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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Arsenicai Poison.

Another death resulting from arsenic
being placed IN an aching tooth is
reported to have just occurred at Lex.
ington, Kentucky. VIM. Hale, a young
married man several weeks q COM
planned of his tooth hurting him. The
dentist put arsenic in it to kill the nerve.
The jaw became SO severely effected
from it that the tooth had to be drawn.
The irritation continued, efecting the
Jaw, gangrene set in, the flesh rotted
away and death came to the sufferers
relief.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

A LONDON gent, walking in Dublin
for the first time, got into easy CONVEX
sation with a native, and chaffed him
considerably, winding up with this
smart observation: @Now, tell me, Pat,
where you would bs If the devil got his
dues2s Pat replied With feigned SIM
plieity, .@Sure, then, I'd be alone, YET
Hbiur.s
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
celebration at Yorktown.

The celebration of the anniversary of
the surrender of CORVALLIS at York
town, Va, on the 23rd, was a brilliant
affair. Fully six thousand people gath
cred at that memorable place to listen
to "reminiscences and patriotic speeches
and partake of the festivities of the oc-
casion. Congress will probably be
urged to build an appropriate monu-
ment on the spot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Determined IncendlnrI.m.

The town of Bethany, Brook County,
W. Va, has for some months past been
pestered by the persistent efforts of in
cendisries to destroy the town. Only a
few days ago the offenders succeeded in
partially destroying the college at that
place, one of the finest institutions of
learning in the country, and valued at
$4,000,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Cru,ndInr WON = ycnrenn,.e.

The women of Fredericktown, Ohio,
are crusading with a hearty vengeance.
They literally demolished the saloon of
Ed. Randall, smashing in his door and
destroying his furniture, and forced an
other saloonist to Immediately ship his
goods and quit the town to avoid a like
fate. Groceries and drug stores have
heen warmed
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
OhIo,s Ne.t Lcei.lnfnre.

The canvas of the vote for members
of the General Assembly, cast October
"A, shows that the Republicans elected
sixly-nine and Democrats forty-fve
members of the House. The Republi-
cans twenty-five and the Democrats
fifteen members of she Senate. Repub.
lican majority on joint ballot thirty
one.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
DotaInIng Letterr.

A quantity of letters have been de-
tanned at the post-ofice at Louisville, KY,
belongingto lottery companies, upon ad.
vices from the Postmaster General, aud
now a general row is imminent. The
postmistress at that point is instructed
20 stand arm, as the Government will
defend all suits brought against her for
such detension.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

1T is astonishing with What rapidity ulcer
Gus sores and eruptive maladies are cured by
HENRY's CARsoL1c SALvE, an external anti
dcte to unhealthy conditions of the skin which
is preferred by physicians to every other prep
aration containing the carbolic element. It
is undoubtedly the finest antiscptic and purifier
extant. 1t acts like a charm on purulent erup-
tons and has also been successfully used for
rheumatism and sore throat. All Druggists
sell il. ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
A Sad Condition for q Man.

Matthews Rankins, of Lewiston, Me.
has for twenty-three years been con
fined to one chair. The Journal of
that city says that when a schoolboy,
twenty-nine years ago, a companion
tripped him, and In falling his spine
was hurt. For two years after the acct
dent he was ab1e to walk around some,
then he lost the use of his legs, and
finally his whole body became rigid.
His fingers and toes are all disjointed,
the only material joint in his body be-
ing in one thumb. He car use his hands
and ankles a little, and his eyes and
tongue fully. When he sleeps, his low
rockingham is simply tipped back
and he is covered with a blanket. he
has invented ingenious contrivances by
which he reads and writes a great deal,
and he seems as happy and c~ontented
as if he was not afflicted, though he suf-
fers great pain necessarily.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
The Lost nallooni.t..

A recent telegram from Miller's
Station, Indiana, says: The body of
Burr, who accompanied Prof. Wise in
his balloon, was washed up on the lake
shore to-day, and the Coroner is now
hslding an inquest. The body was easily
identified as that of Burr by the marks
on the undertaking. The remains
were well preserved having evidently
been In the water for some time" That
is ali that is known of the matter. 1t
is presumable, however, that the fate of
Prof. Wise was drowning also. The
balloon, which was seen by the railroad
engineer to pass out over the lake at the
same point as that at which Burr's body
was found, evidently descended in the
lake shortly after leaving the shore.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Tired Fighting.

Latest advices from the Utes announce
their desire for peace. This desire. how
ever, is being pressed by the Southern
Utes, and not those who have been COM
mitting the outrsges, Notwithstanding
they are all OF n family and reserv
ton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

HE percentage of university stu
dents to the population is larger in
Scotland than elsewhere, being one in
800. In the German empire the pro-
portion of university students to popu-
lation is n in 1900; in England, one
to about $500,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
A Midnight Vigil.

The night is dark, the air is raw and
chill and damp, the storm is raging. An
old and neutrality-suspicious. citizen,
out on North hill, is sleeping the sleep
Of the Just with the snore of the
wicked, and the private clocks, on their
respective brackets and mantels
throughout the city, for Burlington has
no town clock, are tolling, as well as
they know how to toll 1t, the hour of
1:80 a. I'd.
A violent iangfing at his door-bell
awakes the eminently-respectable citi-
zen.
Shuddeting, he erawls out Of bed;
mnttering, he gropes across the floor.
Swearing under his breath, he falls
over a rocking-chair. ;
At last he finds a match, lights a
lamp, and, descending the stairs, opens
the hall door, and admits a gust OF
wind that blows out the lamp, and a
torrent of rain hat drenches him to the
skin.
aWhat is wanted?" the respectable
citizen asks.
@Are you the resident owner of this
property" promptly inquiries the
caller.
II am" wonderingfy replies the emf
nently-respectable citizen. s
Were you in bed when I rang?"
II was" replied the ~emihently re-
spectacle.
9That was right cheerful1y exclaims
the caller; shat is the place for a mai
Of your age at this time Of night. ]
am surprised to see you out of it. Get
back to it, and pleasant dreams"
All is silence after the crash that en-
sues, save the hooking smile that dies
away in the distance. The fragments
of the lamp that are revealed on the
sidewalk by the coming of the dawn
indicate either that the lamp fell out Of
a balloon at the height of about twenty
nine miles, or was hurled at some OBJ.
ject with great force. When will the
mystery be solved?-Bawlingto4l
Haibk-Eqe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
BADLY MIXED.

Secretary Schurz and General Sher-
man have Just held a conference regard
ing the difficulties on the frontier, and
the only conclusion they came to was
this: That for this once, at least, judy
ing from S~heridan's many dispatches,
he was badly mixed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Cincinnati str,ker..

The moulders who recently struck in
Cincinnati have gone to work, having
succeeded in their demand for an adj
vance in wages. As yet nothing has
been accomplished by the furniture
workers. There are fourteen firms utit
of the twenty holding out against the
strikers, and over two thousand men out
of employment in consequence. 1t is said
that on account of the time lost by the
strike-covering a period of three weeks
the men have already sustained a loss
Of $50, 900 by reason Of idleness. The
strikers are becoming desperate, and
what the result will be cannot now be
anticipated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

AS FOOD, eggs are exceedingly nutri-
tious. They are easy of digestion, and,
when the shell is included, they may be
said to contain in themselves all that is
required for the construction of the
body. It has been claimed for them
that they may be served in about 800
ways, although it is generally found
that the more simply they are prepared
the more they are approved. Although
other eggs than those of birds are eaten
for instance, turtles eggs-it is gen
orally conceded that the eggs of the
common fowl and of the ployer possess
the richest and sweetest flavor. An
ordinary hens egg weighs from one
and a half to two and a half ounces
avoirdupois, and the quantity of dry
solid matter contained in it amounts to
about 200 grains. In 100 parts, about
ten parts consist of shell, sixty of white
and thirty of yelk. The white of the
eggcontains a larger proportion of wa
ter than the yelk. It contains no fatty
matter, but consists chiefly of albumen
in a dissolved state. All the fatty mat
ter of the egg is accumulated in the
yelk, which contains relatively a
smaller proportion of heterogeneous mat
ter, and a larger proportion of solid
matter, than the white. It is said that
raw eggs are more easily digested than
the cooked ones. A hard-boiled egg
presents a decided resistance to gastric
solution.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

COLDS AND CouGHs.--Sudden changes of
climate are sources of Pulmonary and bronchial
affections. Take at once (" Bro,on's bronchial
7roches,' let the cold, cough, or irritation of the
throat be ever so slight, Is cents a box.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

H. W. JOINS Asbestos Liquid Paints are
strictly pure linseed oil paints, and contain no
water. They are the best and most economical
paints in the world. Send for samples to 81
Maiden Lane, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Aews Of The Wssk.


Cooler weather and frosts at fever
stricken Memphis has put an end to the
ravages of Yellow Jack. All nurses
have been discharged and business again
resumed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
The PencefnI rfe.-

The Ute Indians demand a full inves-
tigation into the White River massacre.
They have restored the m and
children whom they had taken as cap
tives, unframed, and want peace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

That if every n would use Hop Bitters
freely, there would b emuch less sickness
and misery in the world; and people are
fast finding this out, whole families keep
ing well at a triling cost by its use. We
advise all to try it.-Rochester Union.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
7. KIxosFoRp & soxs.

Prices are a little higher for the Mason
& Hamlin Organs than those of very poor
organs, but the quality is a great deal better.
1t is certainly good economy to obtain the
best, when there is no more difference in the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
OswEeo STARCH FACTORY, n.

Oct. %, 1878.
II. ". Johns, 81 Maiden Lane, ". ".
DEAR sIR-We have several acres of your
Asbestos Roofing on our buildings. The first
roof, put on fifteen years ago, is in good con-
dition, and we prefer it to any other.
Yours respectfully,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Surgeon Generals Report.

Surgeon General Barnes, U. S. A.,
has transmitted to the Secretary of War
his annual report for the fiscal year of
1879. The average fiean strength, to
September l, of the army, was 21,716
white, and / ,947 colored troops. Among
the white troops, the total number of
cases of sickness of all kinds was 1880
of which 5,12S were from wounds, acct
dents and injuries Of all kinds. The
total number of deaths from all causes
was 266 of which 105 were from wounds
and injuries. Among colored troops
the total number of cases of sickness
was 1892; of which AT were from
wounds, etc. The total number of
deaths of colored troops wa %. A very
large increase in the number of new
cases has been made since July l,
1879, consequent upon operations
of the ~arrearages of the Pension
Act. As regards surgical statistics of
the war, he says that UP tc January l
1879, 26S, 966 cases had been entered
upon the records of that division. In
the Army Medical Museum there was
an increase in the specimens during the
year of Gil. Medical and surgical vol
umes of part third, which will complete
the work, are under way. About 5000
volumes, and 3 500 pamphletsh have been
added to the military, making a total, of
5000 volumes and $500 pamphlets.
The number of Assistant Surgeons pro-
NOTED during the last year was %; can
didates examined 80, of which 10 passed;
number remaining to be examined II.
There are two vacancies in the grade of
surgeon and twelve in that of Assistant
Surgeon. There were at the date of
the report October l, 154 medical Off
GERS on duty, 13 on sick leave and 6 on
regular leave.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

/ New Anthem Book Ia nearly ready.
The M,sieoi Record Is always new. 900 per yes,
cents per copy. Fte4.5snf 3I tff
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels
by wearing Lyons Heel Stiffeners. Can be
applied at any time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Payma.tsr General,. Hepor,.

In the forthcoming annual report of
the Paymaster General, the policy of
increasing the pay of principal non-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Ain Innocent MANS Narrow Escape.

In the year 1875 the wife Of Nathan
o. Greenfield was found murdered at
her home at Syracuse, New York. Her
husband was arrested for the crime,
tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be
hanged. Upon the conclusion of the
trial, an anonymous note was received
by the court which read as follows:
s'spare Greenield's life. / killed her
after \ : = and since that time /
have been in the wilds of Michigan, yet
/ can't do q double murder. l am a
German, and before you get this l shall
be far away On the back of this
was written, why clamor after
his life7 @He is innocent Upon
the strength of this, Greenfield
got a new trial, but was again
convicted aud sentenced to be hanged.
When asked why sentence should not
be pronounced upon him, he said: GAS
there lisa God of truth and a God of
justice, | am innocent" Shortly after
this another letter wa received by a
man named Alden from Lafayette, Ind,
signed Royal Kellogg" which bore
upon the murder with sufficient weight
to again secure a new trial. Again was
Greenfield found guilty, on the 10th of
October last, of murder in the first de-
gree and sentenced to be hanged on the
18th of Decem Der, next which sentence
yet hangs over his head. But now
comes an old lady, a Mrs. Milly Drake,
of Lafayette, Ind, who makes a
complete exposure of the real murderers
and the causes which led to the commits
sion of the crime. She says that she is
the grand mother of Royal Kellogg;
that a year after the conviction of green
field he returned to his home in La
fayette (letter per Sc above mentioned)
and confessed his criminality in the
matter, threatening to kill her if she
divulged the secret. She says that tie
night that Mrs. Greenfield was murdered
he confessed that he and two other
parties, named Alden and George Hines
went 10 the farm house of Green
field to steal oats. Observing that
Mrs. Greenfield had detected them
in the act, X \ murdered
her. They then took $50 in money and
a number of valuable articles and left.
Mrs. Drake says that the authorities in
New York a few days ago arrested
Royal Kellogg. Since the murder he
served a short sentence in the Peniten-
tiary, and while there wrote to her not
to say any thing about the murder, and
particularly to his attorney. A detec-
tive visited her during the first trial,
but she was afraid to tell him any thing.
She says she will not go to Syracuse
unless compelled to. Judge Daniels, of
Syracuse, who sentenced Greenfield, has
been notified of these facts, and the
matter will doubtless receive the atten-
ton it iustifes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
OmeIal Returns.

The following is the official vote for
Governor in Ohio:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Wonderful Slippers.

Students in general, and medical stu
dents particularly, enjoy things outre.
The skull and crossbones being too old
a story for Max Weldon, of Lafayette,
Ind, that young patron of a Cincinnati
medical college has procured a pair of
slippers made from the hide of a hui
mar subject. The hide belonged 70
one of Weldon's fellow sawbones, whose
name he will not give. The nameless
student got it into his head to send the
hide to a shoemaker in Cincinnati. The
latter first had the thing tanned, and
without so much, as a shudder gave it
ove at last to the knife and awl. The
footgear show their peculiar texture.
To the innocent Boccacio of the
Lafayette Courier, in which a sketch
of the slippers appeared, @the leather
seemed a Light brown in color, and was
streaked with parallel veinings of a
darker shade, the whole as soft as silk"
Among his friends" continues the
Courier, "the doctor makes no secret
of the mystery of the slippers" He
thinks, in fact, hat there is no more
harm in wearing them than in wearing
rings made from human bone, or, in
deed, of sporting watchguards of
human hair. The Courier had some
fears at first lest it was being hoaxed,
but, to verify the matter, such of the
hide as had not been put into the slip
pers wal produced, thus setting all
doubts at rest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Triple Tragedy Near Cieveiaad, ohio.

l1lplo LIhg6uleb seem W Dt becoming
Of so frequent occurrence, and yet
much of it seems so wholly ~unprovoked
and without the slightest justification,
that one is left to wonder how it is pos
sible within human possibilities for
such things to be, and still daily the re-
ports from different parts of the country
bring the sad details, each crime seem
ing to increase in atreGity and enormity.
At a village called Strongville, near
Cleveland, Ohio, we are told a young
man aged twenty-three made an attempt
to kill his father, mother and brother.
He came home at a late hour of the
night, and attempted toget in the house,
when his father asked, "Who's there ?'
He replied, ats me-" Some remark
dropped by the father at this reply ex-
cited his anger (hjs story and he shot
him on the spot. He then shot his
mother and brother and departed for
Cleveland, where he arrived at three
o'clock in the. morning. His arrest
was made without any difficulty, he
accidentally coming up and looking
over the detectives shoulder at the
depot while the latter was holding a
photograph of him in his hand and
talking TO an acquaintance about it.
The detective turned to see who was
looking over his shoulder, and observing
that he was the man he wanted, took
hold of him. The family's name is
Noller. The old man was killed dead,
but the mother and brother still live,
but their recovery Is doubtful. His
1.-THE murderer's) story, as related above,
is the only explanation offered, so far,
fer the commission of this inhuman
deed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Trees and Health.

Everybody knows that trees take the
carbonic acid thrown out in the breath
of men and animals, separate it into its
component parts-carbon and oxygen
give back the latter to be used over
again, and work up the formerinto wood
and fruits.
1t is also coming to be generally I'M
derstood that forest trees do important
service in promoting rainfalls, and in
helping to retain the s~urface-water for
springs, streams and general use.
It is also known that certain species,
planted in malarial localities, help to
render the latter healthy by somehow
using up the deadly miasma.
1t would now appear that trees grow
ing near drains carry off the sewage
water.
A gentleman, whose cess-drain was
constructed just like his neighbors' and
in the same kind of soil, had found it
unnecessary to clean it out, while the
others had to be cleaned out frequently.
An examination showed that three
large trees, whose roots had penetrated
into the vicinity of his second, or waste.
cess-pool, were clearly the channels
through which the waste all escaped.
Whether it was changed into plant
food, as is likely, or was exhaled through
the leaves, in either case twas disposed
of with equal safety
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
The Shoe Peesness Preferred.

A man neal 70 years of age started a
small confectionery store d few months.
Since, and SENT word to his three eredi-
tors up town and desired to compromise.
Phe trio went down to the store, which
they found in full blast, and the four
sat down for d talk.
@You. see, shentlemen, I do NO pees-
ness, and my family eats up all the
profits The said by way of an excuse.
"You owe me twelve dollars" replied
one of the creditors, "and each of these
others fifteen apiece. That makes for
ty-two dollars
Shnst forty-twu,5 sighed the old
man:
Now, then, how much money have
you on hand?"
@Shust sixty dollar and no more"
Very well, as you have had bad luck
we will settle with you for one hundred
and twenty cents on the dollar, and you
can go on as before"
Yaw, I will do dot, shentlemens,
and I am much obliged for such kind
treatment"
He got out his money, the 20 per
cent. wa added to the claims and paid,
and before the creditors retired he in
sisted OH treating them to ice-eream.
They had not been gone an hour be-
fore the old mat rushed out, hailed a
policeman and said:
eff I fails m peesness und bays one
dollar md twenty cents on the dollar
what does it mean?"
st means that you don't understand
how to fail" was the reply.
HIsh dot posable?" whispered the
old man.
81 should say SO"
"Vhell, I go back to the shoe PEGS
ness again. When I fails in dot PEGS
ness I makes everythings. When L
fails In dis peesness I pays ore as I
nunoc5
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30
Don't Get the ChiII..

If you are subject to the ague you must
be sure to keep your liver, bowels and
Kidneys iii good, free condition. When
so, you will be safe from all attacks. The
remedy to use is Kidney-Wort. 1t is tie
best preventive of all malarial diseases
that you can take, Lose no time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

cHrw JaeEson's Bes. Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

LADIES, G. Gilbert's starches are pure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-30

feed, sawdust and plaster of Paris, their
meat consisted of dog, horses and
abortive calves. Price has bones of dogs
and horses to pr6vehis statements. A de-
tective employed for the past two weeks
substantiates the charges, and al inves-
tigating committee has been appointed.
Prices statement occupies eight
columns in the Milwaukee Sentinel, set
in sne type, and is probably the most
horrible tale ever told.