Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-21

ARTICLES of Impeachment against
Judge Alex. Boarman, of Louisiana,
have been prepared and will soon be
presented to the House. There are at
least dozen articles charging the use
of public funds and allowing his de-
cisions to be influenced by financial con-
siderations.
A BAD railroad accident occurred Mt
Scioto Station, near Columbus. o., on
the 10Th. A Hooking Valley passenger
train collided with Scioto Valley
freight ut the intersection of the two
roads Both trains were wrecked. En-
gineer Charles Boutwell, was fatally in
jured and three passengers were more
or less hurt.
AT West Susquehanna, Pa, on the
l4th switching engine loaded with
men collided with caboose filed with
a freight train crew. Ten men were
injured, two probably fatally.
THE New York post-office building
was damaged by fire on the 18th to the
extent of $685. Hundreds of bags of
newspapers were burned and thousands
of letters will be delayed in reaching
their destination.
AT Detroit. Mich. on the 18th, while
a coroners jury was holding an inquest
upon the body of Mrs. Andrew Orszek,
who was supposed to have died the night
before, the woman was discovered to be
alive. The case was probably one of
catalepsy or trance.
THE coroner's jury IL the Mammoth
| (Pa.) mine explosion returned their YER
dict on the 14th. While they do not find
the company guilty of neglect, the jury
protest against the employment of fire
bosses who were addicted to drink, and
also the use of open lights and sug-
gested that register be kept at the
pits mouth with the names of those
employed.
JOHN SPEIMAN, arrested mt st. Paul,
Mimi, charged with robbiug the mails
at Peoria and Washington, Ill, was be-
ing taken to the formerplace on IA North
western train on the 18th. AS the train
neared the outskirts of Chicago and
while running at the rate of thirty miles
an hour, Spelman leaped from the car
and escaped.
| A FIRE at Rochester, n. V, on the
18th destroyed st. Mary's Hospital, a
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street. There were $50 inmates in the
building, but all were rescued A fire
man was killed by a cornice falling on
him. Loss 100000.
AS Mrs. Louis Baron opened the door
of her home at Chicago on the night of
the 18th to admit her husband, she re-
ceived full in the face from his hands a
quantity of nitric acid. She was shock
ingly burned and will be disfgured for
life. Baron was promptly arrested. He
had just been released from the House
of Correction, where he had been incar-
cerated for beating his wife.
Mrs. HEDwIG WENpLAND, wife of an
Illinois physician, is the first victim in
Milwaukee, Wis, to die under the
lymph treatment. She died in hos
pital several days ago but the matter
has been kept quiet by the physicians.
THREE big gypsum stucco mills in
Fort Dodge, Ia, have Joined the syndi-
cate now being organized to control
the stucco business of the country. The
syndicate has secured control of every
gypsum mill of any size in the United
States.
NEVER before in the history of the
Government have SO many executive
departments at one time been draped
in mourning for deceased officials. Al
this time the following departments are
draped: The Navy Department for eX-
Secretary Bancroft and for Admiral
Porter; the Treasury Department foI
Secretary Window: the Interior Depart
ment for eX-Secretary Stuart, and the
War Department for General Sherman
REPORT just issued by the Bureau
of Statistics shows that during the year
1890 the total of exports of merchandise
from the United States, was in rount
numbers, $685. 200, 900, an increase o.
S31, 900, 900 over 1889. The imports werC
$S23, 600, ,0O0 an increase of S53, 600, 900
The immigration statistics for 1890 show
total of 491, ,026, an increase over 1SS!
of 64,314
A REVISED estimate shows that the
deficiency for the Pension Office is S2S,
67S, 332. The estimate first presented Il
Congress- was for S34, 900, ,000 The pres
ent estimate is reduction on the formel
estimate of S5,321 ,G6S
THE chiefs of the Iowa Indians me
at Tohee on the 10th and drew up /
memorial to President Harrison, pray
ing their treaty with the United State
for sale Of lands be ratified and land
allotted them before spring so they ma,
make ready to put in crops.
The grand jury at New York on th
10Th presented three more indictment
against Assemblyman Demarest TO
forgery, making seven in all. His bond
were increased to $1,000, which III
furnished.
THE present copious and general rail-
: in California ends serious and long
continued drought over that section
But little rain has fallen there sine
January l, and the total amount for tn
winter season has been very much les
than the average.
A FIRE broke out in the Moyer mine
, near Scottdale Pa, on the 10th, cause,