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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE large Democratic increase in
West Virginia is certainly gratifying,
and clearly fortells the outcome of the
November elections. Cleveland will
carry every Southern State, together
with New York, Indiana, New Jersey,
Connecticut, etc., electoral votes more
than enough to elect him. Michigan,
Wisconsin, Kansas and Illinoisi is doubt
ful
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

CONGRESSMAN Ellis, of Louisiana,
makes the statement that the Republi-
cans expended S2,2OO,OOO in the Ohio
campaign, of which Sl,SOO,OOO was sent
to the State in the last ten days.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

BOB. INGERsoLL, upon being asked re-
Gently why he did not work for Blaine,
replied: awhile haven't eulogized
tbe gods as much as some, have never
and never will defend the dewl." Bob
is the fellow who gave Blaine the title
of Plumed Knight.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE confinement of the Republican
gains in Ohio to the cities shows that the
corruption fund was expended where
it would do the most good. The honest
farmers voted with the Democracy,
while the slums of the large towns and
cities cast its vote for the Republicans,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE Democrats of Defiance county
elected their whole county ticket, after
one of the bitterest fights ever waged
against the party by the Republicans.
1t was a glorious victory considering
the vast amount of lying and lavish use
of money made by the opposing party.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE Cleveland Penny Press Ind
says that ''in Republican Cincinnati,
in northern Ohio, election day saw one
man killed and nine wounded. If that
had been in southern city or State
the whole country would have heard
the howl of the organs against Ku-
Kluxi m.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE great hope and effort of the Re-
publicans were to carry West Virginia
and thus break the Democratic phalanx.
In this they have been most woefully
disappointed-that State remaining true
to her Democratic convictionsa and max
ing the election of Cleveland a certainty.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

DURING Governor Cleveland's visit
to New York, John Kelley called upon
him and assured him of the sincere sup
port of the Tammany organization.
Cleveland will carry New York and the
alaotsnn
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

The Republicans have given up New
Work, and they have transferred their
Dudley forces and hulldozers to Ind
lana. This virtually comedies the elec-
Gion Of Chez.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE Independent German Republi-
cans of Iowa have issued an address
appealing to the Germans of Ohio to
vote for Cleveland and Hendricks.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
Notice of Appointment. A

Estate Of William Draws, deceased.
THE undersigned has been appointed and qua"-
nedl.s Executor OF the estate Of William Draws
late of Henry county, Ohio.
Dated this 2ist day of October, A. d. 1884.
oct 23-it HENRY FEDDERKE, Executor.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

UNDER the law Deputy United States
Marshals cannot be used to overawe
and intimidate voters in Ohio at The
November election.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

LUCAS county can give Cleveland and
Hendricks 200 majority in November,
and with earnest work by members of
the party will dc so.-Pbst.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

In addition to this, we do no dispair
of securing votes on the Pacific slope,
where our chances are equal in Califor-
mia, Nevada, Oregon and Colorado,
while certainly we have fighting
chancein New Hampshire and Connec-
ticut.
Democrats have everything to cheer
them, and they should be inspired to
renewed efforts and make even Ohio
still battlefield.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

HORACE b. CLAFFLIN, the great New
York dry goods merchant, declares that
he cannot vote for Blaine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

Is Mr.. Blaine honest?-N y. Tribune
No. burn this. Troy Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE Democrats have carried eleven
of the twenty-one Ohio Congressmen.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

OHIO can be carried for Cleveland and
Hendricks, and added to the Democratic
column as an extra State.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE Democrats reelected their Sher-
if'in Wood county.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
Mrs. Morrill, Writes Another Letser

The slandered lady, instead of deny
ing the authenticy of her first letter re-
iterates its truth, and repeats her con-
victions from her knowledge of the
man:
AUGUSTA, Me-, Oct. 6, 1884.
Mr.. ]. A. MoUsER: Your kind note
came this morning, and in reply to your
civil question IN regard to my letter in
print, and which infer you have read,
Is true in every respect. l know James
u. Blaine well, and have and do now
consider Mr. Blaine very wicked, un-
safe man for President, and 1 trust the
American people will defeat him in No
vember. Very respectfully,
Mrs. E. HI. MORRILL,.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
FRED YACKEE'S
Boot and Shoe Shop!
Perry St., north of Canal Bridge.

All kinds Of Boots and Shoes manufactured 10
short notice
RrRepairing promptly attended to- oct 2s-tf
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23

THE October elections do not cause us
to change figure. 1t requires POI cleo
toral votes to secure the Presidency.
Here is our unbrOken phalanx.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
Remarkable Cures


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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
A Cure Warranted.

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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
'THoS. A. HENDRICKS.
FOR ELECTORS.
State at Large.

FOk ELECTORS.
State at Large.
AMERICUS V. RICE, of Putnam.
THOMAS E. POWELL, of Delaware.
District Electors.
District-MICHAEL RYAN.
2 THOMAS J. STEPHENS.
8 LEVI &. GOULD.
4 GEORGE W. HOUCK.
s CALVIN S. BRICE.
THOMAS B. HOLLAND.
ROBERT McKELLY.
s JOHN D. KERR.
9 HENRY T. vANFLEET.
10 DENNIS COGHLIN.
II GEORGE W. PETIT.
~ DAVID ARMSTRONG;.
i3 -ORSAMUS W. NILES.
IA -SACOB j. JOHNSON.
Is DANIEL ". GAUMER.
l6 JEREMIAH j. SULLIVAN.
IT WILLIAM AWRENCE.
is JAMES 7. TERRAIL.
10 DAVID II. ROCKWELL.
20 " LEWIS P. OHLIGER.
81 ROBERT BLEE.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18

potato crops have been received from several
districts In Illinois and Iowa.
Frank Hutchings, the stranger, was
hanged In San Francisco. Benjamin John
son was executed ut Cincinnati for completely
I'm the murder of a negro family, whose
warm oorpses were sold TO a medical college
for $40.
An Indianapolis dispatch says of the
Blaine Sentinel libel suit: SENATOR Harri-
son, Mr.. Blaine's leading counsel In the libel
suit, unqualifedly denies the statements of
specials from here reporting him as saying
he had proposed TO the Sentinel attorneys to
produce Mr.. Blaine in court In person within
a week provided the Sentinel would agree to
an immediate trial. Mr.. Harrison says: had
no interview with any one about it. When
was approached by reporters, / always said
that l was not trying my case In the news
papers. / said nothing of that kind. The
present stay of proceedings in the suit is
owing to Mr.. Blaine's attorneys objections
to the rule requiring MIR. Blaine TO answer
Undergraduates propounded to Mr.. Blaine by
the defendant. Mr.. Shoemaker, publisher or
The Sentinel, reprints his proposition that, If
Mr.. Blaine will truthfully and without eva
sion answer tho intcrrogatories, he will agree
to submit the case to a jury without further
evidence or any argument.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the steamship Wyoming, which
reached New York the other day, were 500
Mormon proselytes bound for Utah.
The American Scientists, in session
at Philadelphia, elected III. A. Newton, of
Yale, President, and agreed to meet next
year ut Bar Harbor, Me.
The first ten days of September were
productive OF unusually torrid weather
throughout the entire country. The mercury
at New York on the 10th of the month rose to
93 degrees. Nine deaths occurred at Bellevue
Hospital from the heat, and the street-car
lines were almost compelled 10 stop opera
tons. At Chicago and other points in the
West it ranged from SO TO 92. At Philadel-
phia there was intense suffering among the
animals at the fair and fancy poultry died
in large numbers.
The seed-leaf tobacco crop now being
harvested throughout the country is said to
be the best and heaviest for many years.
Andrew ID. White, of Cornell Uni
versity, has been elected President OF the
American Historical Association.
Sitting Bull and several of his folio W
ers have been taken to New York by Colonel
Allen, under permit from Secretary Teller.
-Four students in the st. GATHERINGS
collegiate institute were drowned in the
welland canal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
SOUTHERN.

The people of Arkansas City, Ark,
lynched Matt Orion on suspicion Of setting
incendiary fires
Three coaches were thrown from the
track of tho Memphis and Charleston road
near Corinth, Miss. Most of the seventy
passengers received bruises, and a colored
brakeman had his Jaw broken.
Toler, the Chief of Police at Hot
Springs, having been apprised that his life
was in danger from desperate man named
Edward Howell, took a double-barreled shot
gun and slew his enemy.
Evans Allnut, lawyer of some dis
tinction, died suddenly in the Anchorage In
sane Asylum, near Louisville, the result of
injuries inflicted by attendants in the instl
tuition.
Streams in the Petersburg (Va.) dis
trict are drying up because of the protracted
drought, and mills are doing less than half
their usual work. The city OF Petersburg is
threatened with water famine.
Mormon missionaries named Wiley
and Humphrey, who were about to COM
mence operations in Lancaster County, South
Carolina, promptly accepted notice from the
citizens 10 leave.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
FOREIGN.

A cable dispatch from Naples, Italy,
says: During the last twenty-four hours
there have been 500 fresh cases of cholera
and 800 deaths i'm this city. To-day, after
visiting the poorer districts of the city, King
Humbert inspected the hospitals, declining
the use of disinfectants He was accom-
panied by the Duke of Aosta and the Minis
ters of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs.
A large crowd assembled outside the church
Of San Gennaro, or Cappella III Tesoro in
consequence of the report that the Virgin
Mary had descended upon the altar and had
bestowed her blessing upon the people. The
doors of the church were closed and the
crowd attempted to break them open. Troops
arriving, however, the doors were opened,
and the multitude rushed in, fell upon their
knees and engaged In fervent prayer There
is n complete breakdown here on the part of
the authorities in affordirg help to the
cholera victims, owing to the want of medi-
cal comforts and stretchers. The sick are
left abandoned I'm the streets, and no meas
ures are or can be taken to remove the
dead
Lord Dufferin has been appointed
viceroy of India, to succeed the Marquis of
Ripon, resigned
Typhoid fever has broken out in one
of the British regiments stationed at Cairo.
The movements of the Russian fleet
in Chinese waters are taken as an indication
that Russia meditates hostile movement
against China while the latter power is set
Ting her difficulties with France.
There were 721 fresh cases of cholera
in the city of Naples ON the 10th inst, and
ESQ deaths. Since the outbreak of the cpl
demic, up to the above date, LOO bodies had
been buried In the cholera section of the
Naples cemetery.
The cholera swept off 1913 citizens of
Naples on the 18th inst, the number of fresh
cases reported being e66. Two deaths oc-
CURED I'm Rome The Swiss have established
strict quarantine along the Italian frontier.
Six deaths arc reported in Spain, and provin-
cial Governors have been ordered TO Gordon
the infected districts.
During the first eight months of this
year H. i2 immigrants entered Canada. OF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
WASHINGTON.

John LANCASTER, negro, escaped from
the chain-gang ut Washington, but Police
officer Fowler found him secreted in an out
house. Another negro came TO the aid of the
fugitive, and both of them wrenched his
pistol from the officer, whom LANCASTER shot
dead in the presence of crowd who refused
to help the murdered man. LANCASTER, when
arrested, said God told him to kill Fowler.
j. II. Squier, the insolvent Washing
ton banker killed himself by cutting his
throat.
Mr.. Neal, the Solicitor of the Treas
ury, has determined 10 bring suit against
the bondsmen of Capt. Howgate, the de-
faulting disbursing agent of the Signal
Service Bureau. Capt Howgate, IL is be-
lieved, is hidden not far from Washington.
The Interior Department has orders to
dispose of the reservation at Fort Sanders,
Wyoming, and the barracks at Baton Rouge,
they being no longer useful to the army.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
Missouri Republicans.

Chairman William Warner, Of the State Gen.
trail Committee, called the Missouri Republican
State Convention TO order at Jefferson City. He
said the work in hand was to deliver the State
from the Frank James Democracy. Judge Wag-
ner, of st. Louis, was made temporary Chair
man. On taking the chair he eulogized the work
of the Chicago convention. In regard to the
Missouri administration he said: "Assassna-
ton has been connived at by high officers, out
laws have been protected in their outlawry, and
the criminal laws have been made farce by the
exercise Of the pardoning power in favor of men
who have violated the laws merely because they
were friends of officials"
The organization of the convention was COM
pleted by the appointment of the usual commit
tees, and one special committee was delegated
TO consider the question of uniting with all the
political elements of the State that opposed
TO the Democratic party. Pending committee
action, Gen. ID. y. Grier, OF St. Louis, was made
permanent Chairman, and Il. w. Moot, OF st.
Louis Secretary. Gen. Grier made speech,
arraigning the Democratic party for its abuses
in the State Government of Missouri. A plat
form was adopted indorsing President Arthurs
administration and the action OF the Chicago.
convention, and indicting the Democracy of
Missouri for ignoring the Union element of the
State when the Republican party had removed
every disability growing out of the rebellion.
1t charges the depredations of the Jesse James.
faction to the Democracy.
The platform demands the restraint of corpo-
rations, the reform of the convict labor system,
and extois the record OF the Republicans.
The conference committee representing the
anti-Democratic elements that were present re-
chanan County, for Governor. The ticket was
completed as follows Lieutenant Governor.
III. NJ. Starkoff, st. Louis: Treasurer, J. @.
Thompson, Sedalia; Auditor, Jacob Sands,
Louis; Judge of the Supreme Court, David
Wagner
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
POLITICAL.

In the Democratic State Convention
of Wisconsin, Nicholas ID. Frat was nomi.
mated for Governor, A. C. Parkinson for
Lieutenant Governor, and Hugh Gallagher
for Secretary of State. Resolutions were
adopted for the semtannual examination
OF State banks and demanding the
abolition of the prison-contract system.
The prohibtionsts Of Massachusetts, TO the
number of six hundred, gathered in Boston,
and nominated President Seelye, of Amherst
college, for governor, and Henry Faxon for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Both are Independent
Republicans. The Greenbackers of Cen
necticut nominated James l.. Curtis for
governor, and adopted resolutions for a
secret ballot and against prison labor.
Larlsin ID. Mason was nominated by the Pro-
hibitonists for Governor of New Hampshire.
He is 70 years of age, and was one of the
founders of the Republican party. The DEM
ocrats of New Hampshire nominated John NJ.
Hill for Governor. After two days delber-
alton the Nebraska State Committee of Anti
Monopolists and Greenbackers agreed to fuse
with the Democrats
The miners on strike in the Hooking
Valley of Ohio, who have always been Re-
publcans on the tariff issue, are organizing
Butler and West Clubs, and threaten to go
over bodily.
The material of the Kansas Profit
buiontSt, the st. John organ at Leavenworth,
has been seized for debt
Congressional nominations: William
McAdoo, Democrat, eth New Jersey District
Sebastian Brown, Republican, 4th Maryland
Francis b. Hayes, Republican. 9Th Massa-
chusetts; Jacob Gallinger, Republican, I'd
New Hampshire; Gen. J. c. Black,
Democrat, 18th Illinois,; X. NJ
La Toilette. Republican, Sd Wisconsin;
b. +. Frederick, Democrat, 9Th Iowa; Poin-
dexter Dunn, Democrat, LIST Arkansas
VIM. C. Maybury, Democrat, LIST Michigan;
c. T. Gallagher, Republican, 4th Massachu-
sets; l.. II. Weller, Democrat and Green
hacker. 4th Iowa; Carlton Hunt, Reform
Democrat LIST louisiana; X. w. Armstrong,
Republican, Washington Territory; George
Il. Adams, Republican, 4th Illinois ;
]. w. Throckmorton, Democrat, 5th
Texas; c. +. Head, Democrat, Arizona
Territory; f. J. Gay, Democrat, 3D. Louisi-
ana; j. S. Henderson, Democrat, Sd North
Carolina IL. N. Bickle, Democrat, eth Kan
sas; A. +. Wilson, Republican, 9TH kentucky;
X. p. Bland, Democrat. 18th Missouri; w. j..
Nicholson, Greenback, I'd Kan ;as; ID. r..
Paige, Democrat, Goth Ohio; c. II. Al
len, Republican, sth Mass chusetts w.
W. Rice, Republican, 10th Massachusetts;
w. N. Norville, Republican, eth Missouri;
S. f. Payne, Republican, eth New York !;
J. p. Buck, Republican, LIST Connecticut;
Il. F. Stone, Republican, 9TH Massachusetts,;
7. b. Needles, Republican, 18th Illinois;
Herman Iehlback, Republican. 9th New Jer-
sey; J. s. George, Democrat, I'd New Hamp-
shire; A. A. Carnahan, Democrat, 9th Kan
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record of the Week.
EASTERN.

Miss Smulzey, of Fort Plain, N. Y,
has tasted $50 days, and still refuses to par
take of food. A physician AYERS that she has
practiced no deception.
Forty thousand people attended the
funeral of the late Secretary Folger, at
Geneva, N. Y. President Arthur, Gov.
Cleveland Secretaries Teller, Frelinghuy-
sen, and Chandler, and Postmaster General
Gresham were present. The ceremonies
were very impressive.
The authorities of Philadelphia have
notified the telegraph and telephone COM
panies that all wires must be placed under
ground by the end of the year.
Miss Victoria Morosini, daughter OF
Jay Goulds financial adviser aud broker,
fed from Yonkers with Ernest Scheling, a
young coachman. whom her father had dis
charged.
A kettle of varnish exploded In
Cragin's japan-works, in Brooklyn, by which
one man was burned TO a crisp and four
others received fatal injuries.
Ernest Schilling, the coachman, who
eloped with the daughter CT Jay Gould's
private secretary, il now 1Ounu 10 DC IN lIIl-
pecunious German nobleman.
The State Bank at Fort Edward,
N. Y, has closed its doors. Tho officers say
that depositors will be paid in full as soon as
the accounts are examined and adjusted.
There were between twenty-five and
thirty deaths from sunstroke in New York
City on the 18th inst.
Philadelphia Judge has ruled that
the occupant of a house may cut telegraph
or telephone wires If stretched over his roof
without his permission.
Persons interested in building rail
way between New York and Boston, and
making the travelling time between both cit
les three hours, held a meeting ut Boston.
1t was stated that a double-track road could
be built for s25,OO0,000.
Stafford & Co., of Providence, yarn
manufacturers, running mills in Rhode Island
and Massachusetts, have made an assign
ment, with liabilities of 100000.
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CANDIDATES AND PLATFORMS.
Republicans, Democrats, Greenbackers
and Prohibitionists in
Council.
They Hold Conventions In Several
States, Nominate Tickets and
Pass Resolutions.
wisconsin Democrats.

The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention
met at Madison, and was called to order by DIR.
w. A. Anderson, Chairman OF the State Central
Committee. A. s. Ritchie, of Racine was made
temporary Chairman. The usual committees
were appointed. and pending their action the
convention took q recess. On reassembling,
John w. Cary. Of Milwaukee, was elected per-
manent Chairman. On assuming his duties he
of James q. Blaine. Hon. Nicholas ID.
Fratt of Racine, was nominated for Governor
by reclamation. The remainder OF the ticket
was completed as follows Lieutenant Govern
or, A. G. Parkinson, Columbia; Secretary OF
state, Hugh Gallagher, Lafayette; Treasurer,
Frank Falk. Milwaukee,; Attorney General,
sioner of Insurance, ole s. Holum, Dane; Rail-
road Commissioner, Conrad krez, Sheboygan-
The following platform was adopted:
WHEREAs, The corporate partnership, and
personal banks in this State receiving deposits
and transacting other business pertaining TO
banking exceed 100. larger number than the
national banks therein, and
WHhREAs, Within the one year last past sew
eral hundred Thousand dollars have been worse
than stolen by banks organized by the laws or
this State, and by private associations and
bankers. causing great distress TO many de-
positors, who, in most instances, are persons
not familiar with the securities OF banking in
situations. and some of the least OF those banks
would have been closed up before they had OBJ
tanned such deposits had an examination OF
their condition been made by competent per-
ResoIUed, That for the protection of those
who deposit their money in corporate, partner
ship, or private banks. in behalf OF sound and
legitimate banks and bankers who are brought
into disrepute by shysters assuming their name,
and in the interest OF the whole people, we de-
mand that the next Legislature pass law pro-
viding for the examination Of each OF such
banks at least once every six months, by a COM
petent person. and prescribing rules and regu-
lations therefore
ResotUed. That we hold that it is unjust to
place the labor of prison convicts in COMPETE
ton with the other manufacturing Industries
of the State and demand that the prison con-
tract system be abolished
ResOiUed, That we are opposed to the further
sale of public lands suitable for agricultural
purposes, except to actual settlers.
ResolUed, That we recognize the right and
the duty of society to guard and protect itself
by proper and suitable legislation against the
evils resulting from the excessive OF in
toxicating liquors; but we do not believe in
sumptuary laws. prohibition or an equivalent
measure, to be either adapted to the end or
promotive of higher standard of morality. On
the contrary, we hold with Gov. Cleveland,
that such legislation would be unwise and vexa-
tiOuS.