Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-05-02
WEST AND SOUTH,

tne largest ever harvested. AJ low
estimate he thinks it will exceed Co.
900, 600 bushels. The oat crop will be
light, but the prospects are favorable
for the largest corn crop on record.
There was discovered in lot at
Huntington, Ind, few days ago, q
hemispherical mass of what seemed to
be prehistoric masonry. 1t was about
six feet in diameter and was made of
flag stones six inches thick. Below the
mass of masonry was an empty vault
The stones were of limestone variety
never found in the region.
The much-tallxed-of-str among the
miners OF the Knoxville (Tenn.) coal
district has been settled. The men have
signed n contract for one year at the
same terms as that now in force.
Mrs. Bette Eaton, sister of Presi-
dent Harrison, was seriously, if not IA
tally, injured on the Goth by being
| thrown from buggy while on the way
TO church at Cleves, Ind.
A sewer trench caved in at Omaha,
Neb., on the 25th, burying six laborers
under nine feet of earth. Two Swedes
were killed
A monument fifty feet in height, of
Bedford limestone, will be erected May
10 with appropriate ceremonies, mark
ing the center of population, rs shown
by the census bureau. 1t will be on a
farm twenty miles east of Columbus,
Ind.
The miners of Illinois have decided
to inaugurate general strike on May
l unless the operators accede to the de-
mand for eight hours for days labor.
On the Goth sleeping car on the Big
Four road ran off the track near In
dianapolis, Ind, and upset seriously
injuring six passengers b. c. Mcmillan,
of Columbus, o., being probably fatally
injured. A broken rail caused the acci
dent.
On the 25th twenty-five hundred en-
ployes of the Michigan car works at De-
troit went on strike. The trouble was
undoubtedly precipitated by the success
attending the strike of the street car
employees The strikers demand nine
hours work and ten hours pay
The section men on the western di-
vision of the Baltimore & Ohio road,
numbering 400, have been notified that
after May their pay will h. advanced
from $40 per month to 80. The
action is voluntary on the part of the
company.
United States Senator John II. Rea-
gan, of Texas, has resigned to become
chairman of the State railway commits
sion. His resignation takes effect June
10. Horace Chiffon will succeed Sena-
tor Reagan.
Edward Blair, the Putnam county
| (O.) murderer, sentenced to be hanged
April 90, was on the 25th respited by
the governor until June 5, 50 that the
case may be passed on by the circuit
| court.
The cotton factory of Pearce, Atkins
& Co. at Cincinnati, was damaged by
fire to the extent of $50, 900 on the 25th.
The fire was on the fourth floor among
the machinery, which was destroyed.
Hume Clay, descendant OF Henry
Clay, the great Kentucky statesman,
recently pleaded guilty to forging his
grandfather's name to documents upon
which he realized 100000. He was SEN
fenced to eight years in the penitentiary
at Louisville.
Charles H. Nichols, late cashier of
the Nichols bank of Kansas City, Kan,
which failed last fall, who was arrested
and indicted for fraudulently receiving
deposits on the day that the bank
failed, has been acquitted.
Rev. R, A. Riclss, prominent minis
ter of the Christian church, while
preaching at Burlington, N. c., on the
27th ult. fell dead in his pulpit.
The United Mine Workers conven-
ton in session at Columbus, o., on the
27th ult,, unanimously decided to post
pone the date when the eight-hour work
day would be established.
At New Orleans, La, on the 9th, the
supreme court decided the lottery man
damus case in favor of the lottery com
pany.
Alabaster, the famous 4-year-old trot-
ting stallion, died at Dayton, o., on the
27th. Twenty-Five thousand dollars
had been refused for him by Myers &
Wagner.
Jonas Johnson's residence near Whea
ton, Mimi, burned on the 27th ult.,
with all it's contents. johnson was alb
sent and his wife, who was sick with
pneumonia, and six children were res
cued from horrible death by the as
sistance of neighbor. The woman
and youngest son were badly burned
and both will probably die.
w. o. Roberts, so years of age, com
mitted suicide near Warner, S. d., or
the 27th by shooting. Temporary in
sanity was the cause.
Mrs. Eaton, the sister of President
Harrison, who was injured few days
ago by being thrown from buggy, was
on the 27th ult. pronounced out Of dan
ger and improving rapidly