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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.


IN the senate u resolution was adopted on the
2'th asking the president for information rela.
ting To the non-acceptance of Henry w. Blair as
United States minister to China. The Mexican
award bill was discussed .. In the house bill
was introduced providing that all oleomargarine
transported into any state or territory shall be
subject TO the laws thereof Mr. Watson Ca
laid down the principles of the Farmers Ali.
ancc party. Debate on the new rules closed the
session.
A MESSAGE was received In the senate on the
2Sth from the president transmitting the ad.
ditional correspondence In the Chiian matter,
Mr.. Hale spoke at length upon the benefits OF
reciprocity, after which an adjournment was
taken to February Lin the house bill
was passed to punish matchmaking by fine Of
$1,000 or Imprisonment for one year. The pro.
posed new rules were discussed at length
THE senate was not in session on the 29th
In the house the time was occupied in discuss
ing the proposed new rules, but no action was
taken
ON the sOth ult. the senate was not In session
LIN the house most of the time was occupied
in discussing the proposed new rules but no
action was taken. Eulogies upon the life OF
the late Congressman Houk, of Tennessee were
delivered. bill was introduced to authorize
the government to erect post office buildings in
places of more than 1000 inhabitants.
JOINT resolution was introduced in the sem
ate on the LIST requesting the president to re.
turn TO Mexico the flags captured by the Ameri.
can army during the Mexican war. The Mexi.
can award bill. known as the La Abra claim
was passed. In the house bills were intro.
duced to create government department of
as TO provide that publications OF the second
class shall go through the mails at the rate OF
one cent per pound. The proposed new rules
were again discussed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06
LATTER.

NEWS of the loss of Chinese steamer
has arrived at San Francisco The
steamer is supposed to be the Namchow.
There were over 400 Chinese on board,
besides six Europeans. All hands per.
ished except twenty-nine Cinnamon.
The president has issued a proclama.
ton announcing the reciprocal agree
ment recently concluded between the
United States and Germany.
A BATTLE took place ON the 1st at
Brunertown, in the Creek nation, in
which Esna Gordon and Casa Bruner,
outlaws, were killed by deputy United
States marshals and Deputy Marshal
Mccall was seriously wounded.
THE bill allowing reporters to be pres.
ent at electrical executions, has passed
both houses of the New York legisla.
ture and now goes to the governor for
his approval.
AT meeting of the Pittsburgh Pres.
bytery on the I'd, resolutions were
adopted declaring that unless the
worlds fair was closed on Sundays and
the sale of liquor prohibited on the
grounds, they would not visit the fair,
vent others from attending.
The first claim forindemnity against
the Chilean government for assault
against the Baltimore's sailors was filed
on the I'd at the state department by w.
w. Kerr, of Philadelphia, for the heirs
of William Riggin, who was killed by
the Valparaiso mob on October 16. Tho
petition is signed by brother and two
sisters of Riggin.
A TERRIFIC explosion took place in ].
Rummel a. Co. IS hat factory at Newark
N. j., on the I'd. Two plumbers and an
apprentice were at work repairing an
alcoholic condenser and it is supposed
that the plumbers torch lgnited the
gas from some leak. The explosion re-
suited in immediate spread of flames
and the $50 employees eJcaped by jump
ing from the windows. The three
plum bers were burned to crisp
Mr.. PALMER in the senate on the I'd submit
ted n resolution for election of senator's by the
people Mr voorhees, rose to q question Of per-
sonal privilege and denied q statement In a Phil
adelphia paper that he made u bargain 10 help
defeat the confirmation OF Judge Dillas, Of
Pennsylvania, as circuit judge II Messrs Quay,
Cameron and Higgins would help him defeat
Judge Woods Messrs. Quay, Cameron and
Higgins also denied the statement The senate
then took up the printing bill and discussed II
the rest OF the day. In the house vote was
taken on Mr.. Burrows amendment to allow the
speaker TO count quorum. which was lost Mr.
Reed offered an amendment that when O quo
rum failed to vote there should he call OF the
house and each member rs he answers 10 his
name shall vote on the pending question. Dis.
cussion continued all afternoon without Incl.
dent and the house adjourned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

DR. LEO PRBYL says that the Ger
mans and Swedes are utilizing their
peat bogs in the manufacture of naph-
tina, tar, solar oil, paraffin, acetic acid
and gas, and the peat yields an elastic
fibre, which, freed from dust, is en-
ployed for weaving into carpets. Good
peat also furnishes cellulose which is
valuable to paper-makers Besides
serving as wholesome litter for live
stock. it is also used to preserve per-
ishable goods. Meat and fish are now
packed in peat litter for transport bc.
tween Trieste and Copenhagen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

DENVER man has invented a device.
by the use of which fireman NAV
venture into the densest smoke and be
assured all the time of a supply of
fresh air The device is based on the
discovery that column of water four
inches or less in diameter will, when
suddenly reduced to about one-third
that size at the nozzle of pipe, gather
with it at that point large quantities of
air. Two pipes lead from the nozzle
OF the fireman's pipe to a rubber mask
enveloping the face. Through one
passes the fresh air. while the other is
used for exhaling the air after IL has
beeu breathed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

Miss STELLA HoYLE, of Troy N. Y,
promptly arose in crowded street
car recently and gave her seat to a
crippled old gentleman who had en-
tered. He asked her name and address,
and she has just received from the
grateful recipient of her kindness
diamond necklace
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

The most populous congressional dis
trict is represented by Capt. James N.
Castle, OF Minnesota 1t is the district
EN- bracing st. Paul and Minneapolis.
and its population numbers 414,6s5.
This is larger constituency than the
new state of Washington. whose 319, 600
people are represented by one mem Der
and two senator's
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

BILL has been introduced in the
Ohio legislature providing that the
managers of joint stock companies
shall not dispose of controlling inter-
est in the stock of their companies
without giving all stockholders two
weeks notice of the transfer, and maxi
ing any sale in violation of this pro-
vision void. The object of the bill is
to prevent directors from taxing an un.
fair advantage of small stockholders
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

MILE ELISE ST. OMER, French
woman of sixty years of age, has start
ed on tour round the world She will
begin her journey by way Of the south
ern hemisphere, and gather during a
leisurely course of travel, statistics for
the French Geological Society.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

VALUABLE deposits of coal have been
discovered on the Niga islands, on the
coast of Alaska. 1t is said that the coal
is virtually ineXhaustible in extent and
that cargo lots can be delivered in San
Francisco at 81 n ton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

SOLOMON HANKS, a cousin of Abra.
ham Lincoln, died GEAR Wapaloneta,
O., aged 92 years.
Dr. WESLEY NEwcoMB died at Ithaca,
N. Y, after a fortnight's struggle with
the grip, aged "a. He was one of the
leading conchologists of the world.
MR.. GEORGE STILLwELI and wife, of
Wilmington, ILL.,, died of the grin
within an hour of each other They
were 20 years old.
AT Muncie, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs Joe
Davis elebrated the sixty-second an.
niversary of their marriage.
GEN. HENRY A. BARNuM. u port W ar
den of New York city and one of the
most distinguished veterans of the late
war, died of pneumonia, aged 80 years.
APRIL 20 has been selected as the
date for holding the Pennsylvania re-
publican state convention at Harris
ourg.
RICHARD ANGUIN and his wife, who
had lived sixty years of their lives to-
gether, died within few hours of each
other Mt Galena, ILL.,, of the grip.
GEORGE w. LADD, a member of the
Forty-siXth and Forty-seventh con-
gress, died at his home in Bangor, Me.
aged 73 years
MISS MAMIE SHArFER, 16 years old,
was married at Red Hook, N. Y, to
Jeremiah Moore, whose age is 7a years.
FOREIGN.
A -.
felt throughout Tasmania, Victoria
and the south coast of New South
Wales. Many houses were damaged
in Tasmania
EMPERoR WILLIAMS 33d birthday was
celebrated at Berlin.
FIVE American missionaries were
murdered by natives at Bona, in the
Congo free state. Seven native con-
verts met like fate, and the mission
buildings were burned
Peasants in the department of Vo-
ronzeh, Russia, exasperated by their
sufferings from hunger and sickness,
have turned their resentment against
the doctors for their failure to effect
cures and the physicians were fleeing
in terror
GARZA, it was said, had crossed over
into Mexico with force of about 5, 200
men. 1t was claimed that he would
soon have three-quarters of the popu-
lation on his side.
AT Vienna the Schneiders, man and
wife, convicted of numbering and rob-
bing eight servant girls, were sentenced
to death.
SuCCI, the faster, abandoned his at
tempt to go without food for fifty-two
lays at London. He had tasted forty-
four days.
1T was reported that Garza had
begged for pardon from President Diaz
Of Mexico, offering to betray his fol-
overs.
REV. CHARLES HADDoN STURGEON,
he distinguished Baptist minister,
lied at Mentone on the 31st ult He was
unconscious when he passed away and
ieath was painless. Mr.. Spurgeon was
BORN at kelvedore, Eng, June 10, 1884,
Ind preached his first sermon as pastor
1t Waterbeach when only II years of
lge.
A DYNAMITE explosion in Templeton,
int, killed three men and injured
'thers.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN was chased through |
he streets of Thurles, county Tippe-
ary, Ireland, by Parncllites, who as
allied him with such epithets as rene
ade" and murderer"
BREcKER, the German champion |
'icyclist, was killed by fall from his
Wheel at Delitzsch.
The steamship Elder, of the North
ierman Lloyd Steamship Company.
which left New York for Bremen on
anuary %, went ashore on the Ather-
eld rocks, Isle of Wight. Her pas.
engers were safely landed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

The banks object to the new half
dollars because, owing to the way in
which the face on the medallion pro-
jects, the coins can not be stacked If
more than half dozen or so are placed
one on another they topple over.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

THE United States has in organized
shape about 1876 900 disciplined men
ready to take the field. The forty reg
iments of the regular army report about
81, 600 men for duty. The marine corps
has strength of 1000. The effective
total of the national guard is LOG, 900 off
fcers and men.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, citizens can
live longer in shorter time than has
been generally supposed. In ply.
sician's certificate presented to the
Grand Rapids board of health the other
day is this entry: Cause of death. old
age; duration of the disease, six DAYS"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

BouLouIN, Belgiums public execu.
tioner, who died recently, although
drawing n large salary for the dis
charge of his gruesome official duties,
never once chopped off a head, the
king pardoning or committing the sem
tence of every one condemned to death.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

OF the justices who constituted the
supreme court of the United States when
Justice Bradley became member but
one (Fields) remains. With this excep-
tion and that of Harlan, whose access
sion dates back to 1877, all have been
appointed within ten years. 1t is vir.
tually new court entering upon new
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

V1RaINIANs are trying toget an APP
preparation from congress for monu-
ment to Commodore Maurey, the naval
and meteorological scientist. to be
erected in Hampton Roads
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

NEARLY all the petroleum deposits
OF Southern California are situated in
Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and
they occupy an area of $780, acres.
This important product is rapidly be-
coming one of the most valuable in
Southern California, the yield for 1889
aggregating the value of over 81, OOO,.
mn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MRS. BETSY BURGESS, weighing ne ar
ly 400 pounds, died of the grip at
Mitchell, Ind. She was the largest
women in that part of the state.
The date of the Indiana democratic
state convention has been changed
from April Ia to April II.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

FILES are now sharpened by electric
ity. They are immersed in liquid
and the current turned on for twenty
minutes, at the end of which time they
come out as good as new.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

JULIEN GORDON, otherwise known as
Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cruger, weeps pro-
fusely and refuses to be comforted
when her books are unfavorably criti-
cised by the newspapers,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, has passed reso.
lution taxing and licensing almost every
trade, occupation and profession in that
city for municipal revenue.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06

The treasury department has decided
chat Chinese woman who marries an
American citizen is entitled to admis-
sion to the United States.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
"A Country without Fences.

South Carolina is country with
out fences, writes a correspondent,
and it is vast Improvement in the
landscape, as we'll as great saving
in money. Il looks odd at first on
the big, level plain on which Aiken
stands to see a great stretch ofcoun-
try unbroken by a single fence, and
here and there house or barn with
out any protecting walls or fences.
The legislature has abolished fences
by declaring that every man is enti-
tied to enjoy his own land, without
interference or damage from his
neighbors' cattle. That is, if | own
two scrubby and hungry pigs and
you have a thousand-acre farm next
door, must keep my pigs at home
and not compel you to spend half
your substance in building q fence
around your farm. Life, liberty and
the keeping Of pigs and mules are
all sacred under the South Carolina
constitution, but the man who owns
the pigs or mules or any animals
must fence them in or otherwise con
fine them. If they run loose or break
loose and do any damage, their own
ers must pay for it, This is the most
sensible solution of the fence problem
that have ever seen or heard of. Tt
is entirely new to me, so [ enjoy it
all the more, and the more / think
Of it the more sensible it seems. 1t
goes right down to the root, Of JUS
tice. Here you have in New York
State Or in New Jersey thousand
acres Of land or a hundred acres, or
any other quantity, and you are en-
titled to reap and enjoy the fruits of
your labor on the capital investment
in that land without let or hin-
drance. But one of your neighbors
may wish to keep a dozen sheep, and
another a COW, and third a hand
fnl of chickens that probably will
not lay eggs & speak from expert
ence here), and for that reason you
must put fence of a certain legal
lied height and pattern around your
whole place, or else you cannot
make neighbors pay for any damage
their cattle may do your crops. 1t
would be just as reasonable TO say
that no man shall be convicted of
burglary unless the house he breaks
into has walls SO many feet high and
so many teet thick, South Carolina
is fifty years in advance of the North
in the handing Of this fence problem.
New York Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
Louisiana state University

AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE, J.w. NICHOLSON, PRESIDENT.
Session 1S91-92 opens October 5, 1891. A
large and able corps OF professors assist
ant professors and instructors. Five
courses of study, viz:
/. Agricultural; 2. Mechanical and En-
gineering; 3. Literary; 4. Latin-Scientifc;
). Book keeping. All departments thor
oughly organized and equipped.
Tuition free. Cost of maintenance per
session of nine months, $144.50. For cata-
logue giving full information, address
VI. II. MAGRUDER, Secretary,
Baton Rouge, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
gIr.lvers5ty ofLouisiaaa.

Tulane University embraces college,
high school. H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial
College FOR Young Women. law and medi-
cal departments. The college has four
parallel courses: Classical Literary, Sci
special course Of Electrical Engineering.
Next annual session Of the academieal de-
partments, including the II. Sophie New
comb College, begins October !. Law
department opens November IL. Medical
deDartment. October 10.
For special or general catalogues apply
TO The Secretary OF the University Tulane
Hall. Wld. PRESTON JOHNSTON
President.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
The Flood Again.

We are again confronted by a dis
astrous inundation. Confined be-
tween higher leYees on which Gov
ernor Nichols boastfully tells us
that more than $5,60O,OO0 have been
spent during his administration, the
river has risen at some places beyond
the highest mark ever before reach
ed.
We are at the threshold of disas-
ter ard, as usual, the still swelling
waves have begun to make their own
outlets at the cost of millions in pro-
perty overtaxed in adhering bllndly
to all the levee policy that an un-
broken chain of disasters has proven
to be q miserable failure.
How long will our oyerburdened
people continue to submit to disas.
ters before they call in other doctors
than those who know no remedy
than the remedy that is keeping the
patient at deaths door?
Will they not rise at last and de-
mand that the river he given outlets
where they will do no harm instead
of letting her make them over their
homes and fields?
The long and short Of this matter
is that we must keep up good levees
where there is property to protect,
and make outlets where they cap be
made without hurting anything.
A break has already occurred in
Arkansas that will carry destruc-
tion into Louisiana and we will soon
hear of more, for another flood is
rapidly coming down from the West
to increase the food now confront
ing US.
All there is to do now, is simply
to wait and count the cost of fanolher
years infatuation with the oft ex-
ploded system of closing the breaks
of one food and waiting to close
those that the next one will make
Louisiana Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04

"It has been estimated" says
the Tropical Florida, that there is
ia this State 35OOOO,O0O tons of
moss hanging on our trees. This,
when gathered, is worth cents per
pound at our doors. If it is worth
| cent a pound it would amount to
the enormous sum Of 81 100000. In
Louisiana there is no limit to this
Mexican moss" as it is called, and
thousands of people in the lowlands
get their existence by gathering it
for market. For mattresses, cush.
ions, etc, nothing equals it.-Mor-
gan City Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
The police jury OF st. Mary h

The police jury Of st. Mary has
contracted with Mr. Jules Meouet
to work and maintain the public
roads Of that parish q term Of three
years for $4,000. This attempted
solution of the troublesome and ever
present road problem may be found
worthy of imitation 10 nnther parishes
where the methods heretofore III
vogue have not operated satisfactorl-
~. The maintenance Of good roads
is one OF The most valuable works
OF public Improvement in any COM
munity, and no reasonable outlay in
this direction Ought Ia be hesfuag-
"a or spared. Donalisonville CAief,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
NOK TRY THIS.

Il will cost You nothing and will
surely do you coed, if you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to,
give relief, or money will be paid back,
Sufferers from La Gripped found just
the thing aud ucder its use had speedy
and perfect recovery. Try sample
bottle at our expense and learn ior
yourself just how good thing it is
Trial bottle free at N. G. Young and
A. J. GODDARD Drug Stores. Large
size SOC. aud $1.00.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04

With diversified cropping and
silver coined as freely, cotton would
sell for fifty dollars a bale. The
South could easily and very protita-
bly, use two hundred million silver
dollars next fall and winter. There
is not the slightest danger Of there
ever being too much oft.
Just as soon as the government
coins it as freely as gold, We shall
hear no more of the 50 cent dollar,
The struggle will then be to get
enough of the bright silver dollars.
We wouldn't hear anything more
about the intrinsic value of the two
metals. Tn fact, if the government
would partially demonetize gold, or
refuse to receive it as legal tender
for debts. the intrinsic value would
not sustain lis money value. But
the government has no right to dis
credit either gold or silver. .--Vicks.
Commercial.Herald.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04

4 shoemaker of Georgia has re-
Gently made the biggest pair of shoes
that perhaps were ever made for ac.
tual use. 1t took q piece Of leather
containing 1040s square inches to
make the uppera, and one OF 1860
square inches to make the soles, or
exactly 5000 square inches of leather
altogether. II the leather contained
in that pair of shoes were cut III
strips an eighth of an inch wide 10
would make string $4,000 inches
long. The soles of this gigantic
pair of shoes are ID inches long and
5 IL inches wide. The two com
bined tipped the acale at exactly
8 IL pounds.-Pieayune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
SPECIMEN CASES.

s. Fl. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis.,,
was troubled with Neuralgia and Rhue
matism, his Stomach was disordered,
his Liver was affected to an alarming
degree, appetite fell away, and be was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electrec Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, H.,
had rnnnig screon bis leg Of eight
years. standing. Used three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, aed his leg is
sound and we'll John Speaker, ca.
tawba, O., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said that he was in
curabje. One bottle of Electric Bitters
and one box Bueklen's Arnica Salve
cured him entirely. Sold by A. J..
GODDARD and N. G. Young Drug Stores
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04
NOTICE.

The two pieces of woodland in
Crosse Tsle formerly belonging to
Mrs. Thertule Theriot, widow
Columbus Broussard, now belong
to me and the public is hereby mott.
fed not to cnt down nor hanl away
any down wood on said land under
penalty of law.
OPHELIAs BoURoUE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-06-04

sBasa Who are weak. Nervous, De-
&N Hi&t bilitated, who in folly and ig-
Ea "A norance have trihed away
IsM ia their vigor Of Body, Mind and
EAf8 q Manhood. causing terrible
1sA lS0 drains upon the wells of life,
Headache, Backache, Dreadful Dreams,
Weakness Of Memory, Piinples upon the
face, and all the effects leading to early
decay, Consumption OF insanity, send for
Book of Life, sealed free with particulars
OF . home cure. No Cure No Pay. DR.
PARKER, $40 N. Cherry, Nashville, Tenn