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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-14
"Alive To-day and Dead Tomorrow. y


Mark Randall, brakeman on an Erie
freight train, with Conductor D. King,
at 4 O'Clock this morning was struck on
the head by the high bridge, on the
grade Just west of Goshen, and danger
ously hurt. A brother brakeman warned
him of the danger in time to have saved
him had he instantly dropped. Instead
of that he ran little further. and then
turned to see how near he was to the
bridge. The brakeman who had warned
him hurried forward and held the body
in position, keeping it from falling off
until the train was stopped. He was
brought to Middletown, and DIR. Burke
Pillsbury was called and pronounced
his injuries fatal This was the man
who saved Erie train No. IL from being
wrecked near Monroe last winter. The
train with two engines was going up
the Oxford grade, when one of the for
ward cars was thrown from the track by
loose wheel. The train was almost at
the top of the hill, and was running
very fast. The man, who was stealing
a ride between the baggage-cars, sig-
nailed the engineers, the train was
stopped and an accident prevented. He
leaves wife at East Sandy, Venango
county, Pa, and tender letter, which
he had written to her only few days
before the accident, was found in his
pocket. In it he said: " I think I can
send for you three weeks from to-day,
if nothing happens. This is very un-
certain business, alive to-day and dead
! tomorrow. 1t is as bad as battlefield
for hurting men, but I am as careful as
I can be. Only to think of it, twenty
three days and we will be together
again. Middletoao1a IN. y. Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-14
TWO FISHERS.


One morning, when spring was in her teens
morn to poets wishing,
All tinted in delicate pinks and greens
Miss Bessie and I went fishing.
in my rough and easy clothes,
With my face at the sun tsns mercy;
She with her hat tipped down to her nose,
Aud her nose tpped-vice versa
with my rod, my reel and my hooks,
: And hamper for lunching recesses;
She with the bait of her comely looks,
And the seine Of her golden tresses.
30 we sat us down on the sunny dixie,
Where the white pond lilies teeter,
And went to fishing like quaint old Ike,
Andshe ke Simon Peter.
ALI the noon lay In the Light of her eyes,
And dreamily watched and waited:
But the fish were cunning, and would not rise,
And the batter alone was baited.
And when the time for departure came,
My bag hung fat as q iouder;
But Bessie had neatly hooked her game
hundred-and-hfty FOUNDER.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-14

does not by any means embody the bestrepubli
portion Of this party, tired Of Shermanisn,
wishes this liberation. In 1876 and 1877 the
country was cheated out of Its reforms let us
see to It that the fraud be not repeated in 1880
and 1881. It is, assure you, necessary to the
highest interests Of the American people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-14


Would not lie even with fingers bend.
If the latter is our duty, as l think it is, then
we must say that pressing s6'U,U00,0O0 new
bonds upon the market while the standard of
value for the dollar stated in the bond is not
fixed is dishonest! The real object on the part
of Sherman in such transactions is t., gather
completes to his personal aims and to use small
personal and corporate interests for his great
ambition But we may be told that Sin finance
there are no morals" Well, then, let us count
by dollars, and hold Sherman to a full account
whether he used his opportunity to the utmost.
And, with this inquiry before US, it must occur
to all as strange that the new per cent bonds
bring in the money market nearly as much as
the old 5 and q per cents. Doesn't every one
see that some equivalent must have been given
for the reduction of interest? And SO it is.
He has shortened the interest, but heightened
the time, and it means that the hands of the
people are tied for thirty years. and that it can
no longer decide whether the French rente, or
annuity system, or the English per cent con-
soils, or the original American short time 5 per
cent bo2d system shall be the policy of the land
And for whose sake did Sherman play his
game Of political anticipation? Who else ex,
cept the banks, whose recharter is at hand and
| who need the open and shut game between 4
! per cents. and their bank notesy Then we shall
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-14

THE Zulu King Cetywayo's messen-
gers, when ON mission of peace to
Lord Chelmsford, are reported to have
asked: "Why do the English hide like
ant-bears in holes? Let them come out
and fight in the open. Ii they beat, we
submit at once"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-14

Business cards Of Ave lines or less ss per annum.
Local notices 10 cents par line each insertion.
Simple announcements Of marriages and deaths,
snd church and benevolent society notices Inserted
free. Any additions to obituary notices will be
charged Eve cents per line.
Fayors must be handed In ss early as Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week.
Communications upon subjects Of eensral Or .ccs'
1uteregk collected
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
In sToRE ROR Us.

i is given, as 9 rumor, that Jay
Gould is endeavoring to secure q con-
trolling interest in the Texas and Pa
>cific railway, that there is great antag-
onism between Boston and New York
capitalists, and that the New Workers
= determined to make the first con-
nection with Huntington's road. This
may indicate that the Pierce road will
Be run In the direction Of the Upper Rio
0rsnde. In connection with this rumor
d may be asserted, positively, that the
Texas and Pacific will at once be push
IA from Weatherford towards FL Paso.
Al the meeting of its stockholders in
Philadelphia last week it was decided
% issue bonds, to the amount of $780,
coo per mile, to be used in completing
The road to the Rio Grande. The
acquisition OF Q majority of the
stock By Gould would adj much
lie to the operations of the
company, and would insure the
completion Of the road to FL Paso
thin two years. In the meantime,
Il The Pierce expedition to the Chinati
mountains demonstrates that there is
rich mineral deposit on this side the
Rio Grande, no time win be spared in
developing the vast amount of rail-
read lands IN Presidio county and
along the Pecos. In two years We may
reach 81 Paso by rail from Dallas, and
5rl DAVIS by rail from San Antonio.
Then. too. the International win reach
Ban Antonio, and the Waco branch of
the Central will tap the Texas and Pa
csc IN Eastland county, while there
viii be direct rail connection with
New Orleans. With all this railroad
tuilding and . good crop season, We
nay expect Texas to assume degree
ol prosperity, within the next twelve
nonfhs. never before equaled.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

A SPECIAL to the st. Louis Republic
can says that Secretary Sherman op-
poses bitterly the proposition for re-
funding a portion of the bonded debt
in three and one-half per cent. bonds.
He says it Is part of plot to bull the
price of four per cent. bonds, but de-
clsres he will have nothing to do with
the movement unless a syndicate of
bankers notify him that they will float
three and one-half per cents. at par.
The Republican does not consider Mr..
Sherman first rate authority on insn-
cisl matters, but probably it might
put the proposition more pointedly
if it were to say that he is
first rate authority upon matters already Y
laid down to him by these bank syn
dIcates. The banks were opposed to
the coinage of silver, and Mr.. Sherman,
speaking for them, said that the COIN
age of the silver dollar would impair
the credit of the government, and yet
these very silver dollars have assured
resumption. Four or five years ago he
and the other Republican leaders in
Congress did not believe the public
debt could be refunded at lower rate
of interest than five per cent, and
when four per cent. bond was pro-
posed he thought the scheme would
fail, and, therefore, that it ought not
to be attempted. Yet Mr.. Sherman has
lived to boast of the successful refund
ing of large part of the public debt
at four per cent. as the greatest tri-
umph OF his administration; and
so it may be with the three and
a half per cent. proposition. The
bankers do not wish them instead of the
four per cents, but il Congress fix it
they will readily be taken. Much Of the
worlds money is invested IN securities
bearing a lower rate OF interest than
this, and the bonds Of the United
States are as good as those Of any
countrv.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
NOT As ANTICIPATED.

The New York Nail asks how any,
one can figure out Republican nation
al victory in 1880 when the Republi-
cans in Congress have abandoned posi-
tions that the country confidently ex-
pected they would maintain. This pa
per asserts most positively, that if the
elections were held now New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut would I'M
doubtedly give a large majority for
Bsyard or any other hard money DEM
ocrstic candidate. Viewing the posi-
ton from Republican standpoint,
this is making brave admission,
and it should encourage Democrats in
Congress to work in the utmost hsr-
mony. 1t appears that the business
and commercial interests of the coun-
try demand such legislation as Mr..
BAyard proposes, and this being so,
Democrats should accept the situstion
since measures that these interests de-
mand are just, wise and practical. The
tables are turned. 1t was expected
that Democrats would divide and COM
nit blunoers in attempted legislation,
but instead Republicans are assuming
this role, and under it they are discom-
fited aud demoralizsd.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
norrENNEss IN DENMARK.

"Old Gotch," az Gen. Hardeman is
generally known, is man of the An
drew Jackson stripe. He knew he was
right, and then be went night ahead after
those crooked fellows in Galveston,
who understand to a nicely the art of
minimum weights for returns, and maxi
mum weights for sales. We may illustrate
the thing thus: A commission mer-
chant sells several thousand bales of
cotton in one day at the maximum
weights; his clerk is directed to send
the minimum weights, in account sales,
70 the consignor; the book-keeper
credits cash received with SOL, 900 for
the days transactions and debts $780,
900 in remittsnces to consignorF there
are left $1,000 sadly looking around
Tor an owner, and the book-keep-
er Il instructed TO enter this
sum to profit and loss, and
20 the transaction goes on, beautifully,
IN day TO day, az no doubt it has
been going on from day to day for
many years, and the people of the
State are deirauded of vast sums of
money. These practices have been of
ten suspected, but that men would be
ssded In their contamination by COM
inissioned officers of the State, ap-
pointed by the Governor, and bonded
and sworn to keep proper weights
Tor both seller and buyer, and not
alone for the commission mer-
chant, is rather tough to believe. The
Investigations made at Galveston show
that cotton weighers have even certi-
fed to the correctness of the light
weights, in which they certified truly,
but Why should there be light weights
and heavy weights with honest scales
and honest weighers. 1t is an ugly
affair, and knowing Gen. Hardeman to
be that sort Of man, who would
not make so serious a charge
Is he did make, without
est of foundation, we were left
u one conclusion, which has been
proven by the investigation, that there
are awfuliy rotten things down on the
sand bank. The State is Indirectly
duplicated, and its majesty should as
1egi itself, as no doubt it will. Gen.
Hsrdeman's charges have been proven.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18


REPRESENTATIVES, BUCKNER, of Mis-
souri,, has introduced JOINT resolution
directing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to set aside 800, 900, 600 of coin
now in the Tres sury for the purposes
of redemption, and to use the balance
on hand in reducing the bonded debt
of the country. To this Mr.. Sherman
also objects, since it would interfere
with his pet plan of massiDg great
wealth in the Treasury vaults. To
turn this coin loose upon the country
would add just this much more re-
lief to the masses, aud Mr.. Shermsn
hardly, If ever, gives them thought.
Aud yet Mr.. Sherman, in his report,
says ''lhe great body of coin indebted
ness has been paid in United States
notes." and that "but little coin has
been demsuded on the coin lIaOil. ties
of the government, though the amount
accruing has exceeded 5000, coo. coo, "
and that "coin was freely paid into the
Treasury, aud gold bullion deposited
i'll the assay Office and paid for in
United States notes"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

The railroad surveys crossing the
Canadian river below those of Gunter
s Munsop, it is said, have not been
patented, and corrections can easily
be made. Many patents were imme-
diately issued on the returns of Gunter
s MunsoD, and, as a certain partisan
of theirs, State officer, said the other
day in presence Of . STATESMAN re-
porter: They've got 'em, and they'll
make bully fight for what they have
got" It Is = sad commentary upon
the virtue of our people that these ad-
Ysntages are taken of the State, and il
is sadder thing still to see men hold
ing publicc positions of profit and trust
contending that these men hare done
no wrong in disreesrding ell lsx.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
JEW y. METHODIST.


The editor Of the New York Chris-
tiaa Advocate having called the Jewish
worship on certain holidays "cling-
ing to the shadows" and prophesied
that the Jews would soon all turn Chris
tians, the AmerieaR Iraslits replied;
The prospects are that the Jews will
never worship any dead Jesus, Peter
or Paul. The prospects rather are that
Christians will give up the modernizsd
psganism and, like other intelligent
people, begin to see that there can be
but only one God, who could have no
son and no mother; could not be in
generated. not crucided and not buried
to resurrect. The prospects are that
this Christian myth is going TO be
handed over to nythologicsl text
books.
Further on. the LsraelitS says:
The Jewish holidays are shadows oil
things to come. viz. the universal tri-
umph of reason, humanity, justice and
freedom over the outworn snperstitions
which modern society has inherited Of
the Middle Ages.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18


GEN. HARDEHAS il one Of the very
few men in Texas who could sustsin
unsupported sn eff 1rt to expose at 6 A.
weston, the short conings of those who
handle the cotton Of tais 5 ate. H,s
well stsblisht d integrity was such, that
when be made his charges Of cotton
cio5kedu6ss, the cotton nen OF Calves
ton could not rimsin silent. In the
!org Investigation before a b1srd Of
their own Great on, lie tss established
one thing, beyond question, ~ That
the weights by which the cotton ia sold
are rot always the weights reported to
the planter. The cotton planters Of
Texas should support him by rcq hiring
tneir cotton to be weighed by INN. He
has done a good work, sud tue cotton
planters Of Texas have not deserved
such friend, unless they sustain him.
1t hiss long been q marvel TO rt1sctIng
people how commission merchants so
soon smsss large fortunes in Galveston.
Their houses soon assume the proper
lions of palaces, and the unr, fsctipg
planter meyer stops to censide: that the
difference between first weighing,
when the cotton goes dry from
the field, and the second weighing
when it has absorbed weight from
moisture, which 1t never loses in Lgv-
erpool, with the mystery of account
making, can soon make rich any house
which can handle thirty thousand
bales. His call for the two missing
sheets was never responded to. His
demand for the weights at which all
the cotton was sold by Moody & Jemi-
son, has never been complied with
perhaps it never will, but enough is
revealed to know that Hardeman is
the right man In the right place, and
unless he is sustained by the country
as the man who should weigh its cot
ton, it deserves to be fl9eced to the
end of time.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

THE Louisiana Legislature, just
elected, will be composed of twenty
six Democrats, seven Republicans and
two independents, in the Senate, and
seventy Democrats, sixteen Republi-
cans and nine Independents in the
House. Hence the Republican leaders
are again eager to unfurl the bloody
shirt. But may it not be that 6
movement under just such ar
emblem has cost them Louisiana, and
that it may also cost them the Federal
government. Vengeance is mine,
saith the Lord" and we all know thai
to exercise it against men, who would
perpatually destroy the peace of peo'
pie, is sufficient cause for divine inter
position.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

Tn acl OF United States Marshsl
7oAnson in dragging people ell the
41y nom Wheeler county 70 Dallas to
.n1Uer fnvolous and groundless
charges has not only been condemned
- Judge Mccormick, bat il claims the
&lz>nhon OF Congress, and viii nc
t11bt lad 70 the passage Of bill pre-
{11lIne in the future these high
BANDED acts Of Federal officials.
&klch have been 50 common
Il tAis State. Mr.. wellborn's bin,
presented in the House. provides that
81 preliminary examinations for al
s<sd oEsnses against the United
States shall be had before the GEN.
missioner nearest the place where the
c1.n11 4 committed. The passage
q such BIN e this would render I'M
T1s<'ble the REPETITION Of such affairs
= The Wheeler county Outrage: and
4ten . federal judge condemns. in
nos. unmsasured terms. the conduct Of
Ne oi'esr Who thus aisgfaces the
1s4sr of government, !, dos seem nc
me should oppose 4.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
ne rouorlnr property Tor .As, ,o.r,.:

Farm FOR SALE. Eve miles north Of Aus
tin, On the GEORGETOWN road. containing forty
acres, al enclosed, and about 50 sores in culti-
Walton, In cotton and corn; good dwelling and
will go With the place, II cold IN the next eight
or ten days. A pair 81 good mules viii be taken
in part pay; hal cash, balance IN one. two and
three years, with interest. NJ. B. SWEENEY,
rs Congress Avenue.
FARM FOR SALE - 30 acres all enclosed ;
house with three rooms, fine land, q good spring
and running water, snd one OF the best build
ing sites. on tins south eide OF the Colorado
river. The place is about ~ miles from the
city OF Austin 1ou woald do well to call and
hear more about it NJ. B. SWEENEY,
us Congress Avenue.
FARM FOR SALE in Hays county, miles
north OF Dripping Springs, containing 2S2 acres,
IS acres enclosed. with stone and cedar fence,
and in cultivation; dwelling house with six
rooms. kitchen, smoke house, stable, splendid
wood on the place. This property will be sold
very low and on easy terms; possession given
At any time. Call soon il you want good place.
Apply to NJ. B SWEENEY. Land Ageni, us
FARM FOR sALE-ssO acres in Hays county.
80 miles from Austin. on the BlancO road. from
enclosed and in cultivation; dwelling house,
out houses. wood and water; South Onion creek
passes through the farm. A bargain can be hsd
and terms easy. Apply to NJ b. SWEENEY,
Land Agent, us Congress Avenue.
FOR SALE-50 acres. all enclosed, with the
improvements; miles northeast from Austin,
on the Manor road; FOR sale or trade for city
property. Apply to NJ. B. SWEENEY, us Cou-
gress Avenue.
Also the finest market garden and fruit farm
In the State, with al the improvements, 5 miles
east Of the city.
Also, Z acres, with all the improvements, about
one mile northwest OF the city. TIE place is
well improved Dwelling house and outhouses
in good order.
A farm miles east OF Austin; viii cell SO
acres or the whole place containing 100 Scres.
A farm OF 20 sores with improvements, on the
south side, about mile from the Colorado river
4 beautiful view OF the surrounding country.
1850 acre farm, well improved, all enclosed
| ock building, hne pastures and hre land, in
Burnet county, about one mile from the town
| Burnet. Terms easy.
$500 acres Of land IN Bell county, below Sa.s
10; splendid prairie land; water running through
the p Win cell any part Of the land.
| 74S acres Of land in Grayson county; 6. Q
| Pattie survey; Il miles southwest from Sbe'
man and 9 miles Of the Central railroad.
fioo acres in Fannin coanty, in hree tracts
| titles pB.fcct Or 70 gale.
| TIE above properly wiE be sold on easy terms
with large sra1Gn' Of property not mentioned
| Ia this list, bob c. city and county property
Those wishing TO buy viii DO well to call on o.
| address = y. SWESNSY,
Agent and Co;lecfcF. SIS Congress avenue
HF=ssr1 ''sWcF
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18
re 9ubsOr1Bers

BY postal card, other means being
too expensive, subscribers to the
erArKsMAN will be rendered accounts,
showing amounts due, or soon to be-
come due, on subscription. 1t is a
time Of the year when all may settle
kccounts, and subscribers are request
Cd, In receipt of statements, to remit
ct once. By the first of January it is
proposed to have all outstanding mat
tsrs closed, and prompt reply will
saye further trouble in collecting bills.
Our friends, regarding this as bust
ness, viii not fail to respond.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

The bell punch has been a signal
failure in Virginia and has no advocate
left probably except one or two clerks
who keep accounts for it. The tax
collectors oppose it, because they sec
that the State loses under its operation
and because their own revenues in per-
centsge are reduced. Governor Holli-
days message, therefore, recommends
Its repeal, and no doubt this will be
done. The operation of the law IN
Texas is greater farce than even il
Virginia.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

REcENr Gust IN house Investigations
10 New York dev,l ap the fact that the
government has lately lost over $780,
O00tlrough the tsmperiug with fitl4ls
by merchants wbo obtain reductions in
valuations of invoices Il is said thst
one Gilbert, an oliicisl, received at one
time $500 ana a. another $3.50 for re-
duoed valuation in goods. Frederick
Soyder, and Albers Gilbert, the latter
appraiser 10 the custom house, ana a
prominent NV York Republican, have
been indicted on charges that they
say will convict.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

ATTORNEY GENERAL MCCORMICK,
having investigated the working of
cotton weighing at Galveston, has
made his report ID the Governor, snd
be is convinced that the law now in
force should be strike from the
statute books. 1t was one of those
statutes passed five years ago, ike that
one creating twenty notaries in every
county-made to build up power that
would make man his own successor as
Governor, and filally lift him irto the
United States Senate.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

THE Marshall Herald devotes column
and half to abuse of Maurice Barry
more and Miss Cummings, both of
whom witnessed the killing of Porter
by Currle. If they ever should appear
as witnesses, and the Herald has any
weight in moulding public sentiment,
these two will both be looked upon SIS
a great deal worse people than the MUIR
derer, who is on trial at Marshall.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-18

THE opinion gains ground thai
Grant will take hold of the great ca
nal project and that he does not desire
to be president. The Stslwarts are
doing all in their power to put Grant
out of their way, and they would BIZ
willing gwen to pay bonus to keeT
him in business outside of the politics
of this country. But Grant would
take hold of this canal project only on
the proposition that it should be sue.
cess,