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

European ingenuity in the con-
s~truction of destructive instru-
ment was perhaps never SO active
as at the present time, and past
successes only stimulates to still
greater achievements in this line.
In England and other countries, in
order to overcome the rifed NOR
tor-a short gun with relatively
short range-guns havebee invent
ed having a length of fifty feet and
a range of ten miles. The thickness
of solid armor plates has also been
increased until the italian ifonclad
Italia has t~hirty-six inches of ar
NOR on her sides and carries four
1OO-ton guns, which throw shells
of 1000 pounds a distance of ten
miles. Not even satisfied with such
monstrous guns, the same Govern
ment contracted two years ago.
with Krupp, to build for them five
forged steel breach-loading guns OF
1875 tons each, fifty-fve feet long,
and a projectile of $500 pounds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
The Pan Handle people are s

The Pan Handle people are sur
veying for a directroutc from Rich
rnond to Cincinnati to compete
with the c., H., & D. The object is
in part to induce the G., H., & D.
to sell them the road from Hamil-
ton to the State line Junction and
if they will not, the direct line will
be built. The Pan Handle has al
ready securedthe refusal of ground
upon which to build a new depot al
Hamilton. Their route will be
along what is called the Fourmile
Creek to a point M and one-halt
miles south of Fair Haven, thence
one-half mile west of the creek
thence as near due north as posi-.
BILE, passing about three-quarters o
a mile east of Boston, and from
there it will run a little east and in.
tersect the first division of the Par
Handle near the junction of the Lit
tie Miami and c., H, & D.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04


Peter Faulkner, the crippled
Democratic soldier who was ap-
pointed one of the Visitors Guides
in the State House under Governor
Hoadly, who was bounced within
eleven minutes after the inaugura-
ton of Governor Foraker, had yet q
month to serve to complete the two
years for which he had been ap.
pointed. Now, says the Mansfield
Banner, President Cleveland Mou1o
not think of turning even. a com
mon sort of a Republican officer
out of office whose term of office
would expire in a month or. two
He would let him serve out his
time. Not so with Foraker. Demo
Gratis have to go without ceremony
whether crippled soldiers or not
They have got to go because they
are Democrats. s..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
TI,ima Drmocrnt.l

The closing of 'S5 and the open
ing of '86 are two periods on the
revolution of time, long to be re-
membered. Especially is this true
of the Democratic party. Gen. U.
S. Grant, of the Republican party
was the first prominent man to
break the charm and pass to the
mysterious future" The press
everywhere, irrespective of party,
paid him glowing tributes, in which
his public life and his memory were
not once deprecated. Then follow
ed Vice President Hendricks, the
best friend the Democratic party
had and upon whom the presidents
mantle should have fallen. A few
Republican editors in whose veins
bipartisan blood for the living and
dead alike flows, criticised his rec.
ord. And now we stand appalled,
at the sudden death of Gen. Han.
cock and Horatio Seymour, both O.
whom had been Democratic Presi
Dental nominees, who, for purity
in public and private life, were pal
excellence. The opportunity was toe
choice an one for the miserable
wretch, who edits the Commercial
Gazette. Certainly neither a ray O
good, nor a small flow Of the mill
of human kindness ever enters thu
heart of this unintellectual brute
The memory of our deadi is sacred
be they Republicans or be they, ia.
better, Democrats, and for a man
who possesses no better record thar
Halstead to attack men vastly hi
superiors, such as were Hancocl
and Seymour, smacks of bias
phemy. No living Republican cal
point us a parallel in the Dem
ocratic press, wherein the merits o
a prominent member of that $50,
forsaken" party was so belittle'
after death. We think Sam Jones
efforts have been in vain in Cincin
matt, or he would have converte,
this vituperous snake. We will
pardon him, however, believing tina
the snake has committed the "un
pardonable SIM" and that no on
can do him any good.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

The late infrmary management
in Hamilton county probably sur
passes anything in the history OF
the state. One batch of contracts
amounting to '$17,250 turns out to
have cost an actual outlay of but
1904, leaving a clean steal of $13,.
876. It all illustrates the defects OF
the present law, which turns the
large expenditures for county in.
|firmaries over to three men-as 8
matter of fact, generally to one
man-and then places no checks
on the extravaganza or dishonesty
which the members of the board
may develop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
NEGRO EMIGRATION.

The New Orleans TINES DEMOCRAT
is not alarmed at the negro emigra-
ton movement, but takes q practical
view of it. The present movement is,
it says nor Ineligible than that
which took place some years ago.
"The negroes are settling mainly in
the southern portion of Arkansas, in
a'country well adapted to them in ev-
cry respect, as is shown by the fact
that it already maintains a large ne
gro population. 1t is the centre Of the
cotton belt of this country, very fer
lille, and yet with much land open to
settlement, damaged from ovcrfows
having somewhat retarded its growth.
In this country the negro will en-
counter none OF the hardships he met
with in Kansas.
While a movement of this kind al
ways creates some little excitement
among planters who fear lest it may
result in drawing off their labor, it
cannot altogether be prevented, nor is
it altogether injurious. 1t is natural
for many negroes to desire to estab-
fish themselves in new lands, and as
the whites Of the southern belt are
moving to Texas it is not to be won.
dered at that the negroes should move
West also. They make as a rule, it is
true, poor emigranls, having no exact
idea of where they want TO go. or what
they will do when they get there, and
possess scarcely any property, but still
they are, like the whites, constantly
tending Westward.
Instead of such q movement being
injurious 10 the States from which
these negroes move. j, is advantageous
in several respects, if in moderation.
If thousands Of the whites OF South
Carolina, for instance, move 10 Geor-
gia. Alabama. Florida and Texas, and
there is no corresponding emigration
among the negroes, that State will find
itself every year with n great negro
majority. The proportion of the ne
groes in its population has been in
creasing rapidly from year to wear,
and some measure is needed to pre-
vent Il further increase. This, the ne
gro emigration toward Arkansas and
Texas will accomplish, at the same
time there is NJ danger that it will
in the least effect the large preponder-
ance of whites in the latter States.
Unless it is desired to condemn GER
tain sections of the South 10 the nc
9roPs, to make them absolutely black
and free from the influence OF eau
| casian civilization, q movement such
rs has started toward Arkansas should
be encouraged within legitimate
grounds rather than opposed and
prevented. 1t is only when it takes
the form of the Kansas exodus, when
it leaves plantations vacant, and
brings misery and suffering upon the
negroes themselves who embark in il
without knowing what they are doing,
that it becomes injurious and danger
ous."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
of regarding public Office rs n public

OF regarding public Office rs q public
trnst. They believed hat lie meant to
distribute the patronage in the inter-
est Of the country with a view to ele-'
waiting the service and securing to- the
people the fruits of honest govern
ment. They applauded his declared
purpose of setting up a lofty standard
of eligibility to place, and above all,
they rallied to his banner of Civil Ser
vice reform, and lent him their counte-
nance and encouragement in the cru
SADIE against incompetcncy and cor
ruptiOn.
Ii ever a political organization put
aside the temptations OF place and per-
quisite and devoted itself to sclf-abnc-
CATION, the Democratic party has done
these things. So far from embarras-
ising the President in his work it has
held up his hands. The country has
been RECALLED with the wholly novel
spectacle o faparty, practically new to
power and unused 10 its responsible
ties, not only conserving to but help
ing to contrive the employment of its
acsendancy to purely patriotic ends,
Mr.. Cleveland has been left free to re-
alizc his plans, and has been approach
cd by the Democratic masses only sc
far as was necessary to assure him o.
their sympathy and confidence.
!, The President would be strangely
nngratesul if he failed to appreciate
, this cooperation by his party. AS
matter of fact, lie does appreciate it
, He makes it the subject of constan
eulogy, and ranks it among the mos
: gratifying and strengthening of hi
resources. 1t has shown him that thu
attitude of the Democratic party dur
ling the campaign was sincere that it
declared principles were not mer'
catch-penny protestations thrown on
9 Ito dazzle and delude the country. FL
$ feels that i'll the great work he has lai'
out he is sustained by the dearest an
t deepest convictions of his party, ant
he has been taught by experience, t
realize that, in this quest for the great
est good, and in this effort to elevat
4 and purify the machinery Of u in
stitutions, lie is not in advance OF, bu
simply abreast with, the patriotic an
intelligent millions who elected hin
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

John B.. Cough, it is claimed has
spoken in behalf of temperance to
more than nine millions of people
and travelled over five hundredthou-
sand miles in meeting his appoint
ments. A friend recently spoke of
him rs "frst a pauper burying his
mother in Potter's Field, then an
actor burlesquing temperance, then
a drunken loafer, then a disturber
of meetings, then a would be sui
eide, and finally the greatest orator
of the country
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
srwAYPARAanApHs

A big Welsh colony is proposed
somewhere in the United States.
The English ship-builaers' strike is
ended, the men accepting lower wages.
Pennsylvania produced z5,O00,O00
tons of coal in 1885.
The mines at Elk Garden, w. Va,
are only working half time.
Mrs. Jeremiah Fox, miliiner, of
Wooster, O., died of blood-poisoning
from the prick Of a needle.
Circuit court at ST. Louis decides
that the ballot boxes cannot be opened
under quo warranto proceedings.
For every 10000 tons of coal mined
in the anthracite regions N human
life is lost.
Anthracite coal production for JAN
uary was 696,46S IONS larger than the
same month of 1885.
Owing to the lockout of miners in
Ohio last year the coal output fell off
over 100000 tons.
Geo. A. Wardner, a former book
keeper of the National Exchange bank,
at Milwaukee, sho: Abbott Lawrence,
the assistant cashier, who is d~eransed'
For years John B. Cough support.
ed the widow and family OF Mr.. STRAIT.
ton, the man who found him drunk
in the streets of Worcester, Mass, and
induced him to sign the pledge.
A correspondent says the origin o.
the quarrel between Blaine and Conk.
ling was a dispute between the two Al
to the authorship Of a certain quota
ton. Blaine proved to be right ant
Conkling never forgaye him for it.
Is A wild man was discovered in thu
wot DIS near Bellefontaine. He seemed
docile and spoke freely in reply t,
questions, but when a pistol was fire.
!, near him lie bounded like a frightened
deer and was no more to be found.
That is q tough new law propose,
! in lie wa, to compel a man to prove
before lie gets his marriage license
that he can support a family. So lon:
as grocers trust, such a law is who'll
: unnecessary. Besides, why can't III
2 happy pair board with the father.iu
: law of the bridegroom?
E There is a woman undertaken j
/. Brooklyn, who took up the bushes
Y to support her family when her hus
, band died, and has prosecuted it sue
!, cessfully. She takes Der orders, make
: her estimates, and attends to detail
5 herself. 1t is said to lie very pleasar
!, tn see this pentle-mannered woman
in her black dress, performing the sa
e Offices that are so often %intrusted I
men, who, if not rude in their perfo'
O nance, arc often noisy and always il
= different.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

The vast fortunes that are accu-
mulated by the enhancement of
realty values in the hands of a few
persons is seen in alist published a
short time since, of the millionaires
of Pittsburg, some twenty in num-
Der. Their total fortunes were rated
at SITS, 100000. The sketches that
accompanied this list showed that
by far the larger proportion of the
great total arose from the enhanced
value of real estate. That was due
entirely to the aggregation ola great
number of persons engaged in in
dustrial affairs. Yet we are told
that all wealth is accumulated la
Dor and the result, of saving.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

The Xenia powder mill blew up
on Monday morning last, which
contained fifty thousand pounds of
powder. Three employees of the
mill were blown to atoms, portions
of their bodies being picked up
more than a hundred yards from
the scene of the disaster. The
cause ofthe explosion is not known.
In the immediate vicinity a, mum.
Der of houses were almost demol.
ished and several knocked down a
distance oftwo miles! The shock
was very sensibly felt in Eaton by
many of our citizens, it being SINH.
lar to that of an earthquake. The
distance is about 40 miles!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

A bill has been introduced in
Congress which will be of special
interest to the people of the West
1t provides that the Government
may loan to actual settlers $500 on
each quarter section they have en-.
tered upon, after proof has been
made of lawful entry, the money tc
be expended in improving the land
but the settler must take oath thai
he is not worth more than $500
above the land upon which the loar
was made, and which is to be paic
within five years in amounts o:
800 each.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

President Cleveland remains firm
in his determination to not furnish
the Senate with the reasons assign
ed in the removal of Republican of
%ficials. When Fraud Hayes assum-
ed the Presidency, the Democratic
Senate confirmed his appointments
without question, although he
usurped the office. Such is the diff
ference between the two parties.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
trious and competent, are unable to

trious and competent, are unable TO
find employment. Hence when 1t
is suggested that the machines shall
be run eight hours a day instead OF
ten, the suggestion finds favor with
many who have heretofore refused
to admit the good policy Of the in
novation. The workingmen, also,
have contributed materially toward
the advancement of the cause by
the announcement distinctly made
in some quarters that wages pro-
portioned to the present day of ten
hours will be accepted for the new
working day of eight hours. The
improvement in the signs regard
ing the proposed change, resulting
as it does from the steady advance
in improving machinery, shows
that left alone and given to develop
the most perplexingindustrial ques
tons will settle themselves. Thu
most valuable lesson which states
men and the impatient public a
well can learn is that great changes
political or social, can only be mad
when the time is ripe. If force'
earlier, they only gain apartial foot
ing, and relapse is certain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

1t is estimated that on an aver
age President Cleveland shook
hands with 500 people every day
during a part of last year. Statisti-
clans have figured out thatthe ply
steal exertion necessary to accom-
plish this task would be power
enough to saw four cords of wood
or, if applied to an engine, would
give a force of six-mule power. The
President sits in his easy chair dur.
ing the receptions, but that is the
only, easy part of the business. He
grasps the hands of his visitors
firmly, and shakes them up and
down six times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
Senator ingalls,, Rep of Kan

Senator Ingalls,, (Rep.) of Kan
sas says: "The President is abso-
lutte master of the situation. If he
refuses the information we ask,
that settles it. What can we do?
We can refuse to confirm, and put
him to the trouble of writing out
another slip at the end of the ses-
sion re-appointing his man, and
that is all. This talk about a con-
troversy and deadlock is all the
veriest rot" This view appears to
be gaining ground among Repub-
lican Senators.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Senator Stafford, the richest man
in the U. S. Senate, worth $45, 000,-
900, was being twitted by a gold
standard Senator for his advocacy
of the Gas the gold man called it,
80 cent silver dollar. Said Stan,
ford: 81 have a proposition to
make you taking a silver dollar
from his pocket. You say this dol.
lar is worth only 80 cents. I will
give you 993 cents for a 100000 Of
them. If this dollar is worth sc
centsEyou have a chance to make
$19,5oo by accepting my PROPOSE
ton" The offer was not accepted
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

In reply to the allegation of the
Republicans that the South, al
though prospecting, is doing nothing
for education, the New Orleans
Ttmes-D Democrat submits facts that
merit consideration. The South,
midway in the decade, now appro-
PIRATES twice as much for education
as in 1880, and five times as much
as in 1870, when the rate oftaxation
was four times as high andthe Re
%publioans were in control. Ini1S69,
under them, North Carolina gave
nothing to the public schools in
1870, only $42,S62; in 1882, under
Democratic rule, $500, 1876 andlas'
year, $S5O,0OO. One-third of all the
taxes now raised by the Southern
States goes to education. Texas
gives more for its schools-in adj
dition to it's donation of millions O.
acres of land to the school, fnnd-
than to all other purposes ofSgov
eminent. The amount annuaHy zap
propriated for the Southern public
schools to-day, is $10,250,O00, thu
negroes being the same facili
ties and advantages as the whites
and the schools having an attend
ance of BOIL, 786.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Roscoe Conkling is reported to
have said recently that President
Cleveland's reelection may become
a national necessity to secure per
manent reform in the public ser
vice. Mr.. Conkling said it loud
enough, too, to be heard down at
Augusta, Maine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
The eight-hour question is agail

The eight-hour question is again
coming into prominence, and ap-
parently, under conditions more
likely than those formerly existing
to secure for it favorable considera-
ton. 1t is quite generally admitted
now hat the ~quickening Of all
mechanical processes through the
invention and use of rapidly-mov-
ing machinery has resulted in a
state of things wherein the needs of
mankind are exceeded by the sup
ply. This fact, more than any other,
accounts for the large number of
those persons who, though indus
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

John Sherman exhibits his SUI
perabundance of gall by writing to
the recently appointed Democratic
postmaster at Columbus asking
him to retain the Republican sub
ordinates. Can John point to an
instance where Republican officials
retained Democratic subordinates
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Every unprejudiced citizen of
Ohio has, or ought to have, a con-
tempt for the manner in which the
House of the present Ohio General
Assembly was organized. Its mem
bers ought to be ashamed to face
their constituents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

If the present Ohio General AS
sembly would adjourn sine die, the
State treasury would be greatly ben
Gifted and no injury would be in
hicted upon our statutes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Union county has over 500miles
of gravel roads, built at a cost of
81, 100000, and 1875 county bitches
costing 100000. These luxuries
cost money, but the people of I'm
ion county have been paid twice
over in the increased value oftheir
lands.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Congressman Reed, of Maine, has
introduced constitutional amend
ment extending the voting privilege
to women. We are in favor, on gen.
eral principles, of giving women
anything they want.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Few of the great generals who
fought in the field when the fight
was going on are left, but the mighty
bloody-shirt generals, who fought
with their mouths at home, are spar
ed to continue the war. They are
still putting down the rebenion-in
the interest ofthe Republican party
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

The Raleigh N. c. Ne,0s hash
doubt it will be the pleasure of the
South to contribute literally to the
fund which is being raised at the
North for the benefit of the widow
of General Hancock.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

John G. Thompson is said to have
left no estate, which fact is placed
to his credit since he held many of
fees and enjoyed opportunities for
making money had he been dis
honest. His life insurance policies
amount to about $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

The Republicans with their us
ual loud professions of love for
Civil Service Reform have by their
Board of Public Works forced out
every Democratic employee along
the canals, and put in his place one
of their own faith. There is a wide
difference between profession and
n~ossassion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Two Democrats and one Repub-
lican is the size of the Infirmary
robbery in Hamilton county. Both
parties in that county seem to be
politically rotten alike. A new deal
is wanted there badly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

The many personal tributes of
esteem and affection paid by dis
tinguished soldiers to the gallant
Hancock are among the sweetest
offerings ever cast upon the coffin
of a brave soldier and hero.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Parties at Washington r dis
GUESSING the probable Presidential
candidates for 1883. The discussion
is both premature and harmless.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

1t is reported that the Republi-
cans intend to contest vigorously
the coming Congressional elections
in Virginia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Wonder if the Eaton Democrat
will ever again boast of its fine OPP
portunities for making money!.
p. Mirror.
Why shouldn't it? ALI it ever
made was honestly made, and that
is more than some of our contem-
poraries can truthfully say.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

There were S63 criminals sent to
the penitentiary in Ohio last year
at a cost of $134,365.54.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

All foreigners have been discharg-
ed from the German ship-yards.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04

Gen. Ferd Vanderveer will be
postmaster at Hamilton, and it is
a worthy appointment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-04
Money to Loan.

MONEY TO LOAN on reasonable
lI terms, on first mortgage or good
security. HENRY H.: FAKR.
Ofice-2nd story, Minors Block, op-
posite Court House, Jan l9-tT