Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-01-18


principal oil producers of Pennsylvania
and foreign capitalists, looking to the
construction of system of pipe lines
rivaling that of the Standard oil trnst.
1t is stated that the foreigners are pur-
chasing $40, 900, 900 worth of wells out
right and making friendly alliances with
the owners of others.
TWELVE thousand derricks were blown
down in the Bradford Pa.) oil field by
the high winds. which prevailed on the
18th.
THOMAS LINK, a hotelkeeper at Tribes
Hills, n. Y, ended a protracted de-
bauch on the 18th by cutting his wifes
throat and then his own. He is dead
and his wife's condition critical His
wife's mother attempted suicide by
hanging but was cut down.
CLARENCE MULLER, a reputed New
York millionaire has been sued by Miss
Caroline j. Cammerer, of Philadelphia,
for $4,000 damages for breach of
promise.
THE proclamation to open the Dakota
Sioux reservation has been prepared
and will soon be issued. This will add
to the public domain about 100000
acres of land.
THE girls high school at San Fran
cisco, Cal, burned on the 18th. Loss,
$50. 0.OG0.
On the 18th the Northern Central
Railroad Company's elevator at Balti-
more, Md, was destroyed by fire with
all it's contents, consisting of 100000
bushels of corn. The total loss is be-
tween S7oO, 600 and SsOO,OOO; fully in
sured. The British steamship Sacro-
basco, which was lying alongside, was
also totally destroyed. involving loss
of S150,0OO. Three of the crew of the
Sacrobasco were burned to death and
several others seriously injured.
MONTANA begins it's first year of State
hood without a dollar of indebtedness
and with cash balance in the treasury
of S32,25l.
The w. w. Schmitt Sash and Door
Company, Milwaukee, Wis, assigned on
the 18th for S112,OO The assets are
quoted at S1ss,0OO, including a large
sum in outstanding accounts.
THE men in the weaving department
of the lace factory at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
have struck for an increase of 81 per
month in wages. This is the only lace
factory in the United States and en-
ploys 300 men, girls and boys.
The receipts of the Reading Railroad
Company during 1889 were S19,01S,613;
expenses, S1O,91s, 597; gross earnings,
$500, 400; net surplus, So, S92, 1856.
PRESIDENT FuLDA, of the California
Athletic Club, announces that John l..
Sullivan has agreed with a representa-
tive of the club on purse for which he
would meet Peter jackson in the last
fight of his life. The amount is $4,000
and jackson has accepted the terms.
A FIRE in the Monarch distillery at
Peoria, ILL.,, on the 18th destroyed seven
copper stills and 1000 gallons of un-
taxed spirits. Loss, $4,000.
SNYDER LocKwooD, hitherto re-
spected citizen of Shokan, near Rondout,
N. Y, has confessed to forging paper
aggregating several thousand dollars.
He was engaged in the sale of pianos
and organs for a Chicago manufacturer,
and few days ago failed with liabilities
stated at $4,000
OLIVER BROTHERS & PHILLIPS, the iron
manufacturers, and the Oliver & Roberts
Wire Company, of Pittsburgh, who sus-
pended five years ago with liabilities
of over S1,000,00 and were granted an
extension, have announced that they
would pay the final instalment of their
extension Indebtedness, principal and
interest, when due ON February next.
WHILE out boat riding in a lake about
fourteen miles east of Carmi, ILL.,, on the
14th, Lou Asbury, Lizzie Bowles, Will
Rose and Dan Asbury were drowned.
SPEAKER REED has requested the four
Worlds Fair committees representing
New York, Chicago, st. Louis and Wash
ington to each suggest the names of
three members of Congress for appoint
ment on the special Worlds Fair com
mittee of the House, of which Mr.. Reed
will select the chairman. The commit
tee will consist of thirteen members.
Two freight. trains on the Reading
railroad collided at Snydertown, Pa, on
the 14th. A locomotive and ten cars
were wrecked. Conductor Fer was killed
and several brakemen injured.
THE strike in the nail factory of the
Brooks Iron Company at Birdsboro, Pa,
has resulted in victory for the work
men. The firm has agreed to restore
the ten per cent. taken from the wages
of the men four months ago, and has
also voluntarily increased the wages of
| puddlers to 1878 per ton.
AT Erie, Pa, on the 14th four chill
dren of Polish family named Rega-
loski were suffocated by smoke. The
mother had gone out washing and left
the children in charge of her brother,
who became intoxicated and accident
| ally set fire to the bed with his pipe.
THE George T. Smith Middlings Puri-
fer Company of jackson, Mich, has
failed for $5OO,00O. The assets will
about equal the liabilities.
CICERO ROLL, relative of Charles
Roll of Newark, N. j., who recently
| found an old Indian title to large tract
of land in the Mohawk Valley, is a
laboring man in Carthage, ILL., He has
received advice that he is a joint heir
and that the nrOnerty Is worth about