The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-01
NEWS IN

NE EIN 1B6kIEks
Frederick Douglas is worth $780,,
300 or more. He was once a slave.
Brick Pomeroy is a bankrupt at
where he has been concern
ed in mining operations.
In Illinois, children cannot attend
school anywhere in the state unless
they have been vaccinated.
Two brothers in Tusearawas
county have made a cost bill of 5000
about a wagon bed that is not worth
over a dollar and fifty cents.
Six hundred dollars has been sub
scribed to pay for defending Jones,
who is charged with the attempted
assassination of Guiteau last Satur-
day a week.
The Chicago Presbytery finds the
Rev. j. Fl. Bournes guilty of "ssver-
al acts not consistent aith minister
al character" The acts were lying
and stealing.
There will be four clergymen in
the next Massachusetts Legislature,
and they are to be called upon to
perform the devotional exercises,
thus saving the cost of a chaplain.
Eight of the jurors who acquitted
Belle S%paulding of numbering her
husband, at Galesburg, ILL.,, accepted
her invitation to a banquet in cele-
bration of her escape from the gal
lows.
The wife of a Michigan Sheriff
locked the Jail doors on six lynchers
who had entered to murder a pris-
oner. Although this left no doubt
as to their identity, and no denial
was made of their intention, a jury
refused to convict them.
AS winter approaches tie number
of iamates at the Soldiers Home,
Dayton, daily increases. Informa
ton is to the effect that the increase
has been recently at the rate of a
hundred a week. During the sum-
mer the soldiers leave on furloughs.
In all there are now about 1850.
Hon. Russell P. Flower, who beat
young money bags Astor, for Con
gress in New York, is not without
political experience, having been the
Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee in 1876, and the manager
of Mr.. Tilden's triumphant home
campaign Of that year. e
Two young women, Jennie Smith
and Aadie- Sherwood, r conducting
a revival at the Waugh Methodist
Church, Washington. A further at.
traction is Johnny Noogle, the Con.
verted Sailor Boy, said to be supe-
rior to Harrison, the Boy Preacher,
as a fervid exhorter, with the nd
vantage of a remarkably wicked ca.
reer as a source of examples. The
conversions are numerous.
A. A. Talmage, OF st. Louis, 9
man who has an income of $40, 600 an.
nually, forbids his daughter coming
to his house on account of disagree
ment with her. step mother. The
last disagreement was on account Of
the young lady wishing to rake :
friend a wedding present which hel
father had given her money to pur
chase, and which the step-mothel
desired to be made in the name O
the family.
Among the first to formally ap
prove and use the revised version Of
the New Testament were the Pro
testant clergymen of New Haven
A few days ago. in a meeting fol
discussing the subject, a majority
announced a change Of opinion by
voting that it was too faulty to bt
acceptable. The chief condemnation
was of bad English, the Rev. DR.
John E. Todd declaring that he had
counted $50 errors of grammar I'm
corrected in one of the epistles tc
the Corinthians alone.
Maine has, since 1924, had a law
that no convict shall be discharged
from the State prison until the ex
piration of the full term of the sen
tence (unless pardoned out) exclu
sive of the time he has been in soil
tary confinement for violating the
prison rules. In other States bad
behavior merely prevents the convict
from getting his term shortened fol
good behavior, but in Maine the law
mentioned has been strictly obeyed
A thief who was insubordinate was
lately kept IA days beyond his tern
of sentence. He sued the Warden
for illegal imprisonment, and the
court decides that he can recover
the statute being unconstitutional
Mr.. Judah P. Benjamin, who was
the rebel Secretary of State wher
the Confederate bonds were issued
says there is no money on deposit il
England or elsewhere to the credit
of the Confederate States, and thu
bonds that are being extensively
bought up in this country can have
no possible value. There is -littlt
reason to doubt the truth of Mr.
Benjamin's statement. There wa.
not such a plethora of funds in tn,
late Confederate Treasury that any
portion ofthem was likely to be over
looked. Age may give value to tn,
bonds as historical relics, but thos,
who buy them for their intrinsi,
value will find themselves deceived
State School Commissioners De
Wolf will endeavor to have the Leg
i~slature pass a law recognizing tn
Ohio school system. His idea is t,
abolish the ,subdistricts with thei
army of local directors and put til,
country schools upon the same plal
that the city schools are run on
That is to say sub districts will b,
equalized and consolidated wher,
necessary and all the schools pu
under the control of q County Super
iutendent and Countv Roor6 of Edu