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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23
She Didn,tIike tho weed

The will OF the late'Ann Jane Mercer, who
died on the fifth inst, at her residence In Phil
adephia, left an estate valued At S4OO,OOO.
The will bcqueaths her estate in Montgomery
county known as the Mount" with The build
ings thereon, the furniture, horses, carriages,
etc, TO establish a home for the support and
maintenance Of Selected clergymen o. TIE
Presbyterian faith who are decayed by age, or
disabled by infrmty, and who does not use
tobacco in any shape or form. II further be-
qucathcs the sym OF 100000 10 maintain the
home
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23
Will be Prosecuted.

The investigation into the shooting OF the
five men 10 East st. l., us on the 9TH inst, fixes
the blame entirely uion the deputies, all the
testimony showing very conclusyely that the
are in custody and viii be prosecuted to the
full extent OF the law
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23
LIVE STOCK.

CATrLE.-The market is steady; choice
aud extra good grades OF shipping steers, $50
TO 800 los are quoted at S4ldj %; good 70
choice stockers and feeders AZ s. sOldi 80,
common ami good and mixed native COWS;
heifers ami canning cattle are quoted
at $-U4 30. bulk grades AT 90 s. tj,a3 %.
HoGs-R Receipts, 22OOO; shipments, 5000;
the market is generally steady common rough
and mixed grades OF hogs are quoted AT 80 GOA
go ;choice assorted heavy packing and shipping
grades Of hogs at 81 2Od4 80. common TO good
light and bacon grades Of hogs at 50 90G4 50
skips and cullcd grades at $303 90.
Sheep-The market IS strong; inferior TO
fair native shorn sheep are sold al S3(d6.
Texans at - 15ld4 -.
The Drovers' journal special cablegram from
Liverpool, reports cattle sc higher. Best
American steers u e per ID, dressed weight.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23
Pulitzer Resigns.

Mr. Jos. Pulitzer, editor OF the New York
World, has forwarded 10 the secretary Of state
his resignation as representative in congress
from the smith district Of New York, stating
that IL was impossible for him 10 perform the
duties pertaining 10 the position without ne
glecting his newspaper
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

A prominent New York politician
who has .ust returned from the City OF
Mexico, is quite infatuated with Mex
leo, not only in respect to the peculiar
characteristics OF of the people ut al
so with the great resources of the land
He propheses a great future for that
country. viii he feels will open up
auspiciousy when favorable con-
mercial treaty is arranged between our
government and Mexico. Tbs gentle
man SAYS that the first thing necessary
is to estab' ish commission in Mexico
on an equality with those among
European powers. He had private
conference with President Diaz, whom
he describes as bold and aggressive
man. The chief thing, at will awaken
a commercial spirit in Mexico is the
construction of railroad, in which
President Diaz agreed, but the latter
said that his people move slowly,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

Business men and corporations may
be interested in the following: at S
been decided by the courts that if o
partner of dissolviug firm neglects to
give notice through a news aper Of Il
dissolution of partnership, he is equal,
liable with his partner for al debts con
tracted after d ssolut on.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

Psychologists who hold that the race
is deteriorating should remember that
Miss Kitty Austin walked the other DAY
from Clarksburg, Md, to Rockville
fourteen miles, and expressed herself
as being lively as a cricket. Miss Kit
was So last birthday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

IL Is said that one-h half Of American business
and professional men oven thirty years Of age
are bald and that 'the wearing unventilated
hats IS one of the greatest causes OF failure OF
nutrition Of the hair The beard never falls
cut, because IL gets plenty OF light and air.
These are what the scalp needs also. DIR.
Foote'S Health Monthly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23
Withdrawn.

President Cleveland has Withdrawn ,tbe
DOMINATION OF Judge Powers to be United
States circuit court Judge In u,.N
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

TIE new congressional library build
ing is at last a certainty, The bill has
passed both houses. The measure
has been urged for thirteen years but
has failed in one or the other branch OF
congress until now. he site is to be
Just beyond the east front of the capt
tol, and $500, 900 is appropriated for it.
The building is to be $50 by 800 feet,
and is TO cost Sl,S23,000 and will be
fire proof. The present quarters are
nearly buried up under the accumula'
ton of books. which are piled up on the
floors in great masses and entirely in
accessible. 1t will be five years il
building.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23
Applaud Gladstone.

The Wonans Suffrage party Of Scw YORK
state have sent this dispatch;
Mr.. William Gladstone London:
The Woman Suffrage PARTY II New YORK al 4
mire and applaud your glorious stand for JUS
tice. freedom and peace w Ireland. soon ..
late you will succeed. D. sure NJ The earles.
moment 10 secure these blessings O. h9c.y
three Kingdoms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

Little capes with high collars .arc made inc sne
same fabric as the dress aud will be worn 49, 49,
only light wrap is needed. They are iln', 80
with reyers and Breton vest Of contrasting 'N~
terial. Below the reycrs arc. large buttons
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-04-23

The Victorans have a very sharp way
of dealing with the cheap labor diff
cult No vessel is allowed to bring
port more han one John Chinaman foI
every hundred tons of its size. Conse-
quently ship of fourteen hundred tons
would only be allowed to carry fourteen
of the heather ones. We have just seer
in file OF Victorian papers that YES
sci of that size was found to have fifty
Cinnamon on board, and the captain
was mulcted in penalty of $500
Every Chinaman coming t. Victoria
has to take out papers of naturalization
and pay poll tax. But the cute Celes-
tials post their naturalization papers to
their friends in China who come over
with them. and thus escape the tax.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
Read the

Since the recent ~vetoes, by Pres
ident Cleveland, of a number OF
fraudulent pension bills, the repub-
lican press has taken occasion to
make political capital out of the
same, in charging that the presi-
dent and the democratic party are
opposed to granting pensions to
union soldiers. To show how big
a lie this is, we quote from the In
dianapolis Ncrs, q paper of dccid-
ed Republican preferences, but, in
most matters, disposed to be fair
and honorable. The Ners says:
There is some misrepresentation
as to the private pension business
and the presidents vctoes. For in
stance, in the eight years that
Grant was president. there were,
al told, 542 private pension bills
passed, an average of less than IS
for each year. But in the first ses-
sion of this congress, not ended
yet, 60 private pension bills have
been sent to Cleveland, more than
o%ne-fourth more than were sent to
Grant in eight years. Of these
Cleveland has vetoed about 100.
thus having signed, since last De-
cember, more private pension bills
than Grant signed in eight years!
1t ought to be generally agreed, We
think, and the vast majority of the
people are agreed, we believe, that
a private pension bill should be
scrutinizel strictly. The law for
pensions has been broadened and
deepcned. For nearly twenty years
the pension bureau has been dis
posing of claims, and yet here, as
appears by the records, are more
applications for pensions in a lit
tie over eight months than a dozen
years ago there were in eight wears.
and these applications, it being re-
mcmbered, have failed to be allow
ed by the regular process of law.
a case in point was one which
passed the senate the other dav.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
n court if necessary.


The Oldest bank note probably
in existence in Europe is n pre-
served in the Asiatic Museum at
St. Petersburg. 1t dates from the
year 1899 B. c., and was issued by
the Chinese Government. 1t can be
proved by Chinese chroniclers as
early as 2697 B. c., bank notes
were current in China under the
name of flying money" The bank
note preserved at st. Petersburg
bears the name of the imperial
bank, date and number of issue,
signature of a mandarin, and con-
tains even a list of the punish
ments inflicted for forgery of notes.
This relic of 1000 years ago is
probably written, for printing from
wooden tablets is said to have been
introduced in China in the year
100 a. d.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

The Burlington Gazette says
Taken in every respect the first
year of Democratic administration
of the national finances is a terri
bic blow to the Republican politi-
clans and organs. AS a cense-
quence, the Republican platforms
this year will contain no allusion
to the old bugbear about "Demo-
cratic incompetency and misman-
agement," and the organs and ora
tors will have to sing some other
tune. One of the best results of the
election Of a Democratic President
is that it has completely dispelled
the dclusion that all the skill, the
intelligence and patriotism in gov
eminent is contained in one party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

The coming campaign in Ohio
promises to be u warm one. The
Prohibitionists are already in the
field, and the two great parties are
marshaling their forces and watch
ing the movements of their oppon-
ents with eagle eye. 1t now remains
to be seen whether or not the people
of the state will countenance usur-
patton of power, the ignoring of the
Constitution, or whether, on the
other hand, they will not rebuke
the usurpers, and drive from posi-
tons of trust, the party that tram
pied the charter of our liberties un-
der foot with %impunity. The people
will speak.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
mated to be worth 100000.

Information is conveyed by the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette that
the Republican Ring Of that city
headed by the five Republicans who
constitute the Board of Public AZ
fairs are robbing the people of I'M
told thousands. The statement is
probably true. The rogues have
fallen out over the division of the
plumber, and the truth is thus
brought to the surface. The whole
course Of the Republican Legisla-
ture the Ohio Eagle says, was one
of revolution, jobbery and corrup-
ton. Under the spccious cry of cor
rccting election fraudsin Cincinnati
they reyolutionized the Legislature
for the purpose Of Selling the gov
eminent of the city of Cincinnati
and turning it over to Il gang who
would use the powers thus conferr-
cd for personal gain and political
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The gang have
split in two and are now telling the
truth about each other. The people
ought to profit by the spectacle pre-
sented.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
The Dow Liquor Law, passed by

The Dow Liquor Law, passed by
the last Legislature, provided in one
of its sections that municipal cor
porations had the power to prohi-
bit the sale of intoXicants, and
many small interpretations in the
State have taken advantage of the
same. Andover, a small place near
Ashtabula, recently made this move
and a new phase has been put on
the issue by French & Hahn, the
leading liquor dealers of the town,
who have sued the corporation for
$1,000 for destroying their business
and depreciating the value of their
property. Leading lawyers and jur-
lists say that they have a clear case.
The outcome will be watched with
interest all over the State, for if
these gentlemen win their case ev-
cry town which has adopted q pro
hibitory ordinance will at once be
sued.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
'Ehc Stone Man!
Mercer County Standard.l

We have received numerous in
quiries concerning the Cunningham
who is figuring as a Mercer county
marvel in the newspaper yarns of
the season. We regret exceedingly
to demolish the faith of the credu-
lous in the alleged phenomenon,
but truth is mighty and must pre-
vail in this instance and nothing
of the kind exists in Mercer county.
1t is true we had a cyclone early in
the season with many wonderful
attachments and there was a man
struck dead by lightning, who a
moment before his death was said
to have been declaring his unbeiief
in the Almighty. Apart from these
two events we can lay claim to no
other wonders, and lovers of the
marvellous will have to seek else
where for the wherewithal to graft
fly their morbid cravings for unreal
tiles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Bloomville, a village in Seneca
county not far from the Crawford
county line, recently passed a pro-
hibition ordinance under the Dow
law. One saloon closed but Mrs.
Miller, the keeper of the otherplace,
kept right on with her business.
The council then ordered a special
election, and the vote stood 13S
for prohibition and % against it.
When the result was declared the
temperance people proceeded to
hold general jollifcation. Bonfires
were kindled, cannons fired and an
entire evening occupied by these
ceremonies. 1t is said that Mrs. Mil
Ter intends to ignore the entire pro-
ceedings and prosecute her bust
ness as usual, and fight the council
in court if necessary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Col. Poorman, of Bellaire, late
candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for Congress in the Belmont
district has written a card, in which
he openly charges that Joe Taylor
secured his nomination by the I'M
scrupulous use of money. He says
that delegates were corrupted by
the potent power of the Almighty
dollar, and Poorman is greatly in
censed thereat. Now then, let us
hear from the Republican howlers
about the Payne ''boodle." All, but
then this is the "boot on the other
leg" and these canting hypocrites
will remain mum over the disgrace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Mr.. Tilden's beautiful city resi-
dence in Gramercy Park, with its
large collection of rare and care
fully selected books, will become
the property of the city of New
York for use as a public library.
In his will ample provisions are
made for the transfer, and Messrs.
John Bigelow and Manton Marble,
of New York, and Henry Waiter
son, of Kentucky, are named as
trustees. The value of the building
is II 100000, While the library is es-
timatcd to be worth 100000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Samuel J. Randall said: We were
toldthe advent of democracy meant
disaster. Wehave Just emerge from
a year of Democratic rule and we
can proudly boast. Wehave collect
ed $S0,000,0 900 more than our Re-
publican predecessors. We have
$15,000,000 of public funds, and
we are to-day $2S, 100000 better of
than when they left us, The admin
istration of Daniel Manning COM
pares favorably with hat Of Ham
ilton or Callahan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Charles a. Dana, editor of the n.
Y.Sun, goesto his work at o'clock,
dictates his editorials to q stenog-
rapher, quits at 4 and gets $4,000
a year. Country editors go to work
at 6 o'clock, or earlier, their editori-
ais are dictated by subscribers, and
they work until 6 to II at night and
get-cussed up hill and down. The
difference isn't much, but to u sen
sitive nature it is something.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Neal Dow Indignantly denies
that he would support Blaine if re-
nominated blythe Republicans, and
says: "The Republican party is
openly, boldly, irrevocably commit
ted to the defense of the saloons
against the homes of the people"
The Republican party is split wide
open on the saloon question, like
a ripe watermelon ready to be de-
voured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

After the adjournment of the
Senate the President re-appointed
J. c. Riley to the Cincinnati
post-office and w. H. Gillespie to
the Dayton p~ost-office, two that the
Senate refused to act upon. They
will take their seats. If it was mere
ly partisanism that influenced the
Senate to refuse to confirm these
two appointments, the President
has done right in re-appointing
them-if not, he has made a mis-
take. That is all.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
Politics.

Corrupt Politics!
We fully endorse the following
sentiments from the New York
World, on the use of money in pol
itics. If there is not a reform in
this regard, and the lavish expen-
diture of money in elections stopp-
ed, our republican form of govern
ment is in danger. The World
wisely says:
"Many people while admitting
that certain practices widely in
dulged in are evil, adopt the idea
that they are ineradicablea and must
be endured. They are content to
take the world as it is, and re-
gard attempts at reform as imprac-
tible and Utopian. The cavaliers
at Civil Service Reform belong to
this order, but they must acknowl-
edge that, though much remains
to be accomplished in that partic-
ular, considerable progress has been
made, and that there is a fair pros
pect ooner or later of success. The
achievement of a similar reform in
England teaches al important les
son, and in that country the OBJ
~stacles met with were much greater
than they were in this, for the pri-
vileged classes were to be dealt
with. Not only the civil but the
military and naval services were
utilized a means of providing fol-
the younger sons and impecunious
scions of the aristocracy. All that
has been done away with, and merit
now rules with extremely few ex-
ceptions. But it is not our Civil
Service alone which there is a need
of improving, but the method OF
conducting elections, and in this
respect, too, England sets us a val
liable example. Her corruption
at the polls and in Parliament it:
self, was so fragrant and open that
concealment even within the pres.
ent century was scarcely attempted
The Throne controlled a recognized
corruption fund, and many 6
wealthy man was ruined by tho
enormous amounts of money re
quired to purchase ucces 1t was
deemed impossible by the great ma
ljority of people to check the evil
but it has been done. Public senti
ment and the laws have, to all in
tents and purposes, killed politica
bribery in Great Britain. The ex
penses of elections are limited by
laws which can be and are carried
out. Candidates T subjected tt
testify under oath what has beer
expended in their behalf and how i
has been disposed of. The chance:
of detection are SO many tina
would-be offenders dare. not trans
gress. This species of reform i
particularly called for here. Thu
use of money is relied on more ant
more to thwart the popular will
The Senate is being filed with mil
lionaires, and in all our large cite
voters are bought and sold like cat
tie in the shambles. Campaign
funds are swelled to a size whicl
precludes all possible belief tina
they are honestly expended. VIII,
does such man as Jay Gould Civ
100000 or $4,000, as they ma,
be, to influence an election? Is i
patriotism or philanthropy tina
impels him? Or does he expect t.
recover the worth of his money
This vote buying is growing in Ma
tional, State and municipal cleo
tons. Must we accept the situa
ton in the belief that nothing ca
be done? Something can be don
and will be. Let us see that it i
done before bayonets must be call
ed in to assist"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Gov. Tilden's power as a political
organizer has been much comment
edon. He said once that efficient
and successful political work laid
in three things: /. Find out and
locate the voter; 2. Educate him
by oral and printed argument; and
). See that he voted. With this
belief ne introduced Il novel plan,
to which much of his influence and
much of his knowledge of the drift
ofpublic opinion may be attributed.
He collected the names of the nota-
bic Democrats in his state outside
of New York and Brooklyn. OF
these he had gathered $4,000, and
with them he kept in constant cor
respondencc. Each was his firm
supporter and friend, and through
them he was able to feel the pulse
of the people with an accuracy that
was astonishing. He always said
politics were the power and the
expenditure of money hurt the par
ty which used it. But he believed
in most liberal expenditure in edu-
eating the voter. He had faith in
printers ink.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

the facts presented being the en-
listment of a man in October of
1862 who died in 1868. Yet now
his son, who can't be less than
twenty-three years old is awarded
a pension on the ground that he is
a cripple and can't earn mis- own
living, and should be supported by
the government"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Temperance women in the pro-
hibition village of Marshalltown,
Ia, watched the drug store sales
of liquors for a month, and have
~ascertained that the six druggists
sold 1928 gallons of whisky, 2,197
bottles of beer, 81 gallons of alco-
hol, 6 gallons of brandy, 8.gallons
gin, l. barrel of ale and 5 gallons
of wine. 1t wasn't a very sickly
month either.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
The Chicago Tribune. in oppos-

The Chicago Tribune, in oppos-
ingthe Prohibition movement, says,
"It is no use to conceal the fact that
the large majority of saloon-keepers
are Republicans, and that their pat
rons are largely Republicans. If
they are to be stigmatized as public
enemies and dealt with as such,
the inevitable result will be that the
Republican party will lose thou
sands upon thousands of votes, the
loss of which cannot be made good
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Through the generosity and lib
erality of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
we furnish the readers of the DEM
ocRAT this week the best supple
ment ever issued in this country.
1t is worthy a shelf in every Ii
brary in the State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Cincinnati Council grants the
privilege to sell beer and wine in
that city on Sunday, and a splendid
beer hall has been started at the
Dayton Soldiers Home! Does that
look much like Prohibition pro-
gress in Ohio?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

When Mr.. Williams is nominal
ed for Congress, and it becomes
necessary to prove what we said
about dividing this county for 9TH
CT Congressional ~aspirants being
true, we think there is a very
prominent and square Republican
| who will back us.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Gen. Jas. w. Denver, of Whining
ton, an old veteran of the Mexican
war and a Democrat from
away back" was nominated for
Congress in the 18th District last
week. He was a member of Con-
gross from California some years
ago and is a man of considerable
ability and would make a credita-
BILE representative to Ohio. He
ought to be elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

The newspaper hoax, says an ex-
change, of the disappearing Mercer
county man having been turned to
stone. is believed to have originated
with Springfield saloon-kceper by
the name of Gebauser, who says he
told it in order that he might have
a rush of interviewers and hence
more patronage. He claims his an
ticipations were fully realized.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

In the last fiscal year the Demo-
Gratis collected $4,000 900 moro in
tcrnal revenue than the Republi-
cans did the year before at $155,-
900 less cost. 1t is in this depart
ment there has been the most cx-
tended wedding out of Republican
collectors, deputies, clerks, inspect.
Ors. etc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

Sam Jones says there are 20O,-
600 professed Methodists in Ohio,
and yet only $4,000 Prohibition
votes are polled. He thinks that is
a bad showing for consistent Meth
odism, and that too many "pray
like Saints and vote like Sinners
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

As Col. Williams is poor, Bill
Bickham of the Dayton Journal
has promised that if he is nomi-
mated all the "boodle" that is ne
cessary to run the campaign will be
furnished him. Give the crank in
the "boodle" howl another turn.