Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-12-25
The merchants Of Lima have beep

posed by Archbishop Elder 'fromA1the
charge OF the Church Of the Sacred
Heart Dayton, on proof Of immortality.
The gas was shut OF from the Briggs
Iron and Steel Works, Findlay, for re-
fusal to pay $4,000 per annum rent,
and the company IS drilling two-wells Of
its own.s
Frank Anderson, young farmer
living near Morganville, Morgan County, ,
accidentally shot himself while hunting.
His body was found frozen beside q
fence near his, home. ~
y Leroy Flickinger, 4 victim Of the
typhoid fever epidemic which scourged .
Lykens Township, Crawford County, .
recently was adjudged insane and sentto
the Toledo Asylum.
AT Cincinnati William Kramer, aged
5, was scalded to death by the reason Of
the bottom of a teapot that his mother
was carrying falling out and letting the
hot liquid upon him.
Prof. II. J. Detmers, of the State
University, who was the first to discover
that hog cholera was due to bacteria,
claims to have also found preventive
for the disease by inocnlation. ~
Mrs. Hopkins, ofWilloughby, wishes
to find her brother, Charlie Hopkins, "a
years old and stops on Broadway when
in Cleveland. Another brother was
killed while coupling cars near VII
loughbv. .r,5.
The State horticultural Society ip
its final session at GAINESVILLE, elected
the following officers: President, George
w. Campbell, Delaware; Vice President,
o. w. ,Aldrich, Columbus; Secretary, w.
w. Farnsworth, Waterville.
Charles Loman, Youngstown sa-
loon-keeper, while under the influence Of
liquor, tried to fire q bullet into his heart.
The ball was diverted by striking rib.
While dangerously wounded, he may
recover.
Henry Varelmann, Treasurer OF
Reading Savings and Loan Associations
has run away. His accounts are short
about $1,000. He is also short in his
accounts as Treasurer Of Sycamore
Township. o,.,..- t-.dI
l. Hiram Pepple, farmer, living near
Arcadia, while awaiting train at Stu.
artyille, to go to Fort Wayne, stepped In
| front of freight train on side track,
and was horribly mangled. He leaves q
wife and six children. aghr@
Louis Hunt, proprietor Of the
Novelty Furniture Manufactory, Cincin-
natl, was arrested on the charge OF re-
ceiving money under false pretenses,
having misrepresented his financial con-
dition to man from whom he secured o
I loan of 5000. M
"A fire near West Lode destroyed the
farm house of John Hensenger with most
Of the contents and several valuable out
buildings. Loss about $4,000. Lester
Hensenger, during the fire, fell into On
open cistern and was badly and perhaps
fatally injured.
Patrick Fitzgerald, an employe OF
the Panhandle Railroad, was run down
by freight train at the Dennison av-
enue crossing, Columbus, and received
injuries from which he, died. He has
been in the employ of the company but
short time, and nothing is known OF his
4 history.
"A switch engine on the Columbus,
Hooking Valley and Toledo Railway ran
into some cattle at Steenrod's crossing,
Nelsonvile. The engine was overturned,
killing Charles Eckles, engineer, and
seriously injuring Robert Hickman, fire.
man. Eckles was a young married man
and prominent Knight Of Pythias.
4 Just after the adjournment Of trial
Of ELI Foster, at Athens, charged with
numbering Saloon-keeper Bottomly, an
other saloon tragedy occurred. Lew
Y Davis, while drunk, was determined te
fight In John s. Roses saloon. Rose
struck Davis q blow above the eye
which proved fatal. Rose was arrested
The Ohio Sabbath, Association In
session at Springfield, elected the fol
lowing officers: President, DR.. J. B
Helwig, Springfield; Corresponding Sec
reiary, Rev. Orman Lawrence, Colum
I bus; Legislative Secretary, Rev. ]. Ho
mer Smith, Cleveland; Treasurer, ?. d
Huntington; Recording Secretary, Rev
II. A. Thompson, Columbus. Executive
Committee-Above named officers. Rev
E. E. Baker, Of Dayton; Rev. ]. w
Metcalf, OF Cleveland; Rev. ]. P. Wick
ham, of Norwalk; Rev. r. B. Patton, o
Columbus, E. D. Kingsley, Of Columbus
Rev. J.J. .Hughston, Of Bellefontaine.
AS number Of ditchers were on
gagged at work on the farm Of Abraham
Drush, near Millersburg, they found be
, low the surface about six feet o part Q
the remains of wha6 was once hug
beast. The land is now marsh. Tn
shook" name Of this animal Is "Maga
therium," or great-clawed beast, g
gantic extinct quadruped OF the orde
"Edentata, NEARLY allied to the slott
This animal must have wandered ia
from home. The remains of these an
mails are found in the superficial strs
tum Of the South American pampas, an
when full-grown attained height
from z to feet.
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