The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-02
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
The threshers are busy.

Ahyuooy See Tic eClipSe Oh Sunuay &
Teachers and scholars resume bust
ness next Monday.
Mrs. Frank Jones has our thanks TO
a basket OF fine large crab apples.
Dr.. Leech's Office is in the Drug Stor,
opposite the Reichel House, Main St.
Considerable blowing has been don,
in this county for wheat.
Mrs. John A. Grouse left for Petoske,
last Monday night.
Miss Minnie Fudge of Lockland, o.
is visiting her many friends in Eaton.
II. D. Tilberry raised a potato thai
weighed pounds and Z ounces. VIII
can beat it?
Joe Haines is at home from Louisville,
KY, to spend a few days with his moth.
er and friends.
Prof. G. G. Miller is spending a week
in Eaton among his friends, before he
goes to work on the Ottowa schools.
Frank Ramsey left at our Office last
week a basket of sweet corr roasting
ears that surpassed any we ever saw
A small farm for rent near Eaton. En-
quire of A. Denny. [aug26-2
John Stevens of Arcanum, O., was in
Eaton on Monday last. He is quite a
social and clever fellow.
Frank G. Thompson, Esq, spent sew
eral days at home with his mother and
sisters during the past week.
MIN. Johnson has purchased the Eli
Holderman farm for $4,000. Mr.. John
o lost his home by the great cyclone
of May last.
Persons wanting to take passage on
the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw
railway, will find its time table in the
columns of the DEMOCRAT.
The oil well has been abandoned az
ter reaching q depth of 1918 feet. This
will more than likely be the end of the
business in Eaton.
w. E. Hicks, editor of the ST.. Louis
"Post-D Dispatch" arrived at Eaton on
Monday, the 23d of August, having rode
the entire distance on his handsome BIZ
cycle.
This week closes the list of 81 900 and
over taxpayers in Preble county. Moth
ing published in the county for a long
time has given such general interest to
our readers as this list.
There is a woman in Canton, China,
whose soles are so small that she can
stand on a silver dollar. That's nothing.
I'VE have seen men in this country whose
souls are SO small hat they can stand on
ten cents.
Farmers are beginning to object to
having signs painted on their barns and
fences. They think that the best way
for merchants to advertise is through the
columns of their local newspapers. Ker-
rect.
At the hunters reunion ut Arcanum
last Thursday, Bob. Appleby won the
double-barreled gun prize and Philip
Miles a camp stool. Joe Wilson held
his own better han usual. and is certain
he will not have to buy a deer this year!
Tablets, Pens, Ink. Pencils,
States. &C., 20 school at Eii.
sons Book Store.
Elkanah Young will offer at public
sale at his residence 5 miles southeast of
Eaton and 3 miles northeast Of Camden,
on the Barnet's mill road, on the 11th
inst, horses, span of mules, milk COWS,
hogs, corn in .the field, farm implements,
stove wood, household goods and many
other articles.
We read in a contemporary of a mum
Der of girls who are suffering in another
neigh5orhood from a malignant type of
sore throat, attributed by the physicians
to the use of chewing gum colored by a
poisonous substance. The poison las
eaten into their throats, and, in some
cases, it is feared will prove fatal. The
gum chewing girls of Eaton should be
careful what kind of colored lard they
exercise their store teeth on.
Our old live and true democratic friend,
Geo. X. Wood, of Somers township, left
at our Office last Saturday to sample, two
bottles of wine of his own manufacture,
one five and the other two years old
After the November election we'll draw
the corks and drink to a State Demo
cratic victory, and the health of our
Fr.aaI c-I h,a .aoI sfh,ftnr Lolf 81 DIT
that down.
By the new law passed by the Ohio
Legislature, towns are released from
bearing the expense of armory and drill
rooms for use of companies of the Ma
tional Guard. The law says that "Coun-
ty Commissioners shall provide each or
ganization with a suitable armory for
purpose of drill and sale keeping of arms
and other military property furnished by
the State, and the expense of armories,
including the necessary fuel and lights,
shall be paid by the county in which the
members of each organization reside"
A very sad and distressing accident
happened to the family of Mrs. Reuben
Switzer on her way to Kansas city two
weeks ago, to meet her husband who
had been residing there for some time.
Mrs. Switzer concluded to stop over and
visit her brother-in-law, Geo. Switzer,
who resides near indianapolis, and while
at his house her eldest child, a bright
little boy of six years, in eating some
cold chicken got a bone lodged in his
throat, and before medical aid could be