Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-03-24
CONDENSED NEWS.
Collection Of Interesting Items on vAri-
Gus Subjects. Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.

Gus Subjects. Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.
The most unique church row in years
Is now in full blast among the colored
members Of the Central Baptist church at
Memphis. II is fight between the male
and female members, the former sup
porting what is known as the Cooper
crowd" and the latter upholding Rev.
Taylor Nightingale, the pastor for the
past two years. Some 200 colored anna
! IONS armed with clubs are now watch
ing the church to prevent the Cooper
ties" from gaining possession of the edi-
fee.
Gas wells in the vicinity of Noblesyille,
Ind, are failing.
Large numbers of destitute negroes are
leaving Arkansas and flocking into Okla
homa. Hundreds reach there in a starv-
ing condition.
Mrs. Amanda Bentley was married
Thursday, at Jackson, Mich, to w. A.
Plumb, a young man of twenty-one years
of age. The groom received 500 immedi-
ately after the ceremony, and the bride
took the train for Grand Rapids. 1t ap-
pears that Mrs. Bentle -. first husband
left her the estate during her life, and if
she died without marrying again, the
property was to be divided among her
husbands heirs. By this second marriage
she secures the estate to her son, who is a
cripple.
Forty years ago Isaac Rakestraw and
Mrs. Catherine Rains were lovers in their
native village in Ohio. Since that time
Mrs. Rains entered the matrimonial ranks
three times, while Rakestraw took unto
himself four wives. The widow and wild
over met in Lincoln, Neb.. not long since,
the old spark was rekindled, and they
were married Wednesday.
| Medical men have a priceless specimen
in an infant with transparent brain.
The wonder was born in the Italian
quarter of Philadelphia on Wednesday.
The child's parents are Angelo and Inno-
cenzia Anzzini The brain is clearly visi-
| BILE. being covered only by a fine trans
parent membrane The child has no fore
head, the bone covering being cut off like
the top of an egg. The action of the brain
| is quite visible.
Texas elected Harrison delegates.
Owing to the recent decision of the Ohio
supreme court the Standard oil trust will
| dissolve.
| 1t is believed the famous Peg-Leg mine
has been rediscovered near Cottonwood
| Springs, Cal. Hundreds of miners and
prospectors are bound for the new
Eldorado.
James Allison, chief of the worlds fair
department of manufactures, has been
asked to accept the position of executive
commissioner for the Ohio state board of
worlds fair managers by Governor Nc
Kinley, who offers $4,000 as yearly sal
ary
Yellow fever continues to spread at
Santos, Brazil.
Chicago labor organizations are prepar-
ing for another strike May 1.
| The Junior Order of United American
Mechanics will ask congress to restrict
immigration.
Reports favoring the admission of Ari-
zona and New Mexico as states have been
made at Washington.
One hundred congressman have signed
petition favoring expending $3,500,0O0
for the improvement of the channel con-
Meeting Lakes Superior and Huron.
Crimes and Casualties.
At North Fairmount, Cincinnati, John
w. Greer, retired merchant, was as
saulted with hatchet by John Kay his
brother-in-law. They had quarreled about
some kind of document.
| William A. Losey, of Brooklyn, who.
for eleven years, was the confidential
bookkeeper of Madison Brothers & Com.
pany, was arrested Tuesday, charged with
embezzlement. He has been robbing the
firm for about two years, his peculations
in that time amounting to S31 900, all of
which he lost in playing policy, his losings
in single day being as high as high as
50, 500. He played regularly SIS a day.
Near New Lewisville, Ark, the charred
body of an unknown man was found un-
der lumber pile.
| Incendiaries got in their work at Wa
verify, His, because the mayor would not
cease prosecuting whisky peddlers.
Prairie fires in Oklahoma and South
Dakota have burned a number of houses
and barns and considerable grain and
hay.
AT Chester, Pa, Frank and Lewis
Moore, boys, employed in mill, were
poisoned by stealing and eating another
boys lunch which had been poisoned.
In Cincinnati twenty -four-ton fly
wheel of the Cincinnati Electric Light
company . PAM uuESVJ uuluS SlU,UUU
damage to the building. No one was in
jured. The engineer expressed no sur
prise but refused to talk.
Personal.
Colonel Polk, president of the National
Farmers Alliance, expects to be nomi-
mated for the vice presidency by the third
| partyites.
Secretary Elkins has practically de-
clined to become a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for governor of West
| Virginia
Arthur Jenkins, president of the Ten
nessee Coal company, who is responsible,
SO the miners allege for all the troubles
in the Coal Creek and Briceville mines is
candidate for governor of Tennessee on
the Republican ticket. He now has the
miners and also the Farmers Alliance
with him. He is only twenty-six years OF
age and fighter.
United States Minister Phelps returned
to Berlin from Egypt,
Holman, of Indiana, says he is not a
presidential candidate
=Ex-Governor Gray, of Indiana, says he
is still in the presidential race.
Senator Hill and party left Washington
Sunday night for the southern trip.
Secretary Blaine, as soon as health per-
mits will go to San Antonio until after
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