Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-31

tax on the December collection. The collec
ton has been an average one.
The STANDARD" Sewing Machine sis per
fectly simple and simply perfect"
I'm HENRY HoLrERMAN.
Little Nugget company played to full
house Saturday evening. They put in thi
week at the Peoples Theatre IN Toledo.
Commissioner Saygers will in the nea
future move his fine residence to this side o.
the canal, on a lot in the Sheffield addition.
Those lucky enough to have horse ant
sleigh have been out enjoying the sleighinl
this week. many of the boys driving tandem
style.
Everybody wanting a bottle of Fathers
Balsam, for coughs, colds, bronchitis, Group
or consumption should call on j. M. Mey.
ers, the grocer. I
A little boy at Akron came near being a
portable orchard. A cherry stone which ac'
cidentally got in his ear is said to have been
taken out sprouted.
The Herald is in favor of the D. & NJ. 60
ing to Napoleon via Weston and the Mans
field & Coldwater road-bed. Good idea.-
Wood Co. Democrat.
F. Brinkman intends selling out his entire
stock of ready made boots and shoes at cost
so come and see him if you want genuine
bargain in that line. tt
We direct attention to the card of E. F.
Shumaker, practical well driver. He is very
successful in finding an abundance of water
and is giving good satisfaction.
On our lst page to-day will be found 6
striking and instructive illustration of the
comparative worth of the various kinds oi
baking powders now in the market
l have had 81 years experience in horse
shoeing, which enables me to do justice tc
your horses feet. Give me trial. A. j
Kanney, south side of the river. ct
Occasionally subscribers will write to us tt
change their address, without giving thei
present postoffice. You will save time ant
trouble by stating from what place, to wha
place.
Geo. Hahn fairly spreads himself over oul
columns this week. He has the goods ant
is not ashamed to let people know it. If yoI
wish clothing for your children give him 1
call.
make American kip boots for $3.50; come
and get your measure taken. A good Fl
guaranteed, if no fit they are my boots.
F. BR1NKMAN,
One door west of the NORTHWEST Office. t.
Rohrs d Bro. are renovating their stort
room and fixing it up in fine style. They arr
getting in an immense stock of new goods
which are arriving daily. Their big adver
tisement appears on another page.
Col. J. H. Brigham, of Fulton county ii
talked of as possible Commissioners O.
Agriculture, and Col. Bill Gibson, the silver
tongued orator. is named for Commissions
of MISUNDERSTANDING.
Named, but neither will get within gun
shot of the positions.
A private company will try to put down
gas we'll at Deshler. They tried it there once
and at the end of three months were dowr
$50 feet, and at the end of the next two
monts were not down as far into 70 feet as a
the end of the first three. We understand tn,
we'll now sticks up out of the ground 81 feet
Wood Go. Gazette.
prominent newspaper man who has watch
ed the weather pretty closely for the past q
years, says the weather SO far this winter, ha
been very much the same as was in 1S69-7O
He says it turned cold on the 22d ofFebruar!
of that year, and the next day the thermome
ter registered 20 degrees below zero, and i
remained cold until April.
Mr.. Henry Deilan. German farmer q
Henry county, sold his hogs to Eager & Greer
on Tuesday last. He fed and prepared TO
market IS dressed hogs, weighing 1903
pounds, and received therefor $3.50 pc
hundred, making him $931.65, being tn
largest lot of hogs fed and raised by any on
farmer in this section of the country.-Wau
seon Tribune.
For cool nerve and superlative gall the Hen
ry County Signal, published at station
called Napoleon, on the Wabash, takes frs
prize. 1t clipped "Wstery Witticisms" from
Sundays Crescent published head and all, Il
a typographical error, and failed to credit II
1t took nerve in the first place to reproduc
it and still more not to credit it.-Defanc
Crescent.
A sample question by the Coshocton Demo
crat: "Say, here, you boy that claims to b
80 smart in figures, what do you say to this
and answer quick: If dogs with 16 legs cal
catch 20 rabbits with 81 legs In A minutes
how many legs must the same rabbits have
get away from dogs with so legs in II minu
tes and a half-allowing 365 days to tn
year."
A bill has been introduced in the Legisla
ture TO make applicants for certificates t
teach pay fee of IS, which the clerk Q
board shall pay over to State Treasury an
present an itemized statement to Schoc
Commissioner. Some body will, probably
in the near future, introduce measure com
pelling teachers to pay for the privilege Q
teaching.