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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
DUEL WITH A BURGLAR.

Desperate Fight in the Dark Between Do.
ttoctives and n Burglar-one ofncer Shot
Dead and His Companion Seriously
wounded-The Desperate Captured.
PITTsBURGH, March %. - Three
months ago Rupert's jewelry store at
Homestead, Pa, was robbed of several
thousand dollars worth of goods and
few days later Slelly's dry goods store
at McKeesport was robbed of a quantity
of merchandise. 1t was supposed the
robbery was committed by the same
persons. Both cases were investigated
by the GillSerson detective agency, of
this city. The detectives located the
thieves and Saturday evening chief de-
tective G. II. Gillserson and his assist
ant, p. j. Murphy, went to Bull Run,
mining village near McKeesport, to ar
rest a man named Fitzsimmons.
The moment the officers entered Fitz-
simmons house and arrested him, his
wife handed her husband revolver.
Fitzsimmons began shooting and at the
first shot Gilkerson fell dead with a bull
let in his brain. There was a regular
fusillade in the dark between Detective
Murphy, Fitzsimmons and his wife
which continued until their weapons
were emptied. When the firing ceased
Fitzsimmons was lying On the floor,
bleeding from several wounds; Detec-
tive Murphy was also badly hurt and
dazed being shot in his left shoulder
and breast, and having deep furrow
ploughed through his chin by a bullet.
Fitzsimmons was arrested near Home
stead, Pa, last night. A sachel found
near the scene of the murder contained
lot of valuable jewelry stolen a
Homestead. A copy of the will oi
Robert Fitzsirumons, dated at Brock
vile, Ont, December 10, 1890, was alsc
found in the valise. This will shows
that the murderer's father was q
wealthy man, having about $4,000 il
money to divide among his heirs, be
side a large amount of real estate. Th'
murderer is named in the will as Fred
ericll Carrollton Fitzsimmons and is be
queathed $4,000 in money and goo'
share of real estate.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
INCENDiARiSM.
Reign OF Terror Caused by Firebugs in New
Vorf City, Brooklyn and Newark, N. d.
Arrest of Some of tho Fiends.

Reign OF Terror Caused by Firebugs In New
Vorf City, Brooklyn and Newark, N. d.
Arrest of Some of tho Fiends.
New YoRK, March 24.-Following
close upon the tenement house horror
at Hester and Allen streets, in which
four persons perished, and the East
Twenty-ninth street tenement fire,
which cost two more lives, with a strong
suspicion that incendiarism was the
cause of each fire, came reports to the
police of New York and Brooklyn Sun
day of two clear cases of attempted in
cendiarism of particularly atrocious
kind, q third case almost as clear, and a
fourth in which there is good reason to
believe that such scoundrelly work was
planned. In all the lives of fifty-eight
families, comprising probably 800 per-
sons, were placed in jeopardy by these
attempts, each fire having been started
in tenement house.
The Brooklyn firebug has been cap
tured. He is Henry G. Miller, aged 22,
of No. $50 Sands street. Detectives
Carney and Noonan, who had been de-
tailed with every other detective in the
city to watch out for the miscreant, who
has sent terror into the tenement house
district, saw him Sunday evening break
ing beer bottle on the stoop of No. 1873
Bridge street. The bottle contained
kerosene. They arrested Miller. In
his pockets they found number of
newspapers, in each of which circular
hole had been made. The Seyholes of
neighboring fire boxes were plugged
with pieces of newspapers, which, when
| ,,tnonl tnnnfhnr Gtfn1 ha cirn,,1n,. 1,N1ac
of the n ewspapers found on Miller.
The prisoner made a full confession
of his crimes to fire marshal Lewis. II
was he who set fire to No. lag High
street on Saturday night. Three boys
identified Miller as the youth who sent
them into grocery store at the corner
of High and Bridge streets Saturday
to buy him bottle of kerosene oil
Twelve tenements have been fired dur
ing the past few weeks.
Miller was committed to Jail after ex
animation in court. 1t is claimed tina
his mothers illness and the excitemen
induced by many recent fires has turned
the boys brain and led him to Acommi
the crime.
John strogenia, Michael Schaides ant
Andrew Maschrides three Polish He
brews who were arrested Sunday night
charged with setting fire to the five
story tenement 2o15 Catherine street
were remanded back to Jail after tn
examination yesterday.
Newark, N. j., also has its firebugs
Late Sunday night fire was discovere
on the second floor of the tenement, 8
Boyd street, Newark. The flames rar
idly communicate to two adjoinin
tenements. The re We're about a doze
Polish families in the three tenement'
There were many narrow escapes, an
two persons who are missing are SUI
, posed to have perished in the flame!
, The buildings were burned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
Deadly Calculation.

FINpLAY, o., March a4,--Dr. b. M.
PAIL, well-lSnown and prominentG Ger.
man physician, committed suicide Mon
day morning by taking fifty-eight NOR
phia pills On the wall of his Office,
whore he was found dead, was a calcu-
laJion in which he had figured out how
long it would take him tc die. This
schedule showed when the INST effects
Of the poison would be noticeable and
when he would lose consciousness.
From thiAit was gathered he took the
norph.a at o'clock and expected TO be
Dead by 10 o'clock. He seemed to have
made mistake in his figures, as he was
tounS dead al S:45.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
THE SAME OLD ROUTE.

An Old Gentleman Shows Where Man Is
Slave of Habit.
When it was the old mans turn to
have his say on the peculiarities of man
he asked:
''Is there any one place that you go
to day after day about the same hour?"
tits the only place where l have
credit, explained one young fellow, but
the old man did not deign to notice the
remark.
do you always go by the same
route?" he asked. 'tDo you stick to the
point, and so on?"
There was q moments pause, and
then one of the party spoke up.
"Now you call my attention to it,"
he said, Il recall that do follow pre-
cisely the same route every day. fol-
low it as closely as though it were a
beaten path through a meadow. I
never thought of it before, though"
The rest nodded approval and the old
man went at it again.
"If friend is with you," he said,
don't you instinctively insist on his
following the same route?"
One man admitted that he had gone
SO far as to stop on n corner and argue
about the route because his friend
wanted to go different way.
Exactly" said the old man, "and if
by any chance you do go by different
route you feel that something is wrong.
OF course I am referring only to trips
you take regularly. Am right?"
1t was the sentiment of the gathering
that the old man was right.
"And that's the kind of creature of
habit man is" he said. "And he's con-
sistent, too-yes, indeed. If a horse
wants to travel over route he has trav-
eled regularly he'll hit the animal with
whip and get red in the face as he
talks about that blamed fool horse
And he'll talk about this man and that
man being slave to habit. And yet
I'll bet there isn't man in Chicago who
takes trip from one certain point to
another u. regular intervals who isn't q
good deal more cranky about the route
than any horse that ever lived. Of
course it's small matter, but it shows
what kabit is"
And the next day every member of
that party made his usual trip-what-
ever it was-by new route, and so far
as heard from they assert that it really
took some i'll power to mako the
change. --ca-a,ago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
A NICKEL IN THE SLOT.

THERE are about $4,000 niclsel-in-the-
slot machines in use in this country and
they comprise fifty varieties.
A PRINTER put penny in the slot of
machine intended to prove mans
striking power, and then punched the
pad offered to receive the blow. The
spring didn't work, his wrist was
broken, and the jury gave him s5O
THE English postal authorities have
introduced nickel-in-the7slot machines
for the sale of postage stamps. The
town council of Iverness has just given
permission for the erection of the first
machines.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

BATON ROUGE, MarCn ~, 1871.
Hon James G. Blaine, Secretary OF state
SIR: At a late hour on the 18th inst. re-
ceived dispatch from you having reference to
the forcible break ng, tho 18th OF this mouth.
of the Jail in this city and tho killing OF eleven
persons confined therein under indictments
found in the criminal district court for the par
tsh of Orleans.
You stated to me that it had been represented
to the president, by the mini tSter OF Italy ac
credited to the government OF the United
States. that among the killed on the occasion
were three or four subjects OF the king OF Italy.
The telegram disclosed an apprehension, on the
part of the minister. evidently shared in by the
president, that the disturbance was continu.
GUS and swelling disturbance. which might In
volve the italian subjects in New Orleans
1 have reason to bel eve that the hope ex.
pressed by the president that / would co'opar'
ate with him in maintaining the OBJ igations ths
United States tS iaf m ths Rci
ment and that further violence and bloodsh.d
might be prevented was based upon that oelscf
The president further expressed the hope that
q offenders might be promptly brought to JUS
tice.
no excitement in the CITY at that time and that
/ saw no reason 10 anticipate further trouble |
also stated that the action taken was directed
against particular individuals and mat the race
or nationality of the parties did not enter RS q
factor into the disturbance A week has passed
since the date OF my dispatch and the opinion
then en- ertained rs TO the termination OF nne
The men killed., MS have stated. were connned
in prison under indictments found in the Grim
inal district court for the parish of Orleans;
the sherifl has made his return OF the facts TO
that court; the judge thereof has charged the
grand jury now In session in regard to the mat
ter and the whole subJeci4s. assume, now un'
der investigation by that body,
am satisfied that most OF the persons killed
were American citizens, but it is probable that
two or three were Italian subjects. | have the
honor to be- very respect nlly,
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS
Secretary Blaine has sent to Baron
Fava, the Italian minister, a copy of the
above letter The next move must be
made by Baron Fava, as the United
States is powerless to do anything in
the matter while the action of the aveng
ers is being investigated by the grand
jury in New Orleans. Delayed action
or failure to hold any person RESPONSE
BILE for the killing may decide Baron
Fava to take active means to bring
about some settlement satisfactory tt
the Italian government.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
oHlo's POPULATION.

Bulletin From tho Census Ofiice Giving
tho Official Returns by Counties.
WASHINGTON, March 9S.-The census
Office yesterday issued a bulletin which
gives the population of Ohio by counties
according to the official returns of the
eleventh census. 1t is as follows:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
, JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON DEAD.

The Famous Confederate Commander Sud.
denly Called Away at His Home In Wash.
ington-only Ono of the Great sIilitar,
Leaders of the Confederacy Left.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Gen. Joseph
e. Johnston died of heart failure at his
residence in this city at 1918 o'clock
Saturday night. With him at the last
moment was eX-Gov. McLane, of Mary
land, and the nurse. His death was
very sudden and few moments before
The dissolution there was no outward
appearance to indicate it.
Gen. Johnston had been confined to
his room for several weeks past and
during the last few days had gradually
grown weaker. His death was so peace
full that Gen. McLane could not for sew
eral moments believe that the general
was dead. There was not a sigh, not a
movement; his heart ceased to beat, and
he sank to rest as peaceably and as
quietly as a babe to sleep.
In addition to his heart trouble the
general had contracted n severe cold
when he recently acted as pall-beare1
at the funerals of Admiral Porter and
Gen. Sherman.
Gen. Johns on was born near Farm
rille, Va, February 8, 1909. He gradu
nted in the same class with Gen. r. e.
Lee in 1929 and ranked Lee at the out
break of the war of the rebellion, being
his senior as general in the Confeder
ate army. After the war he served il
congress from the Richmond, Va, dis
trict and was subsequently commission
er of raj roads, being appointed by
President Cleveland With the death o
Gen. Johnston there is removed the last
save Gen. Beauregard, of the six full
generals on the Confederate side.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
NICHOLS TO BLAINE.

The Governor of Louisiana Replies to Sec
retary Blaine's Telegram Regarding tho
New Orleans Massacre.
WASHINGTON, March S5.-The answer
of Gov. Nichols, of Louisiana, to Sec
retary Blaine's telegram of March Is, in
reference to the New Orleans affair, has
been rece we'd by the secretary and was
given by him to the press Tuesday. 1t
is as follows:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
Word Abuse.

How we are abusing that word ''par-
lor' or 'parlors!" We haze billiard
parlors" and "eating parlors" and hair
dressing parlors' and bathing parlors"
and corset parlors." And even waa
seen in that good city of Minneapolis
recently sign inscribed thus: "Shoe'
ing parlors," with horseshoe pictured
between the ''shoeing" and ''parlors."
Horses have ''parlors" where gentle
man Tor LADY, blacksmith serves them
with ar@arel for their feetl-chicago
Advance. w
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28
Important Decision In n Case to Test the
Indiana Eight-Hour Law. N

INDIANAPOLIS, March 23.--The first
suit under the eight-hour law in this
state was brought in this city by John
Grisset against Noel Bros Flour and
Feed Company, He contracted for, So. %
per day, and he showed that between
May ~, 1890, and March 10, 1891, he had
averaged eleven hours daily and he sued
for pay for the extra three hours over
legal time. The defense claimed that
plaintiff had been employed by the
week, but the court held this was inn
material and gave Judgment for sos.
The case win be taken to the Supreme
court.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28

Columbus will be honored by tina
Ohio city which bears his rslme with a
bronze statue, designed by r. Fl. Park.
It will cost 10000, and, with PEDESTAL
stand thirty feet high.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-28

POpuld- Iacredsel Decrease
tiOn. since 1850 since 1850
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
IL Won the Prize.

The editor of the Rocky Mountain
Celt, Christopher McSheeby by name,
recently won the prize of 81, 900 offer
ed by the syndicate of Western edi-
tors for the best appeal poem 10 news
paper subscribers to pay up their
subscriptions. This is the poem he
wrote:
Lives of poor men oft remind US
Honest toll won't stand chance;
The more we work there grows behind us
Bigger patches on our pants
On our pants once new and glossy,
Now are stripes of different hue,
All because subscribers linger,
And won't pay us what Is due.
Then let us all be up and doing;
Send your mite however small,
Or, when SHOWS Of winter strike us.
We shall have no pants at all.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
. A Petrified Woman.

Carson has a petrified woman on ex-
hibltion. The Appeal says she was
dug up a few months ago by some
miners in Tuolumne county, CAL, and
gives the following description of the
curiosity
The woman was brought here in a
box and when it came down on the
train, the train men thought it was a
corpse and Conductor Bray wanted it
put out of the car on the ground that
it smelt badly.
Scientists who have examined it put
the age of the petrifaction at 1000
years.
AT first it was supposed to be some
sort of a humbug like the Cardiff
Giant, but leading physians have pro-
nounced it genuine.
The figure is that of we'll formed
woman, which in life must have
weighed 1875 or 100 pounds, and in its
present stone condition weighs 800.
1t is lying as it might have laid
when stretched out for burial, on its
back with Its arms resting closely by
its side.
The entire body is as hard as mar
BILE and of light grayish color. The
arm was broken by accident in NOV
ing it from the depot, and Miller, the
upholster. was sent to fix it. He was
a little modest at first, but finally
succeeded in putting the lady IN
proper shape for exhibition.
AS she is the only petrified woman
in the world she draws large crowds.
Whatever clothes the lady wore
when buried have been entirely de-
stroyed by time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
An Old Partnership Dissolved.

The Central Nevadan says: The
partnership that has for many years
existed between John Bradley and
George Russell has been dissolved by
John Bradley taking the firms Reno
property and George Russell becom-
ing sole owner OF the cattle and
ranges in the neighborhood of Battle
Mountain and Elko. Their Idaho
property was sold prior to the disso-
luton for $42, 900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
What We Henri.

II is currently reported here, and
the report seems to have good founda-
tion, that a truce has been called in
the legal conflict between Josephine
Walcott and A. r. Watson in the now
famous Joanna suit, and that the at
torney on both sides are now negotiat-
ing compromise. We also learn that
the Montana parties who were here to
purchase the mine have gone to San
Francisco to see If the differences be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant can
not be amicably adjusted and the
title TO the property placed beyond
dispute. If this can be done, there
is little doubt but the Montana par
ties will take hold. For the best in
terest of all concerned, we shall hope
il may be so. =. S.-Since the above
was put in type we have been inform
ed that Mr.. Watson denies any knowl-
elge of steps having been taken tow
ards the compromise aabove lluded to.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
Probably Lost ON the Desert.

The Candelaria Chloride Belt SAYS
Charles Ferrero left her May 9Th for
Grantsville on horseback. lie was
accompanied by another man. Mr..
Dan 0'Keefe, while returning from
Cloverdale last week, claims 10 have
seen a saddle, bride and sack on a
fiat twenty miles from Candelaria
which he is positive belongs to Fer
zero. Some of Ferrero's friends be-
lieve that he may have got on the
wrong road and wandered off on the
desert and persisted. Nothing was
seen of his horse.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
Rich Ore.

Reports from the Anderson mine at
Highland indicate it to be bonanza.
The ore found by S. r. Mclaughlin
some weeks ago has increased in
quantity and quality immensely, and
several large chunks of it at Henry
Welland's show clearly what it is.
One of the pieces weighs 20 pounds
and assays 500 ounces in silver to the
ton, and one kidney of about three
inches in diameter run up to 10000
ounces silver per ton. The claim is
justly attracting attention.
Mr.. Mclaughlin is well known in
these parts as we'll as in Taylor,
where he mined for several years,
and his many friends in this section
will be glad to hear OF his good luck.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
STATE AND COAST NEWS.

Is there any way to find out what 0
girl thinks of you, without proposing2
Yes; make her mad.
G. c. Powning has been appointed
Park Commissioner of Reno at . SAL
airy of 100000.
The Silver State reports that John
Sibbald's cattle shipped to Omaha
nettled trifle over $40 per head.
Eight more soldiers have been ar
rested for the lynching at Walla
Walla, making sixteen now in custody.
Carson Appeal: Uncle Sam wants
the people at the Indian school to
work for nothing for a while and pay
board to the United States Govern
ment. This is certainly a case of cold
gall.
The Grand Jury of Humboldt coun-
ty is investigating the murder of the
alleged witch at Lovelocks by the In
dams. The Indians ought to be
made to understand that the perpe-
traitors of such butcheries will be
punished.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30

A few days ago man from the
country came down. He was an old
acquaintance of DR.. Webber. They
took drink together. He had q
number of twenties in his pocket.
"Say. put few of those twenties be-
hind the bar" said the doctor, .and
when you get sober you'll have some
money left. I'll vouch for this house,
The countryman wouldn't do 1t. He
took in the sights and INDUCED In
other pleasures. He landed in jail.
when he got out he hunted up the
doctor and thus addressed him:
"Doc, do you know any antidote for
a damned foolf'-Va. Enterprise.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
Taylor.

We made brief visit to Taylor
Tuesday IN company with j. B. Simp-
son. C. B. Wadleigh, Major Treece,
Fred Clark and F. X. Murphy, to at
tend the funeral of Col. Fitton. We
found the place almost deserted so
far as visible signs go. Still, there
are a number of people living there
vet, and when the Monitor miners
come out and the other residents get
together the place takes on livelier
appearance that any one would think
at first glance. One thing about Tay-
Tor is particularly noticeable for a
nearly deserted place, and that is the
good condition of the vacant buildings
and sidewalks. They appear just IN
as good condition as when vacated
nearly three years ago.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
From BreyfOgle.

B. B. Bird and Sam Snyder of Tay-
lor arrived here Wednesday from a four
months prospecting tour to the south
ern country. They left Taylor last
Janu airy well equipped for the tour
aud proceeded south by way of Phoebe
down Pahranagat Valley, diverging
west to the Pah Rump country thence
west to Death Valley. They were at
Camp Montgomery and the much
talked-of Brcyfogle mine. That coun.
try they represent as very tough for
both man and beast, water being very
scarce and what little there is of
bad quality. They tell us that the
long looked-for Breyfogle mine has
been found and that all it yielded its
second discoverer was about $500,
which he took out in a few days,
when the mine "petered" Sometimes
they travelled from 200 to 800 miles
through the country without seeing a
human face. From Death Valley they
steered west through southern Inyo
county to Mohave, Cal. Here they
changed their course, travelling north
until they reached the head waters of
Kern river where Mr. Bird had mined
many years ago, and where he still
believes there are paying placers as
well rs lodges. lie found, however,
but very few men mining in that
country and the mines stood just as
he had left them twenty years ago.
Ii was not cntil the return trip that
any sign of winter weather was en-
countered, when they experienced a
good deal of rain and badly washed
roads. Messrs. Bird and Snyder
travelled over 1,200 miles, and they
say that in all that country they have
seen and prospected, none of it COM
pares fayorably either as a mineral or
agricultural country with White Pine
county. So they came back to pitch
their tent for good.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-30
Butte Very Dull.

Owing TO the trouble between the
Anaconda Mining Company and the
N. P. Railroad Company, Butte City
is at present duller than at any time
in its history. The mines and smelt-
ers are shutting down and thousands
of men are idle. Relief is promised
shortly, however, as the Anaconda
company will build a railroad from
Butte to Anaconda as fast as men and
money can do it.