The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Aglntton died at Clinton, ILL.,, after
winning a wager that he. could eat a
specified quantity of food in an hour.
The. Bible has been translated into
226 languages and dialects, and in the
last eight years 100000 copies have
been circulated.
The one hundredeth anniversary of
Thos. ii. BeHton's birth is to be ceL:-
DRAFTED by, the Missouri Historical So
ciety on the 18th of March.
The death of a girl in a ballroom at
Georgetown, Colorado, was caused by
tight lacing. She did not squeeze her.
self from choice, but because she wore
her slender sisters dress.
A woman has just walked with an
infant child from Philadelphia to Chi
cago. As there were no outstanding
bets on her, and no gate money, she
had to go to the workhouse.
The proposal Of the Federal Coun-
Gil to conclude an international treaty.
fixing a standard for gold and silver
coinag, has been refused by England,
Germany, France, Italy and other
powers.
The religious revival in Louisville
has taken an exciting hold on the ne
groes, twenty-three of whom were
immersedTin one evening. An impa-
tient convert, unable to restrain him
s 'lfuntil his turn came, threw himself
head foremost into the water.
The value of the exports of bread
stuffs during the month of january
was $ll ,92s 1892, and for the same peri
oil last year. S14, g29,4O6. The value
81, 1882. was $124.072 907. aud for the
sam period last year, $l6S,5o9 $50.
The io:al number Ut newspapers
aid perio licais published ali over The
world in 1880 was. according to the
"N~w>paprr Directory" 34.Z74, and
the circulation amounted 10 1882
% 900 OF xix copies 10 each indivi-
] de{ti iir3ng. -
Two naughty boysi in Toronto, Cam
ada, lied u kitten to the tail of their
kiIe aud sent it up mewing. When it
had assembled ahout 400 feet the string
broke. and the kitten was borne away
toward the clouds. Neither kite nor
kitten has since been seen.
There are now 17,726 locomotives
i'm the country, of which New England
has loo, the Middle States g., 20, the
Western States 1900, the Southern
States 1900, the Pacific States 420.
Pennsylvania has 2,700. New York g.
600, Illinois 1,900, Massachusetts 96S,
- ,-~,o 0no VTsnrinio onO aud IrI1..l.
SO. The shops in the country now
turn out 1890 locomotives a year.
In a fortnight. petitions signed by
10000 names, chiefly from Utah and
Idaho, are expected to arrive at WASH
ingtOn, calling upon Congress to stop
the crusade against Mormon poly
gamy. Such petitions. to have been
most serviccable, ought TO have been
on hand several fortnights ago; but
perhaps even then they would have
been of little use.
An extensive business has recently
been carried on by jewellers through.
out the country in mending mutilated
; coins by filling up the holes with gold
or silver. The director of the mint.
upon having his attention called 10
this practice, has decided that as soon
as u coin is mutilatcd it ceases to be.
come a coin, and is simply bullion.
and no patching of it can make il
good.
The question, "Was the death oil
President Garfield an irreparable loss
to the republic ?" was t be discussed.
by the debating society ola public
schooiin Virginia, New, but. none Of
the pupils would take the negative
The principal, therefore, spoke on thai
side, and introduced the Credit Mo.