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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
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This, however, was not success, as
his meetings were disturbed nightly,
and finally broken up by a crowd OF
men and boys, each of whom carried a
drum or tin pan, and the gymnast was
compelled to fee the town. These are
but a few of the incidents that have
occurred to break the monotony OF
things in Eddyville. If Rev. Mr.. Tai
mage were to preach in Eddyyille his
auditors would be women; if Robert
Ingersoll, then the men would turn out
en- masse, but on no other occasion
could they be induced to leave their
favorite haunts.
Political lines are also drawn tighter
in Eddyville than at any other place on
earth. A minister who had preached
salvation for six years at $500 per yeal
was asked to resign because he ex-
pressed desire to vote for candidates
or both tickets. 1t has been said that
there are but two exciting days during
the year at Eddyville, and that they are
election day and when the ice goes out.
There are gambling dens in the town
in various places, where the youth OF
tender age can play his pennies, as we'll
as the graz beard his dollars. Vice has
an almost uninterrupted reign.
But a change Is coming over the town
and new blood is taking the place Of
old; a spirit Of enterprise is noticeable
or every hand. Old fogyism is being
replaced by young American enterprise,
and a remarkable change has been the
result. More improvement has been
made within the past two years than
there was in thirty years prior to that
time. In the hands of young men with
modern ideas Eddyville can become one
of the most flourishing inland towns Of
Iowa, but it will always occupy prom
inent place in history on account of the
past,
Mayor Broderick is foreman OF the
Wapello county grand jury, and last
week when Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll
lectured here on THE Foundation Of
Faith" Mr.. Broderick adjourned the
body in order that he might hear the
lecture. He is pronounced believer in
Ingersollism and carries the teachings
into his everyday life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

Children who have had one agree that
quite the funniest thing for child's
party is "bag of luck. 1t is big,
very stout paper bag; flour bag would
not be amiss for the inside, but it must
be made gay and tied with bright float
ing ribbons on the outside. In this bag
put enough pretty trifies and bonbons to
supply the little guests and hang tile
bag high in doorway. Give to each
child pretty stick tied with ribbons,
blindfold them, and as they pass under
the bag give each one q chance to strike
and break it open. Each child has three
chances, and the one who makes the
first hole is given prize, Candies. flow
ers and things not readily broken should
fill this bag. New York Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
RUININQ ITSELF.
Tho Western League Unable Stand a
Little Prosperity.


From the Toledo Blade" The West
ern Leagues ambition appears to be
slowly accomplishing its ruin. The
favored six planned to form close cor
poration and to admit two other cities
only under restrictive conditions. In
the meantime the big league is gobbling
up all players of ability, and as a re-
suit it will be in a position to dictate
to the Western League and to give 1t
the merry laugh when urged.to restore
the old terms of Class A.
Long and Ellis, wearying of cooling
their heels waiting for their old part
ners to act, have taken the initiative,
and instead of being in the soup"
themselves are just now in position
to laugh at those who a week ago were
enjoying their discontinue.
There is no need of appealing to any
one for light on the situation, for no
one knows. Any one can have the
eighth franchise in the Western League
who will make run for it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

- - so oryOnu the limits ot tht
town without disturbing Interpolation
It was during this state of lethargy into
which the people had fallen that there
appeared upon the scene tempter and
an incident similar to that in the
garden of Eden occurred.
While the people were thus Willing
away their time there sprung up in
their midst few followers of the myth.
ical gods, calling themselves free
thinkers These missionaries spread
their gospel in every conceivable way
and their efforts to obtain converts
were literally rewarded. As time wore
on their numbers increased and they
formed themselves into an association
and held meetings at the houses Of
those who were in the faith, and many
were the tales of weird scenes of those
who formed the mysterious midnight
gatherings.
They we're known as free thinkers
Spiritualists, atheists and followers Of
their ideal gods, Paine and Ingersoll
1t mattered but little to these people
what the other fellow said, they went
right along with their work, spreading
their gospel and holding their myster.
ious meetings. These men as a rule
managed to get at the head of affairs
and city officers-elect have been known
to refuse to take the ordinary oath OF
Office because it contained the sentance
80 help me God"
At the present time fully two-thirds
OF the business men Of the town are un'
believers in anything regarding heaven
hell or the Bible. Eddyville has a popu'
lation of 1,500; there are seven church
buildings in the town and they are kept
up by the women, who make up the
major part of the various congregations
It is a rare thing to see a business man
at church, with the exception Of a very
few, who are regular attendants.
No longer ago than the last summer
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, held
series of meetings there, lasting an
entire week, and he failed to get a
single convert Sunday remarked that
he had never before in all his career as
an evangelist preached in town with
as little success.
At another time an evangelist whC
has since become somewhat noted
dropped into town, and after failing to
make an impression on the people in q
religious way, he organized a young
ladies' athletic club, he taking the part
Of instructor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

boxer, or wrestler, or he may be good
at putting the shot and be a very poor
sprinter. For one man to excel in sew.
eral lines of athletics is a rare combi.
nation, and betokens that health,
strength and physical perfection which
the ancient Romans so highly priced
To be an all-round athlete is proof ID
a near approach to physical perfection
because it requires an equal muscular
development throughout the body. A
champion in one form of athletics may,
and often does, cultivate the muscles
brought into service in that specially
at the expense of others. The muscles
of the leg may be we'll developed, and
little strength remain in the arms, and
vice versa. "Dute" Cabanne, of St
Louis, who is best known to the public
as a record breaker in bicycle races,
excels in half a dozen other forms oil
athletics. His work on the wheel and
the fact that for some time he has de.
voted himself almost exclusively to
cycle racing in athletic tournaments,
has caused his achievements in otheI
lines to be overlooked or forgotten. Yet
he has made and held records in swim.
ming and sprinting, he excels in box.
ing and wrestling and at 20 years oi
age, in 1889, he won the allround ath.
letic championship in the Western AS.
sociation contests. His records for the
year are as follows: One mile: Two
minutes, 1-5 seconds from scratch
at Springfield, Mass. The first quarter
was made in 20 seconds and the one.
half in So 3-5 seconds. Two miles,
Four minutes, 27 seconds from scratch,
at South Bend, Ind. Three: miles
Seven minutes, IA 1-5 seconds, at Read
ing, Pa. Five miles: Eleven minutes
13 2-5 seconds, at Philadelphia, break
ing the worlds record previously held
by Porter, by % seconds. His one
fourth mile unpaced record Of 25 sec.
ondS has been equaled by Bald, but
has never been officially broken. 1t was
broken, but not allowed, on one occa-
sion. The measurements Of this rec
ord-breaking cyclist and all-round ath-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

avenue. There was an aster or deep
carmine in the lapel of Mr.. Evarts'
coat, and he was dressed just as New
Workers have seen him for the last
fifty years. In a few months Mr.. Evarts
will be 7S years old. His blue-black
frock coat and waistcoat are just as
natty and well-fitting as those OF a
youth. His old-fashioned turned-down
collar is just as rumpled as ever, and
his cravat is of the same raven hue.
His hair is somewhat thinner, but not
noticeably SO, and his features are just
as milk-white and pronounced as in
by-gone days. Mr.. Evarts is practical
ly in retirement. He said that he sell
dom visited his offices in Wall street,
but that he spent most of the summer
at his farm in Windsor, VT.
Along in November" continued Mr..
Evarts, 1T becomes a little dreary in
the country, and l come down here to
my city home. walk about the streets
In this neighborhood on bright after
Moons and occasionally drive through
the park. l am bothered somewhat
with my eyes; otherwise l am in very
good health, and get about very nicely.
| cannot use my eyes to read, and this
Is great deprivation. Beyond this
amiction l have nothing in the world
to complain Of. I take great interest
In all that is going on in the nation,
and l have not lost particle of my
concern in public affairs"
"Tell me, please, about the conven-
tion in Chicago in 1860 which nominat-
ed Mr.. Lincoln?"
"Ah," replied Mr.. Evarts, that was a
convention. believe that If you will
look up the records you will find that
the seventy votes of New York state
In that convention are still recorded
for William H. Seward. At every roll
call New York responded Seventy
votes for William II. Seward. l re-
member that moved to make Mr.. Lin
coins nomination unanimous, but
hardly think it was done. cannot
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

MAYOR w. p. BRODERICK.
day, long before the time when the
white man intruded upon the broad do
main Of the American Indian, con-
Quoted an Indian agency at that point,
and by strict economy and close at
tention to business" managed to save
from the profits on the sale of fire
water" and red flannel enough to live
on IN retirement during the remainder
of his life.
Mr.. Eddy, although an Indian trader,
whose life had been spent on the from
tier, was none the less a shrewd busi-
ness man, and when the intruders from
east of the father of waters made their
first appearance on Iowa soil, and as
soon as the treaty with the Indians was
completed, he entered an eighty acre
tract of land laid it out in town lots
and immortalized himself by naming
the prospective town Eddyville. A
town at once sprung up-mushroom-
like-and as the question of transport
tatiOn became one of vast Importance
necessity solved the problem and
ElcdIu DOdIS VI bulill ulutu5lOuS WbI6
constructed and launched, and about
half the year, when the water was high
enough to float them, piled between
KeOkuk and EddyViHe.
1t was during this period in the his
tory of Eddyville that a few Of the sur
vivors, although old in years and ex-
ceedingly musty in enterprise, love to
tell of, as they occupy their favorite
position, behind the stove in a grocery
store, or, if the weather be fine,
mounted astride a dry goods box, with
a big jack knife in hand, whiting as
they manipulate a good sized wad Of
long green" tobacco. These pioneers
never tire of telling of the good old
days when the Maria" or the River
Queen" made their trips to Eddyville
in the ante-bellum days,
Another great incident in the history
Of the town was the high water of 1851.
No two of the persons now living can
agree as to Just how high it was, but
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

A loud ring Of your doorbell in the
dead hours Of night Is alarming So is
the first hollow sound of cough from
ones husband, wife, son or daughter. II
is disease knocking, with perhaps GER
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Arrest that cough. Stop It, Stop 1t at
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Relief is immediate: cure certain. This
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

Do You wonder why you cannot skate
as well as your companions? Perhaps
your skates are not properly ground.
For fancy skating you must have what
is known as the right angled edge.
There is not much fear that girls will
knowingly skate ON ice that is not safe,
but II is just as we'll that they should
be told that the snow ice Is that which
Is most likely to give way. Black ice,
like black frost. is the hardest
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
aTTTdCTIUns IUI a nUrsefnan who eX.

aJJIdCIlUu5 lOI uUTSe1udu WuO eA-
presses such sentiments as Mr.. Singer
ly does. He would never keep under
cover" a stake-class colt to get long
price in the betting, SO as to make a
coup. The east is to be congratulated
upon Mr. Singerly's intention to enter
turf circles for pleasure and diversion.
1t will Offset the activity Of such men
as Mike Dwyer, G. Walbaum, Richard
Croker, David Golden and others, ad-
mittedly the exponents of the gambling
features of racing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
1T MAY DO AS MUCH FOR YOU.

Mr.. Fred Miller, Of Irving, ILL.,, writes
that he had Severe Kidney trouble for
many years, with severe pain in his back
and also that his bladder was affected.
He tried many so-called Kidney cures but
without any good result. About year
ago he began use of Electric Bitters and
found relief at once. Electric Bitters Is
especially adapted to cure of all Kidney
and Liver troubles and often gives
most instant relief. One trial win prove
our statement. Prioe only 500 for large
bottle. At Durbtn, Wright g. 90. Is drug
store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

"a Citizen of Eddyville.)
they all agree tnat the Des Moines river
at that time was higher than 1t ever has
been since, or ever will be.
The year 1861 marked another impor-
tant epoch in the towns history. At
that time the Des Moines Valley rail-
way was completed to that point and
Eddyville remained the terminus for
three years, during which time the
town enjoyed genuine boom. In 1864
the road was pushed on further west
and this was the beginning of the end
Of goou times for the town. From that
time the town went backward and there
was period of twenty years that there
was not a house built or even re-
shingled. Houses by the score actually
rotted down and many families moved
out Of their dwellings and left them to
tho mercy Of the devouring elements.
Eddyville Is nestled beneath huge
sand hill which towers heayenward on
the east, and which baffied "old Sol" in
his attempts 10 arouse the citizens at q
reasonably Early hour in the morning
Along the western edge OF the town
tows the Des Moines river, the waters
OF which stole gently by, seeming TO
understand that II was a. part Of th~i'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
w. M. SlNGERLY.
The Great Philadelphian an Acquisition
to Honest Racing.

to Honest Racing.
AS soon as the story is circulated that
eastern racing has gained aillionairt
friend in the well-knov Philadel
phian, William M. Singerly, on account
of the Improvements in the tone of the
sport as made by the Jockey club, the
enthusiastic thoroughbred followers
are given to understand that they have
less to expect in that direction than
they imagined. Mr.. Singerly says he
Is not averse to starting colt at any
time ON the turf that he thinks the
animal can win, but he does not intend
to make racing business. 1t will con.
tinue to be to him a diversion and a
pleasure. To those who look to the
turf for true sport this condition can
only obtain when the prominent rae
ing men have for their notices "di.
version and pleasure, not business" BY
this 1t IL not meant that the owner OF
a good animal should ignore purse or
stake won because he does not regard
racing as business, but that the money
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

lete, as taken by Charles r. Culver, IN
September, 1894, are as follows: Chest,
40 inches; biceps, 1874 inches; waist,
81 inches; hip, 81 inches; thigh, "a
inches; calf, is inches. His height is
s feet 9% inches. and his training
weight 172 pounds. Asked by the Sum
day Post Dispatch reporter as to his
mode Of training, Cabanne said his
course was very siHni~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

T is no small dis.
tlnction to be {
champion all-rouno
athlete, says the St
Louis Post Dis.
patch. There are
athletes who exec.
in one certain spe.
cialty alone. a
champion swimmer
may be a very poor
runner, jumper
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
HE LEADS THE WEST
'DUTE" CABANNE, PREMlEF
ALL-ROUND ATHLETE.

Good at All sports BicyclIst, Swimmer
Splinter, Wrestler, and Boxer-somo
thing OF the Man who Has Broker
Many Athletic Records.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

NEW YORK re-
porter could not
help looking a
long way backward
when he called on
the Hon. William
Maxwell Il V ar t s
the other day. Mr..
Evarts was in his
home at the cor
ner of Fourteenth
street and Second
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
A CHAT WITH EVARTS.
THE OUTLOOK AND A GLANCE
AT THE PAST.

arr Evarts Practically in Retirement
His Health Good, Though he Cannot
Use His Eyes to Road-His Views of
the Convention of go.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

SHILOH'S CURE is sold on "a guar
ntee. 1t cure Inicipient Consumption.
1t is the best Cough Cure. Only one
cent a dose 20 cts, 30 cts, and $1.00.
Sold by Canton Pharmacy, Ed H. Young
and Fred p. Shanafelt.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
A QUEER IOWA TOW.
a VILLAGE WHERE CHURCH-GO-
ING is UNKNOWN.

"Free Thinking" Inh tbitants Are Great
Levers of Iugersoil- History of the
Strange Community and Its Members
Not Much Progress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Baseball Briefs.

Jack Crooks processes to be confident
chat the Senators will finish in the first
division next year.
McGrew says that Manager Tebeau
Is the best man in the profession TO
Judge young players.
Will Duffy make successful captain
of the Boston club? John M. Ward,
Joe Kelly, Jack Doyle and other experts
say Yes with big "Y."-Sporting Life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

WILLIAM. n. SINGERLY.
80 gained should be applied to pur-
chase Of new material TO broaden the
field Of the stable and thereby increase
the diversion and pleasure OF the own
Or. The betting ring. therefore. has no
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

{ Arc youIa regular rsaasr of the News
democrat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

Among other characteristics they re-
fuse to believe in the existence of God
or hell, decline to take an oath or at
tend church service. Evangelists have
invaded the town and labored for weeks
without gaining a ngle convert, but
when Robert G. Ingersoll is announced
to lecture the entire male population
turns out laying aside every other duty.
Years ago the place was thriving viii
lage, but the tide of fortune turned,
leaving the inhabitants with nothing
but their empty stores and weed-in-
Tested streets.
The town derived its name from its
founder, William Eddy, who, in an early
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

VIII Investigate Dunraven's Charges.
The accompanying portrait is that
of Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan, a
United States naval officer, who is a
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30
Ottumwa Qa.) Letter.

HERE is a small
town situated In
Wapello C o unity,
this state, called
Eddyville, and its
inhabitants are
probably more con-
spicuous in their
peculiar m a n n Q r
than those of any
other town on the
face of the globe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-13
TRUSTEES SALE.

TRUSTEES SALE.-WHEREAs
Fred Smith, Lottie j. Smith, E. E.
Ritchie and j. B. Blazer, one the 18th
day of May, 1898, executed and delivered
TO the Salt Lake Building & Loan Asso.
citation OF Utah, a bond conditioned for the
payment of nine hundred dollars and in
terest, according to its terms, and to
secure the payment of the sums of money
specified in said bond, the said Fred
Smith and Lottie j. Smith, on the same
day executed and delivered to Frank l..
Holland, trustee, a trust deed conveying
to him in trust the following described
real estate, situate in Salt Lake county,
and territory Utah, to-wit: Lot thirty
three and the south five feet of lot thirty
two in block ten, City Park subdivision of
blocks twenty, twenty-one, twenty-eight
and Twenty-Five, plat &C. Salt Lake
City survey, together with shares Of
stock of said association, which said trust
deed was recorded in the Office of the
county recorder of said county in book 3
Q of mortgages, on pages 124-25 of the rec
ords of said office; and, whereas, said
trust deed provided that should default
be made in the payment of said bond or
any part thereof or of the interest. fines
and dues that may accrue thereon, as the
same became due and payable, for more
than six m onths, the said trustee at the
request of the legal holder of said bond,
may proceed to sell said real estate, ac-
cording to the terms 0 I said trust deed.
And whereas, default has been made in
the payment of dues, interest and fines
required by said bond for more than
six months prior to this date, whereby
the condition of said trust deed has been
broken; now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that 1, Frank L. Holland, trustee,
or in the event of my death, disability or
absence from the city or state, or other
disqualification, then Harvey Hardy, sher-
if of Salt Lake county, state Of Utah, as
successor of the said Frank L. Holland
trustee, by virtue of the power vested
by said trust deed and at the request or
the Salt Lake Building s, Loan Associa-
ton of Utah. the owner and legal holder
of said bond, will offer at public sale
to the highest bidder for cash, at the
west front door of the county court
house Goint city and county building),
facing on State street. in the city and
county of Salt Lake, state of Utah. on
Thursday, the Goth day Of July, 1896, at 8
o'clock a. m. the above described real
estate or so much as may be necessary
and nine shares of the stock of said as
ISOLATION duly assigned to the said as
ISOLATION upon the trust above recited. as
collateral security for the loan described
herein to satisfy the obligation herein
recited, and the expense of executing this
trust FRANK l.. HOLLAND,
Trustee.
Dated June 7th 1896