Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-02-16
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The monument OF the laie prime ini-
perial OF France. which has been put
up NJ Windsor, IS said 10 he a braut.f
piece OF sculpture.
Citizens of Lewisburg. Pa, have rails
ed SlO,O for the university there. Thi,
secures 10 the Institution an additional
endowment of SlOO.O00.
A California potato. raised in tine
Mussel slough region has been placed
ON exhibition. Its weight is fifteen
pounds.
A Minneapolis miller lately express
ed his admiration of and b lief in east
ern Oregon. and said thal il he was aiy
Judge the hi shlands of that County vii
be the finest of wheat bets.
The czar has Just BOUGHT, for over
S4,oOO,OOO, four houses that were too
near his Anitchk Il palace. They
nave proved too convenient for the
nihilists.
There are stiH living no fewer than
live men of rank who fought with the
great Nelson In the fight If Traf gar
BAY. His flagship, too, the Victory, is
still int ct.
Parnel SAYS that the Irish would be-
willing TO buy out their landlords, and
could, by Issuing bonds on the srcur-
lty OF Ireland, the bonds TO be pl1 ced in
the United States and Ireland.
The directors # the mint have been
instructed to cause Sl2.540 in old rop-
per cents, and Sl04, 0l8 in cOpper-nickel
cents, in the Philadelphia mint, to be
rccoinrd into 5.cent nickel pieces.
lady who moves in the wealtliest
circles of Rochester, N. Y, was detect
ed the other day in the act of stealing
handkerchiefs from the counter Of dry
goods store. No arrest was made.
An'organization in Pennsylvania has
in view the deepening of the Allegheny
river to SIX feet as far as OeaE, and to
provide waterway 10 Lake Erie. Two
canals have already been constructed
for that purpose and abandoned.
A colored woman. weighing 365
pounds, recently died in Ithaca, N. i.
The casket built for her was 5 feet
inches deep. The woman's circumfer-
ence was about two inches greater than
her length.
"This safe is empty-call at the
house," was the card which burglars
found on the safe in Green Bay Office.
They called at the house and robbed
vt of 5000, and the smart office clerk
hasn't got the big-head any more.
The eider-down of commerce is a
source of gre1t revenue to the peoples
in the cold attitudes. 1t is taken from
the nest. of which it constitutes thick
lining, both the male ana female duck
, ing it from the breasts for this purpose
when the latter is abou to lay
Mr.. A P. McKellop, Creek Indian
student in the class f 1883 in the uni.
versitv at Wooster, O., has been ap.
pointed to the position of secretary to
the lower house Of The genera assembly
of Indian Territory. Mr.. McKclIop is Il
bright student.
A large business is carried on in the
western part of Pennsylvania in the col
lection and preparation of forest leaves,
other places, and sold. Nam of the
rarrr specimens are sent to England
and France, where they are highly priz-
ed.
According to the registration report
for 1880 the school are in Ma>>achu.
setts is health age, for of the popula-
ton between and 20 years old the
fReath rate was.6. per thousand. Dur
ing the year six cen persons, all but two
of them married, died at over LOO wears
of Ire.
Officer-"How' this, Murphyp The
sergeant complains that you called him
names?"
Private Murphy-''PIaze, sur, nivcr
called him any names ut all. All
said was, Sergeant says l, some of
US ought to be in menagerie. ~
Punch.
There is considerable satisfaction,
even if reason and nscience do not
approve it, in hearing that couple of
Mormon missi naries who have been
engaged in the nas'y business of max
ing converts in Hackney, England,
were recently peltet with rotten eggs
and ev ntualy driven ont of the place
by an indignant crowd who hal been
listening to their harangues.
Among American women who have
married Italian titles are Princess Bran
caccio. once Miss Field Princess Vico-
rico. Miss Spencer; Marehesa CavalIet-
ii, Miss Herman; Marchcsa Teodoli,
Miss c nrad; Contessa Borheini Ami
del, Miss Lewis; Contessa CatUcci, Miss
Stearne; Sirnora Lavic nj, Miss R9odrs;
Signora Ric, NJ s. Miller; Si"uora
Corse. Miss Field; Marchesa Garatti,
Miss Da is; DlchcSsn Lante, Miss
Davis.