Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-30

REPORT from the conference committee OH
the sundry civil bill was presented to the United
States senate on the .5th. A resolution was
| introduced requesting the president TO open
| negotiations to secure and maintain the uni
| form value OF silver us n money metal through
out the world In the house the conference re-
| port on the general deficiency bill was noncon-
Cured in and new conference was ordered.
DOMESTIC.
The business portion of Moosup,
Conn, was destroyed by fire, the total
loss being 100000.
| PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued
proclamation calling on the people to
celebrate Friday, October 81 1892. the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
| America.
New YORK city millers have effected
a combine. the capitalization of the
new oganization being fixed at ST.
100000
FIFTEEN thousand persons attended
the unveiling of the Randolph county
soldiers monument at Winchester,
Ind.
SwINDLERs have been operating for
several days in Ohio and Indiana towns,
their methods being to present letters
of recommendation and then ask to
have a check or draft cashed.
THE packing of hogs in the west since
March 1 continues to show large gains
over last year.
AT the races in Detroit horse named
Jack broke the worlds record in the
free-for-all trot, his time for the three
heats being 2:1334, 2:154, 2:153l.
| The Western baseball league has dis
banded
| PRESIDENT HARRISON sent to the SEN
| ate the name of Andrew d. White, of
New York, as minister to Russia; A. L.
Snowden, of Pennsylvania, as minister
to Spain, and TruXtam Beale, of Cali
fornia. as minister to Greece.
ROBERT and Ernest Soltau, brothers,
engaged in the india rubber trade in
New York and Hamburg, were drowned
by the upsetting of a boat while en-
route to Long Branch from New York.
| A TERRIBLE tornado swept over the
mining town of Hiteman, Ia, and at
least twenty dwelling houses were
wrecked and as many were unroofed.
Several persons were injured, one man
fatally.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
|
week ended on the 22d aggregated
S1,o52, BOG, 769, against 81, lao, ,35G, $50 the
previous week. The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 1916.
BELLE HAMLIN and Globe trotted a
mile at Detroit, Mich, in 2:13, lowering
the team record a quarter of a second
In the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 22d numbered 1877, against 100 the
preceding week and 254 for the CORE
spending week last year.
TWELVE stores and shops, including
the post office, were destroyed by fire
at Yreka, Cal.
SIMON JACOBS attended picnic at
Buffalo and allowed men to throw base
balls at his head for five cents throw.
One of the balls thrown struck him in
the forehead and killed him almost in
stantly.
THE main plant refinery, warehouse,
etc, of the Waters Pierce Oil Company
at st. Louis were burned, the loss be-
ing 100000.
Gus WILLIAMS (colored), one of the
three convicted murderers of August
Meyer last January, was hanged at
Savannah, Ga. He died protesting his
innocence.
AT Rushton's Corners, Ont. Mrs.
Jeremiah Rushton was killed by light
ming while she was at the telephone,
during fierce storm, inquiring of a
neighbor as to the safety of her chill
dren.
j. j. BowLEs, a merchant at Reed
vile, Ark, shot and instantly killed
two men, one named Wilcox and the
other named Ace, who had entered his
store to kill him.
The Pinl<erton brothers were given
an opportunity to explain and defend
the working of their system by the
special congressional committee in
Washington. Robert Pinkerton said
his men at Homestead, Pa, did not
shoot until forced to do so, and said
the acts of the strikers after his men
surrendered was a disgrace to savages.
He also said he did not shirk response
bility for any of his acts in that or any
other strike.
HENRY CLAY FRIcK, manager of the
Carnegie interests in Pittsburgh, Pa,
was shot and also stabbed and danger
ously wounded by Alexander Berk.
man, Russian Jew, who was cap
tured and who said he came from New
York TO kill Mr.. Frics. 1t was thought
that Mr.. Frick would recover
IT was reported that striking miners
In Idaho had sworn to kill thirty of the
leading mine owners of Ceur d'Alene.
FIVE guests at dinner party given
at the Cable house, Salisbury Beach,
Mass, were dead, and six more were
dying from eating butter beans that
were not fresh.