The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
NEWS EN BRIEF.
Smallpox is said to be epidemic i
Hillsboro, Ohio. .

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after procuring u divorce.
"A Free Trade party has been or
ganized in Iowa. The leaders are
mainly from the Republican party.
Arthur. is steadily and quietly re-
moving one by one the friends of
Garfield, and appointing Stalwarts
in their place.
Miss Chloe Violet, of Alexandria,
Virginia, has tasted 46 days declar-
ing that it is the will of the Lord
That beats Tanner.
General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio,
has been admitted to practice as a
member of the bar of the. state of
New York.
General LeFevre has been placed
on the Committee on Appropriations
of Speaker Keifer. Next after the
Ways and Means, this is the most
important Committee in Congress.
On January Is next, Bishop Howe,
aged IA, will celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of his ordination to the
ministry Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, at Reading, Pa, and will be
presented with a handsome pastoral
staff.
Chicago druggist sold to a freck-
led girl a lotion which he warranted
would remove the blemishes from her
face. And SO it did, butt also burn
ed away the skin, leaving scars that
permanently disfgured her. Sue is
sueing for $40, 900 damages.
A number of Mormons who claim
that Brigham Young introduced the
doctrine of polygamy and blood
atonement contrary to the original
belief, have organized a new church
in Salt Lake City. They renounce
polygamy, and refuse to pay any
more tithes.
sylvania has a law requiring
that requests for religious purposes
must be made, to be valid, not less
than thirty days before death. A
Philadelphia court has decided that
a provision in a will to fit q young
man for the ministry is, under this
act, invalid.
The lawyers defending a crimina'
at Sterling, ILL.,, presented to Judge
Eustace the affidavits of several wit
nesses that his Honor was prejudicec
in that case, and asking for a chang'
of venue. The Judge promptly re
fused to grant the motion, and or
dered the Grand Jury to indict thu
witnesses for perjury.
Twenty-six thousand aged widow.
of the Soldiers of1S12 regularly draw
their pension from the Government
In the war of 1872 Is the total mum
Der of killed and wounded was a lit
tie more than 5000. 1t is seventt
years since the war, and the widow
now out number the dead and wound
ed heroes five to one.
: The Dunkers of Indiana conside
grammar frivolous, and therefore pre-
| test against their children bein.
taught it in the public schools. Tn
:. State Superintendent decides tina
the teachers may omit the ~offensiv
study, tells them to impart orally t
the bunker pupils " all that is prac
teal in the subject"
The latest controversy over exclu
sion of n pnoro from tho hast Dort n
a theatre is in St Louis. The ma
who brings the suit for damages i
the principal of a negro publ
school, and a sufficient sum has bee.
subscribed by his friends to meet tn
costs Of extensive litigation. TIL
, Supreme Court of that State has here
tofore decided that the manager @
a theatre may refuse to admit any
; body whom he chooses.
President Porter of Yale takes oc
/ casion to declare that in the instrue
4 ton department of the college no re
5 ligious tests are applied. 1t is no
: even demanded that instructors sha'
formally express a faith in God O
shall use any religious Influences
l "But we do require" he says, "tha
no influences or instructions in an,
unchristian direction shall be allow
ed, whether directly or indirectly
and we expect that the public vii
hold us severely to this as our duty.
A hotel in the exact shape of a
elephant has been built at Atlanti
! City. The idea, of course, is to draw
: excursionists by means of the move.
r ty. The structure is Sc. feet Ion
l and IS feet high. Stairways insid
the legs lead up to q big restauran
and other rooms in the body, Will
on the back is a car forming a goo
place of outlook The exterior i
painted and sanded so as to resembl
an elephants skin, except for tn
0 windows. The. cost was $4,000.
Kansas makes a grand shown
= for 1881. The field crops will aggrt
gate in value SOL, 910,4S6, or NOR
than 80 per cent. more than in an
previous year in the history of tn
State. Of the twenty-five kinds {
e crops thus estimated, the two ths
contributed the largest share of thi
total are wheat, having a value {
$21, 705, 275, and corn of $44, S59, SO;
S Forty two counties raised over l
900, 600 bushels of corn each, an
n eight counties harvested e 500,0 C
bushels of wheat each. While til
long-continued dry weather and tt
C army of chinch bugs did great dan
O age to the various crops, the farmer
t are not likely to suffer want whe
# they have $122,450,406 to their cree
d it on the years balance.
Blue Black was the descriptiy
nickname of a Chicago negro woman
Her husband vas not only white, bl