The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-06

William P. Gillespie was on his death
bed at Columbus, Ind. The physician
told him that he could not live many
hours. care you sure 1 can't get well?"
the patient asked; 81 don't want you to
make a mistake about it. Is there pos
sibility of recovery" He was assured
that his speedy demise was absolutely
certain. Then he explained why he was
so anxious to get exact information. He
had murdered a man twelve years be-
fore, and had never been suspected of
the crime. He desired to confess and be
forgiven, if he really was going to die,
but not otherwise. He died, and the
truth of his statement has been amply
sustained.
After the Street Commissioner is
through scraping and cleaning up Jul
streets, We are in favor of the City Coun-
ell passing the following ordinance, if
there is not one already on the books,
and ordering the Marshal to enforce it:
eff any person or persons shall throw
dirt, brush, ashes, tin cans, or other of
fensive matter on any street or alley
| within said Corporation, and shall not
remove the same within tw~enty-four
hours after notice is given by the Mar
shall, every such person or persons so Of
Tending shall forfeit and pay for every
such offense a sum not exceeding five
dollars"
/ If this is done our town can be kept
| clean and healthy during the cheated
term"
Point d'Languedoc Lace 81 cts. per
yard-same as sold elsewhere at Is cts.
per yard, at the Eaton Cheap Store,
next to p. 0.
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The superstitiously inclined might re-
gard the signs of the sky for the last
month or six weeks as ominous. Me-
teors and shooting stare have been unus-
ually plentiful. The newspapers in all
parts of the civilized world have contain
ed accounts of their appearance. Not a
week has passed without one or more
brilliant fire balls having been seen in
England or on the continent of Europe.
One night, two or three weeks ago, the
people of some parts of northern New
Jersey were startled by a sudden illumi-
nation out OF doors, followed by the rapid
fight of a large meteor across the heav-
ems. Two Oh three fire balls have been
seen recently in the Western States. The
other day the residents of two towns in
Connecticut were astonished to hear a
noise like thunder overhead, although
the sky was serene and cloudless. 1t is
reported from Sicily that recently a show
er of meteor dust, containing a large
amount of meteoric iron in small parti-
cles, fell there. The astronomers have
succeeded in locating most of these aerial
batteries that are trained upon the earth
SO that their discharges can be predict
ed, but there are yet a great many ran
dom shots that cannot be referred to any
of the radiant points. This is especially
true of the large meteors, of which Sc
many have been seen of late. The di
rection of the small fire is pretty vel
known, but the great blazing balls tina
shine like a flying moon, leaving trains
of fire, and then burst into fragments
come as unexpectedly as bombs from
hidden gunboat.