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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
Murdered by Johnson on the
Night of Oct. %, 1883.
oBJEcTING TO A CORPSE.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS NOT Salts
FLED WITH DEAD AND BURIED
ISSUES.
Republican Bourbonism Distaseful to
Men who had Believed That the
Party had Some Principle
at Issue.

COLUMBUS, O., February 2S.-"If the
republican party has no other issue
than the bloody shirt, it should put up
the shutters, wrap itself up in the lOath-
some garment, and ask long suffering
public to bury 1t out of sightW
This was said by an active and intel
ligent young republican in the lobby
of the house of representatives last
night after the adjournment of the re-
publican conference, and heartily in
dorsed by three or four other young re-
publicans present.
"Why do you object to the issue?" 1
asked.
s'Because it stamps the republican
party as an organization of hatreds and
prejudices, and not party of progress
and principles. The questions at issue
twenty-five years ago were settled final
.ly and irrevocably by the war. There
are grave and important questions up
fer consideration to-day. They can
not be settled by digging up the dead
and buried prejudices of the past. II
the republican party do not take hold
of them some other party will"
'Is Mr.. +. ID. Mussey organizing the
Young republicans with O view of mus
tering them under the banner of the
bloody shirt?"
~ understand that he is trying to do
SO, but can give him pointer that he
will drive out more young republicans
than he musters in." =.
"What do you think of the tacit de-
termination of the conference Tonight
to abandon the tariff as one of the great
issues in the campaign?' asked at a
venture.
at looks to me-" said my young
friend, "like an admission that the issue
of protection has all along been false
and illusory one. Judge King admitted
as much when he said it could no longer
be relied on, even in Mahoning County,
where it used to be irresistible. There
must be some reason for this, and | take
| it that the workingmen, who see mon
I-opolies grow and flourish, and his mas
| tiers become millionaires, while the
| workmen are continually fighting
against the reduction of wages to the
starvation point under the protective
system, are beginning to see that a sys.
tenn that promotes monopoly is not O
good one, notwithstanding the fine
promises made of plenty Of work al
good wages"
My young republican friend is in the
right train of ofreasoning. He will event.
ually discover that system of govern.
lnent which only enables the rich to gel
richer, affords no protection to the
laboring men and masses, when the
sophistry of the alleged protection" is
| ctr;ppad of ita sonhiafrv
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

Itmay not be generally known that
we have in the nickle five-cent piece of
our coinage, a key to the tables oflinear
measures and weights. The diameter
of this coin is two centimeters, and its
weight is five grammes. Five of them
placed in a row will, of course, give the
length ofthe decimeter; and two of them
will weigh decagramme. AS the kill
alter is cubic meter, the key to the
measure of length is also to the mea-
sures of capacity. Any person, there
fore, who is fortunate enough to own q
five-cent nickle, may carry in his pocket
the entire metric system of weights and
measures.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
The Toledo telegram advocates max

The Toledo telegram advocates maxi
ing the Auditor, Treasurer and Clerk,
or Prosecuting Attorney, of each county
a Board of County Fund Commission
ers, authorized to deposit the money
that is in the County Treasury in the
National Banks, at 2 per cent. per
annum on call, secured by United
States bonds, in the same ratio with Sc
curity for their circulation required un-
der United States laws. BY such an
arrangement the county funds would
be more secure, they would earn asub-
stantial dividend to the county, and q
temptation against public policy would
be removed from the custodian of the
funds.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
The most exciting leap year incident

The most exciting leap year Incident
so far reported is that which comes from
st. Elmo, Ill. 1t appears that while the
Rev. Mr.. Pierce, a young divine, was
occupying his pulpit in that city, Mrs.
Mary Smith, dashing young widow,
left her seat in the body of the church,
and went up and stood beside him. To
the astonishment of the congregation
she announced that she was about to be-
come Mrs. Pierce. She had, it is rumor-
ed, become infatuated with the young
deyine, and to this and the excitement
of a religious revival, ut which she was
converted, her temporary insanity at
tributed.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
AUDITOR.

ED. NoRrHwxsT:--Please announce my name as
candidate for denomination for the Office Of Coun-
ty Auditor, subject 10 the decision Of the Democrat
ic voters at the Primary Election to be held April
7th, 1884.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
CLERK.

Ed. NoBrnwEsr:-Yo You are authorized to an
nounce my name . candidate for Clerk or the
Courts, subject to the decision Of the Democratic
Primary Election, TO he held on April =, 1884
.s- JOHN X. WITHERS
Ed. NORTHWEST: You are authorised to announce
my name as o candidate for Clerk of the Courts,
subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary
Election, to be held April 7th, 1884.
JAMES DONOVAN.
EDIroR NoRTHwxsr: Please announce my name
o. . candidate for denomination for the ofnce Of
Clerk Of Courts subject to the decision Of the DEM
ocratic Primary Election TO be held April T. 1884.
-. o. E. BARNES.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
Humorous and Otherwise.

What is that which increases the eff
feet by reducing the cause? A pair of
suffers.
Why does a lady's home-dress outlast
all others? Because she never wears it
out.
What is the most unfortunate vegeta-
BILE they could have on board ship?
A leek.
/, .Put money in thy purse" as the
pickpocket said when he robbed man
of an empty one.
First impressions are lasting, as the
gentleman said when the trip hammer
came down on his fingers.
The world is full of change. "A good
many wish they could say the same
thing of their pockets.
II had rousing time this morning."
said the small boy, whose father hauled
him out of bed feet foremost.
Why ought poultry-keeping to be a
most profitable business? Because for
every grain you givea fowl it gives a
peck.
A theatrical manager once said that
he "didn't undervalue a author" he
considered "a author quite useful
ajunk to theatre" v.
A little six-year-old orphan, upon be-
ing asked to name the leading festival
in the church, replied: "The straw
berry festival"
The language of flowers: "I," said
the rose, s'am thus called because get
up early in the morning." "And l."
said the thistle, sharply lam so called
because the first man plucked me ex-
claimed, "Thisll dov"
If at any time you desire the wind to
change suddenly, take q pan of ashes,
go into the back yard, and, facing the
direction that you wish the wind to
blow from; quickly empty your pan. No
one who has tried this rule has ever
found it to fail.
A quite, peaceable gentleman in this
city has recently given up business,
rented his house, sent his family into the
country, and calmly announces his de-
termination of devoting the remainder
of his life to discovering the man who
sent him paving stone by express,
with S17 charges to pay.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
The Woman with Whom john
son was infatuated.
Heard In the Family Every Day.

Mind your business. Shut up. Git
out. Pll box your ears. Let me alone.
Just wait till your father comes home.
Hold you tongue. Behave yourself.
I won't. You shall. You'll get 10.
You mean thing. I'll tell ma. I did.
Ididn't. Twas you. 'Twasn't either.
Get away from me. Do you hear?
There, knew you would do It. Put up
those things. Stop that noise. Go
wash your hands. Boo-hoo. Johnnie
hit me. You'll drive me crazy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
The Indiana Democratic State Central

The Indiana Democratic State Central
Committee had meeting at Indianap-
oils, and fixed June 25 as the date ofthe
State Convention. Ex-senator Nc
Donald rendered his resignation as
Chairman, but the committee declined
to accept it, and the ex-senator will
continue to act as Chairman, temporal
ly at least.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
COMMISSIONER.

We are authorized to announce the name Of He'll
ry Rohrs candidate for denomination for the Of
fee OF County Commissioner, subject to the decis
len Of the Democratic Primary Election to he held
April Tth, 1884
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

The United States government is
pressing its claim against Spain for
$S4493, 900 as the balance of the awards
due on account of the American losses
during the rebellion in Cuba, and also
for sc, 600, 900 for estates enlarged dur
ing the same period and not restored to
their American owners.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

When spring opens the peach trees
should be examined carefully for borers
and grubbs, which may be found in
their trunks. just at or Immediately
beneath the surface of the ground. AS
a preventative fthe borer, place at the
butt of each tree shovelful of Stacked
lime.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

Ed. .NoRrHwEsr:-You are authorizedto announce
my name ~ candidate for denomination for the Of
fee Of Probate Judge, subject to the decision Of the
Democratic County rimary Election to be held on
April 7th, 1884.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

N We have it! Charlie Fosters Vice
Presidential boom has its trousers on,
wrong side front, and it imagines that
it's dashing furiously forward, whereas
it is plunging madly toward the rear.
Rnny Press
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

There are 1000 negroes in the beau
tiful city of Washington. If you wish
to see nine-tenths of this half vagrant
population streaming down Pennsyl-
vania avenue, start a drum and fife,
and out Of the streets and courts and
alleys there will suddenly issue q multi
tude that will startle the pilgrim and
sojourner in our midst. If there is q
procession a mile long it will be closely
hemmed in by this dark fringe, moving
with it on its march and inspired to all
kinds Of antices and full Of odd rnirth
and laughter and dance. People on the
sidewalks are shut out from viewing
anything on these occasions except this
motely crowd. There is no other city
in the world where a procession is as lit
orally smothered and lost in rags and
bad odors as in Washington.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
ID. MEEKISoN.
SHERIFF.

We are authorized to announce the name Of FRED
ERICK ALLER as a candidate for denomination
for the Office Of Sheriff, subject to the decision Of
to be held Aprl7, 1884.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

DO you wish freedom from aches,
pains, sores, ETC.? Then purify the
blood, strengthen the urinary and di-
gestive organs, build up your broken
down constitution by using DR.. Guy
sott's Yellow Dock and Sarsapariila.
It is gratifying to know that among in
telligent communities this simple,
harmless, yet affective remedy sells fas-
ter than the many humbug bitters, iron
medicines and pretended kidney cures,
all Of which so rapidly weaken and ruin
the stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys
by exciting these delicate organs to un-
natural activity. ct
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

The commission appointed to exam
inc the swine industry of the United
States have made report asserting stifo
healthfulness Of American pork pro-
ducts.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

Nine years ago man named Ste
phens married a beautiful Chicago girl,
and they began farm life near Milton,
Kentucky. In few years Stephens
went east to buy land, but was never
heard of again, and last summer the
wife, thinking her husband dead, mar
ried young man who had been in her
employ fours years. On Monday Ste
phens returned home, but did not in
tend to let himself be known; but the
wife, recognizing him, threw her arms
around his neck and screamed, "My
long lost husband!" and kissed him.
The new husband, jealous, stabbed the
wife in the neck, killing her instantly.
Stephens drew a revolver and shot the
murderer, who turned and cut him
across the neck with a drawing knife.
Both are fatally injured.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

What is it that a young lady is always
looking for and never wants to find? A
hole in her stocking.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
The Murderer Of George and Is
abella Williams.
Primary Election.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

H- Announcement fee $500, which includes the
necessary tickets for the different voting precincts
on election day.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

During the month Of February there
were coined at the Mint 1850, 900 stand
ard dollars.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
Murdered by Johnson on the
Night of Oct. %, 1883.
THUNDER
HAS A VERY OMINOUs
SOUND.
England Demands the Suppression OF
American Dynamiters,

And OF Assassination Plots From q
Nation Processing to be Friendly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
l.. L.. OR w IG.

~ Address ailetiers to DExomArIc NORTHWEST
Napoleon, Ohio.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06

To ApyElr1sERs.-All Advertisements must be
handed In Dy Wednesday morning to Insure inser-
tion the same week.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-03-06
PROBATE JUDGE.

CHARLES EvERs
The Mineral argus., 1884-10-30
An Eccentric Widow.

From a certain piece of property In
the French village of Colonies the
bowls of about forty dogs and the
schreeches of more than that number
of cats are borne to the unwilling ears
of the neighboring residents. These
animals are described as by no means
the choicest of their respective kinds,
and it IS alleged against them that, be-
sides their unmelodious cries, they gave
forth odors which make the quarter de-
cidedly unpleasant. There are those,
indeed, who aver that the premises on
which the ANIMALS are kept constitute
practically sort of lazaretto, and that the
efiuvia arising therefrom are a source OF
danger to their health. On this account
the occupant of the property has been
proceeded against in the courts, and, as
we learn from the Progress Medical, has
been condemned to pay a fine of hive
francs. The person thus mulcted is an
old lady who makes it her business to
gather in all the stray dogs and cats
that she meets with on the streets.
lazy - no less tn"h bhO WIZ"
of the great Psychologist, the late M.
Claude Bernard, and her eccentric be-
havior is accounted for in this wise !:
M. Bernard, as is we'll know, practised
vivisection, but early in the course Of
his married life his wife became a vio-
lent opponent of the practice, and their
disagreement in the matter is understood
to have made their life anything but a
happy one, and finally to have brought
about their separation. M. Bernard
having at length died, his %relict's old
tenderness has risen from its ashes, and,
as the story is told, she has gone to
work Systematically to expiate his of
fences against the lower animals by
showing kindness to as many stray dogs
and cats as opportunity may allow; her
idea being that, when at length she has
succored as many distressed brutes as
he was the means of Staying, his pur-
CATION will have been accomplished vi
~cariously, and her soul and that of her
! late husband will be ready to meet in
Paradise. How unfeeling it is of the
people of Colonies to interfere with
the prosecution of the ehsme!-New
York Medical Journal.
The Mineral argus., 1884-10-30
Why the Play Was interrupted.

From the Cambridge Md Chronicle.
Some OF the nice children in the ave-
nue. recently proposed to surprise their
parents with a dramatic performance,
with the distinct understanding that no
adult was to witness a rehearsal or to
ask about the nature of the play, writ
ten by young miss of ten years, who
was to assume the roll of heroine, as
sisted by a lad of the same age. On the
night of the performance the parents of
the children assembled in the front
drawing room of one of the large resi-
dences and waited for the drawing aside
of the portieres with commendable pa
thence. The first act represented the
wedding of the hero and heroine and
the departure of the former to the wilds
of the west, where he was to reap his
fortune in raising cattle and mining.
This went off finely, and the portieres
were closed with a loud burst of APP
plause. A lapse of ten years was sup
posed to have passed between the first
and second acts, and when the latter
commenced the young husband had re-
turned, and his wife, not looking a day
older, greeted her spouse in a formal
manner, and even asked him to remain
and dine with her, which he consented
to do. While seated at the table eating
ice cream the husband told how he had
ioiled for her wealth and acquired mill
ons, all for the sake of the dear wife he
left behind. This had such an effect
on the matron that she finished the ice
cream, sighed to think there were no
more on the table, and then addressed
her husband speaking earnestly and
firmly. ''You have done WE'LL" she
said, "but while you have been at work
Ihave not been idle. You shall see
what 1 have accomplished" She
touched a bell, and a uninterrupted
bonnie entered the room leading a tod
| ding infant a year old, and followed
by nine others of various ages, n for
each year of a married life. The actors
to this day do not understand why the
play was interrupted by shouts OF
laughter and applause from the fathers
and mothers who were present. Al
any rate, they say the play was a sue
cess, but the parents think it a little
Frenchy in construction and plot.
The Mineral argus., 1884-10-30
A MARINERS GHOST STORY.
An Old Portland Ship. Mas Tale Of a
Haunted Vessel.

AAu14Jeu Vessel
An old Portland ship-master recalls
in the Press the following good ghost
story. He says that one night on a vov-
age from which he had just returned,
while lying off the battery at New York,
waiting for the crew to come on board,
he heard some one on the top of the
house calling his name. Now this was
not only the captains name, but also
that of his son, who was his mate on this
voyage. Only the captain, mate and
steward were on board, and ON hearing
the voice they all went on
deck, but saw no one. The next day
the bark sailed for Rio Janeiro, and
several strange occurrences took place
on the passage. One morning his son,
the mate, said to him "The ship is
haunted. I tureed out on my watch
at four o'clock in the mornin g, and asI
went out of the cabin door L saw some
one in white, but before l could distin-
guish whether it was male or female it
disappeared around the main-mast.
The steward said he saw it also, and
was frightened" So.le days after this
the steward called the captain and told
him the mate had not yet come on deck.
The captain went to the mates state
room, and on opening the door saw the
mate apparently laughing at him, but
on taking hold of him he found he was
dead. From his distorted counte-
nance it appeared that he had been
frightened to death. Several other
strange occurrences happened on board,
and on arriving at Rio the steward
left the vessel on account of a feeling
that she was haunted. Strange noises
continued to be heard on board, such as
the working of the MINDLESS in heaving
the anchor, but on going forward no one
was to be seen. Now comes the strangest
part of the story. During the captains
absence on the voyage another son oil
his arrived home from a voyage, and re.
marked that he would go down for his
dunnage. He came back with it and
Law down for a nap. Not coming down
to tea some of the family went to call
him and found him dead. This was
aboutthe time that the mate and steward
saw the figure in white.
The Mineral argus., 1884-10-30

rays glanced over the undulatinp coils.
L could see that the snake was irritated,
and l knew that it was liable to spring
any moment. Who would it strike;
Either OF us was within easy distance.
1t seemed to me that 1 could see the be-
ginning of the muscular contraction
which would precede the spring.
All this, ~ofcourse, passed in a fraction
OF the time [ have occupied in telling
it. My wife and boy had slept on. /
prayed that they might not move, for
If they did l felt the snake would throw
itself forward. I moved my hand
slightly. The snakes head again arose,
and for the first time it sounded its rat
tie. Instantly my wife opened her
eyes, and some way they rested on the
snake. 1 could see that every vestige
of color had left her face, but she did
not move a muscle. Then her eyes
slowly left the snake and came up &c
mine.
Looking back over the nearly thirty
years which have elapsed since then |
can see the look in her eyes yet. We
had sometimes talked about meeting
death together. Now it lay between
us in a more horrible form than we had
ever dreamed of. Yet the look of per-
feet confidence in me, which my wife's
eyes almost spoke, was something a man
does not see more than once in a life
time. That look seemed to say, for
baby's sake, and like a fash I became
as cool as 1 am at this moment. I could
not speak, but my wife understood that
she must keep perfectly quiet and jump.
When the time came, slowly and with
infinite care [ raised my head till ]
could look down the bed to the floor.
My wife's eyes followed mine, and we
both saw the dog. The hideous head of
the snake swayed to and fro, andI knew
what was to be done must be done
quickly. I looked at my wife and she
realized my pain. Her eyes filed with
tears but gave consent. With a prayer
for help l moistened my lips and gave
one short, sharp whistle. The snake,
1 think, didn't know what to make o!
it, but the dog, Leo, did. As quick az
thought almost he sprang to his fee
and bounded on to the bed. To this
day / have never been able to under
stand why the snake did not STRIKE
WItu Jl6 uOS IuON6u, Oug ~ OIO hOO
As the dogs body rose in the air, m.
wife caught hold of the baby's garments
and rolled out of bed. / rolled out or
my side, grasped my rife, which stoot
at the head of the bed and turned
The dog and the snake were rolling to
gcther on the bed. 1 caught sight o
the snakes head and fired, and the rep
tile was past doing any harm. Th
dog staggered off the bed to the floor
shivered, moaned once or twice, looke'
from my wife to myself with more Low
than 1 ever saw before or since in an
animals eyes and died.
"At daybreak the next morning W
buried the dog and started for the vii
lage. l sold my mill and house to
man who was visiting my cousin, an
before the sunset we were on our wa
to Massachusetts,. 1 built another mi
in the East and we prospered and gre
rich. Other children came to max
our home happy, and there are grand
children now. We have enjoyed lf
and enjoy it now. But l tell yor
young man, that if proverty stood o
one hand and even a glimpse of Skin
ner Hollow on the other, we would tax
poverty cheerfully and think we ha
made a good bargain.