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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
The Storm in Canadn.

MONTREAL, JAN 12.-The tail end of the
cyclone which struck western Ontario
Wednesday night, reached here about mid
night. 1t played sad havoc with chimneys,
telegraph poles and wires. Its full strength
passed some sixty miles north of here out to
Labrador and the Atlantic, leaving a swath
of debris behind The only news received
from lower Ontario is from incoming trains.
1t will take weeks to restore telegraphic
communication.
The wind blew at the rate of seventy
miles an hour all of Wednesday night, and
did not fall below forty miles at any time
Thursday. Wrecks Of barns, ,outhouses, ETC.,
strew the track of the Grand Trunk road
No freight trains are moving and passenger
trains are run only with the greatest diff
Guilty. The thermometer fell forty degrees
in ten hours Everything is frozen up, bus
iness is at standstill and desolation is on all
Sides 1t is estimated that the damage done
by the storm in Ontario and Quebec will ag-
gregate s., 900 900.
No communication can be had with the
back counties. 1t is feared the loss of life
and property has been very large. Whole
forests have been uprooted on the Upper OF
tawa, and it is feared that many lumber
mems camps have been destroyed and the
men either killed or injured by falling trees.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
snperstitions Of the STAGE.

ga cross eyed girl is death to good
luck on the stage" "said the old Snowman
who was in a pensive and talkative mood
Saturday.
They are dead sure to bring bad luck
"a regular hoodoo, and no mistake.
Lots of us won't travel with one in the
company. won't, if I know it, and I
reckon do. The opera company here
this week, though, don't think so. mo
ticed twist in one of the eyes of the
chorus. Another bad one is q yellow
clarinet in the orchestra. I'd rather play
in front of q loaded cannon. Crickety!
how l suffered! One night when was
playing down in Jersey looked over the
footlights and saw an old fellow with a
black wig on his head blowing bad luck
at me out of the nozzle of a yellow clari-
net. Twas hoodooed for sure, and didn t
get into luck again for over six months,
and then only by picking up horseshoe
in Pittsburg, Pa. I know lots of the
boys who won't face one. Lewiston
Journal
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Barbers in Olden Times.

It is seldom in these days that you hear
Of person being leeched or cupped. 1t
is rapidly becoming lost art. Not a
great many years back it was very inn
portant business in connection with q
tonsoriai establishment. In fact it was
almost profession OF its own. Cupping
and leeching were very popular among
the Germans, and, whether weak or
strong, they followed the use. Not a
great many years ago an apprentice bar
Der invariably had to become as prof.
cient in the application Of the leech as he
did in the shaving line. BARRIERS also
did good deal Of tooth jerking, but that
part Of tho business Is also no more.
since dentists are $50 numerous. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Qualified.

During conversation on q railway
train q well dressed old fellow became
interested in young man.
You are just starting out in life, I
suppose" said the old fellow.
eyes"
"Have you any idea as to what you in
tend to do?'
"None whatever"
What would you like to dor
81 don't know. I don't think that I
have any especial fitness for anything" !"
''Got no leaning toward any calling,
eh?"
None"
"Why, then, have you left homer
well, the truth is, was bored. My
brothers and sisters are musicians, and
their playing annoyed me-"
"You don't like music, them"
II despise it."
"Can you singT
"Not note"
young man." said the old fellow,
speaking with emotion, "you need feel
no further anxiety concerning your fu-
ture. will give you grand oppor-
tunity. I am the manager of an opera
company, and want you. u."-Arkansaw
Traveller.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
His OccnnntiOn.

Many loving young bridegroom may
deserve the epithet which illumines the
following anecdote, but, as general
thing, no one discovers the fact in SO
short time after marriage.
The niece of deaf old gentleman,
''way down in Maine" married one of
the best musical critics of the west. On
their bridal tour the husband was for
the first time presented to this relative,
who asked another niece in a loud whis-
per:
what does he dor
Hes musical critic" was the loud
reply.
''Waal," said the uncle, gazing ut the
young man, mo acCountin' fer tastes;
but why did she marry him, if he's a
miserable critterT'-Musical Review.
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At PittsburG.

PITTsBURG, Jan. 12-There was an awful
catastrophe at 1880 p. m. Wednesday. The
high wind that struck the city at that hour
completely demolished the large brick build
ing, in process Of construction, in Diamond
alley, Immediately in rear Of Weldon e. Com
panys store
The building was as far up as the seventh
story. The building was completely wrecked
and as it went down it crushed in its fall the
barber shop Immediately next. The force of
the crushing building was thrown against
Weldon & Company's store and pushed out
the front into Wood street.
There were at least fifteen printers in the
rear of Weldon & Company, ON the second
floor, and many of them badly injured
In small barber shop on Diamond street
there were six persons when the walls fell
Three were taken out dead One man was in
a chair being shaved when the accident hap
pened and was fatally injured. A great deal
Of damage has been done throughout the en-
tire city, especially where new building were
being erected. The Fort Pitt foundry was
badly damaged; the loss is $4,000. The
losses on Wood street will be 100000.
For two days and three nights 100 men
and fifty teams have been constantly at
work, and up to 10 o'clock this morning the
mangled remains of fourteen persons had
been taken from the ruins. Four more are
known to be still under the debris and six
others are missing.
OF the injured three have died since re-
moval to the hospitals, four others are in
critical condition and will not survive. The
remaining thirty-two are all doing well, and
will recover.
A summary of the death list of the
Welden building accident reaches fourteen,
wounded thirty-fve, missing eight. A num-
Der of the injured will probably die. 1t is
safe to say that the eight missing persons are
dead, thus swelling the death list to twenty
two.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Electric Prostration.

Several cases of this new malady are
reported from Creusot, France. 1t af-
fects workers under electric light The
light exceeds 100000 candle power, and
it appears that it is this excess of light,
and not the heat, which produces the
nervous symptoms. A painful sensation
in tho throat, face and temples is first
noticed, then the skin becomes coppery
red, and irritation is felt about the eyes,
much lachrymation ensues, and these
symptoms then disappear, while the skin
peels off in five days The effects are
comparable to those produced by walk
ing over fresh snow in the sunlight, and
may be regarded as a sort Of ''sun burn
inG"-IAncet.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Gauss. Invention of the Telegraph.

81 don't remember" writes Gauss to
Olbers on the Goth of November of the
year 1888, my having made any pre-
vious mention to you of an astonishing
piece of mechanism that we have de-
vised. 1t consists Of galvanic circuit
conducted through wires stretched
through the air over the houses up to the
steeple of st. John and down again, and
connecting the observatory with the
physical laboratory, which is under the
direction of Weber. The entire length
of wire may be computed at about 5000
feet. Both ends Of the wire are connected
with a multiplication, the one at my end
consisting of 170, that in Weber's labo-
ratory of so coils of wire, each wound
around one pound magnet suspended
according to a method which have de-
vised. By simple contrivance-which
I have named commutator-I can re-
verse the current instantaneously Care
fully operating my voltaic pile, l can
cause SO violent a motion of the needle in
the laboratory to take place that it
strikes bell, the sound of which is audi
BILE in the adjoining room. This serves
merely as an amusement. Our aim is to
display the movements with the utmost
accuracy. We have already made use
of this apparatus for telegraphic expert
ments, which have resulted successfully
in the transmission Of entire words and
small phrases. This method of telegraph
ing has the advantage of being quite in
dependent Of either daytime or weather;
the one who gives the signal and the one
who receives it remain in their rooms,
with, if they desire it, the shutters
drawn, The employment of sufficiently
stout wires, / feel convinced, would en-
able us to telegraph with but q single
tap from Gottingen to Hanover, or from
Hanover to Bremen. ."-"Gauss and the
Electric Telegraph" in Popular Science
Monthly.
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: The l;larney Stone.


A popular tradition attributes to the
blarney stone the power Of endowins
whoever kisses it with the sweet, persua-
sive, wheedling eloquence so perceptible
in the language Of the Cork people. and
whichis generally termed blarney. This is
the true meaning Of the word, and not,
as some writers have supposed, . faculty
Of deviating from veracity with an un-
blushing countenaace, Whenever it may
be convenient.
The curious traveller win seek in vain
the real stone, unless he allows himself
to be lowered from the northern angle Of
the lofty castle, when he will discover IL
about twenty feet. from the, toy with tho
inscription. "CormaG Mace Carthy eortis
me flerifecit. A. D., 1446."-St. Louis
Republic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
In Northern Ohio,

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 11.-Reports from
many towns in northern Ohio say that the
wind storm of Wednesday did considerable
damage to property. At Ravenna small
brick foundry was wrecked. At Akron
chimneys and trees were blown down, and
many windows broken by the force of the
wind. The temperature has fallen steadily
all day. Thus far no loss Of life is reported
In Cleveland hundreds of telephone and
telegraph wires were blown down, and can
vas covered delivery wagons overturned
Trees were knocked to earth, insecure roofs
and chimneys were demolished, but there was
no loss of life.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
High Priced Straw.

A resident of this city said today: 81
have bought apples of farmers that were
of the best class-good all the way to the
bottom of the barrel. Today found
that barrel of apples purchased of a
farmer who is pillar in a chn-, :, con-
tains foot of straw. 1t Is lI.t good
straw either. He actually sold ne uck-
wheat straw at the rate Of Sl.5O Iar bar
rel."-Kingston Freeman.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
Never. to Go Again.

A fact In relation to the death Of
Washington, not generally known, may
be stated. The day after his death the
clock in the Masonic lodge in Alexan-
dria, Of which he was member, was set
at the hour and minute Of his demise.
Then the clock was stopped. and il has
never been permitted t6Sr,in. nor have
tho hands been moved aimee. Washing
ton Star.
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came such awful meaning and groaning and
terrible cries rs never want 10 hear again.
Not soul did SOC come out Of the mill,
and 1t seemed many minutes to me before
any body came to the spot. stood there in
the door like one struck dumb until my hus-
band came running from his work.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

An inebriated fellow was drowned in
street gutter at Stockton. Cal. He
fell to the sidewalk, and then rolled of
into the gutter, which contained abou'
four inches of water. He was fourl
a few moments later, but life was e.:
tinct.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

Moderate work, alternating with mod
crate rest, gives a brain which, taking
the whole life through, will accomplish
the most and the best work Of which
human being is capable. The brains are
to be improved and developed by reason
able exercise and reasonable rest. The
one Is as essential as the other.-Once a
Waak
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Buffalo's Loss win Reach $3.50, 900.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 12-The damage by
Wednesday nights storm in this city will
aggregate S25O,OOO. The heaviest single loss
is to the Falls branch of the New York Gem
tral railroad The whole road bed for hun
dreds of feet along the waters edge is
scooped out and the rails twisted in all sorts
of shapes From one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty cars in the yard at the foot of
Georgia street, many of them loaded with
grain, were flooded and tumbled over and
piled up promiscuously. The trestles near
Porter avenue is partly destroyed. Traffic
on this branch is entirely suspended
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Buffalo Flooded.

BUFFALO, Jan. IL Wednesday nights
storm in this city has had no parallel since 1871
The velocity of the wind reached sixty miles
per hour and worked said havoc with trees,
chimneys and window glasses The tele-
graph, telephone and electric light wires in
the city and for miles in all directions are
FRUSTRATED. No trains have left here since
midnight and wrecking trains sent out to
clear the tracks Of poles, trees, ETC., are
blocked.
Such was the force of the wind that the
water in the lake rose higher than since 1874
The whole of the Thirteenth ward was three
feet under water. A strip of land known as
the "Island," was flooded and six houses be-
longing to fishermen were swept away. It is
reported that several lives have been lost,
among them the son of Alderman Drake, but
thereportha has not been verified Thesuspension
foot bridge, crossing the Niagara river, just
below the falls, has gone into the water, but
no particulars have been received.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

Chandler Jones. a burglar. WIS identi-
fed lat Hazlehurst. Ga.. Ls twt. teeth
marks 1eft in an apple whcr' h., had
committed "a robbery. One at t:.p ;ri:..s
was Of an ingrowing tc0th.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17
The Storms Work at Niagara Fails

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Jan. 19.-Besides
destroying the foot suspension bridge at this
place, the storm Of Wednesday night did
considerable other damage
The railroad bridges crossing the, Niagara
below the falls were not injured by the
storm, and trains are crossing them as usual
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

Digby-Aw've jawst thawt awf aw
scheme taw keep tnaw mawths awt awf
maw clawthes, dav yaw knaw?
Bigby-- Whawt is 1t?
Digby--Aw--givs awm ANYWAY
hawI--Life. PHI
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

It is argued that all things come
around to him who waits, includinga q
bald head, false teeth and ear trumpets-
and heaps Of miscellaneous trouble.
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Thrilling Experiences.

EAsToN, Pa, Jan. 12.-The wind blew
great gales here Wednesday night, but no
serious damage was done. Over the Lehigh
river at this place is the largest foot suspen-
sion bridge in this country. It was severely
tried by the gale, and those on it had thrill
ing experiences, only saving themselves by
twisting legs and arms around guard rails
Oscar Wolfram was blown off the bridge, but
landed in deep water and escaped injury.
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Sudden Death.

Miss Shawsgarden (of st. Louis)-Oh.
yes, am proud Of our city. We have
changed the saying about Naples to See
st. Louis and die"
Miss Dearborn (of Chicago)-Indeed!
Is it so sudden?-America.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-17

1A.rural Msrioncounty minister, who
does lots Of marrying, has q way Of
serving little lunches after the cere-
mony thas bring forth doubly fat fee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19
PENIS GROVE. N. j., ATURDAY OCTOBER 10. 1889

Of the first of the wounded to die. III
is . well-know attorney, retired for q
number Of years.
The list of dead now stand:
Judge W. M. Dickson,
Mrs. Caleb Ives.
Miss Lillian Oskamp,
Michael Kneiss.
Joseph Ho~chstetter.
The wounded are:
Charles McFadden, both legs broken.
Mrs. Hochstetter, cuts aud internal
injuries.
Mrs. Joseph McFadden.
Joseph McFadden, aged 90, years, a
stone cutter, Of Mount Aubun, had bis
leg crushed, his scalp cut, and he was
suffering severe internal pain. He died
at Q O'Clock.
His son, a young mar raj taken
from the wreck with a crushed foot,
and was removed to his home.
The wounded were taken to the Gin
cinnati Hospital. Charles Goebel, who
was the man at the lever who had the
n~nspeakable horror to fad himself I'M.
able to stop the engine, says that he
complained that the cutoff wal not
working properly. 81 told the engineer
about 1t this morning." he said, land
the engineer told me he had repaired
1t. But 1t was evidently still out Of
order. and this must have been what
was the cause of the accident"
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19
i RAILROAD WRECK.
FIFTY PERSONS INJURED, ONE FA-
TALLY.
TWO OTHERS IN A CRITICAL CoNDI'
TION-MANY BADLY BURNED.

TWO OTHERS IN A CRITICAL CoNDI.
TIoN-MANY BADLY BURNED.
OMAHo, Neb., OCT. 18.-A terrible
wreck occurred on the B. u NJ, ct
Gibson q few miles from Omaha, at
Gas last evening. About 80 passen-
gers were injured. Two engines were
completely demolished, and a chair car
and combination car were thrown from
the track and reduced to atoms. Train
No, 8, the local between Lincoln and
Chicago, ran into No. 0. The former
east, and the latter west bound. Glib
son Is the meeting point, and the
place where the crew on No. Q, which
is q stub train that makes connections
with the Kansas City express, stops to
register.
Both trains are due at Gibson at G. As
p. NJ, but last night No. 8 was slightly
behind. When the accident occurred
the latter had Just crossed the spur.
and the engine on No. @ struck the
other train, hurting both engines and
two coaches from the track. The COM
bination coach aud the char car were
both crowded with passengers, all OF
whom were more or less Injured, while
Peter Rouland, proprietor OF the IRE
mont House, Sixteenth and Burt
streets, was injured SO that he disd
| shortly after being taken TO the iiS
pitaI. The chair Car, after being ov4>
turned, caught fre, and many OF tht
passengers were badly burned, In ad-
' dition to other injuries, bus those who
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19
THE CABLES SNAPPED,
AN ACCIDENT ON AN INCLINED PLANE
IN CINCINNATI.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND TIL
OTHERa BADLY INJURED. /.

- Er
OTHERS BADLY INJURED.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 16.-The most
appalling accident ever known on the
Inclined Plane Railways Of this city
~haplened to-day bstween 10 and 1
O'Clock. 1t was on the Mount Auburn
Inclined Plane, which lies at the head
Of Main street, and reaches to q height
Of between $50 and 800 feet In q space
of lerhaps 1000 feet or less. Two cars
are employed, one on each track.
They are drawn by two steel wire
cables, that are wound upon a drum at
the top Of the hill by an engine located
there.
Nine passengers had entered the car
at the foot Of the plane. and a num-
Der we're on the other a at the top.
The passenger Of the ascending car was
all right until 1t had reached the top,
when to his unspeakable horror the
faithful engineer found that the ma
chinery would not respond, and that he
could not step the engine. Only n
result was possible. The car was ar
rested by the strong bumper which
stops It's progress, and, as the engine
continued, all its force was expended
on the two cables, and they snapped
like wrapping thread under its enorm-
Gus power. Then the ear. with lis nine
inn ates locked within, b'gan the de-
scent of that fiightful slope. What
were the feelings and thoughts Of the
fated nine may hardly be imagined.
The crash at the foot of the plane was
frightful. A cloud Of dust that
hid the wreck from view for a mo-
ment, but when 1t was dispelled
the scene was horrible. The iron
gate that formed the lower
end OF the truck on which the car
rested was thrown 60 feet down the
street. The top OF the car was lying
almost as far in the gutter. The truck
itself and the door and seats Of the
car formed o shapeless wreck, mingled
with the bleeding and mangled bodies
OF the nine passengers. Two were
taken out dead-one a middle, aged
lady with gray hair, recognized as Mrs.
Ives; the other, q young lady OF 20,
Miss Lillian Oscamp, daughter OF Mrs.
Henry Oscamp. Another, Mr.. N.
Kneiss, teacher, living at IA Euclid
avenue, died SION afterwards. Five
others were injured. perhaps fatally,
and one man escaped m~iraculously
with but q slight Injury. The names
OF the injured are not yet fully ascer.
tanned. Hon. ]. b. Hollister and q
Mr.. McFadden are said to be two OF
them. Judge Holllster Ia nearly 10
years old, and "a hardly survive such
q shock.
It was Judge W. N. Dickson and
not Judge HOLSTER who vas on the
car. Judge Dickson, like Judge
HOLSTER, was too old to escape from
such o terrible shock and he was one
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19
escaped comparatively safe aided in the
work NJ relieving their uafD.9

escaped comparatively safe aided in the
work Of relieving their pain
The exact number OF injured q not
yet been a~scertained. The following
thus far have been reported: Engineer
Gillespie, on No. 6, residing at Platts-
mouth, badly bruised about the body;
Harry 8. Weller, Of the Richardson
Drug Company, Omaha, badly cut and
bruised about the head and shoulders;
Mary Butler, South Omaha, hand
crushed and body badly bruised; she is
In . p~recarious condition; Charles
Laurie, resident OF Craig, No., ear
cut Oh and body and lower
limbs badly bruised; he is
also 10 an almost hopeless con
ditiou. The following injured are at
the Miliard: E. Mix, Of New York,
shoulder dislocated and lower limbs
badly bruised; Francis Elder, New
York, representing the William De
Muth Company, bruised and thought
to have rec. ived internal injuries; Fred
Shuttle, New York, slightly cut about
the head and face; ]. Falkenberg,
Chicago, lower limbs bruised and
shoulder d~islocated. The following
are at the Murray: G.. W. Chaffee.
Boston, slightly bruised about the
body: Isaac Labold, Cincinnati, in-
jureA about the shoulder and head,
but not seriously; j. Kaiisher.
New York, shoulder sprained and
bruised shout the body; 3. Kemper,
Buffaio, n T.. bruised about the
body, head slightly cut and lower limbs
hruisad Tho folI0win0 ara at Paxton
Isaac w. Books, Hartford, Conn.,, In
jured about the body. or the train
men, Conductor Loverin, on Nc. O.
had his right leg badly bruised and
amputation may be necessary; Engineer
Mccoy, Of No. 8, was slightly bruised
about the body: the two firemen,
Haskins and Martin, escaped with but
slight injuries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-19

"A wrecking train collided with a
freight train on the big Four" rail-
road. near Trautman's Station, Ohio,
on the evening OF the 18th. The en-
Rineer of the wrecking engine, the
brakeman OF the freight train. and
two trsmps were killed, and the fire.
men OF the wrecking engine was fatally
injured. While q wrecking crew
were clearing away a freight wreck on
the Lansing Transit Railway, at Lam
sing, Michigan. on the 18th, the hoist
ing beam of the derrick fell. killing
three OF the men.
The Chinese customs returns for
the second quarter Of this year show a
falling off Of nearly a million Of taels,
compared with the same period Of 1888.
I'm imports the decline Is chiefly in
opium; in exports the decrease is en-
tirely in tea, caused mainly by the fact
that the Foochow market did not open
till after the close Of the quarter"