Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-11-07

| horseback and in wagons, and surrounding
his house demanded his surrender. Young
opened fire on the mob, and shots were ex-
changed until he was wounded. Eight men
then forced their way into the house, took
him out and hanged him.
The Confederate monument at Macon, Ga,
was unveiled on the Goth ult with most i'm
posing ceremonies in the presence Of $4,000
people.
The Women's National Christian Temper
ance Union convened at indianapolis on the
29th ult.
A general strike among the coal diggers at
Wheeling, w. Va, was lnaugurated on the
10Th ult. They demand an advance of two
cents per bushel.
Mrs. Kendrick, widow, living alone near
Winona, Mimi, was found murdered on the
morning of the Both ult. The motive was
probably robbery.
novel case was decided in the United
States District Court at Nashville, Tenn, on
the 30th ult. Miller Hurst, an ex-Federal
soldier, was convicted by the Morgan County
Circuit Court ten months ago for the murder
of Thomas Staples in 1865, and sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment He was taken
from the penitentiary on a writ of hdbeaS COR
puS by Col. John P. Murray, an ex-Confeder-
ate soldier, who proved that when the act al
legged to have been done was committed Hurst
was member Of Captain Beatty's company,
which was recognized as belonging to the
United States army, and it was not known
whether he killed Staples or any of the forty
composing the company, and that Staples was
Captain in the Confederate army. Hurst
was discharged.
National Wnmapir
citation, on the 31st ult., reelected Mrs Fran
els K. Willard as President, and also delegate
at-large to the National Convention for life.
Near Wilmington, Del, on the lst, shift
ing engine ran into a freight car, aud John
Gallagher, engineer, Edward Sassa and Henry
Meredith we're killed.
Warrants for the arrest of the persons en-
gagged in the lynching of Bill Young, at Luray,
Mo-, on the Goth ult., were issued on the 1st.
A gang of seven counterfeiters was arrested
in Andrew County, Mo, on the Both ult., and
large amount of spurious dollars and halves
and number Of molds and other imple ments
for their manufacture were captured. North
west Missouri has been flooded with the coun-
terfeit coin made by this gang.
Over one-third Of Mound City, ILL.,, was de-
stroyed by fire on the I'd. The courthouse,
with all its records, was burned.
General Grant arrived at Omaha on the 1st
Ten cases Of yellow fever and three deaths
were reported az Memphis during the week
ending Nov. l. Total cases to that date,
1921; total deaths, 473.
Stephen Zook, owner of the Green Valley
Mills, Knox County, Ohio, was attacked on
the night of the I'd in bridge by two men
armed with knives. Zook drew pocket-knife
and defended himself. killing one of the men,
John Parrott.
In the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Convention at Indianapolis on the Sd
the committee on plan of work recommended
that headquarters be established with paid
secretary. Miss Mary F. Burt, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was elected to this position, to keep
list OF temperance speakers and to be in cor
respondence with State committees. The
plan Of work is under the following head:
Eyangelistic, moral suasion and legal suasion.
An appeal for aid has been issued 10y a COM
mittee OF the citizens of Mound City, Ill. The
appeal states that by reason of the fire on the
2d great number Of their citizens have been
thrown out OF employment and their families
rendered houseless and homeless, and If aid is
not extended many will suffer for shelter,
clothing and subsistence during the coming
winter.
John Johnson, treasurer of the Howard AS
sociation at Memphis, submitted report on
the Sd showing the receipts to have been S73,-
S62 %; disbursements, $6S, ,476.5l; balance on
hand, S5,3S6.41.
Stettauer Brothers & Co., wholesale dry
goods merchants, Chicago, failed on the 1st.
Liabilities about 81, 100000.
As the Sheriff at Vlncennes, Ind, entered
the jail on the night OF the Sd, two prisoners
secreted behind the door made break for
liberty. Refusing to stop at the demand of
the Sheriff he fired, and ball passed through
the back Of one named Moyles with fatal eff
feet. The other surrendered.