The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-04-18

nOrSes, caltle, HoSS, larm implements
and household goods.
The ladies are fast wiping the
''bangs" away from off their fore
heads, and have taken to wearing
"beau catchers," or as they are known
to the oldestinhabitant," "spit curls."
At the glass ball shooting match on
Monday last, DR.. P. M. Small won the
badge, breaking sixteen out of TWEEN
ty of the balls. We have no report of
the shooting, but learn that others did
well.
To-day Thursday will be a big
day among shootists. Two hundred
pigeons and about 1900 glass balls
will be shot at by sportsmen from
Richmond, Hamilton, Oxford, Day
ton and Eaton.
The New Hope Station building, on
the Hamilton and Richmond r. R.,
five miles west of Eaton, was destroy
ed by fire on Friday morning last. 1t
belonged to Chas. McMsnus, and was
insured in the Cooper, of Dayton.
Onions have come into market at
five cents o bunch. If you have a
grudge against a fellow, buy and eat
three or four punches, and then stand
up close before him and tell him what
you know about "the dollar of the
daddies."
ALFRED WARNER, now American
Express Agent in the thriving city of
Decatur, ILL.,, and once o "deviP in
the DEMOCRAT office, dropped in to
see us last week. AL. looks we'll and
we are glad to know he is so prosper
Gus.
A pair of stairs that are ordinarily
as solid as a rock, will straddle to-
gether and crack in the joints like a
thunder clap when a man who has
been out late at night attending the
club meeting attempts to climb them
noiselessly.
They have an ordinance in Marion,
O., which prohibits the sale of tickets
to reserved seats in their hall.-Ex.
That is correct. Because a man is
born with more money than brains,
it is no good reason why brains should
be crowded on back seats.
Michael Filbert has temporarily re-
moved his stock Of Clothing and tail
oring business above the barber shop,
on Cherry street. he is now putting
in a new front to his old business
stand. Go and see him in his new
quarters.
We have a dog law now, and every
Assessor should prove his efficiency
by listing every one in the county,
and let the owners pay tax on them
or put them out of the way. We
want to get rid of abont n thousand
of these worthless creatures, especi-
ally in Eaton.
The article on the "Kings of Anti
och," is a little too personal and abu-
sive for admission in our columns. Il
the School Directors of School Dis
trict No. 2 perpetrated an outrage by
refusing the use of the school house.
the young gentleman could have made
it known without using SO many hard
words.
The Lady's Book for May is upon
our table, and if such a thing could
be, more bright and beautiful than
any of its predecessors, containing {
magnificent steel plate frontispiece
coIored Fashion Plate, Music, En-
broidery Patterns, Diagram Pattern
and other rare attractions. Terms, S;
per year; two copies for$ SIS. Address
Godey's Lady's Book Publishing
Company, N. E. Corner 9th and Chest
nut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Some thief or thieves entered thu
grounds of DR.. T. M. Small on Mon
day night and stole from the clothes
line about $25 worth of underwear
belonging to DR.. Small and wife. A
the clothing was taken about eight o.
nine o'clock of moonlight night, i
shows that we have in our midst bolt
thieves. Let all be on their guard
burglaries may follow. Double bar
relied shot guns standing handy by il
houses are good things sometimes.
Two men drove into Eaton las
week in a spring wagon, with iv,
sacks of wheat and a turkey in it, Civ
ing their names as Robinson ant
King. MIKES vigilant eye soon dis
covered these names were ficticiou
and arrested them. 1t was not Ion!
until the owner of the turkey wa
found, which was pretty strong evi
dence the wheat was also stolen
They had a hearing before Esq. Ste
phen and were held over for furthe
developments. Eyildoers had bette
steer clear of this range now.
We hear it more than limited that
couple of young men went outside o
the Corporation on last Monday nigh
for "wee bit ola fight" and tina
one of them was knocked out oftim
on the second round and came t,
town with both bad blood and fume
of poor whisky coming freely from
his nose, which had been turne,
slightly to one side by a glancin;
blow. Shame on you, boys, life ha
higher aims and nobler purposes
Don't disgrace yourselves and friend
by such foolishness.