The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-17
NEWS In

Dank, mas been aQmlIIeu TO
bail in the sum of 100000.
Mrs. Fry, on clipping from Union
Vile, Ohio, left a note kindly advis-
ing | e. husband to geta divorce i'm
mediately, and marry a certain fru-
gal and industrious widow of the
neighborhood, who would, as she eX-
pressed it, 'sbe good to the seven
small Fry"
Ten years ago a theatrical mana
ger refused to make deadheads of
the Mayor and Common Council of
Peoria, Ill, and out of spite the Of
ficials passed an ordinance levying a
fee Oslo on every performance given
in that city. The law is still enforc-
ed.
When William J. Handy of Somer-
set County, Md, lost his slaves by
the war;, he declared that he would
never employ hired labor. His farm
became q wilderness, and it was a
struggle to reach his house. Last
week he was sent to an insane asy-
lum.
The ministers of the California
town of Los Angeles have signed an
agreement that they will in no case
perform the marriage ceremony for
divorced persons, "except the di
vorce be obtained on Scriptural
grounds, and then for the innocent
party only"
The Presbyterian Synod, compos-
ed of delegates from rresbyteries in
the adjoining parts of Tennessee,
Alabama, and Mississippi, admitted
a negro for several years, but in the
present session the question of ex-
Guiding him was raised, and a ma
iority voted to turn him out. This
action was based solely on his color.
The price of board was raised at
the only hotel near the Indianapolis
stock yards. The boarders paid the
new rate without a word, but secret
ly took a pledge of total abstinence
from strong drink. A week of pros
perity in the dining room was more
than Offset by a cessation of business
in the barroom, and the landlord was
glad to restore the old figures.
John B. Cough made a speech in
Providence, r. l., lately, in which he
summed up official figures and stat
ed that in Observation-Disclosures
has greatly increased for the last
twenty five years, and is now worse
in proportion to population than it
was thirty-six years ago. In Eng
land the increase is equally great,
but more among women than men.
Almost every article of food is
now considerable higher in price
than a year ago, the increased cost
of some such necessaries as potatoes
amounting to almost n hundred
per cent. The cost of living meas
ured by the provision market, ap
peals to be fully twenty per cent
greater than at the opening of last
winter, with no prospect of a reduc.
ton.
Miss Benson learned that Randell
who was wooing her at Mount Yer
non, Ohio, already had a wife. Sht
waited until he made q formal pro
posal of marriage, and then applied
to ajustice for his arrest on a charge
of bigamy. Being told that the crime
of bigamy required a double mar
riaee, she kept her secret. let the
engagement result in a wedding, anc
then triumphantly sent,him to jai
Immediately after the ceremony.
A saloon keeper of Butte County
California, having been convicted in
a Justices Court for violating tbs
Sunday law by keeping his saloor
open, took out a writ of habeas cor
pus on the ground that the Sunday
liquor law is repu9nant to the pro
vision of the Federal Constitution
guaranteeing religious liberty. The
Supreme Court of the State has JUS
filed a long opinion by the Chief Jus
tice, overruling the point, and declar
ing the law constitutional.
Esta Williams took the prize at 6
fair at Ottumwa, Iowa, as the. mos
beautiful girl in the county. She
subsequently married John Carna
han, who lived for seven years very
happily with his distinguished wife
Then he was overwhelmed by hel
elopement without warning with his
own fatner, who took with him about
$4,000, leaving his wife (John's
mother) with nothing but a small
farm. The runaway pair we're traced
as far as St. Joseph, Mo-, but not
caught.
While New York and Boston arc
wondering whether it will pay t.
have q Worlds Fair in 1885, Rome
comes forward with aproject to hole
one that year. If this latter is push
ed with energy, perhaps it may bt
as well to adjourn the American en-
terprise until 1887, and then to cal
it a centennial fair, to celebrate the
framing of the American Constitu
tion-an event certainly worthy o
commemoration next after the Dec
laraticn of Independence.
Rev. G. D. Brush was the Metho
dist Minister at Newcomerstown, bu.
his congregation did not like him
Nevertheless the conference sent hin
back. The congregation refused tt
attend church and asked that Brusl
be taken away. They would have
none of him. President Elder cam,
to see about it. Told the congrega
ton they must take Brush or nobo
dy. Congregation left the churcl
and would not come back. Brusi
sent away, but no new preacher sen
to Newcomerstown. Now when Sa
tan goes about like a roaring lion h
finds the Newcomerstown sheep with
out q shepherd.