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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Claims to Beat Edison.
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A Commercial reporter had the pleas
ure yesterday, of meeting Nh. Z. A.
Edwards, the young electrician, whose
name has been mentioned in connection
with the possible production of q. some
thing in the way of an electric light
that may turn out superior to Edison's
four years of age. He is a tall man, a
little stopped, with handsome fresh,
intelligent face. His eyes are large
and bright, and they tighten up wonder
fully in conversation on his ~favorite
topic Mr.. Edwards is a practical
ele, t~rician, and IN experienced oper-
ator. He is remarkably well read in
the works of all authorities in e~lectri-
| city, with a confidence that commands
| sympathy and credence, to have worked
out on paper plan for practical pro-
duction of electric light that will be
found to far surpass Edison's; one that
will give eighty lights instead of eight
to each horse power, and to have abso-
lutely perfected the division of the
light. He will not communicate his
plan to the world until he shall be able
to make e practical exhibition of it be-
yond any chance of failure. He is
waiting now for the means to carry out
his works, having non of his own. He
states that he was first aroused to work
in the electric light by the appearance
in the Commercial of the illustrated
article describing the Brush machine,
that was put in operation in this city
by the late DR.. Landon Longworth.
1t having been stated that Mr.. Ed.
wards, anxious to receive the use of the
facilities offered by the Bell Telephone
Exchange here, had received the coop
Grafton of Mr.. A. D. Bullock and his
associates in that interest, a Commercial
reporter yesterday called upon Mr.
Bullock to obtain the information. Mr.
Bullock stated that he had met Mr.
Edwards, and was very favorably i'm
pressed with him. But he had mad,
10 arrangements with him, and coull
not say that he should. 1t was annoy
ing to have his name prematurely con
nected with the matter.
By further inquiry our reporte
learned positively that Mr.. Edward
had not yet made any arrangement
whatever, to secure the preliminar,
backing needed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Konderl

In most of the papers may be seen an an
nouncement of a new rubber boot, made by
the Candee Rubber Co., of New Haven, CT.
This notable boot marks q new era in the
manufacture of rubber goods. The boot is
called the "95 Per Cent. Sterling" to denote
its high quality, and is covered by no less
than seven patents, all owned By the Candee
Co. One of the boots split to show its exact
character, is on exhibition at the stores, and
shows an article of genuine service, that is
seemingly indestructable. The company war
rants these boots three months, although
there is abundant testimony that the boots
will stand six months hard wear every day.
The "Candee" is the largest rubber goods
company in the world, and its warrant is
equal to a bond. One of the patents referred
to covers a binding for the top of the leg, in
which are engraved spaces for every day and
month in the year, SO that tho storekeeper
can punch cut the date of sale, and SO fix be-
yond dispute the duration of the three months
warrant. Altogether, it is the most wonder
full boot that has yet appeared.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Perthshire Stories.

Many stories long current in and about
Perth ~appearsin Nj. DrummCnd's book.
Thus we have the story of the presenta
ton of aclaret jug to a gentleman who
had helped to keep up a corps of volun
teers. There was a dinner-not a mere
"~service of fruit and cake' such as in
tervenes between two "diets of worship:
but a real dinner-and the Jug was in
the center Of the table. The chairman
had well studied his subject, and was
prepared with agreat speech; but at the
critical moment the speech failed him,
and he could utter but the words, "Yon's
the joog." The proud recipient stood
up in turn and cast about for q speech
had made itself wings, and sat Gown
with the words, ais yon the joog?"
The Laird of Macnab supplies Mr..
Drummond with some quaint stories
This is that Highland chieftain who
OVERRIDE his pony one year at Leith
races; and when a wag asked him next
year whether it WIS the same pony, ex
claimed, sNaI but it's the same whup! ,
and knock him down Herewith.
Every one has heard how the mother
of David Baird, when she heard tina
her son, with other British soldiers, hac
been captured and chained together two
and-two in India, exclaimed, 81 pity tn,
puir chiel that's chained to our Daviei'
Another man well known in Perthshire
James Moray of A~bercairney, provide
some good stories. On one occasion b,
CHANGED to see two sawyers on his estatI
measuring the plank they had sawn
They measured across the side of
| plank, turned it over and measured
across the other side. Abercairne,
bided his time till they appeared IN hi
business DON with his bill. He too
out a coin, put his thumb on it, an,
counted Gone" then turned it over
put his thumb ON it again and COUNTS
"Two," and so on with other coins til
he had brought out half the amour
charged, when he sent the sawyers abou
their business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Earfhauake b. Ccntral Americn.


The Panama Star and Herald says: Violent
shocks of earthquake are reported in San Sal
vador, and much damage is feared in the in
terror. In La Libertas, the earth seemed
literally to be dancing, persons in the streets
were thrown down, and many buildings suf-
ferod. 1t was generally apprehended that San
Salvador had been leveled to the ground. All
who could leave that capital had done so.
Many business men kept their animals saddled
prepared for fight. The lake of Ilopango was
in motion like a boiling cauldron, emitting
dense sulphurous vapors. Industries of all
sorts are suspended, the terrified inhabitants
being only concerned about their safety. The
Government has used every means in its power
to calm the populace, AID has furnished facili-
ties for travel and ample protection against
lawlessness and robberies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Science and Invention Aiding Crime.

1t is an unfortunate quality of inven-
ton and art that crime and criminals.
as well as honest men, can make use of
them. Artisans skilled in steel-working
and the mechanism of safes devote
months, sometimes years, to the process
of learning to break into banks. For
gers and counterfeiters learn the photo
grapher's art and the stamping and
minting of money. Three men were ar
ested in New York and tried for
forgery. They bought from a broker
certified checks for amounts ranging
from $50 to 800 and autographed them
with the amount raised to 1920, $500
and 50 500. These were promptly paid
at the banks, which it is said, have al
ready lost over $4,000 the past year by
the process. At the present progress in
the art the banks will be compelled to
cab no checks into the fiber of which
the portraits of the payer, payee and in
dorser are not worked, and oexact heavy
bonds of all presenting checks. 1t may
he doubted if even then they would
keep much ahead of some new device.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
A Nomadic City.

Idaho furnishes a phenomenon which
would be possible in no other civiliza-
ton but that of the great West. A
town now called Beaver, situated at the
mouth of Beaver canon, is a sort of
kangaroo city, which has jumped along
as the railroad advanced, thirty or forty
miles at a time. A year ago it was
called Oneida, and was one hundred
and twenty miles from Ogden, since
which time it has changed its base and
name several times, and is now one
hundred and forty miles from its former
base. When the town takes a spring,
the hotels, saloons, dwelling houses and
shops are packed up and moved al.ng
and are set down again just as they
started. In each new locality the streets
and signs appear the same, so that a
visitor at one place is at home, without
asking, in the new. The inhabitants
seem to take kindly to this municipal
nomadic life, and Barr ey ONeil, the
the hotel keeper, says: "Ivery time
she jumps she jumps ~aisier."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Here's q Tough Dog Story.
Detroit Free Press.

Somebody, ON reading that the physi-
ologists say that smoking rounds off the
edges of the blood corpuscles, advised
fathers who wanted to catch their boys
in that bad habit t o take a handful of
their blood corpuscles and examine
them. A Wisconsin farmer coming
into town tine other day recognized and
captured a fine setter which, while a
pup, had been stolen from him. He
was arrested, but in presence of the
justice pinched up the skin of the chest
below the foreleg, inserted his knife
and took out a birdshot with three
crosses marked upon it. On calling
two witnesses who saw him insert the
shot three years before, he was allowed
to take the dog.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
ElIa MARTINI. murderer.

The Court at Minonk, ILL.,, has sentenced
the German blacksmith, Deboer, who SO foully
murdered Ella Martin, to be hanged on the
18th of February. Deboer first outraged and
then murdered Miss Martin, leaving her for
dead. She remained, out all night in an I'M
conscious condition, but when found the next
morning, revived sufficiently to tell who her
murderer was, and then died. Deboer, who
worked in the town, had gone to work as if
nothing had happened, thinking his crime had
been covered by death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Bessie 5 Swinging IN Inc sunDghty
Singing merrily the while,
And the CLEAN Of her striped stockings

IAN De seen ABOUT u mile
ROPES of blue forget-me-nots, with a
silver cord intertwined, form the dec
Grafton of many lovely evening toilets
for young girls this season.
THE monogram of the mistress of the
house embroidered in flowers is the
proper decoration for table linen, accord
ing to a good French authority.
A LADY voter of Boston found too
late that she had voted her curl papers,
and there wasn't the slightest prosI Get
of their election.
IT is really wonderful the amount of
assistance a lady requires in holding up
a f~ive-ounce prayer-book in church
when she has a young man with her.
MRS. LANGTRY has succeeded in max.
ing her own hats and dresses in a lovely
| style, but when she got up a ley style
of slipper she put her foot in it.
IT is said that a ladies' football club
has been established in England. Any
one who has seen an English woman
foot will be sorry for the football.
LAURA with novel)-"Oh, if this tall
were only true and were the heroinel'
| Kate-"Whati with her ecutions
her miseryP Laura-"Ah, but then
dear, remember she does get a husband
after all"
He said to her. "Tne moon is al
ways Just the same, and yet l Away
find some new beauty in it" She sal,
to him: "It's lust SO with the circus.
He boughts tickets for two.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Cenau. sunerxi.or

The President has nominated the following
Census Supervisors: Ohio, First District,
Charles D. Campbell Second, John Henry
Thomas; Third, VIM. H. Mcdowell; Fourth,
Henry A. Towne; Fifth, Albert G.. Byers
Sixth, VIM. A. Hunt; Seventh, John W.
Stanley. ~Indiana-First, Gilbert r. Stor-
mont; Second, Franklin G. johnson Third,
J. M. Ridenour; Fourth, Isaac h. Davis
Fifth, Benjamin P. Walker; Sixth, VIM. P.
Seymour. Kentucky-First, Samuel NJ,
Gaines; Second, Jos. W. Wintock; Third,
Speed s. Fry Fourth, Geo. stoll: Fifth, VIM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

Pennsylvania road, neglecting to deliver q
message to an east-bond train, which he held
in his possession, a terrible collision occurred
between it and a west-bound freight, resulting
in the instant death of three men and the
fatal injury Of three others. The operator
was at once arrested, and loud threats of
lypching were made. 1t required a Sheriff and a
posse of fifty men to keep the mob at bay.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Edison,s Experiment With a Cat.

Edison, when first investigating the
subject of electricity, having seen the
sparks fly in stroking a cats back, pro-
cured a large cat and placed il in the
circuit, using one of its fore and one of
its hind paws as electrods. Then he
tried to start an induced current by
rubbing the cats back biiskly. 1t was
entirely successful, and Edison still
bears en- his hands the marks that re-
suited from using the cat as an inductor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Riahon Elder.

Says q Natchez, Miss, dispatch: Bishop
Elder is now conducting a spiritual retreat of
the clergy of his diocese at Vicksburg, and will
be so engaged until the 18th inst, after which
a synod will be held. There is no certainty of
his early return to this place. He has already
received Papal bulls of appointment as CO.
adjutor to Archbishop Allemany, of San Fran
cisco, with the right of succession, etc., but it
is the general impression here that he will ac-
oept the Cincinnati appointment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Aneeed MoIIy Arrested.

A young man named John Mcguire, ala.
VIM. Love, has been arrested at Welland for
murder, committed in Pennsyiyania seven
years ago. He is supposed to belong to the
Molly Maguires, and will be held until the
United States authorities can be heard from.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Fatal Fire.

Advices from ch~erryyale, Kansas, says that
the building occupied by the the Globe print
ing office and sleeping rooms on the upper
floors, and a furniture store below, burned, and
that E. O. Henderson, foreman, and Vim. Mo-
Claim, printer, of Globe Company, perishcd in
the flames. An employ of the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad Company, was seriously
burned. Three other men were sleeping in the
building at the time, but escaped by jumping
from the windows.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
ADi,astrous Fire.

A dispatch from Omahi says: James E.
Boyd's large pork-packing establishment caught
fire soon after 8 o'clock last evening, and
continued burning all night. The several
large three-story buildings were all de-
stroyed, with. the stock of provisions of all
sorts, valued at $2I3, 900, on which there was
insurance of only $10o, oo0. The buildings
were valued at $4,000; one-half insured.
One hundred men are thrown out of employ
ment. This was the largest packing house in
the West.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
shot Him on IN, spot.

A special from Springfield, Mo-, says sieger
Williams, q young man from Texas, while
visiting his uncle at Cave Spring, near Spring
field, on Tuesday last, in q playful mood,
pulled the chair from under his cousin, Gemima
Williams, letting her down on the floor, and
then ran out in the yard. The young lady be-
came very angry, seized a rifle in the room, fol-
lowed Williams, and shot him in the forehead,
killing him instantly,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

At a French country inn, a traveller
asks for newspaper. The hostess
offers him a Constitutional, in which he
finds items q month old. He looks al
the date and says: But madame, thi=
is not to-day's paper ON, sir, it is
one my husband bought at his last trip
to Paris we will get another whsn it i,
dirty"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

An old physician, retired from practice, having had
placed in his hands by an East India Missionary the
ormuIa of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and
permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, catarrh,
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung Affections, also .
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands Of cases, has felt it his duty
@ make 1t known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by
his motive, and a desire to relieve human SUFFERING. I
will send free of charge TO all who desire it, this recipe,
n German, French, or English, with iull directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail BY addressing, with
tamp, naming this paper. w. W. SHERAR, le PoW-
,Ps Block. Rochester, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Pre.iaentlal Nomtnation..

The President has sent in the following
nominations: John W. Foster, of Indiana,
present Minister to Mexico, Minister to Russia ;
James Russell, Lowell, Massachusetts, Minis
ter to England Philip Morgan, of Louisiana,
Minister to Mexico Lucius H. Fairohld, of
Wisconsin, Minister to Spain Eli h. Murray,
Governor Of Utah John N. Todd, Postmaster
at Bridgeport, Ohio Robert n. Kelly, Pension
Agent at Louisville, Ky.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

london cablegram says: A dispatch from
Rome to the Pail Mall Gazette says: "The
Pope ID surprised and indignant at Cardinal
MoCloskey's reception of Mr.. Charles S. Par
nell in New York, and has ordered Cardinal
Nina, the Papal Secretary of State. to telegraph
to Cardinal Mccloskey for information on the
subject" The Popei is confined to his bed. He
is suffering from q severe cold, as v ell as nerv-
oua ;rritahiIitv.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
r...lAcc,dou,

The material train ON the Virginia Midland
Road, at Rockfsh Station, eighteen miles south
of Charlottesville, Va, ran OF the track at .
bridge, and down an embankment fifty feet,
killing the conductor, Dabney Wilson, and two
brakesmen, and seriously injuring Capt. q. d.
Lucket and six road hands. Six cars were
completely W :eeked.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
mo Maine ProbabIlItle..

It begins to look as if the trouble in Maine
was yet going to result in something very
serious. The preparations in process in that
State smacks very strongly of g~un-powder, and
if the course now pursued is only persisted in
the unpleasant situation will undoubtedly be
brought about,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
auIt 10 Recorer aIao. GOO.

The government has commenced suit against
Harrison johnson, formerly a special agent of
the Treasury to recover s1oo, 500, which is set
forth in the bin of complaint. He is indebted
to the Treasury for cotton sold in Mississippi
IN IQ65
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

AT a Copenhagen party the other
night a young lady complained of the
usage she received at the hands of a
young man in attendance. "Whyf'
she said, che almost smothered me-"
HAnd did YOU kiss him for his motherf"
asked the listener.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
rhe Presbyterian War.

Tho war in the Brooklyn Presbytery contin-
ues. Rev. Crosby and twenty others of that body
demand of the Presbytery an investigation into
the +" moral rottenness" as charged by Rev. DIR.
Talmage however, it does not look just now as
if the demand would be complied with.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
on he Increase.

Advance sheets from crop reports of the ILL
nois State Board of Agriculture shows the
acreage Of wheat now sown in that State to be
2,s5s, $40, or 25 per cent. greater than that of
last year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
A slnkfnr Town.

The town of Pottsville, Pa, is gradually
sinking into a coal mine which urdermines it
and the greatest excitement prevails. 1t has
taken its third drop. Quite a plat of ground
adjoining has gone down to a great depth
which tends to greatly increase the scare.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Mulinni. rraredr.

Lancaster, Peoria County, Illinois, reports q
modern tragedy. Albert Barnes shot Matte
Ford, his inamorata, and then himself. The
woman had been leading him on in his suit,
and then, firing of him, rejected him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Hanged.

Daniel SArIes, an iIliterate negro, who, the
25th of June last, murdered an old farmer
named Eldriage Rewey, at the village of New
ark Valley, near oswegO, N. Y, was hanged
at the latter place on the 2Ist inst.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

The Democratic caucus at New Orleans nom
mated R. L. Gibson on the second ballot fol
United States Senator, to succeed Kellogg
whose term expires in 1883.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

A special from Fl. Reno says that Major
~Brownhead, Paymaster of the United States
Army, was robbed while en- route from Fl.
L~eavenwOrth to Fl. Reno, of the sum of $780,
900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
One Box or Six Bottles.

If you are suffering from q combina.
ton of liver or kidney diseases, and
constipation, do not fail to use the cele-
brated Kidney-W Wort. 1t is a dry com.
pound, as easily prepared as a cup OF
coffee, and in one package is as much
medicine as can be bought in six dollar
bottles of OTHER kinds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
The Utes.

The Utes are to be removed from their res.
ervstion. A portion of them are to go to the
western part of Colorado and some to Utah.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

John Francis, who shot Policeman Lyman.
at Dayton, o., recently, has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree by a grand jury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
THE NEWS.
wagner Improved.

1t is reported by cable that numerous deaths
from starvation are now occurring in Ireland.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

For one cent purchase a postal card and
send your address to DR.. Sanford, 1872 Broad
way, New York, and receive pamphlets by re-
turn mail, from which you can learn whether
your liver is out of order, and if out of order
or is any way diseased, what is the best thing
in the world to take for it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

SHERMAN & Co., Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in this county at once, at a salary OF
500 per month and expenses paid. For full
particulars address as above.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Apother DcmuIter.

Seth A. Terny, Secretary of the Territorial
Savings Building and Loan Association, of
Washington City, has defauIted to the amount
Of SIS, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

Richard Wagner, the famous German com
poser, who has been dangerously i'll, has
greatly improved in health AID gone to Naples.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

THOUSANDS SPEAK.-VEGETINE il acknowl-
edged and recommended By physicians and
apothecaries to be the best purifier and cleanser
ofthe blood yet discovered, Ind thousands speak
in its praise who have been restored to health.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Answer This.

Did you ever know any person to be
i'll, without inaction of the stomach,
liver or kidneys, or did you ever know
one who was we'll when either was OBJ
structed or inactive; and did you ever
know or'heaI of any case of the kind
| that Hon Ritters would not cure?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
Yes Here is an important Question.

I0S HOI0 D I'm fmPOItaHt VuoS'IoH'
Acontemporary puts this forcible quet-
ton: Pages of the House afe paid two
dollars a day for their valuable services.
The same boys earn from two to four
dollars a week when employed by priyate
calls for ~high-priced employees, or be-
cause private parties are stingy, and do
not appreciate the merits of the Page
when he is merely an Office boyf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
struck By che Boom

The United States Copper Manufacturers
Association have advanced copper two cent
per pound.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
IuE nrAE HEAP THRnucH THE TEETH

Perfectly, all Ordinary Conversation, Lectures, Con-
certs, etc, by NeD Channels to the Nerves of Heartng
by means of q recent wonderful scientific invention
the Dentaphone. For remarkabiep public tests on
the Deaf also on the Deaf and Dumb, see the Net0
I0-t Herald, sept. d; the Ns,c York (hristtan. Advo.
ents, Nov. 81, etc, Every deaf persnn should send
Anerican DantaphoRe Co.s Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29

WE call the attention of all lovers of the
violin to the advertisement in this paper of the
Patent Violin Company, New York.