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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

Lumber,


VIM Cameron IS Co., the great lumber
merchants are now offering SPECIAL iu-
duoements, especially to heavy buyers,
IN everything pertaining TO their Du'i
uess, Including Portland cement, piIs'
t-ring latAas aud hair aud bliller- sup
plies generally. Pro npt and polite Mt
tpution 10 all callers at the office aud
lumber yard, Austin suse', Waco
Jtd vim.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

EURS1PE
THOUGH I NtIS
IRON or To any point STRAIT Brlia OF
Continent OF H. &c, Via the
houston and Texs Central 4
=, And Ml-r.il to New RI, thence VIA
hotlh German Lloyd w. v Star, lUman'
Slate, Mississippi ant ,miniOn, Rot
ierdam and ltall Steam
n. ship Lin
IN sale at all lmpoTulu tations on the
Line of this Railv and al
galveston, Curro, Victoria,
W antonio, Marion, SeEuin,
~ omar la Grange, Columbus,
Sstonla, Schnlenburg, New Bruunfcl'
marcos Round Rock, ROckdaie,
s., Etc Etc.
Special inducements 10 cmigrints and
people desiring IN ,et'le IN the tate.
A kJLkNER.
General ss,nger Agent
hc tor Information : t. rates II pas
~ ana freight, routes, etc, apply IL
e1on Or by letter 10
l. D, TRUE, CD. GRAY,
A y, +. A. A. z. A.
D. WALDO, Traffic Manager
h0UST0k,T TEXAS
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02
Fine Euruout-.

Having purchased the entire livery
outfit u j. w, Winirey Messrs. Whitta-
ker n Chambers are determined to run
u livery, feed and sale at die at his old
STAND, Austin street, -ecoud to none IN
the city. The finest outfits in the city
polite atten ion will bo given to all pat
rOns.-JlOtC
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

Its timo to take of your low shoes, it
Is getting too cool to wear them now
with any comfort, so gentlemen Il you
wish 10 save doctors bill, 20 10 Sanger
Bros and get pair OF the celebrated l..
Boydon & Goa high shoes; every pair
warranted, -9l0tc,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

Mems shoes. l.. Buyden IS Co.'s make,
yyery pair warranted TO give satlsiac-
tluu, when We say warranted, we mean
1t 10 every rcspectl Gentlemen buying
these shoes will agree with 'H 10 saying
thoy are the best goods made Tor sale,
at Sanger Is 90. -lOOltc,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02
m, 40 ..m.,n,. Friend

The "Eloctric Screw Worm hills" ~
Tuclrr 4 Nillis, tnkss the lead Of ull
others FOR not only destroying the
" rms, but healing the wound and keep
ing oil the flies aud it IA 80 cheap, too,
| u cents FOR pint bottle. -72Ol&wtt
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

IN addition to the flavor, beverages
ought to be judged by the etIgst tbey
have upon the system While somp
Beers make lrowsy. "Cuura Us BH iwel-
ser" e1uilaru els aud strengthens tAe
system against climatic Influences.
lUulgt
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

The largest variety Of laas oo.iar'ttes'
and collars, tine greatest FuilHon "'
ladies ue kwear aud tees are now 'A 'A'
bibi,,r- n Levine Brus.- .'stc.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

Nobby cassimer suits, styli. % 'h".'i
,llts aud elegant dI4goua. e.t'. -".
ye,ta. can be bought 40 u HH'srr' ~
ut.usual ..'P prices.-luplte.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

Ti.a company machinist sill ADJUST an
Wheeler a Wil-On sewing mtct0ue- Tree
OF charge that are brought 10 my uihcr,
30. n Nuuh Fourth -tro, {, uom October
an to o tubog IN, l5sl
OJ2Od&H2w A Il. BLENlSs.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

New black and colored velvets, new
silk aud col rcd pushes, PLAIN brocade,
stri od aud polka dotted silks, in black
aud colorcd, are now on exhibition II b.
Haber's. -lOOltc.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

Fyerybody wants them, egcg body
,yaar. tb.np. the well known l.. buydru
& Co.'S mems hne Gust m inalt p'3l7
aud ,hoeg. made up Ia tho latest siyic,
10 b had only at Sanger Bro .--lDllto'
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

That terrible Rcourgc, fever and ague
md IL congcncr, bilious rcmitlcut, be
sides affections oi the stomach, liver and
bowels, produced by mirsnalic air anil
water, are both crldlcntcd and prevented
by the use Ut llOstottcr's stomach BttcrS
purely vegetable elixir, indoI,ei nv
physicinns, and more eNton lively used az
remedy TOT the above class Dt disorders,
~ we'll rs Tor many o,h"rs. than ANY med.
icine OF the age. For sale by ali drugg st5
and dealers ynucuhly.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

J. 4. Sullivan & Co, have the largest
line Of L,adi -, Misses and Children's
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-02

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yyboI. tickets s., Hlu ur.eis sIi . "0A''
"n0'' sS0. IS Tickets siW.
Remit money OF Bank utan 10 II "a.
..nd by FNpfe.. DOS 9thu ~ nv
rs. E, q ne 6,s.rs Of a. and upward hJ EHWes.'
~ he .ent AZ our expense NlAter1 l' i, "5
a. OS VI, BOARDhAN, tourief-JoH-
nj Building, Louifrillsi NJ
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A LluHT, second hand delivery wagon
"A Apply 10 Ruht. Goldsmith, corner tlih
and Franklin streets d alt
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30
Road Notice.
.oTICE rs HEREBY THAT a

NJ Office Is HEREBY THAT a pc
In tition will be presented to the
Commissioners of Preble County at
their regular session to be held on the
first MONDAYJN DECEMBER, A. D..
1882, praying for the following vaca-
ton and alteration of the North Free
Turnpike Road in said County, as fol-
lows to-wit:
To vacate the following portion of
said Road at the South Eastern termi-
nus thereof beginning at a point where
said road eros -es a road running cas-
and west OH the section line. dividing
sections fifteen 15) and twenty-five
(22); thence in a south easterly direc-
ton to where said north free turnpike
road connects with the free turnpike
road leading from Eaton to Greenville,
and there to terminate And for the
following alteration of said north free
turnpike road, to-wit: That instead of
running in a south easterly direction
from the first named point, where the
said north fee turnpike road crosses
the east and west road on the section
line, dividing sections fifteen (15) anil
twenty-five (22), that from said point
it may run east along said cast and
west road and section line to where
said east and west road connects with
the said free turnpike road leading
from Eaton { Greenville, and there to
terminate. The portion of said norsi.
free township road as requested by US
to be thus vacated and altered, being
about Thirty (30) rods in length.
MANY PETITIONERS.
nov2-w4
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

ment has got rid of all the spies and
tools of the thieves in it's employ,
and if an honest foreman of the iury
is secured, perhaps there may be a
better result this time. Elk Senator
Dorsey is back in town, looking ill
and worn. It is said that he and
Brady have had a final falling out,
and that ex-senator Spencer will
turn up to testify next time. One
hears a great deal of "they say in
regard to the trials-that Judge
Merrick is excessively angry at the
prosecution neither going on nor
leaving off, and has lost his temper
two or three times; that they want
the next trial to come off before Judge
Macarthur, Judge of the Circuit
Court, instead of Judge Wylie, and
a great deal else that may or may
not be true. But this much is Ger
tain-a scamp, or a gang of scamps,
is thought to stand a much better
chance before Judge Macarthur
than Judge Wylie. Judge Wylie
stands the abuse that has been heap.
ed upon him with great equanimity,
and a broad and capacious smile il.
Eliminates his count enance when he
reads that he is a blockhead, Ounce,
scoundrel, ETC., in the Star-route
Journals. The people of bad char
acter don't seem to understand how
exceedingly robust a good character
is. PHoNo.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30
The Denver Tribune, a good Re

The Denver Tribune, a good Re
publican paper, has the appended
description of the late defeated a
didate for Governor of Kansas:
Sits hard to imagine what will be-
come of John p. St. John, the defeat
ed candidate for Governor of Kansas.
He is a man of very shallow abilities,
and before his election to the Govern
orship of Kansas the first time was
unable to exc out even a tolerable liv-
ing. He was q sort of tbird-class law
yer, and only his consummate check
got him into place and power. He
continued in office simply by the de-
vices of a trickster-by %inventing a
hobby upon which he rode into pub
lie favor. l. has been, however, only
in the matter of liquor that st. John
has been a temperance man; in all
other respects his personal habits and
his public career have been character
lied by intemperance and bigotry and
fanaticism. He is a notorious glut-
ton, an Incorporate talker and a big
oted religionist. A more dangerous
demagogue never held the reins of
government, and it may be deemed
providential that during his admins
tration Kansas continued TO pursue
the paths of prosperity as successfully
as she has done. Now that he has
been remanded t. private life, there
is a likelihood that st. John will
blossom out a peripatetic temperance
lecturer, his only alternative being a
return to a profitless career as a third
rate country lawyer"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

New York San: Republican jour
nails that are trying to detract from
the force of the party defeat in this
State by claiming that it was caused
by stay-at-home Republicans instead
of by Republicans who voted Demo
cratic tickets find themselves con-
tr: dicted by the official returns. In
Oswego county, for example, the to
tai vote for Secretary of State last
year was 1922, of which S,21S we're
cast for the Republican candidate
and 5,204 for the Democratic candi-
date. This year the total vote for
Governor was 1888, Or only 4S9
less than the total vote in 1881, but
Folger got only 6,37G votes, or 1,S42
less than the Republican candidate
for Secretary of State, while Cleve-
land got 6,557 votes, or 1858 in eX-
cess of the Democratic candidate for
Secretary of State. The fact, too,
that in many counties that gave ma
i~orities for Cleveland the Republi
cans elected their candidates for To-
cal offices by handsome majorities
shows they were not absent from the
polls on election day. Cayuga, the
Half Breed stronghold, affords a
striking illustration of this fact. The
county gave Cleveland 1,453 MAORI
tv. but elected a Republican County
Clerk by 1,70l majority, and gave
1,311 majority for the Republican
candidate for Congress. The Half
Breeds were there, brethren.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

Governor-elect P~attison, of Penn
sylvania, has declined the offer of
military escort at his inaugural, and
wishes that there may be no scenes
of pageantry and demonstration
whatever. 81 am determined" says
Mr. Pattison, "that so far as I can
control the matter my Inauguration
as Governor shall not cost the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania a dollar" That
is very sensible of Governor Patti
son. That sort of talk and that sort
of policy will go a long way in
strengthening public confidence in
the Democratic party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30
Pension Bureau.

Samuel F. Barr, Senator Came
ron's former private secretary, and
now a member of Congress from tie
Harrisburg district, in which he was
reelected lately by q bare majority,
in an interview said: "The Repub
lican party has no future; their place
is fixed" Being asked whether he
looked on the party as dead, he said:
Yes; the only issue we have had for
the last five years has been the tariff.
The only party supposed to be friend
ly to the tariff has gone to pieces by
electing a free trade Congress, has
nailed the coffin lid down by elect
ing enough Democratic legislatures
in Republican States to redistrict
the country SO as to secure the SUI
premacy of free trade Democracy.
The Democrats have been held to-
gether for twenty-five years, and
there is no hope for Republicans in
defeat, and, without either offices or
money, you will find the party going
steadily to pieces. Before the OPP
portunity of regaining the State leg
islatures for another Congressional
apportionment recurs the Republi-
can party will have passed into his
tory as the most eminent instance
of self destruction on record"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

Official returns from all the coun-
ties in Pennsylvania show the vote
cast for Governor at the late election
as follows: CHARACTERIZATION,
Democrat, 355,991; Beaver, Republi-
can, 315,5S8; Stewart, Independent
Republican, 43,743; Armstrong,
Greenback-Labor 1896; Petit,
Prohibitionist, 5,196; scattering, so;
Pattison's plurality is 40,202. 1t will
be observed that Pattison's plurality
is almost great enough to overcome
the combined Republican and indie
pendent vote. Republicans claim
the result shows the Democrats still
to be in a minority, and they reach
this result by adding together the
Republican, Independent, Green
back-Labor and Proh;bitionist votes
and calling it all anti Democratic.
This is not just. The fact is that
three fourths o. the Independent vote
would go to the Democrats if it was
a choice between that and going to
the Republicans and will probably
drift there in any event.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
contracted, at a handsome figure, to
write a Life of Christ" for MI.
Wilkeson, "to be finished in eighteen
months, if possible" That was be-
fore Mr.. Beecher's little difficulty
with Theodore Tilton. After that,
Mr.. Beecher's interest in the work
seemed suddenly to die out. One
volume was completed; but no copy
could be had for the rest. Ten years
have passed away, and Mr.. Wilkesm
sues for breach of contract, and gets
non-suited ON the ground that the
contract did not specifically limit
the time at which the work was to
be completed. 1t is a strange spec
tacle to see a professional moral
teacher relying upon the technicali-
ties of the law to escape Tt
flor taking $1,000 to dc. weslazs<afs
he did not do. I
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

The official vote of Indiana is in
and shows nine Democrats and four
Republicans elected to Congress, and
a plurality of 1854 on the State
ticket for the Democrats. 1t stands
as follows:
For Secretary of State-Hawn,
Republican, 210,234; Myers, Demo
crat, 220,91S; Leonard, Greenback,
$4,000; Democratic plurality, 1864.
For the First district, Kleiner, Dem
ocrat, has 1,643 plurality; Second
district, Cobb, Democrat, a majority
of 1861; Third district, Stocklager,
Democrat, 1885 plurality; Fourth
district, Holman, Democrat, 3,494
plurality; Fifth district, Matson
Democrat, 1852 majority; Sixth dis
trict, Browne, Republican, 1913 plu
rality; Seventh district, Peele, Re-
publican, 81 plurality; Eighth dis
trict, Lamb, Democrat, 2S7 plurali-
ty; Ninth district, Ward, Democrat,
S75 plurality; Tenth district, Wood,
Democrat, LOLA plurality; Eleventh
district, Steele. Republican, 1913 plu,
rality; Twelfth district, Lowry, Dem
ocrat, 1858 plurality; Thirteenth
district, Calkinstn, Republican, 391
plurality. The congressional dele.
cation stands nine Democrats to foul
Republicans. In the present House
there r four Democrats and nine
Republicans. The Greenback vote
came from the Democrats mostly
Adding it to the Democratic vote
and the Republicans are in a minor
ity of 29,114 in the state.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

The Munchausen story of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, about an alleged
plot of the Democrats to usurp the
authority of speaker Keifer, during
the last Congress, fell very fiat. 1t
was a iimsy sensation and would
have died where it originated, had il
not connected two or three promi-
nent Congressman in the plot. What
object the Enquirer had in giving
publicity to such a ridiculous story
is a mystery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30
NOTICE..

FEMME ANDREWS, of Richmond
" in the county of Wayne, and State
of Indiana, Is notified that David An
drews did, on the Goth day of October
1882, file his petition in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
within and for the county of Preble
and State of Ohio, charging the sale
Jennie Andrews with willful absence
for three years last past, and adultery
with one George Bundy, and asking
that he may be divorced from said Jen'
ME Andrews; which petition will
stand for hearing at the present tern
of said Court.
DAVID ANDREWS.
By MARSH Sc MARSH, his Ats'ys.
rou0 uR
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

The sale of Confederate bonds
in San. Francisco a few weeks ago
has set a few of the small fry news
paper regulators to bowling over it.
1t is all done for political clap trap
and is rather thin. The purchasers
of these bonds will never realize q
copper upon them. Any person with
the sense of a polyps would know
this, because there is a direct inhi.
bition that will never be removed.
The asses that bray about them
don't seem to know it, or are dishon.
est enough to deceive their readers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

A correspondent of the New York
Sun says that a high officer of the
Government said that Congress and
the country would begin soon to re-
alize the important effect the Arrears
law will inevitably have upon the
finance and revenue issues. He said
that during the three months ending
Sept. 80, the pension payments
amounted to more than 500, DOC, 900.
This was before the additional free
of nearly 1000 clerks had been ap-
pointed, organized, and set to work.
The adjustment of claims would soon
be sc rapid that the drain upon the
Treasury would be simply enormous.
The Commissioners of Pensions ap-
peared to be determined to run his
bureau at high pressure and to court
popular favor by speedy examina-
tions of pending cases. In the pre-
sent condition of the Pension Office
the effect of this hurry will inevita-
bly, be the allowance of many i'm
proper claims. Hundreds of new
clerks were selected in a hap hazard
way, and it is common talk in the
Pension Office that many of these
clerks are utterly unequal to the
proper discharge of their important
duties, as they had not had the edu'
cation, experience, and training e
essary to the accurate examination
of the evidence submitted in pension
claims; and yet to them had beer
intrusted the difficult work of judi
cially considering and weighing thi:
evidence, and of practically deciding
cases involving in the aggregate ten
of millions of dollars. Some of th'
older officers of the Government wh'
have had long experience in the ex
animation of claims against the Unit
ed States, submitted On ex parte evi
dence, says that there is no reason
why fraud should not run riot in tn
Pension Bureau.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

The Greenback party which has
seventeen members in the present
House is about annihilated. In the
next House there will but one Green
hacker. This solitary survivor is
from Iowa and since he defeated a
Republican and was endorsed by the
Democrats he will doubtless vote
with the Democrats. There will be
five Readjusters from Virginia, but
these are to all intents and purposes
Republicans. Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania, Eaton, of Connecticut and
Carlisle, of Kentucky, are already in
the field as candidates for Speaker.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

General Butler thinks the recent
Democratic success is due to "the
widespread dissatisfaction of the
people with the manner in which the
General Government has conducted
its administration; its prodigality;
the assessment of office-holders; the
liquor question, and other local diff
ferences. The General emphatically
denies that ne is a candidate for the
nomination to the Presidency at the
next National Democratic Conven-
ton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30
Attachment.

Thomas J. Longnecker, Pl'tf., vs.. A.
L. Noakes, Delft. Before A. Edgar
Hubbard, J. p, of Washington town.
ship, PEBBLE county, Ohio.
nN the LIST day of November, A. D.
" 1882, said Justice issued an order
of attachment in the above action for
the sum of $20.4S. Which action is set
Tor trial on the Both day of December,
1882, at 8 O'Clock a. m.
THOMAS J. LONGNECKER.
nOV16-w3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

TRUTHS

The blood is the foundation of
life, it circulates through every part
of the body, and unless it IS pure
and rich, good health is impossible.
If disease has entered the system
the onky lure and quick way to drive
it out is to purify and enrich the
blood.
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that nothing but
iron will restore the blood to its
natural condition; and also hat
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blacken the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
Browns IRON BITTERs will thor
oughly and quickly assimilate with
the blood, purifying and strengthen
ing it, and thus drive disease from
any part of the system, and it will
not blacken the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and is posi-
lively not injurious.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

sales in the Southern States had in
creased to 1855, 764 acres or 10 per
cent. of the whole. In three years
the sales in the South have increas-
ed nearly five fold. Part of the pur-
chases are doubtless speculative, but
another and a large part are due to
the large flow southwark of people
migrating from the North in recent
years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

B. F. W~olverton, Pl'tff., VS.. William
Hogan, Def't. Before James Nor
row, j. P, of Jackson Township,
Preble county, Ohio.
ON the 10th day of November, A. D.
" 1882, said Justice issued an order
of attachment in the above action for
the sum of Ten Dollars $4,000. Con-
tinued for Tearing and publication to
December 23rd, A. d. 1882, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. BENZ. F. WOLVERTON.
noyl6-W3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

Hon. L. D. Campbell died at his
residence in Hamilton city, on Sun
day morning last, in the 72nd year
of his age. Mr.. Campbell was a re-
markable man in many respects and
died universally regretted by friends
and neighbors. During his life he
filled many public positions of hon
or and distinction. In 194S he was
elected a Representative in Congress
over General Baldwin. In 1850 he
vas elected to the same position o, er
Judge Vance; in 1852, 1854 and 1856
over Hon. G. L. Vallandigham, and
in 1870 over Hon. r. C. Schenck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-30

If President Arthur should run
for the Presidency on the Prohibit
ton ticket in 1SS4-that party be-
ing now al apparently rising star
his political opponents will turn
back to the daily newspapers of Oct.
II, 1882, and find il recorded that at
the ceremonies on that day at Marsh
field, Mass, he was the guest of the
Ancient and Honorable artillery
Company of Boston, and in that ca
pacity not merely drank a glass of
wine when his own health was pro-
posed, actually drained his glass
and had it retilled," and remarked,
81 now wish TO drink TO the health
Of each and every n of you" This
is solemn history; and 40 references
to the "rum punch" of a former ad
ministration can make it any better.