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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-22

No decision has yet been made by
the treasury department as to the date
at which the taxation OF banks ceased
under the operation of the act of
March 3, 1883, and non will he rem
dered until some pertinent case shall
have come before the secretary Tor
hearning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-22

Sheriff OF PreDIe co., u
Dated at Eaton, this 18th day o
March. A. ID. 1883. lml5-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31


Some frost was observed last Tuesday
morning
The tobacco men have commenced to cut
the weed
DOR Clough dug an early rose potato
the other day that weighed h., ~ ounces
Who goes one better'
Vim Robertson lost a valuable horse last
week by being dosed with aconite for collie
through mistake.
The Merry Cleaners Of Putney were
invited by Miss Annie ellison to meet the
"Willng Workers Of West Chesterfield at
her home in that place last Saturday after
noon About fifty accepted the invitation
and had a very enjoyable time. At o'clock
all sat down TO a sumptuous supper furnished
by Mr. and Mrs. G. =. Gibson. 1t was agreed
that both parties should meet at the "Hll
farm Of Mr. II j. Burnhnm, Putney, Sept
22d.
--Bsy. T. Smiley and Il j. Burnham at.
tend the state convention Of Universalists at
Richmond this week Mr.. Buruhau as dele
gate from this place. We
The ladies Of the Baptist society will
hold a pie sociable in j. NJ. Lewis's hal.
Friday evening Sept 9TH. AL are invited .
admission free
Mrs. c. A. Soule will speak in the town
hall next Sunday evening az o'clock, and
give some Of her experiences as a Universe
list missionary in Scotland.
The Baptist Sunday schools OF this place
aud East Putney went to Chesterfield last
week for a day Of pleasure. The ride to and
from there was enjoyed by both old and
young The weather was hns and every
body had genuine good time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31
CauI,rItigeport.

The wooden mill a, Cambridgeport own.
ed by Robert Elton aud leased 10 Hublsy a
Co. Of Worcester Mass WAS totally con
sumed last Saturday night, with the adjacent
building and thirty cords Of wood The fire
was discovered at eleven o'clock in the pick.
ing room, and one Of the hands tried to flood
thu mill by means Of the tank bu, the water
wheel would not work A. there was no FIRE
engine in the village the only hope WAS to
save the hotel and other buildings which
were IN great danger The hotel caught sew o.
erHl times, but by means Of hand pumps 1t
was saved with slight damage. The machine
~ was all destroyed. and four warps Of cloth
The isssres will only lose about $1,000 On
this there was no insurance as far as learned
The loss on the mill Is estimated between ten
and twelve thousand dollArs There were
twenty hands employed, although the mill
vas not running q full set The origin Of
tine fire Ii unknown. An insurance Of SI2. o.
900 on the property was placed only last Sat
urday by d BrAttlebOro agent FIttou had
been burned out eight times, and the iusur
ance agents AZ Bellows Falls would not place
his risks
The second quarterly meeting Of the year
occurs Sunday Rev II + Austin Of Bel
lows Falls will preach here in the morning
and at Athens IL the afternoon.
Miss Emma Smith Of Rockingham will
teach the village school, which begins next
Monday.
Nearly 200 people visited the ruins Of the
mill last Sunday.
Miss Allie Burwell has gone to Pow mai as
teacher IN thu upper department Of the grad.
ed school there, ard Miss Hattie Burweli will
teach IN the Conant district IN Grafton
MIR. aud Mrs. Hamliu aud Mrs Stevens
Of Cleveland. o, who have been here for a
week, lsft for home on Tuesday
At the annual meeting Of the ladies aid
society, held yesterday, It was voted to ad
Journ aHe de-
Mr.. and Mrs. A b. Riggs attended the
campmeetiuR at Claremont junction
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

A correspondent Of the Greenfield Ga
zette writing from Iowa has the following
welcome news regarding former we'll known
proprietor of the South Vernon hotel In
1865 Dwight S. Priest and his brother
bought in Page county, southwestern Iowa.
1000 acres Of land, for which they paid $40
900. l well remember that some OF the wiser
ones Of Mortified and about shook their heads
and thought that 1t might not turn out a7
well as to keep their money at home and not
risk those wild cat land speculations. Three
or four years after they made their purchase
the Kansas City and Council Bluff railroad
passed through thu centre OF this tract Very
soon after the c. i. q Z and not long after
the Humiston and Shenandoah railroad, thus
centerlnR three roads on the Priest tract Of
land, and the town OF Shenandoah was staked
out Priest sold the company so acres OF
land al : 10 per acre and bought 50 acres in
another place at the same price The town
has sprung up TO be very smart western
city. It has about 1000 people, five churches,
three hardware stores, a college, a nice high
school building, numerous grocery and dry
goods stores and two nice hotels Mr. Priest
Is building d nice residence, costing about
81, 900, finished throughout IL black walnut,
with hot air furnace IN the cellar. II has
farm Of 400 acres about mile away. and
Is selling building lots aud building ami rent
ing houses all over the city. / think that
that lsb- investment will return to Mr. Priest
more than one million Of dollars
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31
Completion OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad.


On the 23d inst the last gap in the North.
ern Pacific railroad was closed, and on the
I'd of September as we have already noted
its completion will be marked by an interna-
tional celebration. Although the charm of
novelty in the opening of Pacific railroads
has somewhat worn of this is al event Of so
much Importance to tue world as to fully de-
serve commemoration. A little less than
twenty years ago, on the "a Of July, 1864.
the charter for the Northern Pacific railroad
was granted by Congress, accompanied by a
subsidy Of 10000 600 acres OF land At the
time considerable doubt was thrown upon the
practcRbiity of route through such high
attitudes The SHOWS Of the Rocky Noun.
tains, it was said, would close the road
through three or four months of the year,
and much merriment was INDUCED in in re.
gard to the "isothermal line" which made 30
prominent a figure in the early Northern Pa
cifc prospectuses But the road is complet-
ed, and the isothsrmEl line is not a mere fic.
ton.
With twenty five million dollars raised on
mortgage bonds Jay Cooke the original pro
jector of the Northern Pacific route, con.
structed $50 miles of the eastern end Of the
road from St. Paul and Duluth through
Northern Minnesota to Red River Then
came the great financial crash of 1873, under
which operations were suddenly suspended
But the natural advantages of the route were
so great that it soon began 70 recover from
this disaster. Under new auspices and skill
full financial arrangements the confidence of
capitalists il the success of the undertaking
was restored. With the continuing tide of
immigration money poured into the treasury
Of the company, for its fertile lands, and the
rapidly growing settlements on the line of
the road gave it profitable traffic The ex-
tent of the completed road, from St. Paul
and Duluth to the Pacific is PIGS miles. In
its course through Minnesota, Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Terri
tory it bridges the Mississippi, the Red River,
the Missouri and other great rivers, and bores
its way through the Rocky Mountain back.
bone OF the continent. The road opens to
settlement and enterprise regions of mex
haustble fertility and resources, and vastly
extends the area from which the world will
draw its future bread supplies.
From the first the projectors and managers
Of the Northern Pacific railroad company
have given their attention to immigration
from Europe as the important source of the
immediate prosperity of the road, and their
efforts have been abundantly repaid. In pur-
suing this policy of encouraging immigra-
ton they have invited distinguished guests
from Europe to the formal opening of the
road on the Sd of September. Representa-
tiyes will be present from England, Germany,
Sweden and other countries of Europe, and
these intelligent witnesses will return with
such satisfactory accounts of the region tray
ersed by the Northern Pacific railroad, of its
cheap and fertile lands, ard of the comforta-
bic homes it offers to industry, as to give
fresh stimulus to immigration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

MoRE RELIGIOUS FARATICIsM "A religious
community, which seems to bear close simi-
larlty TO that OF Oneida, has just been discoy-
cred IN Schuyler County, Ill, in the disposi-
ton OF case by Judge John c. Bagley, Of
that county. The prosecuting witnesses in the
case were number of members Of the Pill.
grim Band, religious organization started b
year ago at Nashville, Schuyler County by
Called A Obenstain, dismissed Methodist
preacher. He soon gathered about 100 fol
lowers and then was then Joined by another
evangelist named Rayburn, also an ex Metho-
dist preacher and between them they organ.
lzed the Pilgrim Band, over 100 strong aud
settled on the outHkirts of Irwin, small vii
lage few miles from Nashville Having SET
tied they soon began to wander further Of
from the genera! ideas Of religious orthodoxy.
The leaders assumed to possess the power Of
working miracles and claimed 10 cure by the
touch OF the hand combined with faith and
prayer. Rayburn Was credited with omuipo.
tence and his name was made to take the
place OF that of the Deity. This aroused the
anger OF orthodox residents, which was ID
creased when the spiritual wife dogma was &C.
eepted publicly by the pilgrims Still strong
or grew the public resentment when reports
spread that the body had given itself over TO
tree-love. On July 3rd a crowd of citizens
broke up meeting that was in progress and
made the pilgrims flee for their lives, Oben.
stain having narrow escape. Several arrests
were made, and the defendants were tried and
hned. The band, however, is growing rapid
ly, aud the success Of its proselyting move.
ments Is being shown throughout Schuyler
and IN several of the adjoining counties
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31
MINOR NOTES.

Miss Minnie T. Hoyt of Connecticut, who
enjoys the distinction Of being the first per.
son appointed in the treasury department IN
der the new rules, has been a 5000 clerk in
the census Office, but chose to compete for a
5000 clerkship IN the treasury, because the
position would be more permanent She is a
graduate Of Nassar and is about ~ years old.
One OF the incidental workings of the Chi
nese exclusion act appears in the fact that a
lot Of Chinese sailors on board steamer in
New York Harbor, who complained of being
lll-tTeated, could not be landed TO secure the
Intervention of the courts
As the science of legislation progresses the
advantages of having two parties in every
Legislative body become more apparent. The
Democrats of the Georgia legislature have
been seriously embarrassed because of a lack
of Republicans for pairing purposes on
circus days aud other festive occasions.
Over 5000 tons, or 800 ordinary carloads
of lightweight silver dollars, l4G, 49,, or in
number, are lying idle in the treasury vaults,
and 100000 is TO be spent in providing
more storage. And yet neither party has
the courage 10 say that the coinage should
stop, because the bonanza kings have bullion
to sell, and there are demagogues who cry
for cheap money.
The area of Dakota territory is sc, 500, 900
acres or just four times that of the state Of
Ohio. Her population is a quarter of mill
ion and constantly increasing.
People who afiE postage stamps to news.
paper wrappers in such a way that part of
the stamp laps over and Rdheres to the paper
itself run the risk of having their paper sent
TO the dead letter office. In that shape the
paper becomes a sealed packet, subject TO
letter rates
The Baltimore American believes that the
Republicans stand a good chance Of carrying
Maryland at the next election In the last
elections the Republicans carried the state,
with the exception Of Baltimore, by about
500 majority.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, now on a
visit TO this country, is the son Of q great
judge, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, but is him.
self q greater Judge and lawyer than his
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

business is quite lively up tho narrow
gauge railroad. The trains all run quite well
filled, The Jamaica House has been well
filed with parties from the cities for some
time past, while at South Londonderry, Pea
bodys fine new hotel Wsite's Highland House
and Hilton's Retreat at Lowell lake have all
been crowded for some time past. We also
learn that Worsters Fayetteville hotel has
been well filed.
Alfred Howard has had very hard run
Of sickness in his family since moving into
the village, his wife and all his children be-
ing very sick with the measles soon after he
came into the village, and two of his girls
being sick with fever since One was not ex-
peoted TO recover for some days, but is now a
little better and some hopes are entertained
for her recovery.
David Eddy, ESQ proves TO be the most
popular dealer IN vegetables that now supplies
our village. His goods are all hrst-class hia
ice cream excellent, aud then he gives fifteen
big ears Of sweet corn TO the dozen, and
thrty-sX quarts of his choice early Rose"
and Beauties of Hebron" to the bushel,
and 80 goes home with an empty wagon, full
pockets and smiling countenanee every
time.
The hay crop has been a little better
than an average, oats and potatoes are fine
and corn will be a good crop unless injured
by the early frost.
There are still many sick in town, sew.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31
Countr Conference.

Tho 42d annual meeting Of the Windbat
county conference Of Congregational churcbs.
will be held at Putney next week-Sept. . and
q. Wednesday exercises will begiu at lD.s0
with prayer service led by Rev. J. L Sew
all II A. NJ sermon by Rev. c. II Merrill
Organization Of conference and appointmeu,
Of committees will follow. At2PM. nara.
tive Of the state Of religion in the county bv
the reporter Rev. A Holbrook, followed by
a general discussion Of the subject $3.50
discussOu-"How can more spiritual power
be secured in our churches :" by Dea c. ?
Thompson and Rev o. G. Baker: 7:45. u.
port Of treasurer Of benevolent contribution
II. H. Thompson 500, American Missionary
Association work, with addresses by Rev. c
L. Woodwork. d. D., of Boston, Prot. I n
Chase of Atlanta university, Rev. James I
Smith Of Chattanooga, and Mr.. Philip Page
Of West Africa, nov a student at Atlanta uni
versity. On Thursday, at 9 A NJ, discussion
How can the church become more aRgres
sive IN its work = 10y Dea. Ira Goodhue and
Rev. II. Il. Titus 1000, essay, Future Pun
ishment," by Rev. A. b. Dascomb 1890 die
cussion, The principles demanded in preach
ing at the present day" by Rev. DR.. Stevens
and Rev j. Merrill 300 ?. NJ, communion
service.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

Major A. B. Valentine, Commander Of the
G. A. L. Department Of Vermont, has issued
a call convoning the semi-annual encampmeut
of the order at St. Johnsbury, September
and :. The Grand Army will meet Thursday
evening at Odd Fellows Hall, and on Friday
evening, on invitation Of Col. W L. Green.
leaf Of the National Guard of Vermont 8
grand camp fire will be held at Camp Preston
Department headquarters will be al the Ave.
nue. House, where the council OF administrs.
ton will hold its sessions. Representatives
Of the organization Of the Sons Of Veterans
are cordially invited to Join in the camp FIRE
The veterans Of the Tenth Vermont Volun.
teers will hold regimentAl reunion Oh Friisy
at tue Avenue House, the veterans OF the
Eighth holding theirs on the day previous
Railroads will carry members OF the Grand
Army for fare one way The occasion prom
ises 10 be a very interesting one, and will
doubtless be largely attended.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

Mrs Benoni Tyler has thoroughly reno
waited her house, outside and in with paint.
paper, etc.
Heavy frosts this week vegetation badly
bitten
That bouquet Of petunias was presented
to Us by Mrs. Harris, instead Of as stated last
week.
Harry Adams has gone to Worcester, Ms.
in the employ Of Lewis a. Smith.
Herbert Ware and wife and Mrs Hattie
Fisher, who have been spending few weeks
in town started on Monday for their respee-
tive homes in New York and Washington.
Mrs. Barbara Lathrop of Michigan has
been visiting in town. She will spend few
days IN Massachusetts before returning home.
Rev. o. Smith will occupy the Baptist
pulpit next Sunday il exchange with Rev. A.
W. Goodnow.
The Childs family reunion on Tuesday
was well attended, all the children being pres
ent except Henry W, who lives in San Fran
cisco. They repaired to a grove near Benny
brook, accompanied by a few friends, and
had picnic dinner.
Rev. Moses Spencer will occupy the NJ {.
pulpit next Sunday afternoon.
The W. c. 7. Union will hold public
meeting at the NJ. Z. church next SUNDAY
evening. 4ue EXERCISES Will consist OF orig
inal essays, readings, reoitations, music, etc.
Rev II. F. Forrest will begin series of
sermons on the Lords Prayer next Sunday
morning.
Mrs Murdoch and daughter returned to
their home in Boston on Thursday, accompa-
MED by Miss Hattie Dennison
Edward Bell and family, with their guests
from New York and New Hampshire picnick-
ed IN ShafteT grove Tuesday
Rev a. W. Gooduow and wife attended
the association at Wardsboro this week.
The Congregational ladies' mite society
met with Mrs Henry Stowe on Wednesday
Boys, if you don't want your names in
the paper next week, put that other gate in
place, 1t will require your united strength
to do H.
CARD OF IHANKh.-We, the undersigue desire To
tender our sincere and heartfelt thanks % our neigh
bors aud many friends for their kindness aud assist.
Auce during our recent sickness and bereavement To
Dr.. Rice for his kind and watchtu over our little
upon the little casket of our darling Mabel. May God
bless aud comfort you all IN like sad Affections
q. C.. HUBBAnD AND PANTY
Wilmington, Aug. %, 1885.
A Came. NJ. Russell Is engaged in the sale of
the Peoples Cyclopedia IN Bennington aud Rutland
counties, having received general agency Tor tbis
valuable work. He desires to engage the services OF
few hrst-cass canvassers, to whom good wages viii be
paid.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

The proposed publication of the govern
ment pension list provokes some discussion
as to its wisdom. Commissioner Dudley is
represented as denying report that the list
will be kept as much as possible from public
inspection when printed. On the contrary it
will be given the widest circulation, as the
best possible correction of the evils incident
TO publication. These evils it is easy to see.
are many and real. Chief among them per
haps will be the use pension-cla agents will
make OF the list as the means of getting at
pensioners to induce them on various prete1ts
to seek for increased pension from the gov
eminent and another-more annoying to
the clerks'h less serious-will be the temp
taton to the host Of busybodies to tell the
government how it is being defrauded in in
diyidual cases Thousands of letters are
sure to come in, says Col. Dudley, 'denounc
ing persons on our lists as frauds, many Of
them malicious letters, and more perhaps sent
through ignorance; for few wounds show at
once that q man is a sufferer. But on the
other hand, it must be said the publicity Of
the printed lists will help to unearth the real
frauds, and there is reasonable feeling all
over the country that it is entitled 70 know
who the men are to whom it is extending its
bounty,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

half for emigration that is, for those who de-
sire to leave the country and one-half for
migration or for those who desire to remove
from the most densely populated and suffer
ing districts to those where, with less popula
ton, the prospect 81 success is believed to be
better. The queens speech says that the
English occupation Of Egypt is only Temporal
ry that the condition Of business and trade
is good and that the agricultural prospects
are improving and. in reference to ireland,
that the provisions Of the land act have
been brought into wide operation, and the
late combination against the fulflment Of
contracts, especially for rents, has been in a
great degree broken up. There is marked
diminution Of agrarian crime, and associations
having murder for their object have been
checked by the detection and punishment Of
tho oWapdnre
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

There was frost Aug. 2sth, with the
mercury below freezing point.
Mrs. Philander Hall remains critically i'll.
A. A. Butterfeld, Esq, was called the
other day TO the bedside of a sister danger
ously i'll at Jackson, Pa.
-Dea. L. A. Warren is in attendance at
the Baptist association at Wardsboro this
week.
At COleraine Mass, on the 25th inst,
the Jacksonville nine were beaten at a game
Of base ball by the Coleraine club, 2C to TO-
Geo. W. Bryan of Norwalk, Conn, is
visiting at II. M. Roberts.
Samuel Newell and daughter have re-
turned 10 Boston.
-Mervin Brown and Chandler Corse have
recently added coats OF paint 10 their resi-
dences.
Frank Gallup is building a sugar house
for II. NJ. Roberts.
--latest arrivals Mrs. H. H. Waite Of
Boston, sister of N. L. Stetsou, and Miss
Stella, daughter of Ezra Stetson also For
rest, son OF n. L. Stetson, and wife. l.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31

Rev. Joseph Barber died Aug. 9th Anal
81 years aud days. He had been a mis,,
tor in the Universaist church about A. vss.'
He was extensively known in Cheshire cor,
ty and universally respected for his abjl,ty =.
Is minister and his moral and religious cis,
acter. He was two years a member Of AN.
New Hampshire Legislature. Being a An.
scholar and much interested in the cause !,
education, he was often elected superintep5
ont OF schools About SIX years ago he n
tired from public life, and has since been IL,
ing at his home where he died His fune...
took place last Wednesday, Revs McCoIss
ter and Reed officiating
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-31


WASHINGTON MCLEAN, jamestown, R.L.-Dear Sir:
have your letter. The story that ] ever paid any
money to secure the nomination Of Stanley Matthews
any else % the supreme bench is pure fubri-
cation. had no bargain or understanding with Gen
garfield OF any sort, directly indirectly. Ny aC-
quaintaucc with Mr.. Matthews was not intimate. iu-
deUd,as write ] remember It was at your own per-
sonal solicitation, after his nomination, that asked
Mr.. Plumb by open telegram to aid, 81 consistent, N
his confirmation. Mr., Matthews was never my c1un-
sell indeed be the friend, II not also COUNSEL for
the Texas Pacific, then controlled by Mr.. Thomas
A. Scott and at the time hostile interest 20 those
JAY GOULD.
Mr. Washington Mclean has for many
years been one Of the prominent Democrats
in Ohio being the manager Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer long time He is a Democrat
now, and has nothing in view except to re-
move suspicion from Judge Matthews and his
friends. He is not friend Of Garfield and
does not claim to be. MIR Goulds reply Is
explicit. He declares the story to be n pure
fabrication, and his letter is conclusive upon
three separate points o. Mr. Gould never
paid money to secure the nomination Of Stan
ley Matthews or any one else to the supreme
court, C2) be had no understanding with Gar
field directly or indirectly and o. Matthews
never was his counsel but on the contrary his
sympathy and interest were with Mr.. Gould 8
greatest railroad enemy. It is too much to
expect however, that the ghouls will leave
these lies alone notwithstanding Mr.. Gould
has killed them past all hope OF their being
again brought to life