Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-12-31

in Europe eScites apprehension in adj
ministration circles in Washington and
the conviction is forced upon govern
ment officials that, as predicted by
many scientists, the disease will reap
pear with increasing violence in the
spring.
ONE of the witnesses in the Surratt
trial, an ex-policeman named Lloyd,
whose testimony connected Mrs. Sur
raft with President Lincoln's assassina-
ton, died in Washington, aged 6S years.
THOMAS b. CARTER, chief of the secret
service bureau, predicts that the coun-
try will be flooded with bogus worlds
fair souvenir CONS.
Mrs. JAMES PRICE, of Thurman, O.,
aged so years, was burned to death by
her clothing catching fire from n stove.
OVER 1000 miles of railway track
were laid in the United States during
the past year.
A VERY distinct earthquake shock
was felt at Seymour, Ind.
EDWARD ii. HALLINGER, the negro
who murdered his white mistress.
Mary Patterson, April 3. 1891, was
hanged in the county Jail at Jersey
City, N. j.
DRUNKEN Indians engaged in a fight
at Barker, Mimi, and during the fracas
John Launtery and his son were shot
dead.
ROBERT H. KUEHNERr, an attorney at
Cincinnati for building associations, Sc
cured S26, 500 by fraud and fed.
THE entire plant of the Home bleach
and dye works at Valley Falls, R L.,
was destroyed by fire. the loss being
$l00, 300.
WHILE fooling with gun supposed
to be unloaded Henry Grover, of New
Haven, Ind, shot and killed his two
little brothers.
A QUEER bridal couple registered at a
hotel in Denison, Tex, as Mr.. and Mrs.
Friday. The bridegroom lost his left
leg, right arm and right eye in the con-
federate service, while the bride is
minus her left arm and limps on cork
leg.
A STOCK train was wrecked at Gales
burg, H., and eight men were injured
and number of cattle were killed
EXCHANGES amounting to S1,5l2, 26l,-
277 were reported by the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the seven days ended on the Esd, against
S1,355, 1890 the previous seven days.
AS compared with the corresponding
week of 1891 the increase was 24.3.
The press of the upper peninsula has
started a movement in favor of making
that part of Michigan separate state.
SUSAN PORTER, the fasting woman at
Burlington, Me, died after going fifty
two days without food and she drank
nothing but two cups of tea all that
time.
ALBERT WHITAKER, for fourteen
years librarian of the mercantile Ii
brary in San Francisco, has been dis
missed for embe ZZling Sl,320.
BUSINESS failures to the number of
S01 occurred in the Un tied States in
the seven days ended on the Esd,
against 3O4 the preceding week and
S35 for the corresponding time last
year
THE Chicago express on the Santa Fe
road was derailed near Halstead, Col,
and twenty-one passengers were in
jured, two fatally.
GEORGE AUSTRIAN and his son, of Lig-
onier, Pa, were struck by train near
Bradenville and fatally injured.
MARTIN A. RITCHIE, wealthy farm
er residing few miles north of Litch-
field, H., was swindled out of S5, 900 in
a three-card monte game.
a SANTA FE train was wrecked near
La Junta, Col, and eight empty Pull
man coaches were demolished and
burned.
JOSIAH NJ. FIsKE, one of the oldest
- ~,
| oldest director of the American ex-
change national bank, dropped dead in
the bank.
The renewal of an old feud over the
location of country road near Show
homish, Wash. resulted in the murder
of two well-to-do farmers, Foulks and
Smith, by two boys, IA and Is years of
age, named Langston and Robinson.
THE South Carolina Legislature has
passed a bill providing for state
liquor dispensary with county dispen-
| saries, the location of which will 10
confined to towns. They will be in
charge of officers elected by state
| authorities and only liquors that are
analysed by state chemists and found
pure can be sold. They must be sold
in sealed packages and the purchaser
cannot break the seal in dispensary.
FIRE destroyed the Fargusson build
ing in Duluth, Mimi, causing a loss of
about $25o,ooO on building and con-
tents.
The famous case Of Father McGlynn,
of st. Stephens church. New York, has
finally been decided by the restoration
| to him of authority to perform his
priestly functions,
ALL the th:rty-three hudson county
| IN. j ballot-boy suffers in the state
prison at Trenton have been pardoned.
The iron supports to the roof of a
power house in Baltimore fell and in
jurcd eleven men, one fatally.
| The New York and Chicago express
struck and killed two men and two
women near Elmira, N. Y.
A CALL has been issued by Secretary
Thompson, of the Duluth board of
trade, for convention in Washington