Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


lishment of the free delivery system.
AN English syndicate has secured an
option on all the glass tableware fac
tories in Findlay and vicinity, and the
formal transfer is to be made December
10. The syndicate is trying to got con.
troll of all the factories in the country.
Two more criminals escaped from the
Columbus pcnitentiary the other night.
There have been four escapes and five
pardons within two weeks.
Two new oil wells have been opened
in the vicinity of Lancaster.
GEoRGR Colby, dying convict from
Geauga County, sent up for manslaugh-
ter, has been pardoned by Governor
Campbell.
CHARLES GRAY, a section hand on the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago
road, in jumping from q freight train
which was going at a rapid speed, near
Lima, was thrown violently to the
ground, and, striking the ties, was
killed.
ADAM FEIDT, workman on the New
Haven Elevator, was precipitated to
the bottom of n bin,a distance of thirty
five feet, by the breaking of a scaffold,
receiving internal injuries from which
he lies in critical condition.
THE Eleventh District Democratic
Congressional Convention, at Hillsboro,
after taking 425 ballots without result,
adjourned sine die, referring the nomi-
nation back to the District Committee
for decision.
REUBEN KAHN, of Van Vert County,
and Oscar Bruce, of Franklin, who were
recently paroled, were returned to the
penitentiary the other day, for violating
the conditions of their release. Albert
Long, q Wayne County prisoner, chop
ped off part of his right hand with q
hatchet.
EsTELLA DoAN, twenty, registered at
the Burnet House, Lima, and died of
self-administered dose of strychnine
soon after She was museum 'illu-
sionist" and was supposed to be the VIC
tim of unrequited love.
NORMAN LoNGsHoRE, young man
near Centerburg, was caught by saw in
mill and lost his right leg near the
knee.
A CHILD about eight years of age was
frightfully injured by being thrown
from buggy in Newark. 1t was in the
vehicle with its father, a man named
Orig, who was drunk when the horse
ran away. The father was badly injur.
ed also, and the buggy demolished. 1t
is feared the child will die.
REPUBLICANS at Washington c. H.,
representing the Tenth District, took
5S2 ballots before throwing up the
sponge and adiourning without date.
c. C. HARRIS, the oil king Of the Ohio
field, completed a we'll on the Stein
farm, north of Findlay, that started
natural at $50 barrels per hour. 1t is
regarded the best we'll in the field.
There are several dry wells but short
distance away. Mr.. Harris is regarded
as the luclliest man in the Ohio field.
He gets boomers where other producers
get dry wells. He is farmer, and COM
menced the oil business two years ago.
To-day he is worth nearly half mil
lion. ard is hustling after the other half.
UNDERTAKEN MEREDITH undertook to
kill himself ut Lancaster, because of q
dcadness in his line of business, but did
not succeed.
A GANG OF counterfeiters have been
located near New Cumberland. Two
arrests have been made. 1t is said four
thousand dollars of the stuff was put
into circulation the days the Barnum
show was at Akron and Canton.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs of the 11th Ohio dis
trict nominated Rev. S. G. Lindsey for
Congress.
THE census returns for Hamilton
County are all in, and the total figures
for Cincinnati are 297, 573, including all
the charitable institutions, whose in
mates number 3, ZIG. The total figures
for the whole county are 373, $50, includ-
ing the charitable institutions, whose
inmates number 1, ,193.
HARRISON STAPLES, colored man,
serving twelve-year sentence in the
penitentiary from Hamilton County for
manslaughter had narrow escape from
death, few days ago. He is employed
in the hoe shop, and, while endeavoring
TO adjust belt on large fy-wheel, his
clothing caught, and he was drawn be-
tween the wheel and belt and whirled
around three times, when he was hurled
to the ground with great force. He was
entirely stripped of his clothing, the
only article left to him being sock,
hut, strange to say, sustained but com
raratively slight injuries. His tenth
rib was broken, but aside from severe
bruises this was the only injury sus-
tained.
AT Cleveland, Anton Nowak shot and
killed his wife because she would not
1.-Two with him, he being drunkard, and
then committed suicide.
PHILIP SCHNEIDER, a well-known
business man of Mineral Point. Tuscara-
was County, was struck by the south
bound Branch train and cut to pieces.
CHARLES WILLIAMS, of Dayton, has
been convicted under the new law of de-
serting his family and was sent to Jail.
Miss ANNIE MCKINLEY, sister of Con-
FRESHMAN Mckinley, died on the Goth at
DER home in Canton.
THE population of Youngstown is 49,
100. DIahoning County, including the
:ity, is 55,557.
THE Sixteenth District Prohibition
Convention met at Massillon and nomi-