Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-02-05

died from the effect Of his wounds.
johnson, his supposed assailant, has not
been captured.
u. W. Haley, q Cincinnati real estate
broker, has been swindled aut of $500 BY
o couple Of rascals who interested him I'd |.
a land deal in which there appeared to
be big profits, and then secured q loan Of
s., 900, half Of which Haley recovered by
attachment.
Ex-senator 7. c. Snyder met with 0
painful accident at Canton. In his hurry
to catch passing street car he slipped
and fell down the steps of his business
Office, breaking his right leg. The same
leg was broken some six years ago by be-
ing thrown from buggy.
AN unknown man was struck by q
freight train on the Fort Wayne road,
three miles east of Wooster, and IN
stantly killed. A card giving the name
of William Carl, from the molder's union,
Richmond, Ind, was found in his coat.
His right leg and arm were cut off.
In dubitable evidence of case Of
infantlcido was discovered on the public
dump at Columbus. A boy who, with
his dog, was hunting rats, found in pile
of rubbish box, in which was the
corpse of an infant. The baby had died
a short time after birth. Its hand was
In its mouth, its legs were broken, and
there was every evidence that it had
been placed alive in the box.
just In front Of the Ohio Southern
Depot, at jackson, Edward Carr, brake
man, jumped, from a box car to car Of
slack, from which he fell upon the track
before the moving train. The car Of
slack passed over him, killing him in
stantly, but strange to say, his body
bears no outward sign Of injury. BE
was Of Irish descent, "a years Of age,
DIR. Steinterger, of Yellow Springs,
whose recent statement that Effie Taylor,
the crippled girl, who suicided there re-
Gently, had confessed being implicated In
the murder of the wife of a colored Bap-
tist preacher in yellow Springs, has
decided to Miss Taylor's heirs the $1,000
property which the girl had decided him
without valuable consideration. ReY,
Clark has sued Steinberger for $4,000
libel, and the worry and excitement has
almost killed him. M
About two months ago Gottlieb Wier,
German citizen of Chilieothe, disap-
peared, and nothing could be found As
to his whereabouts, The other day,
while several boys were playing ball
along the canal bank at Herrnstsil's
planning mill, they discovered the body Of
a man imbedded in the mud, who was
afterwards identified as Gottlleb Wief.
The deceased has been missing since
December 8, 1890. He leaves wife, two
sons and five daughters, and was about
sixty-five yearsof age.
The authorities at San Francisco,
CAL, have asked the Columbus authors
ties for information concerning Stewar
e. Bell, alias Sidney Bell, under arr
charged with the murder OF Samuel
Jacobsen, in that city, August 16
The charge is based upon the confT !
Of man named Campbell, suppose
have been an accompliee Of Bell.
family of Bell reside IN Columbus.
ran away from home when IL "
old, going to Brazil and Australia. w
he returned he engaged in daily la,
and had several personal encounters
his father and others, finally leaving
California.
The PenitentIary managers, ins
sion at Columbus, had heated d
cussion of the recent developments int
PenitentiarY scandal. fFhe folIowi
resolution was adopted against stros
opposition BY two members of the Boa
@wHEREAs, Through newspaper corrssp,5p
ents and other sources Of public inforniAtic
rumors 6erosatory to the members Of the I3oai
and to the Warden and Matron have been circ
lated and
aWHEREAs, resolution to investigate
present and former administrations Of
Ohio Penitentiaryi I'd nov pending III the Gener
Assembly be Ii, therefore,
| @Res0gbod, That we denounce all OF sa
rumora as frivolous and untrue and that u
court the fullest investigation Of our oflci
conduct, apd challenge comparison with an
preceding administration"
| There is q curious state of affairs
the Presbyterian church at New BED
ford, because the congregation over
looked the church Law that mar
elected to the Office of deacon must b.
the husband of one wife and having his
children under subsection. at the an
Inual meeting of the New Bedford con
lgregation, which took place recently,
William Wright was elected deacon.
After the installation of the deacon took
place 1t was discovered that, according
4 to the rule, he was not eligible to elec-
tion, he having neither wife nor chill
dren. Wright, who is fine old gentle
man, is greatly vexed over the situation,
and will resign.
The Governor has pafdened Louis
Raum, who was sentenced In April, 1885, by
the Franklin County Common Pleas Court
to fifteen years Imprisonment IN the pefIi-
tentiary. Raum forged Judge Thur
mans name to note, and having al-
ready served term for asimilaf offense
| got heavy dose, 1t being shown thath his
wife, who was very extravagant and Of
bad character, was largely responsible
| for hia misconduct The Rnard Of Par.