Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-12-06

ton, d c., burned on tho Goth ult,
causing q loss Of 5000 Many OF the
occupants of the hotel had narrow es-
capes.
THE private bank of Hall & Co., at
Duluth, Mimi, was forced to suspend on
the Goth ult., owing to run on tho in
stitution, during which 5000 o. the
$4,000 Of deposits were drawn out.
JOHN GEBHARD, cigarmaker, his
wife and their two children were in
stantly killed by train on the Northern
railway at Closter, N. j., on the Goth
ult
A FREIGHT train on the Northern Pa
cific railroad, while entering Tacoma,
Wa, on the Goth ult, escaped from the
control of its crew and collided with an
other freight, both locomotives and a
dozen cars were hurled into the bay.
Engineer Decker and Fireman Horton,
OF the runaway train we're killed and one
brakeman was fatally injured.
GENERALJ. T. MORGAN, Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs who has just returned
from an extended tour ovor the reserva-
tions of the various tribes of Indians in
Indian Territory, says the ghost dan
cling has closed in the Territory and
there is no possibility of an outbreak.
THE Treasury Department is now pre-
pared to supply the country with bills of
the denomination Of $40, $5 and 81, in
exchange for bills of $1,000 denomina-
tion or less. The amount OF such small
denominations now on hand is about
$40, 900, 900.
The Pan-Americau steamship line
| plying between Galveston and South
| American ports in the banana and gen.
eral fruit business, has been established
with capital of $50, O00 600. The prin-
cipal offices are located in New York
City.
ELMER G. MELLRAY, partner in the
| firm Of George G. Fox & Co., bakers at
Worcester and Boston, Mass, has dis
| appeared. He is defaulter TO an un-
known amount
ASSIGNEE THOMPSON, who took charge
of the books of the suspended banking
firm of b. X. Jameson Ss Co., Philadel-
phia, states that the sum due depositors
amounts to probably 100000. The In
dications are that the liabilities of the
firm will reach $1,000 600.
A SMALL boat containing six persons
was capsized in Rice Lake, Wis, on the
Goth ult, and the entire party were
drowned. The victims were Frank
Founcer, William Knight, Charles
Stikes, William and Al Stark and Arthur
Page, the latter of Boston, Mass.
On the 1st, while seven men were
crossing the river at Evansville, Ind,
in a skiff, their boat was struck by q
high wind and overturned. Before
rescuers could reach them, five of the
party, all colored were drowned.
SIX business places in Dustin, Pa,
were burned on the 1st, causing loss
of $4,000. The village was nearly de-
stroyed by fire only few months ago
and was being rebuilt
DURING the month of November the
mints coined 1O3, 500 pieces of gold of
the value of 81, 900, and 5,o72, ,OS6
pieces of silver of the value of s., ,6O6, 276
A GENERAL Jail delivery took place at
Guthrie, o. T., on tho lst, and some of
the most desperate characters in the
Territory are again at large. The pris-
oners climbed through a window while
the guards were sleeping.
DANIEL j. BYRNEs, ticket agent of
the Long Island railroad, at Brooklyn,
N. Y, has been missing since tho SOth
ult, when he locked up his office and |
left with 5000 of the company's money.
The police are looking for him.
TIE public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows an increase during the |
month of November amounting to So
$780, The bonded Indebtedness of |
the Government was reduced about |
three millions during the month and |
new aggregates SG29, 492, 800, against |
$632. So 500 on November l.
A FIRE on the 1st in the extensive |
establishment of the A. Campbell Man
ufacturing Company, cotton yarns. at
Manayunk, Pa, did damage amounting |
to $500, 900. One fireman was killed and |
three others injured by falling walls.
THE Mississippi Supreme Court rem
dered a decision on the lst in tho cele-
brated case of ex-State Treasurer Hem
ingway. The ruling of tho lower court |
was affirmed and the eX-treasurer was
taken to the penitentiary, whore he is
to serve five years.
THE caving-in of sewer trench at |
Titusville, Pa, on the 1st buried six |
colored m.n. One was killed and the |
others barely escaped with their lives.
The first legal quadruple execution
in Montana will take place December
10. The men who will pay the penalty |
of their crimes are four Flathead In
dians, who were convicted Of murdering |
and robbing prospectors.
THE s00-point billiard contest between
Jacob Schaefer and George Slosson took
place at New York on the 1st in the |
presence of 1000 persons The matcn
was for $1,000 stake money, silver cup
emblematic of the worlds champion
ship and the cato money. When the
game ended the score stood 500 to 600 in
Schaefer's favor.
THE body of Ferguson, one of tho four
men drowned recently while hunting on
Sodus Bay, New York, has been recov-
cred. A singular circumstance con-
nected with the accident is that Mrs
BLY,, the widow of one of the men, and