Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-05-04


perintendent of public instruction of
Virginia that he doesn't know how to
spell, and they instance "Wednesdy,"
''looses'' for losses, ''editoral," " "colum,"
correspondent" ''untramulled, and
other words.
Ann Eliza Young says: ''The women
of Utah are like the women of Illinois,
just as sincere, just as pious, just as
faithful, according to their light. En-
tangled in the meshes of polygamy are
thousands of Intelligent, sensitive and
devout women"
Miss Mary E. Conley,, a sister of ex-
Gov. Conley, of Georgia, has died fairly
broken-hearted over the failure of the
Mechanics bank, at Newark. Her
whole fortune was invested in the stock
of the bank, and she was unable to make
good the amount called for by govern
| ment.
A net underneath trapeze does not
seem to be a perfect safeguard for the
performer. A girl with Barnum's cir
Gus was killed last summer by fall in-
to net, her chin striking on her knee
so violently that her neck was broken;
and now Zerello has lost his life in the
same way in San Francisco.
The James A. Garfield is the pioneer
steamer of the president line" for the
Mediterranean trade. She was launched
recently at Philadelphia, is of 5000 tons
dead weight, and her tween decks are
specially adapted and ventilated for car
rying troops, cattle, fruit, etc. She will
have accommodations for thirty first
class passengers.
| A hen at Pawtucket, r. l., was ar
rested the other day charged with steal
ing young mans $500 diamond pin.
There was no evidence discriminating the
hen beyond the naturally reckless pas
sion Of her sex for trumpery, yet after
three days of durance vile she was be-
headed and the missing stones were
found snugly hid away in her gizzard.
The Union Benevolent Association, OF
Philadelphia, since its organization has
distributed, in round numbers, $1,000,-
900; over 200, 900 families have been in
its charge; 10000 tons of coal and 49,
600 tons of coke have been supplied to
| the poor. It has been the almoner fol
thirtv-two Dorcas societies and very
large number of other distributing insti.
| tutions.
All persons entering the public houses
hotels, restaurants, and liquor saloons
of Bristol, England, between the
hours of Z and II O'clock on the evening
of Saturday, Jan. Z, were counted, with
the following result. Of a population
Of 206,0 900, 105.000, or more than one.
half, entered the public houses in foul
hours. Of this number 54,074 were
men, 36,803 women, and 13,415 chill
| dren.
Lavater's remains have been ex
humed from the disused Zurich church
yard, now private property, and are
about to be reinterred in st. Peters
square. The physiognomist's skull il
somewhat small, but well formed; the
eye-sockets large, and the nose long ant
overhanging the upper lip.
| While opening up a gravel pit neal
Bellefontaine, O., recently, the workmer
unearthed q human skeleton that hae
evidently been there many years. Witt
it was fife, parts Of it, with the meta
mouthpiece, being in a good state O.
preservation. Near the remains was {
large cannon ball. The remains ar
supposed to be one of Hulrs soldiers, +,
fifer Hull marched through Logar
county during the war Of 1912 to Detroit
one Of the finest pixies in the county be
ing located on "Hulrs Trace
A man styling himself Col. CASTOR
and representing himself as an Ameri
can, went into Paris jewelers. shop
chose jewelry to the amount of 246,00(
francs, locked it up in q leather bag
and rendered o check in payment. Oh
this being demurred to, he said he woult
cash the check at a money-changer's $
and quilted the shop, apparently leaving
the bag on the counter He did not re
turn, and, on the bag being forcedop open
it proved to be full Of worthless articles
1t is supposed that q customer who en-
tered during the negotiations to bu,
some studs was an accomplice, ant
, brought him a second bag, and diverted
the jewelers. attention while the substi
tuition of one for the other was beins
| effected y. s--