The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-06-24
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Lima has forty oil wells.
This is haymaking time.
Too much wet for farmers.
The green apple is ON deck.
Eaton has signal service flags.
The year of 1856 is about half gone.
Next Sunday a week sthe 4th Of July.
Beware of decayed and unripe fruit
and vegetables.
A few more parasols left at Craik's.
They must be sold.
Not a vacant house in Lima for rent.
Oil wells did it.
Red is the prevailing color in Eaton.
Even the churches are adopting it.
Preble county's 90 saloons pay s5,4OO
Dow tax.
Miss Sue Lewellen is very sick with
lung fever.
Astronomers announce another batch
of "spots" on the sun.
Blow up your patriotism for the 18th Of
July.
No circus for Eaton this summer Ills
sad.
Calico was sold down to n cent a
yard by two rival notion stores in Eaton.
The blackberry and raspberry are now
on top.
The Deuber watch company is still at
Newport, KY.
Spring chickens are in markets.
cents a quartz
What party in Eaton attempted to de-
stroy the Corporation records by fire?
The eagle HOTEL is offered for sale.
See ad. in another column.
Ten colored girls graduated in Xenia
schools.
Look at that beautiful line of light
shades in Nuns Cloth, at Craik's.
There has been but one death in Eaton
since the 18th of May, that OF Miss Flan-
merry
On the 4th inst, at Bartonia, Ind,
Thomas Graves, died, aged As years. He
was born in Preble county.
Eaton Cornet Band will give a
festival in the Court House Park Satur-
day evening July Sd. All lovers of mu-
sic are invited to it.
On last Saturday 20 saloon keepers
walked into the Treasurer's Office and
paid their 500 liquor assessment.
Philip Miller's brown race mare "NIol-
Iy," got badly cut up in the fair grounds
on Monday night last.
Harvesting in Butler county will be
about over at the close of this month,
and in Preble county too. Early, isn'tit?
The Eaton gas and oil well has reached
a depth of nearly 1900 feet. 1t will soon
get into China and then something will
ttdrap."
How would it do to have u Corpora
ton affairs for the past five years over
hauled? Are the records in q condition
to have it.done?
II every subscriber of the DEMOCRAT
who owes for over a year, will send us a
81 on the account, it would help US very
much, Can't you do it?
The city of Greenville is after the gam
blers of that burg. Several have been
fined $500, and persons who rented the
rooms where it was carried on $500.
County Treasurer Musselman cashed
Hast Saturday $9,517 sc! 1t is the big
gest days work ever done in the office
by any county official without assistance.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church will
hold a lunch festival in that institution
on Friday and Saturday evenings next.
Lunch from So o'clock p. M, to closing
time. Everybody is invited.
The School Library will be open be-
tween 4 and5 O'Clock to-day, Thursday
and every alternate Thursday during the
summer for receiving and returning
books.
The people say Craik's great Saturday
sales must continue and he says they will,
There will be an excursion on the
Mackinaw from L~ewishurg to West AL
exandria on the 4th OF July. That il
what the people over in that meek O
woods say.
"The Cosmopolitan" for June, pub
Iished at Rochester, N. Y, is on hand
filed full of good and interesting arti
cles. There is no brighter or better pc
riodical now published in this country
than the "Cosmopoli tan." Try it.
It will pay every reader of this papel
to send 16 cents in stamps to the JOSEPH
Dixon Crucible Co.. of Jersey City, N
j., for samples OF lead pencils. By men
tioning this paper they will receive pen
ellis worth double the money. We have
tried them.
"How to get to California without cosl
ing a cent for transportation" is nov
advertised by a New York firm, particu
lars OF which are sent for two dollars
The money always brings the answer
and a single printed word on paper, sen
you by mail, says walk"
The farmers of Allen county are exc
ted.over a number Of mysterious cases c
poisoning of valuable horses. No les
than twenty valuable pieces OF horsefies
have died from poisoning, and althoug
vigilant, the farmers have been power
less to stay the hand of the p%oisoner c
find out who he is.