The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-09-04

As the days grow shorter campaign
speeches grow longer and stronger.
Charley Holt has returned home from
his summer visit into Kansas and Iowa
b. B. Van Ausdal and wife left las
Friday evening for Petoskey.
The Greenyille fair came off last week
Guess it was well ~patronized.
Frank Swisher would make a splendid
Clerk of our Courts.
Attorneys are complaining OF dull
times. So everybody else.
The man who takes the vote on a train
is abroad in the land.
How many Irishmen have the Repub-
licans OF this county elected to office?
The campaign badge takes the place
of the button-hole boquet.
The cabbage compromises to be good
Sour kraut will be plentiful for the fall
trade.
jackson Township has a Cleveland
and Hendricks club. Every Township
in the county should have one.
Rev. 1. E. Brown will occupy his pull
pit next Sunday morning and evening
al the usual hours.
WANTED-Some good family to adopt
a nice girl baby Is months old. Apply
to Mrs. J.. E. Sheets, at Mrs. DIR. Minors.
Charley Miller had a fine COW killed
last Friday by a tree. falling on her, that
was burning in his deadening.
The communication from Camden was
crowded cut this week. 1t will be just
as good next week.
We understand the Eaton base ball
club will challenge Chicago, Cincinnati
AMI Boston
YIN. wolverton and John G. Oxer got
the contract for the Wolverton road,
which was given out last Monday by
County Commissioners.
A clergyman says that if men would
work for their souls like they work for
poIitics, heaven would have an enormous
population.
James Deem and Frank have put a fine
fish pond on the farm of James Deem,
and intend Supplying it with the differ
ent varieties of the finny tribe.
Tone Yost lost two fine short horn
milk COWS last Friday. They got into a
neighbor's corn field and took too much
corn
But one single death occurred in Ea,
ton during the month of August. Isn't
that an evidence of the good sanitary
condition of our town?
1t is reported that the Mayor OF Deli
ance has issued a proclamation prohib'
ting the fair sex from appearing on the
street in mother Hubbards.
Tie Cleveland and Hendricks Clut
will meet every Monday evening at the
Opera House. Don't forget it boys, and
be sure to drop in promptly.
The drought, together with the dust
and large quantities of falling leaves
have destroyed the beauty of most OF thu
lawns in town.
Buy your School Books from Jervis q
Boyce, 1877 Main street.
Uncle job Jefferson died on Tuesda.
morning last, from his recent stroke o
paralysis. He was in his 9th year. 4
more extended notice will probably b,
furnished next week.
The Prohibition Convention of Prebl'
county was not so largely attended thi
year as last, but earnestness in the caus'
seemed to be all the same. We give full
proceedings in another column.
Miss Kate CIabby has been reinstatet
in the Home at Xenia. That will b.
pleasant news to her many friends il
Preble county, who know she had beef
unjustly displaced from the institution
Charley Hunter is building q hand
some cottage on north Cherry street, be
tween Monfort and Artezan Streets
Charley is ''getting the cage before HI
. CdUClcS I10 UIQ All CAallpiO WYNN
of pattering after by other young men.
Mrs. Wilson is erecting a business room
on west Main street, between Barron ant
Beech streets. 1t would be well if som
of u "Misters," who have plenty O
idle capital would follow Mrs. w. in he
enterprising example.
Preble county returns to the Audito
of State for 1884, $50 horses, 1915
cattle, 3,746 sheep, 29,1s5 hogs, and 26
mules, not including those Kicking a
Judge Quinn for his appointment G
County School Examiner.
The farmers are unable to pillow, or i
fact do anything except some repairing
They are beginning to think that tn
crop of wheat sown this fall will be yer
light. Many of them are holding thi
years crop for that reason.
Somebody sent us a "Surprise Party
article from Winchester, signed son
who was there" How often must W
decline articles because not accompanie
BY the name of the writer? How do W
know that the stated surprise is not
hoax?
There are a couple of R~epublica
s'stump orators in Preble county, who's
"clarion voices" we want to be heard i
every school house, on every cross roat
and in every Township in Preble coul
sty. Well rest easy then about the r.
suit of the battle