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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
Judge Seney's Bankrupt Bill.

MUCH InCereSC is manifested
throughout the country in the
adoption of a bankrupt law which
has been urged upon congress for
some time past. 1t has been known
that Judge Seney, of this state, has
had the introduction of a bill in
the house in contemplation for the
present session. Judge Seney in
troduced his bill on Monday. 1t
proposes to give state courts juris-
diction in the matter, and following
is a copy of the bill:
A bill to establish a uniform sys-
tenn of bankruptcy throughout the
United States:
Section 1. Every debtor who as
signs in writing all of his property
of every kind and description in
trust for the equal benefit of his
creditors, and delivers the said
writing to the trustee or trustees
named therein within ten days after
Ithe making thereof, and the same
operates to vest the right and title
in and to the property assigned in
the said trustee or trustees, for the
equal benefit ofthe creditors of such
debtor, may at any time within one
year after making the said assign
ment file his petition in the district
court of the United States for the
district in which he resides or, if
he be a resident of the District of
Columbia, then in the Supreme
court of the same district, alleging
therein that he did not make and
deliver an assignment of the tenor
and effect hereinbefore mentioned,
and describing therein the property
assigned, and stating the value
thereof, also the names of his credi-
tors, their place of residence and
the amount of each of their debts,
and praying therein that he be dis
charged from the payment of the
said debts.
The creditors of such debtor
shall be made parties defendant to
the petition and shall have at least
thirty days notice of the filling
thereof, and thirty days thereafter
IN which to answer the same.
Upon hearing of the petition the
court, if satisfied that such debtor
did make and deliver an assign
ment in manner and form and of
the effect aforementioned, and that
for six months prior thereto no
creditor of such debtor had been
preferred, and during said time no
other act was done or suffered to be
done by such debtor, respecting his
business or estate, to prevent an
equal distribution of his estate
among his creditors, or to give to
one creditor an advantage over a
co-creditor, shall order and adjudge
that such debtor be forever dis
charged from the payment of the
debts mentioned and set forth in
the petition, and such order and
adjudication shall be a full, COM
plete and final discharge of such
debtor from the payment of the
said debts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25
The conscience fund at Washing

The conscience fund at Washing
ton was begun in 1927. 1t now
amounts to over 100000, and is
increasing every year. So far, how
ever, no congressman has been
known to contribute to it because
of his abs%enteeism, although if ev-
cry member and ex-member should
refund the amount he has drawn
from the treasury for services not
rendered the aggregate of the con-
science fund would speedily be
doubled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

-
The Cleveland Plain Dealer very
truthfully says 1t ought to be made
a felony punishable with fine and
imprisonment for any member of
the Legislature to accept a free rail
road pass, or to accept any gift or
perquisite, or valuable considera-
ton other than his salary. 1t ought
to be accounted just rs dishonora-
BILE and just as much a crime for a
Senator or Representative to be
caught with a free pass in his pock-
ct as to be caught with a cash bride
in his hands.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

By the way, how does it happen
that Preble County has never been
invaded by the Bohemian oats
sharks? 1t must be because our far.
mers are too wide awake and intel.
ligent to be caught which is quite
complimentary to them.-M. P. MIR
ror. - RS aefs5
By the way, how does it come
that the ssbetter publication of this
county" is SO ignorant of the bust
ness of the county? The Bohemian
oats frauds worked" this county
last summer and got several notes
out of prominent farmers in it
They were forced to give up two
or three and the balance stand for
collection.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The Penny Press says.-The
mortgage indebtedness ofthis coun-
try is ever eight thousand millions
of dollars The adoption of the
single gold standard, OF an increase
In the weight of the silver dollars
sufficient to make them at par with
gold, would, in effect, add two thou
sand millions to the mortgage in
debtedness as given above. Two
thousand millions of a steal. No
wonder the thieves work hard for it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25


Each of the fourteen members OF
the House Committee on Coinage
is said to have had a plan of his
own in relation to the silver dollar,
and to have advocated it with much
earnestness. It is supposed that
this divergence of views will result
in the adoption of a compromise
proposition advocated by MI. Scott,
of Pennsylvania, providing for a
limitation of the coinage. His plan
is to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to limit the coinage to the
amount in circulation and a fixed
sum (say S15o,ooo,o oo) deposited
in the Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The Washington correspondents
ofthe Chicago Tribune says: "Sen-
ator Sherman's speech continues to
excite much comment. The bold
frankness with which he stated the
Republican position surprised
some of the Senators on that side
OF the House, who had looked for
only cautious statements from the
Ohio Senator. His getting ahead of
Edmunds has also drawn out some
amusing guesses ON the presidential
probabilities in 1882
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The public debt statement forthe
month ofJanuary shows a decrease
of $S,672,554. The available cash
balance Exclusive ofthe e o.
100000 900 held for the redemp.
ton of United States notes, over
$29,000,000 of fractional silver and
minor coins, and about 6,OOO,O OC
of accrued i~nterest) is $79, 6S9, 6S2,
an increase of So, &c. 800 since Jan.
1. Under the new system of keep
ing accounts, introduced by the
present administration, these latter
items are treated as liabilities. If
added to the assets, as was formerly
the custom, the available cash bal
ance in the Treasury would be $685.
464,284.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Dan Dalton in jail-a drunken
Common Pleas judge photo.
graph of Precinct A-Poorman's
packed jury fraud-ballot box
thieves-tally sheet forgers-bunko
steerers - Doodle distributors
blackmailers, ETC., ETC., is about the
way the two Cincinnati organs put
it every day. It is "amoosing" to
outsiders. Wonder which of the
tworMcLean or Halstead-is the
greatest scoundrel?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The New York Times shows that
In 1885 the Bell Telephone COM
pany upon an investment of less
than 100000. demanded and re-
ceived from the local exchange an
annual rent of nearly 50, 000, 900 or
an annual profit of 5000 from the
local exchanges. The New York
city exchange, it estimates, takes
In n year rentals enough to pay
for the entire plan, meets running
expenses and hasa surplus of over
$250,000 for stockholders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

1t is said that Ex-President Ar.
thur has been for some time a suf-
ferer from dyspepsia. His law part
ner recently informed a reporter
that he had been obliged to diet
himself for two weeks, but had been
well enough to attend a dinner the
other day The Brooklyn Eagle
thinks this is much like the boy
who upon recovering from a severe
attack of green-apple collie, cele-
brates his convalescence by revis-
iting the orchard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The Republicans of the Twenty
seventh congressional district Of
Pennsylvania have decided to make
nominations for congress by the
vote of the whole party throughout
the district, regardless of county
lines.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Itturns out that a republican who
wrote the 926 whichthe Commercial
Gazette has been parading before
the country as asforgery from 726,
was written by said clerk and that
there was just926 democratic votes.
Itlooks as if the editors of that pa
per ought to commit suicide, and
never appear before a decent pub
lie again.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

- The Order of Knights of Labor,
though yet not two years old, has
already made a remarkable growth,
the membership now numbering
over 2,250,0o0f All these men are
voters, and it is probable that in
the next five years they will make
their power felt in the politics of
the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The health officer of Chicago says
that the impure water there will
surely breed disease and suggests a
fifteen-mile tunnel under the lake.
This will involve al outlay of many
millions but it is urged as the only
plan by which good water can be
obtained. 1t is claimed that the
river carries the sewerage of the
city directly out to the present
water works "crib," and that there
fore the people might as well take
the water at the wharf as that
which is furnished by the works.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Each Congressman gets this year
$500 packages of vegetable seeds,
beside 500 packages of flower seeds,
which ought to guarantee any one
of them that want it, a re-nomina-
ton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Samuel J. Tilden is still alive,
and yet when he was pressed for
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency at the Cincinnati con-
vention in 1880, to rebuke the fraud
of 1875, the principal argument of
his opponents against it was that
he could MOTIVE his term out-that
he was feeble and palsied and on
the verge of the grave! Hancock
was nominated. Heis dead. Hen
bricks was a prominent candidate
before the convention-he is dead.
Mcclellan was mentioned-he is
dead. The Observation-Disclosures
fields dead. All younger men
than Tilden. Had Tilden been
nominated in 1880 he would have
been elected and lived his term out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The Boston Globe says that the
poll-tax prerequisite for casting
the ballot in Massachusetts dis
franchises more than 1oo,O
And still Massachusetts, raises he1
voice against the disfranchisement
of the colored vote in Georgia,
where a similar prerequisite is de
manded.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The costly county courthouse at
Chicago is tumbling in pieces and
thereis Danger in walking the streets
near it, Huge blocks of stone fire.
quentiy fall crashing to the ground.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The four distinguished Demo.
Gratis who died SO recently were as
remarkable for the purity of theil
private character as for the height
they attained in the public eye.
Seymour, Hendricks, Hancock and
Mcclellan lived and died without
q blemish.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Three of Hamilton connty's In
frmary Directors have skipped for
Canada. They had a weakness for
high living on the peoples money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

The Fitz John Porter bill passed
the House of Congress last Thurs
day, by a vote of III to 113.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

A bill before Congress proposes an
appropriation of $25O,OO0 for q Grant
monument at Washington.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Wilmington N C. had a 81 900,
600 fire last Sunday afternoon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-25

Pennsylvania coke operators offer
that if the strikers will esume work
at once, their wages will be advanced
as asked, on March Is.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-05
NOTICE
Chinese Hawaiian Intelligence Office

v~HE UNDERSIGNED Is PREPARED TO Fl R
nish Chinese servants for every description
OF work, including house servants, stewards
cooks walters, gardeners, carpe nters, etc. etc
CHINESE INTERPRETING
a speciality Accounts collected and general
commissions carefully and promptly executed.
Ohfee:-Corner Suuanu and Kukui streets.
". SAEESG.
Honolulu, September goth, 1886. s93-oct22
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-05
The RisdOn
Iron & Locomotive Works,
Corner of BeaIe and Howard Streets,


SAN FRANCISCO. $3.50. CA LIFORNIA
W. H. TAYLOR............... President
JOS. Superintendent
BUILDERS OF STEAM MACHINERY, IN
u all its branches; Steamboat, Steamship,
Land Engines and Boilers, High Pressure or
Compound.
STEAM VESSk ELS, of all kinds. built complete
with Hulls Of Wood, Iron or Composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ad-
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs
constructed with reference to the trade in
which they to be employed. Speed ton
mage and draft OF water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS AND SUGAR-MAKING MA
CHINERY made after the most approved
plans. Also, all Boiler Iron Work connected
Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler or Sheet Iron, Of any
size, made in suitable lengths for connecting
Packed for shipment, ready to be riveted on
the ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and
Water Pipe made by this establishment
Riveted by Hydraulic Riveting Machinery,
that quality Of work being far superior TO
hand work.
SHIP WORK, ship and Steam Capstans. Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans
SOLE AGENTS and manufacturers for the Pa
C tic Coast Of the Heme Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps, for Irrigation or
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-05
l.. G. SRESOVICH & co.

Commission Merchants and Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, green and dried;
manufacturers Of Desiccated COcoanUt. Bananas,
Lines. Pine Apples, Sicily Lemons, Tahiti
Oranges and Cocoanuts, Nuts of all kinds, Dates
and Smyrna Figs,
Packing Fruit for export speciality. Long ex-
perienge in shipping to China, Australia, Mexico,
Central America, Eastern States, etc. Tropical
Fruits ported direct by every steamer.
Branch House, san Francisco, T. o. box 1855.
Honolulu, II. l., L. O. box 30
Alb, AS aud AZ Washington street, opposite Post
Office; ~ Ala and II6 Merchant street.
479 feb26 81 SAN FRANCISCO.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29
WE boycott.
The Very Msnwho are Working 1t A'hRmeI
of Themselves,

The Very Men who are Working It Ashamed
OF Themselves,
The man Askew, who was paid to come
here from Plttsburgh aud try to run this
town, does not seem to have inspired the
men who hired him with the same bad
courage he Ia said to possess. The men
who are urging on the property Wrecklng
scheme 90 abnut 1t like o thief
in the night, They are ashamed 70 be
known in connection with 1t, Night be.
fore last they sneaked about through
East Wheeling and posted boycott circu'
lars and stuck them on the posts, One
gentleman, who q few weeks ago stopped
his subscription to the INTELLIGENcRR,
allowing himself to be bull
dozsd into doing 80 agalnst his better
judgment, found these circulars posted
Yesterday morning wheTO they were not
TO be seen the night before, and he re-
newed his subscription, saying he had no
use for anything that was too mean to be
done In open day,
A newsboy was heard last evening on
Market street denouncing the pub
liahsrs OF the evening Election Snap, He
said six or eight boys bought
from six to o dozen papers to sell, and
then the publishers sent another boy
around giving away the paper by the
dozen, The youth continued: Wits
hard enough to sell anyway, and when
they're giving them away who's going to
be chump enough to buy them p
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29
THE GospEL MEETINGS,
still u Manifest Increase of Interest and
FeryOr,

still u Manifest Increase of Interest and
FerVOr.
The attendance at tho Union prayer
meeting, held in the First Presbyterian
Church yesterday afternoon, s%hoWsdBome'
thing Of an increase over that OF any pre-
vlous meeting held there this week, This
argues the growing power Of the move.
ment that has been inaugurated in this
city for the overthrow Of the strongholds Of
sin and Satan. As usual Mr.. Patterson
addressed the meeting and spoke with the
fervor, conviction and certainty Of o Chris.
tian worker.who is fully aroused, who Is
deadly In earnest, and who is conscious
that he Is dealing with q Divine theme
resting on Divine authority, His text was:
"Asa man thinketh in his heart, 80 Is
he,h The address was vigorous, search
ing and convincing,
The meeting In the ChRpline Street
Rink In the evening WAS tho most largely
attended OF the series thus far. Rev. Mr.,
Patterson based his remarks on Rev. 90:
10. Theme, 1.-THE Forgiveness oil SINS"
The address wa co2ent, forCible. apt in
illustration and held the attention OF the
audience throughout. Tbs meetings are
indeed q preparation for Mr.. Moody, Mr..
Moody will arrive In the city on Saturday
and begin his work on the following day.
The meetings for Sunday arc as follows:
Nine q. M, Tor Christian workers in the
Fourth Street ME. church; at 8 p m, fol-
everybody in the Ohapltne Street Rink;
at 1880 p. M, in the Rink Tor men only.
Mr.. Moody will address all these
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29

corner-in fact business men In general
would appreciate an ordinance thRtHOrld
discourage street iskirs who pay neither
rent not taxes,
Ma, q, A. HousE yesterday sent ono Of
the Packard organs to the Ohapline Street
Rink for use during the Moody meetings.
Tar South Side Singing Society gave .
delightful copCsrt and ball last evening at
WeStwOOd's Hall. Billy Mayors orches-
ira played,
GRoRsR scHAD, the butcher, drove into
an open gas ditch on Twenty-touEth street
Wednesday night, but the only evil effect
was the hard work neCessitated TO get his
horse ont.
JUDGE BR4NSoS will expound his
novel theories OF tariff reform at the
Alhsmbra Rink this evening. The
Young Mems Democratic Club will escort
him down,
THR Natural Gas Company of West Vir.
GINA only has half the product Of one
well in its pipes, yet the gauge at Elm
Grove ahowsa pressure OF 200 pounds to
the square inch.
Tax daily sessions Of the Municipal
conrt are being taken advantage Of by the
Democratic mapsgeTs to natnIaliSe for
eigners. They have evidently shaken the
bushes for unnaturslized residents,
The Grand Master Workman Of the
American Order OF United Workmen, Ia
to arrive in the city to-day for the purpose
OF visiting and inspecting the order here,
He will be entertained this evening with
q banquet at the Mcclure House.
THE PERSONS invited to accept reserved
seats on the platform to sing in the choir
EduTing the Moody meetings are hereby
requested to call for their tickets to-day
at Amick's shoe store, ll43 Main street, OF
at the rink this evening, and persons who
have not vet accepted he committse'a in,
v~itation will please do so at once or the!l
chairs may BIZ assigned to others.
ANDY WnsaERSER, the well known
East Whesliug butcher, was driving bill
team through cut near RDney's Point
Yhen u train dashed through, The
horses reared and plunged against tbs
train, throwing WeisgeTber to the ground
Both horses were cut up pretty badly
and Wei6geGber was also bruised up, buI
fortunately bath driver and horses es
cSped with their lives,
T., ]. FARRoN and his company present
ed "a Soap Bubble" at the Opera Houst
last evening to an audience which packed
The house in all its parts, The play, thu
songs and tha funny situations, tho vpeCia
and artistic scenery, all came in for en-
thusiaBiiG expressions Of approval aud de
light. MIR FSrron increased the good i'm
preston he has previously made. ThI
company Is a good one.
TuE HpauerChor Singing Society o
this city, 10 to celebrate It's t6irty.arst an
niversary next Thursday evening Novem
Der 4, with q grand concert and ball at 1t
hall in Crapple's block on Market street
! Special Ctr)its are being put forth to max
thIa anniversary one OF the most enjoys
BIZ OF tbs many pleasant events that hay
taken place In the past under the auspiCe
OF this old society. A nnmber Of siate
societies will visit the MUlneIehor mex
Tb uIsday and ssslst in the celebration.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29

Editor RsOltsr THE RSg6tr Of to-day
contains q communication which Is in
tended to prejudice the public against the
Republican nominee for Congress in the
First Congressional District, Since this
article relates to matters OF which / have
personal knowledge, and since it repre-
sents me as q person with agrievAnce, my
right to reply to it will not be questioned,
About the only truthful statement in
connection with the call Of myseli and
other Republicans at Gen, COTS house, is
that we did call, and there was q CONVEX.
sation, full, frank and friendly.
IL | had not been prepared 10 support
General Golf loyalty, as the nominee Of
Imy party, and to urge my friends to do 80,
nominate him, as | did. Since that mo-
ment l have left nothing undone to con.
tribute to General Colts success, and 30
/ shall continue 10 exert myself until the
polls Cloae on Tuesday next, This / do
not only willingly, but cheertully, and 1t
will BIS reward enough to know that ]
have contributed in some degree to retain
in Congress, from this district, q faithful
and able champion Of a pro ective tariff
for American labor and manufactures,
The statements With regard to Mr.. Hart,
OF the INTRLLIdEACgR, are well known to
be untrue. II your correspondent had
consulted the files Of the daily nswsps.
pers, he would have seer that MIR. Hart
was duly chosen a delegate TO the Con.
gressiolal Convention, from the district
In ahiCh he resides. So far from his hav.
ing worked his way in on u proxy, | know
that two proxies were sent TO him aud
that no did not make use OF either. am
glad to he able TO say further that the
friendship which existed between Mr.,
Hart and myself was not strained by any
thing that occurred during the prelimin,
airy campaign or since. His course to.
wards me was candid. l well understood
from himself that he regarded the nomi.
nation OF Gen. GOT as desirable at this
time,Nnd would endeavor to contribute to
that result.
The public may ESst assured that those
oil US who took psrtiu the Weston con-
vsnlion are giving the nominee OF that
convention our un~ialteTing support. There
Is no trouble in the family, nor can inter
ested persons make any trouble there.
Respectfully,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29
nNohle ctl.to0 I'D tlle 0rnnd.

4tthe Grand last night The gallery wal
crowded and there was a very fair audi
enCe down StSita Mr.. ]. W. Garner ap.
peared as Monte Crho, Mr.. Garner 10 an
actor Of the old school, thorough and
painstAkinR and bis characterization Of
tho romantic individual created by DID,.
mas, was worthy Of the hearty applause II
received, In Botne respects hla con-
ception 10 an improvement on other
Monte Critol. MTB. Shepherd as 4ercsdeO
was ALEC satisfactory, and the rest Of the
company 10 ialr. AZ q whole the per.
l~orniAlCe 10 CteditAble and Interesting,
II will be repVStsd this evening, and %.
morrow afternoon aud evening. | 10
Of liberal patronage.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-29

TO gain, and because he Adyo.
Gates the doctrines Of g party which
would let In the productions Of 8 King
ridden people in competition with the
free labor OF the Republic,
For his u~pintended eulogium upon
Mr., Atkinson and the Republican party !
for his tribute 10 the mRgnanimlty OF
Captain DovensT, and for his testimony
to the unsslAShness Of Gof in accepting
what he did not desire, Facts has the
proioundest thanks OF EUsIa,
Wheeling, 0a, 2s, i'S6,