The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-03
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Ohio has 2 $1,000 grangers.


The creeks are on a high.
Commissioners meet next Monday.
Leap year parties are now in style.
Read Siders's e'Songs of a Pleb."
More of the "beautiful" fell here on
New Years day.
The old year went out quietly and the
new came in calmly.
Departed with the year-the beautiful
snow.
We propose to publish a few dead
BEATS next week.
This is the New Year-see that you
improve it. uaa
Palmer w. Smith, Esq, of Oxford, o.,
was in Eaton last week on legal business
Seal skin sacques are said to be very
unhealthy. They are to the pocket book
In about two weeks Church r~evivals
will open. !.
w want no more open winters. Wen
take ours shut up tight.
Coal dealers have been wearing apieas-
ant smile lately. ls7
There are 49, pensioners in Prebie
county. The list needs pruning.
Robt. Appleby give an 'oppossum
sapper at his restaurant on Barron street
N--vaor,c nioht.
5efeo. ODER was married to Ada Murray
ON Christmas night on the stage ofJones'
Music Hall at Jackson, O:
a number Of fellows have esleighed"
their girls during the past week. No ar
rests!
Geo. NJ. Orr, of Lima, o., formerly of
Eaton schools dropped into the DEAocRAT
office last week and left his card
Preble county has about the. shortest
delinquent list Of any OF its size in the
State. ~
There are 1000 Democrats in Preble
county who do not take their paper The
leading Democrats OF each township
ought to see why it is.
The ladies of the Eaton Social Club
got up a Leap Year dance on Tuesday
evening last. It was interesting to the s,
participants. 2Z2uS
The comet will be at its best on Janr-
airy 25. 1t will then gradually diminish
and retire, not to appear again for sew
enty-one years.
The parade Of the K. P.,s on Thurs
day last. although not 500 and consider
ing the weather, was very fine and at
tracted considerable attention.
John 7. Deem administrator Of Milton
Spacht deceased, will sell at his late resi-
dence near Eaton on the 18th inst, horses.
hogs, milk cows and other personal prop
erty. ~
Aycr'sC Cherry Pectoral is recommend
ed by physicians of the greatest emil
nence OF both sides of the Atlantic, as
the most reliable remedy for colds and
coughs, and all pulmonary disorders. 1t
Affords prompt relief in every case. No
family should ever be without it.
ANY n wishing to attend the Min
streI Festival at Cincinnati Music Hall.
can procure return tickets, including adj
mittance to the Festival, at two dollars
and sixty=fve cents $3.50. Good going
Jan.s ID to 9Th, 1884, only, and return
good until Jan. eth.
The young mem whoiplle boxes ana
barrels on the sidewalks and in public
passages at night, ought to be arrested
anddprosecuted to the extent of the law.
It endangers life and limb OF citizens,
and instead of being smart shows bad
breeding and a very low and degraded
disposition. r. aais1zFsa
Acase was tried before Judge Gilmore
last week, against the Ohio Farmers In
surance Company for the recovery OF So
600 insurance, L. c., Mary E. and G. L,
Young plaintiffs. The jury returned
verdict for full amount with interest. Il
was a Just and correct verdict. Insurance
companies are too apt to attempt tt
crawl out of very small holes from pay
ing insurance.
The Directors of the Preble county
V1eILANT SOCIETY have appointed thu
following Pursuers: w. w. Danford
Chief.-James Haston, Daniel ]. Christ
man. NJ. o. Beam, Robert Hosfori
Frank Dalrymple, D. NJ. Eikenberry
VIM. Gregerson, James Deem, Georg
SNYDER. Peter j. Ozais, B. D. Moses
See the President j. t. Deem, or Johl
Risinger, Secretary, and get a copy OF tn
Consultation. The Society means deaf
to horse thieves
Two horses hitched to a spring WACO
were found on the railroad track a shol
distance west of the depot, last Saturda
night about IL O'Clock. They had ev
IDENTIFY travelled on the track from tn
Richmond pike crossing to the plac
where they were found. They were pr
into DEEMS livery stable and the owne
called for them on Sunday morning, too
them away but did not pay a cent to tn
Marshal for his rouble. Half an hot
later they would have been run into b
the down freight and killed. The ownt
resides in Richmond. He is a liberl
cuss. 2
The week of fair of the Eaton Knigh'
of Pythias closed last Saturday evening
It was a success. The gross receits TO-
nm about $9lS.OO, at least half of whic
will be profit. It was an interesting a
fair and drew a large attendance eae
evening. The large chair voted for wi
won by Miss Carrie Frazier, receivir
7S7 and 3-10th votes, Miss Maggie Potte
receiving Gil, who was presented Wi
eoesn IN caSb The seal skin cap voted Il