Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-04-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters
DOMESTIC.

er and Miss Louisa Broadwaters, was
sentenced by Judge Wright to fourteen
years imprisonment.
FRANCIS HAYWARD, dealer in rubber
goods at Boston, Mass, failed on the
18th. Liabilities, $4,000.
BERT l.. ANTwATER was arrested at
Peoria, ILL.,, on the 18th, charged with
embezzling $4,000 from his employers.
His parents live at Iowa City and are
said to be people of high standing.
THE directors of the whisky trust met
at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 18th and elected
the following officers: Joseph B. Green
hut, presidents Adolf Wootner, vice
president; William Hobart, of Cincin-
natl, treasurer; P. J. Hennessey, of
Chicago, secretary; N. e. d. Higgins, of
Peoria, assistant secretary. George j.
Gibson was not reinstated in his Office.
ENos GARRETT, a wealthy retired
merchant, shot and killed himself at
Westchester, Pa, on the 18th. Garrett
recently sold his handsome residence in
Westchester and has since regretted his
action to such an extent that his mind
was affected.
DURING the twenty-four hours ended
at noon on the 18th there were 1S3
deaths in New York City, twenty-three
of which were due to grip.
WHEN the body of William lines,
which was buried at Corunna, Ind, two
years ago, was disinterred on the 18th
for shipment it was found that it was
petrified with every feature preserved
perfectly, even the hair. At the time
of the burial Ines weighed $50 pounds.
His petrified body now weighs 495
pounds. The body resembles hard
limestone.
The steamer Olympia, from Palermo,
arrived at New Orleans on the 10th with
$50 Sicilian immigrants.
A BILL has passed the Michigan sem
ate requiring that mayors or other Off
cials authorized to issue permits shall
not grant license to any newsboy or
bootblack under fourteen years old un-
less it is shown that the applicant has
attended school at least four months
during the preceding year. This bill
also applies to telegraph and district
messenger boys.
CHARLES KLEIN, saloon-keeper at
Logansport, Ind, was on the 18th con-
victed of manslaughter and sentenced to
fourteen years in the penitentiary.
Klein killed John Gibbs for failure to
pay for drinks ordered in his (Klein' 81
saloon.
CHARLES BENSON, wanted on a charge
of embezzling S4, 500 from the Scandia
bank, of Minneapolis, was arrested at
Buffalo, N. Y, on the 18th. He as
fully identified by Judge A. Neel I'd,
attorney of the bank.
THE spinners' strike at Clark d
mills, at Newark, N. j., was declared
off on the afternoon of the 18th. The
company offered to take back most of
the men. The strike has been on since
December 8.
THE grand jury at Chicago, H., re-
turned true bill against Dennis Shee-
han on the 18th. He is charged in the
indictment with wilfully and malicious
ly breaking ballot-boX on election
day at the twentieth precinct of the
Nineteenth ward, where he was dem
ocratic judge.
AT Lafayette, Ind, on the 18th Mrs.
Dolan aged 20 years. while standing on
street crossing waiting for young
race-horse 20 pass, was kicked on the
head by the animal, fracturing her
skull, and causing her death three hours
after.
w. w. ALcoRN, flour and commission
merchant at Philadelphia assigned on
the 18th. The liabilities will reach
about SIS, 900. The amount of his assets
is unknown.
SIXTY persons were poisoned at we'd
ding banquet at Lindon, near Louisville,
KY, on the 18th, by using water from a
poisoned spring. Three have since died
and more deaths are expected. The
victims are all prominent citizens of
Louisville and vicinity.
JOSEPH DUBRoY, the missing messen.
ger of the Euclid Avenue National bank
at Cleveland, o., who decamped with
$1,000 a few days ago, was caught al
Toronto, Ont, on the 10th.
Two young ladies, daughters o.
Richard Kaufman, and a married lady
name unknown, were drowned in the
Usage river, near Nevada, Mo-, on the
18th, while out boat riding. Two mer
who were with them in the boat wheI
1t capsized, escaped.
CONDUCTORS, engineers, fremen ant
bralemen of the Indiana Midland rail
road have struck for six months back
pay. The engineers took the mail cars
through on the 18th without any pas
senger coaches.
A DISEASE called spotted fever is raw
aging the towns of Newborn and Gates
Tenn. Within forty-eight hours thirt,
persons died and not a single patien
has SO far recovered.
COLLECTIONS of internal revenue TO
March were $437 4S2 greater than TO
March, 1890. For nine months ending
March 81, 1891, the increase in interna
revenue receipts over corresponding
months of the previous year is $3.50,
IFS.
EIGHTEEN immigrants, most of then
Italians, who arrived at New York OF
the 18th on the steamer OLDHAM, wer
ordered to be returned by Colonel Webe
to-day on the ground that they wer
likely to become public charges.
NEAR Aspen, Col, on the 18th, pre-