Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-05

| and several passengers were wounded.
| The wind was blowing a perfect hurri-
| cane.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has
| placed the revenue steamer Rush at the
| disposal of the Postmaster General for
the purpose of carrying the mails be-
| tween San Francisco and Portland, Ore,
during the existence of the present
railroad embargo.
w. V. MORGAN, manager of the Postal
Telegraph Company's Office in Hartford,
Conn, died on the 25th, the result of in
juries received in jumping from rail
way train at the depot in that city.
THE recent discovery of shortages in
the accounts of so many receivers of
public monies in land offices has led to
an investigation of the methods of keep
ing accounts practiced by those officials,
and the conclusion has been reached
that the shortages were due not so much
to the deliberate dishonesty of the Off
cials as to the fact that public money
was left in their control for long pc
Rod
w. II. McHENRY and Alexander Car
men were blown up by nitro-glycerine
pedo we'll near Bradford, Pa Both
men were blown to pieces.
THIRTEEN stores at Bunker Hill, Ind,
burned on the 25th, causing loss of
SIS, 600. Insurance light. The town
had no fire protection.
JOHN b. LALLANDE, cotton factor of
New Orleans, has failed. Liabilitiea,
1854, 600; assets, S554,00
A FIRE at Crested, Butte, Cal, on the
27th, destroyed the bank and eleven
business houses. Loss $4,000, with
light insurance.
A FIRE broke out on the 27th in the
Kittery navy yard near Portsmouth, N.
H.. and before it could be controlled de-
stroyed building No. As, occupied as a
machine and iron plate shop, and No. 46
occupied as futtock mill, with all
their contents. The loss to the govern
ment will reach 500, 900; uninsured.
THE Supreme Court has affirmed the
Judgment of the Court of Claims refusing
to allow General Lew Wallace the differ
ence between $500 per annum, the
amount of salary he received under sew
eral appropriation acts as Minister to
Turkey, and $4,000 per annum which
he claimed was due him under the pro-
vision of the revised statutes.
SECRETARY PRoCToR, under authority
of the recent act of Congress, has pur-
chased of the heirs of the late General
George H. Shields for $4,000 the sword
worn by the General during the late
war. 1t will be placed among the relics
in the War Department.
The heirs of j. j. Albright have pre-
sented to the city of Scranton, Pa, for
public library purposes, plot of land
110X160 feet upon which suitable build
ing will be erected by the grantees.
The structure will be known as the AL
bright memorial building and together
with the value of the land will be worth
S1OO, OOO
AFTER being out fifty-three hours an
Indianapolis, Qnd.) jury on the 27th
found Edward Azeman guilty of the
murder of Bertha Elf, his sweetheart,
and sentenced him to death The jury
agreed on conviction on first ballot, but
on the question of punishment seven
were for hanging and five for life i'm
prisonment.
THE bond of w. G. Duttenhoffer, the
absconding tax collector of Columbia,
Pa, has proved to be forgery, and the
alleged bondsmen have been released
from liability. Duttenhoffer's shortage
was $4, 750.
THE journeymen plumbers and steam
and gas filters of Allegheny Cou ty,
Pa. numbering 1000, have arranged to
affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor. 1t is said that the national
organization of plumbers, which has a
membership of about $4,000 men, will
take similar action in the near future.
THE Congregational church at Dan
vers Center, Mass, was burned on the
2Sth ult. The church is historic one,
being the successor of the ancient Salem
village parish church in which the
witchcraft troubles began. Loss, S35, 900;
half insured.
ADAM FoREPAUGH'sw will gives half the
testator's property to the widow and
half to the son, after providing for the
support of testator's father during his
life. The estate is valued at about
81, 900, 900.
NORTHERN Iowa is being flooded with
counterfeit silver dollars, which the
the genuine that has been placed in cir
culation for some time. The coin is the
exact shape, size and color of the gen
uine, is stamped perfectly, but is little
lighter in weight than the good dollar.
The village of Colfax, ILL.,, is reported
to be in a deplorable condition. Half
the population are sick from la grippe,
and of the three physicians in the place
one has died, one is Frustrated with
sickness, and the other was called away
by the illness of relatives. Hundreds
are in need of medical attendance.
IN the New York Supreme Court on
the 2Sth ult. Justice Van Brunt granted
the motion for stay in the case of
Johann Most, pending an appeal to the
Court of Appeals. Bail was fixed at
S., 200, and Mrs. Ida Hoffman attached
her name to the bond and Most was lib
Grated.
THE coroner's jury in the Kniftln MUIR