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

! those made by the Fiftieth Congress for
the fiscal year ending juno 80, 1890.
THE Commissioner of Pensions on the
eth ult. made 1s1 promotions in the
clerk grades of his office, preparatory to
the appointment to the lower grades OF
43S clerks provided for under recent
act of Congress. OF these 43s clerks 100
have already been appointed and have
entered upon their duties.
AT Allegheny City, Pa, on the 27th
ult. long brick wall used as backing
| for score of frame houses, fell, bury
ing several workmen in the ruins. One
man was killed, two fatally, and three
others seriously hurt. The victims were
nearly all Greeks, with no families as
far as known.
AT Peoria, ILL.,, on the 2Sth ult fire
broke out in the Grace Mission Presby-
terian church during the services, and
the congregation made wild rush for
the doors. All escaped uninjured. The
building was destroyed.
AT Moravia, Pa, on the 27th ult. a
three-year-old girl named Cooper, who
was visiting the family of John Tyndall,
accidentally fell into pig-sty and was
attacked by the swine. Before she
could be rescued she had sustained fatal
injuries
A souTnBoUND freight train on the
Pittsburgh e Western railroad jumped
the trestle at Shepperville, Pa, on tho
2Sth nit, killing Fireman Silas Elder
and brakeman Shreckengost, and pre-
sumably fatally iniuring Engineer
Frank Wood
THE new steamship Ell Sol, built for
the Pacific Improvement Company of
New York, was launched at Cramp &
Sons shipyard on the 27th ult She is
the largest vessel with one exception
ever built in the United States, being
400 feet long, As feet beam and 3324 feet
deep and has a tonnage of 300. She
will be run as afreight boat exclusively.
Tue special premium offered by the
directors of the Franklinville (Pa.) fair
to the couple who would be married in a
balloon at the fair grounds, was claimed
on the 27th ult. by Miss Elsie Vandall, of
Cleveland, o., and w. Nj. Bassett, one
of the balloon party.
The stables of the Central Passenger
Railroad Company at Baltimore were
gutted by fire on the 2Sth ult., causing
loss of about $4,000. One hundred
and fifty horses were rescued from the
flames with great difficulty.
HIRAM TATE, landlord of the She
mango House at Sharon, Pa, was on the
27th ult, sentenced by Judge Mehard to
pay a fine of $780, costs, and undergo
an imprisonment of thirty days in the
county jail for selling liquor to men of
Incorporate habits. His license, worth
So, 200 a year, was also revoked.
THE well-known Rohan Bros Boiler
Manufacturing Company of st. Louis,
have filed notices of assignment for
S445, 600. Arrangements are pending
whereby they may be enabled to con-
tinue business.
In the Circuit Court at Portland, Me-,
on the Goth ult. the grand jury reported
three indictments against the Biddeford
aldermen. One charge is conspiracy in
falsely registering the voters, another
conspiracy in enabling aliens to vote,
and third falsely registering voters
and conspiracy.
THE New Jersey Central passenger
train ran into coal train near Leigh
ton, Pa, on the goth ult., owing to the
neglect of the operator at leighton to
hold the coal train as ordered. The pas
sengers on the express were shaken up,
but not otherwise injured. The killed
are Engineer Bigelow, of the coal train;
Fireman Mitchell, of the passenger
train; Fireman Dunlap, of the coal train.
NEAR Eldorado Junction, Ia, on the
Goth ult. freight train struck COW at
the approach of high trestle and nine
cars and the engine were plunged into
the ravine. The wreck caught fire and
every thing was burned.
AT Nicholas Court House, w. Va, on
the Goth ult. George Hinkle aged eight
years, shot and killed his five year-old
sister because she threatened to tell her
father of the boys disobedience. He
had frequently threatened her life for
telling of his wrong doings.
THE remains of William Nolan, an
iron worker, were found few days ago
on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago railroad tracks near Werner Sta
tion, Pa. Investigation showed that he
had been robbed and murdered and his
body placed on the track to conceal the
crime.
A FREIGHT train on the Northern
Pacific road crushed into the rear of the
Pacific mail at TENN, Wash, on the
goth ult., killing Jacob johnson and c.
d. Standberg. No others were injured
A NUMBER of Illicit distilleries in
Howard County, Ark, were raided by
United State officers on the goth ult.,
resulting in the capture of nineteen
crooks and three stills. This is the
most successful raid ever made in the
State.
A DIsTILLERY warehouse at Milton,
KY, was burned on the Goth ult. to-
yether with 1900 barrels of whisky, en-
failing loss of 100000. The property
was owned by Levy & Bros, of Cincin-
natl, and was insured.
AT Buxton, N. D., on the goth ult. the
boiler of steam thresher exploded,
killing two men and fatally injuring
another.