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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

There are q class of men, belong
ing to both parties, who are always
ready to indorse anything that their
party may do for political purposes.
Some Of the very same editors who
hoWled and whooped at the Demo
Gratis last year aud denounced the
reorganization of orr institutions
and redistricting Of the State, as Sin
famous" and an Outrage on decen
Cyl" are now advocating their party
to commit the same "infamies" and
"~outrcgcs!' If it was "infamous"
and an outrage for the Democrats
to reorganize, is it not equally so fer
the Republicans to 90 it? For our
part we opposed and worked against
reorganization and redistricting last
year by the Democrats, and told Sen
ator GROVE, in the Senate Chamber,
.hat if carried to the extent adyoca-
ted by the Democratic Legislature,
it would tell fearfully against us at
the next election. II was done and
the result is before us. Party legis
lation for purely political purposes
will do no party any good, and the
Republicans ought to learn a lesson
from the acts of the Democrats in
Ohio, but they will not. Let them
go on, and we will gather the har-
vest in due time of their inconsis
tencY.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
For the Democrat,
LET DAYTON CARRY IT.

Ed. Democrat-In your last issue
you say: THE defeat of Mr.. Ed
son is the result of yonr own selfish
ness" in answer to a charge laid at
the door of Preble by the Dayton
Democrat, and you have said truth
fully, but public opinion here holds
Dayton herself responsible. When
the Convention met at townsville to
nominate a candidate, it could be
easily seen that the Delegates from
Dayton, with very few exceptions,
were u~nfavorable to renominating
our old Senator, as were also a few
of the township Delegates of Mont
gomery, and upon a purely local is
sue. When they seen their city can
didate could not win, they instantly
stepped into PEBBLES ranks. Now
this far I have not objected; and
had Preble done this she would have
stayed with Dayton at the polls, but
the manner in which they left US at
the polls has anything but a fair
look upon its face, and clearly indi-
Gates that they were determined to
win the local issue above referred to,
if they had to defeat the principles
of their party, which they have done.
They have elected to represent US a
beer guzzling rrodigal, who has
boosted of having "stolen Democrat
ic votes like h" in his former
contest for the Clerkship of Mont
gomery, and during the last cam
paign slung free beer, and got so
much of il himself, that he could
scarcely clear his throat when called
on to speak at a village meeting of
the Republicans q short time before
the election. Instead of a sober,
clear headed, good financial, moral
and useful man, you see what kind
will represent us, Now, Mr.. Editor
we say here, let the city of Dayton
carry the load, as in olden time, un-
til it falls without unbinding.
Nov. 4th 1879. MONTGOMERY.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
toad Mafiea.

NOTICE is hereby given that a pc
IN tition will be presented to the
Commissioners of Preble county, at
their next session, to be held on the
first Monday of December, A. d. 1879,
praying for the alteration of the Pleas
ant Valley Free Turnpike Road, as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point ON the Sec
ton line dividing sections II and u,
in Gratis township, where said road
DIVORCES from said section line on the
lands of Joshua Brewer and John
Chrisman, and ending on the section
line where said road intersects said Sec
ton line on the lands of Francis Jones
and A. A. Geeding. The object of said
alteration is to straighten said road by
locating the same on said section line
between said points.
PETITIONERS.
By B. HUBBARD, Atty.
oct23-5w
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

In the twelve counties, known as
the Western Reserve, Fosters plu-
rality over Ewing is 22,995, In the
remaining seyenty-six counties Ew-
iag's plurality over Foster is 1854,
1t cannot be considered a great de-
feat for the Democrats, when out of
lightweight counties they have a
majority of over FIVE thousand in
seventy-six counties. Ohio is not
solidly Republican bya good deal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06


Bro. Morris, of the Miami Hell
met, says: .sThe saloon keepers ev-
identity feel that their day of doom
is near. They are now making eve
ry effort to sustain their sinking
cause, but all their efforts will be of
no avail. The edict has gone forth
The results Of the last election are
an omen of coming victory" 1t
don't look that way oyer here. Since
the election the Murphy's can't raise
a quorum ut their meetings, and
they have about concluded to quit.
Hypocrisy and inconsistency won't
win.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The fight for TnURMAN's Senator
ial boots, in the Republican plumber
ing party, is becoming quite inter
esting and lively. Which Of the
pygmies in the struggle will step
into them, is now very hard to tell.
1t is amusing all the same, to out
siders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The Republicans have now a good
square majority in the next Ohio
General Assembly, will they dare
pass the Local Option bill? What
do you say Bro. Morris, of the
Miami Naturalization Democrat.
We believe they will. This was
as good as pledged last winter when
the Quinby bill was lost. Temper
ance men who voted with them with
this understanding will watch them
with the most eager interest.
Miami Helmet.
We propose to watch q little too.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The shooting Of Coulter by Rob
inson, at Greenyille a week or so
ago, looks very much as if the result
would terminate in another mob
murder. Can't these Dark county
fellows allow the law to take its
course? They are setting a very
bad example among then selves, that
they may some day regret.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Senator Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, has written a letter to q
friend in Washington, in which he
says that the present aspect of poll
tics appears to him to suggest the
nomination of Bayard and Melon
aid as the Democratic ticket for
1891.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

One effect of the Republican victo-
ry will be the increase in the State
taxes. The Cleveland Leader is al
ready preparing the way by insist
ing that there is a necessity for a
larger revenue to the State to meet
the interest upon the public debt.
That will be the pretense for increas.
ed taxation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

: The Washington Capital says
that during his administration,
Grant was the Chief "ef the worst
gang of political thimble riggers
that ever disgraced a civilized com
munity." 1t thinks he will yet live
to make the name of Benedict Arnold
respectable"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
We propose to watch q little too.

Pittsburg Post: It is a strange
fact that Ohio has not gone Demo
cratic on a full vote since 1858, nor
been carried by the Democrats in
the year preceding a Presidential
election since 1851. This is j egiti-
mate comfort. It.didn't go Demo
cratic this year, either.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Hon. ZACHARIAH CHANDLER was
found dead in his room at the Grand
Pacific Hotel, Chicago, on Friday
morning last. He complained the
evening before of a spain in his
stomach" and that is all that is
known about what killed him. He
was about sixty-six years of age, and
although in public office more than
half his life, we know of nothing he
done for his country that it could
not as well have got along without.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

According to the repertoe George
William Curtis, the Republican Of
icials under Grant annually stole
$l00, 100000! And yet it is asserted
by cheeky Republicans, that the
country "never lost q dollar by dis
honest Republican ofIicialsF' The
world wags on.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The Eaton Democrat says the
Methodist bell in that town was
rung over the result Of The late cleo
ton, and advertises for an active
boy to ring all the church bells on
the announcement of the next Dem
ocratic victory. That would be con-
sistent,-KiGmi Helmet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Bro. Harkrider of the Germantown
Press, is now amusing himself by
building corn cob houses about the
Prohibition party, only to be tumb-
led over next fall. Harky, didn't
the results of the last election learn
nnsnnthino2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

When Gen. GRANT was President
he was dubbed the great national
hog he can also be said to be the
great national dead beat.n He has
been travelling for two years, circling
almost the whole globe at q. cost OF
but $2.50t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Ifthis is a nation with a big n.
then let the Democratic Congress
interfere to prevent the Republican
Legislature from re-districting Ohio.
next winter for Congressional pur-
poses. If Hayes vetoes the bill, that
will go to show that the N is only
big when it is a Republican N.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Mr.. HAYES is said to have remark
ed a few days ago: athat he did not
think the American people would
submit to the counting in of a Dem
.ocratic President if. he failed to be
fairly elected" MI. Hayes need not
fret his very conscientious gizzards
on that score, the Democratic party
don't want a Fraud to represent it
at the White House, but the next
man elected by the Democrats will
90 there and be the President. Put
that down Rutherfraud.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Why the devil the American peo
pie are making such fools of them
selves about GRANT we can't mag
inc. He is only a man and a very
ordinary one at that.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

News from Memphis indicates a
revival of trade and the early return
of the wanderers viii likely soon
make the streets, where grass now
grows, resound with the hum of in
dustry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The Republicans of Louisiana
have nominated a Iebel Brigadier''
as their candidate for Governor.
That will save an immense amount
of braying by Republican asses, who
are now almost exhausted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

There is some Republican "hones
ty' going on up in Urbana. Their
pious city Clerk forged a lot of
bonds. But "not a dollar has been
lost by dishonest Republican of
fcialsr" Oh, no!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

In eighteen Counties in Ohio Re
publican officials have stolen from
the public funds 81, 062,0 600. Now
we will see what they will do since
they have been successful in 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
The idea that fraud HAYES is con-

The idea That fraud Hayes IS con-
cerned lest a Democratic Congress
should count in the next President
contrary to the will of the majority
is refreshing. He believes there
must be no more cheating on the
Presidential question.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

"Free fraad,n flung at the Demo
Gratis by a party that stole the Pres
idency and rewarded the thieves
with public positions, is rather
cheeky!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

AS. soon as a soldier leaves the Re-
publican party and votes the Demo
cratic ticket, then he becomes a
'rebel Brigadier.'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The Republican Ohio Legislature
will do exactly what the party de-
nounced the Democrats for doing.
Redistrict the State. 1t is a consis-
tent party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

They say money is plenty. OF
course money is plenty. There is
plenty in the hands Of men who hold
from a hundred thousand to a mil
lion of it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

We are first for ALLEN G. THUR
MAN for President, and if we cant
get him give MS SAMUEL j. TILDEN,
and we will clean the platter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

BILL GIBsoS will be either Adju-
tant General or Railroad Commits
sioner. 1t would be in keeping with
the party to reward him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

When the Democrats nominate a
soldier he is a Confederate" That
is Republican love for the soldier.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

There is DO doubt that the Demo
Gratis will carry a majority of the
Electoral College in 1880.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
TO THE CLERKS
COURT OF COMMQNPLEAS
SEVERAL
IN The
Second Judicial District Of Ohio.

1t is hereby ordered and directed that the sew
eral terms of the District Courts and Courts of
Common Pleas, in and for the several counties of
the Second Judicial District of Ohio, for the year
1880 be held and begun on the days following, be-
ginning at ten (l0) O'Clock A. to-wit:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
District Courts.
Common Pleas Courts.

Butler, January IL, May 81, October IS.
Montgomery, January Il, May 81, October Is.
Preble, February ,, June !, November l.
Darke, January y. May "a, October Is.
Warren, January Il, June I, October Is.
Greene, January 5, June 7, October Is.
Clinton, January u, May Il, October Is.
Clarke, January Il, May 81, October Is.
Miami, January u, June Z, October IL.
January u, June !, October Is.
1t is further ordered that the Courts of Com
mon Pleas in each County be held by the resident
Judges therein respectively.
And it is further ordered that each of said
Clerks make publication according to law. Said
publication to be for the period OF three consecu-
tive weeks in 4 newspaper or newspapers pub
Iished weekly In each Of said Counties,
October is, 1879,
ALEX i. HUME,
H. ELLIOTT.
j. A. GILMORE,
j. NJ. SMITH,
A.W. D0AN,
JAMES L, HALVES,
JAMES O. GOODE,
II. II. WILLIAMS,
w. II. WARNOCK,
Judges.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

STATE OF OHIO,
PREBLE COUNTY, SIS.
III, John Townsend, Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, for and within the aforesaid County,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is q true copy
of the original order now on file in the office of
the Clerk of said Court.
(0H- Witness my hand and seal of Of
lsEALI fee at Eaton. Ohio. this Goth
-- day of October, a. ID. 1879.
JOuN TOWNSEND, CLERK,
October -, IsI-3w
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

taking saloons" is snow agitating
a few leading papers in Ohio. Next.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Legislation for party purposes
will beat any party, and it ought to.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

Hold on. Preble may be in the
third again, and then you had bet
ter look a little out!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The colonization of colored voters
in Ohio and Indiana for the Repub-
lican party has already been inaug-
urated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

We didn't delay orr paper for
election news, because from flying
reports on Wednesday morning we
concluded everything had gone to
the devil and didn't care 4 d..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
JUST OPENED!

HAVING decided to return to Ea-
IL ton, my native place, after an alb
senee of fifteen years, to make it my
future home, 1 have opened WATCH,
CLOCK and JEWELRY STORE in
Stephens building, on Main street,
where 1 intend keeping a fun assoft-
ment of the latest make and styles of
the best
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

If the Republicans re-apportions
tie State, we predict that the. next
Democratic candidate for Congress
in the third district will hail from
Butler county. Several gentlemen
in this city would accept, if nomi
mated, we dare say.-BuAer Co. Dem
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
THE VOTE ~ PREB1E SINCE
1S7n


Below we give the vote of Preole
County for Secretary of State and
Governor since 1870, that Republi-
cans who were so jubilant over the
result in October, and Democrats
who seemed Respondent, may see
how little room there was for The
one party to go crazy with JOY or the
other to commit suicide through
disappointment. Taking the vote
all through it will be seen that the
Democrats of Preble more than hold
their own, and when the great effort
of the opposition, their lavish use of
money, the decrease in Democratic
majorities in other counties is con-
sidered, we have cause to congrat-
ulate the true Democracy of the
County for their gallant and manly
fight on the second Tuesday of De-
tober. 1t was the largest vote ever
polled in the county. In 1876 the
Republicans polled for Milton
Barnes, Secretary of State 2914, but
SO short of their vote in October
1879; their majority then was 40
In 1870 it was $40! Is there any
reason for Democrats to be discour
aged, when such gains can be exhib
tied? Not a bit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

In politics the fraudulent admin
istration has assumed the role of the
mule in the circus, exhibiting for eff
feet and stnnping for the continu-
ance of the party. The whole me-
nagerie Travelled in Ohio and New
York during the late political con
tests. A man honestly elected Pres
ident might degrade the exhalted
position by taking the stump in the
interest Of his party, but the man
who secured the place through fraud
and corruption, could hardly do so.
The high toned "moral ideas" of the
Republicans were very serene over
this Government exhibition of polit-
ical indecencY in their high officials.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06

The fever epidemic at Memphis is
at an end. The summing up shows
the number of cases, since the out
break, three months ago, to have
been 1,512, and the number ofdeaths,
473. Compared with the havoc
wrought by the destroyer last year,
this does not make a very appalling
showing. The light. mortality this
year is partially owing however to
the lack of material upon which to
work, as the first announcement of
the appearance of the disease was
quickly followed by a general exc
dus. Tie number that remained
during the long seige would not have
made more than an ordinary sized
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
Watches, Clocks { JeWeIIy

and all other articles in this line CT
trade. l intend giving my entire at
tcntion to this business, and hope by
fair and honest dealing to merit and
receive a liberal trade from my old
friends and new acquaintances.
Repairing made a Speciality.
All Watches, Clocks and Jewelry re-.
paired will be warranted to give tuI
satisfaction. Pronptness being my
motto, no one will be disappointed.
Having employed the services Of Dix
Hendricks to assist me, think, by the
combined skill of both, to be able to
satisfy my customers beyond a doubt:
My charges viii be reasonable and sat
isfactory. Call and give me a trial.
JOE CAMPBELL.
Eaton, March 81, 1s7e-tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-11-06
FOR SALE.

By B. HUBBARD, Atty.
oct23-5w
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-23
THE VANISHED MAIDEN.

The gold in the sky was burning,
AS walked one e.e by the sea,
And the lustre II shed was turning
All things into gold but me;
For wrapped in a mantle of sorrow
was proof 'gaInst that beautiful change,
Aud my soul was unable 10 borrow
That glory so silent and strange.
But soon with music enchanted,
That rose from the shells on the shore,
With phantom of joy was haunted,
And heard her soft whisper once more
Inc voice OF my own vanished maiden,
Buried deep in the caves OF tire sea,
And nay soul then sighed for her Ajcnn
And strugglcd-with her to be free. ..'
The music increased and the biiloWs
Fell back into deepest repoee, ..
WIN white tranquil foam for their pillows,
When form IRON the waters arose; =
Twas the form of my long lost maiden,
Buried deep in The caves OF The sea,
whose soul had returned from her Aiticnn
i- To talk for one moment with me-
Let grief from your bosom he banis!Ieu.
Be happy On earth for awhile,
For soon The maid that has vanished
Will welcome you there with a smile.
Where the gold in the sky is burning
And whence we shall look on the waves.
While the lustre that's shed is turning
All things into gold but our graves
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-23
Explanation-Read the first line, and
then every other only.


St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tho identi-
ty OF interest between the republican
party and the laboring men is beautiful
ly Illustrated in Rhode Island, where
the republican party rules triumphant,
and where the laborlng man Is free to
vote as he pleases-provided he owns
real estate assessed at $134. The heart
OF Rhode Island b!eeds for the poor
African. and believes that the revolution
established the inherent equality OF man
with man. but the poor Rhode Islander
who wants to vote discovers a wide
difference between theory and practice
There is an occasional republican pa
per which has brains and independence
enough to write the truth in spite OF the
wild assertions of the demagogical and
incendlary leaders Of its party. Such an
utterance is the following from the Gin
cinnati Gazette :-'The war settled that
the northern people will fight to keep
the natonaI union. 1t also settled that
they who tried to carry into effect the
democratic doctrine of the right OF
states to secede from the union got their
states badly punished, and whipped
back into the union. This is what the
war settled. There are loose declara-
tiors that the war settled constitut, onal
questions, that the war made us nation
with Il capital N, and the war did this
and that, rs if it had changed the organ
the frame Of our government is formed
by written constitution, and the war
made no changes in that" This will
all bear washing except the assertion
that secession was democratic doctrine.
Speak evil of no one, not even
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-23
THE MYSTERY or HOLLOW ASH,

You want TO know about the smash
That happened down to Hollow Ash?
Wal, now, if anybody knows
lie wears about my sort of clothes.
Twas Deacon Hampers funeral,
And everything soIn' well,
When them there templars, M in town.
In IN excursion train came down.
driv' the mourncrs, and Joe Fresh,
lie driv' the head of the prOccsh;
And WHEN we neared the railroad track,
We see that train ;i-comin' back
Joe fnrDed around and winkcd at me.
And from his vest he took 'V -
Ill bet you those that that 'crc hrarsc
I'll cross ahead Of that eXcursh -
The mourners they set up a yell,
And then Was mlssin' for Il spell
IL were amaZln' how that crowd
Cavorted upward in u cloud
lhey pll ed them victims 'pon the swarl,-
About thrcc-quarlcrS of u cord.
IN top they put the deacon = meat;
But whar Joe went, we all was beat.
sarched the pieces of that train,
But all my -archin' was in VAN;
And TO this day it .lOcs beat me
Where is the piece that held that "V -