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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

They are a means 10 economy, to good
morals, to comforts for women and
children, TO the growth of q society
OF people of moderate or of small
means, who have an interest in soci-
ety.. a firm place in the social order,
a substantial stake in life, and a place
to leave their children.
Such institutions have made Phila-
delphia a city of homes. They can
make Cincinnati a-city- of homes, and
the laboring and small means classes
sober, moral, industrious and thrifty
men and women. Wise statesman
ship would encourage these by every
means, foster them, if need be accord
them fostering privileges, if the ques-
ton were between that and q cessa-
ton of their coed work, or between
that and restrictive legislation. Al
ample taxation by which the revenue
would increase intead of diminishing,
would be taxation only upon their
products as upon other real property.
They create taxable values and upon
small holdings, which are relatively
appraised generally higher aud pay
promptly. We agree fully with the
view of President Tafel, expressed at
the Turner's Hall meeting ofindepen-
dent citizens. The legislative bill,
whose effect is to crush these benefi-
cient organizations, is a deadly blow
at one of the best organizations de-
veloped by moderate society.
What must be substituted for the
stable, contented social order, COM
posed of happy, moral people dwell
ing in their own homes? The tene-
ment house curse, landlordism, CAPT
tai invested in tenement and howell,
misnamed homes, a discontinued, i'm
moral, savage people having no inter-
est in a mere abiding place, wasting
their earnings, making miserable
squalid homes, wretehed and dirty
and slatternly women and children.
1t must be one or the other. 1t must
be a contented, thrifty people, having
interest in society, or it must be mere
campers here, without interest from
care beyond the next meal. The ono
is immortality, dirt, disease, crime
the other will lead to economy, thrift,
savings, comfort, intelligence, moral.
ty. All property and capital are in.
terested in the stability and protec'
ton of a system where all have an in
~terest, and where all will stand to.
gether, unless the narrow selfishnes!
Of those who would own the homes
. of, the people of small mean require
an exception.
Craftsmanship, and the intelligenc,
of every class, should insist upon jus
tice here, and, if need be, more thai
: justice fostering care. if il were nee
essary. Askystem which thus enable
men to e1Eey stimulates them to save
acquire IN interest in society, and tina
without feeling it, as this does, shoult
, be encouraged by every e by al
|. good citizens. 81.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

We give place in another column
of our paper to an article on Build
ing Associations from the Cincin-
natl Neaos, and what is said in it in
einstitu-
tions to Cincinnati and other large
cities, will apply equally as well to
Eaton and its Association. We ask
the business men, the monied men,
the mechanic and laboring portion
of our community, that are interest
ed in the prosperity of u little city,
to read carefully the article and pom.
der over it's sound and excellent con-
illusions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Hon. j. W. Chamberlain, Secre
tary of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, after having made an extensive
trip through the State reports that
the prospects of winter wheat this
year are poorer than for many years,
and he estimates that the whole crop
of Ohio will not be more than two
thirds of last years crop. He at
tributes it to the sudden changes
and severe temperature during this
winter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

J. W. Safer, Esq, the candidate
for Common Pleas Judge in this Dis
trict, was admitted to the practice of
law by the Supreme Court of Ohio,
on the LIST day of December, 1862,
and his eleven years practice has
we'll fitted him for the honorable
position for which he has been Sc
lected. AS there will be scarcely
any opposition, of course he will be
elected,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The Norwalk Exponent sadly OBJ
serves that the talk about the ad-
journment of the Legislature on the
10Th of this month is q delusive ru-
nor. 1t thinks sit will probably be
a month or six weeks yet before the
statesmen will gladden. their con-
stituents by adjourning."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The tariff bill as passed by the
Senate and House, contains higher
rates in metal schedules than recon-
mended by the Tariff Commission.
1t was generally voted for by the Re-
publicans, and voted against by the
Democrats. The vote stood in the
House, 1873 to 116; in the Senate, 80
RI 81
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The late Congress appropriated
the enormous amount of $780, $780,
900 for pensions alone. This vast
sun was called for by legislation
which the preceding Congress had
consummated; but the Forty seventh
rejected all attempts to undo this
legislation or mitigate its consequen-
ces, and accordingly it shares the
responsibility of laying these bur
dens on the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The London Times gives a bad &C
count of the growing wheat not only
of England but of all Europe. Much
of the land has been flooded and the
grain has rotted in the ground
There is every probability of a wide
spread failure in the crop. which
will make a demand for American
wheat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Although there were severe gales
at sea, and some stormy weather on
laud, during the days of Virgins
prophecy, yet there was nothing like
a fulfllment of it, and probably no
sensible person who gave the matter
due consideration ever supposed that
his prophecy would be fulfilled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The death penalty for murder is
legal in Indiana, but the law seems
TO have but little effect in the city of
Richmond, Ind, dispensed by the
hands of the present governors OF
the Quaker city. We think a change
of rulers would be healthy for the
place.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Gov. Stephens, by will, left &c.,
900 to the children of his late broth
err, Judge Stephens; the rest of his
estate, barring a few minor requests,
to his nephew, Colonel John A.
Stephens. What the estate will foot
up depends largely on the sale of his
new, "History of the United States"
He made about $4,000 on "The War
Between the States" His new book
is selling well. Above the requests
the estate will probably pay $40, 600.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

An enthusiastic temperance man
in the Kansas senate has introduced
a bill providing that public schools
shall use text books which describes
the effect of alcohol upon the human
system.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The New York Star publishes the
names of fourteen persons whose ag-
gregate wealth amounts to nine hun
dred and sixty-four million dollars,
accumulated mostly during and since
the war.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The Legislature has passed a bill,
and it is now a law, to prohibit the
b~.ockading Of aisles of theaters, OPP
era houses OF public halls with peo-
pie, chairs or benches. Penalty ST.
900. Please take notice Eatonians.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The Star Reuters should move a
change of venue to the city of Rich
monl, Ind. Law and Justice seems
to be at a lower ebb in that drab gov
erned city of RepubIicanism than in
that of the capital Of the nation, spell
ed with q big N.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

A drunken member of the Arkan-
sas Legislature drowned himself the
other day, and out Of respect to his
memory the Legislature adjourned.
Is there no member of the Ohio Pc
ker Legislature that possesses a
stricken conscience?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

A lawsuit about a So dog has reach
ed a Supreme Court decision in Bos
ton at a cost of 81, 500. MI. Pal,
mer passed the summer of 1880 at
Winthrop, and had with him his
dog, which had been properly licens
ed in Boston. The Winthrop officials
imposed a fine. which he refused to
pay, on the ground that the Boston
license legalized the brute anywhere
in the State. The decision is against
him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
Notice to Gentractors.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
IN sealed proposals will be received
at the Auditors Office, up to II o'clock
NJ, of
Tuesday, April 3, 1ss3,
for the grading and %graveling of the
unfinished portion of the Shurley Road
Improvement.
Bidders are required to bid by the
section of one-half mile, or for the COM
pletion of the entire length of the I'M
finished portion of said road. They
are also required to frrnish bonds with
their bids, giving as sureties residents
Of the county.
Specifications for the work now on
file in the Auditors Office.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids, if thought unreasonable or un-
safe, and If the bids are so consideret!
after they have been examined, the
road may be sold at public cutlery, as
above specified, from the steps of the
Court House, at the discretion of the
engineer in charge.
F. NJ. DAWSON,
mar15-3 Engineer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Mr.. Isaac Mccoy, editor Of the
Butler County Democrat, while at
the County Clerks Office on Satur-
day afternoon last, was suddenly at
tackled with q severe hemorrhage of
the lungs from which he died in
twenty minutes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Dorsey writes another card. Says
he never saw Belford on the cars,
never gave him a check, never met
him except socially. Says that Rer-
dell is a liar. But then what is Dor.
sew?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

A Connecticut advocate of total
abstinence concludes that so long as
the State displays on its shield three
vines, "emblems of Drunkenness"
the cause of temperance will not
prosper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Ex-Governor Sprague is married
again, to Miss Dora Inez Calvert, a
Virginia lady. One would suppose
that his experience in the matrimo-
NAL business ought to have kept him
from trying it again.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

After October first letter postage
will be reduced to two cents. A
clause in the post Office appropriation
bill provides for a reduction from
three to two cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

John Gilbert has brought suit
against the preprietors of the New
hall house in Milwaukee for $25, 500
damages on account of the loss of
his wife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Hor. j. w. Safer, of Greenville,
candidate for common pleas judge,
was in the city Tuesday. He made
a favorable impression and will meet
with nc opposition in the county.
Butler Co., Democrat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
NOTICE:

NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN question of purchasing a team
and other necessary articles, to be used
in hauling the Steam Fire Engine, will
be submitted to the voters of the Incor-
porated Village Of Eaton, Preble coun-
ty, Ohio, at the next Annual Munich
pal Election, to be held April I'd, 1888.
By order of the Council.
w. A. NEAL, Mayor.
GEO. II. EDMoNDs, Clerk.
mar1-w5
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The Germans of Cincinnati are
indignant because it is proposed to
abolish the study of their language
in the public schools.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Drinking whisky and throwing
paper wads were the last labors of
the late defunct Republican Con
gress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Hon. Geo. H.. Pendleton has II
thanks for copies of the Compendium
of the tenth Census of the U. S.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Congressman Carlisle says the
tariff bill is a bundle of jobs and
blunders and the Democrats must
make a new one. They will do it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Whisky men predict doleful ruin
because the bonded whisky bill was
not passed. No doubt it will ego
down."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Correspondence of the Democrat.

The End Of the Forty seventh Con
gress.-Ihe Death-KneU of Re
pu6licdniSm-A Manufacturer ON
the Tariff 4ct.-Ihe Retirement
of District Attorney Woodford.-
Jim EUiott's Death.-A CoUard
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Senator Anthony says it will cost
over 100000 to print the pension
list furnished the senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Eleven drunkards froze to death
in Iowa this winter, under a prohib-
itory law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
Legal Notice.

JAMES BAKER. whose place of res
= idence is unknown, will take notice
that Martha J. Baker. his wife, filed
her petition against him, in Case No.
$3.50, in Preble Common Pleas Court,
on the 3lst day of January, 1883, charg-
ing said james Baker with gross neg
lect of duty and fraud in the marriage
contract, and asking that she may be
divoI ced from him, restored to her
maiden name and that she be decreed
to have the custody and control of their
minor child. Said james Baker is re-
quired to answer within six weeks
from the date of the first publication of
this notice. MARCUS l.. HOLT,
febS-6w Atty for pl'tff.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Judge Longworth has retired from
the Supreme Bench of Ohio. Judge
j. II. DOYLE takes his place.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Prohibition in Minnesota was de
feated in the House of the State Leg,
islature by a vote of 48 to 81.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The tax upon bank deposits and
circulation is taken off at once un
der the operation of the new law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
March 10, 1885,
For COMMON PLEAS JUDGE.

Thos. NJ. Palmer of Detroit, is the
elected senator from Michigan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
Ohio Politics.

The next Democratic State Con
will be the most important
ever held in Ohio, from the fact that
candidates for every State office, with
the exception of Secretary of State
elected last year, will be nominal
ed. 1t so happens that the terms of
the three year and two year officials
expire together, which will make a
long ticket to start with. Then two
Judges of the Supreme Court have
resigned and the vacancies will be
filed Ey election, Governor Fosters
appointments being temporary and
TO last over the interval until al cleo
ton is held. Hence the election next
October will be for the following of.
icials:
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Auditor.
Treasurer.
Attorney General.
School Commissioner.
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Members of the Board of Public
Works.
Three Judges Of the Supreme
Bench.
Thus it will be seen that eleven
State officials are to be elected next
October. 1.-THE Democracy are sue.
cessful they will have control of eve
ry Office in the State House, as wei
as the Supreme Court. How impor
tant is it then that our party SHOULD
nominate the very best men to CT
found in the State. With q strong
ticket, composed Of men of the high
est character, scially and politically
success is certain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

There is a bill pending in the Ohio
Legislature which provides that the
consent of nine jurymen is sufficient
in all jury cases in courts of record.
This bill, if it becomes a law, will
prove an economical measure, and
will destroy the evil of the one Oh
stinate juryman. Ii ought to pass.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The President has already provid-
ed places for five of the discarded
members of Congress in n batch.
Four of them have been put into
land offices. Williams and Pound
of Wisconsin each got one of these
much sought after places. Jorgen
sen of Virginia, whom the Malone
faction pursued, got a third, and
Darrall of Louisiana, carpet Dagger
ind adventurer got the fourth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

gress.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-29
Temperance Schools.

One of the most successful methods
that the Woman's National Christian
Temperance union uses for the pro-
motion of its work is to teach children
the first principles OF temperance. To
this end we otier free to all who apply
Tor il a valuable little book entitled
"The Temperance School," by the we'll
known writer, Miss Julia Coleman,
author of the "Catechism on ALCOHOL
and the Juvenile Temperance Man
ual," and other useful helps in the tenn
perance work. Miss Coleman is the
Chairman of the Literature Committee
of the WOman's National Christian
Temperance union at 76 Bible House,
New York city. Orders mailed to her
at that address will receive attention,
and "The Temperance School" will be
forwarded to any address sent. The
Christian AdUOcdte, of New York,
says of the attractive little book /:
"This is II practical method OF teaching
the young the first principles of tenn
p~erance-the nature and effects OF
intoxicants-and doing it most attrac-
lively. Anyone familiar with Sunday
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-29
Temperance Work.

If you have a desire to do something
for the temperance cause, that desire
was given you to lead you to work and
help others. In the first place be a liv-
ing temperance woman yourself. DO
not touch, taste or handle; not even tor
medicine. Perhaps you will say that
if ordered by a competent physician
you must. You will find something
else just as good. One very lovely
lady, whom | knew very well, became
a hard drinker, as a re ult of the habit
formed by her when ordered by her
doctor to take such stimulants. She
was a great trial TO her family for a
long time before she died. | know
two gentlemen who are a power in the
community by always on all occasions
showing their colOrs as temperance
men by abstaining. These men can
neither of them speak on Temperate ;
have no gift for public speaking. They
have done a great deal for the cause,
however. If you a speak, though,
on this subject. do so on all occasions.
If you have "A class in the Sunday
school, You a teach temperance TO the
little children, which | think is the
sacred duty of every Sunday-school
teacher in the length and breadth OF
our land. | have n large class of poor
girls. They hear about temperance
from me quite often. Another teacher
in the same Sunday-school has a large
class of poor boys. She has not shun-
ned declaring the truths of this great
question to them, and has had them all
sign the "ironclad pledge" If we
cannot make brilliant temperance
speeches, we must work as we can.
IL among the older people
You may not be apt IL teach,
Feed My lambs, says Christ, our Shepherd,
Place the lOod within their reach
Aud II may be that the children
You have led with trembling hand
viii be found among your jewels
When you reach the better land.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-29
Literary Notices.

The b iidge proposed for the East River in 1911
by Mr.. Thomas Pope, TO connect New York and
Brooklyn, is shown in the July 81. Nicholas
in connection with the fully illustrated descrip-
tons of the present bridge by MIR. charles Bar
nard. MIR. Pope published a book tnow very
rare) IN advocacy of his plan, and the st Nicholas
illustration is n reprint of the engraving which
formed the frontispiece of that volume. 1t is
accompanied by some "reminiscences of MIR.
Pope, contributed by General Thomas \. Cum
mings, one OF New York's oldest citizens. In
the same number MIR. W. L.. Alden of the New
York Times tells the boys "how TO make a
catamaran."
General Charles 7. Stone, ''Stone Pasha," of
the Egyptian army, who is ut present visiting in
New York, has written Tor the July Century II
paper describing the events which came under
his notice in Washington on the eve of the civil
war. The capital was at that time lett without
troops, either militia or regular, the former hav-
ing been Abandoned, and the latt rdcsignedly
sent away to distant points through lne influence
of Southern sympatilizers. In this emergency,
General S~t1nc-then OlOnrl-rcccived The APP
pointment of inspcctor-gencral OF the District
of Columbia. and The story of his efforts In rails
ing companies of volunteers, and in disarming
those whose loyalty was questioned, makes AL
interesting chapter of hirtory. The number also
contains an illustrated article on "Black Bass
Fishing and f.. V. Smalley writes M the oil
regions in u paper entitled "Striking Oil" ERE
collections of the John Brown Raid" is also a
feature OF the number
In the North american RevieD for July. Presi.
dent julius II. Seelye writes of Dynamite as
a Factor in Civilization" In "The Last DAYS OF
thr Rphplionp ieutcunnfG pnpr.l - n SbnrI.
dan %rccounts the operations of the cavalry divi-
sions under his IN during the week
preceding the surrender Of Lee. William ).
Holman, NJ. G., makes a striking exhibit of "The
Increase of Public Expenditures" democracy
and Moral Progress by o.. u. Forthingham, is
II philosophic forecast of the probable outcome
oil government by the people themselves" u.
X. Brockway, superintendent of the Rctormatory
at Elnira, y. V, points out some "Needed Re
forms in Prison management" Thomas Ser
geant Perry writes of "Science and the lmaglna-
tlon;" Geo. Il. Warning, Jr., of "Sanitary Drain
age" Elbrldse Il. Gerry of "Cruelty to Child
rem" aud finally there is a Symposium on
.Church Attenuance"- symposlasts being
"A ~Non-Church Goer, Rev. Dr. VIM. Hayes
ward, Rev. DIR. James NJ. Pullman, and Rev.
Or. j. II. Rylance. Published at 30 Lafayette
Place, New YORK
"Tbe PopuLdr Science MoDfbIu" for Julv con.
tains several striking articles. The first one,
"The Railroad Problem of the United States" is
nm admirable statement of The various ursenl
| questions that have been created bv This new
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-29
Temperance Notes.

The projected Scottish Temperance
Life Assurance company of Edinburgh
which is to have a capital of Ei00, 900,
will insure the lives of total abstainers
cat greatly reduced premiums"
just about one year ago the Metrop.
olitan Tabernacle Temperance society
was formed in Mr.. Surgeons church,
and since that time more than seven
teen thousand pledges have been taken
there.
Bishop Ireland, of Minnesota, has
labored SO successfully in behalf OF
total abstinence, that it is very rare
now to find an Irish saloon-keeper in
st. Paul, and there are proportionately
fewer patrons of the saloons among
the Irish Catholics than among the
rest of the population.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-29

school work can easily take it up, and
thus carry out the recommendation of
our last general conference with regard
to temperance education. 1t has proved
successful in many localities. Full
directions for organizing and sustain
ing it are given in the little pamphlet,
called The Temperance SCHOOL,"