Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-09-20
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| Oh Che IeeC OF tne rats SnC catcno5 ana
then lets them so.
A Georgia man has produced n new
and gentle species of rodent by cross
ing white and black rats.
Joaquin Miller, who is said to have
named the Territory, insists that ii
should be pronounced I-dah-ho.
Robespierres hair was chestnut in
color. A lock of it has just come into
the possession of the Musee Carnavalet
of Paris. ..". ..
Prof. Moritz Benedict says that the
brain of u professional murderer bears
astriklng resemblance to that of beast
of prey. ..-, ...i
A farm in Green county, Alabama,
consisting of G54 acres, was sold under
mortgage at Eutaw the other day and
brought only 40 cents per acre.
Sam Jones said in late sermon at
Kansas City that mon are sometimes
led to drink to aid digestion, and that
bad biscuit makers are the allies of the
devil. 't
Sampson Goliah, James Allgones,
| and Pleasant Bumpass are the names
of three claimants before Congress for
compensation for property taken dur
ing the war. ..'t,...
The apple industry in this country
is greater one than many people sup
pose. The United States sends 1,000,.
600 barrels of apples every year to
foreign nations.
A girl in Oconee county Georgia,
married at the age of9 years, her hus.
band being As years old. 1t is said
that she become mother before she
was 10 years of age. B.....t
The largest savings bank in the
world is the Glasgow Savings Bank.
The last report shows funds in hand of
"a, $50, 900, and "a, 900 are due to
depositors, who number 1920. ...s
The prize for the effectual destruction
of rabbits offered by the New South
Wales government is being warmly
contested. Already 1856 Inventions
have been sent in to compete for the
$250,000. .
Minister PAX of Corea has received
q cable message from Saoul which cost
$407. 60, and returned an answer at an
expense of over 5000. The cable tariff
between Saoul and Washington is
$2.43 a word. .s .aa
The Austrian minister of public in
struction has issued a decree forbid
ing the use of small-printed books
in public schools, as the cause
of the nearsightedness so prevalent
among school children.
Ruth Perry. 17-year-old girl
of Middleton, N. Y, just for a lark
robbed a farmers hen-roost the other
night and was sent to the calaboose for
a month. She had rich parents and is
now out of limbo under bond. s1a.
There is troupe of trained cats at
the Winter Circus in Paris. Some of
the performers walk tight rope, on
which are seated here and there white
III ce,and pigeons, and one goes across
v ith mouse astride it's neck.
AN eighty-ton fiat car, which is
claimed to be the largest ever made in
this country, is being built in Packer
ton, Pa, and when finished will be
used for hauling lot of machinery
from New York to Bethlehem. -. -,
British makers of steel rails are
jubilant over the result of experiments
made by the Japan Railway Company
on rails of English and of German
make. The German rails proved in
every way weaker than the British.
A census has been begun of the
French carrier pigeons. They are re-
garded now as of such importance in
the event of war that all owners are
obliged to report their pigeons under
a penalty of a maximum fine of 1000
francs Et#l ~ G4t l' ,
An odd combination Of wares is
offered by q shop in the Italian city of
Bari, on tie Alriatic A sign informs
.would-be customers that within can be
obtained: 'Leeches, bread sold in
slices or loaves, and tuition in
mathematics" qn, a-E3s,ogi1,
James G. Blaine and Senator VIM
dom about three years ago bought 200
acres of Denver suburban property
for $40 per acre. Their agents have
just sold the land for 5000 per acre,
and the Denver papers say that, it was
fairly, sacrificed" ~ ~ t'' 7F''+'
William Clark a veteran, of the
Mexican war, who is living at Sharon,l
Pa, at the age of Ininety-foura years.,
knew Daniel Boone and General Har-
irison well in his youth, and was on in
itimatetermso offriendsllip with Henry,
Clay and General Scott. ia gl,yt.sg !.
4 There will be ain exhibition in Paris
next year INTENDED to illustrate all the
religions Of the earth, pastahd present..
Idols, manuscripts, and all tangible
symbols Of feliGions will be shown