The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27

erS are Delng maze TO The LegiSla-
ture instead of to Heaven; not that
the latter is disturbed, but because
Ohio is learning that Heaven helps
those who help themselves.-N. Y.
Herald.
A Congressman wants to colonize
all the negroes in Mexico or Central
America. That Congressman wants
to "bust up the Republican party.
To take the negro out of American
politics would be to the Republican
party like taking the blood from hu-
man veins.
The Washington astronomers do
not take any stock in the story that
a comet is about to unite with the
sun and wind up the solar system
in a grand confiagration. They say
they do not know of any such comet,
and if there were one and it did go
%plunging into the sun nobody would
be hurt.
The Democrats of the Ohio Legis-
lature in their caucus to determine
upon a candidate for Senator voted
as followd: Thurman, 80; McMahon,
7; M. D. Harter, 3; Judge Hoadly,
2; R. NJ. Bishop, 2; j. P. Leedham,
1; H. E. O'Hagen, L; G.. W. Geddis,
l.. Thurman, however, was after
wards unanimously made the candi-
date.
The Buckeye Blacksmith is dead.
His name was John W. Baer, and in
every Presidential campaign from
Harrison to Grant he was a stump
orator and singer in the West. He
was an attractive speaker, and his
songs always aroused great enthusi
asm. Between campaigns he was
usually provided with a berth in the
Baltimore or Philadelphia Custom
House.
The State and local Indebtedness
in Ohio as appears from the official
figures, are as follows:
Furded State debt, 49,. 6,476, s05 60
Irredeemable State debt. 4,333,0 05 80
Local county debts 49,. 1853, 1856 80
DIpLS vi SiIICS. OO,OJO,GOO 81
DEBTS of villages 1906 Oh
Debts of townships. ....... $780, 0l IA
Debts of school districts. 1,1S5,907 "A
The great tendency is to go in
debt for local purposes.
General Grant is said 20 smoke a
hundred cigars in two weeks. He
gives away as many as he smokes.
He has used the same brand of i'm
ported cigars for ten years. They
cost $22.50 a hundred. Colonel In
gersoll pays $50 for a box and uses
from five to ten cigars a day. Gen.
Butler pays $40 and sometimes SIC
for a box. Senator Matt Carpenter,
who nearly killed himself by smok
ing, has been reduced to three cigars
a day.
The White House is an expen i've
institution aside from the Presi
dents salary of $4,000. The stat
of employees in and about the Elk
ecutive office requires $4,000 6
year, and the stationery and miscel
laneous appointments $4,000 mlre
; This is exclusive Of $4,000 a yea
for care and repairs of the Mansion
to $500 for lighting of the hous'
and grounds, $4,000 for fuel, $3.50
for the green houses, and a singh
5 term item of $4,000 for furnishing
; The Census bureau has at last re
ceived the official footing of the POP
> ulation of the several States as de
veloped by the recent ensus Thi
shows the aggregate of population i
, the several States TO be 1880, 49,
To this aggregate is to be added til
, population of the District of Colun
bia, which is 177,638, and the popu
lation of the several Territories
;, which aggregates 605,633, making
total population of the States, TER
. tories and the District of Columbi
and the United States, 50,252,856.
Representative Dial, of Clark
county, has a bill before the L-egis
lature which provides for Count
S Boards of Education and Count
Superintendent of Schools. Th
k plan will necessarily, if adopted, il
crease the expenses of the schot
= system without producing CORE:
+ ponding benefits. 1t is a questio
if measures looking to a cheape
II system would not c~ertainl
h contribute to the efficiency of OF
schools. 1t is not always that th
most expensive is the best.
= It is again stated that the n #
# naming state institution in whic
the Democrats have partial contro
h namely the Central Insane Asylum
is to be reorganized. The Penitel
tiary, where incompetency and d
moralization reign supreme, and tn
Orphans Home at Xenia, which hi
s became the seat of filthy scandal
r are fair samples of what Republica
reorganization comes TO. Ifthe pc
! pie do not want TO see the State il
y. - situations wholly ruined and II
- State disgraced before the worl
they will put an end to Republics
y reorganization next fall by votir
is the party out of power. Two yea,
of Republican rule is about all tt
State can stand.-CEeUelGnd Pa
Dealer,