Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-12-06
NEWS I'M A NUT SHELL.
A CONDENSATION or THE TOPICS o.
THE TIMES.

A CONDENSATION or The TOPICS o.
THE TIMES.
A colIeetion OF Interesting Se.ys Items
on Many Subjects. Gathered Prom Va
rious Sources, and Especially Prepared
for the HassE Reader.
Alfred Wilder was arrested, at Olean, N. |
Y, for making and passing counterfeit
nickels
Mrs Sarah Jane whiting was convicted
OF murder in the first degree at Philadelphia
She confessed that she poisoned her husband
and two children
w. B. Wharton, an insurance solicitor OF
Chicago, who has served u number OF prom
inent companies, Is missing His accounts
are short 5000 or more
David McMaster, q prominent young mer-
chant of jamestown, Pa, was found dead In
his store Thanksgiving morning, with a hole
in his forehead Probable suicide.
W. l. Williams. this mail-rider between
Decatur and oakvills, Ala, was shot from
ambush and Instantly killed The assassin
is unknown. The mail pouch, containing
several valuable letters, was untouched, but
Williams pocketbook was missing. Blood
hounds have been sent for.
John Cash, a timer, was killed instantly
at Louisville, KY, while leaning on the mug
zle of his gun. He accidentally struck the
trigger with q stick
A colored boy named Ernst Owen YVES
horribly burned at Hopkinsville, KY. His
clothing accidentally caught fire while he
xvns IL vnaar ssfaf, efoga
Foreign Notes. $500
The Rothschild syndicate has taken an
Austrian loan of $i0,0O0, 900.
d. The Wissman expedition for the relief OF
Emin Bey Is expected to start from Berlin,
for Zanzibar within three weeks.
The question regarding the fugitive slaves
harbored by the Mission station at Momhasa
has been settled by Messrs Mackenzie and
Matthews to the satisfaction of the natives,
who have invited Mr.. Mackenzie to a public
IeasS. Inc arrangement secures the freedom
of 500 slaves.
Baron Hirsch has donated $1,000, cU9 to the
establishments and maintenance of schools for
Jews in Galicia snd Bukoxina.
The German men-of.war Lsipzig and So
phie have proceeded to Bagamozo, owing to
report that fghting had broken out there.
A boiler explosion occurred at Kineshma,
Central Russia, by which eleven persons
were instantly killed and 175 more or less
seriously injured.
The mining districts of Belgium are in
tested with bands of armed strikers who
threaten violence, and the Socialists are
making numerous displays The troops at
Charleroi have been reinforced.
During Emperor Williams late hunting
trip at Letzinger he and bis party in one
day bagged 63J pieces of game Most of
them were pheasants and hares, but the bag
also included a dozsn stays and other big
game.
The London Telegraph, st. Petersburg cor.
respondent, says that the Russian minister
of France hopes to induce the American
government to invest its surplus revenue in
| Russian loan, hence the imperial ukase ex-
pressly fixed the rats OF exchange at which
| the present loan is to be paid ia American
| dollars
Emperor William is recovering from hi
recent indisposition. He is still confined to
his bedroom, however
NJ. Eiffel, the famous French engineer
! claims that his tower has already reached an
altitude thirty one meters higher than the
| Washington monument.
| The Death Roll.
| Mrs Ellen Ewing Sherman, wife of Gen
William T. Sherman, died at New York.
James Eddy Mauran, widely recognized
authority on heraldery and medieval htera
ture, died at Newport, R l., Wednesday
night.
Francis b. Howell, the last Of the frs
desc ndants of the original Order OF Cincin
| natus, died, near Springfield, o., on the u q
inst. He was ninety-two years of age
w. Z. o"ens' the "eh ao'
trainer, died OF lnnan,nassoh Oh 'n1 lungs .
Toronto, Ont., inursoay.
| Labor Notes.
Several Ohio Indiana & Western rail
road ENGINEERS have been discharged for re
fusino to handle engines when ''scabsa wer
workin0 the switches. The employees gsner
ally syincs disposition to make commo
cause with Gne sertKeFa
The places Oh the stfiking s"lscu.nen
Indianapolis are Deing nliea as rapiaiy
possloie.
New York and New Jersey brewers nav
decided TO iock QUE all union men pecauss
the continued noycotS on oIoVehsohs oeei.
Political Pointers.
Il The New York Sun sees tiouble Tor Ha
Sherman. Mckinley and Foraker.
The official vote Of Indiana shows :, 81
plurality for the highest Harrison etector.
Senators Allison and Spooner have calt
; on Gen. Harrison. Both say the sena
3 tariff hill will he pushed