Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-12-07

November, lSSS, was S3O,ab, luS an lncrchcc
over the same period in 1887 of S9,2SG,ii2.
A FIRE at Durant, Miss, on the Both ut.
destroyed fifteen business houses, ontailing
loss of $4,000; insurance $1,000.
TnE announcement was made on the Both
nit that County Treasurer G. @. Winchcll,
ofRodicld, Oak, has left forparts unknown
and is u dcfaulter to the amount Of about
$1,000
WILL SCnmrnER, teller of the First Ma
tional Bank of Columbus, Ind, has fled to
Canada after robbing the bank of $500.
He is twenty-five years old and has been in
the banlts employ six years.
BUSINESS failures occurring throughout
the country during the seven days ended
December number for tho United States
POI, for Canada, 3l total 232 as compared
with total of 293 the previous week, and
| 2ii for the corresponding week of last year.
Tue United States Minister at Port Au
Prince, Hayti, informs tho State Depart
mont, under date of November 10, that the
schooner William Jones, of Boston, which
was captured on October 20, has been re-
leased and an indemnity of $4,000 paid to
Captain Collins, the principal owner, and
| all port charges and customs duties ON the
cargo rcmittcd.
The Boughton Acid Works, near Titus
! vile, Pa, were totally destroyed by fire on
the Both ult. Loss $4,000; nearly covered
| by insurance.
The secretary of the ale and porter brew
| ing employees announced on the Both ult
that the lockout among their employees was
virtually at an end and nothing more would
be heard of it,
TnE store of Gallingcr & Co., glassware
and lamps, New York City, who did busi-
ness as the Mutual Glass Company of New
| York and Pittsbu oh, has been seized by tho
sheriff. Liabilities are estimated at Sl5O,OOO.
TnE switchmen employed by the Union
| Pacific railway at Laramie City, Wis,
struck on the 3Oth ult for the Chicago scale
of prices. They were only out thirty
minutes when n dispatch came from Super
intendent Dickinson granting their demands,
and they all returned to work.
DECISION was rendered by the South
Carolina Supreme Court on the Both ult.,
declaring in effect that the issue Of town
ship bonds subscribed to railroads is uncon-
stitutional, because of tho absence of
corporate purpose in township. Tho de-
cision makes worthless 100000 of township
bonds, considerable portion of which is
held in the North.
JosErm d. STEVENS Mt ore time n prom
incnt young man mt Wlkesbarre, Pa, who
was convicted of defrauding his creditors in
New York nnd Philadelphia to the cxtcnt of
$4,000 aud fled pending sentence, has been
captured at Portland, Me. lie had recently
returned from England.
TnE Morgan club rooms at st. Louis, Mo-,
were blown up by gas explosion on the
night of the 29th ult., and Henry Graham
and Joseph Everett were seriously injured.
The explosion destroyed one side Of the
building.
Ar a meeting Of the pinuo and organ warm
ishcrs and polishers at Boston, Mn%s., on the
LIST, 1t was decided TO withdraw from the
knights of Labor ard form an open union.
Tho members of this craft have heretofore
been among the strongest supporters of
Powderly's policy.
EDWIN \. GARDNER, recently convicted of
opium smuggling, was sentenced at Auburn,
n. ". on the LIST to six years imprisonment
and $4,000 fine. In the case of John c.
Haines, indicted for the same offense, ver-
dict of not guilty was rendered.
TnE funeral of Mrs. General Sherman
took place at st. Louis on the lst Upon the
arrival of the funeral party from New York
the remains were conveyed from the special
car to st. Francis Navlcrs church. After u
low mass and Il simple funeral service the
body was taken to Calvary cemetery and
deposited in the family vault
AT Cincinnati on the lst Robert Corrigan,
nine years old, after receiving several saps
from his sister Rosa, ngcd thirteen, given in
playful mood, seized u revolver lying on q
table and fired. The ball entered the girls
breast, inficting probably fatal wound
FRANK MCCLELLAN, foreman for w. b,
Jennings, and himself a well-hnown turf
man, was found dead on the Baltimore u
Ohio railroad near Ivy City, Md, on the lst.
1t is believed he was murdered.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
,Il T,u hot,
Washington and Philadelphia. The schedule
time is quicker than has ever been set for
any regular train. The distance is to be
made in three hours and ten minutes.
BY tho burning of a barn at Flambcau,
Wis, on the lst two boys named Woods,
who were sleeping therein, were buSned TO
death.
ON the lst a steam elevator employed in
the erection of barn ut Olneyvillc, II. l.,
fell from the second lift owing to break
ing of n cable, and was prccpitated to the
cellar where it was smashed into fragments.
The elevator contained five men anu four
large barrows full of brick and cement.
Three of the mon, including Fred Horton,
son of tho contractor, sustained serious if
not fatal injuries. The others were badly
bruised.
NEAR MouLToS, Ala. on the lst W. l.,
williams, II star route mail carrier, was shot
dead from ambush, and the mail pouch cut
open and robbed. Registered packages taken
contained about S4OO. There is no clue to
the criminals.
DIR. JAMEs p. KlMnAIL, Director of the
Mint, in his annual report on the operations
of the mint for the fiscal year ended June
| 30, 1855, shows the coinage of the year TO
have been as follows; Gold, S2S,36i, 10;
silver dollars $32, Ils,613; subsidiary silver
coins, Sl,4lT,4?2; minor coins, Sl,2ls,0iG:
total, SG3, 10 2l2.
a HEAVILY loaded freight collided with an
accommodation train near Bismarck, d. T.,
on the lst. Both engines We're badly
wrecked and seven trainmen were more or
| less injured.
Tue four-mastcd schooner Il. A. Lambert,
from Philadelphia to Boston, was passed Mt
sea on the 3Oth ult dismasted, watcrlogged
and abandoned. No signs of any of her
| crew of seven men were seen, and u Is be-
| lievcd they have perishcd
The Peoples Bank, of Fairmont, Neb.,
| failed on the lst with liabilities amounting
to $4,000 j. b. Chase president and man
agcr is missing, but is not believed to have
absconded with any money, as there was
practically no cash on hand. The cause of
| the failure was the assuming of the liabil-
tiles of the Union Bank of Omaha, recently
suspended.
The deposits of lawful money 10 retire
circulation during December received by
the United States Treasurer under the circu-
lar of November 10, amount to 81 $4,000, or
81 900 less than the limit for the month
TUE exports of specie from the port of
New York for the week ended December
amounted to 81, 333,Os6 of which Sl,S55644
was in gold and SITT,4i2 silver The imports
| of speCie for the same period amounted to
Sl4?, 1852, of which SIG, s53 was in silver and
S25, 800 IN gold.
PRESIDENT Lucas, of the First National
Bank of Columbus, Ind, has gone to Wind
sor, Canada, In response TO message from
the banks abscondinR teller Scriber, 10
meet him there. Scriber left Columbus
Thanksgiving eve, $4,000 behind
a DISPATCH from Okl hOma says the set
| ,,nra ,yho had latelv pnne there hald "a chn.