The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-26
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pion Nile-ist.
INeERsoLL is going to Europe to spend
three or four years.
An insane woman at Peoria, Ill.,, imagines
herself to be the mother of Eve.
WHICH shall we have it? For it is now
spelled dynamitard, dynamitear and dyna-
miter.
Mr.. HIT is the richest Congressman
from Illinois. His S3,OOO,0O0 barrel bursts
its hoops.
NINETEEN of Jacob Booce's twenty child
rem attended his funeral at Hudson, Mich,
the other day.
THERE is universal complaint of dull
times in the jewelry trade all over the
European continent.
In the French army the mortality in 1884
was from accident 0.6 per 1000 men; from
disease it was 1922.
In the State of New York it has been dis
covered that there is no statute and no PEN
atty against women voting.
THE Detroit Times came out on the 14th,
a st. Valentines number, printed in blue,
and all the matter, including advertise
ments, in rhyme.
THE cheapness of living is illustrated by
the fact the price of board for students at
Harvard memorial hall was $3.4 per week
during january, the lowest point eve
reached.
"GoLD," says Georgia editor, sis found
In thirty y-six counties in this State, silver
in three, diamonds in twenty six, and
whisky in all of them, and the last gets
away with all the rest"
FRANK JONES, of Portsmouth, N. H., now
one of the richest men in New England, be-
gan life is a peddler. His cart was gor-
geously painted and bore on one side the
words: "Good weight, marm."
In the line of persons waiting their turns
to pay taxes at Collector Morgan's office in
Oroville, CAL, the other day, was a woman
with card pinned to her dress, which
read: Taxation without representation
is tyranny"
A MUSHROOM butcher, who was in the
habit of tossing bits of meat in the air for
his pet dog to catch, Tipped up $50 gold
piece the other day to fool the brute, where's
upon the brute fooled the butcher by catch
ing and swallowing the coin.
1T is estimated that there are 1000
Chinese children eligible to the public
schools in San Francisco. Separate schools
will have to be provided for them, as white
children will not go to the same school with
the little pagans.
A WATCH chain y7as swallowed accident.
ally by. a little child of Mr. Ezra Wolf, of
Hagerstown, Nd, the other day, but the
physician, DIR. Ragan, who was summoned,
succeeded in removing the chain, as the
spring to it had fastened itself to the veil of
the palate.
KING ToFA, of Porto Novo, South Africa,
puts on a deal of style on state occasions.
Hedons fresh and clean flannel shirt, and
with the aid of new stuffed club, for he is
somewhat corpulent, mounts his royal
throne, where. he sits, surrounded by his
thousand wives, listening to the grievances
of his subjects.
EyEsIGHT among civilized people is by
no means SO strong as among savages. A
gentleman in Zuzuland, by the assistance
of powerful glass, made out two distinct
objects on the horizon, which he guessed to
be mounted man, with walking COM
panion. The Zulus with him were able at
once to inform him who the gentleman was,
and that he was accompanied by his wife
on foot.
RELIGIOUS fanatic OF Erie mas written
. new bibie," which is described as being
an incoherent Jumble of blasphemy and
buriesque. In one part of it the author
mentions Noah as inviting the "boys" to
take suthin," after stepping out OF the
ARK. An effort is made TO prove that the
savior worered halr, and that John the
Baptist was twice before jury for alleged
mlsdemeanor.
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geneieiilan VINO was returning nome
aIter having seen Mr. iooie tune theater,
rescued a man from Iaihng into the river.
This incident has been utilized as an argu-
menu in favor of the stage by an enthusias-
tic play-g of the town, who maintains
at length in a local paper that if Mr.. Toole
had not visited Perth the man would
have been drowned.
A AFoURrEEN-YEAR-oI.D son of Mr.. r.
Bunch. of Economy. Marion County. Mo.
smoked a cigar and died from tobacco
poison In about half an hour. The bow was
smoking in a store and soon began vomit-
ing violently. He was carried home and
his father wsnt for n pbvsician obout ono
bundred wards distant bnt when ba 70.
turned with the nbvsicion tho little fa,,o1r
xvas dead
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who had been paving his addresses to her
xor some time. came mn and after nassing
the usual compliments between lovers.
made PROPOSAL of maria ge. which was &C.
cented nv the vouno lady. LEAVING bar