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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14

sg A few months since man named John
Wells was removed from the office of post
master at Kirkland o., and young lady, q
Democrat, was appointed. Her father, now
dead, was soldier of the war of 1912. Her
mother educated the young lady carefully,
snd she has been endeavoring to repay this
kindness by taking care of the mother, a
widow who ia growing old. This ex-Postmas-
ter Wells thinks that this government was
made exclusively for Republicans and that
only Republicans should hold Office, and
since his removal has been mean enough 10
make war upon a young Democratic lady.
He collects what mail he can, and when the
stage driver who carries the mail from Kirt-
land to Willoughby comes along, he gives
him what mail he has collected to be mailed
at Willoughly, thereby depriving Mrs. Mill
ken, the present postmistress, Of the small
commission she should receive for canceling
the STAMPS, thus reducing her salary. This
manly (?) conduct Of Republican ex-official
in attempting to boycott Democratic post
mistress is about the most contemplate
thing we have ever heard of. It is safe to
say that this man is coward. for if his sue
cessor was an able bodied man he would be
fearful Of being trounced. A small porpor-
ton Of the community uphold the old post
MASTER in his despicable conduct, but means
will bs taken by the po3toffios department
within short time to overhaul such men as
Wells, who, because they cannot be always
kent in Office, try to vent their spite on theil
Successors.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
GOLD AND SILVER FOR BONDS,
Judge Geddes, of Ohio, on the History
of fSilver Certificates.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.--Judge Ged-
des, of Ohio, is preparing a speech for
delivery in the House advocating the
payment of called bonds in equal parts
of gold and silver. He says 1.-THE great
historical fact should be keptin mind
that for nearly forty years prior to the
demonstration of silver in 1873 it had
all the time been at premium of from
! to per cent. There was only very
short time when it was at so small a
premium as l per cent. If it was SO
obnoxious, why was this? The insin-
cerity of the arguments of the OPP
ponents of silver is clearly shown in the
matter of the issue of silver certificates.
1t seems to me that very few people
fully understand that matter.
ION Sept. 20, 1880, the Secretary of
the Treasury issued an order that silver
certificates could be issued on gold coin
or bullion. Under this order there was
deposited $3.50, 100000 in gold, and that
amount of silver certificates were issued
and are still out. On Nov. /, 1881, this
order was suspended until further
notice. After a time the restriction
was removed, and $50, 100000 more OF
gold was brought forward and that
amount Of silver certificates were issu-
ed. On Jan. l, 1885, this order was
finally withdrawn permanently. Now
note the point. Here was $146, 900, ,000
in gold forthcoming to buy silver certi-
ficates which can only be redeemed in
silver dollars. Does that look as though
silver was such bad thing and as
though the people were afraid Of III
The cry is sent out constantly that the
silver is boarded and does not circulate
This is simply ridiculous. There il
about $3.50, 100000 in silver coin. o.
this, all is in circulation, either In coir
or certificates, except about $50, 900, 900
This is fully as large proportion al
could be expected, and shows very
small after all the fight that has beer
made upon silvpr.u
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
Our Premiums

May all be cassed as household necessities of true
worth and genuine merit, and offered at figures in
some cases below wholesale rates, but never below
cost, as we are not In the humbug business; our
object being to beneft our patrons and make our
every transaction o Recommendation for future
patronage
THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER
Costs you $1.15 Year; 65 cents for
Six Months.
We have no club rat ties, all paying the same rates,
single or in clubs. We give free copy one year to
any person sending us club Of seven subscribers
at $1.i5 each.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
Unanswerable Argument for Tariff
Reform.

The Philadelphia Record, one of the
ablest and most influential papers in the
country, advances the following con-
vincing and unanswearable argument
in favor of tariff reform. Every labor
ing man in this country should study
the tariff question, and if they do they
will soon learn that the present Repub-
lican tariff system is planned in the in
terest of few wealthy individuals and
against the masses. Read the following
from the Record, and reflect on it as a
fair statement of the tariff question:
When the workingmen of this coun-
try are convinced that the protection
lists cry of pauper labor is delusion
and a cheat the present tariff system
will fall without a struggle. Working
men see that wages are higher in this
country than in the populous countries
of Europe, and higher in Europe than
in the swarming hives of humanity in
China, and they readily adopt the as
sumption of the professional protection.
lists that the tariff increases wages. If
this were true the wages of labor would
be higher in tariff-ridden Germany and
Italy than i'm free trade England, and
higher in China than in Italy or Ger
many. But as wages are lowest in those
countries Of the world where prohibit
tory tariffs have been brought to per-
fection, the suspicious at last of work.
ingmen in the United States ought to
be aroused concerning the virtues of
protection in raising their wages.
Wages were high in this country be-
fore there was such thing as a tariff,
and they were highest under the lowest
tariffs. In different parts of the coun-
try there is great difference in the rates
of wages. In California at one time a
days labor in the field or mine would
obtain as much wages as the labor of a
week in the East, and at this time there
is great difference in the rates on the
Atlantic and Pacific slopes under the
operation of one and the same tariff.
The field and factory hands of Georgia
and South Carolina do not receive with
in so per cent. of the average wages of
the same labor in the North and West.
Iron workers west Of the Alleghanies
have for long time obtained higher
wages than in the East for the reasons
that labor is scarcer in the West and
that cheap and fertile lands, easy oi
access, afford to workingmen the power
Of. resisting reductions If the tariff
were the prime influence In raising
wages, as its advocates pretend, would
not the rates throughout the country
be more uniform?
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
How Natural Gas Looks when Dis
covered.


The presence of gas is generally discovered
by the smell. II heavey pressure is struck,
it rushes forth like a tornado. With the
heavy tools in use At the present, the drill is
never blown from the well, but when small
drills are used they have sometimes been
blown ont like balls from a cannon.
Ha small quantity of gas has been struck
the first evidence of the fact will be a faint
smell, like that of petroleum. An expert
enced well borer can tell instantly by the
smell if the gas comes from limestone or
sandstone rock. The gas smell is differentca-
oording to the locality where it is struck. The
different formations Of rock and material
through which il passes gives it its character
istic color, and an experienced borer can tell by
the character of the smell of the gas the ma
ture of tbs material and formation where il
was generated. The gas found in some 10
calities is very much more odoriferous than
in others. Between these extremes are vast
number of grades of the gas as regards
odor.
Besides being discovered by the smell, the
gas can be see as it flows from the well. II
has grayish, cloudy appearance, and when
flowing from the well has the wavy motion
which is noticed in the summer when
the heat has the appearance Of coming out OF
the ground, when the gas issues in great
quantities and often collects and settles
around the well with the appearance OF
clouds of steam or very light smoke. This
is frequently noticed in boring oil wells in
Pennsylvania. On very damp, wet days the
gas collects and settles sround the well in
such quantities that it is difficult to see
| throughit, and having the exact appearance
of dense fog. If person should walk a
step into this innocent looking fog and strike
match, it would be their last act on earth,
for an explosion would follow which would
blow every adjacent object sky high, and
burn up derricks, building, workmen and ev-
erything in reach. For this reason great
care must be taken when the gas issues in
large quantities. The fire box Of the engine
and boiler must be moved to safe distance,
and the forge fire in which the drills are
heated for sharpening must be either extin-
guished or else moved away.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14

For over eight years I have suffered
from catarrh which affected my eyes
and hearing; have employed many
physicians without relief am now on
my second bottle of Ely's Cream Balm,
and feel confident of complete cure.
Mary G. Thompson, Cerro Gordo, III.
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of long standing case Of ca
tarrh. have never yet seen its equal
as cure for colds in the head and
headache resulting from such colds. 1t
is remedy of sterling merit. Ed. L..
Grossly, Nashville, Tenn. 2t
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
Northwestern Ohio Reservoirs.

| The correspondent of Cincinnati paper
gives the following account of the reservoirs
of Northwestern Ohio, which will be of inter-
est to many of our readers:
| On the Miami and Erie canal are four res
ervoirs, viz: The Lewistown, situated in Lo-
gan county, which when full to water top
line, the water surface is nearly six hundred
feet above the Ohio river at Cincinnati. This
reservoir is built on the north river, and has
water surface ofnearly 1900 acres. When
tie water of the reservoir is needed for nav
/ igation purposes the discharging gate is
channel, or bed, of the Great Miami river to
part of the dam at Port Jefferson, in Shelby
county, distance of over forty miles, with a
fall of forty feet, where it is passed into the
summit level through g.tes in bulk-head
at the head of the "Sidney feeder" and
thence carried to Lockport, distance of
nearly fourteen miles, where it meets the
summit level, or main line of canal, the feed
er and main line of canal being on same level
and five hundred and twenty feet above the
Ohio river at Cincinnati.
The town of Bremen is situated over three
hundred and seventy-ive feet above lake
Erie, and is at the north end of the summit
level, on Loramies creek. Near the village
of Berlin is situated the Loramises reser-
voir, containing two thousand acres of water
surface when full, and was designed to feed
the canal from Newport to the st. Mary's
feeder, at the 129th mile stone from Cincin-
natl, being eighteen miles in distance. Two
and half miles west of this point is located
the grand reservoir, the St. Marys or Mercer
county reservoir, and presenting when filed
to the top water line, a water surface of sew
enteen thousand acres. The water which es-
capes at the west bank of the grand reservoir
finds it's way into the gulf of Mexico, and
that which escapes at the Lawrance. A fourth
reservoir is located in Paulding county on
''Six Mile'' Greek: The four reservoirs
named contain the acres as named below:
Lewistown, 1900; Loramies, 1900; st. Mary,
Il, 900; 'Six Mile Creek" 5000; in all nearly
3O.001 acres. The "Six Mile Creek" reservoir
was the last one built and cost over 5000, 900,
tie Loramies reservoir cost $780, 900, exclusive
OF land, and was built under the contract Of
P. W. Taylor & Co., in 1884, when the
last part of the canal extension was built.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14

The pain and misery suffered by those
who are afflicted with dyspepsia arein-
describable. The distress of the body
is equalled or surpassed by the confu-
sion and tortures of the mind, thus
making its victims suffer double affiic-
ton. The relief that is given by Hoods
Sarsaparilla has caused thousands to be
thankful for this great medicine. It
dispels the causes Of dyspepsia, and
tones up the digestive organs. Try
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14

sTrains run daily. tDaily except Sunday.
Sleeping Oars on all through trains between Balti-
more, Washington, chicago, Pittsburgh, Wheeling,
Columbus and Cincinnati
O. K. LORD, WE. REPPERT,
Gen1 Pass. Agent, Div. Pass. Al gent
BALTIMORE, MD. Columns, @.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14

tW- The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has
been called upon to decide the validity Of q
will written in language that the testatol
himself could not understand -he being Ger
man and the will in English being con.
tested on that ground. It was the first case
Of the kind in the State, nor could prece
dent be found elsewhere, but the Court sus
tanned the will, deciding that it was necessary
only for tbe testator to be correctly informed
Of the contents Of the will he signed.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14

Sandusky Accommodation leaves Columbus 7 90
o. M, Newark s 06 q. m.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
Very. Very Little Thing,

But very important-your blood cor
puscles. They are bright red. They
are so small that it takes over 5000 of
them in a line to make an inch. The
bright red color comes from the
iron in them. When there is not
enough iron the blood Is thin and wa
terry and impure. Purity and vigor go
together. Browns Iron Bitters Is the
only safe iron tonic ever made. 1t en-
riches the blood, builds up the system,
gives health, strength, and enjoyment
oflife.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-14
Prof. Horsford's Baking Powder
Marion Harland

the weil-known authority on cooking.
says: II Icoinmend the baking prepara-
tions OF Prof. Horsford To the house
keepers Of America. They deserve ms
honorable q place in the store-room
and kitchen as does his Acid Phosphate
10 the family medlcine-chest.n limo
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11
ncenn stenmer pisabled.

by Anglo-American cable to the Dispatch
LONDON, September lO.-The Ham
burg-American Line steamer Lesslng'
which left Hamburg September 9th for
New York, has been towed into Queens
town. She is disabled. She lost her
propeller. The accident occurred yes
terday morning in latitude 54' north
longitude IL west. A strong gale was
blowing. and there was tremendous
head sea. The weather being 81
bad, the passengers were greatly
alarmed when the accident happened
Sails were set and the vessel ran be
fore the gale into Queenstown. The
White Star line steamer Republic
which leaves Queenstown to-day foi
New York, will take the Lesslng's
mails. The passengers will remain OF
the LEASING and proceed to New YORK
with her after a new propeller has ar
rived from either Liverpool or Glasgow
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11

remain outside the walls OF the House
Commons. Of which he is member,
involves a constitutional question OF no
little interest. lie was candi-
date for Derry as well as Tor
Lopeford at the last election, and was
defeated by the majority of three.
Mr.. Mccarthy demanded scrutiny,
ard it is possible that the result OF
the inquiry will be to give him the seat.
Sir Charles Russell, the ex-Attorney-
General, has advised him that II he took
bis seat for Longford be might put him
self out of the court so far as Derry is
concerned. This would be to throw
away the chance OF achieving q great
party triumph, and therefore Mr.. Nc
Carthy has wisely postponed the exer-
else Of his rights as member OF the
House.
His connection with the party led by
Mr.. Parnell gives him the greatest
prominence before the American peo-
pie, although the cheap editions have
faniliarized the educated public with
bis books. He is the vice-chairman oil
the Irish Parliamentary party.
Mr.. Mccarthy was born in Cork in
1880. Having learned Shorthand, in
ls47 he became c reporter on the
Cork Examiner, then edited by John
Francis Mcclure. In the troublesome
times of l84S Mr.. Mccarthy, John Pope
Hennessy. and others started the Cork
Historical Society, every member OF
which subsequently joined the Young
Ireland movement. In 1852 Mr.. Nc.
Csrthy was engaged in the Liverpool
Nortlern Times as reporter, and suose-
ouently contributed to its editorial
columns. When the paper failed, in 1860
be went TO London. His first euploy'
ment was as parliamentary reporter for
the Star. Mr.. Mccarthy is good
French, German, and Italian scholar,
and he soon began to write for the
columns of leading magazines. One Of
his articles in the Westminster Rerleu
attracted the attention of John Stuart
Mill. An introduction followed, and
young Mccarthy stood on the stepping
stone to fame. He became editor o
| the London Morning Star, paper II
which John Bright had large
interest. In 1868 he visited thi;
Country and wrote a series o
articles for the GALAXY. He also
delivered lectures in the principal citle
Of the Union. In 1871 he accepted
call from the London Daily Mems a
parliamentary leader writer. Mr.. Nc
earthly is the author of q number o
novels. The work which brought hiu
fame was 1.-The History of Our Owl
Times" published in 1873. This dis
tipguished man is not as able speake
as writer, but is we'll received in tn
House Of Commons, where mere ora
torical gifts have little or no weigh
and the colloquial style is the mos
prevalent. His son has achieved con
siderable reputation as writer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11
Fun, Fact. and Fiction.

As soon as a man gets canoe be
wants somebody else to paddle 1t for
him.-Columbus &C., Enquirer.
"Are cigars offensive to you
madam" he asked.
"Them fiye-cent kind is" she re-
piled, with her nose in the air.
"No news is good news" is an old
time-honored saying, but it won't DO
TO practice it too often on the man who
paws for his paper.-BOSton Herald.
In a bath-house Customer tfranti-
cally) Here l say there are no
towels here" Proprietor " In one
moment, sir. The gentleman in No.
j. nearly through with it."
Apron6s Of the colOred porter on the
New York Elevated who drinks kero-
sene by the cupful, friend suggests
that he be fitted with a wick and util-
lied as dark lantern.-Bosto" 1rd"-
script.
An Ohio man claims to have invented
machine that will continue TO run
without stopping until it wears itself
out. 1t is evidently an infringement on
book.agent's tongue.-NOTr'sto""
Herald.
Summer Resident I've an important
latter here. What time does the next
New York mail 60 out!
Postmaster: Wall, yer see my son
Jerry, what kerriss tn mail ter tn sta
ton. g got q ston' bruise on his heel,
N | told him he could favor it q little
n stay ter home ter-day. Yer letter II
20 out to-morrer or next day.-Itd-
Bits.
at is very amusing" said q clerk
in the United States Pension-Oftice
t" to look over the list Of names Of old
soldiers On the pension-books. | an
more than ever convinced that there
isn't ANYTHING in a name, for here W.
have in name nearly every great man
Who has ever lived. Here at one poinI
;s Daniel Webster, at another Georg'
washington, and further down the lis
Ii find Oliver Cromwell, Julius Caesar
John Wesley, Henry Clay, aud ever
LEFT. Davis is on our list. Then Their
are the odd names, such IS Ham, Coon
Rats, Sugarfoot, and others. On
hardly knows what variety OF name
there is in the world until be begins t.
deal with them BY the thousand
] Indianapolis Journal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11
New Political Party.

tBy Telegraph 10 the Dispa'Dni
ST. LOUIS, September l0.-The
Knights Of Labor and the members oil
the Central Labor Union and other Ia
Dor organizations OF this city have
combined under the name OF United
Labor party, and will hold q conven-
ton of delegates from various assem-
blies and unions on October 9Th for
the purpose of nominating full city,
congressional. and legislative ticket.
The Central Committee has recently
been in conference with the Greenback
Committee, and an alliance with them
will probably be formed. Prominent
Knights of Labor say the new party
will have the balance Of power In the
coming election, and il they cannot
elect their own candidates they can elect
those of either opposing party as they
u;sb
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11
r.raaI.I.n Iockey-CIub Races.


NEW YORK, September lO.-Flrst
race at Brooklyn Jockey-Cluo grounds
five elghths of mile-Princess mrs.
Mute second, Mona third. Time, l:O24.
Second race-one and one eighth
miles-Tornado first, Ada D. second
Catheart third. Time, l:5S.
Third race-three quarters oil a
mils-Ittillala first, Fenelon second
Maggie Mitchell third. Time, l:ll.
Fourth race-one and one eighth
miles-O'Fallon first, Lucy Ii. second,
Saxony third. Time, LOST.
Fifth race-one mile-Switt first
Three Cheers second, Ferons third
Time, l;4Sl. -,
Sixth race-seven eighths of mile
Bonnie S. first, Telie Doe second, Errol
third. Time, l:30.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11

Fatal ARRAY Between Two Restaurant
Employees.
rRv felepraph to the Dispatch

by telegraph to the Dispatch
CHICAGO, September lO.-Wh'ls
supper was served to fifty people in a
restaurant on west Madison street last
night two figures rushed through the
place-one with blood streaming from
him and fourishing butcher-knife !;
the other running for life.
John Morris, the cook, and Frank
Foster, a waiter, quarrelled about an
order, when Morris grabbed a knife
fourteen inches long and plunged it into
Fosters abdomen, The weapon in
flicted a frightful cash, coming out d.
rectly below the right lung. Morris
then cOldly pulled the knife from the
wound and laid it on a table. lie
started then to run, when Foster
grabbed the knife in time to slash Nor
ris across the heel as the latter ran up
stairs. The cut severed the tendons
and arteries Of the leg. Foster was
taken to his home, where physicians
pronounced his injuries fatal. Morn,
is very weak from loss Of blood, aac
is in the county hospital.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11
IOUS FLAMES.
Obstructive coHRLAeRATroS IN TIE
CITY OF DANvILLE. .
Two Box Factories, Electric-Light Works
and Ice-Factory Destroyed : Loss
Very Heavy Insurance Small.
Especial telegram to the Disps'ch.l


DANvILLE, VA, September lo.-A
destructive fire broke out here tonight
about II:l5 o'clock, and large amount
Of property was destroyed. II origi-
mated in Frank Heidelbach's box aud
furniture-factory, in which was also the
eleciric.light works for the city, both
Of which are total loss. The fisnes
spread 10 the box-factory OF W. W.
Worsham & +. Y. Burton, on the west
which was also destroyed. The ice
house adjoining Heidelbach's factory
then caught, and was entirely con
sumed.
The insurance on the refractory Is
beta cen els 900 and ego, 600; Barton
& Worshsm's insurance Is very small
Heidolbach and the electric-light WORKS
have no insurance.
The winds blowing from the south
vest prevented one Of themost destruc
tive fires ever seen at this place. The
loss cannot be ascertained, but is up IN
the thousands. 1t is supposed that on'
person persisted in the flames. tie wen
in the building slightly intoxicated
short while before the flames burst out
aud il is thought the fire may have beer
caused by him throwing mstch on tn
floor