The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30
CURRENT rop,cs.

1HE CnineSe reS6riCtlOu OIL nde Deen
passed through the Ontario Senate without
amendment.
New ZEALAND Is purchasing American
locomotives. England does not put them
up satisfactorily.
PAPER is now made into limitations of |
horn, rubber, tortoise shell, amber, glass |
and various kinds Of cloth.
Mich cows on farms in the United |
States between 1870 and 1880 increased 80 |
per cent. and reached 1880, 600.
THE house in which George Washington |
resided during visit to Charleston, 8. c.,
Is about to be turned into bakery.
] THE Grand Duke Nicholas arrived in |
London the other day. Nick is probably |
after copy of the Pail Nall Gazette.
RUSSIAN harvest prospects continue dis |
couraging. Winter wheat in the southern
provinces gives barely a middling return.
UsING the letters in the word "knowl-
edge" q little Georgia girl recently formed
240 distinct words, and carried of prize.
THE author of 'sSilver Threads Among
the Gold" has been appointed postmaster
at Shiocton, Wis, at salary of $242 year.
The last blow to the ller-skating rink
has been given by Philadelphia physi-
clan, who says roller-skating enlarges the
feet
NoRRrsrowN, Pa, has a preacher who
does not want and will not, take a vacation,
his reason being that the devil does not
take one.
JOHN G. Fremont says he has camped
where Chicago, Minneapolis and Salt Lake
City now are before the first inhabitant
put mp his cabin.
SPELLMG-REFoRM seems to be making
progress in the world of spirits. A prophet
ess in Chicago writes her name: "Madaim
Bansowameria, trans mejuim."
NJ. PERRY, the French astronomer, an
nounces the rather novel theory that earth
quakes, like the tides are caused by the
attraction of the sun and moon.
NorwrHsrANDING the fact that two
hundred persons were poisoned in Sicily
by eating ice cream, the other day, our
: American girls will not take warning.
APPOINTMENT lawyer who has been prac-
ticing in Philadelphia for forty two years,
said recently that he has never known the
law business To be 80 dull as it is at pres
emit
The gold fever has struck the town OF
Reeding, Vt, and already fortune hunters
are at work. The rock is said to yield $1S
ton at five feet depth, $40 at seven feet
and $50 at ten feet.
A MONUMENT is to be erected to the MEM
ory of Mrs. Surratt, who was executed as
q conspirator in the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln. Brick Pomeroy is at the
head of the movement.
A NANTUCKET woman, to combine busi-
ness with the outdoor exercise ordered by
the doctor, is driving public carriage for
the accommodation of summer visitors,
and is doubly benefited.
THE city of Duluth, at the head of Lake
Superior, which was almost unknown fif-
teen years ago, is now third in the list of
grain receiving ports, outranking Milwau-
kee, Toledo and st Louis.
GIRARD CoLLGEis pushing on it's work of
technical training. A foundry and black
smith shop will soon be added to the splen-
didly equipped machine and carpenter
shop provided for the boys.
A LONG, slender white worm is reported
to be destroying the watermelon vines in
the Salem County IN. ~ belt. 1t eats into
the heart Of the plant'sroot, causing it to
wilt and die in short time.
To prevent their children from getting
lost, the heads of several families sojourn-
ing at Asbury Park have adopted the use
of linen tags, on which the name and ad-
dress are printed or embroidered.
QuoNG LEE a Chinese laundryman al
Lapeer, Mich, was given three days by
the village washerwomen to leave town
The women threatened to cut of his Gu,
L. saI kIo,r
KANSAS, found treeless and a desert by
the pioneers, now bears upon its fertile bo
som 20,000, 900 fruit trees and 2O0, 900 acre
offorest trees, all planted by man. Al
increased rainfall is one .well-establishe,
result.
IT is expected that at the present rate O
survey the geological map of thu Unite
States will be completed in about twenty
four years, one-fifth of the country, exclu
sive of Alaska, having thus far bee
mapped.
WOMEN dentists are gaining ground i
Germany. They are practicing in man
ofthe great cities-in Hamburg, Straus
burg, Cologne, Weisbaden and Frankfort
on-the-Main. They are very popular wit
the children.
visit to his island now, he would be aston
ished at the business done. There are o
the island thirty Thousand head of cattl
and as many sheep, the inhabitants largel
supplying the Valparaiso market.
The Humane Society of Pittsburgh hs
resolved to open a fund for the erection
drinking fountains in various parts of I'll
city. 1t is expected that the city will ful
nish water free, and plain, useful, durab
fountains will cost not more than $40 to s.
each.
:. An Englishman who took part in Nj
expedition, informs us that camels are gre
friends of tobacco. If one smokes in fro
of one of these animals, he immediate
comes close to the pipe, places his no
against the tobacco and swallows 81
smoke. Then raising his head, with b
mouth open and looking up into the a
breathes sigh full of ecstasy.
JAMES d. FISH, of the defunct Mari
Bank, New York, is employed in the sh
department of the penitentiary. In marc
ing to and from his work he is not fore
into the common rank, but is permitted
walk alone. Friends have furnished
cell with q carpet and easy chair.
A HoTHL PORTER at Watch Hill, Con
named Morris King, stopped a runaw
team nine years ago at irfninent peril
himself and refused the reward offered
the father of the six-year-old boy who b
been left in the vehicle. The other day
received legacy of $1,000 under {
;. fathers will.
THE daughters of the Prince of Wa
are brought up in the most simple mann
The three sisters occupy one large b.
room, furnished very plainly. They Ii
SO quiet life that they are still childr
although the eldest is seventeen. They
constantly with their mother, forming
charming group, and arevery distinguish
In manner and extremely well educated