Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-02-14
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the HastY Reader.
A tow barge to carry 6,0Ol tons is being
built at Chicago for eastern capitalists
The cruiser Minneapolis is preparing to
join the north Atlantic squadron In the
West Indies.
BY vote Of 81 to IS the Missouri house
sent to engrossment a bill TO prohibit base
ball ana football on Sunday. In the sen
ate the bill will be amended, making it
apply to theaters and other Sunday places
Of amusement. This will probably defeat
the measure.
General Daniel Sickles gets one-fourth
OF his fathers estate, which is valued at
S25GOOO.
The continued cold weather has caused
a suspension Of all operations practically
in the Pennsylvania oil fields.
The Ohio river closed tight with the ice
at Cincinnati Saturday.
A cablegram from Paris to Pierre Loril-
lard advises him to kill himself, declaring
that plot exists to dishonor his entire
| family.
The Rev. Dr. William P. Merrill of Trim
ity church, Philadelphia, has accepted
call to the Sixth Presbyterian church of
Chicago.
The lower mouse of the Arkansas legis-
,ature, by a vote of II to co. has passed
bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and
cigarette material.
Alexander Brown g. Sons of Baltimore
have accepted an offer from the New York
parties who negotiated the now govern
ment loan to subscribe 81, ,125, 900 of the
bonds.
/ A terrific tidal wave swept the north
Atlantic coast Friday, doing much dam
age to shipping interests. The shore is
| strewn with stranded boats. Hundreds Of
houses were flooded Or swept away. The
presidents favorite boat was badly dam
aged at Gray Gables. The accompanying
gale blew 20 miles an hour.
All the sugar refneries in PHILADELPHIA
have cut the price of refined sugars one
sixteenth of cent. The reduction is said
to have been caused by Moelenhauer, the
independent refiner of New York, and
subsequent reduction by Havemeyer.
At Rifle, Colo, snow to depth of 30
inches is reported.
Much excitement has been caused in
Buenos Ayres by a report that division
of Chilian troops have occupied Calama,
| The president Monday complied with
another request of the senate by sending
the documents and papers relating to the
enforcement of the regulations respecting
fur seals adopted by this country and
Great Britain. The papers were mostly
logs Of vessels in the Bering sea service.
| Grimes and Casualties.
Jim Mutt made famous for killing
Lawyer W. w. Dukes in Uniontown, Pr,
over decade ago, because he seduced Miss
Mutt, is dying at Atchison, Kan, from
wounds inflicted by Mrs. John Payton,
who committed the act after Mutt, in
drunken rage had fatally shot her. Neither
can live
Three persons were burned to death in
different parts Of Richmond, Va, Friday.
Miss Nellie Cutter, beautiful Buffalo
girl of -, while delirious from grip, sui
cided in mill stream.
At Richland Mich, Joseph Grant, age
! n, shot his wife twice, once in the hand
and once in the head, causing severe
scalp wound. Then he shot himself, dying
almost instantly.
George NJ. Irwin, the discretionary pool
operator, was placed on trial at Pittsburg
Monday on the charge of false pretense.
Fires.
At CINCINNATI Proctor 81 Gamble sus-
tanned a $4,000 fire loss.
Matheson's cooperage works burned at
Jersey City Saturday. Loss, S125,OO0.
Mrs. Joseph Choperinski and her II
year-old daughter Mary were burned to
death at Prioeburg, Pa, during fire
which destroyed half a dozen dwellings
and rendered six families homeless.
The Hudleston House. u hotel at Osark,
Ala, was burned Sunday, including the
furniture; partial insured
Fire destroyed the annex of the state
printing office at Harrisburg, Pa. The
loss on building and contents is estimated
at 100000,
| Deaths.
Charles W, Copeland, shipbuilder, died
Wednesday in Brooklyn, aged SO.
Eugene L, Maxwell, of the firm of Man
ming, Maxwell & Moore, dealers in rail
way and machinists' supplies, died sud
denly in New York city.
w. H. Fleming, patentee of the cactus
hedge fence, and also proprietor of several
opal mines in Idaho, died in Opelika, Ala,
of auoDleXy