The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Parties having fence stretchers belong
ing to Schurtz & Williams, will please
return the same at once.
The Natural Gas Company at New
Philadelphia struck a salt rock early
Saturday morning, at a depth of one
Thousand feet, and now have an extra
ordinary flow of salt water. The new
well is near the famous New Philadel,
phia Salt Works.
James Haston, John Haston, William
Whitesell, and two or three other Preble
county residents, left this I'VE lnesday)
morning for Sterling, Kansas, to make il
their future home. Sorry to lose so many
good working citizens from our county.
However, we wish them all long and
prosperous lives.
John w. Reed, agent for Russell & Co.,
Of Massallon, o., manufacturers of En-
Igines, Separators and Saw Mills, will
have on exhibition at Eaton, o., one of the
companies complete threshing outfits,
including their new style Road Engine,
being entirely new and unlike anything
else in the market. A practical exhibit.
ton of their new engine will take place
at Eaton in about two weeks, the date of
which will be given next week.
We are one of those Taxpayers, but, as we
never enjoyed the county ADVERTISING, not to
SO great an extent as yourself.-Camden
Gazette.
The county printing don't cost this
fellow of the Gazette over the 10th of a
mill! We suggest that our Legislature
pass a bill of relief for his benefit! 1t
might as we'll include Bro. Bloom of the
N. P. Mirror. We would rather pay it
out of our pocket than any calamity
should overtake their "better publica-
tions' on account of the heavy amount
wrenched from their hard earnings every
year to support rival CD journals ! !
We don't want the earth.
Don't fail to attend Deem & Sons clos
ing out sale of Livery Stock, on Satur-
day, March 9Th.
A capital of So, 900 has been subscribed
by the organized Eaton Gas and Oil
Company, and arrangements will be per-
fected in a few days to commence ope-
rating in the business. Any persons
wishing to inves. 500 in the enterprise
can do SO by calling on G. F. Brooke, jr.,
Treasurer, or F. P. Fil5ert, Secretary,
and leaving their names before Thurs
day evening, when a meeting will be
held to close all preliminaries and order
the machinery to begin sinking a WE'LL
There is scarcely a doubt but that gas or
oil can be found here in sufficient guam
titles to pay investments, and those of our
citizens who feel dispus ID to risk the
amount named in the enterprise. are Of
fered an opportunity until Thursday eve
ming. There is no 'sgas" about this
only simple and positive business.
The March number of Demorest's Mag
azine will be found unusually interest.
ing. "a Quaint Cuban City" "Siascon-
Set" and 1.-THE Two Esthers," are re-
markably good articles. Jennie June
concludes her paper on "a Woman's
Club" and Mrs. Harris serial progress
es pleasantly. Among the Prohibition
articles worthy OF note are 'The Respon-
sibility Of The Christian Church for The
Liquor Traffic." by w. Jennings Demo-
rest, and --latest Evolutions of the Tenn
perance Reform" by Frances E. Will
lard. Both of these articles contain the
most vigorous and aggressive thought on
the political aspects Of the Prohibition
movement. The various other depart
ments of the Magazine are we'll filled,
and "The Worlds Progress" is very
readable. A beautiful oil picture, "Early
Spring" forms the frontispiece, and a
~photogravure of 1.-THE Muez.in" is very
striking.
The time is approaching. when candi-
dates are to be selected to fill the various
Offices at the spring election, and we
hope u citizens generally will take our
oft-repeated advice and vol. our local
ticket without regard to politics.. We see
no valid reason why party nominations
should be made to fill these ofNes. What
issueis there that calls for a party divi
sion in filling the local offices of Mayor,
Councilmen, Clerk, Assessor, Treasurer
or Trustees? All we want is honest,
capable officials, who will discharge their
duties to the satisfaction of the people,
If you are a Democrat and you believe
the Republican is a better man, vote fol
him if a Republican and you think the
Democrat is the better man, vote for him
Let US try to have a set of good local of
fcials. We know that in some instance;
there "is not much CHOICE" but slcf
choice al there is, we should exercise oul
right to take it.
q Cranberries SC. q quart at J. Rhea 6
Sons.
Editor George Scales, of the Plainvill.
(Mich.) Independent, packs a paragraph
full of hard sense as follows: eve still
occasionally find a subscriber who is 81
unreasonable as to expect US to furnish
a local paper of the size of the Independ
' ent for $1.00 per year, because the De
, troit, Chicago and New York weeklie
! do it. Now it causes us a vast amour
of humiliation to confess that with hun
dreds of thousands of dollars capital
presses that turn out $4,000 papers al
hour, and circulations above the hun
dred% thousand, the city papers have tn
drop on us, so to speak, in the matter c
prices. Even at our present rate of in
crease in business, it will probably b
:, all of ten years before we have the sam
capital or facilities, and can toe the lin
" with them. But then we know that tn
grumblers can not get local news out
their city papers. And when they di
thov don't get apy silyer-nlafad ohituar