The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-10-07

Sour krout now takes its place among
the reasonable delicaeies
A fitting opportunity-The visit to thu
adressmaker.
Time is money, and many people pa.
their debts with it.
Gov. Chas. Foster was on our fail
grounds on Friday.
No time to hunt locals this week. Elk
cuse us until after the election.
For SALE.-A brood SOW and pigs
Enquire OF VIM. Pryor, Eaton, o. t
This week will be a busy one among
those who take an active part in politics.
Hide away your little paper caps and
calico gowns. The Maine blast is toe
chilly for them.
The fashionable hat this winter viii
have six feathers and a birds head fol
trimming.
Harry Markley caught the boss bass
out of Twin creek last Saturday. II
weighed 4 lbs. and s OIL
Christ, Walker and his BROTHER Ed
ward, of Darke county, attended our fair
and pronounced it good.
Misses Cad and Eva Stephens, Of
Greenyille, formerly of Eaton, were Wis
itors at our fair.
We regret TO learn that our young and
esteemed friend, Jackson H. Gilmore, is
IN a critical condition at Columbus.
Rev. P. Mccullough viii preach in
the Baptist church on Sabbath morning
next at the usual hour.
There are several thousand dollars ly-
ing around that viii be bet that Han
cock will be the next President. Who
wants some of it?
In the good Old Testament days it was
considered a miracle for an ass t speak,
but now at almost every Republican as
sembly they are heard.
The grandest rally of the campaign
will be at Stephens & Edmonds' Little
Green Grocery for the next 80 days.
G. w. Bolan, of Richmond, Ind, while
exercising his horse on the track on
Thursday of the fair, was run into by a
double team, thrown from his sulky and
severely injured.
Hickory poles are becoming so plenti-
full in this county that some enterprising
telegraph company should utilize them
by attaching wires, and thus open com
munication to all parts of the county.
A gold bracelet with a small chain at
tached to it was lost on the fair grounds
on Thursday last. The finder will be re-
warded by leaving it at the DEMOCRAT
Office.
There is some talk of setting aside the
Agricultural election, on account of one
of the candidates for Vice-President sit
ting as-ajudge-atthe polls-tisLcer
tainly illegal. Give the boys a "fair
count"
Stephens & Edmonds pay the very
highest prices for corn, oats, hay, beans.
butter, eggs, &c. Try them.
Few people have any idea of the mag.
nitude of the census work, and will ever
but feebly comprehend the announce
ment that it will require at least foul
years to complete the compilation of the
returns.
Philip Miller ought to have been con
tinued in the Agricultural Board. HI
done more live work to build up anc
make our fair a success than any othe
man about it. That is a unanimous Yer
dict.
A horse attached to a buggy occupies
by a couple from Richmond, ran ava.
on Thursday evening last, pitching tn
pair out, injuring the man considerabl
and damaging the buggy no little. Their
was a poodle dog in it also, but escape,
without a scratch.
The enterprising merchant is the on
who hastens to inform the public, through
the medium of his county papers, of hi
visit to the city for fall and winter goods
and does not leave the people to infe
this truth by having a few store boxe
outside of his store room.
James Stephens and a man by tn
name of Calkins, of Liberty, Ind, ha
some words on the track at the fair o
Thursday, which ended in Stephen
swiping Calkins over the head with til
butt of whip. Stephens was ruledfro
the track for one year.
Hon. Peter Murphy, Viee-President
the Butler County Agricultural Societ.
was present at our fair on Thursday ar
Friday, and acted as n of the judges
the speed ring on the last day. He HI
our thanks for a comp" to the Butt
Agricultural Show.
Stephens & Edmonds have a large a
sortment OF family groceries and the be
brands of flour at the very lowest price
Call and see. sep23-3
We heard of several farm houses /
ing broken into in this county, duril
the absence of the occupants at the ia
The residence of William Nerron, 8 mil
west Of Eaton, was went through a
some money and jewelry carried c
Moses Surface suffered a loss of 500
shot gun and some other articles, a
one or two others in that neighborho
were entered, but not much stolen.