Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-17
CONDENSED NEWS.
3 Collection of Interesting Items on Vari
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared fol
the Hasty Reader.

4 Collection Of Interesting Items on Vari'
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hnsty Reader.
It IL said that ex-Secretary Blaine l.
contemplating writing another book, eithel
on the lines of Twenty Years in Con
gress" or some personal memories.
Samuel Clark, Of Cincinnati, was robbed
of 81 in Columbus, o., by Dan Ryan and
Frank Nelson, who were convicted on
Clark's evidence Clark was paid SIG wit
ness and other fees.
Farmers near Reading, Pa, are short OF
water, owing to the drouth.
The Coney Island Athletic club has in
creased It's offer for the Hall -Fitzsimmons
fight tc $4,000.
At Palmyra, Pa, water Is sold In the
streets by the gallon. Small streams have
entirely disappeared.
English and American capitalists will
shortly erect an extensive iron and steel
plant at Covington, Va.
Thousands of people are suffering from
want Of food in and about Zacatecas, Mex.
The government is giving assistance.
Jay Gould has expressed desire to make
a large donation from his rare and mar,
velous collection of plants for New York's
exhibit at the worlds fair.
Surrogate Ransom, of New York, has
decided to admit to probate the will Of
Miss Elizabeth U. Coles. who died leaving
an estate worth 100000. The greater
part of the estate was bequeathed to char.
liable and religious organizations.
The Missouri supreme court has decided
that official notices published in Sunday
papers are not legal.
A. W. Bennett, whose negligence is said
to have caused fatal wreck at Little
Rock, has become insane from remorse
Gold men will be in the majority IN the
International monetary conference which
will meet in Berlin, Nov. %. The attitude
of the British delegates is expected tC
guide the decisions to great degree.
Sixteen members of the Salvation Army
were arrested in Pittsburg, charged with
disorderly conduct.
A steady rain fell in Arkansas for twelve
hours, accompanied by cold wind. Great
damage will result to the cotton fields, al
it will rot in the boil.
At Chattanooga an unknown woman
with a bouquet of flowers in her hands, de
liberately walked upon the track in from
of an approaching passenger train and we!
killed.
Hugh O'Donnell, one of the leaders O.
the Homestead trouble, now in Jail a
Pittsburg, charged with conspiracy ant
murder, has written letter in which h,
says the tariff is in no way responsible fol
the lockout.
The proposed strike took effect in New
Orleans Saturday noon. The printers
and clothing and dry goods clerks union
were the only ones not affected. The mer
chants are massing arms at Washington
Artillery hall, where they now have over
thousand guns. About fifty union mel
have been arrested for assaults.
The peanut crop will be but about hal
an average.
Harry Kernell, the comedian, has beel
adjudged insane.
Fridays promised strike at Homestead
failed to materialize.
The Carnegie steel mills at Beaver Falls
Pa, are preparing to resume work.
Reports from all sections of Mexico nov
give assurances that there is sufficient corr
to meet the wants of the people. and in ad
dition that there is abundance en- rout
from the United States.
The state department thinks it ha
opened before tia way out of the Chimes
immigration difficulty. Mr.. Edwin H
Conger, of Iowa, United States minister t.
Brazil, cables the department that Brazi
has passed law encouraging Chinese i'm
migration.