Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-03-22
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but whether $40, 900 Is temptation 70
marry q Cincinnati widow is another
thing. 49,
An English railway company adver-
tises as ''missing'' seven frst-class, two
composite, eight second-class and elev-
en- third-class carriages, four passen-
gers luggage vans and horse bon.
Rea. estate rules very high In the
city Of Mexico. Abuilding on Cince de
Mayo street that was sold few months
since for $40, 900 has just fetched $685.
900. II will be used for a permanent
bazaar ofFrench manufactures.
A Portland, Ore. man has new mo-
tor. based upon nothing-that is, upon
vacuum. Another genius Of that city
has discovered perpetual motion. Mad
house circulars thankfully received by
alarmed friends.
A German who has been q Lutheran
and been sprinkled in his infancy, was
asked, when he wished TO Join the Bap-
tist church, If he had not been baptized.
His answer was. "Vell, now, shust
leedle."
The notable thing about Charles
Pease, who died at SOmers, Conn.,, was
that for years he had taken with daily
exactitnde three drinks Of whisky, three
cups of strong tea, and goodly pill of
opium.
Two inmates Of the Jail at Portland,
| Oregon, built fire in the hands of o
sleeping fellow-prisoner. They will
| -. 4. ilxy IA iln coruinnr
the additional sentence imposed for
their amusement
A Philadelphia bell ringer, who has
spent forty-fve years in the business,
saws that, in what is called ''change
| ringing" it takes eight men twenty
eight hours to complete the peal, and
that full change ringing is seldom at
tempted.
A Nevada man who has been very
deaf for wears, was recently severely
burned about the face and neck and af-
terward found that he could hear per-
1 fectly WE'LL He attributes his cure to
the shock, but it is too violent remedy
to be. generally accepted.
For forty-five years a Philadelphian
has struggled through the world bear
ing the name OF Nathan Ruzanows-
kowski, but has sought and obtained
relief at last, court granting his Pc
tition to change his name to Nathan
Rosenau.
| A preacher in Tennessee tried TO es-
tablish church in which there should
be no members who used tobacco and
no beverage but water, and his only
congregation was an old woman who
chewed slippory-elm and believed in
catnip tea for measles.
A convict ut the Nevada Penitentiary
says he was sent to prison for being dis
honest, and yet he is compelled every
day to cut out pieces of pasteboard,
which are put between the soles of
cheap shoes made there and palmed off
on the innocent public as leather.
They tell in San Francisco of very
wealthy woman who is remarkably
strict in the discipline of her servants.
She defends herself by saying that she
was servant until FIVE years ago, and,
therefore, knows all about both sides of
4 The subject
Mr.. w. w. Story, the sculptor, has
been commissioned to supply statue
of Chief Justice Marshall. He is to
have $4,000 wherewith, and two years
time wherein to complete the work.
When finished it will be given place
to the east of the Capitol building at
Washington.
A London organ-grinder recently
played before the house of an iraseible
old gentleman, who furiously and with
wild gesticulations, ordered him 10
"move on" The organ-grinder stolid-
lv ground on, and was arrested for dis
turbance. At the trial the Judge asked
him why he did not leave when request.
ed. .'No spik Inglese," was the reply.
.'Well," said the Judge, "but you must
have understood his gestures, his mo-
tions" II tinkee he coma to dance"
was the rejoinder.
An old topper was locked in q police
cell at Dallas, Tex In the night he
yelled for help, declaring that amonkey
was in the room. A policeman thought
he had the delirium tremens, and rs.
sured him that he saw nothing. After
that he became more frantic. and in the
morning was found dead. The monkey
was no delusion, however. but had got
into the cell after escaping from it:
owner, an incarcerated organ-grinder
Not long ago, q German traveller was
eating q piece of bologna sausage in &
railway train, using his knife. The
train suddenly stopped, just as the edge
of the knife was against his mouth, anC
the mans cheek was badly cut. The
man sued the COMPANY for damages
but his claim was not sustained for the
reason that it is not good manners te
eat with knife.
Awonderful scientific case has jus
been discovered in the State Asylum fol
Insane at Buffalo. A German, thirty
years of age, under delusion that tht
Lord has commanded him to sleep, has
been asleep and unconscious for over {
year. The attendants feed him on milk
He never speaks, but the assistant med
ical surgeon believes he understand
what is going on around him. Tn,
case will attract widespread interes
among scientific and medical men.
The Hon. John Z. Mcdonald, of In.
diana, has been telling his reminiscent
ces Of Abraham Lincoln. He reports
..Old Abe" as saying: 1.-The death pen
atty is one OF the most difficult ques
tions with which have to deal. Whel
4 soldier deserts to 60 over to the enc
my and is captured, let the law tax,
its course, but when man has been ;