Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-06-07
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Girls, why not get up leap year pic
mic?
Hunters are bringing in large number of
squirrels.
Fourth of July goods are being displayed
by dealers.
Al. vandenbroek is having his residence
re-painted.
PC. schwab, of New Bavaria, was in the
city Saturday.
The farmers in Fulton county are replant-
ing their corn.
'Deshler wants an ice cream saloon and a
street sprinkler.
Squire Hornung. of New Bavaria, was in
the city Monday.
Bryan is graveling its roads, in and out of
the corporation.
Miss Fanny Knupp is visiting friends in
Greenville, Ohio.
Less taxation and more comfort is the
Democratic idea.
Thirty-one graduates from the Tifin pub
lie school this year.
Mrs. DIR. Kohn, of Chicago, is guest of
her mother in this city.
The roof on Humphrey block has been re-
graveled and repitched.
Mrs, W. H. Donahue, of Englewood, ILL.,, is
visiting her parents in this city.
The band discoursed some stirring music
on the streets Saturday evening.
Wm. Rhoads is building an addition to his
residence, on his farm south of town.
The Western Union telegraph agent at this
place will please occept thanks for favors.
Spectacles and eye glasses; new stock at
HUDSON'S.
NJ. Weakley has disposed of his grocery
store i'll Liberty Center to Mr.. M. H. Leist.
The woman suffrage law of Washington
Territory has been decided unconstitutional.
Bro. Decker, of the Times, and Squire
Fisher, of Holgate were in the city on Satur-
day.
Premium Lists for the Henry Co. Fair are
now ready and can be had by calling on the
secretary.
Miss Hedrick, ofIIndianapolis, Ind, will be
the piano teacher in the coming Norma
music school.
Gen. Phil. Sheridan is still fighting with
death. He says he will get we'll, but the
chances are against him.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Ludwig are visiting
in Columbia City, Ind. Little Miss Grace
Merrill accompanied them.
The Napoleon band will attend the banG
tournament at Holgate on Monday next. May
the boys bring home prize.
Mesdames Strahorn returned to their home
in Chicago on Friday, after a pleasant visi
of a week at the home of DR.. Harrison.
r. A. Jones, colored, editor and publisher
of the Cleveland Globe, was in the city OF
Thursday last in the interest of his paper.
Christ. Dittmer, of Ridgeville, was in thu
city Friday, bringing in large load of corn
for which he received big Napoleon prices.
John Siford and son, accompanied by Mrs
Reed Siford, left last Saturday morning fo
l.
Over four hundred petitioners ask thu
Bowling Green council to repeal the prohibi
ton ordinance. The city dads have the mat
ter under consideration.
Sandusky schools are practicing fire drill
One building with $50 pupils was emptied il
As seconds. Its good plan and highly nee
essary to all schools in the State.
Mrs. F. F. Shoner and daughters Anni
and Fanny are attending the wedding at De
fiance of their cousin, Miss Katie Weisen
burger and Mr.. John Meilink, of Toledo.
The many old friends in Napoleon and vi
cinity will be panied to hear of the death o
Hibe Raft, of Hutchinson, Ka. He breathed
his last on earth Monday evening. He is
son of Henry Raft, of this city.
The $3.50 of tax collected from every salool
keeper in Ohio is distributed as follows: So
goes into the State treasury, $75 to the mu
nicipal police fund, $75 to the general cor
poration fund and $50 to the county fund.
Citizens of Florida have petitioned agair
for incorporation. The hearing will conn
before the county commissioners on the 9tl
day of August. The citizens interested ar,
almost unannim ous for incorporation, w
understand.
We hear that Otto Kutzner. of Stanley, will
in the near future, come to Holgate and star
a bottling works and will handle only tn,
beer manufactured by Chris Diehl, of Def
ance. and Fred Roessing, of Napoleon.-Hol
gate Times.
The Normal will begin ON next Tuesda!
morning at 0 o'clock, June 18th. AL
persons wishing to study either one or all tn
branches taught in this school, should b.
present at the opening of this school in uniol
school building.
The season is fully two weeks late. Las
year Mr.. Geo. Lowery, our strawberry grow
er, furnished our merchants with an abund
ance of home strawberries on the 1st of June
and he had them for table use at home the las
week in May. He has marketed none so fa
this year.
Special trains passed over the Wabash Sun
day afternoon, conveying the New Yorl
County and Kings County Democracy to st
Louis. The New York train rushed through
our place without ceremony, but the King
County Democracy made stop. They wer
| all enthusiastic for Cleveland ,3F