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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15
FOREIGN,

A WATERFRONT on one of the Azores
islands killed six persons and caused
great destruction of property.
a MEMBER of the English parliament
gave notice that at the next session of
that body he would introduce a resolu-
ton favoring a treaty of arbitration
with this country.
IT was reported that Charles S.
Parnell, the Irish leader, had decided
to visit the United States late in the
fall and conduct n campaign through
out the entire country
By the overflow of the river Yarra
at Melbourne, Austrilia, over thou
sand families were rendered homeless
and there was much sickness and fever
among them. The damage caused by
the flood amounted to 1900, 900.
ANOTHER woman was murdered in
the Whitechapel district of London.
She Is believed to be a victim of the
knife of Jack the Ripper"
On account of the scarcity of corn in
Rus sia the government has decided to
prohibit its export.
IT was reported from Persia that the
shah ordered Abdullah Khan, the gov
ernor of Mazenderaun, charged with
EN- bezzling taxes, to be boiled alive,
and that the sentence was carried out.
IT was reported that President Bal
maceda, of Chilli, and the leaders of the
Chilian insurgents had appealed to the
Spanish government to act as arbitrator
and end the war.
INFLUENZA has again made it's ap-
pearance in Moscow and the reports
showed that on the average 500 persons
were daily Frustrated by the disease
IN a double scull three-mile race at
Hamilton, Ont, for the worlds cham
pionship, between Ed Hanlan and Will
liam O'Connor in one boat and Jake
Gaudaur and William Mckay in the
other, the former won. Time, Is min
utes % seconds.
THE population of Mexico according
to official statistics is stated to be H.
63S, ,S24.
DURING the six months of the fiscal
year 1S90-91 there We're received and
distributed in Mexico %, 49S, 23S letters,
an increase of 1879, OBI over the half
year preceding.
BY boiler explosion at Chaumont,
France, six persons We're killed and
four We're fatally injured.
THERE were fears of a famine in
many districts in Russia ON account of
the failure of the crops
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15
MANY DROWNED.
saiiboats on Pewaukee Lake. Wis, Sagt-
nav Bay, Mich, and in Boston Harbor,
Capsize-A Total of Thirteen Lives Lost.

Sallboats on Pewaukee Lake, Wis, Sayt-
nav Bay, Mich, and in Boston Harbor.
Capsize-A Total of Thirteen Lives Lost.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10.-Four young
people, children of prominent Milwau-
kee business men, We're drowned at.
PewauSee lake, 30 miles from here,
Sunday. They were out IN small sail
boat with three other young people.
A squall struck the boat, capsizing
it. 1t was heavily ballasted and
sunk almost Immediately, leaving
the seven people struggling in the
water. The names of the drowned
are: Albert and Emma Barth, Martha
Kindling and Clara Siegler. The ages
of the young people ranged from 10 to,
20 years, and their fathers are Louis
Kindling, Peter Barth and Leopold
Siegler. The young people had been
spending few days near Pewaulkee
lake, which is favorite resort for Mil
wauSeeans
DROWNED IN SAGINAW BAY.
SAGINAW, Mich, Aug. 10. = While
sailing in small boat on Saginaw bay
off Winona beach, summer resort,
Sunday afternoon, Frank Winterhalter,
of the firm of Ferris & Winterhalter,
and Edward Wittner were drowned, a
squall throwing them into the water.
Another young man was of the ILL
fated party, but his identity has not
yet been established. All the young
men lived here and were unmarried.
DISASTER IN BOSTON HARBoR.
BosToN, Aug l0.-Disaster overlook
a pleasure party out sailing in the har-
Dor Sunday afternoon and six lives
We're sacrificed. John Burk, a carpen-
ter, living on Gates street, hired IL
foot sailboat, canoe rugged, and took out
for a sail his three children, aged re-
spectively IA, 10 and years, and his
niece and nephew, Annie and James
Carmody. aged II and 1S years. After
sailing mile they put ashore, Burlr
going on land after some candy for the
children. While there he met
three friends, James Ballard,
Thaddeus Manton and Ferguson
Churchill. With these men he got
to drinking and finally, at his invita-
tion, they, too, entered the boat, maxi
ing nine in all, and the boat was slow
ly pushed before the light easterly.
breeze. When it became necessary to
come about at the pumping station at 4
o'clock p. IN. the men, being befuddled,
crowded over to the lee side of the
boat, which capsized. The water at
this point is not very deep and the mast
of the boat projected out some dis
tance. To this all hands clung. 1t was
over half an hour before help could
reach them, by which time SIX of them
had gone down from exhaustion. The
boy Vincent and two men, Ballard
and Churchill, were saved. Burls
and the remainder of the family per-
ished.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

EX-Gov. SAMUEL r. AxTELL died at
Morrstown, N. j.
WILLIAM GREEN, aged 112 years and
. months, died at Joliet, III. Deceased
was born in ireland and up to the last
retained his mind. He had been blind
several years.
JOHN SEIrz, of Seneca county, was
nominated for governor of Ohio by the
peoples party in convention at Spring
field. The platform demands the aboli-
ton of national banks as banks of is
sue, government control of railroads,
liberal pensions for soldiers and cleo
ton OF United States senators by pop.
ular vote.
john DUcKErr (colored) died in
Washington, aged l06 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15
Railway Statistics.

New YORK, Aug. 1O.-The introduc-
tion to "Poor's Manual of Railroads for
1891 has been issued. 1t shows, among
other things, tina. the total number of
miles of railroads in the United States
at the close of 1890 was 1885, SIT, of which
$3.50 miles were constructed during the
year. The total amout Of capital invest
ed is figured at $40, 1872, 635, 800, an in
crease over the year previous of $441,-
693,0bl. The gross earnings of the roads,
We're Sl,O96, s47, 42s, equal to los perce
on investment. Net earnings We're $780,.
92l,Sls, or S.4 per cent. on capital. The
number of passengers carried by rail-
roads during the year was $40, 439, ,OSa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

Ex-EMPREss VICTORIA of Germany
says, regarding domestics: Gas long
as the moral welfare of domestics is not
better looked after, remedy of the
evil can not be expected. In the first
place, something should be done to
shorten the working hours of servants,
and then little more personal liberty
should be allowed them. Not all of
their demands are justifable, but some
are, and those should be granted"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

IN none of the older states of tho
union do the census returns show more
satisfactory gains within the last ten
years than in old Virginia The total
increase in population since 1880 is 144,-
900, being gain of nearly ten per
cent. The cities of Virginia seem to be
rapidly recovering from the depression
and stagnation that followed the war.
Richmond itself shows most substan-
tial growth, and is now the second city
in the states that were in the rebellion.
Richmond now has S1.3ss population,
an increase of nearly 10000 since 1880.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

UNITED STATES agents and detectives
In the neighborhood of Manitoba are
kept very busy these days watching
trains from the direction of Vancouver,
to prevent the extensive trade that ia
going on in smuggling Cinnamon into
the United States. They have made a
large number of arrests, but these do
not deter the smugglers, who renew
their efforts at every opportunity.
There are large profits in the business
for them If they succeed, and on this
account they are willing to take the
most desperate chances in the matter.
The arrests SO far have been mostly OF
innocent ChinameI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

THE Lick telescope reveals stars so
small that at least 10000 OF them would
have to be in cluster to make them
visible to the naked eye. Altogether,
100000 of stars are perceptible
through this immense instrument; and
each star, it is likely, is an immense
sun, giving light and heat to it's own
planets.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

SENIOR SALVADOR MENDoNcA, the
Brazilian minister, is the wealthiest
man in the diplomatic corps at WASH
ington. A portion of his fortune he
made in investments in Brazil and a
very comfortable sum came to him as
his wife's dowry. Nine. Maria Men
donca is an American, and the minis
ter's four daughters have spent almost
all their lives in this country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

So GREAT is the demand for silver
dimes, that they are turned out now at
the rate of 100000 day. No less than
So, 176, ,476 in silver dimes have been
struck off in the past three years. For
this purpose all the undercurrent silver
coin is being reworked, notably the sill
yer half-dollar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

PRACTICALLY the fifteen-year-old
king of Servia is prisoner to his tu-
tors. They bore him day in and day
out until he is dropping. Young as he
is this wonderful boy is one of the very
best mathematicians in the whole of
Servia. He can actually add up five
columns of figures at once with appar-
ent ease. He inherits his mothers
striking beauty and all the cleverness
of both parents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

The largest steel cannon ever made
in this country has arrived at Sandy
Hook, from the Watervliet arsenal,
Troy, where it was forged. 1t is 44O
inches long, weighs SO tons, and has
bore of 12 inches. 1t throws projec-
tile weighing 1000 pounds, and each
charge will cost $500.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

The wealthy young lady who has run
away with and married the electric
tattooed man." has at least one consola-
ton. If ever her husband plays truant
she will have no difficulty in tracing
and running him down. A man can
change his appearance with the aid of
barber, but he can not obliterate tat
too marks without having goodly por-
tion of his skin and even flesh cut
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

BY novel device heavy guns can
now be aimed and fred with the great
est accuracy, without exposing the gun
ners and without their even seeing the
object to be fred at. The principle
used is that of so training the gun as to
cause the object to be fired at to be re-
fiected upon n screen at the rear of the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

PRESIDENT CARNoT will not accept
che proposed invitation to visit London
If it is extended. 1t is feared that too
complicated a political significance
might attach to his visit so soon after
that of Emperor William.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

THE revolutionary widow is fine
old dame as a general thing. One of
the two living in Pennsylvania was the
third wife of a soldier of rs summers
and bore him three children, is now OF
years old, hops up and down stairs
with the liveliness of cricket, and de-
clares her willingness to marry again,
pension or no pension. if the right
sort of man presents himself.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

LITERARY society in London has been
showing marked attention to Mrs Gen.
Custer during her visit there. She has
made favorable impression on every
one which is not singular, considering
her popularity in America.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

The pretty girl is universal factor
In modern life. She possesses the
advantage not only of ornament,
but of utility. She has been utilized
in an endless variety of ways. She
has become a bowling success in the
operate ballet and is as conspicuous
and as original in front of atypewriter
or behind counter as she is on dress
parade in a new spring SUIT or luxur-
iously lolling in big easy chair. But
1t has remained for an enterprising Con-
necticut minister of the Gospel to in
troduce the pretty girl in a new sphere
rs a church usher.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
A UNIFORMED BRUTE.

Inhuman Treatment of an Intoxicated
Soldier by His Captain at West Point.
n. Y.-Compeled to Lie for Two and -
Half Hours in the Stable Yard in a
Heavy Rain Storm and Then Severely
Punished Judiciauy.
NEwBURG, n. ", Nov. IA story
of unusual treatment of soldier at
West Point is published in the Register
here. Two cavalrymen returned one
day last week to the barracks intoxi.
Gated. They had been off post ION
pass" The first sergeant rightly sent
them to the guardhouse, but when
the commanding officer of the detach-
ment heard this he ordered both men
put at work with pick and shovel in the
stable yard. 1t was raining hard at the
time. The officers orders were that
no matter how severe the weather they
were not to have shelter of any kind.
They had no opportunity OF recovering
from their debauch, but were taken
from the guardhouse to the stable
yard in wagon and there told to go
to work. One of the men was able to
do this, but the other was still
too drunk He fell and was unable to
get up from the wet ground. Noticing
that the man was lying on his side, the
officer directed the guard to turn him
over so that the rain would beat in his
face. Against this the soldier in
maudln way protested, saying that
besides being drunk he was also
sick. This seemed to anger the
officer, and he ordered the men to
hold the prisoner on the ground, face
up, and if he would not submit quietly
to tic him hand and foot, and thus COM
pei him to yield. Then the officer cau-
toned his guards to carry out his man
dates to the letter under penalty of pun
tshment themselves. For two and half
hours the soldier lay on the wet
ground, unprotected from the inclement
weather, and during this time had two
chills When the hour for prisoners to
return to the guardhouse arrived, he
was taken there with the others. Since
that time he has been tried by court
martial. found guilty and sentenced to
Imprisonment for thirty days in the
guardhouse at hard labor, and to for
felt to the government one month
paw.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

ANOTHER case of death from leprosy
has been recorded at New Orleans. Mrs.
Mary M. Goss died on the 18th from tho
dreaded disease. The malady was very
slight, and her skin was free from the
scaly appearance which characterizes the
severer form of the horrible disease.
BRANwELL BOOTH, who acts as general
of the Salvation Army in the absence OF
his father in Australia, is about to give
a dinner to 900 London thieves, and ap
peals to the queen to consent to the use
Of her name as patron Of the banquet.
t. j. WooD, JR., prominent f1nancier
Of Dallas, Texas, and James Orr, lead
ing ph hysician of Terrell, were arrested
on the 18th on two charges of con-
spiracy and. swindling. The arrests
created a sensation, owing to- the high
standing Of the men.
THE most disastrous fire which has
occurred in ST. Louis since the old
Southern Hotel conflagration number
Of years ago, visited that city on the
nth, by which $3,OO0,OOo worth Of
property was destroyed.
THE alleged leaders of the mob who
attacked the Douglass (Neb.) County Jail
and lynched Charles Coe, a negro, for
assaulting a 7-year-old girl recently,
were acquitted on the 18th.
SEVERAL inches Of snow fell at st.
Paul, Mimi, on the 10th. Reports from
various parts of the Northwest indicate
that the storm was general.
AN earthquake shock was distinctly
felt at Franklin, KY, on the 10th. The
shock commenced with an indistinct
rumble which deepened and ended with
sharp quiver and passed to the south
west.
Mrs EDGAR GEORGE, residing short
distance from Peru, Ind, on the 10th
gave birth to four fully developer girls.
One infant died, but the others are
alive and doing we'll Their weighs
averaged six pounds each.
On her return f4om months visit to
Florida, on the 10th, Mrs. Greyson, OF
Newport, KY, found that thieves had
broken into the house and carried of
So, 500 worth of furniture.
THE Grand Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star of Arkansas met at
Little Rock on the 10th in the six
teenth annual session with full at
tendance.
NEARLY twice as many immigrants
landed at the barge Office at New York
last week as in the same week Of last
year, when they numbered a.43e,
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
FIGHTING FOR TIME.

but Little Prospect of an Early Settle
ment of the Behring Sea aIatter-The
United states Believed to Have the Best
Ehd OF the Argument. and the Poachers
would Gain Another Season by Delay.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-The Post
says that 1t has high official authority
for the statement that in the '.inner
circles the impression prevails that
there will not be a speedy settlement
of the Behring sea controversy.
and Tor these reasons: Broadly
stated, it is not believed that
Great Britain desires so speedily
to reach settlement Great Britain
believes that any fair Interpretation Of
The points in dispute will be favorable
to the United States. While to the
great mass of Engllshmen such a con.
clusion would be received with passive
indifference, directly contrary
effect would follow in the Domin-
ion of Canada, and especially in
British Columbia. With brutal
disregard of all interests except
their own, the Canadians insist upon
their right to poach in the waters of
Behring sea, and do not think it crime
to raid the islands themselves in search
of plumber Under these circumstances
any agreement that will shut the poach-
ers out would be followed by howl of
indignation from one extremity
OF the Dominion to the other.
If the contention be not settled
by spring the new modus vivendi will
be agreed to. The past season has
demonstrated the impossibility Of ef-
fectually policing the sea. inasmuch as
the poachers are said to have captured
upward of 10000 seals during the
months OF June, July and August. 1t
is true that this number is smaller
than formerly, but it is still consider
able. If the poachers can do as well
next year, and they may do bet
ter, the opportunity is one not to be
despised. AT all events it is better to
get 10000 skins than none at all, as
would be the case if the contention
were settled in our favor leaving us at
liberty TO treat trespassors in future as
pirates. 1t would keep the Canadians
in good humor for another year, and in
diplomacy gain of one years time is
an advantage of no little moment"
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
DENY EVERYTHING.
Instru ctions to the Brazilian Minister at
Washington.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Senor Men
donca, the Brazilian minister, to-day
received the following cablegram, Civ
ing the latest advices concerning the
affairs of that country:
RIO, Nov. 16-Afflrm that complete tram
guilty reigns In all the states except Rio
Grande, where conflicts provoked by ques-
tions pertaining to local politics, occurred.
with which, in virtue of the constitution,
the federal governments could not inter-
fere Deny runors of secession; the
idea is condemned by all Brazilians
Affirm that no state thinks of seeding /;
DENY that members of the dissolved con-
gress are in foreign legations as refugees !;
nearly all the members of congress returned
10 their states those who remain here go
about the city at liberty. fi:us far the gov
erpment has taken no violent measure. A
day will be set for the election: congress
convoked to meet Immediately after. Gen.
Deodoro will review the troops to morrow.
the anniversary of the proclamation of the
republic. CHERhoNf.
Speaking of the reported secession
of the state of Para, Senior Mendoncs
said that he had been unoficially in
formed that it only amounted to both
houses of the legislature OF the state
passing resolution and indorsing the
action OF the dissolved congress
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

IHERE Is almost complete blockade
OF the ports of Rio and Santos. Brazil.
from which the bulk of the worlds sup
ply of coffee is exported. This is due
to insufficient custom house facilities
and inability to load and unload the
vessels now waiting to receive and dis
charge cargoes Unless this situation
is soon relieved, coffee dealers in this
country say that prices will advance.
as the supply here will soon be ex-
hausted
HUNTERS from Park Rapids, Red
Lake Falls and La Prairie, Mimi, re-
port that an epidemic has broken
out among the wild geese, and thou
sands of birds are floating weak and
helpless on the lakes and ponds. The
natives are gathering them in great
quantities to pluck the feathers.
RuIHEyEN, Ia. has been undergoing
fearful siege Of typhoid fever, and il
has now developed that the cause is the
decaying matter which abounds in the
lakes surrounding the town.
On the 18th it was reported about the
Charleston navy yard that the Newark
and eight other cruisers had been or
dered to Chilli.
IT is said that the German govern
ment purposes to submit bill in the
reichstag considerably enlarging the
powers of the police in dealing with
anarchists and agitators. The bill will
probably become law.
DURING the past year there were only
ten failures out of the 1900 national
banks.
A GENERAL exodus has begun from
the interior of Russia of the Germans
who. for century past, have taken a
leading share in the development of
the industrial welfare of the country
MINERS of the department Of Pas-de-
Calais, France, have sent messengers
to England to solicit aid in the present
struggle from English miners. The lat
ter will, it is believed, extend their sup
port. although no official action has
been taken on the subject. If the strug-
gle is protracted aid may also be asked
from America
IT is said that there is strongly-sup-
ported movement among the city coun-
cilors of Munich to compel the erasure
from the golden book of the kaiser's
autograph entry, on the occasion of his
recent visit, to the effect that "The will
OF the king is the supreme law"
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21
Depeu on the situation.

81 have always made it rule never
to give reasons for a good licking. but
to congratulate the victor, and to draw
lessons from the defeat to teach me
how to do better work in the future.
The campaign was fought on purely
local issues that did not bring the voters
to the polls.
There are two surprises in the cleo
tion. First-That the republican en-
thusiasm that have seen everywhere
in the state has not given the vote that
was expected; and, second, that the
worlds fair cry in this city has resulted
in giving the intended victim greater
vote than was polled for the democratic
candidate in 1884.
There is no reason for the repub-
icans to be discouraged. The demo
Gratis simply have retained what they
had last year in this state Oh 0 purely
Huntsville gazette., 1891-11-21

y HE scientific exploration of the
peSaguadero river in Bolivia and Peru
IDS oeen completed over eighty-five
.eagues' or two hundred and fifty miles,
auu steam communication will be es-
p'. ,aU!isned at once by the government Of
= poii'ia as far up the river as Corscoro,
rom which a railroad will be built to
n nar az the capital. This will afford
Doii'la direct outlet to the Atlantic
.Oedh y Dy way of the Amazon river upon
=. .ne construction of sixty miles of rail-
.oda, J. which will materially contribute
/ 'ile development of the country's
natural resources