The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-05
So long as the snow is lying on the

So long as the snow is lying on the
earth, and while the base-burner contin-
ues to call for coal in unlimited Quanti-
ties, so long as the thermometer refuses
to rize above freezo and the ice stays
thick on the ponds, gentle spring seems
as indefinitely remote as the north pole,
and yet spring dry goods are advertised
as already in the markets and spring
fashions are appearingon the front pages
of the magazines.
DIR. Nichols, III West Washington
Place, New York city, cured a case of
diphtheria in its last stages, by closing
the o and burning a mixture Of liquid
wood tar and turpentine. Put it in a tin
pan and set fire to it. Dense clouds of
smoke will arise, which dissolve the fl
brinous membrane which chokes the pa
tent in Group or diphtheria. The RENE
dy is not unpleasant and perfectly harm
less.
An exchange hits the nail on the head
when it says: "When you hear a man
sneering at the local papers because they
are not as big, cheap and newsy as the
city papers, you can safely say that he
does not %squander his wealth in assist
ing to make them better, and that gen.
orally the papers have done more for
him than he has for them. The man
who can not see the benefit arising to a
town from its newspapers, hasn't the
sense Of an oyster, and is about as much
value to a town as a last years birds
nest.
If the people of Eaton give proper en-
couragement and assistance to the Com
pany organized here last week to manu-
~facture wind engines, a factory will be
equipped and operated here which will
give employment to a large number Of
Hands. The wind mill to be made al
ready has an established reputation and
trade, so much SO that orders are now
coming in for them without solicitation.
There are at least three hundred men in
Eaton and vicinity in enforced idleness.
Furnish them work at living wages and
every branch of business in our town
would be benefited.
An important change has been made
in the jury law. At present, among the
twenty-seven ballots drawn, the names
of deceased persons and those who have
removed from the county often appear.
To obviate this the law has been amend
ed as follows: "If any ballot so drawn
shall bear the name of a person who, at
the time of such drawing, is known by
the clerk to be deceased, or to have be-
come a nonresident of the county, every
such ballot shall be destroyed and the
same shall not be counted, and the clerk
shall continue such drawing until he
shall have drawn the required number
Of ballots, exclusive of those destroyed"
There are in Preble county twenty-five
post Offices which are as follows, with
the salaries attached: Eaton, 81, 800;
Brinley, $4O.51; Camden, $724.S6; Ell
dorado, $313.61; Campbellstown, $39.Os
Ebenezer, $31.30; Euphemia, $112.2O;
Fair Haven, $219.13; L~ewisburg, $780,
81; Lanier, $27.90; Morning Sun, $162.-
CA; New Paris, $602.29; New Westville,
$50. 63; Riota, $26.02; West Sonora, $780,
81; Upshur, $4S.27; West Alexandria,
$47O.37; West Elkton, $240.4S; West
Florence, $51.SS; West Manchester,
$2OO.72; Gratis, $229y57; Greenbush,
$47 so. We don't know of but one OF the
list in charge of a Democrat.