The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-22
NEWS IN

A clerk in the Louisville Post Of
flee has been made crazy by the talk
of change of Postmasters in that
A fund Of STA was raised in Hart
ford to buy a pistol for the Rev. DR..
Gage, because he had ~bravely fought
a midnight burglar.
State Insurance Commissioner
Moore has decided that the "Fidelity
Mutual Aid Association" of Phila-
.delphia, cannot do business in Ohio.
A school teacher has been dis
charged by the Directors of a school
near Lorain because he has a "visible
admixture of African blood in his
veins"
Notwithstanding the truegoodness
and highly moral atmosphere of
Oberlin, one man has been arrested
for stealing whisky out Of a drug
gist's cellar and another for cutting
the door of a school house.
There have been so many en-,
croachments by homesteaders on the
public timber lands between Wyo
ming and Duluth, MINI, that the
Government has sent agents through
the country to make up cases of
trespass.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas, the Chicago
expelled Methodist, has formed a
Peoples Church, and is preaching to
twice as many people as before, for
twice as much salary. The only
creed the new organization holds is
Il, Ten Commandments and the
teachings of Christ.
One of the circuses made a great
stir last summer by showing "the
handsomest woman in America" at
the head of its street PROFESSIONS
A rival circus will next season eX-
hibit "the h~andsomest man and wo-
man in the world" and a pretence of
offering a prize of $50, 600 for the pair
is made.
An innocent-looking young ser
want girl kept her employers family
in a fright for six months, at Nor
wich, Conn, by ringing the door bell
and rapping on the windows at IN.
reasonable hours. They were sure
that a ghost was about, and it was
only after watching for twelve nights
that a detective solved the mystery.
1t does not appear that Moody and
Sankey are repeating their triumphs
in England. Their audiences arc
comparatively small, and the clergy
do not, as before, c%ountenance theil
revivalism. The London Times says
that nearly all Of the converts made
during their first visit are now back.
sliders.
A special telegram from San Jose
California, says the electric light
tower in that city is a great success
The streets are lighted with full
moonlight effect at a quarter of
mile distance; half moonlight effec'
at half mile distance. At a mile dis
tant sufficient light is given to trav
elers. There was an immense gath
ering of people to witness the eNper
iment.
There is Il clergyman in Phila
delphia who is not content with mere
iy denouncing spiritualism as /:
fraud. He demonstrated that at leas
one medium was a trickster. Goins
to a public hall where apparition:
were advertised to appear, he leapet
on the stage, jerked down a curtain
and exposed the medium in the &c
of arraying himself in the garb of
ghost. -.
A leading merchant of Louisville
refused to buy a seal skin sacque TO
his daughter. The next day she lief
the house, and when night came .sh,
did not return. For two weeks al
efforts to discover her were unavail
ing, but the detectives employed il
the case at length learned that sh'
was employed as a domestic servant
under an assumed name. She refus
ed to return home until her paren
promised TO get her the sacque.
Denver is one of the wonderful
growths of the West. In ten year
it has become a city of As 5000 peo
pie, and most ofthis has been gained
within f:e years. In 1876, it's rea
estate would hardly sell for taxes
while now desirable business site
bring $3.50 to $500 per front foot
Many of the new structures are elab
crate and handsome, notably an OPP
era house costing $7O0,O 600, a unior
depot, and an Episcopal cathedral.
Since 1865 Tennessee has acquired
nearly 400, 900 additional population
and has made crops every year of al
average annual net profit of $27, 500,
900. Since 1850 Memphis, in spit,
Of the war and three epidemics, hal
grown from $4,000 to AZ, 900, Will,
Nashville has crept up from 1900
population to $4,000. The growth
of Chattanooga, Knoxville, and othe,
towns has heen at unconditional.