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Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-22
A YARN.

Three gentlemen of scientific
turn of mind went to tie Springs
yesterday to investigate the caves
there. Having descended the shaft,
they entered the subteranean cavern,
and being fascinated by the beautiful
spars and irridescent gems which
surrounded them, they passed reso.
luton to perambulate further.
One of the gentlemen, being of a
more determined spirit than the rest,
and having the interest of the Amer
lean Microscopical Geological Archie
illogical Association at heart, pro-
ceeded to the extremity of the cavern
and crawled into a fissure there.
"Bill," he shouted to one of the
boys behind him, "I've got a beauty"
"What is it, Joe?"
dts gold nugget, Bill"
''Let me see it," said Robert
Thomas, as he poked his nose into
unutterable darkness.
"By goshl" says Joe, 81 can't get
out. Pull me out, boys"
So Bill tugged at one foot and Bob
at the other, but he wouldn't bulge
or if he did he would spring back
again like a piece of elastic. They
then caught hold of,his coat tail and
seat of his unmentionables, but their
efforts were useless.
Billy Hoffman was about to give it
up for bad job.
Robert Thomas was so exhausted
as to be obliged to sit down.
"Try again." cried Joe, ,"try again."
and the boys tried, and were sur
prised to find how easy it was to
draw him out.
The truth of it was Joe Gymer
caught hold of a rock to keep himself
there, and the boys came home and
reported how Joe got wedged into a
cave and had to be extracted.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-22

1t is not always the most conspicu-
Gus persons who are the most impor-
tant and the same thing applies some
times to business. We are reminded
of this by seeing the immense bust
ness done by the firm of Myer Fried
man 81 Bro. Their teams are kept
busy all the time hauling and deliv-
ing goods and with their speciality,
wool, soon to come into the market,
their ware house would seem too
small to accommodate their business,
which now fills it.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-22
A LIVE BIRD SHOOT.

There will be held on the ground
of the Las Vegas Rod and Gun club
on Saturday afternoon, April 3Oth,
a live bird shoot for members of the
club only. About $50 birds will be
set at liberty. Prices of birds will
be determined on the grounds.
American association rules to gov
ern. A. r. QUNLY, Sec'y.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-22

The ladies interested in the
Worlds fair have been invited TO be
present at the Mems county organiza.
tion this evening at the Montezuma
club rooms at o'clock.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-22

The first issue of El Hispano-
Americana, the paper moved here
from Socorro and which succeeds to
El Sol de Mayo, was issued today.
1t Is a neat 7-column paper.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-04-22

Calling cards and fine stationery
at Mrs. M. j. Woods.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Another Bad Break.

New ORLEANS, May II. - Bennett
Care levee, thirty three miles from the
city gave away yesterday and the indica-
tions are that most disastrous crevasse
will be the result. From the best in
formation received so far, the break is
in the lower end of Bonnet Carre levee
and in the extreme end of st. Charles
parish, about thirty miles above the
city.
Superintendent Dunn, of the Illinois
Central railroad, received telegram to
the effect that the crevasse was one
hundred feet wide and was washing at a
rate that would mean a width of 400
feet before ten more hours. The depth
of the levee is seven feet. The levee is
on the Gypsy plantation, owned by Jonn
Dymond. The Mississippi Valley rail-
road tracks run within two miles of the
crevasse, and the Illinois Central rail
way tracks are about six miles distant.
AS soon as the news of the break reac' ed
the city Mr.. A. M. Cooke, general man.
ager of the Mississippi Valley railro"d /,
and Superintendent Dunn, of the Illinois
Central road, started for the scene of
the disaster.
1hdJO1 AbASldIuSOlIy ClllCA bJtU6 eli
gineer, states that the water will flood a
great portion of st. Charles parish in its
course to Lake Pontchartrain. Just
above the break, Major Richardson
says, there is quite high ridge, which
will in measure, prevent the spread of
the water. Had the break occurred
further up on the Bennett Care, the
disaster would have been much greater,
owing to the greater depth of the levce.
He says the damage to the Mississippi
Valley railroad and the Illinois Central
railroad will be very great.
There were crevasses in this levee near
the present one, in the years 1871 and
1874, the first caused by a roadway
which has been imperfectly filled in,
and the last by crawfish hole. The
levee was improved and raised in 1885.
The break of 1874 remained open for
several years and many people who had
interests in that locality contended that
it should be kept open to insure safety
in the future. 1t was closed, however,
in 1882 by the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas Railroad company when their
tracks were laid.
About dozen plantations will be
flooded by the break and the growing
cane crop ruined. The city will also be
affected as the water will fill Lake
Pontchartrain and will back up into the
basins which means an overflow of the
rear portion of the city.
The latest reports say that the Gre
vase is 400 feet wide and twelve feet
deep. The water is pouring through at
a fearful rate. The tracks of the New
Orleans and Texas road a1e under water
for miles.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

Raw Furs, Hides, Pelts and Tallow.
If s. L. CURTIS.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
ia lluoeJ
Things Not Understood,

FortOr1a IlmeeJ
Things Not Understood.
Why bicycles come so high.
Why woman can't throw a stone
without being laughed at.
Why small men wear the largest
watch chains and charms.
Whya merchant will Ego to the
wall" rather than advertise.
Whyportly men are always COM
planning of physical ailments.
Why some women submissively be-
come their husbands slaves.
Why some men do not raise their
hats to their lady acquaintances.
Why a woman will die for a man
when a man won't die for woman.
Why some men will do more for
policy's sake than for honor's sake.
Why woman can't pass another
without turning and looking after her.
Why men are extremely pleasant
out in company and unpleasant at
home.
How a man can have the nerve to
marry when 1t hustles him to support
himself.
Why some men will become infatu-
ated with other mems wives, and for
sake and forget their own.
Why the average young man per-
sists In boring every one he meets by
telling him show much his father was
worth at one time"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
MORE BREAKS
In the Levees COnflning the
Mississippi Flood.
Many Thousand Acres of Farming
Land Under Water.
Some of the Crevasses Hun
dreds of Feet Wide.

Futile Attempts to Prevent the Further
Eating Away Of the Banks by the Rush
ing Waters-In Arkansas No Attempt
VIII De Made to Raise a Cotton Crop
in the Inundated Territory-Arlkansas
Railroads in Bad Shape-Hundreds of
Homes Abandoned in the vicinity of
st. Louis-FIood News.
MEMPHIS, May 17.-The following was
received from Greenville, Miss, Mon
day morning:
The crevasse near Gaines landing, on
the Arkansas side of the river, is $50
feet wide and the water is flowing
through at depth of about fifteen feet.
No lives have been lost. No attempt
will be made to realize a crop of cotton
in the flooded territory. So far the
efforts to tie the ends of the break have
proyen futile.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
An excursion was made to Lincoln.
Ten coaches were filed.
UNUSUAL EVENT IN THE SOUTH.
Prisoner Rescued by the Sheriff from the
Clutches of Mob.

Prisoner Rescued by the Sheriff from the
Clutches of a Mob.
MOBILE, May 17.-Three men gained
admission to the Greene county Jail, at
Eutaw, Ala, Sunday morning, on the
plea that they had with them prisoner
for incarceration. The four men then
began fusillade of pistols and guns,
and soon there were fifty men in the
Jail, all from Pickens county, who were
after James Jones, negro, who was
brought from that county for safe
keeping. They overpowered the sheriff
and carried off the prisoner. Deputy
Sheriff E. G. Meredith assembled a
posse, the sheriff among the number,
and overlook the mob at Clinton, eight
miles distant. Though small in num-
bers, and threatened by the guns Of the
mob, the posse charged into the midst.
and the sheriff demanded the return of
the prisoner. The posse stood at bay,
and Meredith declared that he would
give them minute to make the return.
The leader of the mob cried out, Don't
shoot" whereupon Meredith touched
the prisoner, and told him to run for his
life toward Eutaw. Jones ran, and the
posse protected him, standing in line
with guns in their hands. He is safe
now in Eutaw jail u&
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
CongenIal Occupation.

"And you say my son is failure here
at the university, and might as well
take him awayY'
Eyes, it is not worth while to waste
= $1,000 education on five dollar boy."
"What seems to be the trouble with
him?"
II do not wish to pain you, sir, but he
lacks mind. He has neither memory
nor reasoning power. 1t is impossible
for him to collect his thoughts and to
either speak or to write logically"
"What, then, can l do with hun?
Will you not help me with your ad-
viceT
"You arc aware, sir, that there are
few things for which such a lad is fit,
but l would suggest that you might put
him to writing tariff editorials 1or Re-
publican newspaper."-Louisville Cou-
er-Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

President Harrison would be willing
to see some Of the Republican conven-
tions do little less in the indorsing way
of his administration if they would in
struct more delegates to vote for him at
Minneapolis. The New England states
and about all the larger and more in
fuential ones will come without any as
surance that they will stand by Benja-
min. The bosses will all be there looking
eagerly for dark horse. The president
may well suspect that there is danger
for him in the situation. ST. Paul Globe.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Move Up Front, Please.

Is the cry of a conductor on a crowded street
car. Our clerks were tempted Saturday to
use the same expression with the slight
variation of "Walk right back, please, to
the crowd of patrons who came in to get
their Spring outfits from our handsome
stock. We've been more than busy; in fact,
it seems as though we're doing the bulk of
the clothing business in town. Why
shouldn't we? Our styles are the correct
ones and all that is desirable in cloth
and weaves we have" Besides. you always
get dollars worth for dollar when you
trade with Geo. Hahn. the One Price Cloth
ier. If
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
"A NIGHT IN PEkINn

The Annual Spectacle to Be Given by the
Order Of Cincinnatus.
CINCINNATI, May 17.-The Order Of
Cincinnatus has completed negotiations
whereby the tenth annual spectacular
exhibition OF the campus is an assured
fact. The entertainment will be "a
Night in Pekin," which was given last
season in Chicago. There will be stage
900 feet in length, 1900 performers.
The show will begin about July 1, and
will continue four weeks. The Order
Of Cincinnatus has presented Pain g.
Company, the famous pyrotechnists, the
use Of the grounds and buildings free,
this being tie inducement which brought
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Killed While Hunting.

COLUMBUS, Ind, May 16.-Homer
Dallas, postmaster of Spearsville, Brown
county, DR.. Mosler and the latteris
seventeen-year-old son were out iu the
woods squirrel hunting Saturday. One
of the party shot q squirrel, but the ami
NAL clung to the tree before dropping %
the ground. Young Mosler, with cooked
gun, stepped behind Dallas to get an
other shot at the squirrel, when his gun
accidentally went off, killing Dallas:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
CONGRESS.
Thursday.

SENATE-The naval appropriation was
disposed of up to a point where increase of
navy and the proposed new battleshi,s
come. Discussion of these disputed matters
was postponed until Friday. Among the
committee amendments adopted was one
appropriating $4,000 as a starter for the
Columbian naval rendezvous and review.
and 5000 for the League Island navy
yard, Philadelphia
HoUsE-The sundry civil bill was fur
ther considered.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Usurper Bulkelex.s Nerye.

We credit Senator Hawley with a bet
ter sense of the fitness Of things than
would be indicated by a serious effort
on his part to bring forward Governor
Bulkeley, Of Connecticut, for the second
place on the Republican national ticket.
The character Of Governor Bulkeley's
claim to his present Office is not such as
to commend him to the favorable con-
sideration Of the country at large. A
holdover governor and favorite son
are not synonymous terms. - Boston
Hona1d
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Special Notice.

The Henry County Board of School Ex-
aminers will hold meeting on the last
Saturday of April and the last Saturday of
May, at the court house, in Napoleon, Ohio,
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. M, in the
room where thecoun ty school examinations
are held, for the examination of teachers.
Said meetings will be for the purpose of
examining of pupils of the sub-districts and
pupils of special districts who may apply,
and shall be of such character as shall en-
able the successful applicants to enter any
high school in said Henry county, in accord
ance with an Act passed Masch %, 1892.
A. a. TYLER,
P.O. SoHwAB.
MRS. SUE WELsTED.
Go. Examiners.
Napoleon, O., April 18, I892.-td
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Fourteen People Rescued.

SuASoUA COPAo 1hOsCuous
Fourteen men, women and children,
all residents of Mullanphy island, To-
Gated in the Missouri river, sixteen miles
north of the mouth and thirty-six from
st. Louis, were saved from watery
grave by volunteer corps of twenty
prominent citizens of st. Louis under
the command of Mayor Noonan, and
Assistant Chief of Police Reedy, who
imperiled their own lives in doing so.
The Outlook Not Bright.
A trip down the river for about forty
miles shows the situation to be most
serious. Thousands of acres on which
q week ago the waving wheat was grow
ing, making rich carpet of green, are
now vast lakes of water whose surface
is broken by floating pieces of furni-
ture, dwellings, and here and there
body of COW or hog. From bluff to
bluff this is the unbroken monotony that
greets the eye. Ten miles is the aver
age width Of the river as far down as
the steamer proceeded. Hundreds of
homes have been abandoned and the
number Of cattle destroyed is expected
to reach into the thousands.
On the Illinois Side.
Bends Island, on the Illinois side, is
three feet under water. Near there, on
the Missouri side, in the vicinity of
the White House, js the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railway track.
The embankment, which is dealt vigor-
GUS blows by the rapidly flowing cur.
rent, has, in many places, been under.
mined, and no trains have been run over
the track for thirty-six hours. Untold
damage will be suffered by the railway
company at this point alone. Up the
Merrimack river the back water has un-
dermined the foundations Of over hun
dred houses.
Al Eostar,a Island 1000. acres. Of fine
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
QUEER CASE, THIS.
Convicted Of Accessory t.
a Burglary That Was New
er Committed.

Several months ago it was claimed that
g. Zellers broke into Blake's saloon at
Deshler through the window; in fact he was
caught in the act. VIM. Close, chum, was
found near and arrested as an accessory.
The cases were tried in Common Pleas
Court this week berore separate juries.
zellers who was indicted for burglary was
acquitted. while Close was found guilty of an
accessory-ship to burglary which the other
jury said neuer tcGs committed.
We think that could King Alfred, who in
augurated the jury system, hear Of this, he
would turn over in his grave or something
worse.
Juries are sort Of township caucus, any,
way.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
JUDGE ALTGELD.

time, and the Democrats of Illinois be-
lieve that he will be able to upset GER
tain obstacle known as "Private Joe"
Fifer. The judge is a self made man.
He has risen from poverty to wealth. He
served as a soldier In the Union army,
and was not admitted to the bar until
1879. Judge Altgeld located in Chicago
In 1875. He was born in the duchy Of
Nassau, Germany, in 1s47, and was
reared on farm near Mansfield, O., to
which place his parents had emigrated
when the embryonic governor was but
one year old.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

The New York World summarizes
Harrison's administration of Office:
"Raum's pull, Dudley's blocks-of-five
letter, the degradation of the bench by
the promotion of Woods, the looting Of
the civil service, cabinet protected bal
lot box stufing in Baltimore, Wana-
makers purchase Of q cabinet Office and
Harrison's confessed failure to keep his
civil service pledges"
There the record stands. startling If
true, and true though startling. Colum-
bus (O.) Post.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

Democrats and Republicans are
Alike
At least they are in one respect and that is
both parties are compelled to hold conven-
tions to nominate a representative for the
Chief Executive Office of the United States,
and as this great event will soon take place
in the cities of Chicago and Minneapolis,
delegates and others who contemplate at
tending are invited to corresp ond with W.
81. Fisher, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent B, ckeye Route, Columbus, Ohio, for
rates via this popular route. If
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
At the Court House.
Notes Of General Interest to Henry
County People.
Real Estate Transfers.

Maria L. Remington ct al, to w. E. Spen-
Ger, 10 acres in section 10, Richfeld tp.,
$3.50.
L. 1. Peckham to Callie Seward, part of
inlot SO. Deshler, $1,000.
Ellen z. Paine to Geo. D. Backus, lot 68.
Holgate, S225.
Sarah Hoffman to Daniel Hoffman, so
acres in section 30. pleasant tp., $500.
Peter Macklin ct al, to John Harst, in
lot 103, Mnfg. addition to Mcclure, $3.50.
I. N. Parker to John Smith, = acres in
section %, Flatrock tp., $500.
Richard Cahill to Jacob Brown, so acres in
section 80. Harrison tp., $500.
1. s. Pope to R. K. Scott, 40 acres in Sec
ton 2 Liberty tp., $4,000.
Catharine Bordner to John Harmon, y
acres in section 8, Pleasant tp., $50.
John Harmon to Catharine Bordner, 40
acres in section 8, Pleasant tp., $500.
VIM. Ball to Elmer Butler, lot in Deshler,
$2E0.
Martin Schihl to Dora Wentz, inIot 100,
Deshler, $6()
Furrow Dye to Geo. NJ. Smith, lot 81, in
Stearns 1st addition to Deshler, $3.50.
G. s. House to William Brown, lot 166,
in Deshler, $1EO.
Peter Heckler to William Kratz ct al. -,
trustees of Evangelical Association. land
section 80, Harrison tp., $40.
Vim. H. Ulrich to Adam j. Ulrich, land
in section 23, Napoleon tp.. $500.
VIM. Bevelhymer to Mary Bevelhymer,
GO acres in section 81, Harrison tp., $14OO.
@. @. L. Wulf to John W. Douglas, lot
107, Mfg. addition to Mcclure, $3.50.
Sherifr's Office.
Orders of sale have been issued to the
Sheriff of Henry county to sell at public
auction at the north door of the courthouse
the following property on the date nam,d.
Chas. Anderson VS. G. Askins ct al, south
part of the north east quarter of section 81,
Richfield township, 90 acres in all, on Sat-
urday, May28, at 2 o'clock p. m. appraised
at SO, 150.; terms of sale cash.
]. j. Fraker VS. Jas. Vanvalahry; on Sat-
urday, May 2S, at o'clock p. M, inlot 9,
Bolley's addition to Pleasant Bend; ap-
praised at $75.; terms, cash.
Ditch Hearings.
VIM. French at Napoleon. May 30, 10 a. m.
John Huddle at Napoleon, May 81, 10 a. m.
John Love (mayor), at Napoleon, May 10,
1892, 10 O'Clock m.
Elias Bogart, at Napoleon, May 26, 10
i
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
An Admiration" from shepard,

You see funny things in the press dis
patches sometimes. Just now they are
making Colonel Elliott Shepard's "Wail
in Distress admit" Harrison's renomi-
nation on the first ballot after an exami-
nation Of Lige Halford's fgures.-St.
Louis Republic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
Bridge in Danger.

The Gould bridge, at Fort Smith,
Ark, is but three feet above the water,
and, as the river is still rising, and with
the amount Of drift afoat, it will surely
go down. This is railroad as well as a
wagon bridge, and was just thrown
open to the latter Saturday. 1t cost
nearly 81 .000.00
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

The Connecticut Republicans point
with pride to the administration of their
holdover governor, and put him at the
head of their delegation to Minneapolis.
The Democrats should not object to
these proceedings. 1t ought to butter
their parsnips in November. Boston
Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

Chauncey Mitchell Depewg goes to Hin
neapohs as delegate at large. VIII
Colonel Elliott boom him again as the
"farmer's friendr Omaha World Her.
aid.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
But ue Hasn't Many Inches.

In the Wisconsin convention President
Harrison was described as being "every
inch man." The same description
might with equal propriety apply to the
late Colonel Tom Thumb, who was not
conspicuous for the number of his inches.
New York World.