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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Notes..

The resignation of Judge Ray, Law
Clerk of the Postofice Department., was
accepted on the 2d, and John A. Henry, a
lawyer of Indianapolis, appointed to fill
the vacancy.
j. w. CLASSIC has been restored to
practice as an attorney before the Interior
Department.
SECRETARY FoLGEn has dccideGsit it in
compatible with the interests of the public
service and with public convenience to
provide distinctive issue of gold ccrtifi-
Gates for Chicago.
THE provincial rates of drawback on
duties allowed by the Treasury on the ex-
portation of sugar and syrup, refined
wholly from imported material, will be
continued in force until January 1, 1881.
THE Postoffice Department finds the pos.
tai money order system too complicated
for the business offered, and the next ses-
sion of Congress will be asked to simplify
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Quiet Week In Ra.iness.

r. G. Dun & Co., of the New York Mer-
camille Agency, reports that the we elk end
ing the 5ah was one of quietude in New
York, with q very considerable decline in
the value of business, which is to be ex-
pecicd as the season advances. Reports
from w .stern cities indicate more ac-
tivitv, and the exchanges in that section
show an increased business. No special
feature has been presented in tine markets.
Moderate activity prevails in dry goods
circles, and seasons trade neither unsat-
isfactory in dimensions nor in profits is
drawing to a close. The failures continue
to be numerous, but they seem to reflect
more mistakes of part than any serious
trouble in business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
The Factory Mum bering Of Yarns.

All warns, whether of cotton, wooden,
worsted, or other material, are num-
bered according to their size. A No: l
cotton yarn contains $40 yards to the
pound, and a No. 10 contains ten times
that amount, or S,400 yards. No. 20
cotton warm contains 40 times $40, or
$4,000 yards to the pound, and its di-
ameter consequently only one-fortieth
as great as that of No. l.
Woolen yarns are measured in ''runs"
of 1,6OO yards to the pound: Two-run
yarn contains 1920 yards to the pound,
three-run 1890, ten-run $4,000, and so
on.
No. l worsted yarn always measures
$50 yards to the pound, and No. 10 Is
one-tenth as large, and measures 5000
yards to the pound. As a matter of
fact, but little if any worsted yarn is
spun coarser than No. 10, and the finest
commonly made is No. 65, though some
mills run as small as No. go. No. 90
worsted yarn contains so, 400 yards to
the pound, and its smallness can there
fore readily be imagined. The No. lf
worsted yarn, in most common use for
knitting, contains only $3.50 yards to
the pound, but is generally made of
very fine wool-Te Terrific Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Suicide. ami Murders.

SANDY GRAY, prominent farmer resid-
ing near Franklin, Tenn, committed suicide
on the I'd with revolver. Ill health and
discouraGement was the cause,
THOMAS PAhfN, a Philadelphia grocery
merchant. was found on the street few.
mornings ago with q bullet in his brain,
and near by revolver with aii empty
chamber. The police are in doubt whether
it is suicide or murder. He had neither,
family nor financial difficulties, so far as,
is known.
AT Milledgeyille, Ca, William BarnessI
aged seventy-three, one of the publishers
Of the Re5ofdcf, Killed himself on the 4th.j
Cause not stated.
AT Hartford, Conn, on the 4th, Frank
Olson, farm hand, was beaten to death byI
Frank r. Olmstead, whose father and
mother Olson had assaulted, =,
JeHS PkewS shcs and INSTANTLY ki11e5
3atdhs Weaver uear allegheny City, Pa,
on the 9th, over dispute which arose be-
tween them about q hol Sc trade. sssssz
Ar Fortress Monroe, few days ago.
FraIicis E, Paris, First Sergeant Battery K,
Second Artillery, killed himseifs TEN!
p5tafy Insanity:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Notes.;

AS THE cage was being hoisted in the
Nelson coal pit at Leigh, England, on the
Cd, the rope broke, precipitating the cage
to tho bottom of the shaft, and killing six
miners.
MtE Secretary of the london and River
Platte Bank has absconded. 1t is estimated
that he has defrauded the bank to the ex-
tent of f40,00O, which sum he lost on spec
ulating ON the Stock Exchange.
AN alarming state of affairs continues to
exist in Canton, China. The mob is ripe
for rebellion. 1t has been proclaimed that
if the French feet threatens an attack all
foreign residents will be Immediately
killed and their property destroyed.
RoBEpr STRoTHsR, clerk in the Auditors
Office of the Canadian Finance Depart.
mcnt, has been arrested on the charge Of
embezzling $29,0oe to $50 600.
THE charge is made against England of
giving encouragement to China, and thus
preventing a settlement of the Tonquin
question. British merchants are filing
claims for damages because their goods are
not landed at Tamatave.
DUBLIN dispatch of the 9Th says an
Invincible Vengeance Committee has been
formed to hunt down all informers. The
committee has paid spies throughout the
British Colonies and in North and South
America.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Fatal Lovers, Duel ON IIo. setback.

A frightful duel with knives is reported
from Black Fork Creek, Choctaw Nation.
Two young men, cousins, named Austin
Guthrie and Franklin Meyers. rivals for
the affections of young and beautiful girl,
quarreled and proceeded to blows. They
were on horseback and drawing knives they
commenced contest which lasted several
minutes, and which resulted in both receiv-
ing fatal wounds. Meyers arm was al
most severed, and he was cut about the
face and breast. Guthrie was wounded in
the legs and body. Both tainted and fell
from their horses, and were found uncon-
scious, lying in a pool of blood by the
roadside. Both died in few hours.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
How to Get Out of the Army.

Judge Blodgett, of the United States Dis
rict Court at Chicago, on the Sd gave
lecisinn of Importance affecting enlist
nent in the United States Army. Willard
G. Deming enlisted in the regular service,
and four days after doing so deserted, but
was apprehended. He came into court OH
habeas corpus. The Adjutant General
made return that Deming, being soldier,
should be tried by Court-martial. The
court decided that the enlistment OF DEM
ing was i'll the nature of a civil contract,
md being minor he could not be legally
bound by such a contract, except in cases
specially provided for, of which this was
not one. The prisoner was discharged.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

Before the extensive use of steam
boats on the waterways around Stock
holm the Dalecarliau girls were accus-
toned to come to the capital in great
numbers to row the passenger boats
from point to point in the neighborhood
of the city. This custom still exists to
some extent, and the visitor may be
rowed by a buXom peasant girl to an
island restaurant, or across an arm of
the lake. The girls have lost none of
the moral independence and the re-
markable physical strength which have
since the beginning of Swedish history
distinguished their ancestors. In the
large cities they are found to-day mix
ing mortar, carrying burdens, and row.
ing boats quite as easily as the men, and
quite as acceptably to the employers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Foreign Postage Nat Reduced.

A New York dispatch of the Sd reports
hat over five hundred letters were mailed
that Office on the 1st for dispatch to for
ign countries, each prepaid by a two-cent
tamp, from which it appears that con-
iderable portion of the public are under the
rroneous impression that the foreign as
veil as the domestic rate of postage has been
educed. This is not the case. The rate on
etters to foreign countries il the Universal
'ost Union, of which nearly all civilized
Nations are members, remains as hereto
ore, at five cents per half ounce.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
A Michigan Capitalist RObbed of $50, 900.

The residence of VIM. Dutton, retired
capitalist at Adrian, Mich, was entered on
the night of the 9TH and $4,000 worth of
bonds and mortgages, besides a small sum
of money and articles of family jewelry,
carried off. The safe from which the Sc cur
tiles were taken, was in Dutton's bed
room and was unlocked, thus affording the
robbers easy access to the plunder. The
bonds were principally United States reg
istered, and the obligations of the cities of
Monroe and Sheridan, Mich. Measures
have been taken to prevent the robbers
from realizing on these securities.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
An onered Compromise rejected.

Counsel for Goodrich Bush, the Boston
distiller, against whom suit is pending for
violations of the internal revenue laws for
the forfeiture of his distillery and the rccov-
cry of $4,000 of unpaid taxes, made an Of
fer of compromise few days ago to
the Commissioner of Internal Reve.
nue. on behalf of his client. The offer IS to
forfeit the distillery and pay the Govern.
ment ST 900. Commissioner Evans refused
the offer, and has directed the District At
torney to proceed with the case against
Bush and press the trial Immediately if
possible.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

the rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
The street cur vas filled with passen-
goTs, three of whom were killed, and;
nearly all of the others injured
more OF less severely. The car was crush
ed into shlinters and scattered distanea
Of fifty feet. when the accident occurred
the driver was inside the car collecting
fares. The railway company had failed to-
put up safety gates at the crossing, al
though directed to do so long ago by the
City Council.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

THE plumber is doing his level best
to secure for himself recognition as
public enemy. In this direction bold
stroke was made by the Master Plumb
ers' Association, in its New York ses-
sion, in demanding that plumbing
material manufacturers and dealers
shall sell to them at discount of from
20 to 33B per cent. below what the
ordinary citizen would be charged for
the same goods.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Our Negotiations with the Porte.

A Colistantinople dispatch OF, the 4th,
repdfts That tile negotiations Bet%eeh
United States Minister Wallace and the
Porte, concerning the storage of Ameri-
can petroleum and upon the tariff ques.,
tion, are progressing favorably, conces-
sions being made by each side. Minister
Wallace, however, has raised two fresh
uuestiotis Of different Kind, the ptirport
of which is not yet made known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
A Horrible story of Crimlna, Neglect.

VIM. B. Bronson, aged seventy: Eliza,
is wife, aged sixty-six, and James E.
bronson, their son, residing at New Haven,
'onn., have been found guilty of man.
laughter in causing the death of Carrie E.
iordon, married daughter. Deceased
vas abandoned by kor husband, and went
o her fathers house on the eve of her
onfnement and asked them to procure her
ledical aid. They refused, and locked her
p in room without attention until she
lied.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
THE recent reduction by the Diamond

THE recent reduction by the Diamond
Match Company is over 80 per cent, or
from S. per case to 1925 and $3.50.
The first result of the repeal of the tax.
was to increase the profit of the manu-
facturers, but number of small makers
camelnto the field, and this competition
has forced the lucifer ring to lower their
prices. The gain will be felt In every
honsehnld
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Norti.cote Cen.ure. the Governments.

Sir Stafford Northcote, in a speech deliv-
cred at a banquet at Belfast, few nights
ago, censured both the foreign and home
policy of the Government. The latter, he
and Parneilitss. He asserted that Parneii
sought to draw near to the Liberal party
again, only to accomplish his purpose;
which was to destroy English connection
with Ireland. This object, he hoped, would
be frustrated, and he declared it would be
if the members of the House of Commons
stood true to their principles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Boston Commission swindIcr.

Tho Boston police are searching for man
who recently started commission business
in that city under tho name of Solon B.
Hodgkins, and to whom, it is said, Western
merchants forwarded some $4,000 worth of
-four, for which no pay has been received.
Six carloads of -four consigned to Hodg-
kins have been seized by the officers, but
the balance is supposed to have been dis
posed of by the alleged swindIer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Cancer Found i'm Cattle.

The Chicago Health Inspector reports
having found sixteen head of cattle in.
flicted with cancer in tho Union Stock
Yards few days since, and had them
slain. The part of tho animal comm only
the seat of the cancer is tue tongue, but
some of them were found to have large
sores on their sides and necks. The cattle
affected came from various parts of the
country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

COLONEL PIERCE, of the Chicago Neacs,
says the first time man looks at an adj
vertisement he does not seeit; the ninth
time he wonders if there is anything in
it; the fifteenth time he resolves to try.
it as soon as he can afford it; the TWEEN.
tieth time he rushes frantically forth
and buys the article advertised.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
The ..IIcraIa,, and t,c Ncus.,e,ln,.,

The New York Herald has announced its
Intention of erecting its own news stands in
ifferent parts of that city, at which the
ierGld and other city papers will be sold
t the price printed upon them and not at
he price which the retail ncwsdealers
ictate. Some five hundred persons have
'een engaged to take charge of the stands.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

The s'Free. Soil Society,"" recently or
canized, is said to have branches in
twenty-five States. At recent meet
ing of ward "group" in New York res
olutions were adopted to the effect that
.private ownership of the land onwhich
our city is built must and of right ought
to be abolished, and we will not vote for
any candidate for legislative oflice who
is known to be opposed thereto"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Aid for the Civu Service Rnier..

The Civil Service Commissioners have
notified tie heads of the various depart
ments in Washington that the Commission.
GSs will make an apportionment of the list
of persons eligible to appointment among
the several States and Territories, as pro-
vided by the Civil Service law, in advance
of the certlflcation of names to the latter
for their reelection, so when certification
is made to him, the head of department.
will not be troubled to determine whether
or not the quota of State or Territory has
been filed before making his appointment
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

TIE British Medical journal says the
pathology of emotional death is of great
interest, and varies in different cases. In
some instances fatal issue results from
sanguineous apoplexy; in others, and
much more frequently, from shock to
the heart. 1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
FOREIGN.

Isussin bLciaim. Waafiliie Pprspsust.aiiss,
The journal dc 81. Petersburg denies that
Russia is making military preparations on
the Austrian and German frontiers and
that two army corps have been distributed
between the Vistula. and Bug Rivers ETC.
1t States that Russia's aim is only at the
maintenance OF peace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Tic Trade Of Smuggling Cinnamon.

Smuggling Chinese across the border
from British Columbia has become a thirty
ing business. A Victoria colonist confirms
the statement that notwithstanding the
representations of the Treasury Agent sent
to investigate the matter, Chinese SNUG
Cling is so largely carried on that Victoria
has become Il rendezvous for Chinese who
seek to cross over into the United States;
that large number of saw-mills on Puget
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
DOMESTIC.
Three Carpenters IkiiIes.

As contractor named Henry McNichcls
vas working ON Il store ut the village
f Rogers Park, a suburb of Chica-
% on the I'd, the roof fell in, instantly kill
ug McNichols, a man named Patrick Nc
Donald, and another workman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

The hull of the little French steamer
recently launched is composed OF .
strong sheet of cardboard ten millime-
ters thick. The vessel will carry
seventy-fve passengers and three tons
of freight.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

OF its land bounty from the Govern
ment, the Northern Pacific corporation
has parted with three million acres in
Dakota, and still holds eight millions.
1t has 100000 acres in Montana,
1000, 600 acres in Idaho, and millions
upon millions in Oregon and Washing
ton Territory. eI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
cHARnEs o,CoNNon is reported as say,

CHARLES O'CoNNoR is reported as say
ing of Payne's "Home, Sweet Home:"
.aThere isn't any excellence of language
or structure The piece as whole is on
a par with the sentimental songs of the
negro minstrels. The tune is all that
has kept the words from oblivion, and
that was an old Sicilian air, stolen by
Payne"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

In Switzerland during the summer
idst passed, lightning was known to
strike in vineyards and kill all the vines.
several hundred in number, within q
large circular space, the severity of the
shock being most plainly marked in the
center of the circle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

HERE is an item from an Iowa paper
that may be localized almost everywhere:
e'Parents should keep their young daugh-
ters indoors at night. Clandestme
meetings between young school girls and
young men of doubtful reputation are
becoming too common and dangerous"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

Jacob Elmer and Charles Hinsley, two
stage robbers belonging to the gang that
killed Messenger Collins August 10, were
overtaken by Sterif's posse ten miles
from Tucson. Arizona, OH the 4th. Elmer
was killed and Hinslcy wounded. The lat;
ter escaped into the mountains, but was
pursued, and on the 9th was fourtd and
killed,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

A PARTY of Philadelphia capitalists
have 1000 acres in sorghum at Rio
Grahde, N. j., and expect to turn out
LOCO, 900 pounds of good sugar this sea-
son. The sorghum seed is fed to hogs,
and In addition to the sugar the farm is
expected to yield $4,000 worth of pork.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
The Red Men to be Inve.t,ra,eS,

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
announced on the 5th that statementszre-
Gently made in the q. s. Court, at Wheel
ing, w. Va, that an organization known
as the 'Red Men," had for its object the
protection of Illicit distillers, and that u
U. s. Gauger named M. Howes, was at its
head. and had been levying u tax on the
moonshiners, would be investigated by the
Revenue Office. He had received no infor-
nation confirming the statements, but he
regarded them sufficiently important to be
investigated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

TIE Albany Ereniny Journal says:
'"The excessive protection of the woolen
industries has fostered the production of
oyerabundant supply of woolen goods
They are drug on the market, and
liquidation has become necessary as in
other branches"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

CARM1, ILL.,, is soon to have new
Court-hotise sn the site of the old one
in which Abraham Lincoln made his
first speech that opened the campaign
in 1910.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

TIE st. James Gazette says the elocu-
tionary method of American tragedians,
though it would have been admired in
the time of, the Kembles, is too meas
ured and stately for the English taste of
the present day. :
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
fv Eno,and children of the best society

In England children of the best society
are taught to say 'tfather" and ''mother"
and to regard 'spapa" and "mamnaa" as
vulgarisms, and on par with daddy"
and "mammy. The father and mother
children continue to be respectful, while
papa and mamma degenerate into 'the
Governor" and ''the old lady," ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

John R. Snyder, President of the Elk.
change Bank of Chenoa, Ills, Nhfcil made
an assignment few days ago. has been
arrested OH charge of swindling and cm-
bezzlement, preferred by two of his credit
ors, who assert that he received funds
knowing that the bank was tiis0iveht.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

THE chronic borrower thinks it
strange that, with money down to 2 per
cent. per annum in New York, and dull
at that, he is finding it SO difficult to OBJ
tain little accommodations on long time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
The United, order OF Honor.

The Supreme Lodge United Order of
Honor finished its session at indianapolis
on the 4tb, having made number of
changes in the constitution and general
laws and elected the following supreme
officers: President, Thomas E. Boyd. In
diana; Vice-President, r. l.. Williamson,
Ohio; Instructor, H. NJ. Anderson, Ohio !;
Secretary, Earnest Duder, Indiana; Treas:
urer, Henry Thompson, tidianas Conduct
or, William George, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

TIE Kansas City policeman who po-
litely informed the lady in q 'Mother
Hubbard" dress that she Aust s'letire"
from the street is still on the force.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

TIE anatomical branch of the medical
department of the University of Penn
sy1va1ia has now in full blast cremato.
ry for the consumption Of human flesh
from the dissectipg tables. -.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Application for Confederate Flags RE.
fused.

fused.
An application has been made to the War
Department by the few survivors of the
Confederate brigade, residing in Norfolk,
Va, for permission to use their old bat
tie flags, now in possession of that depart
ment, on the occasion of the reunion to
take place in few weeks. There are sew
eral hundred Confederate battle flags
stored in the War Department. The appli-
cation was refused, as neither the Secre-
tary of War nor the President can give or
lend these flags without the sanction of
Congress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
The window GLASS Makers wat.

Glass Workers, now engaged in a strike
against a reduction at Pittsburg, Pa, have
formed combination with 81 200, 900 capi.
tai for the purpose of entering into the
manufacture of glass, in opposition to
their late employers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11

AN old Junk ring has been organized
for the purchase Of navy remnants at
New London, New York, Pensacola and
other places of sale.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
-Twenty-eight years ago, while Ii

-Twenty-eight years ago, while Ira
NJ. Thomas, of Middleboro, Mass, was
skating on pond-hole in that town, he
took off his skates and laid them by
fire built on the ice. The congealed
flooring gave way, and the skates were
never seen again until last week. When
the mud was being removed from the
dried-up pond-hole they came to light
and were recognized, being of the curl
toe pattern, with brass acorns on the
end of the runners-BOStOn Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
Suit Against the Postmaxter GEN eral.

The New Orleans National Bank has
brought suit ut Washington against Post
master General Gresham for 800, 900 dam
ages, alleged to have been sustained by
reason of his recent order, directing that
money orders addressed to the bank, but
intended for lottery company, shall not
be delivered. The plaintiff considers that
the order was intended to charge the bank
with fraudulent practices and illegal
action and has seriously damaged its bust.
ness.