The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-22

IHcdVy EdluSs 1ne county COMMISSION
ers will have about three of these struc.
lures to build over.
Eli Conger has now in his possession
two stray dogs that were found in his
corncrib afew mornings ago. The own
er is requested to call and take them
away and acknowledge the corn" by
payingf for it.
There is a place in Eaton called the
"Drunkard's Gulch," that needs clean.
ing out. If the proper officers will not
attend to it soon the citizens in the neigh
borhood win, in order to save theiryoung
chickens. It isn't a saloon, either.
Should you be a sufferer from dyspep-
STA, indigestion, malaria, or weakness,
you can be cured by.Brown's Iron Bit
tiers.
A wood dealer advises farmers to pile
the split article with the bark UP. By SO
doing the bark adheres to the wood, and
becomes an item Of some Importance
when the farmer cords it up for the mar
Eket.
DIR. P. Webb and S. B. Coovert have
purchased the. drug establishment of Mi
chael & Son, and are making prepara-
tions for carrying on the business at the
old stand in all its branches. Give them
a call.
Don't place your elbow upon the table
while eating, tits exceedingly impolite.
Don't take out more on your plate than
you a eat. 1t is not only extravagant,
but a mark Of NEGLECTED education, no
matter what silly fashion may say, or
fne-haired ignoramuses practical
There is a young lady in this city who
makes a chalk mark when she gets up in
the morning without being called.-[Ur-
bana Democrat.
There is one in this city who makes a
chalk mark every time she gets up when
aHed@.
A cyclone struck the village of Morn
ing Sum- Preble county, ON Thursday
evening of last week. doing considerable
damage in the place. Several houses
were unroofed, but no n seriously in
jured., Fences, barns and houses also
suffered for several miles around the
country in the direction of Camden.
Rev. Joseph Conner, a colored man
from Dayton, missionary in Africa for
12years, will lecture in,the NJ. E. Church
next sunday evening, June 25th, on At
rica. He is accompanied by an African
Prince, brought to this country to be ed
ucated, who will sing in his native Ian
guage. e-
The loafers around a certain black
smith shop in Eaton, who feast them
selves from neighboring poultry yards,
had better be a little more cautious about
the business OF the Coroner may be call
ed some fine day to look upon one of
their worthless -carcasses and pronounce
a verdict of 'sjustifiable killing"
The richest and finest specimen of
strawberries we have tasted this season
came from the patch of our friend Billy
Danford, named the "Jersey Queen"
raised from plants set out last August
None ofIthem were smaller than a hulled
walnut and rich in flavor. Many thanks
for the treat. a75sf r
The Council appointed a Board of
Health on Monday evening last, compos-
ed of the following citizens: DIR. w. A.
Campbell, BENZ. Holman, Levi Risinger,
John Rhea, Jacob Bringman. We trust
these gentlemen will serve, as there are
many places in Eaton that are a disgrace
to the city and call loudly for their atten-
tion.5 LATEST. kge
IAN intelligent farmer says: "When
hear@alman sayD can'tiafford to take q
home paper, / know the boundary lines
of his fields are marked bytumbled down
fences; that his barns and sheds have &
shaky and shivery look and that his cat
tie resemble the lean kind which JOSEPH
saw in his dream. Oftentimes a single
suggestion or recipe is worth to him the
price of the paper"
Mrs. Clora Andrews, wife of Wesley
Andrews, and sister of John Holdermar
of Eaton, died of Cancer, at her residence
two miles west of Winchester, Preblt
county, on the 10Th inst, aged 58 years
II months and 20 days. Funeral services
of the deceased were held in the M. E
Church at Winchester by Elder Neal
assisted by the Pastor. Her funeral wa
largely attended by neighbors anc
friends, by whom she was highly esteem
ed and respected, She leaves a husband
and four children to mourn the loss of
wife and mother.
The new postal law or decision author
ICES the publishers of newspapers to ar
rest any one as a thief, who takes thei
paper and refuses to pay for it. This i
a fair and judicious law, and should hav
been enacted years ago, as a means c
protection to publishers, for there ar
lots of persons who will take a paper 70
d time and when asked to pay for it wi
.dfaugh at the publisher, and tauntingl
defy him to get it if he can. In this mar
ner publishers lose hundreds of dollars
The law is intended to meet just sue
rascals, and publishers generally shout
unite in having it enforced.
Charles Ballett, an unmarried youn
. man about % years of age, hanged hin
self with a towel in the Calaboose i
Camden, on Thursday of last week. TIL
, verdict of the C%oroner's jury was "ht
reditary insanity He had been in tt
Dayton Asylum and was put into IL
Calaboose for safety, to be returned
that institution again in a few days. i
y was a son of Chas. Ballet, a livery st
= BILE keeper in Middletown, Ohio, WI
some three years ago made a despera
attempt to kill not only his boy but b
wife, and while he failed to shoot tt
boyle put five bullets in various PAL
rs of the body of his wife, but after lol