The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08

as so many fish ran out of the rivers
proper, and were killed by the ice or died
in the ponds when the water receded.-
Sad.
Capt. c. w. Hostenpillen, U. S. A.,
Springfield, o., says: Browns Iron Bit
tiers cured me of inlammatory Rheuma-
tism."
The ladies of the A. NJ. E. Church
will hold a festival and entertainment in
Temple Hall, Stephens block, on Fri
day and Saturday evenings of this week.
Admission, 10 cents. d. D. Lewis, Pas
tor.
Marshal Ryan recovered two stolen
horses and blankets from q farmer down
near Winchester on Saturday last, and
the owner, Henry Flory living on Wolfe
creek in Montgomery county, took them
away on Sunday.
See the beautiful line of Faster Cards
at Edison & Young's.
With ''gold mines" only a few miles
from our Office door, delinquents need
not worry about what they owe. Our
"Devil" can go out every few days and
shove in a wheelbarfow load of the shi-
ming root of evil"
Mr.. O.. P. Conley,. a pedagogue from
New Hope, was tried before the Board
OF Examiners in Eaton last Saturday, on
the charge of immortality" The soft
impeachment was not sustained by the
testimony and he was acquitted.
Some genius has invented a machine
to play pianos. There will be a great
demand for it. In the morning the ma
chine can be set playing the piano in
stead of the daughter, and the latter al
help her mother get breakfast ready.
Ground chop feed by the % or in less
quantities, at Eaton City Mills. Cheap.
The knights of Pythias will give a Fes-
tival and exhibition drill at the Opera
House the 18th and 18th OF. this month,
for the purpose of raising money to pay
for a banner for the Uniform Rank. AS
we have no military organization they
should meet with hearty encouragement.
The Eaton School House was elected
on Monday last by a large majority
The vote was 304 for the new School
House, and only 40 against it! That set
ties the School House business and
proves that we are a progressive commu-
nifty. Now bring on the new railroad.
Recorder zimmerman received a mort
gage last Monday to be entered on his
books for 500, 900, 200! 1t was from the
purchasers of the G. c.. & 1. C. rail-
road. That is more than our entire world
ly estate would bring, advertised in the
Eaton Register and Camden Gazette and
sold at public auction.
The best IS cent 0~veralls in Preble
county at Jos. W~oerner's.
Joseph Walters, jr.. whom we mem
toned last week as being shot in Rich
mond, Ind, by Policeman Christman,
died this "wednesday morning about 8
O'Clock. He lived just one week from
the time he was shot. We reserve all
criticisms on the affair until an investi-
CATION of the shooting is over.
The case of Bruce Van Doren and
Abraham Hofderman VS.. Eliza Bruce,
for eviction of dover and damage was
compromised on Monday last, by paying
defendant $450,G0 and the execution of a
quit claim deed to the So acres of land,
known as the Bruce Mill property. NJ.
l.. Holt was the attorney for plaintiffs.
We would be pleased to have those
whose duty it is to furnish us promptly
with the name, age, &C., of friends who
may be lost by death. We publish these
notices without charge, but often for want
of proper information are net able to do
so in a satisfactory manner, and hence
are compelled to omit altogether.
Middlings, ship stuff, bran or ground
chop feed can be had at Eaton City Mills
in any quantity.
Before long every crossroads and vii
lage in Preble county will probably be
represented by a hebdomable "neuze-
paper that will only give the neighbor-
hood gossip and the edifying news of the
arrival and departure of Miss Flora Nc
Flimsy or Mr.. Saphead; or the
startling visit of the writer to some town
four or five mile distant! Mclean mar
great foolee. R
The violin of Remenyi at the Opera
House on Saturday evening last, captur.
ed the audience. 1t seemed as if the
strings sounded enchanting music even
before his bow touched them. The sing
ing of Miss H. Louise Warner was pro-
nounced equal to that of Jenny Lind by
those who have heard her. By those
who are judges of fine music, the "Rem.
enyi Concert" is given the "cake."
Our Democratic friend Peter Ozias,
dropped into our sanctum on Saturday
last with {. sample of his manufacture o.
maple molasses, which we have thor.
oughly tested and defy it to be beaten
in the county. Mr.. Ozias certainly un.
d~erstands the business of making tree
molasses to perfection, and the proof o.
it is in trying a few gallons of his manu-
facture.
We have just received the finest lot o.
Embroideries ever seer in Eaton and are
selling the same at very low prices
Mammoth Cheap Store.
Mr.. Nelson D. Wells of this place, ex
hibited to us on Monday last the photo
graph of a wonderful invention in the
line of a fire escape for hotels or factor
les. The device has a large bucket at
tached and so arranged as when the frs
person descends the basket can be re
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