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THEY FEAR A CALAMITY.


1t squictly whispered about in some quarters
that people residing in the vicinity OF the Water
Works reservoir fear calamity some Gay, from
the bursting Of the huge cauldron. 1t is gen
orally admitted py the officials coguizant Of the
condition OF the reservoir that it leaks, but to
what extent they have not been able to deter
mine- They know that portions Of
the masonry have settled go that
the pudding washed out They know,
too, that, Notwithstanding repairs OF the injured
parts of the work were fully made, the leak
still exists and more pudding will have to be
done, perhaps in the spring. Now comes the
report to The TRIBUNE correspondent that the
cellars Of houses in the immediate vicinity have
been rendered useless for some time past in
consequence of flooding through leakage from
that source. This information the residents of
that portion Of tile city have thus far impaired
cautiously to only few immediate friends, and
with it the expression OF fear that some fine
day, as the frost leaves the ground, the great
earthen tub Will collapse, and the waters burst
ing forth therefrom may drown them and their
families. The leakage is undeniabIe. but the
danger Of calamity from bursting entirely prob
lematical. Yet such things haye occurred in the
past, and wiseacres insist that history repeats
ITSELF" Then why ought not the reservoir burst
as well as leak!
, 1879-03-09
CLUBS AND BELTS.

The ambition OF Aid. Duncl, when be had
been made Chairman OF the Committee on
Police, was to eclipse all OF his predecessors in
an effort to raise the standard OF the police
force By improving their appearance. To this
end be consulted with the Mayor and Chief of
Police. and it was resolved between the trio
that the uniform Of the patrolnen should be
completed By the addition Of clubs, caps, and
belts. 4 resolution looking to this end was in
troduced In the Common Council, and promptly
voted down, owing to very unneighborly feel
ing to the trzmcr, the aldermanic Chairman Of
the Committee on Police Not to be thwarted,
another consultation was had by Dunck with
the Mayor and Chief of Police, at which it was
decided that caps could be ordered any way,
and paid for BY the members Of the
force.-each paying for his own.
Dunck then declared his intention to
complete the uniform With regulation clubs and
belts, and ordered them despite protest from
Chict Kennedy, Ehowished to do nothing With
out the consent Of the Common Council. In
due time the articles were completed and taken
to the Central Police Station, but the Chief
very properly decided not to make use of them
until the aequiescence Of the City Fathers could
oe secured Since then repeated efforts nave
articles without avail. On the occasion OF the
LAST euo1t, AID. Dunck stated to the Common
1ouncll that he WAS authorized by the Mayor
ana Chief OF Police to procure the clubs 4ud
peit5, With the understanding that the parties
furnishing the articles should be paid yhether
tue Common Council voted the money or not
1na absurd fabrication SO euraged Chief Ken
neoy nat he promptly ordered the "eoods and
coattets to be returned to the manufacturers,
|tta 'oslac1tQns to hold and recover from
, 1879-03-09

Dunck BY suit II they wished for their pay: while
Mayor Black, smartfng under the imputatiou
his private means, and would have done So but
for measures Of restraint promptly brought to
bear Thus the matter rests to-day. There arc
Aldermen in the Board Tho would vote the ap-
preparation at once but for the expressed reason
rying out his hobby; aud inasmuch as tue term
OF the Alderman will expire next month, if he
is not sooner kicked out Of the body, nothing
more will be done looking to the completion Of
clubs ana belts
, 1879-03-09
ANTON BiIScHFR.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, March 5.-The subject of this poem
was sculptor who had resided in Chicago over
twenty years, and designed and built the minority
Of the affairs and images seen in Catholic churches
in Chicago, and numbers Of others throughout the
United States. His friends were as numerous as
the ''iearcs Of Valiombrosa. Truly yours,
CHARLES ". AuGGsTus.
, 1879-03-09

! James E. Mitchell has suddenly and rather
| unexpcctcdly retired from the law firm of Muir
rhv f.oodw;n i, M;t,hor}
f1' 7', ~ W. e-s..,.
John M' WILCOX formerly q ateachcr IN the
Ninth District School, has graduated rs Doctor
OF medicine at the Chicago Medical College, and
nronoscs tn nractice at Galcna. til.
n NJ, - ~ +ha ,1;,.-a,,,o> >,..:,
-. NaoD' 14sq' " ens ""uheo ett Na'ional
Bank, has gone to the Sunny South, expecting
to be absent four weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. G. Hopkins. Miss Eva L.
Smith, and Air. +. T.. Bradley, arc sojourniug
, 1879-03-09

ANTON DUsCuER, sCULrro4~
Weary Artist! thou must rest:
Take thy place among the blcst.
Stlhened fingers ne'er shall traca
1lneamcnts Of plastic face.
We have lain thy tools aside,
Once BY thee c1pertly piled.
Tnou hast sped with haste away,
Leaving but this breuthless clnv.
Near that Sculptor, take thy place,
Who has shaped the human face.
CHARLES w. AUGUSTUS,
, 1879-03-09

Christmas day. Before proceeding with the
pleasures Of the evening Mr.. Davies vas pre-
scuted with solid silver cup, handsomely em-
bossed and appropriately inscribed, as token
OF the appreciation in which he is held by the
members OF the choir. The event proved to be
one Of the lappiest that has occurred in Welsh
circles for many years.
This evening the German socicty Fortschritt
give masquerade at Licderkrans Hall, while
the Turner's OF The North and South Sides will
close the amusement season With sociahles at
their respective halls.
The congregation of the Temple Bue Jeshu7
run celebrate Purinl- Eve (to-night) bya masquc-
rade at the West Side Turncr-Hail.
Last evening the Mechanics Local Associa-
tion gave their annual ball at Boynton's Hall.
, 1879-03-09
MRS. E. B. LY1IAN'S SLECTURE

ladies OF Tueeday afternoon March H. At oc,ork
4 Wt.3 sne III RE MoEas Church Eobey sad
Diseases" Course Of three lecturer Ill single lecture
, 1879-03-09
Leave. 1 AMw

Pullman Palace Dining-Cars md Pullman 16.V6e.;
SleenipE Cars are run between Chicago and Omass ~
The Pacidc E1rexz.
CHICAGO ALTON Il ST. LOUIE, AID CHIcAen
KANSAS CITY & DENVER sHQRT LINER
Union Depot, West Side. aear iadison-st BRIDE ava
Twenty -third-sr. Ticket Ofce 122 kandoipe.ir4
, 1879-03-09
ENAOCTTTON.
SAMOEL KAYZRR, ElQcnilniSt

pirate aud IN classes class In reading
91&h2pe0fe ~ &c 1ofnled thfs week. at
HERSHEY MUs1c-HALL,
, 1879-03-09

M&dison, Prairie du Chen &
Iowa ExpEcss..
Milwaukee, Fist I'ra'nt a1,l.,
Wisconsin & Minnesota, Green
Bay, Stevens Po!ut, and Ash
land through NIEht Exnrcss. !.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

A portion of the Republican press
are again at their work of killing off
the Democratic party. 1t selects
for the present mortuary effort a
time when the Democracy have just
got hold of both branches of Con-
gress and can control every appoint
ment and every dollar of public ex-
penditure from and after the 18th Of
March inst. 1t is somewhat singu-
lar that it never occur to these wor-
thies that the dead Democracy, like
the corpse in the wake of Dion Bou-
cicault's Shaughran, is liable to rise
up at any moment and kick the can
dies over. The depth, width and
length of Republican agony at being
deprived of the control of the purse
and the sword are but ill concealed
by calling an autopsy on SO lively a
corpse as that Of the Democratic
party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

The Confederate brigadiers'' in
the House number nearly one hun
dred. In the Democratic caucus for
Speaker Mr.. Blackburn of Kentucky,
who is one of the "brigadiers," re-
ceived 81 votes, and a good many Of
these were from the northern States.
Mr.. Randall received Is votes, and
thus it appears that he received
more southern votes than Mr., Black
burn, his rival. There was no evil
dence of sectionalism in the contest,
northern Democrats voting for Mr..
Blackburn and southern. Democrats
for Mr.. Randall. This disposed OF
the cry of the Republicans about a
'"Solid South" in the election OF
Speaker. The Democratic party is
a national party and knows no Sec
tional lines.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

The New York Sun publishes in
tabular form, the names of the per-
sons who actively participated in the
theft of the Presidency, coupled with
the rewards which they have receiv-
ed from Mr.. Hayes. 1t now appears
that these men are now drawing
$250,000 per annum from the Nation
al Treasury. By the end of Hayes
term the country will, therefore, have
been forced to pay out one million
in hard cash to the rascals who by
fraud nullified the voice of the Amer
lean people, We find in the tables
the names of ninety-six persons, and
that Mr.. Hayes has not stopped with
the immediate. perpetrators of the
fraud by which he profited. Their
relatives have also been provided for.
With this interesting exhibit before
the country it will hardly be neces-
sary to argue at length that the Re-
turning Boards were in the market,
and that they were duly purchased
at the expense of the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27


The law regulating hunting on
farms has been SO amended that
farmers do not have to advertise Eor
to put up signs. Here is the law as
amended:
SEC, 80. whatsoever, without hav-
ing received verbal or written per-
mission from the owner, his agent or
a person in charge of enclosed or i'm
proved lands or any lands, the boun-
diaries of which are defined by stakes,
posts, water courses, bitches or mark
ed trees, shall hunt thereon, shoot
at, kill or pursue with such intent,
on such lands, any of the birds or
game mentioned, in sections twenty
seven, twenty-eight and thirty OF
this chapter, shall be fined not more
than twenty-five mol less than five
dollars, or imprisoned not more than
thirty nor less than five days or
both.
SEC. 2. That said original section
thirty-three of the above recited act
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed February Goth 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

Fifty millions in Ohio for drink?
Think of that We who complain of
hard times! Six hundred millions
in the Union for that which does
nothing but harm!-Miami Helmet.
And twice six hundred millions
for fashions, feathers, flummery and
foolery in the Union, for that which
does nothing but harm of the most
demoralizing and degrading charac-
ter! The only aso there is not SO
much bowling about this body and
soul-destroying evil, is because it
can't be used by a set Of political
demagogues and vagabonds for par
ty purposes. That and nothing
more.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
r. E PENSION Law.

There are some features of the
new pension law which are not evil
IDENTIFY understood, judging from
the many inquiries directed to the
Commissioner of Pensions from all
parts of the country. The law, as it
now stands, includes in its provisions
the soldiers who continued in ser.
vice after the surrender of Lee; in
cludes, in short, the same as the law
ever has done-all service after the
4th of March, 1861. The act of Jan
uary 25th confined itselfto those who
served during the rebellion. Instead
of allowing M man several times as
much as another for precisely the
same disability, the final amend
ments made an honest attempt to
equal arrears. If the pension was
curtailed under the old limitation,
the arrears are not allowed from date
Of discharge, but from date of devel-
opment of pensionable disability, in
stead of being fixed for the whole
back period at the rate which the
pension was originally allowed. The
rate is nov being graduated accord
ing to the degree Of the pensionable
disability from time to time. If the
p~ensionable disability occurred in
the service, the arrears date from the
soldiers discharge. If the pension
able disability arose after discharge
although, Of course, the cause Of it
must come from service,) then the
arrears date from the appearance or
development of the pensionable disa-
bility. Pensions allowed by special
acts, which always date from the ap-
prevail of said acts, unless they them
selves specify another date, are not
affected by the new law, The in
crease of 50 a month to widows, on
account of children and to maintain
children themselves, will not be af-
fected by the new law; such increase,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

Since the adjournment of the 45th
Congress there has been discovered
a rule of the Senate which prevents
any change among the Senate officers
without the consent of the Vice
President, and on account of this, q
Washington correspondent says Sen
ate radical office holders, sanguine
beyond even the usual radical stan
dard, hope for a new lease of official
life, But this discovery will hardly
do these radical Office holders any
good. In the first place Mr.. Wheel
er would not, probably, interpose
any objection to changes, and in the
second place if he should exhibit
that bad taste, the Senate would, as
it should, rescind the resolution or
rule. The change will be made.
Those who have held under a radi-
cal Senate for so many years must
give way. The new Senate must
take a new departure, not only in
measures, but in men, and it will do
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

as heretofore, will not begin prior to
July 25th 1866. The arrears are
payable from any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
How much of this there will be re-
mains to be seen; but it is not prob
able, whatever this amount may be,
that there will be any trouble or de-
lay in paying such arrears as have
accrued in claims not yet one adju
dictated, and in claims where no pen
sion has yet been allowed. These
will probably be passed along and as
paid fast as allowed, as usual. The
Commissioner of Pensions will soon
be ready to adjucate claims under
the new law, and has already prepar.
ed a notice for a competitive examin-
alton for such additional clerical
force as will be required.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
Passed February 2eth 1879.

The late Bayard Taylor, in his
work on "India, China and Japan"
received the impressions of the Chi
nese which we here quote from his
own personal observations and infor-
nation while in China:
at is my deliberate opinion. that
the Chinese are, morally, the most
debased people on the face of the
earth. Forms of vice, which in 9TH
er countries are barely named, are
in China so common as to excite no
comment among the natives. They
constitute the surface level, and be-
low are deeps and deeps of depravity
so shocking and horrible that their
character cannot be limited. There
are some dark shadows in human
nature which we naturally shrink
from penetrating, and | made no at
tempt to collect information of this
kind; but there was enough in the
things which l could not avoid see.
ing and hearing, which are brought
almost daily to the notice of every
foreign resident, to inspire me with
d powerful aversion TO the Chinese
race. Their touch is pollution, and
harsh as the opinion may seem, jus
tice to our cwn race demands that
they should not be allowed to settle
on our soil. Science may have los'
something but mankind has gained
by the exclusive policy which ha:
governed China during the past cen
tury."-Enq@irer.
The Baldwin murder is Still {
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

John Sherman gives public assur-
ance that the proceeds of the four
per cent. bonds, sold by National
bankers, "shall not be called into the
Treasury until necessary to make
payment of called bonds" In other
words, the banks shall have free use
of Government funds just as long as
the Government can be run without
calling for its own money. How
long is this country to be made to
put up with this kind of Treasury
management?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
AN ACT.

To amend section thirty-three, of
chapter eight, on an act entitled
ian act to amend, revise, and con-
selidate the statutes relating to
crimes and offenses, and to repeal
certain acts therein named, to be
known as title one, crimes and Of
fences, part four, of the act to re-
wise and consolidate the general
statutes of Ohio" passed May 9th
1877, Ohio Laws, vol. IA, page
273.
SECTION L. Be 1T enacted By the
General assembly Of the State Of
Ohio, That section thirty-three (33)
of chapter eight g. of an act enti-
tied san act to amend, revise and
consolidate the statutes relating to
crimes and ofenses, and to repeal
certain acts therein named, to be
known as title one, crimes and often
ses, part four, of the act to revise
and consolidate the general statutes
of Ohio" passed May 5, 1877 (Ohio
Laws, vol. "a, page 273,) be SO
amended as to read as follows:
SEC. 33. Whosoever, without hav-
ing received verbal or written per
mission from the owner, his agent,
or a person in charge of enclosed or
improved lands, OF any, lands, the
boundaries of Which are defined by
stakes, posts, waite. courses, bitches
or marked trees, shall hunt thereon,
shoot at, kill, or pursue with such
intent, on such lands, any OF the
birds or game mentioned in sections
twenty-seyen. twenty eight and thir-
ty of this chapter, shall be fined not
more than twenty-five nor less than
five dollars, CT imprisoned not more
than thirty nor less than five days,
or both.
Sec. 2. That said original section
thirty, three of the above recited act
be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's
passage.
Passed February 26th 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

The Columbus Democrat says
The Democrats onghtn't to disturb
a single Republican who holds an
appointive office. Rather turn out
all the Democrats and put Republi-
cans in. Magnanimity is a great
virtue. The Republicans admire it
in Democrats, although they are for
hidden by the tenant of their own
faith to practice it themselves. The
Republican Senate swore the boot
black on a stack of Bibles never to
vote the Democratic ticket, and vot-
ed a score or two of carpet-bag
thieves into the seats of Democratic
Senators, who in turn voted away
hundreds of millions Of the peoples
money, but it would never do for a
Democratic Senate to turn out one
of the one hundred and eighty-two
Republicans who hold Office in the
north end of the Capital. "To do
so VIII provoke discussion and ruin
the Democratic party" say the solic-
itous Republicans. Of course, the
Republicans wouldn't lie about a
thing of this kind. They don't want
the offices. They are only anxious
that the Democratic party shall not
ruin itself when all its future pros.
poets are so bright.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
The Washineton Post saws: The

The washington Post says: Inc
veto power, as it exists in the FEEDER
al Constitution, was taken from the
constitution of Massachusetts,. Ac-
cording to Alexander Hamilton, 'the
primary i1ducement in comforting
the power in question upon the Exc
cutive is to enable him to defend
himself" Neither MI. Hayes nor
any of his advisors will pretend that
the repeal of partisan laws on which
the Democrats insist is a menance
TO, or an insult on, the Executive
power. Another object was to pre-
vent hasty, impulsive, ill-considered
legislation. The repeating acts
which a Democratic Congress will
soon lay before Mr.. Hayes have been
as maturely considered and as ex-
haustively discussed as any meas
ures ever brought before Congress.
They we're decreed by the election
of the Forty fourth Congress four and
a half years ago, aud that decree
was repeated in the election of the
F~orty-ffth, and again in the election
of the Forty-sixth Congress. Moth
ing sudden, nothing emotional, no
transient ebullition of passion in
this, but the calm, settled, persistent
demand of the people that their will
shall take the place of statutes to
which they object. Mr.. Hayes is an
old Wing. Mr.. Evarts, Mr.. Devens
and Mr.. Thompson were nurtured in
the same faith. They should respect
the teachings of Hamilton and Web
ster. And if they will study the
question Of the veto power as ex
pounded by those masters, they will
admit that the repeating acts propos-
ed furnish no excuse for the employ
ment of the veto power. The legis-
lative department does not propose
any aggression in the executive OF
judicial departments. 1t proposes
nothing impulsiye. It simply in
tends to wipe out laws that exper-
fence has condemned, and whose re
peal is demanded by the thrice-re-
peated verdict of a majority of the
legal voters of the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

The largest bill ever introduced
into a Legislative Assembly was the
new code submitted to the Ohio Sen
ate. 1t contained 1920 pages, and,
as it was insisted that it should be
read in full, the Senate sat up till
midnight to hear it through: even at
that, hundreds of pages were slyly
skipped.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

We have received a copy of Sena-
tor DUNGAN's Constitutional amend
ment resolution limiting county sal
aries, which finally passed the Sen
ate on last Friday. We hope it will
pass the House, and have no doubt
but that it would receive almost the
unanimous vote of the people of Pre-
bic county. 1t would be a just and
equitable settlement of public Of
hcers salaries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

An emigrant ticket from Cincin-
natl to Leadville by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fee line sells for
$40. The cost of living must be
added to this, and in the far West
living is expensive, A person can
not buy his meals short of $3.50 a
day while en- route, and it will take
from six to eight days to reach there.
Count 500 for expenses of that kind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

Mr.. HAYES has one hundred and
fifty men in public positions, who
either directly or indirectly assisted
in swindling the people out of their
fairly elected President. A sweet
specimen to talk of preserving the
purity of the electionsr"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

Every colored person in the coun-
try knows that if the Republicans
could have elected a negro to the
clerkship, they wouldn't have nomi-
mated one. Having an opportunity to
do so for years and refusing, proves
the hollowness of their shallow at.
tempt now.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

Senator Sharon, of Nevada, has
been in his seat sixty days during
the past four years, but he has drawn
his salary with the greatest regular
ity. Being a Republican, however,
there is no stigma that attaches to
his conduct. 1t is only the absent
eeism of Democrats that is reprehen-
eihIa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

California will elect her Congress
ional Delegations in number-in
September. Win have no represen-
tatiyes in the adjourned session of
Congress. In the late Congress the
representation was two Democrats
and two Republicans. If we mistake
not the times it will be asolid" Dem
ocratic next Congress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

The Democratic Congress organ
lied without a very severe shock to
the quiet of the country or the ruin
of the party. Both move majestical-
ly on in the sublime road of peace and
plenty, much to the discontinue of
the Radicals and "stalwarts' of the
Republican persuasion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27

A member of the Kansas legisia-
ture comes out with an affidavit and
says that INGALLS, paid him $1,000
for his vote! He can point to the
White House fraud for justification
in purchasing his seat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-27
Mr. HAYES. hr nnttine ! Confeder.

Mr.. HAYES, by putting a copfeder-
ate General in his Cabinet, and CIV
ing the guerrilla Mosby and other
bush-whackers fat places, set the ex-
ample for the Democrats to do the
same, and now the "stalwarts" howl
against it, and bristle for "wahp and
another chance for plumber.