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A Potato Digger.

The Monarch lightning Potato Digger has
been in use for the past five years, and we have
been reliably informed that SO great is the de-
mand for this important farm implement that
the factory is taxed to its utmost capacity.
The Monarch Manufacturing Co., Chicago, are
the sole manufactures and they report the sales
for 1882 were 4577 Diggers.
Read their advertisement in another column.
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campment should put on record its conde1n-
nation of Senator Beck's proposition to post
our pensioners, goes without saying.
The Next commander-in-chief.

THE TRIBUNE is in receipt of number
of letters from comrades of the Grand Army
urging it to express its views in regard to
the choice of a successor to our present
worthy Commander-in-C Chief, Paul Van Der
WORT, and if there were any reason to appre-
bend that the Office would not be properly
bestowed by the coming Encampment, we
should certainly be disposed to take an
active part in the canvass that is now
going on in the various Department
delegations, but, with so many distinguished
candidates to choose from, it is hardly posi-
Bile for the Encampment to make bad
selection, and we shall content ourselves,
therefore, with declaring for a fair field and
no favor, and hoping that the best man
may win.
Indeed since the custom of continuing
the COMMANDMENT Chief in office for but a
single term seems to be now well-estahlished
by the precedents of the last three years,
the considerations which enter into the con-
test are largely geographical, and thee claims
of individual candidates are, therefore, subor
dinate in measure to the claims of Iocali-
ties. The following list shows from what
Departments oaE COMMUNICATIVE Chiefs have
thus far been taken:
B. r. Stephenson, Il................... Provisional.
S. A. Hurlbut 1866
John a. logan lS6S169-'10
Ambrose f. Burnside, r. I................ 1s71-'72
Cias Devens, Mass 1854
John F. Hartranlt Ps....... lS75-76
John c. Robinson, n. Y.................. 1S77-76
William Earnshaw. 0hio,.......,........... 1879
LOUIS Wagner, Pa,... 1850
George S. Merrill, Mass.................... 1881
1t viii be noticed that up to the year 1877
the principle of geographical rotation was not
observed, but that thereafter the honor was
bestowed alternately upon the East and the
West AS matter of fact, the earlier Com
mander-in-C Chiefs were chosen with regard
| to their military eminence rather than their
zeal and efficiency in Grand Army work.
and it is only within the last few years that
the Order has come to realize the fact that
| the rank which candidate held during the
war is question of no Importance compared
/ with that of his practical qualification for
the Administrations of the Office. This is
how it happens that the honors have been
so uneyenly divided, Illinois having been
/ the seat of National Headquarters for five
years, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania each
for three, Rhode Island for two, and New
York and Ohio one each-only six Depart
ments in all thus honored during period
of seventeen years.
1t is evident, it seems to us, in view Of
these facts, that there is room for a more
impartial distribution in the future, and
whatever may be the choice of the Encamp-
ment, it certainly ought to take into consid-
Grafton the fact that there are twenty-three
Departments of the Grand Army whose
claims to the privilege of naming the Com
mander-in- Chief have never been recognized.
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY H.

ton of death, sensible of the fate that
awaited them, yet ready to die that the
Nation might live! You shall search his
tory in vain for brighter example of hu-
man valor
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The New York Soldiers Home Management.

General III. w. Slocum, president of the board
of trustees of the Soldiers Home at Bath, N.
Y, has invited the board of State charities to
investigate the charges made against the con-
duct of the institution, and offered TO place all
books, papers, &C., at its disposal, and dispatch
from Bash says the inquiry began ON the 10th
inst.
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We continue, this week, the publication of
The replies received to our recent circular
inyitine the members of Woman's Anxiiia-
ries 10 give their Fiews as TO the adyisability
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1a-ss1s At z psszns7on posTofoe sucososss EsT7sa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
The Handsomest Man in France.

Nowhere in all France can we meet
with men of finer or more robust frames
or of handsomer features than in
Lower Normandy. As matter of sta
tistics, the men of the Cotentin, although
unable as body to stand back to back
with the men of the Doubs and Jura de-
partments-the descendants of the
''seven-feet Burgundians"-have sell
dom to be excluded from the ranks of
the French cuirassiers on the ground Of
insufficient height. As a matter of per-
sonal observation, it is sufficient to visit
Bayeux or Coutances on market days
to be convinced that the tall, athletic
looking farmers who are busy over the
sale of their stock or butter belong not
to the conventional French type, but to
q wholly different one, and that Teu-
tonic or Scandinavian. In point OF
complexion, too, we notice, at least in
certain districts, like conformity to
the Northern races. Among the factory
"hands of St. Lo and the artisans Of
Coutances a large proportion are found
to possess the fair features-light hair
and blue eyes-and the long visage
which are characteristic of the Danish
and Norwegian types. And the fact OF
these peculiarities is rendered the more
conspicuous when we contrast with the
populations of these towns and neigh
borhoods that of Granville-distant not
twenty miles from Coutances-where
the prevalence of dark and wholly
dissimilar type suggests the presence OF
a seaborne colony, possibly of Basque
origin.-British Quarterly Revieso.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
ABROAD.

THE trial of Helen Markovich, the woman
who tried to shoot King Milan as he was
going into the cathedral at Belgrade, sew
eral weeks ago, was concluded on the 25th.
She was promptly convicted of attempting
the lie of the king, and sentenced to death.
1t is thought probablesthat King Milan will
commute the sentence to Imprisonment for
life, in view of the fact that her conduct
since her incarceration, and especially her
recent attempt at suicide, makes it almost
certain that she is insane.
By an explosion of gas in the green room
of the Ambigu Theater, Paris, on the 25th,
twenty persons were injured. The noise OF
the explosion did not reach the auditorium,
and the people quietly dispersed, being
was taken i'll.
LORD CARLINGFoRD, Lord President Of
the Council and Minister of Agriculture,
received deputation at London, on the
26th, headed by the Duke of Richmond,
which came to confer on the subject of the
foot and mouth disease among cattle. Lord
Carlingford said they practically asked fop
the general prohibition of the landing of
live stock in England. The department.
was only prepared to use its powers where
a need existed. The assertion made in
America that the disease was practically
non-existent there might be incorrect, but,
generally speaking, there was very little Of
| the disease in that country, especially in
| the West.
THE trial of Pagan for the murder of Sec.
retary Burke in Phoenix Park, resulted in q
verdict of guilty. He will be hanged on
| May %.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
Bound to Win.

"Sirr' he began, as he found him at
the Rector Street station of the Elevated
road " four years ago you predicted
that the wheat crop would fail. bought
heavily in futures and lost
"Exactly-exactly. ] admit that I
was mistaken" replied the prophet.
Three years ago you predicted that
oats would go down to twenty cents /
sold futures and lost again"
$50 you did-exactly. I remember
that | missed it in oats"
1.-TWO years ago you prophecied hard
pan on railroad stocks. waited to buy
and lost opportunities to double my
money"
That's so-that's 80. They didn't
go down as had anticipated"
And sirr' continued the accuser, in
solemn tone, last year you prophecied
that there would be general war in
Europe, and sold securities at q loss"
.Exactly-exactly!' blandly replied
the speculator, II own right up that
I've missed it four times hand running,
but l shall hit sooner or later. now
predict great rise in beans for next
fall; buy my beans, sir-buy cart loads
end car loads of beans and hold 'em for
q boom of fifty per cent. Good morn
ing, sir. Wall Street Necs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
A Republican Opinion Of Renegades.

The Baltimore Herald, which is q
Republican journal in. its politics, evil
IDENTIFY does not take q great deal of
stock in the Virginia renegades. This
paper says that Malone and Riddle
berger, the Virginia Senators, are sad
over the small part they will play in
the Senate of the United States here
after. They expected to be the dictators
of that body, and to have all their de-
mands on the Admintration honored at
sight. But they are not so necessary to
the Republican party as Malone seemed
to be year or two ago, at least the
party can get along without them; and
the Administration is far from being as
literally disposed, in the matter of pat
ronage, as they felt to be a certainty.
The fact is that the so-called coalition be-
tween the Republican party and Malone
Reputation not only did not split the
"Solid South" but has greatly widened
the split in the Republican party. That
the South has the right to be as solidly
Democratic as it chooses is one of the
inalienable rights of any section of the
country. New England is almost as
solidly Republican as the South is other
wise, and no one ever heard the Demo-
cratic party. or any prominent indivi-
dual Democrat, demand that the New En-
gland section should be politically split
therefor. Itwould be quite as reasonable
to make such demand, however. Ma
hone and Riddleberger are two very
small menin all the attributes necessary
to greatness; two mean political adven-
turers whose every act is inspired by
personal greed of some sort, regardless
of the we'll being of the State they mis-
represent. They will remain in the Sen
ate for the period of their respective
terms, but in Virginia, in less than a
year, nothing will keep them on the
political surface but the gases evolved
from their putrescent condition.
And this is exactly the end to which
all political renegades must come.
There is no honesty in politics, is an as
sertion that is frequently made, but po-
litieal power is not to be sought as an
end only. If it be the purpose of man
to get and hold Office merely for the
money that is in it, regardless of all
party OF any other kind of principle, the
party thus favoring him will do 80 only
for the time being, and for what he fs
worth to the use Of the party. When a
man desires to change hts political opin-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

J. HENDRIX MCLAs~-, cne Greenback
candidate for Governor of South Carolina,
has made some examinations into the
methods by which his defeat was secured,
and as consequence he is in receipt of a
notice from the Ku-Klux that if he does
not leave the State at once his life will be
taken.
The Japanese Government is said to be
suspicious and watchful of China. Japan
does not want to go to war, but has in
creased her army to an available force of
10000 men.
AN old soldier, who was an inmate Of the
National Home, near Milwaukee, was muir
dered a few nights ago for the little PEN
sion money he had just received.
GEO. LAKE, a colored man living in Bal
timore, has been convicted and sentenced
to be hanged for felonous assault upon a
woman, committed less than two weeks
ago.
"PRoF." BLATT performed the feat in
st. Louis museum, on the 29th, of remain
ing under water four minutes and eleven
and half seconds. He became helpless at
the end of four minutes, and was taken out
of the water in an insensible condition.
The best previous record was that of ]. B.
johnson, of four minutes and one-half of
second, performed in London.
THE police of New York have arrested a
gang of nine counterfeiters whose identity
they have been trying to fix since last
August.
U. s. MINISTER Young has collected from
the Chinese Government 100000, principal
and interest of claims on account of sup
plies furnished during the TAPPING rebel
lion, twenty years ago.
COMMISSIONER of Internal Revenue
Raum sent in his resignation to the Presi-
dent on the 2Sth, giving as his reasons that
the duties of the office required more labor
than a man of his years (he is fifty-four
years old) should take upon himself, es-
pecially when the salary was barely sufi-
cient to support his family. General
Raum will remain in Washington, where
he has considerable property, and practice
| law. During the seven years he was at
the head of the Internal Revenue Bureau
he collected $3.50 ,OO0, 900 in taxes for the
Government without the loss of a dollar.
The stories which have been published
that his retirement indicates that the rela
lions between the President and Secretary
Folger have been disturbed are without
| foundation.
| A SEVERE wind-storm passed over Texas
on the 9th. A school-house containing sew
enty pupils was blown down, but by G
miracle only one child was hurt. Other
buildings were demolished and several peo
pie killed. The wind was accompanied by
hail. Some of the hail-stones were irregu
lar chunks of ice five inches in thickness
Another terrific storm passed over that re
gion ON the 10Th
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

From statistics furnished the State
Board of Agriculture it is shown that
tobacco is raised as farm crop in sixty
four counties of Pennsylvania, leaving
only three counties in which it is not
cultivated. The Leading counties in the
production of this crop are Lancaster,
York, Bucks, Clinton, Lebanon, Dau-
phin, Northumberland and Chester.
The yield of the last year is estimated at
%, $50, 900 pounds, valued at So, ,470, 900.
In the total production Pennsylvania
ranks third in the list of 81 ates.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

ions, he certainly has right to do SO.
distinction, a reason strong and unmis-
taxable as to the honesty of purpose ii
he hopes to obtain the respect of either
the party he deserts, or the one with
which he affiliates. So far as the rene
gades of Virginia are concerned, theil
purposes are too palpable, nor are the
coalitionists of Georgia in a position any
the more enviable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

The man who claims to be the
greatest opium-eater in America lives
at Manchester, N. H. He began in 1S45
with minute doses, but slowly increased
them until now he consumes a pound a
month. He swallows enough every day
to kill a score of ordinary men. Un-
like most slaves of the drug he is very
fat, and has not become mentally a
wreck.-B0Ston Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03
the agonies Of death In her bed by boy
who entered her room, a few mornings ago.

the agonies Of death In her bed by boy
who entered her room, few mornings ago.
The covering was over her arms, but q
pistol, with one chamber empty, lay upon
her pillow. The blood poured from a wound
in her head, and in a few minutes she was
dead. The strange part of the affair is that
no one in the house heard the shot, and it
is unknown whether it was murder, acci
dent or suicide.
AT Fort Worth, Texas, on the 9th, Albert
jolly and wife were arrested for brutality
whipping little orphan girl, Lucy Grimes,
eight years old. A cowhide was used, and
the wounds inflicted were terrible. The
blows on the poor girls legs cut through
the flesh to the bone. She can hardly stand,
and is dying a slow and terrible death.
Even law officers are loud in denouncing
the infamous act. The cause of the beating
was the little girl failed to catch chicken.
The outrage had been hidden from the
public by the Jollys terrorizing the child,
saying that if she told they would kill her.
The Jollys have succeeded in giving bond,
but have been advised to leave the country
for the present.
BUSINESS failures for the seven days
ending on the 9th, as reported to R. G..
Dunn & Co., of the Mercantile Agency,
number 1s2, as compared with 2O5 the week
previous. The New England States had
%, Middle %, Western 5s, Southern SO, Pa
cific States and Territories 15, New York
City IL, and Canada 10.
AT recent autopsy over the remains Of
a man in the town of Mallaposett, Mass,
DIR. F. F. Marsh, of Wareham, took out the
heart, which measured fifteen inches in cir.
M fara min nd iy,ph ~,
length, and weighed forty-four ounces.
This is called the largest human heart ever
exhibited.
A TERRIBLE collision occurred on the
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad near
Olivet Station; Mich, on the 9th, between
the regular passenger train, moving west,
and freight train following it. The air
brakes attached to the passenger train did
not work successfully, and tine train was
! stopped at the foot of slight grade, and q
signal sent back to the freight train, which
was a heavy one. For some reason it passed
the signal and rushed along into the rear of
the passenger train, s~ivering into frag-
menus two pullman coaches. The names OF
the killed We're: Conductor P. j. Wall, oil
Montreal; b. Frye, of Englewood, N. j.;
john w. Higgins, travelling agent for H.
P. baldwin & Co., of Detroit. Ten persons
were badly injured. w. W. Page, OF
Chicago, had his ribs broken, and will die.
K. T. Budd, OF Chicago, was scalded from
mead to loot. The engine of the freight
train and a few cars were badly damaged.
1t is rumored that the engineer of the
freight train, owing to the speed at which
it was running wnen it struck the down
grade, was unable TO control his train. The
injured were taken to Battle Greek soon
arter the collision occurred, wire they
were cared Tor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

S. S. Benedict, Government In
spector of Indian Agencies, and prac-
tical farmer, says that two-thirds of
Indian Territory is of no value for agri-
cultural purposes, but it is the best
" cow pasture on earth.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

"A Louisville Chinaman has sued
both daily papers for libel. He is going
to prove that John has feelings that
can be lacerated, and such terms as
"squint-eyed heather" aud "pig-tailed
sap-head" may have to be given up.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

The London Lancet thinks that if
children would wear wooden next the
skin, and wear longer clothing, suspend
ing it from the shoulders, we woulu hear
more of boisterous health and less OF
back aches and pains.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

"A Kansas deacon said in a prayer
meehng: Brethren and sisters, let us
pray for G. NJ. Smith and make better
man of him." q. NJ. Smith sued the
deac IN for SANDER, ami was awarded $500
by jury.-Ch ergo Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

The wheat crop is expected by the
estimators to be 80 000. 00J busbe less
this year than last on acc ,unt of tn, Sc.
verify of the recent winter. -Det,'Oii
Pant
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

"A young man in Nevada City, Cal.,
it is said, has heavy beard ou one side
Of his face and the other is entirely
hairless
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-03

conEres.man PHI. Thesnpxon kills wal.
ter H. Davis at Harrodsburx function,
Ky.-A Story OF Domestic Shame and
swim Retrfbufi ufion-surrender ofThomp-
son, and IAis Release ON BaiI.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-04
1ss p~ubiiestfoa March sth. lseB.
LAIRD Oyrics At YAxHscH. D. r.
HEAD LINES

Are used to call attention 10 the
fact that this il an advertisement 81
the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, 4 So.
PAUL RAILWAY.
It, 150Hy Trunk Lines traverse
the best portions Of Northern ILL.,
nsis, WlScoNSlN, MINNESOTA,
'DAxoTA and IOWA.
Located directly on il lines are
The cities Of CHICAGO, N11wAU-
XII, Lacrosse, winona, So. PAUL
l11SN1ApoIH. Madison, Prairie
ID CHIN, Mason City, Sioux City,
yank;on, Albsrt Lea, A11RD11N,
DuBucu1, ROCK leland, CEDAR
y plDS and COUNCIL BLUFFS, as
we'll as innunerahle other principal
business centers and favorite resorts;
and passengen going west, north.
south or east are able TO use The Chi
oaea NlWaakes = g. Psal 1al-
way 70 the best advantage.
Ticket Offices every where are sup
piled with maps and time tables
which detail the merits Of the line
md agents stand ready 70 furnish
information, and sell tickets At
cheapest ratee over the Chicago, MI
w1akss 4 S. Paul Railway.
B.. D. MERRILL. A. ". n. CARPENTER.
Osnesal Manager. Gen. Pass. end TIT. AT.
I. Z. CLARK. GEO. n. HkAYFORD.
Osni. Ssp's. Asst 0sn. HAaA Agt.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-04
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
firm Of Morris & Walton dealers in
furniture = Elk Point, D. T., is this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
That s. J. Walton will continue
business u the old stand, assuming
the payment Of al claims against
the 6E,p, and j. 70 collect oil ac-
counts duo said firm.
EMoRy MoRRls,
s. ]. WALTON.
Dassd 4 Elk Point, D. +. March
l0th, 1859.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-04

~RAN -e,.p;e are alwa,. on the loakoa.
for chances ~ Increase their
eArningt. and In time become
80& wcaphy; th.,se whs do not In.
pryvs their oppo-iuni,ies rcmaa In poverty.
We o6er . great chance to make money. VIZ
waht men, won "A, boye and girls 10 work for IA
vIghi ~ cher own localities. Any oae car do
the vork properly BON The drst .tsrt. The bus.
isess will pay nars than ten ,imes ordinary
wages: Expensive ou'ei furnished free. No
YOn can devUis your whole time 70 the work. "
only -FOUR spare moments. 8 Fall niOrmsson
and Ill that " needed cent free. Addrcse. tSsa.
eOs q Co., Portland Msine. tt
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