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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01

IF Mr.. BoothinAn is elected he will
have . clsFk Il no public expense, be-
cause the fafTnsrs of the district will
have said ao BY thslr votes III returning
him TO Congress. and thus indorsed his
course.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01

Henry Holterman sells the Standard Sew
ing Machine. Ifitwas not good machine
Nm would not be selling il. ~
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01

Rahah To the siudenfs a. history, who are suxious
70 learn the true history Of this Infamous woman;
reist 81 tnen 70 the boob OF Joehua, second chapter
nd 20 tho % snd 25th verses Of the sixth chapter In
me 9th verse OF the aixih chapter II says, ssAhd
Joshua saved hahsh the larlot and all her fathefs
houaehod ard al that she hAd. and she dweIeth In
Ierael untn this day" Tbs hfst representatives, OF
this woman ofsny tote we mud IN the new tssta-
ment; they here assumed their natural role a. Jndae
and Peter Let M look into the characfer Of thsss
Two men according to the bible: Peter was ascheem-
Ing, unprincipltd, prufaue aud a Mar. The Other
Judas, was thief and carried the hag and what was
put therein Now there IL hardly an hour In the
dsy that VIC are Lot asked why We don't deny what
this Judas says about ms: Why we kept him In the
party 80 long before we kicked him out will an
ewer this question ty atlfng another; why aid
Christ In tho nrrt place chooFe aud tolerate thief
% accompany hir irem p'are to place for several
years arrying bag oihtAinipg stolen property;
there 10 no intimation anywhere that Christ ever
rcoldcd Judas fer stealing, hut II does say that he
expressed eontemrii.e q insouCf Peter something
about denying him thrice htfon The cock crew.
DID they get their living tha way when not BY
miracles; II IS admitted on al hands that Christ
and his apostles wefe poor aLd did not work. and
were liable TO get hungry like other people Now In
using tho &c upturA iluhtraiinIH merely use them
10 SHOW that this ter End Jucas are no new char
actert IN the history nf the religions and political
world, that these two leaders Of the two wings nf
tne Republican party AreIf tho same stripe religions
~ and politically thai rmnittrred tile last days oil
the nrst great rtformpr Int the excuse at that time
was TO fnidll the words 1f the fciipture The only
instance where Christ eEded Juhas Is when he sayS
Have not choseii YOU IA 10 be- my apostles, and
one o. you II delii. The sius Of Peter were over
looked because be confessed and showed penitence.
agree with some ~ the Democratic kickers, the
necessity al twa parties hut We to be flaught-
cred In this county wsit be beaten fairly ana
squarely in stand ~, light with the Republican
party, and uOt by the two wings. headed by the Pc
ter and Judas reDegader from our own party.
Ifeel like Major Andre the British spy. when
Washington reftsed TO change the sentence of the
court martial from hanging to shooting, he wanted
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01

Subscribe for the NORTHWEST 81 80
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-11-01

man who has prncticrd medicine for 10
years: ought T. sAos 81. srarn sugar; read
what says.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
The D., Eft. w. s. G. Receivership.

DAYTON, O., Jan. 4.-The case Of application
for the appointment of a receiver to the Dayton,
FIT Wayne & Chicago railroad was in progress
to-day. J. c. Coonbs. of Boston, director of
the road, testified that the Ohio Valley Con-
struction Company was a company composed
exclusively of Henry S. Ives and
his associates. The construction company
proceeded to improve and extend the road, and
the road issued notes to them. The am cunt due
on account of construction, ae said, about
1914 000 The company has outstanding two
patches of notes which were held by Henry S.
Ives & Co., and by him pledged on what Is
known as the Evans loan. one batch Of those
notes amounting to $539,000 and the other to
$425 000 making the total amount outstanding
1864 O0O In this amount is $3.50, 900 note of
the Dayton & Chicago road, which
the directors claim was illegally issued.
Mr.. Coombs was aware of the 81 $50 900 bonds
issued by Henry S. Ives & Co. He said that be-
fore Ives made his assignment he promised
turn over to the company all notes which he
had in the Evans loan, amounting to 1864, 900,
as an indemnity against the outstanding bonds.
Mr.. Coombs admits that Cromwell, Ives's as
assignee, had made claim upon the board OF
directors of ST., 750 00O that the Board Of direct
had agreed to give him out of the issue Of
bonds of S. 800 900 about to be issued. $50 900,
for which Ives was to return the notes of the
company which he had in the Evans loan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05
Injured by an Explosion of saltpeter.

CHICAGO. Jan. AT o'clock this morning
fire engine was called to the corner Of Canal
portave and Halsted streets to extinguish
blaze in general provision store Across the
way was meat-shop owned by Mr.. Delaney,
who made a business Of storing meat for other
people. In this business he xas in the habit of
using large supplies of saltpeter. AS the fire.
men were getting the fire under control the
saltpeter exploded, destroying the shop and Sc
verely injuring several persons Lieutenant
Foley was severely injured about the head, and
a druggist named Franklin was also very seri-
ously hurt The loss caused by the fire was
1000. Lieutenant Foley received his injuries
by falling on pile of bricks. and Mr.. Franklin
was injured by flying glass that was driven
through his window. The lower floors were
torn to pieces and the doors were blown out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Chairm An Midgely to-day
notified all the lines in the Southwestern Asso-
citation that there will be a reduction in grain
rates from southwestern Missouri river Joints
to Chicago of cents a hundred. He also an
nounced that the action of the Burlington in
keeping I'D the difference between the rates on
improved and ordinary live stock against
the Rock Island will reduce all live
stock rates from the Missouri river %
per cent To-day the Alton FLASHED
off So 30 more from rates live stock
from St. Louis to Chicago This makes q re-
duction of SIS since the fight began. The
Wabash has withdrawn from the fight, on the
ground that the rates do not cover expenses.
The Illinois Central makes the same rates as the
Alton. The Illinois Central announces that,
beginning to morrow. it will sell 1000 mile tick
cts at $25, with rebate of So, to be paid within
a year from date of issue of ticket. upon return
of cover This action will force all Western
lines to adopt the same rule. and it is a reduc-
ton of S. in the price of the tickets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05
Torn Limb from Limb.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 4-Willam Feeheder was
literally torn to pieces in accident at Avery's
pillow factory to-day. lie operated a large steam
hammer in the blacksmith shop. The betting
became disarranged. and Feeheder climbed upon
the machine to fix it. Suddenly the betting
slipped from its proper position, and before he
could save himself his clothing was caught by
the rivets and he was whi&ing around the shaft
His legs were torn from his body and hurled q
distance of twenty feet. Then an arm was
jerked off. and every time the wheel went round
the crunching OF the bones could be heard az the
body struck against the beam above It was
almost two minutes before the other employees
recovered themselves sufficiently to stop the
machinery. Death was instantaneous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05
A Lucky Accident,

PITTsBURG, Jan. 4.-This morning the tow
boat, Little Bill, in attempting to pass through
the narrow passage made by the lowering Of
some of the wickets at Davis island dam. struck
one Of the broken wickets and knocked it down,
clearing the channel for q space of two hundred
feet Boats are now passing through the open
ing made by the accident, aud about 5000 600
bushels of coal will get out for shipment to Gin
cinnati and Louisville, instead of l. 000. 900 bush
els, asiwas expected. No damage done to
the Little Bill by the lucky collision. The river
is receding slowly, with seven feet one inch in
the channel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05
Local and State Notes.

The L. E. &, ST. L. people have taken control
of the Lincoln, Cannelton & Tell City road, and
will properly equip and operate 1t at once.
In the year 1887 there were loaded and eun-
loaded at the c., l., ST. l.. & C. city freight de-
pot 2,506 cars, or an average of slxty-two cars
per day.
Monday last all shops on the Vandalia line,
which had been running but nine hours per day
for two months, commenced working ten hours
per day, TO keep their repair work uD
New Years day five passenger conductors on
the Toledo division of the Lake Shore road were
dropped from the pay rolls. and il is stated that
q number on the western division billed to
go.
The 1.600 cars the Indianapolis car works have
been building for the A, t. 81 s. "a. road, are
all equipped for the of the Westinghouse
air brakes. So are the cars which they build
for the c., B. & @ road.
Richmond Ind, is becoming quite impor-
tant railroad center The official statement
shows that during the year the five roads CEN
tering there received and forwarded total OF
los. 900 loaded and "a. 69S empty cars
G. FL. Worcester. who, on the first OF the
month. left the Lake Shore road to accept the
euperinteudency the Harlem division of the
New York Central road. but five years ago
a clerk in the Office of the superintendent of
the Lake Shore road He is now but thirty
years old.
The hitch in the L, D. & S.-Mackey deal is
said to come from President Hammond. who in
sists that all second portgaee bondholders, they
controlling the property, shall be treated alike,
while the Mackey syndicate only wish TO Dur
chase enough of the second-mortgaee bonds to
give them control.
In the year 1887 the Indianapolis car works
turned 2, 942 new cars, against 229 in 1886;
increase last year, !, 713 cars. In addition,
works repaired, almost to the rebuilding, 654
line cars. The prospects for the coming year
are much brighter than early in 1887. In fact,
their contracts now on hand Will keep them
busy three months.
One election in which the c., H. 6 D. people
were interested has passed of pleasanty-that
of the Dayton & Union road. On Tuesday the
following persons were elected directors of the
D. g. Z. for the ensuing year: j. D. Lang G..
d. Beach. H Il. Poppleton, C. S. RUSSELL C. c.
Waite, John Carlisle, w. A. Proctor, ]. Ran
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05

LOUISVILLE, KY, JAM 4.-The Western Lead
pipe and Sheet lead Association is in annual ses-
sion at the Louisville Hotel. The association
embraces all the States west Of Pittsbnrg, and
is a very powerful and important one At the
present meeting the only important business to
be transacted is the election of officers. The
present officers are; L. Leonard, of Louisville,
president; John Farrell. of Pittsburg, vice-presi-
dent; F. B. Lawrence, of Chicago, secretary,
and M. 81. Blotchford. of Chicago. treasurer.
These officers will be REL lected. 1t is said that
no changes important to the trade to be
made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05
Talmare Accepts a Military Job.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. 4.-Rev T. Dewitt
Talmage has accepted the chaplaincy of the
Thirteenth Regiment HI. G. S., N. Y, made
vacant by the death of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher The appointment was made by COL
Austin. In accepting it, DR.. Talmage says he
feels doubly honored in being asked to fill an
Office that had been Mr.. Beechers. He expects
to be active member of the regiment, and
will enter upon his duties at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-05

4 persistent and violent effort was being made
by those who managed and led the opposi-
ton to the present administration
the President was untriendly to labor
interests and labor organizations and that the
reduction of taxes would be SO powerfully en-
forced as to prove hurtful to the workingman.
and especially to wage-workers employed in
manufacturing industries. He Mr.. Voorhees,
might pause to ask the meaning of the present
condition of the wage-workers in many of the
under the present high tariff, were they engaged
in constant strikes and severe struggles with
their employers2 He mr. Voorhees, would go
far to protect the American laborer in every re-
spect, and to comfort his daily life with gener-
Gus laws. His heart was full of appreciative
sympathy for the workingman and his house
hold, they gathered around their troubled fire.
side, often in penury, sometimes in actual want,
and never in ease and affluence. But he had
never vet conceived it to be a remedy for his
privarion and anxieties to increase the
tax on his blankets and bedclo thing or
his salt and meagre tableware The
President had expressed his solcitude.
for the welfare of the American laborer, ard
pointed out the vigilsut care which his interests
should receive in the treatment OF the tariff.
After quoting sentence from the message in
this connection. ne said he did so In
order to present refuration in a con-
densed form of the reckless and
times malicious MISREPRESENTATION with
which the Presidents position had already
been assaulted, and which would continue for at
least the next ten months. In his judgment,
however. the American people would have but
small difficulty, the present impco-
vised commotion had supsided, in determining
that the Presidents premises his arguments
and his conclusions, were alike impregnable and
alike defied assault.
Mr. Voorhees, also quoted from the Republican
platform of 1884, wherein it pledged itself to
correct the irregularities of the tariff
and to reduce the surplus" and he
said that that was plain, clear ad-
mission, made three and one-half years ago.
that the work of the tariff commission had been
poorly done and called for correction, and that
the pledge had never yets by one word, ono vote,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
A Turning.Lathe Artist.

At East Buffalo, n. Y, lives George
Solomon, marvellous turning lathe
artist.
When quite young Mr.. Solomon was
apprentlced to a cabinet maker. He
soon became proficient in the plain
branches of his trade aud commenced
work at a wood lathe. So dexteroas
did he become in the use of his wheel
and chiscl that he had made a fortune
when th;r;ytvc years of age. Then he
stopped working for profit, but contin-
ued to work at his lath, FOR pleasure.
He delights TO work in wood AMI
ivory, and some Of his productions are
marvellous, consisting of figures of peo-
pie, animals and puzzles. He makes
angular as well as round figures.
lie once worked six months to turn
out a perfect five cornered star inside a
perforated ivory ball. The star was
made from the material inside the ball,
and though loose there, II does not turn
around, as each corner projects through
a per;oration in the ball.
One of Mr.. So!omon's most simple
fcats is to pu: piece of wood or ivory
in lathe and turn out four pigs at the
same time, with a single chIsel, each
pig having a perfect curl in its tail.
He sometimes exhibits his produce
,ious. but always without pay. A
friend says he has been offered large
sums for his curiosi tiles, lut he refuses
to sell them. He intends to give them
to a museum. - New York Telegram
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01

an occasional dull, sickening thud."
1t seems even odder to meet in the
grounds a group of girls, strolling arm
In arm with smiling faces and to hear
no sound of their gay chatter, to see an
animated game of tennis in progress
with no cries of love fifteen"
"Deucer Thirty, allr' &c. But to
see lot of boys playing baseball for
dear life, running, rolling and leaping,
batting, pitching and catching with
frantic energy, but with none of the
usual shrieks and yells that invariably
accompany an amateur game, is strange
indeed.
They play with great spirit and ami
nation. and a foreign sxueergpGs Of
gesticulation, and sometimes with those
strange, inarticulate sounds that the
dumb make. To the uuinitiated it is
difficult to comprehend the slight, al
most imperceptiblc signs by which the
Captain conveys his commands, but
their keen, trained eyes never miss
them The regulation protests and e1-
postulations to the umpire are con-
Quoted with fiery animation, and al
though he receives them in silence it is
far from being stoical silence. Hands
and fingers fly in perfect pyrotechnic
display, and it is very evident one can
be just as mad in deaf and dumb talk
as in the choicest vocal vocabulary
of profanity and slang. And
after the game is done they sit around
on the grass and talk it over. and say
what made you do thisl and why didn't
you do thatl and SO on, just as tie rest
OF the boys do, only they say it with
their fingers instead of their tongues.
The pride and delight of these boys
is Hoy Of the Washington club, who,
in spite of his misfortune in being a
deaf mute, is one of the best ball players
in the League. His brilliant perform
ances are closely watched, and are q
source of never ending emulation among
the BOYS
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
Silent Ball Players.

If you want to see an extremely
curious and original game of baseball,
one that in one respect at least is absc-
lutely unique, declares the New York
Sun, you can do so by going out TO the
grounds at Kendall Green at Washing
ton, where the nine of the Deaf and
Dumb Institution play. 1t seems odd
in the gymnasium to see lot of bright,
athletic young fellows turning and
twisting their supple bodies in utter de-
fiance of anatomy and gravitation, and
doing all sorts of physical impossible
ties at sign from their young pro-
lessor, withou. on audible sound except
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
HUMOROUS

The nsrmaid's favorite tune-Nep-
tune.
Europe has several kings who are
total rex.
1t is the MAJ who pulls for the shore
who wants the earth.
Some men never tumble, even when
an idea strikes them.
In order TO look spruce it is not nee
cssary to be evergreen
Though lawyer may be long winded,
his business is usually brief.
A New York burglar swallowed q
diamond TO escape arrest. A diamond
in the rough, surely.
'Do you know Brown dried-up
old man" Yes know Brown, but
the description doesn't fit. He talks
incessactiy ard never dries upl"
"Nu,ic," said old Dr.. johnson, ass
the least disayreea6le of all noises"
But the piano was not in ented, and
gutter bands not imported hen.
TIE world is minel' clnimed the
trareiian in Monte Girls A" and the
comedy man, waiting for -ight weeks
back salary, murmurcd fatty: "Cut
me of piece Of New York, please"
Tommy shortocash Geading)-"Say,
pa, what does tho Latin word ex'
meanr Professor Shortocash-"O ut
Of. l believe, my son." Tommy
"Well, you're always exchange, then,
amt youl"
A New-Yo.k correspondent counted
IA mI!lionaires in a group on the piazza
of Saratoga hotel. That's nothing;
we've seea one little woman on q Sum-
mer hotel piazza put on nearly as many
airs as that.
A Morning Call--Tubbley (bashfully,
and removing hi, hat spasmodically)---
Is Miss Trcmmer in2 Maid---She is;
but she's engaged. Tubblcy (who
settled thiags last niyhD---I know it,
I'm the vcuao man
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
Proof Better Than Asse triton.

With such proof as the following letter from
w. H. Dean, Of No. 2,s Seventh street. New
York, il is not necessary TO make the bare as
sertion that ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs cure
lumbago. Mr.. Dean says:
Some ten days ago l was taken with a very
violent pain in the small OF my back Ii was so
severe that ! could hardly breathe; every move
ment caused great agony. / finally found out
it was lumbago. Being entirely helpless, a
friend sent out TO a druggist and got two ALL
COCKS PoRoUs PLAsTERs: these were well
warmed and applied TO my back. one above the
other. In half an hour, TO my great delight
and surprise, ] found the pain began to abate.
In two hours was able 10 walk out and attend
to my business, the pain being almost gone
Next day was all right, but continued wear.
ing the plasters for a week.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
MANY PeOsIe Refuse 10 Take Cod

Liver OH on account of iiS unpleasant taste.
This diff, lv has been overcome in
SCOTS EMULSION of Cod Liver Oil with
Hvpopho>lhites. 1t being as palatable as
milll and the most valuable remedy known
for the T., atnrut ri Consumption. Scrufuil
and Bronchitis. General Debility. Wasting
Diseases Of Children. Chronic Coughs and
Colds, has caused physicians ii all parts of
the world 70 u.s. it. Physicians report our
little patients take it with pleasure. Try
SCOTS Emulsion and lie convinced.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
Righteous Indignation.

"We don't want any poetry, young
man." said the editor, ave have enough
on hand to last logger than the paper"
81 am not a poet, sir" replied the
young man, Indignantly. ~ am selling
a soap warranted TO remove OIL tar,
pitch or stains of any kind, from the
finest fabrics of the loom down to three
ply carpets. You do NE gross injus-
tice, SIR"
81 beg your a,ion, sir" said the
editor, coatritely.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01

Whereas, The Monon Route IL N. A. Il G.
Ry CO.. desires to make II known to the world
AT large that IL forms the double connecting
link OF Pullman tourist travel between the
winter cities of Florida and the summer re-
sorts Of the Northwest; and
Whereas, Its rapid transit" system is un.
surpa. sed, its elegant Pullman Buffet Sleeper
And Chair ear service between Chicago and
Louisville, indianapolis and Cincinnati I'M
equalled: and
Whereas, Its rates arc as low as the lowest;
then be il
ReDired. That in the event OF starting on
trip II Is good lgiicg u consult with 4. q. Nc
Cormick, Gen1 Pass. Agent Monon Route, 1856
Dearborn St, Chicago, for full particulars Qn
any event send Tor Tourist Guide, encl.se &c.
pOstRgel
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-01
The Quest.
There once was q restless boy

There once was q restless boy
Who dwelt in a home by the sea,
Where the water danced for joy
And the wind was glad and free:
But he said, Good mother, oh! let me 60;
For the dullest place in the world, know,
Is this little brown house,
This old brown house,
Under the apple tree"
u will travel east and west,
The loveliest homes I'll see;
And when have found the best,
Dear mother, I'll come for thee.
I'll come for thee in year and day,
And joyfully then we'll haste away
From this little brown house,
This old brown house,
Under the apple tree"
So be travelled here and there,
But never content was be,
Though he saw in lands most fair
The costliest homes there be;
He something missed from the sea or sky
Till be turned again, with wstful sigh,
To the little brown house,
The old brown house,
Under the apple tree.
Then the mother saw and smiled,
While her heart grew glad and free.
Hast thou chosen home, my, child
All, where shall we dwella" quoth sha
And he said, "Sweet mother, from east II
west,
The loveliest home and the dearest and best
Is little brown house,
An old brown house,
Under an apple tree"
-lEudora S. Bunstead, in st. Nicholaa