Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Pertinent, Peculiar, Pointed
and PurlOined.

Is your subscription paid?
Congress will meet Monday next.
Don't forget to go to church this morn
ing.
All NORTHWEST boys are enjoying Thanks
giving to-day.
Paulding has a fine new hotel and grand
new opera house.
Buy the solid as rock school shoes at
Horn q Norden's. 2t
Wood county has 232 miles of rail way
within its borders.
Everybody is anxi ously looking for Presi-
dent Cleveland's message.
The Epileptio Asylum at Gallipolis will
be formally opened to-day.
Lamps and chinaware. A large assort-
ment for Christmas at Bradley's. 30-5t
or course you will take in the Young
Americas dance at the opera house this
evening.
Look at the blankets that Norden &
Bruins are selling at 75c pair, a bargain.
2t
G.. F. Rothenberger, that staunch old
Democrat from Flatrock township, was in
the city yesterday.
Paulding county not only went republican
by large ma jority, but it is now threatened
with small pox epidemic.
The House Appropriation committee will
recommend $160,O00,OO0 for pensions at the
approaching session Of Congress.
An exchange says there are 60,000 female
book agents in the country. 1t becomes
natural for woman to be book agent.
The man who is uncertain whether he is
right or not, tries 10 give the impression
that he is right by clustering noisily about
it.
The eleventh annual convention of the
National Guard Association of Ohio, will be
held in Columbus, com mencing Tuesday,
December 9Th.
II we are just on the the toes of winter"
ms an exchange expresses it, what sort of
weather may we anticipate when we get our
whole foot on it?
We have large number Of trimmed hats
that we will sell at first cost from now on,
as millinery is something that can not be
carried over. If Mrs. FREAsE.
The Chitten den Hotel at Columbus, to-
gether with the Henrietta and Park theaters,
were burned on the evening of the Oath.
The loss was near half million dollars.
All person knowing themselves in debt to
us must come in and pay their account, as we
must have our books settled by the first of
January, sure.
2t GEO. H. RoHRs & BRo.
To hold its boom factories, Findlay is now
issuing large amount of bonds to change
the factories from the use of natural gas to
G ,al. It's expensive business, but is the
only relief from collapse in the prosperity |
of the city.
The county auditors of the State will ask
the Legislature this winter to change the
date of assuming Office from the hrst Mon
day in September to the third Monday in
October, SO as not to interrupt the regular
August settlement,
Their is no article made, that purity is as
important in as soap. Thousands however,
buy the cheap adulterated soaps. to save a
few cents, and lose dollars in rotted cloth
ing. Dobbins' Electric Soap, perfectly
pure, saves dollars.
Among the laws the quor men will ask
to have passed in this state is one making il
an offense for any man whose ma re is ON
the list of those to whom the sale is forbid
den, to enter a saloon and solicit drink.
There would be nothing wrong about a law
of that kind. In fact it would make the
law more effective and would afford
a just protection to the seller.
One of the good features about the pres
ent season is the remarkably good condition
of the country roads. Though it is less than
three weeks to Christmas there has been
no mud this season, and the
roads are still in excellent condition. This
has been great boon to the farmer in mar
keting his grain, hay, wood, or whatever he
has had to dispose of, while for hauling logs
ur other heavy material the season has been
m admirable one.
Hunters who are disposed to 60 cunning
on Sunday, should remember that the law
strictly forbids it, and the penalty is equally
severe as it is for shooting game out of
season. There is class of men and boys
who have no regard for the Sabbath day,
and will as readily devote it to one pas
time as another, but they must remember,
now the hunting season is upon US, that they
transgress the civil as we'll as the moral law
when they go cunning on the Sabbath day.
The wedding of Mrs. Frank Van Loon,
The widow of the Columbus Grove murderer
and bank robber, who was executed at the
annex August 4th last, will be
80 lemnized in Columbus to-day. The pros
pective groom is Louis Factor, marble pol
isher, and the couple first met in Columbus,
iust prior to the death Of Van Loon on the
gallows. He is 56 years old. while the widow
is only %.
The young society bellies have new fad.
To hear about 1t will enlighten not few of
the young men who have been mystifed
since the fall began over the despoiling of
their new hats. The fad is to take the little
bow that fastens the lining Of mans hat
and wear it thereafter hidden in their shoe.
By some subtle influence, the superstition is
that without fail they will have an offer OF
from the young man in question,
within month. II must be taken without
the young mans knowledge or the charm
will not work