Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-03
FLAMES in Augusta, Ga. among busi-


AN attempt was made to wreck the
New York and Chicago limited on the
Pennsylvania road at Enon, Pa, by
placing ties across the track. The oh.
structions were removed by farmer
who was shot twice while performing
his self-imposcd task.
THE Metropolitan opera house in
New York, the finest temple of music
in America, was gutted by fire, the loss
being S500.000. Another fire among
business buildings caused a loss of
$3.50, 900 and one girl perished in the
flames.
DENNIS BLACKWELL (coloretO was
lynched by a mob at Alamo, Tenn, for
assaulting woman.
THREE men were drowned in the bay
at San Francisco as the result of Il col
lision between an incoming ship and
an outbound schooner.
The worlds mile swimming record
was broken at Philadelphia by Arthur
Thomas Kenney, who made the dis
tance in 2S minutes As seconds.
As THE result of resurvey of the
bounda ry line the commission will rec
ommend the ceding to Delaware of the
famous Flat Iron," triangular
southw ard projection of roo acres of
Pennsylvania territory.
ALL the troops have been withdrawn
from Buffalo, n. Y, and business has
been resumed on all the railways af-
fected by the strike.
MAURICE MILLER and Bob and John
Carter were killed in fight at dance
near Haughton, La.
THE visible supply of gram in the
United States on the Goth was: Wheat,
81, $50, 900 bushels; corn, 7,57S,000 bush
els: oats, 5,2Sl, 900 bushels; rye, All, 900
bushels: barley, 200 bushels.
ABOUT dNen arrests were made at
Homestead, Pa, upon the charge of in
citing riot during the recent strike.
LOUIS Il. MCWHlRTER, one of the most
prominent lawyers and democratic pol
iticians of Fresno, Cal, was assassi-
mated by unknown men in his door
yard.
THEODORE BIRD, of Muncie Ind, on
account of jealousy shot and killed his
| wife and committed suicide.
SwITCHMEN in the employ of the
| Queen & Crescent railroad were am
| buscaded in the yards at New Orleans
| and five men were shot. one fatally, by
strikers, whose places they had filed.
The Tarascon mill in Louisville,
| built in 1890, the oldest mill in Ken
lucky, was destroyed by fire.
In session at Kansas City the supreme
lodge decided upon Washington city as
the place for the next encampment of
the KNIGHTS of Pvthias
GEORGE Foss, chop house cook at
rmaha Neb., killed Laura Day, his
mistress, in quarrel and then took his
own life.
The National Butter and Cheese as.
sociation have decided to hold their
next annual meeting in Dubuque, Ia,
February next.
GRANT and Bertha Evans and Maggie
| Worthington were drowned near
Thompsonville, Kan, by the capsizine
of boat.
| WHEEL manufacturers west of the
Allegheny mountains organized the
| Western Wheel association at Indian
apolis, with Dwight Smith, of Jackson
Mich, president.
THERE is nothing left of the great
railroad strike at Buffalo, n. Y. The
police have full charge and repor'
everything quiet in the yards.
LARGE numbers of cattle were dying
in Greenwood county, Kan, of Spanish
fever.
A DOMESTIC scandal at Royal Center
Ind, caused John Clark to shoot Henry
Suffers dead and fatally injure JohI
>irant and Chris Weirwahn.
A MAN feeding thrashing machine
near Cato, N. Y, became angered at ;
boy and threw him into the machine
where he was ground to pieces. Th'
boys brother killed the murderer will