Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-03-23
00NDHNsED NEWS.

4uc hcpuDucdn Nalloudl League VIII
meet in Louisville May 10, at 10 a M, for
two days session.
Efforts will be made to grow Egyptian
cotton in this country FROM seed pur-
chased in Egypt by the agricultural de
partment.
At Fayette, Mo-, George Winn, va
grant negro. was sold on the block under
the vagrant law Of Missouri. His services
for six months were bought by r. S. Nc
Campbell of Glenn Eden Springs for $50.
The first postmaster appointed by Pres
ident Cleveland was Robert Brown, editor
and owner Of The Messenger at Meadville,
Pa This breaks. the rule said to have
been laid down by the postoffice depart
ment
When asked if everything would be in
readiness by May /, for the opening of the
world fair, Director General Davis said:
'Oyer 100, 900 packages have already been
received here. Most Of these are foreign,
but when the domestic displays begin to
come they will come in a hurry. The ca
pacity Of the installation plan has not
been tried in the least We are ready for
the exhibits to get here, and the faster the
better. If big force of men and continu-
Gus work can put them in shape the show
will be ready by May l."
Senator Roach of North Dakota says he
will not resign. He alleges that the story
OF being in hiding after the Citizens Ma
tional bank defalcation at Washington is
fairy tale. Senator Roach has been ad-
vised by the Democratic leaders in the
senatenot to resign, and his statements
show that he is not worried over the out
come of the matter. 1t is reported in
Washington that he was concerned in the
defalcation, and that the amount has
since been refunded by his friends. Copies
OF these charges, it Is said, have been cir
culated among Democrats.
The great ice bridge at Niagara has
fallen.
Secretary Carlisle will not remove light
housekeepers except for incompetency.
A large shipment of Chinese and Japan
ese wild animals for the worlds fair has
reached New York via Cape Horn,
The supreme officers of .tale Order OF the
Catholic Knights Of America have rejected
ex-Treasurer O'Brien's offer to pay his de-
falcation in 20 yearly installments.
The Monongahela valley river miners,
who have been on a strike.for more than
seven months, no longer hope to gain any
concessions from the Pittsburg coal oper-
ators. The last hope has vanished, and it
now appears to be only a question of time
and the greatest battle ever fought in this
| region will have reached an end
Indiana Republicans are preparing to
test the legislative apportionment.
Alexander Hockaday, 1l3, hale and
hearty, is living near Noblesville, Ind.
Extradition treaties with Sweden, Rus
sia and France will be ratified in few
days.
Mormon evangelists are holding meet
| ings in schoolhouses along Elk river, West
| Virginia.
Squire Frank Heiser of Tifin, o., was
rendered temporarily insane by an anti
tobacco remedy.
| DR.. Talmage says the only difference
between the Democratic and Republican
parties is the question of 100, 600 offices.
The eight dead bodies found in barrels
at Louisville depot, turn out to have
been one body, which medical student
was taking to his home.
| Forty thousand souvenir quarters will
be coined for the lady managers of the
worlds fair. Owing to the small number
they will bring high prices.
The appropriation for the worlds fail
which was passed by congress at the last
session is still withheld by the treasury
department. Secretary Carlisle proposes
| to hold the appropriations until satisfac
| tory security, as required by the act, il
| given by the commissioners.
| The contributions to the Peters pence
fund, collected during the first few weeks
of the festivities held in honor of Pope
Leo's jubilee, are as follows: America
10000 francs; Austria Hungary, 1,50O,0
England and Ireland, 1,200,000; France
225, 900; Belgium, 1Oo, 600; Germany, S5O, 600
Spain, 10000; Turkey, $4,000.
1t is alleged that the new coast defense
battleship Monterey, recently tried at Sar
! Francisco, is unfit for use, her boilers hav
ing been subjected to too great a pressure
during the trial trip. 1t will cost at leas
! $50, 900 to replace the damaged boilers. Sh,
also fell 800 horsepower behind that re
quired, and her builders, the Union iron
works, will therefore forfeit $4,000 from
the contract price. The matter has beer
kept quiet.
/ Mrs. Simon Nicolaides smashed 81, ,00t
worth of valuable bric-a-brac ia her hus
bands store in Washington, because b,
flirted with one of his employees.
The election of worlds fair directors
takes place in April
Nicholas Smith, aged So, of Strouds
burg, Pa, who has been totally blind fo
81 years, has just regained his eyesight.
The long-overdue Sarnia arrived at Hal
flax Sunday with broken shaft. Sh,
had 500 passengers on board and fear
were entertained for her safety.
Steele Mackaye will have a spectator,
at Chicago duEing the fair. 1t will repre-
sent scenes from the life of Columbus
Twelve hundred people will take par
in it. ~
The German military band which will
be at the worlds fair is the pick of tina
country. The profits of the trip will b
used in bringing poor artisans of Ger
many to the fair.
Miss Clara Barton, president of tn
4 American National Red Cross, has &C
cepted the magnificent gift Of between 10
and 500 acres of land ON the borders of tn
Blue Grass region, in the state Of Indiana
rendered the association last month by Dr
Joseph Gardner of Bedford, Ind
! The largest silver statue ever know
since the world began was successfully
cast Saturday. Sixteen hundred pound
of sterling silver were melted in d crucibl
at Grand Crossing, Chicago, the molte
mass was poured into huge mold, an
Montana's silver statue of Justice, afte
the form of Ada Rehan, was an accom-
plished fact.
There is great CONSERVATION among rail
road men over the significant interfel
ence of the United States court in the An