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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-23

A YEAR ago Washington's State
Library amounted to nothing, but the
library fund created by the last Legis-
lature put it OIL its feet. Every notary
who took out new commission was
required to pay $40 into the library
fund. Since this money became avail
able over 1900 volumes have been
purchased, making the total number
of volumes in the library 1924. Ii
brarian P. ID. Moore reports that the
library has already attained condi-
ton that makes it highly useful and
available. 1t is valued at between
$50, 900 and $4,000. The Librarian
finds that there will be but little addi-
ton to the fund during the next three
years, as notarial commissions will not
expire until April, 1894. He hopes
that the usefulness of the library will
not be crippled for want of a small
appropriation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-23

THE regular Understanding debt Of
the government now amounts to only
about 1929, 100000. OF this sum SCI ;.
100000 is in Al per cent. bonds, which
mature on September l, 1891, and
$685., OO,OO0 is in 4 per cents, which
become payable at the option OF the
government on July l, 1907. This is
the whole Of the national Indebtedness
which is any burden to the people, for
the $346, OOO, 900 greenbacksa are virtual
ly debt in name only, and the $685.
DOC, 900 bonds of the Pacific Railway
are not, in the rigid sense, an obliga-
ton of the nation. This is a smaller
debt than any other great power of the
world has, except Germany.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
ADRiFT ON THE LAKE.

An Ice Field Blown Out of Saginaw Bay
with Two Hundred Fishermen It
Most of the Men Reach shore In Safety,
But some Are Probably Lost.
BAY CITY, Mich, Feb. 4.-The first
definite news of disaster to the fish
ermen on Saginaw Bay was brought
here late Tuesday afternoon by Dennis
Burnett, who arrived at his home in an
exhausted condition. He says that
about six o'clock Monday night the
wind, which had been blowing lightly
from the south, began to increase in
violence and soon developed into gale.
At 6:3O a great movement of the ice was
noticed and number of the older and
more experienced fishermen abandoned
their shanties and started or the shore
The ice soon broke up into huge foes
and these with their living freight were
sent rapidly out to sea. For three long
hours Mr.. Burnett and fourteen COM
panions were driven about on n foe of
ice, entirely at the mercy of the wind
They then stopped for haitian hour, dur
ing which time the wind changed to the
west, and they began to move toward
the shore. By this time the wind was
blowing perfect hurricane and the
men were all crowded into one large
shanty, the only one left standing on
the ice, where they remained until
morning, They then started for shore
in the direction of Big Creek, where
hey found about forty shanties which
had been located closer the shore and
escaped the general destruction of the
night before.
A number OF narrow escapes were re.
corded, but Mr.. Burnett thought that
all the inhabitants of the main village,
numbering about 200 succeeded in
reaching the shore. There are grave
fears, however, for the men in the shan
ties isolated from the main village,
many OF which were strung along both
shores of the bay 1t is thought some
of these men must have been lost, and
the number is estimated at from twenty
to fifty. Steamers will be sent out in
search of the men as soon as the ice in
the river can be broken up enough to
let them out.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
GUILLOTINED.
st-angicr Byraud Pays tho Death Ponnlty
for His Crimo-Sulien and Defiant TO
the End, He Meets His Fate without n
Sign of Remorse or Fear.

st-angler Eyraud Pays the Death Pcnnfty
for His Crims-SuiIen and Defiant TO
the End, He Meets His Fate without n
Sign OF Remorso or Fear.
PARIS, Feb. 4--Michael Eyraud, the
strnngler who in July, 1880, murdered
notary Gouffe, was executed by the
guillotine yesterday. The morning was
bitterly cold one, but at an early hour
n great crowd had congregated in the
Palace de Ia Roquette. 1t was such
crowd as Paris alone of all great cities
CO the world can invoke from doubtful
holes and corners. 1t was vicious,
criminal and even murderous crowd.
When the governor of La Roquette
prison, accompanied by the chaplain,
entered the cell of the condemned man,
he was found TO be already completely
dressed. When invited TO drink a glass
of cognac Byraud shook his head in dec
lination. All efforts by the chaplain,
Able Faure, to administer religious
consolation were declined and at the
last moment, when the grim face of the
gllillotino was all that stood between
Eyraud and death, the murderer's
nerves of steel and iron purpose served
him in his final angry refusal to subject
to the religious rites. When Eyraud
had been pinioned to the plank, the
abbe bent over him to place upon Iris
forehead last kiss. With so much of
contemptuous movement as his bonds
would allow, and with an al of sullen
resentment, the strangler repellcd the
priest. A moment later the great knife
dashed downward and the murderer's
head fell away from the body and
dropped into the sawdust-filled basket
beneath the platform. Death came
simultaneously with the blow of the
knife.
The crime for which Eyraud suffo red
death by She guillotine consisted in his
having in Paris, in July, 1880, with the
assistance of his mistress, Gabrielle
Bornpard, strangled 10 death notary
of Paris named Touissant Goutfe. After
the commission of the crime the body
of the victim was conveyed in Il trunk
to Millery and deposited in thicllet
where on August 13, 1889, it was discov-
cred in a state of decomposition. In
January of the following year Gabrielle
Bompard made the confession to the
Partisan police which led to her arrest
and imprisonment and finally, after an
exciting chase, to the capture in Ha-
vana of Eyraud who was brought back
to Paris for trial.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
OFFICIAL THIEVERY.
County Officers at st. Paul, Mimi, Indicted
foS Wholesale Frauds.

County Officers at st. Paul, Mimi, Indicted
foS wholesale Frauds.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 3t.-The re-
port made by the st. Paul grand jury,
Thursday, is the most voluminous and
sensational ever filed in this county. 1t
charges that an immense amount of
money has been diverted from the
proper channels into the pockets of in
divhuals and that liquor licenses have
been running from two TO seven months
without one cent going into the city or
county treasury.
An Indictment was found against Jay
p. Davis, deputy in the Office of the
clerk of the courts, on the charge of
getting warrants cashed by the county
treasurer for from $4,000 to $50, 900
worth of jury certificates which were
made TO fictitious persons. An indict-
ment was also found against NJ. z. MUIR
name, abstract clerk, on the charge of
having fr.udulently appropriated to his
own use from $1,500 to $1,000 of the
county's funds. This money, it is al
legged, was collected as fees and not
turned over to the county. On being
arraigned before Judge Brill he pleaded
not guilty and was admitted to bail IN
the sum of $500.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07

THE circuit court at Mansfield d:lided
that the verdict of S21 500, given to Boyd
M. Miller, Il New York, Lake Erie and
Western engineer, for injuries in a
wreck at Akron several years ago, is eX-
cessive and the amount was reduced to
S12, 900, which was accepted by Miller's
counsel.
In fire ut Cygnet, seven buildings
were destroyed and three persons
burned to death. Financial loss $50, 900.
The Logan County property owners
want the bed of the Miami river low
cred.
L. T. SLEIGMEYER has been appointed
a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy
from the Fifth District of Ohio.
A Two-YEAR-oLD child of Curtis Hoff,
living near Harpster, fell upon hot
stove, and was terribly burned.
MAGGIE REYNOLDS and Mary Carroll
have clandestinely left their homes at
Mansfield to enter u convent at Joliet,
III.
IN the House on the morning of the
3Oth Mr.. Reiter of Montgomery, intro
duced the following joint-resolution rel
ative to the death of Secretary Window,
which was unanimously adopted: BE
it resolved, by the SiXty-ninth General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That we
have heard with feelings of profound
sorrow of the sudden death of Hon.
William Window, Secretary of the
Treasury: and that in his death the ma
tion is called upon to mourn the loss Of
one of it's most distinguished citizens
and statesmen, long in the service of
his country, man of the purest per-
sonal charact ar and unquestioned integ-
rity, and who, by his services and citi-
zenship, has reflected dignity and credit
upon Ohio, his native State. Resolved,
That we extend to the family of the de-
ceased our deepest sympathy, and as Q
mark of respect order the flag of the
State House to be placed at half-mast
on the day of the funeral" The Senate
concurred in the adoption of the resolu-
tion.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL has parloned
Louis Baum, sent to the penitentiary
from Franklin County in 1886 for fifteen
| years for forging the name of Judge AL
| len q. Thurman to check for S15.
Baum's home is in Portsmouth, whero
his widowed mother resides.
AT Tiffin, while hourishing pistol in
playful manner, James Sweeney. n
night guard at the Jail, shot John Her
zog. prominent business man, the ball
striking him in the head, but glanced
from the skull producing serious but
| not fatal wound.
AN incendiary attempt was made to
| burn the Record newspaper Office az
oberlin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
Tine Raco yyar i'm Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 4.-Colonel
Clark, who was in command of the
military at Carbon Hill, said Monday
on his return that every negro in the
town had been driven away by the
mob. Colonel Clark thinks there will
be no more trouble unless Mayor Ander-
son is forced to leave, he having in
CURED the enmity of the lawless ele-
ment by calling for troops. The sheriff,
assisted by the military, arrested some
of the white men implicated in the
shooting of the negroes. The casuali-
ties are four negroes killed outright and
eight or nine wounded. The military
have been ordered honae.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07

New York, Jan. 3o.-The sudden
death of Secretary of the Treasury Win
dom, while at the dinner of the Board
of Trade and Transportation at Del
monico's last night caused the immedi-
ate adjournment of that body few
minutes after ten o'clock. The Secre-
tary was the first speaker of the even
ing. The dinner, which began at six
o'clock, was completed shortly after
nine and the Secretary arose to speak.
He entertained the guests with an elab-
crate Grafton and sat down amidst the
loud applause of his auditors. Judge
Arnoux then got up and was in the
midst of his speech, introducing ex-Sec-
retary Baynrd, when some one cried
''Look at Secretary Window" The
speech was broken short and every eye
was turned in the direction of that gen
uemen. He had collapsed in his chair
and was falling to the floor His face
was CHASTITY and cry of horror arose
among the late festive jewellers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
Cow-Bi-d8.

Cow-birds are SO called from an oGd
fancy they have of taking a ride on the
cows back occasionally while in the
pasture. The female is homely enough
to be called a cow-bird, being of uni
form dirslsy grayish brown, but the
male is Il fine-loolSing bird, clad in an
entire suit of rich black velvet, with
head and neck of a deep maroon color.
Cow-birds usually look for the homes of
birds that are smaller than themselves,
and if fortunate in finding one where
the owners have gone out on business
or pleasure the lady-bird takes posses
sion of the nest and leaves an egg there
and then quietly takes her departure.
This is not a very lady-lilSe proceeding,
but there may be some reason for it,
either the birds are too lazy to build
nests for themselves or they don't know
how. Their eggs are large. of n dirty.
white color, plentifully splashed oven
with a cold gray-brown.-Detroit Free
Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
FIRE IN A MINE.

Explosions Cause Scene of Terror-Sev-
as,s enty-five Men Rescued from Peril %
NEW CASTLE, Col, Feb. 4.-What al
most proved to be another Mammoth
mine disaster occurred here Monday
evening in tho Grand River coal and
coke mines. just at six o'clock as the
day shift, composed of seventy FIVE men,
was about to leave the mine, u terrific
explosion occurred. Above the roar of
the escaping gas the pitiful cries of the
imprisoned miners could be plainly
heard by their wives and children. Soon
willing hands braved the danger and
started the hoisting machinery, reliev-
ing each other as fast as their comrades
became exhausted.
Soon seventy-fve miners were brought
to the surface, some of them more dead
than alive, none of them any too soon,
as the flames Immediately reached the
shaft and came up with such force that
it drove everybody away. Explosions
have occurred every few hours. 1t is
thought several have perished. Had the
explosions occurred when the miners
were at work not one would have es-
pana1
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
A Israiny CanIpe.

Dogs are wonderful for their intclli.
gence, and owners of dogs are perhaps
equally wonderful for their faith and
versatility. Every one Of them has a
new story. Here is the latest: 1.-The
other day." says Mr.. Gordon, Il forgot
to give Bruno his dinner, and in my
preoccupation paid no attention TO
him when he began to beg for it. He
went away ut last, and wac gone for
some time Then he came in from the
garden bringing something in his
mouth. And what do you think it was?
sprig of forgct-ine e.notl''-Youth's
companitn-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07

mo, can't see any fun in playing on
words" said the man in the big maclSin.
tosh, gloomily. "a pun once cost me
one hundred thousand dollars"
"Iiow was it?"
lyon needn't gather around me. It
isn't much of story. A fat old aunt
had come to visit US. They told me to
go in and pay my respects. l was a
very smart young man. | went in and
told her in a CHEEKY, off-hand way that
l had come in TO make my obeisance tc
my obese aunt. That's ali there is of it."
But how about the one hundred
thousand dollars?n
''She left it to her other nephew
Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
Arrested for Smuggling Gold Bullion.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. S.-The steam
er Manuel Dub,sn, plying between San
Diego and Ensenada, Lower California,
has arrived here, bringing word that
Captain w. III. Nelson was arrested by
the Mexican officials Saturday. on a
charge of smuggling $500 in gold
bullion which was found on his person
The steamer, which carries mail and is
entered as being in the American trade,
was detained by the authorities five
hours before the American and English
residents succeeded in securing Nelson's 5
release. The Mexican officials claim
Nelson has been engaged in smuggling
for two years,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
THE SEAL FISHERIES.

A Western Man Claims to Have Discov-
cred Something That VIII Change the
Status of the Behring Sea Dispute.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 3.-James G..
Swan, of Port Townsend, has obtained
and published affidavits of numerous
sealers that fur seals are born all along
the coast, and that the pups can swim
as soon as born. If this can be proven
it is said it will change the whole Beh-
ring Sea controversy, us it is claimed
now that fur seals breed only in the
Pribyloff Islands, and that the species
would be exterrninatetl if the hunters
were not excluded from Behring Sea-
Judge Swan offers to prove the truth of
lis statement To Congress or a federal
commission. Fur seals We're never SO
abundant at Cape Flattery as now.
They are found in myriads and the In
dians are killing them by hundreds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
Not suicide, but murder.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Jan. S1.--The Sup
posed suicide of fourteen-year-old Mary
Dolan, at the home of her foster-father,
John Moran, last Monday evening, has
developed into case of murder. The
coroner's jury rendered "a verdict last
night of murder at the hands of John
Moran. The latter returned home drunk
on the evening of the crime and struck
the z ri with hatchet in the forehead,
causing instant death. Moran and Mrs
Phillips, who is accused of being aoees
sorry to the crime, are Ia jail
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
GROSS AREA

OF tho State by Counties in Square
Miles.
The gross area of Ohio as given by
the late census report which is given
at LOGO, of which 500 is water and
40, T6O is land surface. The area OF
Ohio by Counties in square miles is as
follows:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
OHIO STATE NEWS.
POPULATION.
Census Figures on the Number OF Resi-
dents in Each County.

Secretary of State Ryan has received
from the Department ut Washington
the following table showing the popu-
lation of each County in the State. He
says that all previous reports are mac
curnte:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-07
INSTANTLY SUMMONED.
Sudden Death Of Secretary of the
Treasury Window.
While Attending Banquet ut New
York He Is Stricken With
Heart Disease and Ex-
pires Instantly.
How the Startling News Came to
Mrs. Window While at Party
in Washington.

Tl,~ Romains of the Dead Secretary Taken
to the National Cnpital-An Oflcial
Order from tho State Departments
Brief Sketch of the Decoased's
Official Career.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-26
C3a 3,::sI1.aCr I.:Ha.aI.Ca.

ln The Treatment Ct c.! Patients We make use Ct oniI
S.,CR tne.lJt5 5 t;.,Ie besl Found Useiu!
ia Combating Disease.
We ciairl fer cur the only means by which
Hcait snd Lug D!sea-eS Can lie peru aaeut!y
carcd-lhe evidence Cf hicn can be tur.isheL
Up IN appncS;s,'n cur Uf:lce.
C0hP0Jf0 cxiGGa. Electricity, Electric Baths,
Mas age, Medica,ed V.pots, Spays, etc, a'e
used III the treatment OF Our specA!ues. ne > -
ten Of Inaalat,cn the olJ by hich rcne,ii.
Can lie brought directly IN coni,ct with the oi,a SO
lungs aTd is, thr eiore the only rational meIhcd oi
cure. Under In treatment ConsumLt ii IL per
fcciy Gu. able ard gives to tn. sick aspr'abic
Chance uf rccov, ~. Many now and de>pairin! /!
OF recovery NAY ct b. saved ,f they viii oniy give
up the f1sy ci 'rr>tin: ii a.r h.s always failed.
clc>S E'edcati.L>. The Compoun"
oxygen Care f"rs immediate re If. We ruaran-
lac truth Of lh,s Statement. NJ matter what
ycrE oon't,l'rn m be- We rer-at, VIC can give y,i
inn 3G:ats n2iiuf IL Say and all Diseases OF tne
H22i. Ir;5-t, Lungs ..t heart.
/ It = Sd crs " have an opportunity OF
tes:.i, cur { umpound ONyscn Gu {, W.. mike tins
I-rrpusi,i.n for lin, ei tm- only Our frono:i-
t.5a: IL all sUticre frt n C*iIrrh, ASTHMA.
Bronchitis. Consumption. sd Heart Affections
OH. treatment w.Ii h. given OF chat c. Let
nest CT tins wondcrinl,ofpHttini'y Of tes,in.
NATURES re neir. Cctra before il 100 l-te
E;3EAsES CT The nsan!l-ot al she organs
IN t.:c Sdy t"be dis-s. tee Heart Is, peri ape
less ,mrnlblc t-eai:nrEt, b the cfc:Inary I.me
dies, ih-n tn; Of any other F'ient, -i,c;cd wth
Eeart troubles told, il II way. |, p.t pa
for cc-th. BEYOND !tlic medicine ~ escr.bct L
the stomach, nothing Gf're- Ihey a'e It'd l.
rciinquish = .crlyc purs;ii.s avoid epci'. meI't
exc, and this is followed by s"rlc r epaTaton ii
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-26
Andrew ]. Cage,

Son of John and Nancy Cage, and
one of Hooking County's brightest
hopes, whose death we were re-
Gently called to mourn, was bori
in Hooking County, Ohio, April
Is, 1867, and died November l3,
1891.
He was a devoted son, allowing
brother AMI helpful friend to
everyone; and his loss is deeply
felt by all. His life may be ia
ken as a model, by those who are
left behind him. The devotion and
obedience ever shown his parents.
cause him to be considered as "1'he
Pride of the Family, and Mothers
Boy"
His kind q isposition and sunny
temper shone as a ray of sunlight
in the midst of the circle of his
many friends, and the vacancy he
leaves can never be reflled in the
minds of those who knew him.
Being endowed with the choicest
blessings of health, and stricken
in the prime and vigor of early
manhood, he may be likened to a
blossom that grew in the cooling
dew of the mcrning, but could not
withstand the burning heat OF
noon.
"There Is no flock however cared for and
tended
But on e dead lamb is there;
There Is no fires i'd however well defended
But has one vacant chair.
D.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-26
Christmas Holiday Rates.

The Popular Buckeye Route
will with their usual custom Gfle:
their friends and patrons the cos
tomary reduced rates Of fare on
December oath 25ih. and 3lsI, 81
and JanuryrY 1st 1892 TO and
from all stations on the e. Ii. V.
&T. and c q E. Railways. inbIud-
ing Chicago. LII. For particulars
inquire IF Agents, Buckeye
II ,uie or address w. Ii. FISHER
Generi Passe niger Agent Coium-
5rs, Q. Nov 26 5 W
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-26

Horace B Westenhaver. was
born in Hooking County, o..
Anril 6. h. 1925 AID died at his
residence near loan. o., Nov.
10. 1891 in the 9Th year OF his
age. He was twice married. The
first time To Mise Harriet Hamb
lin by whom he had two children
both of whom are dead. His
Se.O.id marriage was to Mrs.
Eliza Myers, Jan III. 1851. To
hem were born six children
three of whom are living,
Mr.. Wesienhaver was raised
by piouS parents of the Melho
dist persuasion. About seventeen
wears ago he united with The
Methodist church of This place
under the labors Of Rev. w g
Iolid, ~. On last Slbbaih morn
my he was in his place IN The
Sanctuary, j ,iniug with Inrs
people in the worship of his
Heavenly Father. How little
did he realize that he was hear
iny his last sermon AMI that in
less III IN five short days deal h
would claim him for lis victim.
On last Thursday morning he
clme up 10 town for some medi
cine and alter returning home in
The evening about FIVE o'clock he
was suddenly stricken down by
a stroke of paralysis Of The brain
and expired lis ii going 10 sleep
Nay we noi believe that Willie
who so recently preceded him, md
those other loved ones who had
been so long in The Spiri, world,
formed gronp on The olher shore
who welcomed him again 10 their
companionshlp?
Are they not all minisIering
spirits sent forth 10 minister to
them who shall lie heirs to saliva
ton"
Ilis funeral was from the N. E
Church. Sabbath morning Nov.
% The services were conducted
bv Rev. J. W. Luccock assisted
by Rev. j. F. Williams. afer
which his Masonic brethren tool:
charge of the remains and depos-
tied them in UakgrOve cematery
10 avail The resurrection morn,
"Yet not thus buried or extinct
The vital spark shall lie,
For Ger life's wreck that spark shall rise
To seek its kindred sky.
These ashes too. this little dust,
Our Fathers care shall keep
Till the last angel rise and break,
The long and dreary sleep.
".