Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-01-26
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the distribution OF blo0d-aRdthunder
romances throughout its territory.
A hint to bashful lovers who can't
muster up the courage TO speak out
DO write, and fear not.
The average production of Spanish
vineyards is set down at 45O, 100000
gallons.
DIR. ID. Hayes Agnew's practice is
reported to have largely increased since
his connection with the presidents
/ case. --E 90. .rEnE
The London Times declares that we
lose annually 1000. 900 in money and
trade because of the decline in our ship
ping.
II having been reported that it was
the intention of Gladstone to accept
place in the peerage, he has issued a
= denial of the report.
Ex-senator Allen G. Thurman, of
Ohio, intends to settle down to the un-
interrupted practice of the law at his
home. Columbus. Ohio.
Not since the days of the war, when
fortunes were suddenly made. has there
been such extravaganza in Gotham as at
present. .- ..'.
- Mr.. Riddleberger is described as a
man of striking appearance with a
''- flushed face rather long hair, thrown
back loosely, and flowing, sympathetic
I manners. ,fs vs'.$ u
Within a very few miles of New York
is the deserted grave of one of Ameri-
cas- earlier poets, Joseph Bodman
Drake. He was the author of The
Culprit Fay" .b e
1t costs people of Tennessee. 81, ,000-
900 annually to sneeze and use snuff.
This is Nashville Merchants estimate
of the annual consumption of the art
icle u 2 s
An Irishman wrote thus to the wife
of sick brother: iii James isn't dead
yet, remind him of the 20 shillings he
owes me on the pigs, and if he is, tell
him not to give himself any consurrun
~ about it." .r ....
Florence Nightingale. the famous
.philanthropist of England, 81 years old.
looks 10, be about 40. and, though an
{ D invalid, has. fair, unwrinkled COM
plexion. and weighs 165 pounds. I, I
Charles II. Rogers, of Queen county,
New York, the only heir of S350,000,
which was left him one year ago by his
-, father, has been declared incompetent
4 and of unsound mind, mental weak
ness attributed to the excessive use of
:. tobacco. r.r ,..,..a
Philadelphia Ne,0s: "If you don't be-
lieve advertisements are read, put one
line in the furthest corner of any first
class daily. That line. to have its full
and immediate effect, should be: Want
ed-A yellow dog. Good price paid" !"
A produce dealer in Reading, Pa,
has purchased two hundred thousand
bushels Of potatoes. in Canada, which
will be shipped to different points in the
sq.s. states where there is a scarcity of the
vegetable.
Sir Garnet Wolseley contributed his
testimony as to the current tide of
temperance arguments and appeals, to
the effect that 80 per cent of tho crime
in the British army is, due directly to in
temperance.
The Monteznma marshes in Cayuga
county, New York are likely to become
as valuable as coal mine. The mari
is being shipped to France by the thous-
ands of tons, being used as decd 'rizer
and entering into the manufacture of
fertilizers. f
One intoxicated man said it was a
bundle of rags that lay on window sill
two hundred yards away, at Austin,
... Tex, and his companion said it was q
woman's head. They.made a bet. and
.., decided it by shooting at the object;
r.-.. but neither won for it was boys head
which the bullet grazed.
. A new solution OF the growing per-
plexities in the question of public
libraries, how much and what kind of
E,,;D,, tthau oh furp;oh 10 oFf bxy
an English gentleman. q member of
w parliament, who thinks the best way is
to establish children's libraries which
shall aim 10 form q correct taste. He
offers $500 toward trial of bis
scheme.
,a , The Blue and the Gray.
A native of Texas, who was confed-
-.>u. crate soldier during the war, tells the
Galveston NeaUS what he knows about
the experience of Northern men in that
State during the last ten or fifteen
years. He says: sit does not now,
nor did it ever, matter to the people of
this State from what section of country
an immigrant came" He travelled fire.
quently through the State during the
eleven years following the war, and
saw many settlements started by North
=. ..,, err, men with the most limited. means
and the rudest log huts. where now
handsome mansions, fertile farms and
gardens, and large herds Of cattle are
4, to be seen. Many of these immigrants
4 were once Yankee soldiers but in
these Yankee families there are now
4 sons-in-l -lawFwho were once confederate
soldiers. The sheep and wool interest
In Texas since 1855 has increased over
1000 per cent, and over two-thirds of
this increase has been made by men
formerly in the Yankee army. Next
to meeting an old mess-mate," says the
writer, ''the confederate delights most
in meeting q live Yank who fought him
at Malvern. Hill, Seven Pines or Chick
amauga. Whole nights have been
spent by the old Yanks and rebs talking
the past over and parting the best Of
friends" E r -> &C.