Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Boom in Town Lots!
Big Sale at Auction Sat-
urdayi
EVERY LOT OFFERED SOLD

L. D. Croninger, of Richfeid, was in the
,ity Tuesday, on business. Or
Elmer sharkey murdered his mother at took
Eaton, o., last Friday night. wheI
ST. Long attended reunion Of the fam .ad
ly of his father at Weston on Monday. -.
A farmer informs us that the thawing and valu
freezing SO far this winter has not hurt the II
wheat. on,
John Lamphir, of Liberty, was in the city %. 80
Saturday. Mr.. L. is crippled up some with ~ :.
rheumatism ,rhe
Thirteen new cottages, each accommodate cate
ing 30 veterans are to be erected at the San loci
dusky Soldiers Home. fore
$50 live that when the summons comes TO ~
attend the court, thou wilt go as witness
and not as the defendant. ~
Gentlemen must all wear their overcoats pur
buttoned this season. Al overcoat swinging to t
loose is considered slouchy. T
Farmers, call at French's Office and see the ins
farm policies he is issuing They are pre- 10y
pared especially for farmers.
The dressed hog market is passibly good, valI
but the weather has not been very favorable. are
Dealers have shipped large quantities. R
-- Il.
Weather demonstration predict twenty nc
three SHOWS this winter, from the fact that ~
the moon was twenty three days old when the 'fa'
first snow fell.
The Columbus Post calls school teachers v
certificate ''Licker License" Such 165
aicense does not insure good spirits to the iyeI
pupils, however.
Rohrs & Bro. invite the attention OF the ~io
public to their store through our columns d
this week. They are restocking their store zo'
and have fine new line of goods. spe
W. 8. Young received word by telegram on 164
Tuesday that his son living at Terra Haute' v
Ind, was not expected to live. Mr.. Young A
left for his bedside on Tuesday evening. I
The county commissioners have purchased res
a forty acre tract of woodland for use of the
infrmary farm, that institution being in need 20
of timber land. The price paid was 1900.
1863
We pablished the statement of the financial 55
condition of the old Phoenix insurance COM v
pany this week. This company is one of the 2s1
best in the country, and 81. d. French Is i've
agent. +
We direct the readers attention to the an S5s
nouncement in another column of the pub /
lie sale of Henry Thereof, at Stanley. The /
sale will be held on the 1st of March, when 241
some fine stock will be sold. 20,
D. & j. Wilson appear this week with 90
new advertisement in which they announce no0
that they will hold auction at their store on ~,
Saturday and Monday, Jan. 18th and 2lst. 10
Read their ad and see the bargains offered. .o- ~
Twenty years ago there were ninety-two 4
lightning rod factories in the United States 21t
To-day there are but three, and those doinga {
trifiing business. The lightning-rod was the 21S
biggest humbug of the nineteenth century. an,
Only S14.55 for round trip to Washington
via Wabash Ry.; Inauguration President Har- %
rison. Tickets on sale February 2oth 10
March Sd, good to return March Sth, 1859. o.
H. L. KK1cKERBOCKFR.
Norden & Bruins spread themselves in our o,e
columns this week, but they have the goods 2,
TO snow IOr II, duu pkAoOo eoos AhNJ "No
ing some astonishing rates upon staple goods,
but it is their clearing sale and the goods S2
must go. --
Toledo wishes to build pipe line in oppo- in
sitiou to the Standards two lines and have res
asked the Legislature for an enabling act
As the Standard just about owns the Repuo- an
lican Legislature, Toledo may not get what
relief it asks. "a
Charles Manning, wkile cutting tree near
Delphos found in the hollow an earthen jar "D
filled with Spanish silver coin. The pieces
were of date two hundred years ago. Their "-
face value is about $500, but as relics will ao
bring many times that amount. w.
| Supposed burglars attmepted to enter the
house of Mr. Sam Davis, of Napoleon town.
ship, last week Tuesday night. but were 26
frightened away. Night prowlers had better
be careful how they maneaver in that neigh ar
borhood, as some of them may get shot.
| They tried new experiment at church IN
Rockland, Me-, last Sunday, that of sending
four young ladies around with the contribu-
tion boxes. 1t is said not young man in the L.
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