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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
THE
GClcveland Plain Dealer.

IT the Democrats hope TO make their
lease OF power permanent they must
CONTINUE their undivided support of
President Cleveland's administration.
In all Of its conventions held since the
inauguration the Democratic party as
Il party has endorsed p esident Geve-
lands course, though q few diSsap-
pointed office seekers have condemned
the administration for the simple rea-
son that the president, in his conduct
OF affairs, has first considered the well
fare of The whole country, then the in-
terests OF the Democratic party, and
those Of individuals last. In doing this
he has not only regarded the obliga-
lions of his Office but has best served
his party, for the My way 10 keep
the Democratic party in power is to
demonstrate that it is worthy 10 be en-
trusted with power, and that the inter-
ests of the party and of the whole
country are identical. The great body
of Democrats throughout the country
approve the course of President
Cleveland, and there will be no ex-
cepIion to that approval when a little
more time has been given to develop
his purposes. Democrats of all de-
9rees and shades of opinion, if they
nave the interests of the party and of
the country at heart, will sink their
differences and unite in giving The ad-
ministlation Il cordial and earnes, sun.
port. There is strong evidence that:
This is the position Democrats gener-
ally have taken and will retain.
The success of the Democratic party
in New York a be in M
other way than as On emphatic in
dorsement of the administration and
the party at its back. 1t had been rp-
peatedIy asserted that the Demo.
cratic party was unfit to administer
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
For the Democrat.
The Reckless Register.

Ed. Democrat:-The Eaton Regis
ter, in its last issue, added another
chapter to its reckless record for ly
ing and malicious SANDER of charac
ter, in the publication of an article
about some Dayton attorneys who
came here last week to take deposit
tions in a case pending in the Mont
gomery Common Pleas Court. Mr..
Hannich, the city solicitor of Dayton,
and Mr.. KuIrler, of the law firm oil
Nevin q kumler, were the gentlemen
referred to. We only state what
everybody knows who are personally
cquxinted with the gentlemen nam
ed, that there are no more reputable
lawyers, nor men of more correct cor
temperate habits in Dayton, or else
where. They came here on the morn
ing train ana almost Immediately
went to work taking dispositions at
which they were continuously engag-
ed until time for the evening train
when Mr.. Kumier was obliged to re
turn to Dayton. Mr.. Hanulch re
manned owe and continued the work
by taking dispositions at the law of
flee Of Campbell & Dye, until time for
the eleven o'clock train next day
when he also returned home. We are
in position to know and to prove that
Mr.. Hannich did.not drink ever a
glass of beer, or any other intoxicant
while in Eaton, and he is strictly tenn
perate in mis- habits. Mr.. Kumler is
Que of the most prominent and repu
table lawyers in Dayton, and was too
busily engaged every hour he was
here to get drunk, if he had been in
clined 10 do so. The statement in
the Register that t :ey took so many
depositions of ''red eye'' that they
were unable to take the dispositions
of their own Witnesses" was a mali
cious and lihelous falsehood. The
publication was without any founda-
ton in fact, and ought, and proba
bly, will, result in the prosecution OF
the publishers for libel. The mar or
editor who attempts to steal or DIES
stroy the character of his neighbor,
is not a safe citizen in any communi-
ty. ard we would like to see public
sentiment educated up to that point,
when an editor who will stoop to such
practices, should meet with the scorn
and contempt he deserves.
ATTORNEY.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

Gov. Hoadly has issued a procla
nation making known that the
amendments -oted on at the recent
election have been adopted and in
corporated into the State Constitu-
ton. The following is the result on
each:
Amendment to section 9. article q
Yes, 53S,S5S; against, 204, 595.
Amendment to section l, article 81
Yes, 536,276; against, 207,177.
Amendment to section 2, article
l0-Yes, 534,669; against, POS, ISL.
Amendment to section 4 article 10,
relating to township officers--Yes,
466, against, 374 $40.
Total vote, 743,453.
The vote against adoption repie
sents all who voted no, yes and no,
OIL who ore the amendments from
the State tick, t.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The coal miners of the Hocking
Valley, jackson county, and other
coal regions of OHIO, are going On a
strike in demand of higher wages.
Operations in several of these dis
tricts have already been entirely sus
pended, and it is claimed that the
strike will be general throughout all
mining States under the direction OF
the Knights of Labor. Heretofore,
while the miners of one State were
on a strike, those of the next State
were supplying the demand at an adj
vance profit to their operators, and
now that this is to be met by a gen
eral strike, under a better organized
and better prepared union than ever
before, the matter is beginning to
excite considerable interest. That
the growth of the strike may yet be
averted by a mutual adjustment is
earnestly hoped.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

Several western members of con-
gress have expressed a determination
to advocate retaliatory legislation Of
some sort against countries which
discriminate against and prohibit
the importation Of American pork.
Assistant Secretary of State Porter
said that the French government
had already receded from its prohi-
bitory decree and permitted the i'm
portation of American pork under
certain restrictions and that further
negotiations are pending. No nego
tiations regarding the German pro
hibitory decree are pending. 1t seems
that the government has thought it
unwise to endeavor to renew the ne
gotiations with Germany on this
question, knowing that no conces
sions can be obtained as present.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

Papers have been received by the
clerk of the house of representatives
giving notice of contests for four seats
in the next congress as follows:
Campbell against Weaver for the
Sixth Iowa district; Kidd against
Steele, Eleventh Indiana; Page
against Pierce, Second Rhode Island;
Hurd against Romeis, Tenth Ohio.
Besides these documents protests
have been received from citizens of
California urging the non seating
of the congressional delegation from
that state on the ground that they
were not legally elected to represent
the districts for which they were Civ
en- certificates. In one case the pro
test declares that Barclay of the
First district is not a citizen of the
United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
ONE VOTE.
dayton Democrat

Dayton DemOcraG.i
One more Democratic vote in each
of the precincts in Montgomery. Pre-
BILE and Hardin Counties would have
defeated John Sherman for the Senate.
1t requ red onlv ~fifty-seven in Mont
gomery and Preble to defeat Kemp
for the Senate.a nd thirteen in Hardin
County to have defeated the Republi-
can Representative from that county.
In other words seventy more Demo-
cratic votes in these counties would
have elected a Democratic United
States Senator. This suggests that
John Sherman succeeds upon a very
narrow majority-a majority of sixty
eight in a total vote of more than 700,-
90. 1t ia less than the one-hundredih
part of l per cent. 1t is less than .OCO1
Of the total vote. These figures are as
tonishing, but true.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The Democrat appears not to know
that the election is over, and keeps
whacking away with undiminished
vigor at the republican coucty can
didates.-NeU Paris Mirror.
The Democrat knows very well
the elections are over, but don't
think the disreputable methods used
to elect some of the Republican
county officials ought to be "over,"
especially while such a devil of a
clatter is being kept up about Dem
ocratic frauds in Hamilton County.
Let us first sweep our W doors.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

We will pay our neighbor of the
Register $50 for a copy of the Dem
ocRAr that savers" that DR.. Webb
was bought! What then induced the
paper to name him out? We saver"
what we have "averred" before, and
have the proof in u possession, and
the most sensible thing for the par
ties who engaged in the criminal bus
mess is to keep quiet over it. 1t is not
a priyat, matter, but a pubic one, in
which the whole community and ev-
cry honest man is interested.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The substitution Of National
banks for our sub-Treasury. system,
is resulting in deranged condition
of our finances, both public and pri-
vate, and so far IS National banks
have been forward to wind up their
affairs, have proved to be bad invest
ments to stock holders and to the
proprietors, SO much SO, that Con-
gress should carry out the jackson
ian policy of divorcing the Govern
ment from all banks and ordering
an additional number of sub treas-
uries at such cities as Indianapolis
Cleveland, Savannah, Louisville, etc,
and distribute to them the oyer-bur
dened repositories of New York, Phil
adelphia and other first class cities.
and thereby give to the Interior a
fair distributive share Of the public
money. and a safe disposition OF
their public funds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

War between Servia and Bulgaria
has actually begun. Russia announc
es that she cannot stand back and
watch Servia and Bulgaria. tear each
other to pieces. Greece is ready to
invade Macedonia, and Turkey is
bound to do something. Montenegro
will fight for its own land, and Aus
tria will not stand back when the
Russian and Turkish troops con
front each other in the Balkan pass
es. so that it 10, ks very much at
present as if there would be a bio
blaze of war kindled in Europe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
has been given new vigor and a long
lease of political ascendancy.
Mao
In his annual report to- the postmas

In his annual report to the postmas-
ter general, Superintendent &. F.
Macdonald of the money order bu-
reau points to the growth of The bust
ness from its inception in 1866, when
there were 766 money order Offices
that issued $4,000, 600 in orders down
to the last fiscal year when the 735 Of
fees issued orders amounting to $780,
100000. The fees now aggregate about
$120,O00,000 per annum. During the
fiscal year 7S7 money order offices
we're established and 16' discontinued.
Since the close of the fiscal year BOB
Offices have been added and 4 dscon-
tinued. The total amount of payments
and repayments of money orders was
1885, POS; and the excess of pay
ments over issues S137,2s3. The gross
amount of fees received by postmas-
tiers from the pnblic for the issue OF
domestic money orders was $923,93O.
These figures exhibit a decrease in the
amount Of orders issued and paid and
of fees received. This slight falling off,
says the superintendent, may be at
tributed in part to the general stagna-
ton of business during the past year
and, perhaps, i'll a small measure to the
increased use of postal notes. The to-
tai amount of payments and repay
ments of postal notes was ~$9,94S,O23,
and tho excess ofissues over payments
$4S,1 The aggregate amount of fee
received from the public was $l52,-
O1S. The increase in the amount OF
postal business was about l43> pei
cent. The total number of erroneous
payments of money orders alleged to
have been made during the year was
50, or in the ratio of one to every
145, 527 money orders paid.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
It is very evident to every man Q

It is very evident to every man Of
unbiased common sense, that there
is a gang Of political s%coundrels in
Cincinnati belonging to both parties,
and in the matter Of the Senatorial
contest question, it all hangs upon
which of the two parties, Mclean of
the Enquirer, on the one side, and
Halstead, of the Commercial Gazette,
on the other, can muster the smart
est of the piratical crew! Honest men
of both parties are thoroughly dis
gusted-and well they may be.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

7 is hereby ordered, by the Judges of the
= Courts of Common Pleas within and for
said District, that the terms of the said Com
mon Pleas Courts, for the year 1886, in the
several counties of said district, shall COM
mence at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. on the following
named days in said year, to-wit:
COMMON PLEAS COURTS.
Butler county, January IL, May 8, Oct. IS.
Montgomery county, January IL, May 3, Oc-
tober A.
Preble county, February Is, June7, No
vember %.
Darke county, January IL, May "a, Octo-
Der 4.
Greene county, January IL, May 8, Sep
TENDER q.
Clarke county, January 4, May 8, septem-
Der 81.
Warren county, January II, May 8, Sep
TENDER 81.
Clinton County, January IL, May "a, Octo-
Der A.
Champaign county, January Is, May 3, Sep
TENDER 81.
Miami county, January II, May 8, Septem-
Der q.
1t is further ordered that the terms of the
said Common Pleas Courts be held by the fol-
lowing named Judges, to-wit:
Butler county, by Alexander F. Hume.
Montgomery county by Henderson Elliott;
Preble county, by Alexander F. Hume, John
" GcASh INV III Atp
Darke county, by John w. Safer;
Greene county, by James E. Halves;
Clarke county, by Charles R. White;
Warren county, by J. w. O'Neal;
Clinton county, by Azariah W. Doan;
Champaign county, by w. R. Warnock;
Miami county, by Calvin D. Wright.
1t is further ordered that the said Clerks of
the Courts of Common Pleas make publica-
ton, according to law, of the orders herein
made, said publication to be for the period of
three consecutive weeks, in two newspapers
of opposite politics, published weekly in each
of said counties if there be such newspapers
in their respective counties.
ALEXANDER F. HUME,
HENDERSON ELLIOTT,
JOHN w. SAFER,
| JAMES f. HAYES,
CHARLES R.. WHITE,
AZARIAH W. pOAN,
WILLIAM R. WARNOCK,
CALVIN D. WRIGHT,
j. W. O'NEAL.
State Of OHIO, Pre6le County, IS:
I, J. R. Cook, Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of the aforesaid County and State,
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
| copy of the original order now on file in the
| Office of Clerk of said Court.
Witness my hand and official seal
| (- at Eaton. this November 4th,
l@-l J.R. COOK, Clerk.
nov12-3t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

General Mcclellan was engaged
in restoring his burned volume of
memoirs at the time of his death,
and had reached the period of the
P~eninsular campaign. His literary
executor has not examined the man
uscript, nor has he consulted the
memorandum containing the Gener-
ais wishes on the subject of publ
cation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
School Notice.

~ Office is hereby given tina on the
~ 16Lti daV ri bttob +, 1850, Il pei
ton WAS flied in the Probate T., urt Oh
Prebie County, Ohio, praying for the
transferring of certain territory OF Dis
tricts Nos 1. 5and9, of Jefferson Town
ship, P!eble County, Ohio. And three
judicious disintereSted men of saic
County and State having been appointed
to act as Commissioners i'm the case as re-
quired by law in such cases, 1 appoint
the 2Sth day of November, 1885, as the
day of IT. Getting of said Commissioners to
examine into said case, and appoint the
School House in New Paris as the place
of meeting.
r. w. QUINN, Probate Judge.
ori01-5w
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

Secretary Of state Bayard has re
quested Secretary OF the Navy Whit
ney to send a man-of,war to the Sa
moan (Navigator's) islands for the
purpose of opening communication
with that government. The inhabi-
tants are Christians and mostly Pres
~byterians. The country is under the
protection of the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
NOTICE.

Nettie Ramsey, pl'tff, Preble County
VS., Court OF Com
George Ramsey, deft. mon Pleas.
GEORGE RAMSEY, defendant, you are
" hereby notified that the plaintiff, Nettie
Ramsey, did, ON the 7th day of October, 1885,
file her petition in the Court of Common Pleas,
Ohio, charging defendent with willful absence
from plaintiff without just cause for three
years; and also with habitual drunkenness for
three years, which case will stand for hearing
at the next term of said court.
1. E. FREEMAN.
oct22-6t. Atty for plaintiff.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The court Of appeals of Connect
cut has decided that railroad passes
Except in cases of charity are Civ.
en- in expectation of favors to be, OF
which have been given, and are con-
sequently not a gratuity, and holds
that the stipulation printed upon
such passes exempting the road from
liability for injury is void.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

They have discovered footprints
three feet long in the sands ofOfegon.
supposed to belong to a lost race" 1t
is impossible to conceive how a race
that made footprints three feet long
could get lost.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

Adams county is all store up"
over the discovery that the Republi
can County Treasurer is short about
$4,000. Sad news, isn't it2 We
thought from the reading of Repub
lican papers that only Democrats
done such naughty things!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

It is given out that Mr.. ]. B. For
aker will be inaugurated with great
pomp and ceremony. This is per-
haps well. 1t may be a long time be-
fore the Republicans have a chance
to ipaugurate another governor in
Obio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

In the November crop reports
from the National Department of
Agriculture, Ohio and Nebraska
show the highest rate of the yield
for corn-the average being placed
at thirty five and oue half bushels
per acre. Hurrah for Ohio!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

A Frenchman has been voted a re-
ward of two hundred dollars for per-
hitting himself to be bitten by a
mad dog in order that he might test
the virtue of Pastiur's system of by
drophobia incubation. Had the ex-
pertinent failed the reward would
have included only a modest burial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

According to the report of the
Treasury bureau, which has charge
of naval disbursements, the sun af
17,154. 999 was expended in the last
fiscal year for the Navy Department.
A Navy Department comes high, but
we must have one. Just think what
the expense would be if we had q
navy too!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition will
~ be presented to the Commissioners of
Preble county, Ohio, at their next session,
December 7th, A. d. 1885, praying for the va
cation of the Eaton and Camden free pike road
on the following line, to-wit: From the quar-
ter section corner dissection % of Casper Town
ship; thence south to its termination on the Ea-
ton and Somerville improved road in Somers
township, Preble county, Ohio.
oct29-4. MANY PETITIONERS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The P~ittsburg, Pa, Gazette an
nounces the cheering news that fires
7 being lighted in all the furnaces
and mills of the Lehigh Valley, some
Of which have been cold for two
years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The only negro killed at the late
election was in Maryland, and he
was killed because he was a Demo-
crat. But no Republican paper has
waved the ''bloody shirt" over the
outrage.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

The Dayton Democrat strikes the
proper chord when it says that the
time is probably not far distant when
there will be radical laws relative to
the corruption of the ballot in Ohio.
A large percentage of the people de
mand hoLest elections and eventual
ly will have them. There is a senti
mrnt in favor of n strict enforcement
of the laws as to bribery and of legis-
lation which shall forever disfran
chise any one convicted of accepting
money or other valuable considera
ton for his vote. The corruption of
the ballot, through the purchase Of
votes, is really n of the most dan
gerous things now threatening the
safety and %perpetuity of American
institutions. The introduction of this
style of debauchery of public morals
is the most disgraceful of any thing
charged to the system of SO called
Republican stalwart politics.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
Teachers Examinations.
nHE EXAMINERS of Preble Coun.

TfHE EXAMINERS Of PrebIe COun.
i ty, Ohio, will meet in the South
School Building, in Eaton, hereafter.
to examine teachers, on the LIST and Sd
Saturdays of Oct, Nov, Dec, JAN,
Feb, March and April; also, on the
LIST Saturday Of May and June, and on
the Saturday following the annual In
stitute in August.
c. c. MILLER,
F. S. ALLEY, Ex'ra
FRANK DEMOT"T,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19
Greene county has never had bet
ter showing for a corn crop than her
farmers will garner this season.

Poor Malone. He is about to pull
ont Of Virginia aud settle in Wash
ington city. Virginia will rejoice but
the District OF Columbia MOURN
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

NOR SALE BlLI.~, PD,rEtto, Y
il call at the DEMoeRAT Office.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

A TTORNEYS and Councillors at
n Law aud NOtaries Public. Attic
old stand on Barron street, Eaton, O
jams, 'S5-lv
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-11-19

Speaking of the approaching cele-
bration of Ohio's Centennial, the
Marietta Leader says: 1.-The near
approach of the Centennial of the set
Element of Ohio at Marie Ia, in 17SS,
has aroused considerable interest in
all parts of the West. The histori
cal society has taken steps to proper
ly celebrate the event. AS a prepars-
tory measure, a suggestive course of
reading is now being prepared for
use in the schools. of the State. This
course will be issued in leafet form,
and will contain topics for reading
and consultation. Its uses will be
introduced into every school in Ohio,
and for the coming two years the
children will receive special instruc
lion on Ohio and western history.
They will then be intelligently pre-
pared for the celebration to be held
in every school district on the TIL oil
April, 1888, commemorative of the
founding of the northwestern terri.
tory. For this celebration day, q
pamphlet, containing appropriate
selections Of prose and poetry, his
~torical incidents, sketches CT the first
settlement, etc., will be isseedby the
society, and sent to every school that
desires it's use. By this means the
State Society will arouse a historical
interest, and inclte in the children OF
Ohio a taste for good taste and in
structive reading.