Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-24

Henry f. Barcus, alias Samuel Myers,
negro, alleged pension swindler, has been
arrested In st. Louis.
James Carter, member Of the Virginia
legislature, fell In a fire at Cartersford,
Va, and burned to death.
Governor Bradley of Kentucky says a
special session of the legislature to elect
successor to Senator Blackburn would
be illegal before Mr.. Blackburn's time ex-
pires.
Thursday.
John Donley cut Steve Krouse's throat
at Batavia, o.
Princess Friedrich August of Saxony
gave birth to a son.
submarine wrecking boat has been
constructed at Baltimore.
Ex-President Harrison is not candidate
for United States senator.
Armed deputies have been placed in the
Shaw mines in West Virginia.
Frank Dyer Chester of Massachusetts,
has been appointed consul to Budapest
DR.. Talmage denies that he is to marry
Miss Susie Mangam, his son-in-law's sister.
Senator PETER has declared himself IA
vorable to President Cleveland's tariff pol
Icy.
A new comet has been discovered In the
".
Lick observatory.
The Frisco depot and nearly the entire
business portion of Chester, Ark, were de-
stroyed by fire.
When John Hoch was sentenced to death
at Lowville, N. Y, he knockd the prose
cutor down with heavy tumbler.
Rev. Yorke, Roman Catholic chancellor
at San Francisco, has been arrested for
criminal libel'in charging that George This
tleton was a member of the A. p. A.
Friday.
Scar-Faced Charley, a noted Modoc
chief, is dead.
Australia will import about 100000
bushels Of American wheat.
At Grand Junction, Colo, George Thomas
ruptured an artery and bled to death.
A Louisville barber was arrested for
kissing Miss Gerting while cutting her
hair.
John and william Gay, proprietors of the
Hotel Mystic at New Haven, have as
signed.
James Bergin of Columbus has severed
his connection with the government print
ing office.
The steamer Saler was wrecked off the
coast of Spain and all hands were
drowned.
In his address to the senate on the Cuban
question Senator Cullom referred to Spain
as a robber nation.
d. G. Connor, a Boston drummer, was
arrested at indianapolis for numbering
Louis Hermann at Chicago.
Saturday.
At Lincoln, Neb., Charles Scott was IA
tally shot by his wife during quarrel.
The United States revenue cutter Walter
Erncb cboVN nu1n hnn nj al fr,;,N
Cleveland harbor
The next meeting of the American Anti
Saloon league will be held in Columbus, O.,
Jan. IL to 13, 1898.
Miss Grace Dolan, white, of Indianapo
lis, shot and killed Henry jackson, negro,
who called at her house.
The Nebraska City (Neb) distillery was
sold by ReceivergMcNulty for $50, ,000-one-
fifth Of its original cost. ti9g, g.
The committee on rules Of the national
house has been asked for time to consider
the Nicaragua canal bill.
Maria Barberi, the Italian girl who killed
her faithless lover in New York, was ac-
quilted in criminal court.
Congressman Barrett wants n law passed
providing that the president shall select his
cabinet from the house and senate.
The father of DR.. Brown, who figured in
the San Francisco church scandal says the
suicide of Mrs. Cooper and daughter was
the judgment of God.
witness in the Leavenworth soldiers
home investigation testified that Governor
Smith took the Keeley cure, but the wit
ness afterward saw him under the intlu-
ence of liquor.
Monday.
Sterling W. Turner, student at Wander
bilt university, Nashville, suicided.
William Jahns, bartender in Chicago ho-
tel, was shot and killed by robber.
A Baltimore saloonist tied a kicking mule
in front of hi bar to keep buns away.
William Morris, alias Ely, was shot and
killed in Chicago saloon by the bartender.
The Spanish consul at Jacksonville, Fla,
Is to be sued for OBTAINING the steamer
Dauntless.
Tie body of Ed Fetters was found bur-
led under mule, near Knox, Ind. He
was murdered.
The supreme court of the United States
has declared the Kentucky turnpike laws
invalid.
Four hundred Of Uncle Sans rifles were
stolen from the armory Of the University
of Tennessee.
A treaty of general arbitration between
the United States and Great Britain is al
most completed.
The United States consul at Grao, Spain,
will order the United States steamer Lau-
rada not to anchor there.
At the christening of child in Chicago
everybody except the child got drunk and
William keenan, was killed.
f. H. Bradley deposited $500 check on
4 Dayton (O.) bank with a bank in Altoona,
Pa. He purchased goods, gave checks and
was arrested.