Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-05-09


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Logan .......... lOlb
AT the recent Ohio G. A. R. Eneamp-
ment held in Steubenville the follow
ing officers were elected: Department
commander, Maj A. NJ. Warner of
Cincinnati; senior vicc-commander, j ohm
s. Pearce, of Steubenville; T. w. Prem
tice, of Putnam, junior commander;
medical director, Dr. Stevenson, of
Manchester; chaplain, Geo Munson, of
Alliance,
NEW life-saving station is to be es-
tablished at Ashtabula.
SENATOR SHERMAN has returned to
his Mansfield home for the summer.
A TERRIFIC rain, hail and wind-storm
visited Bryan the other afternoon.
Hardly single house escaped without
some damage. 1t is thought the peach,
pear and cherry crops will be ruined.
FRANK Ross, of Jellaway, was crush
ed to death the other morning under a
falling beam in barn which was be.
ing erected.
Gov. CAMPBELL has commuted the
sentence of Isaac Smith to imprison-
ment for life on the ground that newly
discovered evidence shows there is
doubt as to his guilt
SUIT has been brought in the Ohio
supreme court to test the recent reap
portionment of the state for legislative
purposes.
Gov. CAMPBELL has reappointed all
the members of the board of pardons,
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years each, and Messrs. Kennedy and
Baughman for four years each.
THREE attempts have been made to
blow up Springfelds fine city building
valued at SOB, 1000 by tampering with
the engine boilers.
A LOCOMOTIVE on the Dayton and
Michigan railroad exploded near John.
sons station. Fireman John Fooly was
killed, and Engineer Jacob Eick and
Brakeman o. NJ. Wood badly injured.
THE Farmers alliance of Adams
county has decided to put a county
ticket in the field this fall
BY concurrence in the report of the
conference committee the Alexander
dog bill is now law. 1t was consider
ably changed in committee, and is be.
Ieved to reasonably satisfy both the
haters and lovers of dogs. 1t provides
for the killing of all dogs on which the
tax has not been paid, but makes prop
erty, the same as other life stock, OF
those dogs on which the tax has been
paid.
JULIUS BAKER, Butler county con-
vict, out on parole, has been returned
to the penitentiary for violating the
conditions of his parole by getting
drunk and fighting. He is serving q
two years sentence for assault to rape.
IN the senate, Mr.. Munson's bill tc
make sheep-stealing an offense equal as
to punishment with burglary and grand
larceny, was defeated.
The miners and operators of Ohio
have adjusted their difficulties on the
basis of 70 cents for mining IN the
Hooking Valley and a nine-hour labor
day. The scale for machine mining
was left open for future adjustment be
tween the operators and miners inter
ested. No strike or trouble is antici
pated in Ohio fields for the next year.
ALBERT STEWART, porter at the Ar
cade hotel, Springfield, was married {
few days ago to Miss Nora Wright. He
had been counting Miss Leedy Carter
who became very jealous when she
heard of the wedding. Stewart board.
at that house, and on returning home
the other night he discovered two suit.
of clothes on fire, which was caused bj
sulphuric acid being poured on them.
THERE was frightful crash OF en-
gines in the Baltimore and Ohio yards
at Newark, resulting in the demOlish
ing of both and serious injury of Engi
neer John Rapinger and Fireman JohI
Mitchell The collision was due entire
ly to the carelessness of u yardman, anC
by it the company will loose about $40,
0OO
AT Ft. Recovery, while a young lad,
by the name of Miss Icy was about re
turning home from school she attacket
and killed a large snake measurin,
seven feet in length. The reptile wa
of the blue racer species.
MARY CATHARINE EeaLEsToN ha
saed the Scioto Water Co. at Marion 70
5000 damages for IN injury resulting
from being thrown into an open trencl
and badly injured, no signal being out
PETER WALSH, local democrati
politician, while returning to his home
about four miles below Chillicothe, tn
other night, was struck by train an,
killed. He leaves a wife and severa
ehildren-