Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-17

| wheat 3DJ,2O2,OOO DuShelS, oats b23,32l,
600 bushels.
THE funeral sermon of Mrs. Langdon
mother of Mrs. S. l.. Clemens. was
preached by Rev. 7. X. Beechcr al
Elmira, N. V, on the 11th. Neither Mr.
Clemens nor his wife attended but lis.
tened by telephone, $50 miles away in
Hartford, Conn.
| NICHOLAS BRoKovITcH. an eXilcd Rus
sian and formerly Colonel in the Rus
sian army, suicidcd by shooting himself
at Kansas City, Mo, on the 10TH He
was siXty-fivc years old and was ban
ishcd from Russia several years ago for
| nihilistic utterances.
THE knights of Labor Legislative con-
vention, in session at Harrisburg on the
9th, adopted resolutions recommending
law to prevent bribery in primary
elections; suggesting the appointment
of a commission to draft n general mine
law; favoring the Farrell bill in regard
to company stores; recommending bill
regulating the weighing of coal; favor
ing free text books and in favor of an
enforcement of the semi-monthly pay
law.
about eighteen months ago has col
lapsed and the price of powder has con-
sequcntly suffered drop.
FIRE Mt Aurora, Mo-, on the 9th de-
stroyed twenty dwellings, several large
stores, three newspaper offices and n
bank building. Loss, $4,000
THE board of directors of Odd Eel
lows Temple Association of Cincinnati
have accepted the design of Samuel
Hannaford & Sons, architects, for the
new temple which is to be erected at
the northwest corner of Seventh and
Elm streets mt u cost of S250,000.
THE hearing of the Hungarians ar
rested for engaging in the recent riot
at the Edgar Thomson steel works in
Braddock, Pa., took place on the 10th,
and resulted in holding Andrew Todt,
Michael Saboll and George Rusnoch on
the charge of numbering Michael Quinn.
Twenty-one Huns were held to answer
at court on the charge of riot and twen-
ty-two were discharged.
AT Boston on the 10th John Ticrney.
a workman, attempted to replace the
globe of an incandesccnt light which had
been broken, and in so doing he took
hold of the brass ring at the small end,
instead of the glass, receiving "a shock
which killed him instantly.
DR.. III. s. TANNER, the man who was
famous SO long for having tasted forty
days, and who now lives on farm near
Clinton, Mo-, has challenged Signor
Succi to sit down with him in Chicago
Il t1,a Eni, 10 nSt fla =
ter in a ninety days fast on water only;
or, if Succi prefers, let the fast continue
from day to day till one or the other
yields the contest.
The stables of the French Aruse-
ment Company, a travelling circus COM
pany located at Chicago, burned on the
18th, entailing loss of $500 0. About
thirty horses perished in the flames.
ST. MARY's cathedral, at San Fran
cisco, the largest and finest church edi-
flee on the Pacific coast, was dedicated
on the 18th. The building cost $500, 900.
THE will of Emma Abbott, the opera
singer, was filed for probate at New
York on the 18th. In it she directs that
her body be tested by electricity to as
certain il life is extinct and then be
cremated. After making large bequests
to relatives she provides literally for a
of churches and charitable in
EXPERTS who have been at work for
some time on the books of State Treas
urer Woodruff, of Arkansas, have al
ready discovered shortage of $94, 900,
and are not yet through with their
work.
The customs authorities at Chicago on
the 18th seized about $1,000 worth of
unset diamonds, the property of man
named q. Langc, on the ground that
they were smuggled The goods had
been placed in the hands of an auc-
tioneer.
A WESTERLY (R. I.) granite company
has just completed an equestrian statue
of Washington. 1t is the first equcs-
trian work wholly cut from granite in
the world, and will be unveiled in Ale
gheny City, Pa, on February 22
COMMANDER REITER, who was repri-
by Secretary Tracy for his ac-
tion, or lack ofaaction, IN the Barrundia
affair, has demanded court-martial to
whether his conduct was not |
proper. 1t is said at the Navy Depart
ment that II court-martial will probably |
be accorded him.
John SHEEDY, an old and wealthy |
resident of Lincoln, Neb., died on the |
18th, the result of injuries received at
The hands of an unknown assailant /
few nights ago. This is the second time
Mr.. Sheedy has been assaulted within
TWO months There is no clue to the |
and the case is shrouded in
FRANK f. MITCHELL, a well-known
gambler, shot and instan ly killed Dolly
ago, an inmate of a disreputable house
N st. Louis on the 18th, and then fred
l bullet into his own brain, dying in q
lew minutes.
AT Jersey City, N. j., on the 18th
Charles and Augusta Thieke, an aged
German couple, were found dead in bed
1t their home. On table were found