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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

What do the people want with a
man like Shultz in Congress? Isn't
it ridiculous to ask an intelligent
man to vote for him IS representa-
tive?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

The political news from all parts
of the country is very encouraging.
1t is now conceded that Hancock
will lie elected without q doubt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Nj. Shultz might at least come
over to Eaton and make speech
enough to explain how he manipu-
lated with Mr.. Williams to have
some prosecutions discontinued
against an indicted distiller in War
rem county. 5at tJa1 '
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

The political meetings of MONA
HON in this county, have been well
and numerously attended, especially
by lis political opponents. The
meeting at West Alexandria on Sat
urday afternoon last, although first
billed as an evening meeting and
changed only the day before to an
afternoon meeting, was large, the
Hall in the pleasant little village be.
ing crowded to its utmost capacity,
The meetings at New Paris on Mon
day evening and at Camden on Tues
day evening were more like mas:
meetings. At New Paris there were
not less than 700 persons packed IL
the public church of that place, an(
more than one hundred were unabl,
to obtain admittance. This outpour
ing of the people is a healthy sigl
in u county. It shows that the.
, are willing to hear those who ar
: asking their suffrage as representa-
tive-that they are determined t
ego it blind" no longer. We fee
! that a glorious victory awaits us i
the election of John A. McMahon-
; that the honest, intelligent an
, thinking Republicans of old Prebl'
cannot be forced by the Revenu
. Ring of this District, to vote for a
: ~illiterate and incompetent man &
their Representative in Congress
! simply because he possesses the
and is willing to use it for his ele
ton. $50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Maine didn't go Republican, but
business fourished all the same in
Eaton last week. How strange!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

:. We never more shall hear those
oft quoted words, "From Maine to
California;" or "As Maine goes so
goes the Union"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Hon. j. F. FoLLErr and Hon. GEO.
w. HoUK, will speak at New Paris,
Tuesday evening, Oct. 9Th. Don't
forget it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

It seems that the honest men of
the country have arisen in their
might to rebuke the infamous Fraud
of 1876.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

The Maine business has been set
tied. Republican loss a little over
$4,000! How sad?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

d, How's your poultry, Bro. Gould?
-Germantoaon Press.
Fat, saucy and game. How is
your own?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Mosby and Lonstreet have accept
ed the advice of Republican journals
to "vote as they shot"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

And o, for a look at the books of
a twenty years's administration by
the Republican party!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Garfeld's fences are in a dilapidat-
ed condition down in Maine, and not
much better in Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

d 81 The South is "solid" because it
remembers carpet-bag rule and
wants no more of it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Shultz's bar'l has u out, and
Bickham, of the Dayton Journal, has
gone East to get some "stuffing' for
it! So says the Dayton Democrat.
We thought it was "short" from the
report of his visit to Camden. He
opened it too freely for his nomina-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Is it true that Corwin offered to
trade off zimmerman in Somers
township?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

H. v. B'spicture of the salary grab
bers [GARFIELD ct all in the Cincin-
natl GAZETTE, as "MIDNIGHT ROB-
BERs," could not be improved on. b
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30
They die extremely hard!

Is James Shields or Corwin run
ming for Sheriff?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

The Maine tornado knocked the
equincctial out of time!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

of knaves. There are few people
outside of those in lunatic asylums
and those whose added intellects
demand their speedy incarceration
there, who believe the silly nonsense
about the "rebel claims" that the
bloody shirt organs and howlers are
getting off. Take the records and see
which party has voted the most
"rebel claims" on the people, and
don't allow yourself to be imposed
on by political suckers, who use such
stuff to blind honest people. so they
may be kept in power. However,
Gen. Hancock's letter settles that
whole bugaboo.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR

1t is given with safety and the hap
piest results to the most delicate infant.
1t takes the place of quinine and Bit
tiers of every kind. Ills the cheapest,
purest and best family medicine in the
world.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

sDisgraced in the eyes of the
public for owning Credit Mobilier
stock, which was in fact and in
tent a fraud upon the Government.
Also for deceit and evasion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

Blaine thinks the jig is up with
Garfield.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30
County Ticket.

aa2i son County Ticket.
For AUDITOR,
JOHN A. KAYLOR, of Washington.
For SHERIFF;
u ABEL PIERCE, of Somers.
For RECORDER,
HI. ROBBINS, of Washington.
5gis For COMMISSIONER,
.adD. w. HARSHMAN, of Jefferson.
,ss For INFIRMARY DIRECTOR,
EPHRIAM YOUNG, of Washington,
-zaa.4s l5.s-F For CORONER,
DIR. A. H. STEPHENS, of Washington
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

MAINE!

Republican NIniori.ies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30

your own?
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
THE WALKING MATCH.

The attendance at the walking match at
the Pavilion, though rather thin yesterday,
was excellent last night. Many ladies at
tended, the band was better located, and the
gallery yielded to ladies and escorts. The
interest was much greater, and was quite to
the level of excitement. The friends of
fayorites applauded them loudly, and occasion
was found to give the stimulant of applause
to all.zTourtilett waszen the. track longer
than any others in the twenty-four hours
ending at ten o'clock last night. She has
changed her outlandishly decorated plaid COS
tune for more becoming and less glaringly
inches at each stride. She has won the APP
pellation of ''the locomotive" from her size,
machine-like movements. and the long, steady
race and is prime favorite. Won
Berg pushes her closely, and yes
terday afternoon gained one mile on
her in one hour Sadie Donley became lame
early in the contest and went off, but returned
to the track last night at 10 o'clock amid loud
cheering Wiley remains favorite. Grafton
walked more easily yesterday than on the
first night. Fitzgerald, Lee and Robinson
still move along briskly. None of the women,
thus tar, show signs of much fatigue. To-
night Geo. Stewart, of Stockton, and Frank
Carroll, of Sacramento, will walk a one-hour
match, beginning at 9 o'clock Probably to-
day will narrow the contest down between the
women still more.
The record from 10 A. NJ. yesterday to A.
NJ. this morning stands thus
SECOND DAYS RECORD.
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PAGE AND THE DEBRIS QUESTION.

1t is stated that Congressman Page is
about to ask the House to appoint mill
tary engineering commission, to examine
into and report upon the debris question in
this State, with a view to applying
remedy. Such an inquiry might be useful,
but it is doubtful whether it might not
protract definite action upon the matter
too long. Such commissions usually pro.
coed about their work in very deliberate
and methodical way, and though their
conclusions may be highly important when
they are reached, they might not in this
case be reached before fatal injury had
been inflicted upon the State. 1t
is evident by this time that the
evil effects of the deposit of debris
in the rivers are growing more
pronounced every year, and that in fact
crisis is rapidly approaching Two years
hence, if no remedial steps are taken in
the interval, many very important inter
ests must be seriously imperiled from this
cause. Congress can help the State in a
very practical way by making suDstan-
tial appropriation for dredging the Sacra-
mento river. A quarter of million spent
thus at the present time would probably
remove all immediate danger, and afford
time for the prosecution of the more de-
tailed and elaborate examination indispens-
able to the application of measures of per-
manent relief. just now, however, there
is some reason to apprehend confusion
from a multitude of counselors.
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PEDESTRIANIsM.

Pedestriansm is one of the periodical
fashions which run through the realm of
popular amusements. 1t is useless to look
for educational or ethical clements in it.
1t is not in the line Of a Gevival of
athletic sports, any more than the fondness
for the circus is in that iae. When
men and women undertake walking
matches the people go to see them, and
take an interest in them, very much as
they 60 to see, and take an interest in. the
dangerous feats of Blondin or Leotard.
The truth is that the demand for excite.
ment is exceedingly human and universal,
while the appetite for spectacles which
involve some flavor of suffering is not less
widespread. Human nature is not
normally gentle and tender. Even
babies like to pull off the legs and wings of
flies, and children are as rule
extremely cruel to such feeble crea-
lures as fall into their power.
Men and women learn to vail their inhe 4.
tied savageism more decorously, but it
crops out, nevertheless, and it is seen in
the character OF many popular amusements.
Tennyson long since called on the world
TO "let the ape and tiger die" meaning
the ferocious tendencies of human nature:
but the ape and tiger do not die, and they
are seen, though in mild form. in the
present pedestrian craze. where the secret
of the pleasurable emotion impaired Is
too frequently the evident pain inflicted
upon the competitors in the contest. As
to the people who choose this mode of
earning a Living, it is to be presumed that
they find compensation for their sufferings
in the unusually high wages which they
earn. The business is not elevating or
inspiring, but there are very few popular
amusements which are SO, and we suspect
that the popularity Of most recreations
would vanish if it was thought that they |
concealed didactic tendencies.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
TRUCULENT PoLYGAMISTS.

The Mormons certainly do not exhibit
any intention to abandon polygamy, and
the recently reported defiant speech of one
of their bishops no doubt very faithfully
represents the general feeling among them.
And it must be said that they have some
good ground for the belief that neither
Congress nor the United States can extir-
pate polygamy. There has certainly been
dislike enough of that institution outside
of Utah to bring whatever national senti-
ment could be organized to bear ON it for
its suppression, but up to the present time
it must be admitted that practically moth
ing has been done to repress it. The main
reason of this is that no laws can
ever be executed which are against
the prevailing belief of the community
in which they are applied. 1t is not
only in Utah that this truth has been man
ifested. In the Southern States it has
been found equally impossible to secure
the extirpation of crimes beside which
plural marriage is a mere peecadillo. For
example, take the Chisholm and Dixon
cases. There the most foul and brutal and
cowardly and cruel assassinations, perpe-
trated in ways that'ha -evolted all civil
lied peoples, have defied punishment, and
because public opinion was VIGOROUSLY
with the assassins and against the law.
Experience has shown that there is lit
orally no way by which crimes which So
ciety condones can be punished or re-
pressed. Among the Mormons plural mar
joined, and no matter how preposterous
may be isthe foundation on which this
belief rests, all history shows that it is
enough to give the sanction of religion to
any absurdity to strengthen it beyond the
possibility Of eradication. The truculent
Mormon who declared that polygamy
could not be suppressed by the whole
power of the United States was of course
mistaken if he. meant that its open prac-
tice could not be put down by force. But
so long as the spirit of the age is what it is,
we think it may be predicted safely that
force will not be employed for any such
purpose, and mere force could only drive
polygamy into clsser concealment. The
truth is that the subject is one of the most
difficult and embarrassing with which a
government can have to deal, and it is no
matter for surprise that Congress should
have shrank from graphing it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST BY RA
CALIFORNIA.
Frightful Catastrophe A Mother and
Three Children Buried 10 Death.

IFfSut" Sa'astTOpne MOtncr ana
Three Children Buried to Death.
SAN Francisco January 6th.-A two.
story frame dwelling in the rear of 722 Union
street, between Powell and Mason. took fire
about s A. NJ. Mrs. Daniel Haskins. her
daughter Annie, aged 10, her son Edward.
aged 4, and her infant Adeline persisted in
the flames The origin of the fire is not
yet determined, but attendant circumstances
render it strange that such loss of life could
have occurred.
Mr.. Haskins and his oldest son had left
home to go to work After breakfast Mrs.
Haskins went to her chamber, which was on
the second floor, front. Annie and the baby
were still i'll bed i'll a back chamber. Thomas.
the second boy, went to his mothers room.
and saw her and Eddy lying on the bed to-
gether. He then went down stairs, and in
few moments heard his mother cry "Help !"
and Fire" He RAM up stairs, but found
that the fire barred his way. Going into the
front yard he saw his mother standing at
the window of her room, and the apartment
seemed to be in blaze. He tried to raise a
ladder to the window, but before he could do
so he saw his mother fall The house burned
like finder, and although an alarm was at
once given, the building was almost entirely
consumed before the Fire Department ar
rived. The bodies were found in the ruins.
burned out of all semblance to humanity.
and were removed to the Morgue The only
theory offered for the origin of the fire is
that Eddy was probably playing with
matches, as he was in the habit of doing
when opportunity offered, and set the bed
clothing and other light material in the room
on fire.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
VEGETINE.
REPORTS FROM OTTAWA.

OTTAWA (Canadal, December 81, 1878.
Mr.. H. r. STEVENS, Boston (Mass. Sir have
used your VEGETINE in my family for several
years, and consider it invaluable medicine
most cheerfully recommend its to those desiring
a safe and ef:ectual remedy for diseases of the
stomach and impurities of the blood. may add
that have advocated its to several of my friends
and acquaintance with the most gratifying and
satisfactory results. Very respectfully yours,
MRS W. G. PERLEY.
No one can doubt the truthfllness of the above
certificate coming from responsible and infiu-
entail parties Mr.. Perley is the senior member of
the firm Of Perley & Pattee of the largest and
most extensive lumber firms in America
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07

be introduced here. It is, however,
very improbable that it could be
made successful unless it was placed
under the management of Warden thor
oughly familiar with its working, and it
would be useless to attempt to apply it in
fragmentary manner. Let it be remem.
bered that the consideration of economy
is bound up with reform also, and that
the surest way to render the State Prison
self-supporting is to substitute the active
and faithful labor of men who are working
with definite object, and for their own
good, for the sluggish and reluctant labor
of enforced industry. We regard this sub
ject as of SO much importance that the
most serious consideration should be given
to it, and we believe that if it is possible
the settlement of the Prison administration
upon permanent basis should be delayed,
to the end that a Warden competent to
carry out scientific reform may be secured.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07

A distinguished Scientist once said: 'sNo
man with strong, healthy stomach ever
committed suicide yet many suffer the
torInents of the damned with dyspepsia,
when single bottle of DR.. MINTIE's ENGLISH
DANDELIoN LIVER AND DYSPEPSIA PILLS
will give relief, and, if persisted in, cure the
worst case of this distressing trouble This
pill cures torpid liver, biliousness, sallow
complexion, foul breath, sick headache, heart
burn. pain in side and back removes pimples
from the face, regulates the bowels, is sugar
coated and guaranteed purely vegetable. 1t
acts directly on the coating of the stomach
and on the liver is suited to any climate,
wet or dry weather. Beware of limitations !:
genuine has cut of lion on outside wrapper.
Price, 80 cents. Sold by all druggists. II. c.
Kirk & Co., Sacramento. Wholesale Agents.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
1OA. NJ z P. M.llOP.M- A. NJ.
WHY THE LEVEE WAS CUT.

The following letter appeared in the SUIT
ter Banner of last week
YUBA CITY, December 80, 1879.
Since the cutting of the dam at the
mouth of Wilkins slough, on the Odd in
slant, statements have been going the
rounds of the papers to the effect that the
men who cut it were masked, and that it
was unnecessary, as the river was falling
rapidly at the time These statements are
false. No disguise whatever was attempt
ed, and the deed was done in open daylight
As this matter may not be well understood
throughout the country, brief statement
of some of the facts is here given, with a
promise to thoroughly ventilate the whole
subject in the future. Wilkins slough is a
natural easement of the Sacramento river,
one hundred feet wide and twenty feet
deep where it leaves the river. In 1870 or
1871, swamp land company damned up
the mouth of said slough. Before that time
the river had carried the water without
levees, save in exceptional cases. Since
that and similar dams on the west side were
constructed, the river has never carried the
water, but every year large and costly levees
on this side have been broken, and our
county flooded Our most fertile lands
have been rendered almost unproductive,
and our citizens along the river impover-
lshed, and the damming up of the natural
easements on the west side is the exclusive
cause. Our citizens know this, and being
threatened with another inundation on the
ODD instant, they, in sheer elf-defense,
took the matter into their own hands, and
in the exercise of the right which belongs
to every citizen to protect his property and
family, went over and removed the dam,
the water in the river at the time being five
feet higher than the natural bank on the
Sutter county side The damage to Suffer
county by reason of these dams has been
enormous, and people can submit to it no
longer. Either relief, and that speedily,
must be had, or large portion of our pop
ulatlon must abandon their homes. We
now declare war to the bitter end, and 40
surrender. More anon.
ONE OF THE PARTY
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
VEGETINE
CURED SCR FULA.

PHILADELPHIA (Pa.), July IS, 1877.
II. R. SrEvESs-Dear Sir | can cheerfully recon-
mend your VEGETINE as the Great Blood Puri-
fer" | have been aiing from Scrofua for years,
and was cured by your VEGETINE. | keep it con-
stantly on hand to keep my bowels regular, and am
constantly recommending it to all whom l hear
needing remedy like yours. Truly yours,
JOHN MCGETTIGAN.
Being personally acquainted with Mr.. McGettigan,
can vouch for him being reliable in his state
ment, as have sold him VEGETINE.
DIR. J. W. ABEL,
Druggist, No. 1924 Beach street.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07

MARYsvILLE, January 6th.-The Sheriff of
Colusa has arrested these parties for cutting
the levee at Wilkins Slough on December
22d: N. B. Kirtley, Ed McPhetridge, J.
G. Griffith, George Coral, Anthony Coral,
P. Garingle, William Wiseman, James Nixon,
H. Fortna, James Tisdale, James Alberson,
W. L. Carter, B. Whey, Robert Thorp Jol n
Hart, William Garsman, Frank HYATT Dan
iel Reel, Charles Wooley, Frank Thompson,
John Cole, d. G. Fortna, 0. Fl. Newton,
William Hyatt, Charles Latham, r. Cox
and James Smith. They have been held to
bail in $500 each. The penalty is fine or i'm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-07
NEVADA.
Death of a weII.known Miiitar, Man.

EUREKA (Nev.l, January 6th.-Major w.
L. Ustick, well-known on the coast, died
here to-day from disease contracted while
on a prospecting expedition last May. At
the breaking out of the war in 1861 be EN-
tered the army as Second Lieutenant in the
Third Infantry, California Volunteers, of
which General Conner was Colonel He
served as Assistant Adjutant- General under
General Connor, and participated in the Bear
river fight under that officer. subsequently
he served on the staff of K. R. Robinson,
of the State of California,
and in the same capacity under General Ges
S. Evans. Still later he served as Chief of
the Staff upder Colonel Edward McGeary,
commaBdingth Second California Cavalry
and the district of California. He was pro-
NOTED to the rank of Major before the close
of the war. Deceased was a member of the
California Veteran Guard and of the Grand
Army of tie Republic.
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How 10 save Money.

Instead of going to doctor. if you have
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loins, snartinS, Inflammation, caiculi, brick
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sale Druggists. say g We regard Nephretieum
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market" Woodward, Druggist Portland.
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it, Childs, Druggist, Portland, says "Sold
lots of it; It always does the work" Many
have been cured Of obstinate kidney com.
plants after the doctors gave them up.
Sold by all druggists. Price. 81 a bottle, or
six bottles for So. 81. 9. Kirk 4 Co., Sacya-
meQto. Wholesale Agents
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vECETlNE.
Gives a Good, Clear Complexion.

PHILADELPHIA (Pa.), July s, 1877.
H. X. STEVENS, Boston-Dear Sir: The great
benefit have received from the use of VEGETINE
induces me to give my testimony in its favor. For
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