The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-05

and become an honored and useful citi.
zen of community and eventually a mil
~lionaire, let him apply at the DEMOCRAT
office. We want one.
Plenty of bad colds.
Public sales are plenty.
The cold wave.has busted.
Corn 40 cents per bushel.
Hogs from $4,25 to $3.50.
Good sleighing continues.
Valentine day is close at hand.
Wheat brings IS cents in Eaton.
Dressed chickens 35 cents apiece.
The NEW P. NJ. of Eaton is installed.
Fox hunts are now having a boom
about here.
Ohio has eleven thousand farms. of less
than 10 acres each.
Save SOC. to 75c., by buying your new
Lpring Hat at the Eagle Clothing Store.
A great Methodist revival is going on
at Gallipolis, O.
We want a good active Board of Health
in Eaton for the coming summer.
Politenessi is the dividing line between
the gentleman and loafer.-
James Taylor and wife are in Toronto,
Canada, visiting relatives.
The law requiring business firms to
advertise their names has been repealed.
Mrs. Phebe Koontz is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. A. II. Duke, at Kokomo, Ind.
There's been 10000 skating Kinks built
in this country this year. Skee-rinktum,
amt that an awful waste of cash?
Ed. Emanuel, of Dayton, has made an
assignment. He is well known in this
county. Liabilities not known.
John Clicks tobacco warehouse has
been turned into a skating rink. 1t is
the best in the burg at present.
Glovesi Gloves! Save fifty per cent,
at the Eagle Clothing Store.
Lieut.. G. P. Rees is at home on a Wis
it to this place, after al absence of three
years in foreign waters.
Warren Ridgely of Leadville, Colora-
do, is at home visiting his mother, Mrs.
Geo. Koutz.
The Ground Hog didn't see his shadow
about here. Get ready to pillow and plant
oats and corn!
The Mayor says that fast drivers on
our streets will get the full extent Of the
law if brought before him.
The best musical talent of Eaton will
assist at the Knight OF Honor Fair this
week.
Weregretv very much to state that Hon.
D. G. Stubs, of.West Elkton, has been
compelled to make an assignment. Lii
abilities not known.
G. j. Miller, of Baltimore, Franklin
Co., o., spent a few days last week with
his brother, Prof. c. G. Miller, of Eaton
Schools.
Music LessOns..On Piano and Or
gan, or Vocal Instruction, go to Mrs.
May Grouse Holmes. Residence, High
St., End door west of Barron st. [f5-ly
Bro. Bloom of the New Paris MIRROR
has the Eaton telephone on the brain
again. We are a little alarmed about
the results of the malady.
The whooping cough is bad up at New
Paris. From the way the MIRROR %
'whoops'' about our telephone he must
have it.
There is no ''itch" in this county, Mr..
Greenville COURIER, except an itch for
office and to own the whole earth, among
a few.
!. The business of the Telephone Elk
change has fallen off very much in Ea-
ton, as well as all other places of its size
and population.
Young man, look at the elegant spring
style Hat, just in, at the Eagle Clothing
Store.
An exchange says: ."Don't raise your
girls to go to the rink" No, don't. They
are apt to "fall" nine times out of ten if
you do.
1t is claimed that cigarette smoking
leads to idiocy. We don't believe it.
The person who smokes cigarettes has
been led there already.
Knights of Honor Festival at city Hall,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday w
nings, Feb. 5th, 9th and eth. Admis-
sion, 10 cents.
The barn belonging to the widow Mi
ley, five niles west of Eaton on the Con-
cord road, was destroyed by fire on Mon
day evening last with all its contents
i. No particulars.
William Anderson, who has been an
inmate of the County Infirmary for elev.
en- years, died on the LIST inst, of spinal
trouble, aged 63 years. Funeral services
by Rev. w. H. Orr.
The only winter birds that are now to
be seen are the brown. English sparrows
which, though hated by multitudes O
enemies, are well able to take care o
themselves.
The average value of each farm in the
United States, together with its persona
property, is $4,000. There are also, OF
an average, six persons in each farmer
family.
&c. will buy your choice Of Neck Ties
new goods, worth 75c., at the Eagl'
Clothing Store.
Charles Rhefuss has gone to Upton
Ind, where he has accepted a position
in a drug establishment. Charley is
very good boy and intends to make
mar of himself.