Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
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Nothing but News, shoIn of All the
Tedious and Very Often superfuous
Detail, Is Gwen In ThIs Column For
Very Busy Readers.
Tuesday,
Leon Say, the distinguished political econo
FB Miller. furniture dealer of spencsrville,
D., is missing.
J. v. Kyle, timer. Of Attioa, O., died from
m overdose Of morphine.
Seventy.fve persons were arrested In the
gambling houses at Lebanon, Ind
Mrs John c, Probst, 65, of Pomeroy, o., was
run down by an unknown bicycle rider and
badly injured
Mrs. William Baldwin Of Harrodsburg, KY,
committed suicide by severing her iugular
vein with q razor.
Kiefer GierhaBt, an old soldier, was run over
by switch engine at St. Mary's, O., and died
q few hours later.
Fred Barnes was arrested in East Liverpool.
O, on the charge Of waylaying and attempting
to kill man at Beaver, Pa.
The American Wire Nail company has pur~
chased the wire nail plant at Greenfield, Ind,
and will move it TO Anderson, Ind.
Thomas Smith and Thomas Kelly, arrested
by Columbus, (o.) detectives. had in their
possession Is pairs of gold eyeglasses.
The Massachusetts, Democratic convention
has named Ex-Governor William Z Russell as
q candidate for nomination at Chicago.
The dead body of Lowell E Stanton of
Deshler, O., was found on the track of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad.
Wednesday.
Mrs. Maggie Dohler of Chicago has died of
cholera.
Mary Ellen Rogers, q blind woman of Lex
ington, KY, is pronounced a mathematical
wonder.
Arizona Wilson, 0, and her sister Rose, Z,
wonderful acrobats, were kidnapped from In
dianapolis.
remarkable lake, said TO be bottomless,
has been discovered in Marshall county, near
Benton, Ky.
1t is said that Scott Jackson and q. a.
Holmes are as near alike as two human beings
can possibly be.
Cards, circuses, theaters, etc will be dis
cussed at the general Methodist conference
which meets in Cleveland next month.
Captain D. P. slattery, millionaire, was
drowned in Kings lake, 80 miles from St
Louis, under circumstances that point to sui.
eide.
The minister of war, General Ramon Castil.
10, and Jose Estay, governor of the province Of
Macoris, were executed at Macoris by order of
Ulisses Heureaux, president of San Domingo.
The cases of the seven merchants and coal
operators at Linton. Ind, arrested by the
United States marshal for issuing coin checks
in lieu Of lawful money, were continued until
May 26
Thursday.
The Matabeles are said to bs preparing to
attack Buluwsyo.
Governor Altgeld of Illinois is candidate
for denomination.
Eleven persons were more or less injured in
a runaway accident at Marion, o.
Iowa Populists held the largest convention
in the history Of the party in that state.
James Culbertson, an ex-city employe Of
Chicago, shot his wife and killed himself.
Henry Osborne was arrested at Indianapolis
charged with kidnapping the Wilson children.
DR.. Thomas J. Barton, member Of the Zanes-
vile (O.) board Of pension examiners, is dead
A strike in the glass industry, involving
10000 men, has been ordered at Anderson,
Ind.
John Bowland of Chicago committed suicide
because one of his daughters went on the vari-
ETY. stage
William Bullock, farmer, 70, living near
Jamestown, O., was fatally injured by run
away team.
In the Maryland Republican convention a
resolution declaring for Mckinley was defeat
ed-9S to Is.
An effort is being made to have the death
sentence of 81. h. Holmes commuted to life
imprisonment.
Friday.
A freight and passenger train collided at
Evansville, Ind, killing brakeman.
Judge johnson of Denver has accepted a
woman as Juror IN the district court.
An expedition with arms and ammunition
for Cuban insurgents has left Florida for Cuba.
DR.. Brown of San Francisco has announced to
his congregation that he will preach next
Sunday.
At Eufaula, T., Tom Brooks was shot
through the liver while trying to rob T. J.
Brashears, farmer.
Baron Won Hammerstein, eH.editor of The
Kreuz Zeitung, has been sentenced to three
years penal servitude in Berlin.
Miss Eliza Jones. who died recently at Union
City, KY, ordered that her Bible be buried
with her as passport to a better world.
The North Dakota Methodist Episcopal con.
ference decided against women as lay dele
gates, which settles the question against the
women.
Mary Sharp, handsome young woman, and
her husband were sentenced in the United
States court at Pensacola, Fla, to ls months
imprisonmentfor gil licit distillin.
Saturday.
Three men were badly injured in railroad
wreck at Gallitzin Tunnel Pa.
Crooks in Indiana have swindled many
farmers by collecting delinquent taxes
The A. P. A. will make fight against Rich.
ard Bland if he is nominated for president.
John Love Of Huntington, W. Va, killed his
wife, shot his father-in-law and then suicided.
A desperate effort is being made to save the
life of William Taylor, who Is to be hanged for
murder at Kansas City on May /.
. Conductor Hixenbaugh Of Moundsville, W.
Va, who caused the death of man by club
bing him off his train, has been bound over for
murder.
Congressman Money Of Mississippi and Hall
of Missouri, members Of the naval affairs COM
mittee, got into fight and Hall knocked
Money down with an ink bottle.
1t has been discovered that James E Alsop,
who murdered Lena Olsen Of Duluth and then
suicided when arrested, has murdered thres
women and has at least two wives living.
Monday.
Venezuela Is bidding for immigrants to that
country.
Roy Mowery was robbed and badly beaten
at Covington, o.
The equestrian statue Of General Grant was
unveiled at Brooklyn.
At Muncie. Ind, Joseph Reed was fatally
stabbed by Joseph Gallagher.
In southern India 100 Moplah fanatics were
massacred by the raishs fanatics.
Schrader, the divine healer, was driven out
Of Nashville by the board Of health.
A big parade Of the st. Joseph Catholic soci-
cites took place at LoRansport. Ind.