Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

. Another .calainitous conha8ratlon that
threatened TO surpass any Of the others that
have recently overwhelmed the oil region, was
sweeping through the northern field near Brad
ford, Pa, with terrible force, on the 12th, car
rylng all before II. The extensive district
known aA Oil Valley and Tram Hollow had
been completely burned over The villages Of
Middaughville and OIL Center were reduced TO
ashes, the people losing everything. One
hundred thousand barrels of oil were de-
stroyed. F"I #l IT.. ..L +.
A dastardly attempt was made at New York
City on the 18th, by some party OF parties TO
kill the Spanish Consul General by means OF
an internal machine. -. -,r.
Augustine Paetz was cremated at Washing
ton, Pa, on the 18th. ,, F.. ..-. ..HlI
Rowell, the pedestrian, says NO Ia ready to
compete with Hart, Doblcr, or any man in the
world for ESQ or el,000a side, but the match
must bt open, (noboiy bnrred) the winner TO
take tfe entire stakes and half the gate money.
For villages, Otto City, with population
Of 100; Middaughville, population 80; Morris
burg, population 100, and Oil Center, poptlla-
tion, 150 all located in the oil region near
Bradford Pa, were totally destroyed by the
recent fire in that neighborhood. Five hun
dred and sixty pounds Of nitro glycerlne in a
magazine, near Duke Center, exploded during
the fire with terrific force. TWo or three men
were slightly injured. The explosion was
heard for miles Altogether, nearly or quite
$50 oil well rigs were destroyed and probably
one hundred thousand barrels OF oil. The
total loes will reach 100000.
The village of stuyvesant, near Hudson, N.
", was destroyed by fire on the 18TH involy-
ing loss Of 100000.
The forest fires on Pocono Mountain, In the
vicinity of Scranton, Pa, covered an area Of
twenty miles wide on the 18th. Over one
million feet Of lumber had been consumed at
one point E. "
Brandt, Hummel and Wise, who murdered
an old man named Raber, upon whose life
they held an insurance of $4,000, were hanged
at Lebanon Pa, on the 18th.
Chief Justice Sanford f. Church died sud
deuIy of apoplexy, at his residence in Albion,
n. Y, on the 14th.
A fire broke out in the car works at Milton,
Pa, on the 14th, and heavy northwest wind
preyailingit was impossible to check the prog
ress of the flames until the entire business
portion of the town was destroyed. About
four hundred buildings were burned, including
all the churches. Several persons perished in
the flames, Estimated loss, 81, 100000; insur-
ancc SS0O,00O.
Scarcely an acre OF timber-land can be found
in the vicinity of Hanover, n. jail destroy
ed by recent forest fires. Over one hundred
square miles of valuable berry bogs, timber
lands and vineyards were destroyed
A special train Of four cars, pulled by new
locomotive which has but one six aud a half
foot driying-Yheeloh each side, was run on a
trial trip on the 14th, between Philadelphia
and Jersey City, and accomplished a distance
of ninety miles in ninety-seven minutes.
The Mahoning Powder Mil, near Ashland,
Pa, exploded on the 18th, killing Edward Benz
man and injuring five others.
The American Bible Society held its sixty
fourth annual meeting on the 18th. The an
nual reportsshowed the receipts OF the year to
have been S60S, ,342.
Edwin Hoyt was hanged at Bridgeport,
Conn, on the 18Th.
Forest fires were raging in Cumberland, At
lantic and Burlington Counties, N. j., on the
18th. a-
Another attempt was made to fire Milton,
Pa, on the 18th. A reward of $500 was offered
Immediately for the apprehension OF the in
cendiares. Six hundred and sixteen buildings
were DESTROYED by the fire on the 14th. The
local relief committee issucd am appeal for aid
stating that hundreds and hundreds of people,
m6n, women and children, were homeless and
pennilcss, ha7ing nothing left but the clothes
ON their backs.
In the Whitaker case at West Point, on the
18th, Southworth, an expert in identifying
handwriting, testified that the paper on which
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