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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
PIa1ine the

Young Bummelhans has Just been dis
charged by his employer, old Twoper-
cent. The facts are as follows: Bum
melhans had just returned from q trip
over the State. His trip had been a
very satisfactory n to himself, per-
haps, bpt not SO to his employer. He
had spent a great deal of money in bug
gy rides and N thing and another, and
hadtake en- very few orders. When Bum
melhaIis called in to see the old man the
latter was mad. He said :
81 don't pelieve you makes any ef-
fort to sell goots. Ven I wash a drum
mer / always sold goots to de merchants,
no matter ven dey don't want any. I
made de acquaintance o everybody"
"How did you use to manage to sell
goods when You were q drummer ?"
ST viii show yon all about dat.
Schoost you sits down in chairs. You
vas a country merchant I plays now de
drumfaer ?"
All right" said Bummelhans. "I1l
be. a country merchant, andIu show you
how they do" -, -
Bummelhans pretended TO be writing
at his desk, and old Twopercent came
up from one side, DO wing and scraping.
"Goot Porning. Can't ] sell you
some goots 1sIHlg s4i r,f 40 a.
"Who are You r. says Bummelhans,
looking up. xii .aia.ag lac
a5"I travels for de Galveston firm Of
Twopercent.YY . 3u4sis3s 3sslls ~
"You do, do your So you travel fol
that internal old thief, do you 2 Take
that r and to impress upon his en-
ployer the difficulties of drumming NJ
trade, Bummelhans kicked the old mar
four or five times, pushed him up in &
corner apd choked him for a while, ani
then told the old gentleman, who wa.
s~peechless with bona fide rage, elf YOU
ever come in here again I'll not leave I
whole bone in your carcass."@GalOe
lo1l MeICs. 10 g stst
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

A SINGULAR sort of Enoch Arden case
is reported from Brooklyn. In 1S41
Henry Phillips left his wife. and two
children for parts unknown Believing
him to be dead, Mrs. Phillips married
Henry Virgins, living with him until
her death in 1879. She died ~intestate,
leaving $50, 600, her son by Phillips, and
two children by Virgins. Her son,
Howard, has long been searching for
his father, and finally found him in the
Wisconsin Soldiers Home. They now
claim the property, but Virgins charges
fraud upon them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
shocktng Brutality.

m Fey
Three men we're mobbed at Nashville, Tenn,
by q mob of one hundred men. Ramsey, one Of
the men, was shot down at the Jail. Ramsey
had shot and killed a Miss Holt q short time
ago, because she refused to marry him. The
other two mobbed were negroes. They were
taken away and hanged. They had participated,
With six other negroes, in one of the most
heinous crimes that has ever been recorded. A
correspondent writing from Nashville, of the
crime, gives the following horrible details: An
old negro named Jim Higgins, one of the par
ticipators, was arrested and tortured until he
made a confession in substance as follows:
Larrade was the name of a bachelor, who
lived in an isolated part of the country, and
from his mode of life, it was supposed he
had accumulated considerable money. Higgins
said himself and eight others went to Laprade's
house and woke him up, when one of the ne
groes, initiating Laprade's brothers voice to
perfection, asked him to open his door, which
hedid. The black demons then rushed in up
on him, threw him violently to the floor and
told him to give up his money or die. He de-
dared he had only. IS, which he gave: them.
Then followed a series Of diabolcal tortures.
They first singed the hair off his head and
ody, when they again demanded his money.
He declared he had spoken the truth They
then hung him until he was almost unconscious,
when they dropped him to the earth and
again askedh him for money, but with all this he
still told the same story. He was then repeat
edly hanged and let down and the same ques-
tons p~ropounded, withthe same answer. While
this was being done the negroes uttered the
foulest and blacklist of oaths, in keeping with
their inquisition of Laprade. Numberless tor
lures, too shameful for print, succeeded each
other. Disappointed and furious, they at last
hacked him with knives and cut on the tendons
Of his legs from the knees down, and then
killed him. They then hid his body away un-
der some bushes. On the following night tive
Of the party became alarmed and removed it tc
q sink-hole in front of his sisters house.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Bulls.

1t was a Chicago reporter who wrote !:
"They fred two shots at him ; the first
killed him, but the second was not
fatal" A French writer, and not an
Irish, made this bull: Sin the death
of Monsieur Theirs, France is widowed
of her noblest son." That was a first
class bull made by an English Bishop,
who said of some one that he had re-
nounced the errors of Popery for those
of Professionalism. 1t was q Kansas poll
tician who said of his party "that they
were prepared to burn their ships, and
with every sail unfurled steer boldly
out into the ocean of freedom" Mixed
and magnificent as the imagery is, it
does not approach that of the Austrian
Minister of Justice who, in 1913, de-
clared at Vienna, that "the chariot of
the Revolution was rolling around and
crashing its teeth as it rolled "-&. S.
Cons 8 Wig We Laugh"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Treater of Chronic Diseases.
SUPBRIoR. wis. jam. 1850.

OOfEr1Oh, WIS.,, JILL. LOU.
I heard In my neighborhood that your
Hop Bitters was doing such great deal
of good among the sick and afflicted with
most every kind Of disease, and as1 had
been troubled for fifteen years with neu-
ralgia and all kinds of rheumatic CONF
plants and kidney trouble, 7 took one
bottle, according to directions. 1t atonce'
did me q great deal of good, and I used
another bottle. / am an old man, but
am now as well as 7 can wish. There are
seven o eight families in our place using
a nSP - B well sa Il sae5f 1 miah ( I thsH ~ia a not
use any other. One lady7here had been
bed-ridden for years, is well and doing
her work from the use'of three bottles.
LEONARD WHrrRFCK.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
h PENSION BUREAU.
Some idea of the Enormous Business
1t Has to

II Has TO Handle.
Nh. Bently, the Commissioner of PEN
slons, has compiled some information on
the Pension Bureau which illustrates the
magnitude OF the pension SYSTEM He
says: "On the Both of June last there
were 245, 600 pensioners. Including the
hrst payment to pensioners whose cases
were settled during the fiscal year, there
was paid out for pensions $50, 600, 900,
exclusive of arrears, which amounted to
$21, 900, 900 in addition. So there was
paid out for pensions during the fiscal
year $751;, DOC, 900. The regular pensions
and first payments to the new pensioners
will, In the aggregate, continue to in
crease until they shall have reached
500, DOC, 600 in amount, and perhaps a
greater sum. Great aus the interest of
the pensioners whose cases have already
been settled has grown to be, the inter
ests OF those persons who have unsettled
claims represent a still greater sum, and
1t is being daily increased by the new
claims which are continually coming
forward. On the 30th of June last there
were before the office, awaiting settle
ment, 280, 900 claims for original army
and navy pensions, involving an average
first payment amounting to 81, 100 in
each case, or q total of sos, 000, 600 for
the first payment alone. In addition,
there were 1000 unsettled claims for
the Wa of 1872 and the Mexican and
Indian wars. The annual average of the
pensions of all classes is. $105 to each
pension. The whole number of persons
decidedly interested IN Tie pensions,
either as the actual recipients or claim
ants, is $50, 600.
These figures represent the condition
of affairs on the 30th of June last. Since
then new claims, have been filed at an
average rate of $50 per day. The regu-
lar annually accruing pensions of the
whole 532, 600, counting the claimants
as already pensioners, are $50, 100000.
The annual pensions are sufficient tc
pay the interest upon 81 400, 600, 600 of 4
percent bonds. Add, to this sum the
$308, 600, 600 arrears, or first payments
upon the pending claims, and we FIND
the enormous amount of 81, 706, 100000
standing as the capitafTor representative
of the pension interest as it was ON the
30th of June last, 6, sum nearly equal te
the whole public debt of the nation
The $50, 600 directly interested persons
are distributed throughout the country
as nearly as can be- calculated about a;
follows: In the States north of Mary
land and the Ohio and east of the Mis-
sissippi and Iowa, Minnesota, and Kan
sas on the West, from 1900 to 5000 il
each Congressional district. In q thu
States of Maryland,w West Virginia
Tennessee, re- Kentucky, Missouri, an(
the States on the Pacific coast with thu
Territories in proportion to population
from / 1000 to ], 800, and from 800 to 50'
in the Congressional districts of tn
Southern States. sanik OF isasE .tH'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
.Too Much. Heya

. ttIs your name David Shaster?" asked
the court of a man nearly seven feet high
who suddenly walked out on Bijah's arm.
"Hey?" replied the prisoner, as he
leaned forward.
els your name David Shaster?"
"Hey?" uutaa
-David-Shaster
repeated the court with all his voice.
Eyes, I suppose it is"
"You are charged with being drunk"
"Hey?"
"You are charged with being drunk"
"Hey?"
"Drnnkl" yelled Biiah, with his mouth
close to the mans ear. 5#rf atsE4
who's drunk? What have I got to
do with anybody's being drunk?'
"You were drunk" shouted the court.
"Hey?" @ o99hs
"Youwere drunk!'' yelled Bijah.
Bet you SIS" replied the prisoner as
he went down for the money. os ri
The officer in the case said he found
him lying under a shed, drunk and asleep
and the court replieds 7ui i3ofJ
swell, I can't yell my head off to
make him understand. I've busted my
collar-button and broken a suspender
already and I shall let him go. Prisoner
you can CO., .slGddna 3x.n lE9TsIia /.
aeyf nsdlftsd ,a7te4
s9"'Hey?"'4i4 . mo-
Biiai turned him around and run him
out and shut the door on him. but he
| put his nose against the glass and shook
the door and called out:
"Hey? I'll see i'll haven any rights!'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
ERSONAL

Mr.. II. Lulay, Sufield, Ohio, writes:
Fifteen years my wife suffered with liv-
er disease. I paid an immense amount
of money to the doctors, but without any
benefit to her. Last year she began to
use Hamburg Drops, since which time
we have had no occasion for Doctors
Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Register.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
TaEine the Indian Cen.u..

The work of taking the census of the Indians
of the United States will be commenced Oc-
tober /. The census will include the
enumeration of the Indians by approximate
ages. The vital statistics will be collected by
the United States surgeons on the different
reservations, educational statistics by the gov
ernmentteachers, and the industrial statistics by
anaciaI aoenfa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
A Terrible Treat.

At Rising Sun, a. interior town in Woods
County, Ohio, six men became somewhat in
toxicated at the Wedding of a druggist. The
druggist mixed up a drink for them, the ingre-
dents of which he confesses himself to be
ignorant of, but says opium was among them.
At latest accounts five of the six were lying at
the point of death, and the druggist under ar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

1t is almostc certain that the "Grand Army Of
Occupation is fully organized at Austin, Tex,
and are perfecting their arrangements for maxi
ing a move of some kind. A signal corps has
been organized and is drilling. The members
refuse to tell anything, or even acknowledge
that they are connected with the movement,
but it is certain that the organization still lives,
and that a movements of some kind is on foot.
The other day 'rBig Nosed George" the well
known road agent and murderer, was ~arraigned
at Knowlins, Wyoming Territory, on the charge
Of murder, and pleaded guilty to the charge of
murder in the first degree. He will be sem
fenced to be hung. George had good counsel,
who desired to defend, but George said he
wanted to die for his bloody crimes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
The Work of the Thrifty.

The world has always been divided
into two classes-those who have saved,
and those who have spent-the thrifty
and extravaganza. The building of all the
houses, the mills, the bridges, and the
ships, and the accomplishment of all
other great works which have rendered
man civilized and happy, have been done
by the savers, the thrifty; and those who
have wasted their resources have always
been their slaves. It has been the law
of nature that this should be so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
fo neath.

Jim Higgins, the old negro at Nashville,
Tenn, who was tortured with fire by a mob
10 extort a confession from him concerning
the murder Of Laprade, is suffering excruciat-
ing pain, and his death is but a question of a
few days The soles Of his feet are burnt to
the depth Of an inch or more, and his body is
otherwise in a horrible condition. His means
can be heard q quarter Of a mile day and
night,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

eve are going to do something we
have never done before, and that is, de-
liberately and unsolicited to puff a pat
ent medicine. We want. to say that we
indorse, personally, all that is said of st.
Jacobs Oil. We have tried it for rheu-
matism and neuralgia, and it has given
instant relief. "-Peck's Sun,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

Cora L.. Y. RICHMOND, the spiritual
~clairvoyant, explains that the spirit after
death is not clothed in external garments,
fashioned as earthly garments are, but
affectionate friends, spirits who are in
sympathy, gather around and adjust the
raiment. Garments are woven of atmos-
pheric conditions and spiritual substan.
ces surrounding the individual.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

The. Rev. J. w. ,Grubbs oficiated at
what was intended to be a mock mar
rage, at Springfield, Mo-, but afterward
declared that the knot was legal, and
made a formal record of the certificate.
The couple were. indignant atthis action,
and had the clergyman prosecuted. He
was fined $25 for making a false return /;
but he has appealed, and for months the
pair will not know whether or not they
are husband and wife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

The peach orchard of John b. Par
nell, in Troup county, Ga, is the largest
in the world. It covers $50 acres of
land, and will probably yield $40, 900
this year. It's owner is a near relative
Of Charles Stewart Parnell, N. P. go
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
The KihiiI.ts mt Work.

On the Northwestern Railway, IN England,
an attempt was made the other day to blow up
the down express train from Edinburgh and
Glasgow. The train was supposed to carry
among its passengers the Russian Grand Duke
Constantine and Admiral Poppof, of the Rus
sian navy, and some other Russian officials who
had been visiting Greenock for the purpose Of
examining certain new vessels now in course of
construction there. Nihilist refugees in Eng
land, it is believed, had concocted a plan for
blowing up the train and destroying the officials.
Dynamite which had been placed under the
track was connected with an India rubber table
containing gunpowder. The locomotive in its
passage cut the tube in half, but at one point
where, by an almost miraculous accident, the
persuasive caps, which were intended to fire the
dynamite, had been misplaced. They failed to
explode and the train passed in safety over
what was designed to blow it and its passengers
into eternity. The plot was discovered soon
after the passage Of the train.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
6tranee. an, III

4 The Prince and Princess Of Wales and their
children, last week, in London, attended a per-
formance of American minstrels, given at Her
Majesty's Theater, and report says, enjoyed the
Performance greatly. We shall not be ashamed
to go to minstrel shows now. SeZ
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

What a Woman nid.

Livingston, of Brooklyn, began afast of forty
days. When he had entered upon his nineth
day, he was informed that his wife had COM
mitted suicide because of his determination
He rushed home to find his wife in commissions.
She said she had taken poison. An investiga-
ton, however, revealed the fact that the whole
thing was a fraud, and done to make her hus-
hand abandon his fast
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

The International Military Match at Creed
moor resulted in the Military Division of Mis-.
souri, winning the first prize, with a score of
I023 out of apostolic 1000, and the Military
Division of the Pacific taking the second prize,
with a score of LOLA.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Immense Sale.
EVANSVILLE, Wis, June "a, 1879.

EVANSVILLE, Wis, June "a, 1873.
Gentlemen-No Bitters have had one-
half the sale here and given such uni
yersal satisfaction as your Hop Bitters
have. We take pleasure in speaking for
their welfare, as every one who tries them
is we'll Satisfied with their results. Sew
eraJ such remarkable cures have been
made with them here that there are a
number of earnest workers in the Hop
Bitters cause One person gained eleven
pounds from taking only a few bottles. ST
SMITH & IDE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
De.ecr.tIon or n Grave.

The handsome stone over the grave. of Rob
ert McAulay, at Ottawa, Canada, has been
broken to pieces by a hammer. McAulay was
the orangeman Young Britton shot through
the head and threw into the river during the
trouble in July, 1877.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
young FLOOD ON nis MuscIe.

1ASan Francisco dispatch states that Robert
Z. Culbrish, editor ofthe Weekly Argus, YVES
pummelled in the street by J. G. Flood, Jr., for
IN article published in the paper relative to the
rupture of the engagement between Miss Jessie
Flood and U. s. Grant, Jr. rT9 AZ
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Cartridge Factory Explosion.

A terrible explosion occurred last week in a
small wooden building, occupied by the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company, at Bridgeport,
Conn. The building is situated som distance
west of their main factory. At the time of the
explosion five persons were at work il the bnild-
ing, and all are supposed to have been killed,
as mono have been seen since, and four bodies
have been found. Following are the names:
J.. Sullivan, aged 10; James Tobin, aged IT;
Michael Dempsey, jr., aged %; VIM. Fuerich-
niger, aged As; Philander Clark, aged so. The
building was completely blown to atoms, and
the debris blown a great distance. A small
lake some distance from the building was liter
ally strewn with fragments. Twoof the bodies
were found in the lake, one with the head and
arm gone. The cause of the accident is not
known. The explosion caused intense excite
ment among the 600 employees in the main
building. The works were shut down and the
hands allowed to go home.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
sp,,u,. Wee I,t,ie Tb,pr.

The Princess CHATS the name of Chris
tnas' baby)h has been baptised and named Maria
Mercedes Isabella. Queen Isabella was sponsor.
Mercedes was the name of Alfonso's first
wifeNas we Americans would say.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

A. ". Brown, MD, of Providence, R. L.,
says: tI have used Hunts Remedy nmy prac-
tice for the past 16 years, and cheerfully recon-
mend it as being q safe and reliable remedy"
All diseases of the Kidneys, Liver, Bladder and
Urinary Organs are cured by Hunts Remedy.
Trial size rs cents. -a. ..'. 5l.-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

WHEN Gambettais n cefairly launched
he utters $50 to 24O words a minute. An
ordinary speaker pronounces only about
$50 words in the same time. Lord
Macauley used to speak $50 words in a
minute.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
rhe sIi..ouri ereenbnckers.

The Greenback State Central Committee Of
Missouri have placed a full Electoral ticket in
the field, with Andrew Royal and o. H. Barker
as Electors at Large.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
The Seham niaaatcr

They are still taking dead bodies out Of the
Seham pit, the latest dispatch stating that
tmenty-nine more corpses have been recovered
The whole number perishing was 165.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Tho EVIL Of Politics.

The leading essay read before the National
Association of Fire Engineers Of the United
States, at their annual session, at Boston, was
entitled, ''The Evils Of Political Influence in
Fife Departmental" 1t was the production of
Chief Sexton, Of st. Louis.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
wand O. at Chicago.

In an effort to beat the record of st. Julien
OHIO at Chicago, the other day, Maud s.
scored 2ll1S. Had it not been for an unlucky
break on the last quarter, it is thought she
would have made 2:1011 or 2:1o.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
presbyteriauf.nu aud Etsraar Puuishmeut,

Rev. T. P. Adams, of Dunkirk, n. Y, has been
deposed from the ministry of the Presbyterian
Church by the Presbytery of Buffalo, for hersey
in preaching against the doctrine of eternal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
9Hela1rar Perjury.

Thos. Van Dusen, who testified that he saw
Buchanan, President of the bogus Philadelphia
medical college, jump overheard and drowned,
has been committed on the charges of perjury
Ind conspiracy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
G.nysG-CnaA

The trial Of Virgil and Houston Gully at
De KaJb, Miss, on the charge of the murder of
John P. Gil1ner, in 1877, is in progress. The
jury consists of eleven whites and one colored.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Rect boom.

The European beet supply, it is stated, will
reach 1,600, 600 tens, the largest amount on
record. The cablegram however states that
much will depend on the weather for the next
two or three weeks. - i..,I
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Dea,f, or an Ex-Rebel General.

General nshrod Johnson, who was a Major
General IN the Confederate service, and since
that q resident of Nashville, st. Louis, an 2
Brighton, Illinois, died at the latter place last
week.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

Arrangements have been made by which Phil
adelphia will celebrate hertwo hundredth. birth
day, inA1Ss2, during September and October, in
her permanent exhibition buildings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
Mail Ascent.

F. F. Hawley, Mail Agent on the Louisville
and Nashville Railway, has been arrested by
the United States Marshal, charged with en-
hezzlement.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
The Arikan.as Election.

Official returns from all the counties in the
State except Chicot, Deshs, Green, Phillips,
and Pulaski, give Churchill q majority of 81, 1000
over Parker for Governor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
BRADFoRD. Pa. MAYS 1875

It has cured me of several diseases,
such a nervousness, sickness at the
stomach, monthly troubles, etc. 1have
not seen q sick day in a year sinceI took
Hep Bitters. Several of my neighbors
use them. 4oee MRsaFANNM GREEN
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

The statement that a spring had beenidis-
covered in whose water there WAS gold, has
turned out to be a fraud. The fact has been
developed that the water was s'salted'' with
chloride of gold.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23

IT'S true, tits pity, and pity It's, It's true"
that too many sensible people regard Coughs
and Colds SO indifferently. DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup cures Coughs and Colds and is only %
cents a bottle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Kicf0rfn,aR m

victoria's Scalp Wanted.
Governor. Terras, OF New Mexico, offers %, 900
for victoria's scalp.