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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-09-13
Notice to Contractors

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received ct the Of
y foe Of the Clerk of the Board of Education of
Liberty Township, Henry county, Ohio, until Q
O'Clock on the 22nd day of September, 1888, for
school house on the lot In sub district No. 8,
Of the above named township, according to the
plans and specifications ON file In said office. Each
bid must be accompanied by sufficient guaranty
into and the performance Of the work properly se-
cured.
The board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
By order of Board of Education.
D S. MlRES, Clerk.
August 9th, 1893.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-09-13
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Henry Holterman, Co. Treasurer,
vs.
I-.l L L. IL Il

Henry Hoterman, Co. Treasurer,
Vs
Joseph Laube benthal ct al.
Order OF sale from Henry County Court of Common
Pleas.
DY virtue of an alias order of sale issued from the
ID above named Court and to me directed as Sheriff
Of Henry county, will offer at public sale at the
North door of the Court House, in Napoleon, o.. on
Saturday, September %, 1888,
atth hour OF 2oclock p. m, of said day, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated in Henry
county, Ohio, to-wit:
Lots number fourteen (l4l, aud fifteen (15) in s..
D. 81 Stearns addition to the town of Deshler, Hen
ry county, Ohio.
Appraised at 1925.
Terms of Sale, Cash.
E. T. BARNES,
Sheriff of Henry county, Ohio.
Il. W. Cahil, attorney for plaintiff.
Napoleon, o., Aug. 16, 1888. $3.50
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21
A WOuld-be John l..

There is n young man. well-knowL
about town, who spends q great deal
of his time in the vicinity of the Con.
tinental Hotel bar-room. He was ed.
ucated for something better than n
pugilist but his Hottest ambition is TO
emulate John l. Sullivan. A week o
some of his friends arranged Il fight
for him with Il third-rate boxer. The
would-be pugilist received an unmer-
ciful drubbing. but his friends consoled
him by declaring that he had won
the fight. Since then he has been be-
sieged with letters bearing challenges
to fight. others from men who want
lessons in the manly art. The climax
was capped and the young mans cup
of JOY was filed when he received n
letter last week signed Richard X.
Fox and requesting him to send his
photograph for reproduction in the
pugilists' pink weekly. OF course all
the letters were sent by friends of the
young man, but he is not aware of the
imposition ami is anxiously awaiting
the appearance of his likeness. -New-
ark Sunday Call.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21
The Convenient Telephone.

One has TO go to other cities in order
TO thoroughly appreciate the revolu-
ton brought about by the use
of the telephone. In cities like Cleve-
land, Detroit and Rochester all the
well'to-do people have telephones in
dwellings, and the useful instruments
are made to serve instead of letters.
visits, and the employment of messen-
gers. The ladies use them quite as
much In the routine of household life
as our downtown men do in business.
After breakfast in the morning n
incial lady who has n telephone is apt
to closet herself with it for a half an
hour or more, during which time she
iinds GU what the grocer has that is
good TO offer, sends her order,
with the butcher, and tells him what
she wants; rings up her dressmaker
and has II delightful chat over trim.
mlngs and tlounces, and then calls up.
on one after another in her circle of
lady friends. and gossips with each and
all precisely as she would if she were
making a social round in her carriage
later IN the day. The average New
Yorker has scarcely any conception of
the usefulness of II telephone as it is
employed in other cities. -NeU Yore
Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21
Costly Mutton.

The first merino sheep hat ever left
the shores of Spain for the United
States or for any other foreign port.
came from there to Boston in 1896.
For hundreds of years the Spanish
government had prohibited the ex-
p~ortation of merinos under heavy
penalties as it knew the great value of
that product of its mountains. and did
not intend to share its benefits and
profits with any other country and
thus the sheep had remained confined
to those mountains, the envy of the
world. The law was still in force in
1896. but the Hon. William Porter. of
Massachusetts, was in Spain in That
year, and by some means managed 10
obtain three merinos, which he brought
safely home. Strange and unaccount-
able us it may seem, these three
valuable sheep, the first to leave their
native hills, and to obtain which many
governments would have paid almost
any price, fell into the possession of n
man who appreciated the ownership so
lightly that he slaughtered them, and
sold their mutton at the regular
market price. That man was Andrew
Cralgie. OF Cambridge. He knew what
he had done in after years, when to
obtain a merino ram for breeding
purposes, he paid the sum of 1000
cash.
In 1902 Col. David Humphreys was
United States minister to Spain. He
was extremely popular at the Spanish
court. In that year he relinquished
his office and returned home. The
government rendered him n
valuable gift in gold. Col. Humphreys
declined IL, but said there was some.
thing he would highly prize. He was
TO name il. He replied: ..One
hundred merino sheep" The request
was unexpected. The law stood in
the way of its heing granted. Tho
government got over the difficulty in
some way, and 100 sheep were among
The cargo of the vessel that landed the
-minister in Boston. Seventy OF
hem survived the passage. and from
hat original stock. which were placed
the Humphreys farm at DERBY.
Conn. the present royal breed of
Vermont merinoes sprang .--New Yors
san.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

CoNTRADIcTING the current fiction
that the %czarina makes the dresses of her
children, Mr.. Labouchere remarks that
the czarina and her sisters acted MS
their maids and dressmakers in
early life simply because the present
king and queen of Denmark could not
afford either to buy their things or to
provide them with attendants, rs their
income did not exceed So. 600 u year al.
together. and they had six children, all
of whom have. however. since achiey-
ed great marriages.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21
POINTS OF HUMOR.

A show spoken of rs "a rare enter.
talnment proved to be n performance
not well done. -NeV Orleans Picaynne.
The largest greenhouse in the world
is situated in Boston. In fact the city
itself has long been the center OF
naughty culture.
An order. which a little girl present.
ed a Lewiston. Me, druggist, tho other
day, read: Mister Druggist: Please
send ipecac enough to throw up "A f.
year-old girl"
h juryman who sleeps through the
whole trial and awakes and listens TO
the charge of the Judge is the safe man
OF the twelve. He knows something;
the eleven are only fuddled with the
evidence. -MarthG's Vineyard Herald.
Woman Ito tramp: Now that you've
had II good dinner. cant YOU do some
thing ORTIZ" Tramp: well L dunno.
! want to do what's right. If you've
got anv letters to mail I'll drop EN- in
TO the lamp-post for you. Pm square
man, madam. "-New Yor6 sun.
A Boston girl was telling a lady of
an accident that happened 10 n school
mate on the street. Her left crural
~GGSO was II dCLuIcus SHlu Sne.
land she was carried on a perambulat.
ing couch to an equine saliva" The
hosp tai surgeons at the Hub threaten
TO strike.
Are you one of the new letter. a
rlers?' inquired the housewife. Eyes
ma am. well l just want YOU to
give me the right letters hereafter.
The last one was for the next-door
heiglbor. 1t was interesting but she
made an awful time because | read it,"
Hartford Post.
A Promising Outlook Striker Ito
wife,: well, what successP" Wife:
Very good. John. Mrs Smith will give
me "A weeks wash tomorrow. and she
thinks she can find some plain Sc winr
for me to do" Striker (enthusiasticaf.
iy): splendid! Well make the COM
pany get down on its knees yet.-Lic. .
would you like me to get you some
mourning samplesP" asked tho widows
friend Il few hours after her afi C.
ION. Mourning? What do | want
mourning forP Henry's life was in
for $50, 900. and Pm no hvpo-
;rlte. Get me a red tailor.made Jer-
'ey and an absinthe skirt. "New JorE
Tramp: Excuse me, sir; will Won
llease put up the price of a drink"
Tcntleman: Certainly. my good fell
ow; I'm just going in here after one
myself and you can join me-" Tramp:
You are very kind, but if it's all the
Iame to you I'd prefer the money.
on see, I've got a regular place
where | know the booze. and it makes
nervous to sample strange liquor"
WASHINGTON Critic.
One of the hardest things in the
World is to condole with any,
'ody in q misfortune or a be-
II it were not that the
natter is generally serious. IL great
many funny stories could be printed
bout the coincidence people offer tn.
he bereaved. But up ut sacramento
ONE time ago a hard working Irish
nan fell ont of a four-story window
broke his neck. His wife was. of
curse in great distress. After the
lneral II neighbor called to offer her
'mpathy and coincidence. al was II
cry sad thing. indeed it was. To die
Ike that-to fall out of II fourth.story
ndow. "And was it as bid as
lat?' asked the visitor. sure. an
card it was only a third-story win
- francisco Chronicle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

The short visit paid by the empress
of Austr to Paris recently was strict
ly incognito. Her majesty after her
brief stay. went on to Baden. Her
peregrinations are assiduously chron-
icled as being travels in search of
health. but it is becoming an open
secret that something more than the
undoubted indispotion from which she
suffers keeps the empress of Austria
absent from her husband and her
court so long.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

AN English seer as discovered that
the numerical value of the letters in
~Boulanger's name when added up
amounts to 666. the number of the beast
ofthe Apocalypse. This important clew
enables him to predict that Gen. Boulan-
ger will play a leading part in the af-
fairs of the world between this time
and the second advent of Christ,
(which is to occur at 3 o'clock. in the
afternoon of March 5, 1896"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21
How to Get Rid of Him.

A middle aged but rich widow, who.
had a very disagrceable temper. being
In fact a perfect virago. complained to
her son-in-law that she was annoyed
by the attentions of a certain man.
How shall l get rid of himP" sho
asked.
Marry him. "laconically replied tho
son-in-law.
I'D see him hanged first"
. Just marry him. and IL won't bc
long before he'll hang himself
Texas SUtinos.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

In 1865 Jenny Lind in Edin~urgh
visited II booksellers in Prince street.
The attendant young man, asked if
she had ever heard Jenny Lind. The
singer replied in the affirmative. and her.
self asked If he had heard the ..Swed-
ish Nightingale" He replied that the
very high price of the tickets kept them
far beyond his income. She asked him
to play an accompaniment to the song
which she held in her hand. He did so.
and al the close the singer. saying
Now you have heard Jenny Lind"
walked out
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

The eminent professor of chemistry,
Privy Councillor A. w. Hoffman, of
Berlin, a former pupil and assistant of
Liebig. and honorary rector of Berlin
university. has lately celebrated the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of his birth.
Emperor friedrich bestowed upon him
the rank of nobility, besides a distingu-
ished decoration. and the Empress VIC
toria one of his pupils, sent him her
portrait.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21
1t was not for Herself.

Esmerelda Longcoffin-'I am look
ing for q book"
Clerk-''What sort OF a book do you
wishP'
Give me some kind of a novel, but
IL must have n good. moral tone"
lis it for yourself. Miss EsmereldaP"
'Oh, no. of course not. l want II
fol my grandmother. - Texas SiH-
isgS.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

BARON WAEKER GoTTER. who has
filled the position of German minister
TO Mexico up to n few weeks ago, when
he left for Europe. will not return to
that country, but is TO go to Rus
sia on a special diplomatic mission. Sir
Spencer St John. English minister to
Mexico for the last seven years, also
leaves Mexico. not to return, in
August next.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

Mrs. LUCINDA GAsLEE, known in
Massachusetts as the glastonbury
c%entenarian, has just celebrated her
lOlst birthday. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to say that she has the vigor. good
hearing. and keen vision that go with
every well-regulated centenarian.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

Dow PEDRO, emperor of Brazil. as
cended the throne in 1881. and has
reigned longer than any sovereign in
the world. His rule has been marked
by a liberal and progressive policy.
and will be distinguished in history as
accomplishing a noble work in the
emancipation of many thousa nd
slaves.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

DURING this year Carl Schurz will
be SO; Blaine. So; Prot. Haeckie. "a;
Mark Twain. SO: T. B. Aldrich, so;
Grover Cleveland, 81; Bret Harte. 40;
Thomas Mast, As; the prince of Wales.
a.. and Adelina Patti, As.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

IT is not unlikely that Queen Vic.
toria will pay a visit to Ireland in the
near future. She has been invited 10 do
so by the authorities and attaches o.
Dublin castle, and the proposition
meets with warm favor in England. in
view of the possible results of such
action on the part of the queen in con-
ciliating her Irish subjects.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

WITHIN the past two weeks four
men who claim to be related to Prince
Bismarck have been arrested for vari-
u misdmeanors at four different
places on the Pacific coast.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

BELL, of telephone notoriety. is a
%Scotchman, and only so years old. He
came TO this country a poor boy. but
has succeeded in making his mark, and
a fortune, too.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEW'S, of the
United States supreme court, is to de-
liver the law school commencement
Grafton at Yale next month.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

JONAS LIE is the name of a Norwe-
gian writer of novels. He is said TO he
able to make good his name.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

HAWTHORNE began writing novels
at the suggestion of his wife. So did
Kenmore Cooper.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-21

The little king of Spain is 10 months
old and has II salary Of 81, 600, 900.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
BREAKFAST BUDGET.
,orax trust ia the latest.

The borax trust is the latest.
Ten beavers have been killed near Hum
boldt, Tenn.
The Poor Farm in Pawnee county, Kan.
sas, is said to be fAilure-ior leck oil
paupers.
A thick coating Of flowers Of sulphur
over the affected limb for one night is said
to cure tho BciatiCa.
Joking about her nose. o young lady
said: ~ had nothing to do with shaping
1t. It was birthday present"
In certain parts Of Scotland the hard.
headed ScotchmRn drinks from the skull
Of O suicide for the cure Of epilepsy.
A Customs Inspector found $1,000
worth Of diamonds in cake Of SOAP car.
RED by an innocent looking smuEGler the
other day.
John s. Gregg, Of Wilmington, Del,
blew his nose with such obstreperouanesa
last Thursday that 1t caused q fatal rup'
ture Of the abdomen.
a fortune of $4,000 has fallen, through
the death Of his father, In Germany, TO a
prisoner serving out O sentence in Ne
braska jail for the theft Of steer.
T.J. Hardy, Of Hart county, KY, lent
Imam ST to pay Tor admission to q show
tWenty.three years ago, Last wOek the
dollar was returned with an extra dollar
Tor interest.
The contract Of the cutting, transport.
ing and sssdng up Of aIteen monuments
on the Gettysburg battlefield, in honor Of
that number Of Maine organisations which
participated in the battle, has Just been
awarded Tor $lS.24S.
Recent researches by Professor Brown.
sequArd demonstrRte that liquid obtain.
ed from the vapor Of mir from the lungs Is
% poisonous that dose Of twenty cent.
Rrammes (less than four grains) sutficed
10 kill 4 dog in about seven hours.
An inqulrlng New Yorker wrote prom.
inent clergyman asking him 10 name bis
iavorIte book. The clergyman replied,
Shakespeare" He then wrote promi.
nent actor asklng him the same question.
The actor answered the "Bibie."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
Gks Ga&elhgs'tcsG.
WHEELING. W. VA. MARCH .. 1885,



The long promised tariff bill was pre-
scented to the House Of Representatives
yesterday. How much it may resemble
ita present form by the time tho House
gets through with 1t Is dificu!tto deter
mine. The bill from all appearances has
the sanction OF tho administration, and
for some weeks past, it ia said that the
Presldent has labored with certain Repre-
sentatiyes to have them accommodate
their views 60 as to hGrmonizs with his re-
cent ukase.
The Republican members Of the com
mittee that formulated the bill presented
yesterday are men OF experience, inteIlt'
gencs and OF large acquaintance with pub
lie affairs. They are zach veil known
men as "Pig Iron" Kelley, Browne, Of
Indiana; Reed, Of Mainei Mckinley, oil
Ohio; Burrows, Of Michigan. But this
able minority, Of course, has had little TO
do with framing the MEASURE, being over
weighted by numbers. The Democratic
majority OF the committee, who arc re-
sponsibIe for the tinksIing, are Roger @
Mills, Of Texas; Benton MCMillin, OF Ten
nessee; Clifton r. BreCkinlidge, Of Ar
kansas; W. P. 9. Breckinridge, Of Ken
lucky; Henry G. Turner, Of Georgia; Will
liam L. Wilson, Of West Virginia; VIII
liam L. Scott, Of Pennsylvania, and VIII
liam D. Bynum, Of Indiana.
OF these, says q competent authority
only two men represent constituencies
whose interests are vitslly associated with
proposed or desired legislation, and Of
these Mr.. Scott is large owner OF bitumi'
nous coal mincs in Canada, and wants the
freest trade in all things with tina! pro-
vince, and Mr.. Bynum is moro interested
in tariff Tor spoiis than for anything Of
private conCorn. As 10 the others, they
seem to have been selected because their
districts are furthOat removed from sue
plcion Of progress in commercial Affairs.
Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky, ia gifted
in oratory. Mr.. Turner has strong points
as a lawyer, and Mr.. Scott ranks high SIS
o political manipulation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02

A celebrated phyaiCian in a column o.
copyrighted literature maintains that he
does not see any Ieason why mans stGS
on earth shoult not be eternal. OF courat
hla reasons are physiological, and he treats
OF immunity from death from natura
causes. singulRrly enough he does moi
claim that man can live after brick
house falls on him, nor does he engage tc
provide shield Of Immortality for the
warrior. His reRsouinRs are very pleas
ant to contemplate, but the requirements
OF his eternal life rcheme, 1t Is clearly
unnecessary to remark, are not practical
Unfortunately his suggestions cannot be
bottled and sold Ike the patent paRaceaa
for all the ills that have been devised to
the flesh. As the fountains Of everlasting
life have proven myth 30 this theory oil
perennial existence must end in affording
some pleasant flights for the Imagination
and entertainment for the reader. His
argument Is based upon the strict observ'
ance OF the laws ofnature and the formulas
Of science, the delicscy Of whose calcula-
tions depend upon the weight Of single
hair. There Is no denying the fact that
life can be prolonged by even q rationPl
observance Of the common Iaws Of health,
and that death sometimes prematurely
cuts OF many promising careers by de-
flance OF the least irksome rules o! nature.
However possible 1t might be for man
To make the earth his eternal home would
he elect to do sol When we come within
the sunset years Of a century We will, no
doubt, be prepared to give cheerful en-
dorsement to the lines Of the hymn in
having experienced enough Of LIES
woes, full enough Of lie cheer" and pass
into another life where everlasting spring
Gbldes, aud never whitening towers"
But why speculate further, as 1t has been
appointed that oil men shall die.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02

with us. Boom the State by telling the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth.-Tyler County Star.
The Moundsvllls Herald Is agitstiDg the
Question Of building water works there.
| The lofty Indian mound In tho town offers
, a tins location for basin.
Fifty more new cars have Just been
added to the rolling stock OF the West Viz
pinia Central RsilFoGd, making an eddi-
ton Of one hundred and fifty cars within
the last sixty days.
The estimates on the cost Of building
water works for Clarksburg are not com.
plete, bat are sufficiently COMPLETED 70
state that the appropriation Of $50, 900 will
be enough to build them.
It lis likely that before midsummer the
slow method OF reaching Berkeley Springs
bY staging from Sir Johns Run will be q
thing Of the past, and that a railroad line
TO connect with the Baltimore & Ohio will
be built.
The Wheeling Hinge Company are pre-.
pairing to engage exteneively in the manu-
lacture OF strap and at" hinges. Although
originally intended for this character Of
work, the factory has not engaged In 1t for
past Gevsn years, until the present active
demand for them has made 1t business
neCessity.
Here ara few facts about Tyler county
from the Star: The county has an area
Of nearly 800 square miles, there being
1854 6l7 acres OF land on the tax books.
The total value Of all the real estate in the
county is Sl,49l, 23l, and oil personal pro-
perry, 1856, 1915. The average rate OF taxa
lion last year WIS about Si65 on the 500,
the rate in McElroy district being the
highest, $l.7O. There are about 40 church
buildings in the county, and many Of the
school houses are used for church pur-
poses, Thsrs ara SO school houses In the
county, employing So teachers and at
tended by 1900 pupils. Last year there
we're about 1900 shsep in the county,
8 1856 cattle and 1858 horses. The wool
product is about 10000 pounds year.
There are about twenty grlsE mills In the
county, three Of which have roller at
tachmenta. Nearly sll have saw mill at
tschments. There are about dozen por-
table saw mills, three 1tave mills and two
planning mills. The average value OF I'M
proved farm lands Is about $50 per acre,
and Of timber lands about $l5. There 10
no better county in the State Tor live on
ereetic farmsss and mechanics to come to.
and it is confidently hoped that Tyler will
get her share OF the boon" that Ia now
setting In all over the State.