Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-02-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
From our o,sa csrrsspoadsst.

MRw Yanx, February i6-
nwiesins hadn't hasa . sade&perakeiy prsvioasiu In
explaining that his storm came On tinas but By 9
sisht error in calculation had dropped into the Pa
eaac Ocean, he .might have szssd Ills credit % q
prophet For By al odds the nAssest storm we have
had for yssrzth.s dsisssd thaland. Ghopping down
cur forests is getting to bsqults 700 sxpsnsfvc q
Preceding for our peops at large 10 put u1ewisA.
kSevsr II may suit certain selfish persona. To say
nothing of tAs direct loss Of such Disasters ss have
snguifsd Cincinnati Louisville and other Important
ssats OF indnsary, the dsisy II mail, In szipping
goods has scst the country many miious Of dollss.
Right here, the toesAesper who pays 30 600 yssr
for rant and Looks st ts rushng torrsnis which bar
the way 10 his cussomsrs, Nhls salaries, rsnA sHs
bs, &e, 10 on an ths ssnza fssls blue ana this b
quite large village, fun II boy men who II Gel
the essns way. a week of saci eesther h = bad
- are. Our frisads at Cincinnati seem = h&ve
fDund 10 worse.
A Hebrew hero has bem developed 10 ; mild mer-
chant who employs number OF siris n the naann-
facsure Of gimp and other millinery fxinsz. His
piscs caught rs when, like general or the captain
Of sinking ship, he guided his bswildszed halp to
the mssns for escape and iadicioualy hurried them
without excitement or aurry fzpu the danger he
lust ph4Sso OuS HA@N-A
pers Of the nro escape gave way and he was cut OF.
Through the volumes Of smoke and fame be man
sged 70 get to window and then was scOrched I'LL
10 had 70 Chamber out aud hang on to the sill.
Eyory moment was n hour and an extension ladder
became enmeshsd in the network OF telegraph wires
which disngurs the city and the momeats were pro-
ionged to minutes Every was listening for the
siokening crash on the Sidewalk Of the exhausted
raan now hanging for dear life by his hands aye
stories above them. Finally fireman got the lad
der clear after some desperate acrobatc work and
got the man down. They both received an ovation
and II that comparatively poor manufactures dom
Ebscoms rich pretty soon 1t win be rsmarkable. "A
Fitz Hugh Lee aad his chivalry have gone. The
old rainer got OF one very capital thing inthe course
Of one of his brief jolly, soldiery and
ciabIe speeches. He remarked that this was great
county, bounded on the north by ice and on the
south by bananas and any one who tried to slip in
against our win would be APPS to slip up. ] fancy
these sentiments will be very generally endorsed.
jachass of coroner has been trying 10 make
himself conspicuous and has, succeeded In covering
himself with even more than the usual contempt
sppertaining to the expounders of Crowner's Quest
Law by aummoning all the prominent residents OF
the city In case Of homicide Gould, Grsat, Van
derbilt and score of eminent bankers, merslsnts,
speculators and politicians were invited TO dsteine
the cause Of death Of one Michael ActsTsilaghAh Or
some such name whose head andA beer pi:e herhsd
become too intimately acquainted for thsbeneft Of
the former. Strange 10 say the big men were al af-
Hicted with sadden sickness except ex Mayor Wick
ham, who 10 not such a very big man and came
mcekly as q lamb 70 the sacritice.S fs
The treasnrer Of the dock departmcnt has had the
pleasure second time within seven pr eight years,
Of paying the amount Of the defacations of thiev-
ing clerk. The frst time it was 600 this time
the amount was under $4,000, and the Commission
er was reimbursed the next day BY the brother Of
the culprit. III is mystery to scne people as to
what fun there is in being trsasirer under such
circumstances. Where docs hisE die Come ffoH
to make up for such annoyancesa
Ex-Congressman Thomas Kinsela, editor and
part proprietor OF the Brooklyn Ehe the great pro-
promoter Of the Hancock boom, has bought the
BrooklynlUnion and ia goinesto run II A. an iRdss
psndens paper. TnIs aeana tAsz hssx1l lEst -
: reading public of the City Of Churches to abandon
.ngr old favorite. BY thus cutting his nose Of to
spite his face, he'll fedncs his profits IN she Eagle
to nothing, but win make il up BY success I'M The
Union. Hesucceeded MeCloskey, the madman vino
.fterwafds comrhitted suicie and who by his rebel
editorials nearly got up q riot in the early days
efthe war. +. H., whose anorous and other adven-
tures ars notoricns couldn't get bis own way on the
Easis and ~ hsnadt Aayp syhere ehe. ID