Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-13

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THE Rich distillory at Uniontown,
KY, recently purchased by the Mutual
Distilling Company OF Philadelphia,
burned on the 18th, entailing loss OF
$4,000. The bonded warehouse and
granary were saved.
JOSEPH F. WEIGH, indicted for caus-
ing the death of Mary L. Fenley in
connection with the Old Colony railroad
disaster at Quincy, Mass, has been
arrested and placed in Jail at Dedham.
EDWARD J. SWEENEY, a New York
policeman, while crazed by drink,
rushed into the street, and sent five bull
lets in succession into throng of peo-
pie, dangerously wounding one man and
badly frightening hundreds. In attempt
ing to flee from an officer, Sweeney fell
and broke his leg. He was locked up.
THE Railway Switching Association
at Chicago, which was dissolved on ac-
count of the strike, has been reorgan-
lied and nearly all the old employees
taken back to work. 1t is not expected
that any trouble will be caused by the
switchmen again striking.
The case of John Rhodes, on trial at
Chambersburg, Pa, for the murder of
his nephew, William Rhodes, last April,
ended on the 9th in a verdict of acquit-
tai. Tho verdict was based on the
ground of the belief that the killing
was done in self-defense.
NINE brewcries in Boston and vicinity
have been discovered by Government
measurer to be using diversified pack
ages.
AT New York City on the 9th baby
carriage, which was being rolled on the
roof of building by two boys, broke
away, and with it's two-year-old occu-
pant fell five stories. 1t remained up
right and fell on n bale of rags in the
street where it was shattered. The baby
bounced up and was caught in the arms
of bystander. 1t was uninjured.
JAMES G. WILSON, who has for years
conducted a large banking business in
Streator, ILL.,, assigned on the sth with
liabilities of $4,000. Wilson is city
treasurer of Streator.
THREE HUNDRED finishing or "crimp-
ing" boys employed at the chimney
glass houses of I. G. Evans e Co., Ho-
gan, Evans 81 Co., and the Peerless
Glass Company, on the South Side, Pitts
burgh, struck on the Sth for five cents
advance per turn. causing suspension
of work in the factories.
A DISPATCH from Scottdale, Pa, says
that Superintendent Lynch of the
Standard coal mines. of the II. c. Frick
Company, where 1000 men have been
on strike, consented to meet the men
in conference. The result of the meet
ing was the appointment of an arbitra-
tion committee, and work will probably
soon be resumed.
MEMORIAL services in honor of John
Boyle O'Reilly, the poet, soldier and
patriot, were held at the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York on the Sth, at
tended by 1880 people.
THE block at Altoona, Pa, in which
are located the offices of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, was struck by
lightning on the Stn and set on fire.
The building was gutted and large
amount of property destroyed.
HUME CLAY, of Paris, KY, who alb
seconded about month ago after having
forged paper on his father and grand
father to the amount of S75, 900, has
heen captured and brought back to that
place.
A COLLISION between passenger trains
Nos. 10 and 90 on the Central road oc-
Cured near Loclport, n. Y, on the
Sth. Baggageman Fiddler was killed
and Engineer Bradley and Fireman
Houston were badly injured. No pas
sengers were hurt.
JUDGE RICE, of Wilkesbarre, Pa, on
the Sth overruled the motion for new
trial in the case OF George w. Moss, the
wife murderer, and sentenced the pris-
oner to be hanged.
REV. ADoLPH BoLLINGER, secretary of
the Northwestern Orphan Asylum at
Green Bay, Wis, recently arrested for
stealing a watch and some Uoney from
the residence of Rev. Phillips, of ST.
Louis, Mich, on the Sth pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to imprisonment for
one year.
The New York customs authorities on
the sth seized a lot of diamond jewelry
valued at Sl0,O 900 from w. II. Medhurst
a young Englishman, just arrived from
London on tho steamer Tower Hill.
YIN Uuc obu luc lTGdSuFy bepdrUUueTU
purchased 255, 600 ounces of silver bull
lion at the following prices: 10000
ounces at Sl.172; $4,000 ounces at S1.174;
145, 600 ounces at Sl.172S.
A TERRIBLE freight wreck occurred
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad near
Littleton, w. Va, on the Sth. Two
freight trains going in opposite direc-
tions at speed of not less than thirty
miles an hour collided with terrific
force. Both engines and between forty
and fifty cars were completely wrecked.
Two men were killed outright, three
fatally injured and four slightly hurt
The killed were Fireman G. j. Jeffers
and Brakeman William Pennington. En-
gineer Kelley, Brakeman Louden and
Fireman Lyle will probably die from
their injuries. The loss to the company
will reach 100000.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Citizens National Bank,
| of Charlestown, w. Va, to begin buSi-