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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

TUMBLE GENTLEMEN!

Sec. 6976. An officer. or member of the
Council of any municipal corporation
who is interested, directly or indirectly,
in the profits of any contract, job, work,
or service for the Corporation, OF acts as
COMMISSIONER, ARCHITECT, SUPERIN-
TENDENT, or ENGINEER, in any work
undertaken o prosecuted by tine Corpo-
ration during the term for which he was
elected or appointed, or for one year
thereafter, shall be fined not more than
one thousand nor less than five hundred
dollars, or imprisoned not more than six
months nor less than thirty days, or
both, and shall forfeit his office.
"SEC. 1858. No member of the council
or board of aldermen shall receive any
compensation for his services, either as
councilman, alderman, committeeman,
or otherwise, except when acting as Judge
of election, when he shall receive such
compensation as is provided by law for
a judge of election"
Above we give both the civil and
criminal law on Councilmen receiv-
ing pay for any jobs while serving
in the capacity of such in any Cor
poration, and in the face of which
the present Council returned several
money they had paid back to the
Treasury nearly one year ago. We
are but one taxpayer in the HOO in
the Corporation, but as a. public
Journalist re have done our duty in
making the facts known to the other
1899, as to how their money is used,
and it is now for them to say what
ought to be done in the matter. If
the persons illegally grabbing for
the paltry sum of a few dollars for
nominal services rendered as "boss-
esq of public jobs, were poor men,
the matter might present a phase of
charity and sympathy and be passed
over. Such is not the case, how
ever, and unless there is some law
for their transactions, the Council
and they too must stand condemned
in the eyes of the public. They can
not plead Ignorance Of the law. 1t
has been given them in plain Eng
lish, and it is now their duty and the
sworn obligations of the present
Council to show why they have thus
used the peoples money. Come to
the front, gentlemen! If you are
lawfully entitled to what you have
drawn, no II will be more ready
than we to say so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
MICHAEL e son,
j. P. s. SON

Brudder Jasper may go astray in his
moon talk but he cannot be mistaken
when he has thousands of witnesses.
The Rev. Brudder Jasper stood on the
depot platform at Kendallville, and
watched an engive struggling to start
&c loaded cars and when it was we'll
under way, he said, "Dat DR.. Mar
shall's Lung Syrup must be a good
medicine for dey send out car load af-
ter car load and nome of it is ever re-
turned" Every perso1insight agreed
with Brudder Jasper. DIR. Marshall's
Lung Syrup is good for Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough,
and all Lung Complaints Price %
cent, 80 cents, and ST per bottle. Sold
by j. p. BROoKINS & SoN.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The Supreme Court of Ohio de.
cided that the law was against flop
per Tanning keeping the money he
had illegally drawn from the Treas.
ury for his services, and that he
must pay it back. He done so. Now
what would the people think if the
next Supreme Court would vote il
back to him in the face of a plain
law forbidding it? That is a speci.
men of how the Corporation funds
of Eaton have been misplaced by its
guardians. Will the taxpayers
quietly sit down and permit it to be
done?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Floppcr Tanning was compelled,
by order Of the Supreme Court, to
return into the State Treasury mon
ey illegally drawn for services as
their Clerk. In the face of a plain
statute against him the Court didn't
stand upon the Christian declaration
that, "the laborer is worthy of his
hire" No sir. Back it had to go
and not to be returned. Is the wis
dom of our city dads greater than
that of the Supreme Court2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

In response to the suggestion of
the Republicans that the South
abandon the Democratic party, the
Lebanon Standard, a leading Dem
ocratic journal of Kentucky, says:
The project of breaking up the
solid South, for the mere accommo-
dation Of Northern Republicans
would be attended with herculean
difficulties. We think we can sug-
gest to our Republican friends a
more excellent way. They will have
control of the Government for four
years, and will make the issues for
future campaigns. Let them drop
the sectional issues, cease to pirate
about the solid South, and give the
country q policy that is national in
it's character-a policy, which,
whether right or wrong, looks to the
interest and well-being of every sec
ton. If they will do these things,
the South and North will divide
without reference t o sectional lines.
But so long as the rallying cry of the
Republicans is hostility to the South,
SO long as tie bloody ghost of a
dead war is regularly invoked to
frighten Northern voters into Re
publican ranks, so long as the South
is told, in effect, that it is her duty
to vote the Republican ticket, wheth
er she likes it or not, just so long
will the South, if left free, present an
unbroken front against her assail-
ants.
Why should any Southern State
go owe to the Republicans? Most
of them have had a trial of Republi-
can rule. Can they soon forget the
days when the scoundrels sat in
their executive offices and thieves
rioted in their legislative halls
when debts were piled mountain
high, while industry languished and
crime was fostered for political eff
feet? Even Republicans became dis
gusted with the state of affairs then
prevalent, to such an extent that the
Republican party lost nearly n mill
lion of votes between 1872 and 1876.
Be assured that the South will never
again invite the repetition of these
enormities.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
NnMi la Hhe Time

Don't wait until you are nearly dead
and bed-ridden. Don't wait until you
ha, e found, to your sorrow, that min.
eral poisons and alcoholic stimulants,
bitters, etc.. will only aggravate dis
eases of the blood, kidneys and liver.
But now, before another day passes.
make haste tO procure and u>e DIR. Guy
sott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla,
1t never fails to cure all blood and skin
diseases, all liver complaints and uri-
nary troubles. For sale by
V. w. LAKE,
MICHAEL & SON,
]. ?. BROOKINS & son.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

bob Ingersoll says: Il am going
with the Republican party because
it is going my way" And around
here the Republican organ, all its
readers, ministers of our churches
and their members, but a short time
ago assured us that Bob is on the
broad road to hell" How is thai
for high?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
a Queer Notion.

Many people think it cheaper to buy
25 cent sizes of a proprietary medicine.
But they make a mistake. Fol instance,
Dr.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
contains about eight times the quantity
of ordinary % cent cough balsams. Be-
sides it takes a less quantity of Wistar's
Balsam to cure q cold. a single dose
is often sufficient. For deep seated
Colds and Consumption it has proven
itself to be the best and quickest cure
ever discovered. For sale by
V. w. LAKE,
MICHAEL & son,
J.. P. BROOKINS s. SON.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Since the election, three carpet
mills of Philadelphia have reduced
the wages of their hands one. cent
per yard. The Ingram Carpet Trade
Association met to protest against
the injustice, but that will do no
good. No doubt these mill owners
obliged their hands to vote for Gar
field on the ground that the election
of Hancock would injure their bust
ness and reduce the wages of the
men. 'Rah for Republican rule.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Gen. Garfield is elected President
of the United States with over one
million of white votes against him
And yet there are editors of "small
fry" Republican journals who have
cheek to undertake to draw a com
parison between the intelligence of
the Democratic party and the Re
publican party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
The failure of the Georgia electors

The failure of the Georgia electors
to meet on the day appointed by law
for the electors in the several States
to assemble and cast their votes for
President and Yice-President, while
it is without practical impor-
tanee, under the circumstances,
might nevertheless have given rise
to very serious-troubIe in case, for
example, the election in New York
and Connecticut had resulted differ
emily. The Georgia electors failed
to meet simply because the Georgia
State Law failed to provide for the
very obvious contingency of the first
Wednesday in December being also
the first day in the month. By the
constitution all the electors in all the
States are required to assemble and
vote upon the same day. BY act OF
Congress the first Wednesday in
December is designated as the day
on which they shall so meet. The
electors who are thus required &c
meet are those to whom the Cover,
nor of the State have issued the nee
essary certificate of their election OF
appointment. This certificate, by
the law of Georgia, the Governor i:
required to issue on the first Mon.
day in December. Unfortunately
this year the first Monday come at
ter the first Wednesday in Deem
Der, and consequently Wednesday
the day appointed for the meeting
of the electoral colleges Throughout
the Union, found the Georgia elec
tors without authority to act, ant
consequently no meeting Of the
electors was held in that State. The
day appointed by law having passed
and the requirement of the constitu
tion being unequivocal that th'
electoral colleges shall meet on The
same day in every State, it seems
sufficiently clear that the electora
vote of Georgia, whether cast or not
cannot be counted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
Old fried, and True.

Remember DR.. Guvsott's Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparilla is not a new,
untried compound. 1t has stood the
test of forty years use, and has proven
itself to be the best vegetable compound
ever discovered for curing sc~rofula,
syphilitic disorders, skin and blood
diseaser, liver complaints, urinary
troubles, etc.. For sale by
V. W. LAKE,
MICHAEL & SON,
j. P. BROOKINS & SON.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Inc state OF ans mas adopted
the constitutional amendments pro-
hibiting the manufacture and sale
of liquors by at least 10000 major
ity. There was no hypocrisy exhib-
tied in the business there like you
see around here. Those who pro-
fessed temperance buried all party
and personal feeling for its success.
In al1-the cities and many small
towns, the ladies eleetioneered for
the of temperance, and had
tempting lunches spread in the Vi
entity of the polls, which voters par
took of freely, the only consideration
being q promise to vote for the
amendment. The opponents of the
measure made no effort to defeat it,
and will content themselves with de-
vising means to evade its operation
and surmount it with such legisla-
tive enactments as will render it. of
no effect. The amendment will go
into effect when the vote is c%anvassed
and published by authority Of the
state board, and in the opinion of
many lawyers this will abrogate all
licenses heretofore granted by any
municipal law. 1t also virtually re
peals the present dram shop act of
the state relating to the granting of
licenses. The other provisions of
the act prohibiting penalties for sale
without authority of law remain in
full force and effect. II is not known
how the Legislature elect stands on
the questions growing out of the
amendment, and a strong fight will
be made by the two factions. Kan
sas is a Republican state by a large
majority; it is young ard prosperous
and the effect of a ~prohibitory law
will be watched with deep interest.
as the question of dealing with the
evils of incompetence in this radical
way is n about which many people
honestly differ. 1t is asserted that
Maine has been retarded in growth
by reason of her stringent laws
against the use of liquors, and thai
the best class of immigrants (thc
Germans) will not settle in a State
where they cannot get a glass OF
beer. Kansas, as one of the most
rapidly growing States of the West
has many citizens of foreign birth
and the German settlers rank among
the best. 1t is doubtful whether
many of these would leave because
of their inability to G t the custom
airy supply of beer or "schnapps'
without a violation CT law. There
is N thing certain about this mat
ter, however, the temperance pdrty
seem to mean business now, but
when their apostles in this vicinity
exhibit a little more honesty anC
consistency in their work, we viii
get our faith strengthened.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
Notice.
.Iohn e. Norninastar's Estnt

John T. NoTningStdr's Estate.
ON the 18th day of November, A.
D. 1880, the Probate Court of Preble
county declared the estate ofJohn T.
Morningstar deceased, to be probably
insolvent, creditors are therefore re-
quired to present their claims against
the estate TO the undersigned for al
lowance, within six months from the
time above mentioned, orthey will
ont be entitled to payment.
HENRY RINEHART,
Admir- of j. 7. Morningstar decd.
JOHN V. CAMPBELL, Atty.
nov. 1S,-6t.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The people of Chicago handled
and packed 1876, 900 hogs during
the summer sailing sea%son-from the
LIST of last Mach to the LIST of this
month, and yet found leisure for lit
erature and the arts Now they are
immersed in their winter packing
and ..stillseasily combine pork with
politics and poetry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Does anyone believe that by vot-
ing for Garfield the people sympa-
thized with guilt? They say to the
world Notwithstanding all the Dem
ocratic leaders and small fry have
said against him we believe him an
honest man and well worthy of pub
lie confldence.-Register.
They either sympathize with crime
or believe the leaders and newspa.
per editors of the Republican party
to be a set of Icing ~rascals. The
Poland Committee and twenty-one
leading Republican journals, Har
per's Weekly at the head of them,
charged him with perjury and cor
ruption in the Credit Mobilier and
DeGolyer pavement scandals. The
Democrats did nothing but repeat
what GAKFIELD's own party declared
was true.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The Cincinnati Republican papers
are getting "sweet" on the South
now. The election is over and them
fellows in the "solid South" pur
chase an immense sight of goods.
You see it, don't you?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The attacks that were made upon
Mayor Grace by the Republican or
gans on account of his religious
views demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Hartford Times. that in their
view a Catholic Democrat is q wretch,
but a Catholic Republican Is worthy
to be elected on the state ticket, as
Sc cretary of State, or to be appoint
ed Collector of the Port of New
York. The Republican organs are
adopts in the science of hypocrisy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The great States of New York
and Pennsylvania are both discuss
ing the sense, or nonsense, of elect
ing Gen. GRANT to the Senate of the
United States, as a bona tide Sena-
tor! Better send him back to
Galena to tan hides OF to st. Louis
to peddle cord wood. .H
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

at the foundation OF all
pulmonary diseases. affOrling prompt relief
and rapid cures. and is adapted 10 patients of
amy age or either sex. Being Very palatable,
the youngest children take it readily. In
ordinary Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat,
Bronchitis, Influenza. Ciergyinan's
Sore Throat, Asthma, Group, and Ca
tarrh, the effects of AYERS CHERRY PFC
roRAL are magical. and multitudes are an
nually preserved from serious illness by its
timely and faithful use. 1t should be kept
at hand in every household for the pro-
lection it affords in sudden attacks. In
Whooping = cough and Consumption
there is no other remedy SO efhcacious,
soothing, and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try some of
the many mixtures, or syrupS, made OF cheap
and ineffective Ingredients, now offered,
which, as they contain no curative qualities,
can afford only temporary relief, II are
sure to deceive and disappoint the patient.
Diseases of the throat and lungs demand
active and effective treatment; and it is dan
gerous experimenting with unknown and
cheap medicines, from the great liability that
these diseases may, while so tritied with,
become deeply seated or incurable. Use
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, and you may
confidently expect the best results. 1t is a
standard medical preparation, of known and
acknowledged curative power, and is as
cheap as its careful preparation and fine
ingredients will allow. Eminent physicians,
knowing its composition, prescribe 1t in their
practice. The test of half a century has
PROVEN its absolute certainty to cure all pull
monary complaints not already beyond the
reach of human aid.
Prepared by DR.. j. c. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The official vote of Maine has been
declared and it differs materially
from the returns already published.
Instead of u handsome majority
Garfield has no majority at all. The
highest Garfield elector received IA,
056 votes; this was Otis Hayford.
The highest Hancock ~elector (Fu-
sion) received 69,453; this was
Charles z. Whidden. The highest
Greenback elector received 4,480;
this was John F. Turner. The high
est Prohibitionist elector received
90. There were also 127 scattering
votes. The total opposition vote,
taking that Of the highest elector on
each of the tickets, is 74,143; total
Republican, vote, 74,056. Republi-
can plurality, 4,6o3; lacking a ma
jority, 1877,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The election is over uncle John,
but we answered your question as to
the manufacturing establishments
that coerced their employees into vot-
ing the Republican ticket, and the
witness is off the stand until another
campaign is opened.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09


That eminent Republican orator,
Colonel Bob Ingcrsoll, is chuckling
over the spread of his peculiar ideas
on religion. lie said to a reporter
of the New York Express:
saw in n of the city papers to
day that the Presbyterian church
had only gained on the average for
the past year enc new member for
each church. l believe that during
tie sane time bundled of thou
sands have ceased to believe in all
supernatural religion. There are ten
times as many iree-thinkers this year
as there were last. Civilization is
the child of free thought. The new
world is drifting away from the rot
ting wharf of superstition. The
politics of this country are being
settled by the new ideas of indiyid,
ual liberty, and parties and churches
that cannot accept the new truths
must perish.
"Bob" invites the co operation of
al his fellow Republicans in the
work Of overthrowing religion, in the
same eloquence he did for them to
help in over-throwing the Democrat
ic party, and they ought to stick to
him as close.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

The Piqua Democrat don't see
any sense III a publisher of a news
paper printing a list of the names of
the persons paying their subscrip-
ton and calling it "Roll of Honor"
Well, we can't see much either. Bet
ter publish them that don't pay.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
sSNO SIhAng=1SsS
Wayne Co. Democrat.

The Fall River Massachusetts
spinners vainly thinking that in
consequence of Garfield's election, in
which they helped, they could now
count On an advance of wages,
app,inted a deputation to Fait
Oh the manufacturers mad ask
an advance of wages. They were
c~ourteously met, but told hat the
state OF the market does not warrant
an advance, and some manufacturers
told them now would be q good time
for both manufacturers and en-
pioyes to take a vacation. Poor fell
lows, they seemed to have forgotten
that the Republican rallying cry
throughout the campaign was, mo
changer
Congressman Stephens is sick and
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

As MI. HAYES is the only fraud
who ever. occupied the White House
for a term of the Presidency, there
should be an effort made by his par
ty to raise him a fund of $250,OOO to
retire upon. M. gao
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

In Dom Piatt's letter addressed
to Gen. Garfield, he intimates that
the President elect contemplated
suicide on account of his connection
with the Credit Mobilier scandal!
And yet "small fry editors chatter
about his innocence in the matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Infdel Bob Ingersoll seems
to be a moving spirit with Gen,
GARFIELD. Isn't that something for
Christians to ponder over?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Mr.. HAYES will take away from
the White House more public money
than all the legally elected Presi-
dents did from the foundation of the
Government down to the Fraud.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

j. Some m who owes us a few dol
lars on subscription al accommodate
us by bringing US aload Of wood
&c, mantoUn Press.
Yes, and if you keep on in your
present ways the time will come when
you'll pray for some of them to heave
upon you a load Of ice!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Ogievee, State Auditor, has paid
back $35.75 of Illegal money and
Milton Barnes, Secretary of State,
will soon disgorge Sc, 900 in his
hands. "Pay back" your ill-gotten
gains is now the order of the tax
payers. Let the ex Councilmen take
notice.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

- = Outfit sent free to those who wish to en-
III ., gage in the most pleasant and profitable
~ business known. Everything new. Cap
IVY ital not required. We will furnish you
everything. slO a day and upwards is easily
m ado without staying away from home over
night, No risk whatever. Many new workers
wanted at once. Many are making fortunes at
Tho business. Ladies make as much as men, and
young bows aud girls make great pay. No one
who is willing to work fails to make more money
binary employment. Those who engage at once
will find n short road to fortune. Address H.
d Co, Portland, Maine. lnov4ly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Itfis reported that the fund of
$250,00o for the great national dead
beat, is about made up. If so, give
us a rest on GRANTS poverty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

1t is now certain that the whole
Cabinet of the Fraudulent President
will be turned into retirenen IT'S
sad for the millionaire Treasurer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09
For Thirty Years.

For thirty years Wistar's Balsam of
Wild Cherry has been kept for sale by
druggists generally, and in all that
time there has not been a single COM
plant made, but on the contrary the
druggists and the people acknowledge
it to be the best remedy for the cure of
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Bronchi-
tbs, Asthma, and all Lung Diseases.
For sale by
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

81. p. c." doesn't want either the
Collectors Office nor the p. o.
Please hold up your right hand,
Levi, and say whether you did not
expect n of these places.-Regts-
ter.
We do SO without the least hest
fancy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

Another cold wave booming
around over the country. Twenty
degrees below zero at Denver.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

What has become of that N(orey
letter business?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-12-09

And yet the Republicans don't
seem happy.