Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04

DR1LLERS on the kennedy farm, tnre@
miles east of Warren, struck heavy
lubricating oil, known to the trade as
Mecca oil The strike creates excite
ment there.
A ZIG gas we'll was struck few days
ago on the west side of the Muskingum,
one mile from the corporate limits OF
Marietta, at 1900 feet. 1t threw out
stones and gravel 20 feet over the top Of
the derrick. This is q new field and the,
excitement is high.
Miss JENNIE CARUTH, of Martins
Ferry, burned while making apple but
ter, has since died.
MARY HUGHEs, insane, while in the
probate court, Cincinnati, threw an ink
stand at Judge Goebel, barely missing
his honor head and making q dent in
the wall behind his seat.
AT Canton two-year-old child of An
thony Shaffer, unobserved by its mother,
drank cupful of lye which was care
lessly left on table, dying in terrible
agony.
EIGHT prisoners in the county jail at
Elyria, escaped the other morning by
saving out. OF these three were in for
burglary, two for arson and one for
highway robbery.
MARY TENNIS gave the Columbus law
yers delightful racket by kissing
every body in the courtroom in her Joy
at having her petition for divorce
granted.
THE Farmers Alliance, of Wood Coun-
ty, nominated a ticket composed of
Democrats and Republicans.
II y
the other day, on charge of using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. He was
taken to Columbus.
JOHN BERGE and Frederick Raabe
were instantly killed ut the Riverside
Furnance, Bcllaire. They had gone up
on the elevator with load of iron, and
just as they reached the top of the cupo-
Ia the rope snapped, precipitating the
men and iron to the bottom, about sixty
feet. Berge was killed instantly, and
Raabe died shortly after being taken
out.
Hon. II. L. MoREY has been nomin-
ated for Congress in tho Third Ohio Dis
trict.
JOSEPH JENKINS was nominated for
Congress by the Union Labor party of
s'ip Jul Stthlll oulO ulbLTlCU.
FRANK GALI.UM, we'll known Ger
man farmer, living three miles south o.
Norwalk, committed suicide the other
morning at two o'clock by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with a corn
scythe. Temporary insanity is the sup
posed cause.
d. L. TAYLOR was appointed postmas-
ter at Gervais, Scioto County, vice A. B.
Park, resigned.
COLONEL r. e. DoAN, of Clinton Coun-
ty, was nominated for Congress by the
Republicans of the Tenth Ohio District
on the 334th ballot.
THE new Cincinnati Flower Market is
to be located in Sixth street market
space.
THE boiler in a saw-mill at Middle.
point blew up, killing the engineer and
badly scalding boy who was in the
building.
Mrs. WM PULTz, OF st. Mary's, said
that nobody loved her, took paris green
and died.
THE last issue of the Weekly Volks.
freund, Cincinnati, was seized by tho
postal authorities, it contained lottery
advertisement, in violation of law.
JAMES MALONE, an engineer, walked
out of sccond-story window of the Vine
Street Hotel, at Lima, while asleep,
fracturing couple of ribs and sustain
ing severe bruises about the head
CHAs. L. SPANGLER left a $3.50 dia-
mond ring in the washroom of the Nc
Donald House, Coshocton. Returning
twenty minutes later, the gem had dis
Miss MARY ANDERSON and Miss Ada
M. Jeffrey. of Ohio, have been appointed
to clerkships in the Pension Bureau.
WIN. PARSONS, coal miner, was fatal
ly injured by fall of slate in w. G.
Hayes mine, near Coshocton. He neg
lected to protect the roof by propping.
ALBERT REYNOLDS, one of the pioneers
of Allen County whose home was in
Perry Township, complained of feeling
unwell when he got up the other morn
ing, and laid down. When his wife
went to wake him he was dead.
SALLIE O'CoNNELL, of Tiffin; Celia
Boyle and Mary Dwyre, of Newport, r.
L.. Nora Shaw, of Republic; Mary Hem
ry of New York, and Emma Gossier, OF
Crestline, took the vail at the Ursuline
convent, IlIIln.
COMMISSIONS were issued by Assistant
Adjutant-General Drill to j. William
Koos as Captain, Daniel II. Gaumer as
First Lieutenant, and Chas. II. Atwell
as Second Lieutenantof Battery C, First
Light Artillery, GAINESVILLE.
sIX-YEAR-oLD son of Charles Nun
namacher died at Fremont from being
severely burned. The little fellov
was making cigarettes from so,ne weeds.
and in lighting one his blouse caught
ire.
VIM MACK, saddler and Chas. Dicks.
a timer, died the other day in Cincin-
natl from falls, the former through a
hatchway and the latter from scafiold.
Ing upon which he was working.