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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
The shin canal between the Balti

-Ihe Snip canal betWeen the BaItlC
Sea and the German Ocean will, it is
estimated, save Il journey of six hum
dred miles for vessel making a trip
between either of those waters, as the
circumnavigation of the peninsula of
Jutland will be unnecessary. In all,
the proposed canal will be only some
fifty miles-or about half that of the
Suez Canal--extending from Gluckstadt
to kial
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Pursued by BIoodhounds.

DALLAS, TEXAS, February IA fight
with horse theives-is reported from Waxa-
hachie tonight. One thief named Hickey
was captured and jailed. The other was
chased into the timber and his horse cap
tured, not, however, until he had shot
Deputy Sheriff John Meredith through the
thigh. Sheriff Brawley and posse, with
bloodhounds, are pursuing the desperado.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

THE Chazie apples of Canada some
lines bring as much as $40 barrel in
London. In 1854 this famous variety
was found growing wild on the farm of
4 man named Chazie, near Niagara
Falls. The fruit has the muskmelon
flavor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
- . -

Robert Lightfoot, boy twelve
years old, fell from q third-story Win
dow in Charleston, S. G., last fall and
sustained no injury, but recently he
was standing still-for Il boy-in the
door of the store when he suddenly fell,
one of his legs having broken square off
without any visible cause.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Death of Wendell PhiIIins.

BosToN, February 2.-Wendell Phillips
died at O'Clock this afternoon, aged y
years. Mr.. Phillips had been i'll just one
week, but not until Thursday was his ILL
ness considered dangerous. This after
noon his condition took a critical change.
and he gradually failed and passed quietly
awav.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Terrific Land Slide.

NASHVILLE, January 31.-The early pas
senger train due from Chattanooga over
the N, c. & st. L. Railroad, encountered a
land slide seven miles West of Chattanooga
to-day. The land slide came from Raccoon
Mountain, distance of one-half mile. 1t
swept everything in its course.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
spring and then released.

THE camels used in carrying freight
the completion of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, turned adrift, as of no further
use. The number has since increased to-
about four hundred. John Shirley,
wealthy land owner of Australia, has
purchased the whole lot, and will soon
arrange for the recapture and shipment
Of the animals.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
The Old Blue Laws.

READING, Pa, February Eight we'll
known citizens, for horse racing with
sleighs on the public road, were arrested
and held for the court under the blue laws
of 1874, which provides also that upon con-
viction the horses be sold and the proceeds
placed in the county treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Goinu to REGULATE Thinus.

PANAMA, February S.-The United States
flagship Tennessee is at Aspinwall, and
will visit several places in the department.
where the United States consular agents,
while in the discharge of their duties, have
been insuited by the political or judicial
authorities of the state or nation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Two Convicted Murderers Eseane

LITTLE Rock, February 1.-Two convict
ed criminals, Leonard Dali and Louis
Proctor, broke Jail at Helena last night.
They were convicted of the murder of John
Diamond, in July last, and were awaiting
sentence. The Governor offers $500 reward
for their capture.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

FARMERS on Long Island and in New
Jersey are trying the experiment of re-
stocking their places with quail brought
from the West. The birds seem to have
done well last season. They can be
bought in captivity for about 81 so al
pair. The plan is to procure them I'M
winter, when they are easily framed,
spring and then released.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
A Younq PhiIadeInhia Hero.

PHILADELPHIA, February 3.-As nine
small boys were coasting on the Schuylkill
on a large sled with John Hagan, aged
nineteen, the ice broke, and all were
thrown into the water. Hagan went man.
fully to work, saving eight, but one, James
Donnelly, eyed ten years, was drowned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

The recent disaster to the steamer
City of Columbus causes the Boston
Post to remark, that Devils Bridge is
not a misnomer. but that the name
Say Head should be changed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
The throne of ENGLAND. so splendid

The throne of England, so splendid
when covered with silk, velvet and gold,
is, in fact. only an .'old oak chair, }"
over GOO years in use for the same pur
pose. Its existence has been traced
back to the days of Edward |. The
wood is very hard and solid; the back
and sides were formerly painted in vari-
Gus colors, and the seat is made of a
slab of rough-looking sandstone,
twenty-five inches in length, seventeen
inches in breadth and nineteen and one
half in thickness, and in this stone lies
the grand peculiarly of the chair.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Found in the Ruins.

UTICA, N. Y, January S1.-A house nea.
Norwich occupied by an old couple named
Clinton, burned last night. The bodies of
the occupants were found in the ruins.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
The Queens Sueech.

LONDON, February 3.-The Queens speech,
drafted for submission to the cabinet coun,
Gil, affirms the intention of England to
withdraw the troops from Egypt as soon as
the conditions of peace and prosperity
will admit of their withdrawal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Took a Tumble.

BINGHAMToN, N. Y, February 3.-While
the Masonic fraternities were assembling at
Erkson's Hall, at Guildford, preparatory
20 attending funeral, the floor of the third
story gave, way precipitating seventy men
20 the floor below. Many were severely in.
lufed, but none fatally. The debris caught
tire, but was fortunately soon extinpuished.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Fatal Boiler EXPLOSION,

DETROIT, MICH, February 1.-The boiler
in Twitchelrs shingle mill near Blanchard,
exploded this morning, killing Henry Roop
and John Finlayson, and fatally injuring
man named Gerrod, and wOunding sew
eral others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

Mrs. R. B. HAYES, it is said, owns and
personally superintends one of the
largest poultry yards in the United
States, at Fremont, O.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

THE experiment has been tried ex-
tensively in France of planting trees in
belts at certain distances apart, with
marked benefit to the climate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

THERE are stored at Washington,
3,455 tons of silver dollars, and in con-
sequence there are bills in Congress to
suspend coinage.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

The shrinkage of Tulare Lake, Cal.
uncovered a prehistoric settlement,
stone buildings, traces of canals, once
hordered with trees, and other evi-
dences of occupation by an unknown
race, being clearly defined as the water
subsidized,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

The patent Office has received 400
applications for patents for clock dials
to mark the time, since the introduction
of standard time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

Mrs Bowers, who pretends to pos
sess some wonderful powers as proph-
etess, warns the people of Reno, New,
that great fire will destroy that town
in April OF May.-C Chicago Nc,Cs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

ST. PETERSBURG, February 3.-Thirty,
three thousand deaths from diphtheria,
have Occurred in the province Of Kharhop
between 1879 and 1882.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

THE Salvation Army of England is
having fifteen halls built, with seating
capacity for 5000 people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07

In the vicinity of San Pablo, Cal,
on a calm, clear day, the rumblng of
the cars on 4 trestle, located eighteen
miles distant, may be heard distinctly.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

THE coasting sled is fast becoming q
rival of the toy pistol in the number of
accidents
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
Jhe Gatom gemufrat.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Business cards of Eve lines or less So per annum
Local notices, 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements OF maria es and deaths
and church and benevolent society notices inserted
Tree. Any additions to obituary notices will bo
charged five cents per line.
Favors must be handed in as early as Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the same week Com.
muuications upon subjects of general local
iaterest axe solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-07
The Public Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, D. c., February 1.-The fol-
lowing is the public debt statement for the
month of January:
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through Ill. DIR. Coe, Mr.. Hasford and
myself took tea with the family by in
vitation, and found Mrs. P. (who is the
daughter of the former Governor of
Zacetacas) with her daughter, very
agreeable and entertaining, speakin g
English very fiuently.
All avenues of business are open TO
enterprlslng men with capital, but to
insure success it is essential that the
language be thoroughly mastered.
Labor both ordinary and skilled will
not meet with that degree of success
attained in the states and probably
meyer will until their systems are
thoroughly revolutlonized, except per-
haps IN isolated instances.
| cannot close this already lengthy
letter without word in regard to the
A. L. G. S. Fee & Mex. Central r. R.
The roads are in excellent condition.
the officers afford every facility tor re-
duced transportation; the employees
are gentlemen, kind obliging and al
ways ready to minister to the accommo-
datlon and comfort OF the passenger.
Truly Yours F. A GROVE.
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GreentOp Graphics.

Elder Rose preached here last Sun
day.
Mrs. Catharine Wright died March
21st, age rs.
0. P. Ralston has purchased property
here and moved to town. Mr.. R. is
quite a trader and a well to do citi zen.
MIR. Walker Towles and Miss Zena
Gatiln were married the 9th of March.
May they live long and prosper.
Mrs. Elijah Herring has been quite
sick for the past week.
This is splendid location for good
blacksmith.
Miss Clara Towne, of Lancaster, is
visiting Miss Elma Hamilton.
Mss Laura Dyer, of Klrksville, is
visiting hes brothers family at this
place.
Frank Toler, of the Normal, came
up home last Frlaay to stay over Sum
day.
It's a boy at Fred Tice's.
Miss Eva Towles arrived home Sat
urday evening from an extended visit
at saulsberry.
MIR. Kerr, of Sublette has moved to
town.
JEFF Dyer has built barn.
Squire l.. W. Orr has built poultry
h ouse.
Judge WIttmer is building an ad-
dition to his shop and will get on
supply of furniture soon.
Nat Speer has zone to Kansas to look
up location for store.
Y. .rcr
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THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
FIlIey Carries the City by a Large
Majority.

The primaries for the election OF
delegates to the Republican State and
Congressional convention took place
last evening and the Filleyltes swept
the field, carrying even more wards
than their leaders had claimed. In
the sixth and Twenty first Wards the
Silk Stocking delegations were elected
beyond question. In the Eighteenth
Ward the Silk Stockings claim to have
defeated the Filley ticket by large
majority ranging all the way from three
to seven votes, but the hoodlum mana
gers will contest on the ground that the
judges of election were all Silk Stock
ing partisans. and that they refused to
permit the hoodlums to have repre-.
sentative present to witness the count.
ing ofvotes. A very interesting fight
is assured. Out of the seventy-nine
delegates elected, seventy-one are
Filleyites without contest, and five OF
the remaining eight Will be subjects Of
contest. Sedalia will be very warm in
deed on April oth.-Post Disbatth.
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Bright l. Miller.

These gentlemen who keep the liv-
cry stable west of Pools Hotel, respect
fully invite stockmen and farmers all
over the country to visit their stable
and inspect their stock. They are
both experienced horsemen and have
in their stables the famous full-blooded
Norman horse, 'Joe"; also the all
purpose horse, "Morg," English draft
and Morgan the trotting "Chet,' fif-
teen out OF sixteen parts Hambleton-
ian; and the mammoth Jack, "Black
Mcdonald" They are particularly
proud OF their Norman Zoe" the
finest horse of the kind ever brought
to Missouri, and their Jack "McDon.
ald." Farmers AMI others who take
an interest In improving their stock
should call and see thera. All of these
have been purchased and brought here
at an immense outlay, and their own
ers deserve liberal patronage.
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THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD.
And tie Land of the BOOm-Inter.
estiDg LETTER From Central
Dakota.

FAULKToN, Faux Co., Dakota,
March "a, 1884.
EDITOR GRAPHIc: Seeing from your
paper that you would like to hear
something from this part of the coun
try thought | would write a few
lines, which will at least make good
material tor the waste basket.
This is not such land tor bllzzards
as you seem to imagine. There has
only been two severe storms here this
winter, and although the weather has
been cold, the atmosphere is so dry that
it Is good deal more pleasant than the
damn climate of the Southern states.
We have mad beautiful weather here
for two weeks, and the farmers are SOW
ing wheat in Miller, forty miles south
CT here, and farming will be begun
here in few days if the good weather
confines
We expect to be blessed with two
railroads in this country this summer
and are sure OF one, which will make
travel very con Venient.
Immigrants are coming into Dakota
in large numbers. The Chicago and
Northwestern railroad has all 1t can
do to furnish cars for household goods
of people bound for Dakota. They
seem TO be taking Horace Greely's ad
vice of $50 West with vengeance.
Good government land is worth 81 .25
per acre. Newspapers are numerous in
this country, and whenever you find a
town no matter what the size, you also
hnd newspaper.
This is good country for man to
settle who intends to live. but the
young man who expects 10 come out
here and get 'claim" on the railroad,
and have town plated on his land,
and grow suddenly rich, is going to
get lett bad.
A person can get 800 acres OF land
free of charge by living on and imp ov-
ing it.
The GRAPHIC is welcome visitor and
shows up regularly once a week.
More Anon, Very Resp.
P. C.E.
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q, z, LAMKIN,
Greenback Convention.

Jno. NJ. London, Chairman, and Mr..
H. Martin Williams, Secretary Of
the State Greenback Committee have
ordered District conventions to be
called, to elect delegates to the Green
back National Convention, to be held
at Indianapolis on the aStn of May,
1884.
The cali for this, the 1st District,
has been made 10 meet at Kirksville
on the 9th of May. The County Com
mittee will probably issue call for a
County Convention.
AS the Greenbacker's have no Or
gan we offer them the use of our col
umns for any official announcements.
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Wilson Walls.
Graphic Correspondence.

There are notimany items worth re :
lating, but abundance of mud every.
where, especially in the roads.
The latest improvement we notice IN
W. is the painting of Thos. Taylor's
residence.
We notice Mack EImore who has
been in Nebraska for several months
has re turned to his fathers VIM. Ell
mores.
We have two cases ofmeasels in town
Mrs. Miles and baby.
w. F. Kirkpatrick met with very
serious accident about ten days ago,
while cutting hedge stuck thorn in
his eye tears were entertained of his
ioosing the sight of 1t, but as 1t seems
improving it is now thought he will
recover.
Jas. Barnhart whom we reported as
being taken so suddenly and strangely
ill Is no better. but growing worse.
Miss Ger trude Hopkins of Brashear
has been spending a week with her
aunt Mrs. Kirk patrick.
Preaching here yesterday by Rev.
Deputy, pastor of the U. B. Church, at
II o'clock A. NJ, and By Rev. Tatlow of
the Presbyterian at o'clock P. NJ. The
latter breaches here again to day.
Quite number oil the converts of
the late protracted meeting are uniting
with the different churche, at this
place. Our S. S. Is IN very prosper
Gus condition.
w F. kirkpatrick and Dave McDer-
mot each report a pair OF twin calves
all doing well. This they take as an
omen OF their prosperity for the present
year. RUSTIC.
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BEYOND THE RIVER.
From Liberty Township.
Deferred Corre.ponde nee.

Deferred Corresponds nee
Oh what dreary place this world be
were there no newspaper IN it!
Sugar making seems to be the order
of the day just now, but II has not
been very fully carried out as yet. Tor
there hasn't been much suitable wealth.
er for making sugar yet. However
there has been some made, and the
writer has has had the opportunity to
partake OF the sweets OF nature himself
on one or two occasions recently.
Farmers are busy clearing and re-
setting fence preparatory to putting
out their crops as soon as SPRING opens.
Wheat as general thing looxs fair
for this time OF the year, although
much of it has been damaged more or
less by the severe winter which we
have had.
Mrs. G. L. Lewis has been visiting at
her fathers near Novinger, few days
recently.
The saw mill owned by Mr. &. Amick
at Novinger, has again resumed opera.
tioa and We learn is doing a lively
business.
All the schools have been closed and
Sunday schools are soon to be organic
ed for the summer.
The health of the community we be-
lieve is unusually good for the kind of
weather we have had.
Duck shooting along the Charlton is
the principal recreation for the boys
here just now if wading mud and water
l don't know how deep, can be called
recreation.
The ducks have not been very plenti-
tul yet, but there has been some few
killed.
There may be seen occasionally a
flock of wild geese vending tleIr way
towards the north. J.O. 1auIrr.
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Radical Ridge.

Om school election resulted in the
reelection of A. N. Hane for director.
We have eight months school, three
months summer and five months win.
ter school. Summer term to begin
April I4th, winter Sept. 18th.
Rev. N. Cordray went to Unionville
Saturday to preach the funeral ser.
mon of Mrs. Crabtree. He returned
yesterday.
S. B. Rowland is to give discourse
everything being favorable.
Rev. Rozelle did not preach Sunday
/. week ago on account of throat trouble
Our Sunday school is to begin next
Sunday at 3 O'Clock.
Our prayer meeting is on Sunday
night instead of Wednesday as hereto.
fore.
A. Boydston has his new house
ready to occupy.
MIR. Boydston got kick on the left
thigh by horse a short time since,
but is about well again.
Mrs. Boydston returned home yes
terday from two weeks visit to rela-
tives north OF New Cambria.
There will be considerable new
fence built in our district this spring
on the west end on Nursery St. N. ].
Northrup is going to build several rods
of Smiths halt fence with two wires on
top, Prof. Wry and Pap Hibhs on the
same street are putting up about 10
rods of board and wire fence. Sever
al other parties are preparing to put
up new fence.
The rain Monday hight raised the
creeks the highest they have been this
sprng. Abbott branch was about
eighteen inches higher than it has been
before.
VIM. S. Dodson was out Yesterday
taking sniff of rural air.
Hurray, boys, for the temperance
ticket. 10. S.
April I'd, 1854.
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KIRKSVILLE NJ ARKET REPORT

HOGS: $500 to $3.50
STEERS /: $3.50 to $3.50
SHEEP: 2 to 4.
DRY COWS: 8 90 to 400
COWS G. CALVES s25 to $40
CORN: 55c. to 6Oc
CORN for seed selling at LOO to 1.5O
OATS: PIE.
WHEAT: IS to s5c.
TIMOTHY SEED: lao selling
GLOVER SEED: $500 to 700 selling
HU UNGA2IAN: 75c selling
MILLETT: 75c. selling
RYE: 35e
HAY $3.50 to 900.
BUTTER 25c
EGGS 121sc.
BEANS: White 1.5O. to eco
CHICKENS: 800
TU RkEY: 6 to &c per lb.
APPLES. IS to go
BEESWAX-18.
POTATOES-35 to 4Oc
HORSE MARKET.
Drivers s75 to s11O
Streeters $40 to SlO5
Saddleis $40 TO slO5.
Southern $40 to $50,
Firm at above prices
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

And Edna also went against
license.
La Plata is put down on tha,
list.
The cattle disease excitement is
dying out everywhere.
How many lies were nailed on
Tuesday.
The decrease in the public debt
during March was over SI4, ,ooo, 900.
The Mississippi is reported over
the bottoms at Quincy.
How easy It's for one 10 make
a fool of himself on election day.
The Quincy Whig claims that
the thumpers and plug-uglies had it all
there own way in the city election.
The latest revised list of the
dead and wounded in the Cincinnati
not makes the dead As and the
wounded 13S.
--Tuesday cyclone destroyed the
village of Oakville Indiana. Six
persons were killed and fifty reported
injured.
The Republicans of St. Louis
must be new kind of filley-busters.
The Filley men carried seventy-one
out of seventy-nine delegates elected.
1t is rumored that El Madl the
false prophet, has gained another VIC
tory and captured Khartoum. Eng
land will have her hands full yet, be-
fore the end of 1884.
The Cyclone belt is gradually
advancing north with the sun. The
latest one reported swept through Ken
lucky and portion of southern OHIO,
carrying destruction and death in its
path. A large number of persons were
killed or badly injured.
Citizens who got mad, ripped,
snorted, swore, and called each other
liars. over the town election, are doubt
less heartily ashamed Of themselves by
this time. The course of nature has
not been blocked though one ticket
was elected and another defeated.
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La PLATA.
Town Matters, Personals and News.
Graphic Correspondence.

Graphic Correspondence.
April 1st.-Ths is election day. In
dlcatlons point 10 the election John
Hamel for mayor, and A. J. Miles for
city marshal.
Health in this vicinity is generally
good.
VIM. Rynearson, of Kansas Is now
here. He is buying horses and ship
ping them to Kansas.
The La Plata authorities have been
going for the boys rece ntly. Several
have been arrested and fin ed tor vio-
lating ordinan ces.
A little plowiny has been done this
spring. X.
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ST. LOUIS MARKETS.

Our quotations are up to Wednesday after
noon.
Cattle-Offer heavy and market weak.
er' good to heavy steers $500 to 6.l5; light
to fair $40 to 70.
Hogs-supply larger than usual, common
10 good packers 6.25 TO 9 60. Yorkers $40 TO
6.5Q; Butchers extra go to $50.
nay ard seeds-Praire $50 to 1000; Tim.
othy prime IA to IL; Clover seed $40 to 625:
timothy ~ to 80; millet, red tip and hun.
Provisi ns-Potatoes 25 to 42c: butter
G. Ieamery 80 to 80, dairy 25 to 81; corn 10
20; eggs 14c