Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-31

tween the representatives of the bonds
men of ex.City Treasurer ohm A. Davis,
of Rochester, N. v. who defaulted to
the extent of about 100000 some time
sincs and is now serving five years
sentence in Auburn, the city decided to
accept S35, 900 as the basis OF settlement
from the bondsmen.
THE Hamburg distillery ut PelSin, ILL.,,
burned on the 25th, causing IA loss of
100000 Fully insured.
JACOB CABLES, accompanied by two
ladies, Miss Rosa ScheisterbaclSer and
her sister Louise, u widow, with a span
of horses and sleigh attempted to drive
across flooded bridge, near Dover
Plains, N. Y, on the 23d. The torrent
was too strong to be stemmed and
horses, sleigh and occupants were
swept off the bridge and down the
stream. The two ladies and horses
were drowned. BY n lucky chance Mr..
Cables was swept into n clump of
bushes and escaped terribly bruised and
exhausted.
REV. q. KLINEDwoRTH, pastor of the
Lutheran church at Schappville, H.,
has forbidden communicates of his par
ish from becoming members of either
the Grand Army of the Republic or the
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association on
the ground that they are secret so
cieties, to which orthodox LuGheranism
is opposed.
AT Des Moines, Ia, on the 9th, the
police arrested Matt Merritt, his wife,
Millie Merritt, and William Frow,
charged with counterfeiting coin. All
were arraigned before United States
Commissioner Jordan, and sent to jail
in default of $500 bail. Their place was
searched, and the officers found tin
pan part full of metal, moulds, files and
other tools.
COMMISSIONER MORGAN. of tho Indian
Bureau, has written letter to Father
Craft, the Catholic priest who was
wounded in the battle near Pine Ridge
Agency, asking him, in view of his
writings to religious newspapers, to
formally prefer charges against him
(Morgan) so that thorough investiga-
tion may be made of the working of the
Indiana Bureau.
The Texas Legislature has passed
bill making it a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the State prison for not
less than two nor more than five years
to fight a prize fight in that State, either
with or without gloves.
THE coroners jury at Omaha, Neb.,
which has been investigating the recent
burning of the building occupied by
Klein, Spegel &s Co., wholesale liquors,
in which Nathan Borstein lost his life,
rendered verdict holding the firm
guilty of having employed Borstein to
set fire to the structure in order to Sc
cure $4,000 insurance.
CHRIS ABRAMsoN, aged thirty-five
years, of Little Falls, Mimi, wanted to
marry Mamie DOMINICAN at Westport,
Stearns County, and because she refused
he shot her dead and then blew out his
own brains. The parties We're well con-
nected and the tragedy causes great ex-
element.
THE mayor of Owensboro, KY, noti-
fed every business man in the city that
his place of business must be closed and
locked on the 25th in compliance with
the Sunday law which has heretofore
been disregarded. The saloons were
all closed Tor the first time in twenty
years.
AT Brainerd, MirS., on the Goth one
of the Northern Pacific car shops burned
with its contents, including eight or
ten coaches. The loss is estimated e:
S4O,O
TIE savings bank of Wichita, Kan,
failed on the Goth. Liabilities, SS1, 200:
assets, $4,000. The Wichita National
Bank has agreed to pay all deposits of
$25 or less.
AT New York City Henry A. Smiler,
who murdered his wife Margaret in
1890, was convicted of the crime and
sentenced to be electrocuted in August
last but got stay, was on the 10Th
resentenced to die in the week begin
ming March 4, 1891. The Court of APP
peals had denied his motion for new
trial.
THE first shovelful of dirt of the
worlds fair site was turned on the 27th
on the lake front. 1t is for n temporary
structure to be occupied as Il construc-
ton headquarters.
DURING "a fit of temporary insanity on
the 25th B. Il. Hopkins, a prominent
Wall street broker, cut his throat and
will probably die.
GEORGE w. CUSTER, a prominent
Knight of Honor of Louisville, Kv.,
mysteriously disappeared on January Z
and there is no clue to his whereabouts
or possible fate. His business affairs
are perfectly straight and his domestic
relations were pleasant.
THE New York Central Railroad Com
pany refuses to carry mail on any of the
Belt line trains at Buffalo, NJ Y. They
claim that they have not the proper au-
thority from the post-office authorities
at Washington. The new order has
created great CONSERVATION among the |
business men of Buffalo.
JOHN CURrIN, the young man who
with his brother, Cornelius, killed John |
Sloan on April @ last at New York City,
was on the 10Th sentenced to imprison-
ment for life.
On the 26th nine inches of snow fell
at Worcester, Mass; sixteen at Lowell |