Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-04-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOM MESTIc.

suicided by shooting himself on his
daughters grave in that city on the Sd,
He was a prominent business man OF
Savannah for many years
THE Edison block, owned by the WI
man heirs, of Baltimore, was burned at
Lowell, Mass, on the 5th. c. j. May
nard & Co. lose $50, 900; II. c. Church &
Son $1,000. Other losses aggregate
about $4,000. The fire spread to the
Masonic temple adjoining, and this with
its contents was badly damaged.
La GRIPPE is gradually relaxing its
hold at Pittsburgh. The percentage of
deaths from the epidemic for the
three days ended April has fallen off
considerably while the undertakers say
the orders for funerals are less by half
than those of last week.
BY collision on the Cincinnati South
ern road near Ludlow, o., on the 4th
one brakeman was killed and two en-
gines and twelve cars were demolished.
SIBLEY g. BEARINGER, of Saginaw,
Mich, on the 4th, sold to Milo Eastman,
NJ II. e. +. f. French and George
Chamberlain, of East Tawas, their mill
at the latter city, the price being $780,
OO0 In addition to this they sold to the
same parties 90, 900, 900 feet of logs for
$250,000.
THE number of German em' grants, or
rather emigrants from Germany to
America, in the months of January and
February 1891 has been 764S, the high
est for the same period in five years.
GOLD bearing quartz was discovered
in the quarry operated by the Housatonic
Water Company at Birmingham, Conn,
on the 4th. 1t is believed the stone will
pay $40 TO the ton.
Snow fell in Birmingham, Ala, and
vicinity on the 5th, and is recorded as
the first April snow storm in that
region in over forty years.
THOMAS KEIRus, who is wanted
in Brazil, Ind, where he is under
sentence of five years for embez-
zling So, 700 of the funds of the Catholic
society of which he was treasurer, was
arrested in Chicago on the 5th and
taken back to Indiana. Keirus broke
out of Jail several weeks ago, while his
case was pending before the supreme
court.
THE carriage and wagon makers of
Pittsburgh have decided not to accede
to the demands of their worlSmen for
higher wages, and on the 4th ordered
all factories and shops closed the lock-
out to continue until the men are will
ling to work at the old wages.
DURING the week ended April there
were /, 100 deaths in New York City
against S95 for the preceding week.
There were So deaths from la grippe
against 10 from similar causes of the
week before. The police de 7artment
has 244 of it's force on the sick list.
THE United States consul at Beirut,
under date of February 20, informs the
state department that American mis-
sion interest have suffered loss in the
destruction by fire of the Aintab Amer
lean college, erected in 1876 at cost of
about 5000 in the city of Aintab
PRESIDENT JOHN L. HAMMOND, of the
Merchants national bank, Savannah,
Ga. announces that the banks loss
through irregularities of its cashier,
Thomas Gadsden, who committed sui
eide, will not exceed $4,000. The
banks surplus and undivided profits are
S3l6,OOO
JAMES ]. WEST, the former editor of
the Chicago Times, has been reindicted
by the grand jury on the charge of
fraudulent issue of the stock of the
Times company in 1855. Three indict-
mentS were found.
R. e. BUDD, workman employed at
the Erie railway shops in Jersey City.
N. j., has invented locomotive which
it is expected will make over eighty
miles an hour. The works are similar
to these of a ferry boat. An engine is
being constructed and will be tested in
a few days.
In the Brooklyn IN. " supreme
court, in case against Erastus Wiman
who was sued for $4,000 for libel by
Miss Henrietta Woods, the jury disa
agreed, nine favoring verdict in favor
of Mr. Wiman. This is the fourth tria
of the case.
STONE e THOMAS, of Milwaukee, Wis.
have about concluded one of the bigges
sales of pine lands ever made in tha
state. The tract includes 10000 acres
and is covered with about 200, 900, 0Q
feet of timber. The price is said tc
have been 1926, 900. The names of tn,
syndicate making the purchase are no
given.
AT the meeting of the Central Labo
Federation in New York on the 5tl
there was warm debate over the kill
ing of the strikers at Morewood, Pa.
and committee was appointed to al
range monster demonstration of pre-
test for next week.
AT Atlanta, Ga, Andrew Nolan,
ten-year-old boy, has been arrested fo
stealing S1l 900 in bank checks from tn
post office. He had knacs of openin
the banks post Office drawer and co
lecting the mail.
FoRsgallantry in the Wounded Kne
affair the president has awarded certit
Gates of merit to Nathan Tellmar
Richard Costner and William Girdwoo,
privates of the Seventh cavalry. II
has also directed that the pay of thes
men be increased 81 per month.
WHITMAN az KErrH's big shoe factor