The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-18
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Corn husking has opened.
Bring on your Indian summer.
Tax-paying time has arrived again.
Wheat is worth from 90 cents to 81.
The election is over now comes bust
ness.
The boys are busy in harvesting the
big nut crop.
Henry Kester has built a fine brick
residence north east Of Eaton.
Walker & Nugent are selling out. See
their advertisement.
The Eaton Postmaster's salary now is
$500.
Changeable weather has set in and the
man with a cold is quite numerous.
Don't burn the leaves-haul them
away.
Greenville seems to be infested with
incendiaries. Hang 'em up!
The question anxious to be solved in
this county-"wHAT DID Irf"
Eleven new subscribers since last is
sue. Room for more and now is the
time to subscribe.
For the late election we printed 1,000,-
oo0,oo0i What does become of the tick
cts?
John S. Williams and son and son-in-
law. Ed Dunlap, all left for Urbana,
Kansas, this week. Sorry to lose them.
You can send your subscription to the
Democrat by postal now. Will delin-
quents please take notice.
The biggest surprise party of the. sea-
son came off on Tuesday of last week.
Everybody participated in it!
Ifyou would have appetite, flesh, color,
strength, and vigor, take Ayers sarsa-
parilla, which will confer them upon you
in rapid succession
If any exhibitor at our fair wishes to
find out whether he or she drew a pre-.
MUM, the information can be obtained
by examining the DEMOCRAT this week.
The Cooper Insurance Company paid
in full last Tuesday the insurance on the
fair ground stables that were burned
The Cooper is a sound institution.
sssThe result is unexpected and can't
be explained" says the Boss. Oh, yes,
it is easily explained. A word OF two
sylables will do it-Bossism!
English sparrows are captured and
served up in Philadelphia restaurants at
five cents each. Let some one try the
plan here. There's millions in it.
In order to make the west side Of the
Court House unanimously Democratic,
Jack zimmerman has decided to hand
the Recorders office over to his wife!
People who don't harvest their cab
bage crop before Hollow Fen night will
probably find none to pull on the LIST OF
November.
Auditor Mikesell, John D. Hickman,
John L~ongnecker, and several others
left Eaton last Monday, on the Grand
Rapids for Michigan, in search of deer
and bear.
The school kids now spend their Sat
urdays nutting. The big crop of hickory
nnts is beginning to fall and "shuck'
themselves, and there is no limit ts wal
nuts.
Chas. S~chlenker, ST., has purchased
the room in Commercial Block, now oc-
cupied by Webb & Covers drug store,
paying for the same $4,000. This is au-
thentic.
Rob't White had load of roasting
ears in town last Saturday and they were
splendid. When was such an event ever
witnessed before in this neck of wood.
on the 18th of October?
Hickory nuts, it is estimated, will re
tail at fifty cents per bushel this winter
Considering their abundance, we see nj
reason why they should not be ever
lower.
People have, during 1888, become sc
accustomed to great occurrences, tina
there is not likely to be much of q Sen
sation on the appearance of a bob-tai
comet.
Why go about with that aching head
Try Ayers Pills. They will relieve tn,
stomach, restore the digestive organs t
healthy action, remove the obstruction
that depress nerves and brain, and thu
cure your headache permanently.
Will Stephens and Elisha Wilkinsol
will give a social dancing party at tn
Opera House on Wednesday evenin
next, Oct. oath. Good music will be fur
nished. All lovers of the fun are invite
to attend.
To take a paper and refuse to pay 70
it is, under the new postal law theft
and any person guilty of such act i
liable to criminal process, the same as
a common thief had stolen the amour
of subscription from the publishers.
We are indebted, to Bro. Albright {
the REGISTER for the table of the Count
vote. In the hurry to get it out earl
several errors appeared in the footing.
which have been corrected by Clerk job
R. Cook. 1t is officially correct in tn
DEMOCRAT.
W. H. Greegor, Esq, Travelling Pa
senger Agent for the Michigan Centr'
railway, was in Eaton last Monday, Fl,
ing the boys who went over that rout
on their hunt. He is a genial and soci
gentleman, whom the road is lucky
having in their employ:
After the next issue of the DEMocRl
we will be through with the Treasurer
Abstract, Commissioners report, ele
ton tables, fair awards, &C., and wi
have room for many interesting loo
matters and favors that have been lie
over. Have patience, friends, now is tt