Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

George H Griswold, bookkeeper for the
Fourth National bank of Columbus, O.,
has skipped. He is short about 1900. Sew
eral days ago he dropped book from his
pocket 1t was found by the cashier, who
discovered that Griswold had made collec-
tions for which no credit was given. His
father agreed to make it good.
The heavy weather of the past few days
has resulted in severe losses to lake vessel
men. The gale ON Lake Michigan Wednes>
day did not less than $4,000 damages
At Midland, Mich, four boilers of the
Midland Salt and Lumber company ex-
ploded, killing three men and injuring
nineteen others, some probably seriously.
D. A. Schofield, of Ewing Mich, shot
and instantly killed his wife and then shot
himself in the breast. He will die. Scho-
field was drunkard and his wife intended
to desert him.
Ten girls working in the cotton factory
at Admission, Ala, have been arrested for
the murder of Rosa Brown who was as
saulted by them and kicked SO badly that
she died in few hours.
On the Ohio river between Dover, KY,
and Levanna, O., Robert and Thomas Stan
berry were drowned by having their skiff
swamped by the rollers from passing
steamer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams, of St.
Louis, determined to suicide, but were so
poor they could not purchase poison and
had to seek the river After the wife had
made three unsuccessful attempts she went
to the morgue, and there lay her husbands g
body on a slab. She then told her story
and disappeared. It is believed she has
succeeded in taking her own life.
Sunday afternoon a levee opposite St.
Louis gave way resulting in the flooding of
1000 acres of farming land.
While hunting near Spearsville, Ind, .
seventeen year-old son of Dr. Mosler acci-
dentally shot and killed Postmaster
Dallas.
At Washington Rev. William F. Speake,
of the Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal
church, was stricken with heart failure
while speaking to the Sunday school, and
died in few minutes.
Sunday afternoon cloudburst struck
Philadelphia, causing the death of three
men, who, with two companions, were in a
sailboat on the Delaware river. The men
drowned were Lewis Bueno nineteen years;
Charles Andero nineteen years, and George
Roult, twenLy-four years.
Political Notes.
Montana Republicans did not instruct
their delegates, except that they support a
free coinage man. They indorsed Har-
rison's administration and passed a reso-
luton laudirg Blaine
T. V. Powderly still thinks presidential
| lightning may strike him.
| There is a secret movement on foot in In
diana to boom Minister to Italy Porter for
Republican candidate for governor.
The state Of Iowa will send solid dele
cation to the national Democratic conven-
| tion to vote as a unit for Horace Boies for
president.
| The Democratic state convention of Mis-
souri, passed resolutions favoring the re-
nomination of Cleveland, but no instruc-
tions were given ~
In an irtsrview Senator Hill, of New
York, is reported as saying that Blaine is
the only man President Harrison need
fear
David B. Hill says that Platt has failed
as an anti-Harrison agitator, and refers to
Mr.. Cleveland as ian outsider" with re
spect to New York politics.
Personal.
Miss Alice Palmer, Of Franklin, Ind.
state organizer Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, will go to South Africa
to work in behalf of the cause.
Justice Harlan and Senator Morgan have
been decided upon as the two arbitrators fol
the United States in the controversy be
tween the United States and Great Britain
over the Behring sea fisheries