Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-08-10
ooNpENSKp NEWS.

a colIsstioa - Intsresting Items on vari-
Gus Subjects. Especially Prepared fol
the Hasty Readers.
The cotton mill and bel6ng factory o
Henry Pearce Sons company, Cincinnati
have closed About 500 hands, half o.
whom are girls, are out Of work. Dull
trade.
A coat Of tar and feathers and ride on 4
rail viii probably be given Schweinfurth
the Rockford Glls9 Christ, should be visit
his branch heaven In Lexington, KY, as hl
proposes to do
Captain A. Z. Hunt, Pittsburg chem
ist, suggest . scheme TO produce dollal
which will be worth 100 cents, without en-
countering Senator Shernan's objections
to goloid coins. His plan IL TO coin the al
10y discovered by Sir Robert Austin, which
consists Of 7s par cent Of gold and % pen
cent of aluminium. It is Of beautiful
purple color, with ruby tints, and can moi
be counterfeited, as the metals mix only IL
the proportions named, and gold is ~
heavier than aluminium.
Clark's mammoth thread factory ai
Newark, N. j., will run on about two
thirds time until trade il better. They
employ 1,000 hands
Up to date 8, 700 men have registered ai
Denver as being out Of employment
Means are being taken to furnish employ
ment and provide food for the needy.
Ray Earl, so, Of New Haven, has startee
70 walk to Chicago in ~ days. He has ns
money except enough to pay ferriages.
Commander Weissert Of the GRAND
Army advises that no money b
wasted on fireworks at the indianapolis
encampment in view of the business de
preston.
The Denver chamber Of commerce hai
prepared memorial to congress favorine
an increase In the circulating medium o.
the country by the free coinage of silvei
produced from the mines of the United
States and demanding the paying out o.
the money boarded In the vaults of the ma
tional treasury.
DR.. A. w. Wheeler, the United State
marine hospital surgeon who was recently
sent abroad by the treasury department Il
examine into the sanitary condition Of tn,
ports where emigrants are embarked fol
this country, says that, owing to the pre-
cautions both here and abroad, cholera 4
not at all likely to reach this country thii
year.
Washington is almost deserted now.
Lewis 1rig, who had been sleeping fol
three months, died near Chadron, la.
from starvation.
Many Of the mills and factories at Am
sterdam, N. Y, have shut down-some fol
. short time and some indefinitely.
1t is asserted that Mr. Cleveland, in his
message to the extra session of congress
will urge tariff revision as well as repeal O
the Sherman law.
Worlds fair exhibitors are complaining
Of poor ventilation and lack of facilitie,
for visitors to reach the galleries in tn,
various buildings
Ex-Assistant Secretary Bussey and ex
Commissioner Tanner deny that the re
Gently discovered 'secret decisions" IL
pension cases were ever formally rendered
A compromise has been agreed upon il
the Behring sea case. American counse
feel that they have the best of it, pelagi
sealing in American waters being re
stricted.
Over 900 men lost their lives in Nicara
qua in the battles of Mateares and Ma
argua. 1t Is lacimed that the loss will b,
from 1000 to ], 400 lives. The fighting wa
at close range. aud the most desperate eve
witnessed.