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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
A INDUSTRIOUS METEOR
Falls From the shy Killing Seven
- People.

ST. LOWS. April l6.-A dispatch from
Williams Ranch, Texas. tells an aston
ishing story Of the fall OF q gigantic
meteor there yesterday. About o'clock
in the afternoon the Inhabitants were
startled by loud roaring In the air and
rushing out OF their houses were terror
stricken at beholding an immense ball OF
fire whizziDg through the air. II fell
with inconceivable velocity and made
the air so hot that the people were nearly
stified. Not more than thirty seconds
elapsed from the time when tie roaring
noise was heard until the meteor struck
the earth with an awful crash. Il fell
fairly upon the house Of N. Garcia, of
Macon. utterly destroying il, and anni-
hilating Garcia, his wife and five chill
dren. All the houses in the town were
shaken and every window broken. The
meteor was apparently hundred feet or
more in diameter. and when it struck the
earth broke to pieces, the debris cover
ing an acre of ground. For hours the
terrified people were scarcely able to
breathe, and ran away into the woods.
The air was hot and filled with suffocat-
ing odor. 1t is now twelve hours after
the fall of the meteor, and IL is still
smoking. No trace remains of the
Garcia family. The matter caused the
greatest excitement. Nothing like it
was ever heard of before.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
The Supreme Judgeship.

Iii conceded on all hands thatthe
northwest-the backbone Of Ohio De-
mocracy-is entitled this year to the
Supreme Judgeship, and of the gentle
men spoken Of as possible candidates for
this office, Judge Selwyn N. Owen, of
Bry an, Williams county, seems to US the
most available. He is man of acknowl-
edged judicial ability, having served
seven years as Common Pleas Judge, to
the great satisfaction of his district.
Judge Owen has ability to fill any Office
in the gift of the people, from the presi-
dency down. There is certainly no one
in the State more eminently fitted for the
position and the claims of the Northwest
are entitled to recognition. Judge Owen
is emphatically one Of the best men in
the State, and with his conspicuous abil-
ity and unblemished character his elec-
ton would do honor to himself and the
Democracy.-Van Vert Times,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

few times from sheer exhaustion and sit
ting down in the snow TO rest. knew
it was dangerous 10 do so, but did not al
low myself to remain long inactive.
In the morning brought up at shan
ty where there was hay for the cattle. a
stove and some wood, but no food.
had matches and made fire to warm my
face and hands. paid no attention to
my feet for they did not feel uncom-
Portable. I soon recognized the shanty
as place where had been last summer,
and knew it YVES not over four miles
from the village Of Ellsbury. left my
team here and travelled all day to find
Ellsbury, but, though the storm had
abated, my eyesight had been 80 im-
paired by the exposure of the previous
night, that could not see the town.
l made my way back to the shanty
which had left in the morning, chewed
little fresh hay to gather strength.
made up fire and prepared for bed.
Then found that my feet had got wet,
and had froznn. | had to thaw out my
boots to get them off; then l had to
thraw my socks to remove them. and
there were my feet like two pieces of
ice, half way back from the toes. I
thawed them out, and the next day my
eyesight had SO far improved that could
see Ellsbury. started for the town and
reached it about 10 a. M, after having
been without food for forty-eight hours,
and feeling quite exhausted.
My winter has been spent at the hotel
in Mardell; first trying to save my toes,
and. after their amputation, trying to
heal the stumps.
l now walk a little without my
crutches. and my feet are nearly healed,
but l miss the spring which they form
erly had.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
Clearing $s,50O,OO0 ON Land Spec
ulatiOn.

A year ago the State Legislature of
Texas ceded portion of the State known
as the "Pan Handle" comprising 3,0O0,-
600 acres, to syndicate composed of
G. B. Farwell, J. V. Farwell, Abner
Taylor, and A. c. Babcock, in consider
alton of the erection by the company of a
Capitol building for the State in Austin.
to cost $500, 900, thus fixing the value
of the land at 80 cents per acre. A Lon
don syndicate has just been given the
refusal Of the entire tract until April Is,
and the sale is declared virtually con
cluded. The price, it is stated, is SIC, 900, :
900. The tract is 5000 square miles in ex-
tent, comprises the northern arm of the
State, and is declared to be rich in arabic
and grazing lands. II is watered and
timbered to such degree as to have at
trected three English syndicates, who
sent agents across the water to purchase
it. The last agent made two propositions
to rent the privilege of grazing stock or
to buy the land outright. The sale was
closed on the latter proposition. on con-
dition that the first payment be placed
to the credit of the Chicago owners in
the Bank Of England on the date named.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
From Saturdays Bee.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
or Mr.. +. L. Axtell, In Dakota Bilz'
yard.

The Wood County Sentinel of this
week prints the extract below from a
letter received by Mr.. ]. o. Troup, of
Bowling green, and written by Mr. F. L.
Axtell formerly Principal Of the Perrys-
burg schools, and subsequently, principal
of the Mitchell High School of this city.
About two years ago Mr.. Axtell located
In Northwestern Dakota. The letter
will be read with much interest and
sympathy by Mr.. Axtell's many friends
in this city and in Perrysburg. He says:
out with a load Of lumber for my home.
stead. When It became dusk, lost my
way on the prairie, and in a driving
blizzard. When gave up finding the
road again. / unhitched and drove my
team with the storm. thinking the direc-
tion was about right to reach the town
Of Hope. Travelled all night stopping a
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
From the Bee, Ill
DAMAGING REPORTS
OF Business Failures In Defiance not
Sustained by the Facts.

This morning a report was in eircula-
tion that several failures had taken place
in Defiance business circles, and to ascer-
tain what truth there might be in these
reports, the Bee telegraphed to Defiance,
and in response received the following:
DEFIANCE. o., April 1.-THE reported
failures of D. +. Turnbull &c G. A. Flick
niger are not altogether true. Mr. Turn
bull has transferred his stock in the Turn.
bull Wagon Company to Messrs. F. Retiring
and G. A. Flickinger Of this place, who,
as understood assumes all of Nr. Turn
bulls liabilities as payment therefor.
This let's Mr.. Turndull entirely out of the
Turnbull Wagon Company.
Mr.. Flickinger is all right, never was
in better shape, and how the story of his
failure came about is strange.
T. r. Carroll has been closed by the
Sheriff on an order from the Court to
secure payment for joint note of his
and Mr.. Turnbull's for $4,000, but there
is every reason to believe that his grocery
store will be open in the morning. G. q,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

A Virginia preacher who bought his
butter from his brother Paul, sent for a
fresh supply for Sunday dinner, and was
in the midst Of bis sermon when his ne.
gro servant returned and took his seat
In the church. The preacher had elo.
quently related what Matthew, Mark,
Luke. and John had said in relation to
the subject matter OF his text, and he
then said in laundering tones: 'And
what does Paul say2" The negro think.
ing the question addressed to him replied
in the hearing of the whole congrega.
tion, "Marse Paul says as how you can't
get any more butter till you've paid for
dat you got las week."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
How to Spell O Husband.
Find fault with him.
Keep an untidY house.


Always have the last word,
Be extra cross on wash days.
Quarrel with him over trifles.
Vow vengeance on all his relatives.
Let him sew on his own shirt buttons.
Pay no attention to household expen-
ses.
Give as much as he can earn in a
month Tor new bonnet.
Tell him as plainly as possible you
married him for living.
Raise row if he dare to bow pleasant
ly to an old lady friend
Keep the parlor for company and do
not let him put his foot in it.
Get everything the woman next door
gets. whether you can afford it or not.
Tell him the children inherit all their
mean traits of character from his side of
the family.
Let it out sometimes when you are good
and mad that you wish you had married
some other fellow you used to 60 with.
When he gives yov $40 to lay aside for
"rainy day." give it to the first peddler
that comes along for pair of 1O-cent
plaster vases.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
Catarrh.

The remarkable results in disease so
universal and with such q variety of
character istics as Catarrh, prove how
effectually Hoods Sarsaparilla acting
through the blood, reaches every part OF
the human system. A medicine. like
anything else, can be fairly judged only
by its results. We point with pride to
the glorious record Hoods Sarsaparilla
has entered upon the hearts of thousands
of people it has cured Of catarrh.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
An Answer Wanted.

Can any one bring us case Of Kidney
or Liver Complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure? We say they can
not, as thousands of cases already per.
manently cured and who are daily rec.
ommending Electric Bitters, will prove.
Brights disease, diabetes, weak back, or
any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purify the blood, regulate the
bowels, and act directly on the diseased
parts. Every bottle guaranteed. For
sale at 80 cents bottle by j. G. Saur.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
We Think So, Too,
"Pickaway" in Enquirer.

Both parties ought to unite in indors-
ing the Judicial amendment to the Con-
stitution. If the amendment with "yes"
is put upon both Republican and Demo-
cratic tickets it can be adopted, but in
no other way. The confusion that will
arise out of the submission of the liquor
amendments at the same time will hurt
the judicial amendment. but the two
committees ought to come to an under
standing early in the canvass, and leave
the judicial amendment above the pool
of politics. ..a !.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

The largest national debt in the world
is owed by France. 1t amounts to "a. .6S4.
$40, 900, or $117.79 for every man, woman
and child in the country. Next comes
Russia with $4,314,6O7, 500. The debt Of
the United States on the first Of March,
less cash in the Treasury was 81 ,5S6, 276.
114.43. The debt was the highest in 1855
when it aggregated So, ,773, 236, 3.69.
This shows a reduction in seventeen years
of nearly twelve hundred millions. while
the annual interest charge has been re-
duced from $3.50, 977,607 in 1866 to
S57. $3.50, ,11O for the last fiscal year.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

We feel that we are doing the public
q favor in calling their attention particu.
larly to Hoods Sarsaparilla. This is not
patent medicine, but q proprietary arti-
Gle, possessing real curative properties,
ard its effects upon the Blood are very
= positive. Spring Debility, BiliousnesS,
Dyspepsia and all troubles caused by inn
pure blood readily yield to this excellent
medicine. We think those who give 1t a
trial for that "out Of sorts" feeling from
\ which so many suffer and which is pecu-
eliar to this season, will be quite satisfied
with the results. ap12-1m
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
Graye Rohbars.

Ofall classes of people the professional
grave robbers are the most despised. He
robs us Of our dear friends for few dol
lars. How different il the new grave
robber, Dr. Bigelow s Positive Cure, which
robs graves Of thousands of consump-
tives. This uDequaled remedy for
coughs, colds and consumption, whoop-
ing cough, Group and all throat and lung
diseases. subdues, and conquers these
troubles speedily, safely and thoroughly.
Trial bottles free, of D. j. Humphrey.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
Eradicates
MALARIA.

all Contagious Diseai
the Sick should use it fr,
never been known to spr
used. Yellow Fever has
black v0nit had tai
cases Of Diphtheria yield
Feveredand Sick Per
SONS refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure cure.
Contagion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, Pile 8,
Chaflngs, etc.
Rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
1t can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnsrelievedinstantly
Sears prevented.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
An AntidOte for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, etc.
l used the Fluid during
our present afiliction with
Scarlet Fever with de-
cided advantage. 1t Is
indispensable to the sick
room. WIZ. F. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala. aJ
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

Hot alum water Is the best insect de-
stroyer known. Put the alum into hot
water and let 10 boil until it is all dis
solved, then apply The solution hot to
cracks, closets, bedsteads and other places
where any insects are found. Creeping
things are killed by it. while there is no
danger Of poisoning the family or in jur-
ing property.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

When you see promising colt with a
splint curb or SPAWN forming. thus
spelling its sale, go at once and procure
bottle of Kendall's SPAWN Cure. One
Dollar invested in this great remedy
will save you hundreds of dollars. Il
has no equal as liniment for man or
beast.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

The body Of John Ryan, buried IN a
cemetery in Greene county, Indiana two
years ago, was exhumed the other day
for the purpose OF reinterment in another
cemetery, It was found to be almost
petrified and weighed nearly seven hun
dred pounds. ,.- ..,..I. ,,5,.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

G. N. Gaumer, late editor OF the st.
Clairsville Gazette has been sued for
slander by the wife Of his foreman, T.
n. Merritt. A gold watch belonging to
Mrs. Gaumer was missed and it is alleged
that Mr.. Gaumer intimated that Mrs.
Merritt had stolen it. The watch has
5ince been found. Guernsey Daily
Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

New York Times says that Jay Gould
intends to retire from business and enjoy
life. He is worth, ,SlG0, ,000, 600 and feels
that by economy he can get along now
without working any more. His son
George j.. who is 90 years old, will sue
ceed him.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
The Blind Man.

That a man may oe blind in more
ways than one is conceded by almost
everybody. The man who is physical
ly blind, whose eyes have been de-
stroyed by disease or the sight re-
moved by some accident, is to be
pitied and he should have the sympa-
thy and share the charity OF every
good citizen. But the man who is
blind intellectually or spiritually who
at this day and age does not post HIM
self as to his immediate surroundings,
does not make himself acquainted with
the general topics of the day, does not
know whether he is Presbyterian or
a Methodist, Republican or Demo
crat is to be censured rather than
pitied, because in these days OF cheap
literature, and the world is full OF It,
a man need not go to the expense OF
travelling, he can stay right at his own
freside and make himself fully &C
ouainted with everything that is going
on in the world, and thus become a
good Judge of the principles and char
acters which are best calculated to adj
vance the interests of every country
and better the condition OF every indl'
yidual. 1t may be well perhaps, to
state right hare for the benefit OF those
who may not be acquainted OF the fact,
that Saur makes a speciality OF keeping
constantly on hand all the best and
choicest literature Of the day at his
large drug and book store, and any
book, paper or magazine published
anywhere in the world will be fur
nished on the shortest possible notice,
in any language desired. And we will
say further that you will not only find
Saur's drugs and medicines is always
complete, and will compare favorably
in quantity. variety, price and quality
with that of any other drug house any
where east or west, north or south. 1t
has become byword, and deservedly
too, that when you fail to find any spe-
cial or particular kind of medicine
everywhere else, that by going to
Saur's drug and book store you will be
sure to find it.
In the line of holiday goods, saur
is always up with the times and has
everything that is beautiful as we'll as
useful at prices which are within the
reach of everv one. In fact low prices
on all kinds of goods sold at this house
have ever been the mottos which have
given this house reputation which is
not excelled and which every one is
proud to speak Of. Saur has always
recognized this fact in all his dealings,
that honest square dealing, represent,
ing your goods none other than that
which they are, is the only true road
to success, and he who prospers by any
other is sooner or later, either in this
world or the next, bound to retrace
his steps, make right what he has
made wrong, or else forever suffer the
penalty which attaches to all that is
bad. ...
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
PITTING of SInall
Pox PREVENTED
|Diphtheria
| Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully inthe treat
ment Of Diphtheria.
A. SroLLRNwERcK,
Greensboro, Ala.
letter dried up. Z
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed. HQF
In cases of Death it
should be used about
the corpse 1t win
prevent any unpleas-
ant smell.
The eminent Ply
sician, j. MARION
SIMS, NJ. D., New
York, says: 81 am
convinced Prof. Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid is a
! valuable disinfectant."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

Sale of seats for the Cincinnati Dra-
matte Festival amounts to $50, 1000.
Thought they will reach 100000. Ex.
/ penses will be about 5000
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19

College boat racing will be as popular
as ever this season. The towering su.
/. periority of muscle over mind will be
still more firmly established.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-04-19
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
/ Typhoid Fevers,
i Diphtherfa, Sail
! Walton, liberated
SoreThroat, Small
Pox, Measles, and
es. Persons waiting on
.ly. Scarlet Fever has
:ad where the Fluid was
cen cured with il after
en- place. The worst
o il.
SMALLPOX
and
PITTING of Small
Pox PREVENTED
A member ofmy fam
lily was taken with
Smallpox. l used the
Fluid: the patient was
not delirious, was not
pitted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks, and no others
had it. j. W. PARK
INsoN, Philadelphia.
Daily globe., 1883-05-24
SuTiOIk's Head.


Apropos of your interesting leader, al
low me to state for the benefit of history
lovers, that 1 found no difficulty some
four or five years ago in seaing the head of
the Duke of Suffolk-alluded to in the ar
ticle-at the Church of Holy Trinity, Mi
nories. The custodian of the keys was
found in neighboring manufactory, where
he is employed but being well known there
was no difficulty in bringing him to the
spot. The church itself is worth visit
in these ritualistic days of prieu-dieus and
hassocks. 1t has the bare and uncom-
promising aspect of the Calvanistic Church
of my youth, ths high family pews, and
the same awe-inspiring odor of sanctity
and musty age. Doubtless few of the con .
gregation peering up from their pews to
the preacher aloft are aware that under
meath the pulpit in an ordinary box that a
ghastly but interesting relic of political
intrigue and swift vengeance, the head of
Suffolk. Most of the teeth are we'll pre-
served, but few have fallen out and rat
tie weirdly inside the skull. The forehead
is sloping and intellectually weak; the eyes
were still in the sockets wnen saw them,
and the skin we'll preserve3 and hard from
having been kept in tannin. The neck
shows the muscles started from the first
Intellectual cut of the axe. Immediately
below comes the next clean fatal blow.
Daily globe., 1883-05-24

common-serse Interpretation of the COM
bined astronomical and sepulchral char
acter of this wonderful structure. If it
is certain on the one hand that the
building was built astronomically, and
was meant for astronomical observation.
it is equally certain that it was meant
for tomb, that it was closed in very
soon after the King died for whom it was
built, that, in fine, its astronomical value
related to himself alone. As an astro-
logical edifoe. gigantic horoscope for
him and him only, we can understand
its rurport, much though we may marvel
at the vast expenditure of care, labor
and treasure at which it was erected.
Gyaa,r.t I'll faith in astrology (and we
knox thece was such faith), it was
worth while to build such structure as
the Great Pyramid, just as, granted The
ideas CT tie Egyptians about burial, we
can understand the erection of so mighty
mass, and all save it's special astronom-
ical character. OF no other theory than
that which combines these Two strange
but most marked characteristics of the
Egyptian mind can this be said.
Daily globe., 1883-05-24
THE GREAT PYRAMID.

Richard A. Proctor claims that the
structure was both tomb and Il as
Economical observatory. When We re-
member, he says, that the astronomy Of
the time of Cheops was essentially as
trology, and astrology most important
part of religion, we begin to see how the
erection of the mighty mass Of masonry
for astronomical purposes may be ex-
plained-or, rather, we see how, being
certainly astronomical, it must be ex-
planned. Inasmuch as it is an astro-
nomical building, erected in time when
astronomy was astrolegy, it was erected
for astrological purposes. It was in this
sense sort of temple, erected, indeed,
for the peculiar benefit of one man or of
a single dynasty; but as he was a King
in time when being a King meant a
great deal, what benefited him he doubt
less regarded as benefit also to his
people; in whatever sense the Great
Pyramid had a religious significance
with regard to him, it had also national
religious significance.
There is no other theory of the Great
Daily globe., 1883-05-24
The Bad aDd Worthless

are never initiated or coulterfeited. This is
especially true of family medicine, and it is
positive proof that the remedy imtoted is of the
highest value. As soon as it had been tested
and proved by the whole world that Hop B1tters
was the purest, best and most valuable family
medicine on earth, many limitations sprung up
and began to steal the notices in which the press
and people of the country had expressed the
merits of Il. B., and in every way trying to
induce suffering invalids to use their stuff in
stead, expecting to make money on the credit
and good name of II. B. Many others started
nostrums put up in similar style to H. B., with
yariously devised names in which the word
Chop" or Hops were used in way to in
duce people to believe they were the same as
Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or
cures, no matter what their style or name is,
and especially those with the word 'Hop'' or
Hops in their name or in any way connected
with them, their name, are limitations or
counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none
of them. Use nothing but genuine Hop Bit
eers, with bunch or cluster of green hops on
the white label. Trust nothing else. Druggists
AID dealers are warned against dealing in imi-
tations or counterfeits.