Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
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FIERCE prairie fires were said TO be
raging near Williston, N. d. Over 75
miles square had been burned over and
much property destroyed.
MRS. ANNA GRIFFIN, n 19-year-old
divorcee, shot herself dead in the pres
enee of her lawyer, A. w. Billings, at
Cedar Rapids, la.
JOHN HoRAN, of Henry, ILL.,, went to
Lacon to attend political rally, and
becoming intoxicated was killed by the
cars.
DURING the progress of funeral pro-
cession with the body of child at
Creede, Col, a coach containing the
corpse and four mourners were thrown
down an embankment $50 feet high
and two of the occupants received
fatal injuries.
MYRIADs of grasshoppers have APP
peared in Buchanan and adjoining
counties in Missouri and were rapidly
destroying the winter wheat.
FREDERICK w. PIPER, prominent
hotellseeper of Coney Island, N. v,
committed suicide by shooting himself
with n revolver.
In the second series of the National
clubs for the week ended on the Sth
were: Cleveland, .TOs; Boston, .64s;
Brooklyn, .56S; Pittsburgh, $50; New
York, .5ol; Philadelphia, .5O7; Cincin-
natl, .5o7; Chicago, .4s6; Louisville,
.449; Baltimore, 1878; ST. Louis. 1888;
Washington, 1888.
A TRAIN on the Wabash railroad
plunged into an open switch at the
yards at Hammond, Ind, and six per-
sons were injured, one fatally.
THOMAS BROOKS (colored) was hanged
at Pickens, s. c., for the murder of
Jerry Hugher, the town marshal of
Eastley, on the night of June 21, 1892.
WILLIAM CUMMINGS walked into
Cleveland o., after a tramp from Cali
fornia. He is an old soldier and was
after his discharge papers.
In aprize fight at Memphis, Tenn, be-
tween Jack Davis, of Texas, and Dick
Barker, of Louisville, the latter re-
ceived blow which caused his death
SILAs A. GETT, aged 6s, one of the
best known men in Allegheny county,
n. Y, was carried over Niagara falls
and lost.
THE two little children of Farmer
Aslmore, of Cleburne county, Ala, a
boy and girl, died from the effects of
a rattlesnake bite.
JOHN CAvANAUGH and B. +. Berreto,
New Orleans firemen, lost their lives in
burning building.
WILLIAM w. RICE, 20 years old, of
Yonkers, N. Y, was arrested on the
charge of having four living wives.
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Ga, was burned, the loss being $3.50, 900.
THE Columbus celebration in New
York began on the sth with services in
the Jewish synagogues. An elaborate
programme covering six days has been
arranged.
IN collision on the Panhandle road
miles east of Dayton, O., between a
passenger and freight train Joseph
Nichols, engineer of the passenger
train, was killed.
The steamer Premier was struck by
the steam collier Willamette in dense
fog south of Port Townsend, Wash,
. and five men were killed and seventeen
badly injured.
TWELVE horses belonging to John
Downey We're cremated in burning
stable In ChlcaPo.
DURING the twelve months ended on
the sth an even dozen of the 200
Gloucester fishing vessels were lost
at sea and ffty-eight persons perished.
In railway wreck near Weston,
w. Va, four men were killed.
A PRAIRIE fire near Huron, S. D.,
burned over stretch of country 10
miles wide and 20 miles long, and many
prosperous farmers lost everything.
THE annual report of Capt. w. M.
Meredith, chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing, for the fiscal year
ended June so, 1892, shows that treas
ury notes, certificates, etc, were issued
to the value of s7O9, 760, 500, and revenue
stamps valued at S154, 100000 The
total expenditures during the year
were Sl,216,5S5.
WHILE Rev. Thomas Allen (colored),
chaplain of the Providence Presby'
terian church in Washington, was ir
the middle of a sermon he fell dead
from heart failure.
JACOB LAMBERT, prominent farmer
residing near Parkersburg, w. Va, wa:
shot from ambush and killed. His SON
LcNlS. uScu ~, WAS Cudrhco NleIi VIC
deed.
In the Columbus celebration in New
York city on the 10th over 10000 chill
dren paraded.
The government crop report for DC
tober mere ases the yield Of wheat, corr
and oats. 1t shows yield of 13 bush
els of wheat and 24.3 bushels of oat'
per acre.
A FREIGHT train was wrecked while
crossing burning bridge near Savan
nah, Mo-, the cars took fire and sixty
head of cattle were roasted to death.
Mrs. WILLIAM WOODRUFF and he
brother, j. II. Whittlesy, were fatal,
| injured in runaway at Rockford, Ill.
THE S-year-old son of Adam Hankne
and the 5-year-old son of NJ. G. Plum
mer were burned to death in barn a
Fredericksburg, la.
RICHARD JOHNSON and his daughter
Johnetta, were murdered and cremate'
by negroes at Davis Ferry, Ala.
CHIEF JUSTICE PAXTON, of the stat