Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-03-07

1
THE wea vers ut Dobson's plush mills
in Philadelphia struck on the 9Tth ult.,
owing to a refusal of the firm TO grant
them an increase of Is per cent. in
wages One thousand hands are idle.
THE steamer Penland, from Antwerp,
which arrived Mt New York on the 2Sth
ult., reports that on February % she
sighted the Warren line steamer Iowa,
from Boston for Liverpool, disabled,
having struck an iceberg. The crew of
the Iowa were taken off by the steamer
Chester. The Iowa had cargo valued
at S250,000.
THERE is now no probability of
strike on the Pennsylvania system. At
a meeting of the general griev nee
committee on the 2sth ult it was de-
cided to accept the terms of the com
pany's officials and not press the de-
IL and for wages until more propitious
tive.
THE sale of nil the mining property
on the lower part of the Aspen Noun
tain, Col, to an English syndicate will
be consummated in few days. The
price paid is to be about 17,000,ooo.
GuMP, the Fort Wayne Qnd.) faster,
who on February . commenced his at
tempt to fast thirty days on $1,000
wager, had to give up after having
tasted twenty-five days. He began by
weighing 1876 pounds, and when he quit
weighed "a pounds less.
CHARLES E. PARDON, who was wanted
in Connecticut for burglary and whom
Gov. Hill refused to hand over to the
| n, D,.ifinc Tf tl,nf fof Cpt nf lih-
erty in New York on the 1st. Pardon
declares he will bring suit against the
city of Waterbury for having caused
his imprisonment.
LEWIS HANsELL, William Coyle and
Abraham Kulp, brakemen on the North
Penn branch of the Reading railroad,
were arrested and taken to Doylestown,
Pa, on the 1st They are supposed to
be part of an organized gang who have
been robbing merchandise from trains
between New York and Philadelphia.
The value of the goods taken amounts
to many thousand dollars.
THE large pulp mill of the Remington
Paper Company near Water own, n.
Y, was wrecked by high water on the
2Sth ult., causing damages aggregating
$4,000 John Murphy, an employe, was
struck by the falling roof and shafting
and killed. Much valuable machinery
was carried down the river
A DESTRUCTIVE winter thunderstorm
accompanied by lightning visited the vi
cinity of New Bedford, Mass. ,on the 2sth
ult. In South Dartmouth, Dormouth,
Westport and Mattapoissett the light
ming played havoc, destroying no less
than six buildings and causing injury to
two churches.
ROBERT and Lena Going, children of
Henry Going, were burned to death in
fire which destroyed the family resi-
dence at Silver Lake, Kan, on the 2Sth
ult.
OVER 400 men have been discharged
from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
car and locomotive shops at Aurora, Ill.
The laboratory has been practically
abandoned and the working force at the
shops reduced fifty per cent.
THE public debt statement issued on
the Cd shows an increase in the debt of
81, ,OO4, $50 during the month of February.
The surplus in the treasury is S33, ,413,-
TIT, or decrease during the past month
of about six and one-half millions.
THE upper jacquard weave sheds at
North Adams, Mass, owned I. r. Rem
frew & Co., were destroyed by fire on
the I'd. The shop was filed with valua.
BILE jacquard looms and the loss will
reach S500,000
, Two boilers at the Henry Clay col
liery, at Shamolsin, Pa, exploded or
the I'd resulting in the serious injury o.
, four engineers and water-boy. The
building was completely destroyed
5 causing loss estimated at $4,000.
THE residence of ex-Gov. Richard j
Oglesby at oglehurst, Elkhart, Ill
burned on the Cd, entailing loss o
S25, 900. All the governors and Mrs
, Oglesby's curios and relics of the wa
were destroyed. Mrs. Oglesby wa
painfully but not dangerously burned
THE Seattle IVA. typographical unioI
: have decided to abolish piece work OIL
all the daily papers of the city and es
tablish the eight-hour working da,
! with the minimum scale of 81 per day
0 Hereafter work will begin on th'
, morning papers at 7:So p. IN. The pro
!; prietors have agreed to this.
= IT is announced that capital has beel
. subscribed, the ground purchased, ant
i plans drawn for the construction at Chi
cago of the tallest office building in tn
: world. The site of the structure is ol
Q Dearborn street, not far from the pos
n office. 1t will be twenty-four storie
s high and built almost entirely of steel
q A DISPATCH from Richmond, Va, say
a that in the terrible gale which swep
,.,,, hos
y twenty-four oystermen, mostly colore
:, men, were drowned at tpoints just abov
|. and below the mouth of the Warwicl
Il river.
8 A COLLISION between two Wabas
Q freight trains near Carbon, Ia, on tn
i lst resulted in the fatal injury of tw
o passengers, William and orren Hunt, G
}. Downing, Mo-. Four trainmen wer