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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15
A WOMAN In CAMP.

NO man OF us WHO WAS JueIe Ctll
ever forget the afternoon a party of
hunters and Indian fighters rode up
to our mining camp with q lone Wo-
man in their midst.
1t has been twenty-five months
since any of us had seen anything
more resembling a woman than o pair
of spectacles and red cotton banker
chief, and to say that were knocked
down, stepped on and crushed into
the hard soil with establishment is
saying little enough.
The woman was widow who had
been captured by the Indians from
an immigrant train and then recap
t1lred by the hunters. She was about
40 years of age, had taken the situa-
ton cody, and instead of making an
effort to restore herself to the train
and to her relatives with whom she was
iourneying, had asked to lie set down
in our camp until she could make up
her mind what course to pursue. This
was the way the leader of the hunters
turned her over to orr care:
"Say, you diggers after gold here's
woman who wants to stop here for
a spell till she gifts rested! She's eddie
Gated, and she sings like a south
wind blowing over prairie flowers. "
And this was the way we received
her:
"Ahem -yes-ahem-jess so--yes
hats off, boys--no swearing-glad to
see ye-hope yer .well-ahem-exact-
ly"
There were thirty of us standing
around there, mouths open, hats off,
knees webbing, and more coming up
from the diggings every minute, and
something in the situation made the
widow Grin as she looked us over. l
file my claims as follows:
l. assisted her off the horse.
2. said 1 hoped she was well.
3. remarked that it was melo-
dious afternoon.
4. She accepted my arm as we
walked to camp,and then accepted my
shanty as her headquarters.
If a tidal wave six feet high had
come rolling up the valley it wouldn t
have produced half the hutter occa-
stoned by the presence Of the Widow
Flemming. There were eighty OF
ninety of us, rough brawny and more
or less wicked, some married, some
divorced and some old bachalors. and
to have Il dummy little black-eyed
widow with q prettymouthand voice
as sweet as sixty cent nolasSes pop IN
upon us at o. clock IN the afternoon
was excuse enough 10 stop work and
send the query up and down the
lines:
well. isn't this tic next thing to
the Judgment day?"
Several curious things happened
right away. Col. Taylor, who had
never been known to wash his face
or comb his hair, started out III
search Of a clean shirt and pocket
comb, and offered up As high as Sl5
without being able TO secure them.
He then madea Decline Tor the creek
washed the only shirt he was eve1
known to have, comb his hair with q
stick, and in half az hour was back
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15

THE new fve-cent piece just issued
is a little larger and thinner than Ing
old one, and possesses the same ieaa eau
appearance. On one side is the heaG
Of Liberty, the date, and the usu2l
thirteen stars. On the reverse Is .
in wreath of cotton, wheat, anu
com, surrounded by the inscriptions,
United States of America ana :
Pluribus Unum." The letter ' !.
the center does not indicate II .ns
value of the coin is FIVE cents, OF w
dollars, which seems to be anuniOI'u
nate oversight
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15
THE FROM GdrE
d uyer Thbaue

d uyer Thbuue.
An old and crippled gate am /,
And twenty years have passed
Since was swung up high aud dry
BotwiSt these posts no fast;
But;now I've grown no powerful weak
Despisod by man and least
I'm scarcely strong enough to squeak
Although I'm never creased
Twas twenty years ago. say
Whom Mr., Enos White
Came kind Of hanging round my way,
Most every other night,
He hung upon my starboarl side
And she upon tho othori
Till Susan Smith became his bride,
And in due time a mother
groanod intensity when heard
Despite lam no churl-
Ny doom brcathcd in single word;
The baby was girl!
And as she grew and grew and grew,
| loud bemoancd my fate;
For she was very fair to view, ..
And IL was the gate!
Then in due time, lover came,
Betokcning my ruin,
A dappor fellow, Brown by name,
Tho grown-up baby wooin'! ....
They sprang upon me in the gloam,
AAd talked of moon and star; IL.
They are married now and live at home y
Along with ma and pa. ,...
My lot was happy.for a year, Z. ...tEGu
No counting night or day
had no thought, had no fear, .. rs
Bad lnck would come my way II ~. 4
But OH this morning save tho mark!
There came awild SURPRISE, 4 y 90
And shadows fitted grim AID dark
Across my sunny skies. e-. .-.
A doctor, with knowing smile, p.
Ahorse, with face serene,
A hustle in the house the while
Great Scott what can it mean?
Ny hinges ache; the lock is weak;
My pickots in whirl;
I heard that awful doctor speak;
1t is another girl.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15
. PEABODY'S GIFTS.
III. Contribution to til. South Over 1000

His Contribution TO the South Over ss'ooo'ooo'
Colonel Peyton, of Nashville, Ten
nessee, has received the following let
ter from the treasurer of the Peabody
Institute:
BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-George Pea
body was born at South Danvers, now
Peabody, Massachusetts,, February TO-
1895, and was educated mt the COM
mon country schools OF the state. In
1911 he became clerk i'll dry goods
store in Newburyport, Massachusetts,
and in 1914 came to Georgetown
District of Columbia. He served IN
an artillery company in the defense OF
Washington. Established the house
of Peabody, Riggs & Co., in George
town, in 1914; removed his tirn to
Baltimore in 1915, where he remained
till 1886, when he moved to London,
England. He was soon after made
financial agent of Maryland to nego-
tate an $8,O0O,O00 loan, the commits
sion of which amounted to $50, 600,
he declined to take, doing the service
without pay. During the financial
panic of 1887, he upheld the credit OF
the state, making advances and
pledges for this purpose amounting to
more than his entire " fortune
at that time. In 1843 he dis,
solved his old firm and established
himself as a banker, under the firm
name of George Peabody & Go. His
first important gift was $4,000 to tit
up the American department. of the
London Worlds fair,in 1852. He gave
$4,000 to the Kane Arctic expedition
in search of Sir John Franklin, and
$40, afterwards increased to S25,-
900, to- found a library in his native
town. In 1857, February 18th. he
established his institute in Baltimore,
giving it 100000, and afterwards
increased it to $1,000,0OO; and in
1869, in order to finish the building
and start the art department, he
added 100000 Of Tennessee bonds
and 100000 of Virginia bonds, ad-
vising the board to retain these, and
sell the United States bonds for build
ing purposes, which they did.
Mr.. Peabody's other gifts, mostly
E.. IL ..,,,,,oooe ,unro
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15

San Antonio Express: The
is discussing the question
of puphc roads. This is a new
theme for Texas representatives, es-
peeially those from the more western
portions Of the state, where the peo-
pie have long been accustomed to
follow trails in almost any direc-
ton, OF if they could not find an old
trail to suit, make a new one. But
the great changes that have come de-
mand authorized lines of highway,
and provisions for keeping them IN
order.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15
The Cotton Crop.

The Agricultural Department is
disposed to take q very enthusiastic
view of the present cotton crop, es-
timating it at nearly 6,SOO,OOO bales
the largest crop ever gatheredin thu
country. This is apportioned among
the States as follows:
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15

a NEBRASKA coroner held SIX diff
ferent inquests on the shoulder blade
of an OK before ne would give up
that some Chicago athlete had not
been foully dealt with.-Fres PTe's.
THu freshness of youth is brought
out bv hot water.-N. o. PioaynUe.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15

A large sum to Washington and
Lee university, at Lexington Virginia,
and advanced over $4,000 to uphold
the credit of states that never repaid
him.
He died November 4, 1859, at Lon
don, England, and is buried at Selem,
Massachusetts. He was offered a
baronetcy by Queen Victsria, but de-
clined it as a simple American citizen.
Mr.. Peabody gave to the southern
states, including theinstitute at Baltl-
more, SO, 400,0OO--$90o,O 900 more
than he gave to the city of London,
and more than twice as much given
by him to the balance of the United
States, the institute being the most
prominent features of his educational
system.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
The Change i'm Ohio.

y WIN Jun
Republican politics in Ohio seem TO
be in an extraordinary state. Among
the Western States during the last
two Presidential canvasses Ohio de-
cidedly held the leading place. She
furnished the candidate for the Re-
publican party in 1876 and again in
1880, and since then her citizens con-
nected with the Government have
been numerous and prominent. Ohio
has been more full of budding and
ambitions statesmen than any other
State, and the aspirants for her Gov
ernorship-position from which they
might be brought into clearer view
as available for q nomination for the
Presidency-have been almost unlim-
tied.
There is an election approaching
for Governor of Ohio now, but ap-
parently no one is anxious to be the
Republican candidate. Honest John
Sherman, who for many years has
been looking toward the White House,
has been consulted with regard to the
nomination, but he says that he dues
not want to be a candidats. Even
Governor Foster does not seem to be
particularly active in strengthening
his claims.
What is the matter with the Ohio
Republicans? Are they all tired of
politics? Or do they think that the
condition of parties in their State is
such that the chance for the Republi.
can candidate being elected next fall
does not make it worth while for any
one of them to leopard whatever good
fortune he enjoys at present.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
PILES.

PILES are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing
the patient to suppose he has some at
fiction of the kidneys or neighboring
organs. AT times, symptoms of indi-
gestion are psesent, as f1atulency, I'M
e%asiness of the stomach, etc. A mois-
ture, like p~erspiration, producing a
very disagreeable itching, particular
ly at night after getting warm in bed,
is a very common attendant. Blind,
Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at
once to the application of DR.. Bosan-
kos Pile Remedy, which acts directly
upon the parts affected, absorbing the
Tumors, allaying the intense itching,
and ~effecting a permanent cure, where
all other remedies have failed. Do
not delay until the drain on the sys-
tenn produces permanent disability,
but try it and be cured. Price SO
cents. Sent prepaid OH receipt of
price. Address, The DR.. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, Ohio. Sold by
Webb y Cocver, Eaton, o.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that there
IN will be a petition presented to the
County Commissioners of Preble Co.,
O., at their regular session in June,
1888, asking for the appointment Of
Commissioners to lay out and construct
a Free Turnpike road in Harrison
Township, in said county, on the fol-
lowing line, to-wit:
Beginning at a point in the center of
the Castine Road Improvement where
the half section lire crosses said read
improvement in section II, town. z,
range 3 east; thence running south IN
said half section line through sections
20 and 30, to intersect the Brewer Road
improvement in said range and town.,
and there to terminate.
Also ask for a special levy of ONE
MILL on the dollar on all taxable prop
erty within the bounds of said road
Said tax to continue for the term Of
three years.
SAMUEL LOCKE ct al.
~aDy0R-wl%
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
Notice to Contractors.

GEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceived at the office OF the Clerk of
the Board of Education, of Harrison
Township, in L~ewisburg, Ohio, until
II O'Clock, noon, on
Thursday, May 5lst, 1883,
for building a one-story, two room,
Brick School House, on the lot situate
in Verona, Casually called West Balti-
more,) according to the plans and spe-
cifications on file in said office.
Each bid must contain the name of
every person interested in the same
and be accompanied by a sufficient guar
antee of some disinterested person that,
If the bid is accepted, a contract will
be entered into and the performance of
it properly secured.
The bid for each kind of material
called for by the specifications must be
stated separately and the price of each
given, and the price Of labor must also
be separately stated.
None but the lowest responsible bid
will be accepted, and the Board may
reject all bids.
By order OF the Board of Education.
A. E. MAY,
apr26-4 Township Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

Michigan has recently enacted a
law which permits the prohibiting of
a will during the life of the testator.
We believe such q law does not OBJ
tain in any other state; and we won-
der at it. One of the scandals and
crying evils of the day is the ease
with which a will car be torn up and
the frequency with which it is done.
No man can rest in the assurance
that the disposition which he solemn
ly DEGREES shall be carried out. In
der the Michigan law, however, he
can attend to all these things, while
yet sound in mind and body. 1t is
most wise.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

If the gentleman at New Paris
who weakly scatters his brains and
reflects his decayed ideas through
the dingy Mirror, don't want to be
called names, he should keep his per-
sonal filings out of public print and
his nose out of his neighbours private
affairs. It is none of his business
if ue want to drink beer or whisky,
so we pay for it. 1t is none of our
business if he don't want to drink
either. We r perfectly content
that he shall judge for his own stom-
ach, but we demand the same right.
We do not intend to object or inter
fere with his cold water lunacy, 50
long as he, avoids personalities
What we draw out of the county
funds for printing is legal and just,
and as Democrats pay quite half of
the taxes of the county, only very
narrow and bigoted creatures find
fault about it and complain and
whine over minorities having rights.
That is about the size Ct it Mr..
Hane. Go on with your opposition to
liquor drinking, but be careful and
not run your cranky ideas into your
neighbor's privacy, and the danger
of your Mirror getting smashed will
not be so great.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

1t is said that the illustrious Eliza
Pinkston died in jail al Canton, Mis-
sissippi. Eliza figured very promi-
nently in the Presidential rape of
1875, and Hayes, Sherman: Grant,
and the other prominent Republi-
cans who were benefited by her per
%juries ought not to have permitted
her to die in disgrace and fill a Grim
nails grave.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The Cincinnati VoLKsBLATT, the
organ of the German Liberals in Ohio,
thus sizes up two Democratic candi-
dates for Governor:
Judge Hoadly and Judge Geddes
are the two Democratic candidates
for the g~overnorship who are at pre-
sent oftenest named and advocated.
They are the representatives of two
Numerically opposite tendencies
Hoadly is the representative of the
outspoken liberal element. Geddes
represents those who carry water on
both shoulders, who are afraid to take
any decided stand, and who, by their
temporizing policy, by coquetting
with the temperance fanatics on the
IL hand and with the liberals on the
other. hope to secur a victory for the
Democratic party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The immense damage by the re-
cent Southern tornado has directed
attention to the fact that houses in
many parts of the West and South
are so slightly constructed as to be
easily overturned or wrenched to
pieces by storms that q well built
house would resist. The debris of
any house fallen upon the heads Of
the occupants is heavy enough to
MAIN and kill; but inspection of
many buildings in the devastated
districts will cause wonder that more
were not leveled. Log houses are
seldom or destroyed, neither
are solid brick houses; but where
houses are built of boards or timber
that had to be hauled many miles,
and by n who had very little
money or time to spare, any heavy
storm is likely to do serious damage.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The central committee of the
greenback labor party issued a cir
cular last week calling the State
Convention in Columbus on June ID,
and reciting the same grievances in
regard to monopolies and arrogant
corruptions tfat they have for the
last six years. John Seitz, Of the
Seitz law fame, signed the call as
Chairman, and Joseph Watson, an
attorney, of Columbus as Secretary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The Pittsburgh Post says: 'Dem-
ocratic candidates for the Presiden-
cy are on the alert to ascertain the
physical condition of Tilden. If lie
is well enough and willing to enter
the lists, he can sweep the boards.
The politicians may not favor him,
but the united movement of the PEG,
pie would be Irresistible. Tilden
would be his own platform"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
AUDIroR's OFFICE, PREBLE Col
EAToN n April Ok ,S2

AUDITORS OFFICE, PREBLE Col
EATON, O., April 25, '83.
NOTICE TO HI TAXPAYERS OF Road
IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS:
YOU r hereby notified that the
Il Duplicate of the assessm' nts made
for the construction of the following
road improvements-Salem, Bunger,
Castine, Winters, Concord, Brown,
Swisher and Brewer, has been placed
in the hands Of the County Treasurer
for collection.
The 1st installment will be due and
payable on or before the Goth day of
June, 1888.
By order of the County Commission
ers of Preble county, Ohio, all persons
Wishing to pay L of said assessment
on or before the above date, the inter-
est added thereto for the payment of
Interest or bonds, will be deducted
therefrom.
w. B. MIKESELL,
apr26-4 Auditor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The New York Evening Post, a
strong and influential Republican
paper, says: "The Republican lead
ers should indulge in no delusion.
The people have begun to become
it'd of the Republican party, as it
has been for some years; tired of its
boss rulers and it's machine method;
tired of its civil service talk, while
carrying on the scandal of political
assessments; tired of its constant
plea that an old set of political trick
sters must be kept in power at the
North to secure freedom to the bal
lot in the South, and that disgust the
people expressed at the ballot box,
last fall"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
CONVINCING.

The proof of the pudding is not in
chewing the string, but in having all
opportunity to test the article direct.
Webb g Coover, the Druggists. have
Cough and Lung Syrup for each and
every one who is afflicted with Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Consumption or any
Lung Affection. [~mar29-1y
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

In addition to the five asylums for
the insane, OHIO is to have another
one. The Legislature before adjourn
ing passed a bill appropriating $500,
600 for the erection of an additional
asylum. The plans and location of
such asylum are left to a commis-
sion, consisting of the Governor, Sec
rotary and Auditor Of State Attor-
ney General and General r. Brink
erhoff, Of Mansfield, who represents
the State Board of Charities on the
commission.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10


Old corn growers say this will be
a big corn year. They have observ-
ed the weather during the winter
and base their estimates upon the
past. Experience is a good instruc
tor, is generally reliable and can be
depended upon with vastly more
safety than the almanac, but even
that may sometimes fail in weather
matters. 1t will be wise, however,
to prepare for a favorable corn sea-
son. Where farmers get their seed
in the ground as Dol as the weather
permits, they seldom fail to secure a
good corn crop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

Lead. lille now has a population of
%, 000-somc 90 men to l woman.
The streets night and day are kept
quite free from improper persons,
and ladies can walk about without
fear of annoyance. The tax from
gambling houses realizes $500 a
month, and that from dance halls
5000. Cinnamon have been kept
outside entirely. Two wandered,
unwarned, into the town three years
ago. There was q double funeral
almost Immediately afterward, and
those Cinnamon have never been seen
since. A correspondent recalls Tai
IMAGES visit, and says that the emf
nent divine did not escape from his
visit to the dives without much un-
welcome OSCILLATION. Leadville, he
says, has never been more prosper
GUS than TO day, and is good for five
years yet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

MI. Sheppard vas not elected to
represent Preble county in the rail
road business. Persons inclined to
be q little capious over the interest
he manifests in getting the new road
through West Alexandria instead of
the county seat, should draw the
proper distinction.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The Sidney, Ohio Journal, (Rep.)
says: With the liquor question in
stalled by the Legislature ard a can
didate for Governor chosen from the
present political scum a1oat in Ohio,
the Republicans may prepare to be
defeated by SO, OOO majority.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

Estimates upon the crops from all
parts of the agricultural portion of
the country set them at a fair ave-
rage, though not at this time prom
Using the abundance of 1882. While
such estimates are interesting at this
time they are not of great value as
points of information.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The bill to prohibit the use of rail
road passes BY Representatives of
the Ohio Legislature was set aside.
That still leaves an opportunity for
the Representative of Preble TO dis
tinguish himself by going to New
York in the interest of railroads for
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

Elk Congressman Iorgenson, who
had become troublesome on Mahone's
hands in Virginia and refused to
pull we'll in reputation traces, has
been got rid of by appointment to
the Land Office at Walla-W alla, in
Washington Territory. Motto for
the White House: "If you don't see
what you want, ask for it,"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

According to official reports it was
found that at the beginning Of the
present year there were LOGO insane
people in the State who were being
quartered in county iails. Hence
the law authorizing q e asylum.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The Republican press is unani
nous in the opinion that the Scott
law will be declared constitutional.
It'll on account ofthe large quantity
of Foster embodied in it and the Su-
preme Court,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10
Ffes
Adopted March 30, 1855.
UNITED Stairs OF AMERICA, OHIO,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OHIO,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF fTATE.
], JAMES w. NEWMAN, Secretary Of State of the
State Of Ohio, do hereby certify. that the foregoing
is a true copy of a joint Resolution adopted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, on the 30th
day If March, A. D. 1888, as taken from the orr =
inal rolls filed in this office.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto sub
scribed my name, and fixed the great seal of the
State OF OHIO. at Columbus, the Both day of March,
A, D. 1889. JAMES W. NEWMAN,
lsKAL.l Secretary Of State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

S. H. Russell, late United States
Marshal for the western district of
Texas, goes to the pe~nitentiary for
twenty years for defrauding the U.
S. Government of $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

The driver of Uncle John Robin
sons six-horse tableaux wagon drove
over an embankment at Sidney and
demolished $4,000 worth of trap
pings. He Immediately decamped.