The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-29
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Ed. T. d.. Garvin will preach in the
Church of Christ, Eaton, o., on satur
day evening, July 31st, at s o'clock p.
m. also on Sunday, Aug. LIST, at 1O16 a
m. and in the evening at the usual hour.
The public are cordially invited.
The number of men in a minority coun.
ty who KNOW they could carry it against
their opponent, is surprising. Whole
townships are just painting to march in
solid phalanx with ballots to deposit for
them! All they ask is the nomination.
Factl -.
The good farmer soweth his seed in
the spring and spendeth the summer
killing the weeds and nuturing the crops
the good preacher likewise soweth the
seed, but then hieth away to a summer
resort and letteth the crops and weeds
fight it out on their own hook.
L The following is an extract from a the
atrical advertisement in Leadville: "Un-
interrupted successl Appearance of 16
beautiful dizzy blondes! Scale of prices:
To the near-sighted, 81. At an altitude,
so cents. To the far off, 25cents. Bald
headed association, rs cents"
The University of Wooster, Ohio, is a
Presbyterian institution. Prof. Scott of
the chair of mental and moral science
became heterodox m his teachings, and
the Trustees requested him to resign,
which he did. The students have al
most unanimously askedfor his reinstate-
Fment.
The Rev. W. E. Walker, a C~ongrega-
tional pastor of yermiIion, Dakota, got
drunk at public ball, and his behavior
was SO bad that his church had to put
him on trial. 1t was then proved that
he caroused ~habitually, and he was de-
posed as -
Ice in Cincinnati this year is $3.50 a
ton, against $4.25 in 1876, and brewers
are turning their attention to artificial ice.
At the brewery of Wendisch, Mulhauser
& Bro, at st. Louis, there is a machine
lately brought from Germany which is
guaranteed to make a ton of ice for nine
ty cents.
David Baker, Harrison Baker, John
silyerdecker, Joseph Gebhart.and Jacob
Merriman, the parties arrested last week
for sseining in Twin creek, were before
the Mayor OF last Thursday-and plead
guilty. Each one paid SO and costs for
the fun. The fish they caught cost them
about 81 apiecel ~ .ed
The second trial of Tobias Wescoe, in
dicted with Frank Walters and George
Clatterbuck for highway robbery, came
up last Monday morning for hearing be-
fore Judge JAS. A. GILMORE. 1t was given
to the jury about 2 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, and after an absence of two
hours a verdict of guilty was returned.
Andswe all say 9amenp,g
AN. Noreross, or Norwich, Conn, is
in a dilemma. He can hardly accept
Garfield, and to. vote against his party is
repulsive to him. He finally decides the
matter by setting two hens with twelve
eggs each. One he has dedicated to
Hancock and the other to Garfield, and
the hen matching the greatest number of
chickens will decide his vote.
The Prohibitionists of Preble county
met at the Opera House in Eaton last
week, and nominated the following tick
ct: Charles Schreel, Auditor; Washing
ton Kelly, Sheriff; David Miller, Record
er; E. G. Smith, Commissioner; DIR. B.
F. Bean,gCoroner; Geo. Davidson, In
Urinary Director, The Convention was
not SO largeas in former years, but the
speeches and enthusiasm was all the
same. Ifthese feHowsshould happen to
live about 215 600 years, and some of
theP progeny the same length of time,
there's scarcely q possibility that what
they Advocate mayScome around.
Parties were in this county last week,
offering,aewihd pump for sale. If a far
mer didn't want topurchase.ahey would
theneask,thee priFilegeeof puttingsne up
for few days, Just that they nigh see
hoY@sReadiatyGK wofked Two con
tracts were given to be signed to this eff
feqts bptNhen rloseIyahd carefnllyread,
it wasah absolute purchase of the pump,
IE%aich SEQ was promised to be paid.
forit. We only know OF one person thus
taken in, but he discovered the swindle
in time to overhaul the fellow and get
out of it,. With all the warnings, eau
ltions and sad experience the country has
had in such .swindtng business, it is
strange that men ear be persuaded to
put their names to any kind of a paper
in the hands of a stranger.
Frank Jones and Nathaniel Haywood
were arrested last week., charged with
stealing two sets. of harness from the sta
BILE of D. B. Moses, a farmer living about
five miles south of Eaton. Jones was al
lowed to go to his home under the plea
of gettinga pair Of shoes, and jumped
out of the second story window, giving
the town a wide berth for the west to
"groW.sup ~ Haywood had hearing
before the Mayor and was committed in
defauit OF s6oGbohda, Jones is a single
mar, but Haywood has a wife and sever
al children, and is of very respectable
and honorable parentage. 1t does seem
asffaabodteHe:hal the worlds deter
mined to live bypllundering the other
half: The bond Q Heywood Was reduc-
ts4-EA sskS-at 49,. = .-ES@< -
ed to $500, which he secured, and he is
new out Of prison. Ss9 e
Nearly every county has a lot of polit-
ieal hapgers7sn andgefice seekers, who
lay cIaIhsst9s ba wonderfu1part organ
izers and to.carry the votes of nearly the