
tin horn accompaniment and went
trough Broadway
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

THE Duchess of Edinburg, who was
married in 1874, and who has recently
presented her liege lord, Prince Alfred,
with daughter, was already the
mother of two children--Prince Alfred
Alexander Ernest Albert, born O.
tober Is, 1874 and Princess Mary
Alexander Victoria, born October 20,
1875. There is some danger of the
family running out of names.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

ONE year, on an average, IS the
number Mrs. Sarah Thompson, of
Clover Grove, n. c., contributes to the
population Of the country. She has
been married twenty years, and her
score is exactly twenty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

1t is noticeable, says the Chicago
Times, that in the long array Of bank
rupts there appear few men of estab-
lished character. The list, as a whole,
is directory of wind-blown, knock
kneed, spawned spectators, whose
word hasn't been worth a peanuts pur-
chase for the last five years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

ORvnLE GRANT, brother of the ex-
president, was adjudged insane on the
3rd inst. and sent to New Jersay luna
tic institution. Orville was once Chi
cago merchant. The peculiar manner
which manifested itself in him was a
desire to engage in mammoth business
enternrises
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

A PARIS correspondent says there is
some talk as Madrid of a marriage be-
tween King Alfonso and the Duke de
Montpensier's daughter Christine, sister
of the late Queen Mercedes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

Work on the Canada Central Rail
road is reported to be progressing rap
idly. The road will extend from Penn
broke, Ont, to Lake Nipissing. dis
lance of 100 miles, and is intended to
be the chief outlet of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

The Russians are making such a rush
for quinine that they have raised the
price of that pharmaceutical staple.
This is not fair. A "bull" movem ent
by bear is contrary to all the canons
of trade
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

A TELEPHONE company has been in
corporated in Baltimore, with a capt.
tai of $4,000. The company proposes
to erect and operate telegraph and tele-
phone lines IN Maryland ..a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

An artist now goes about London
whose piano is drawn by, pony. He
sits down and does his Rubinstein, and
SO forth, before an admiring crowd.
His locks are long and uncombed, and
his eyes roll.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
GENERAL NEWS.

AN index containing so, 900 names of
persons who have been advertised for
in English papers has been published.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, a son of the
hero of Lake Erie, died at Andover,
Mass, on the 3Oth ultimo. aged 76. He
was for some years in the navy, but
left the service to engage in manufac-
t11riou
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

GEN. BUTLER is the largest individual
taxpayer in Lowell, now that DIR. J. c..
Aver is dead. His tax bill this year is
D. S36
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

Alabama hasa farmer who has
plowed the same field for sixty-twe
years. 1as2b .ta.t sou
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

Gen. Lew Wallace, of Indiana,
has been appointed governor of
New Mexico, vice Axtel, suspended.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

The Hoosac tunnel is to be illumi-
uated with the electric light.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

A NEVADA newspaper tells how a
Piute squaw shoots: "She will throw
herself on her back. clap both feet to
the bow, draw the arrow with both
hands, and, letting drive, send it clean
through the body of the DEER
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
WASHINGTON.
CALL FOR BONDS
REGISTERED BONDS.

$50 No. 2451 to No 2 4S5, both inclusive
100, No. 19, 101 to No. 49, 100 both inclusive.
800, No. 11,2O6 to No. 1879, both inclusive.
1000, No. 3o,00l to No 9.40O, both inclusive.
5000, No. II ,6O1 to No. 10000, both inclusive.
10000, No %, 551 to No. q, $50 both inclusive.
Total registered bonds, 1000, 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11
s.. THE ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER.

A Washington dispatch of the 4th
inst. says r. Filey, postmaster
at st. Louis, was removed to-
day and Samuel Hayes appointed. The
president decided upon the change be-
fore leaving for the northwest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

Bonds issued to Pacific railroad COM
pany, interest payable in lawful
money, principal outstanding. 81, 663, 81
Interest accrued and not paid. ..... 646, o
Interest paid by United States. ..... 80, S35, L;
Interest repaid by transp Ortation of
mails, &c. 49,. ................ :. 10, A1, r
Balance OF interest paid by United
States ................. ........ 20, 500, q
Coinage at Z. s. minis in Augusta. 8, SOP, ii
Double eagles ....... ............. ), 349, on
Quarter eagles. ........ ............. 800
Standard dollars -. .............. 3,02S O.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-05-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

all costs attending such proceedings in case iudgmsu,
shall he confirmed
SEC. s. And be it enacted, That f any person shall
violate any Of the provisions of this regard to the
shooting OF wild FOWL he shall upon conviction thereof
before any Justice of the Peace for Cecil county be
nned not less than fifty dollars than one hun
shoot wild fowl fro nj sink box duly licensed as afore-
said upon any other day than those mentioned in sec
non one OF thus act shall upon conviction thereof be-
lore any Justice of the Peace Cecil county, nav fine
oil not less than ten than twenty dollars for
each "hrnse: any who shall shoot wild fowl from
SINK hox duly licensed as aforesaid, without having
rst obtained the consent of the tenant of the
land opposite to whose shore the sink box is placed
shall, upon conviction thereof before Justice of the
Peace OF Cecil county. pay fine of not less tnan five
nor more than twenty dollars for each offence
SEC. Q. And be it enacted That all fines ;mnossd
under Tins act whether the may be recovered by
acton for debt in the of the State which process
IS hereby authorized, or secured by public sale as pro-
vded IN section six of this act shall be divided as fol-
lows viz one-haf to the informer and the other half
TO the County Commissioners Cecil county for the
use ana beneh of said county and all moneys accruiny
from the sale of license under this act shall be paid
over at the end of the cunning season. the Commits
soners of said county, be applied by them To tho ms.
anu benefit of said county.
SEC TO- and be it enacted That all persons holding
Incense under this act hereby with power
ana authority to arrest without warrant all person.
VINO may be detected by them in violating any of it's
provisions. or of the provisions of article niney.cbt
OF the Code OF Public General Laws regulating the
shooting OF wild fowl, remaining in force over said
waters after the passage of this act and to carry sucb
person or persons before Justice of the Peace to be
dealt with according to the provisions OF this act if
violating the same. according the provisions of
article ninety-eght of the Code of Public Laws if in
violation of the provisions of said article in relation TO
the shooting of will fowl.
SEC II. And oe IL enacted That all ,cts mr. marta e
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act he and
the same are hereby repealed.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing a correct COPY
OF an Act of Assembly passed January session, 1875
Approved April 5th, 1873.
AUGUSTUS GAssAwAy
Secretary of the Senate
MILTON Y. KIDD
Ohef Clerk of the House of Delegates
BENJAMIN NJ. CIR iWFORD)
DAVID p. CAMERON
RICHARD H. CROTHERS
County Commissioners of Cecil county
May 49, ls7S-3w