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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
THE WIFE OF COLUMBUS.
She Was a Member OF n Noble Italo-Por
tuguese Family.

She Was Member OF n Noble Italo-Por-
tugueso Family.
Columbus allied himself by marriage
with an Portuguese family. She
whom he was to choose and take to
wife was named Felipa Muniz Pere-
trello.
She belonged to a noble house asso-
cated with Dom Henry, of Ariz, in his
explorations and discoveries as well be-
cause of their family station as by the
grace of the infante.
Laws like those which in chemistry
govern the affinity of combining atoms,
in social intercourse produce personal
affinities The greatest of all discover
ers was himself destined to wed the
daughter of discoverer.
Colum bus often went to mass on Sum
days and other obligatory days. His
residence in Lisbon being near the con-
vent of All Saints, he resorted thither
to perform his devotions, and in his as
siduous attendance there it was his
fate to be attracted by Dona Felipa
Muniz until he sought and obtained
her in marriage.
The affection of Columbus for the
young Lusitanian doubtless possessed
practical features also in view of the
sailors desire to live for the realiza-
ton in his ripper age of the work al
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22

These, with the father of Lettle as
doorkeeper and general manager, mace
UP the "Ringold Brothers Amusement
Aggregation" which SO de lighted the
people of the prairie towns.
Our county fair managers were deter
mined to have something unusually at
tractive, and l, the farmer-preacher OF
the neighborhood, was sent to make ar
rangements, if possible, for the appear
ance of the aggregation" There was
little outside amusement on the pralrles
in the early days, and found the whole
of the adjoining county, apparently,
surrounding the strangers when hrst
saw them. The girl twas slender, dark,
and supple. The "brothers" as unlike
as the poles-one, Dane, heavy, strong,
and firm muscled; the other, a mere boy
in appearance, with clear blue eyes and
delicate features.
There had been an accident during
the afternoon exhibition, and George
had been hurt. He lay on bunk in
the rear of the tent after the crowd had
dispersed.
Much hurt, my boy?" asked visi-
tor.
'Shook up some. My bones ache
pretty bad"
What was the matter?"
9TH parachute didn't work right, an
come down hard. We go up together
on tn trapeze bar, an Frank stays with
tn balloon while drop. Things didn't
go right to-day" -..
The dove trainer just then came in
and inquired as to the young balloon
lists condition. She put her hand on
his forehead, and flush sw pit over his
pale thin face.
"He wants her to marry him." the
boy said when she had gone out; ''and
her father wants it, too. She don't
know what to do"
"And you?"
81 want her, too, and he hates me
for it. The accident to-day did not
make him feel sorry"
The business manager entered, and
arranged for the company's appearance
at Plainville the next day but one.
A county fair in the west is unique.
There can be nothing like it, for no
where else can the people live under
the same conditions. 1t is not held in
grove of stately elms, but on level.
sunburned prairie, separated from all
the surrounding sunburned prairie
only by barb-wire fence. The rough,
unpainted sheds hold horses and cattle
from the settlers claims-the best they
have, but innocent of pedigree or reg
istry. Vegetables and fruit are scanti'
ly sheltered from the hot sunlight by
board awnings. horticultural hall is
never lacking, and is shed but one de-
gree better than that used for the stock
1T contains as motley a collection OF
curios as ever graced vanity fair
Every family in the neighborhood ha:
some heirloom of past and forgotten
greatness back in Maine, New York
Virginia or Illinois. These, with the
crude .bedquilts and sunfiower lamhre
quins of native handiwork, combine tC
make the display cosmopolitan and en-
tirely non-sectional
The attendants come in wagons fol
twenty miles around. They wear nj
sill1en gowns or feathered hats. Calico
ginghams, jeans, these are the materi
ais for clothing But all are happy
and the rustic maids and lads swing
hands and witness the mustang rae,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
recumbent figure, ''and, besides. I ana
.e..o frl,x, tho &allN ~

recumbent figure, ''and, besides. am
sore from the fall"
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Dane; sits
easy enough when things work right
This is no time to back out"
The youth groancd, and I could see
feeling of pity sweep over the dove
trainers face. She knelt beside him
and whispered something in his ear.
Danes face grew dark, and thought
he clinched his heavy fists tighter. In
moment the consultation was over
and the girl remarked, quietly: He
will go. Get ready"
She was dressed in half circus cos
| tune, and the little scene in the dingy
| tent seemed al most theatrical
The doorkeeper and ] went out to
the balloon, and the girl soon followed.
| Martin laid the trapeze of tho para
chute out on the prairie grass, and sta
toned sturdy young farmers at the
guys with sharp knives to loose the cap
tive balloon at the word.
Then the "Ringold Brothers" ap-
peared at the tent door, respondent in
red and white tights. The older was
yet angry, while the generous applica-
ton of paint given the cheeks of the
younger did not entirely conceal their
| pallor
The performers were suitably and
enthusiastically introduced to the crowd
as ''the greatest aerialists now on
earth;" and they took hold OF the ira
peze. and the word was given.
| With quick swish the guy ropes
were severed, and the balloon gave q
sudden tug to it's burden, lifting it
slowly away slsywari. So uncommon
was the sight out on the plains, that OF
the hundreds present not half score
saw three events that happened around
them almost in an instant.
AS the balloon lifted the parachute
and trapeze from the earth some ten
feet, Dane let go his hold on the bar,
and fell to the ground. The rising
mass gave a lurch, and leaped faster
upward. Already the long trail rope
had but few feet yet lying on the sun
burned prairie grass.
Like flash something red and blue
and spangled sped by us and seized the
rope, which just then was carried into
air. 1t was Mile. Marchon, and her
1.-THE little body was swaying back and
forth like a long pendulum at the end
of the strand, and steadily, hand over
hand she climbed upward, until, lust
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
THE SANTA MARIA.

From his drawings and the descriptions
of the days runs in the part marked
'incidents Of Columbus log" it is as
certained that these vessels had two
sets of sails, lateens for sailing with
bowlines hauled, and with lines for
sailing before the wind.
The same lateens servo for this double
object, in bending the sails half way
and hoisting them like yards by means
of top ropes. Instead of having the
points now used for reefng, these sails
had bands of canvas called bowlines,
which were unfastened when it was
necessary to diminish the sails.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS

ColumbOS, guiding STAR,
Through tracklcss seas afar,
To where there lay
A continent unknown,
Reserved for freedoms own,
With darkness overthrown,
Tho worlds new day. HI'tt
Through grand triumphal arch
Ho led the onward march
or this new age;
Here In this new found land,
Which stores OF wealth command
Inspired 10 purpose grand
Beyond presage.
To commerce he gave wings,
To realms of science swings
An open door; a.f
He broke the old worlds chains,
And linked the new domains,
With progress which remains
Forevermore.
His faith such deeds hath wrought
As are with grandeur fraught,
To men inspire.
Cut loose from ages past,
To future he held fast,
Nailed Cross to topmost mast
To lift man higher.
Four hundred years have sped,
Since he the vanguard led
To our new coasts; .f.".
Illustrious his name,
With still increasing fame.
To whom, in glad acclaim, Hu
Join our great hosts.
Rev. j. B. Smith, d. D., in Christian In
auirer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
SHE KNELT BEsIDE HIM.

obiiv,ous to their surroundings, so abb
sorbed are they in their own enjoy
ment.
From the moment of the balloonists'
arrival they were the observed of all.
Their tent was crowded with gaping
spectators, who gazed in wonder at the
seeming intelligence shown by the
trained doves.
In the meanwhile the dirt-covered
and smoiSe-stained balloon was being
slowly inflated over slow fire. Heated
air was to prove the lifting power, and
two hcnss ws.t by before the rolling.
tumbling mass OF canvas was ready for
tine ascension.
As aa acquaintance of the performers
i had been assisting in the imitation.
Suddenly 1 noticed that was left in
charge, while voices harsh and loud
came from the tent. i made my way
through the crowd and entered the can
vas doors. George lay back Cd a dirty
coverlid on the ground, his face paler
than ever, while the others stood
around him.
~ tell you am afraid" declared the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22

From a portrait in the Marine museum, Madrid.
have recently sought to prove that his
moral conduct would not stand the high
test of comparison with that of a
New England Sunday school teacher.
He was really so devoutly religious
that his signature is cipher, said to
mean "Servate-me, Xristus, Maria,
Yosefus, Christoferens."
In his later years he suffered from
gout, ophthalmia and other maladies
which his many hardships brought on.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
A Wonderful Experience.

The awe with which the small boy
looks upon retired mariner is proba-
bly, due to the marvellous experiences
the mariner remembers to have had.
An example of this extreme marvellous
ness came up recently in the course OF
a conversation between a lad of six and
an e1-sea captain.
"Capt. Skaggs, did you ever get your
leg bit off by shark?" asked the boy.
Ibid ], sonny?" he replied. Ibid II
Well, rather. Dozens Of timesl"-Har-
per's Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
S. a S
* NY J
KIP o FERENS
SIGNATURE OF COLUMBUS.

The oldest engraved likeness of Co
lumbus appears in Latin literary
work by Paolo Giovio (Paulus Jovius,
In Latin form), dated 1875 This wood
cut is thought to have been copied from
Q picture which Jovius had placed in a
gallery of notable people which he had
formed in his villa at Lake Como. The
collection is now scattered, but the por-
trait is known to have figured in it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS, second voyage.

The Oldest record Of Columbus sec
ond voyage to America, which occu-
pied the time between September, 149S,
and June, 1494. is a manuscript OF the
middle of the sixteenth century In the
Academy of History at Madrid. 1t ID
the narrative Of DIR. Chanca, the physi'
clan of the expedition.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
THE WIFE OF COLUMBUS.

THE WIFE OF COLUMBUS.
ready fully planned in the latter years
of his exuberant youth. Moreover,
crediting his contemporaries as we
should, the Incompatible pilot dis
played two traits capable of turning
the head will not say of Dona Felipa
but of every woman-eloquence and
personal attractiveness.
His many graces eaptivated her
senses, his eloquence her mind. Felipa
Muniz, daughter of Philippine Pere-
trello, and Christopher Columbus were
made one, in conformity with religion
and law, in holy indissoluble wedlock,
in the year 1471. The year following
their union son was born to them
who was baptized in Lisbon and named
Dieon --------
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
UP IN A BALLOON.
A Fair Girl Saves the Life of Her
Aeronaut Lover.

II L Y w L r 4
not brothers at
all, or w a 8
t h o ir n q m Q
Ringold y g t
lie t + e r S a d =
dressed "R l n =
gold Brothers,
Parachutists ~
reached them.
They had with
them a tent, IN
which appeared
n dove : trainer,
down on the
bill as mile.
Marchon," but
really lie t Il e
Martin as the
Ringold Broth
ers were really
Frank Dane and
George Settel.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS DEATH.
He Expired Robed In the somber Habit
of franciscan.

He Expired ROBBED In tho somber Habit
of franciscan.
The great worldfinder, to whose
memory much honor is due and given,
was in his time variously known as
Christopher Columbus, Cristobal Colon
and Christophoro Colombo. Colon is
the one which appears on the inner lid
of the small leaden case which contains
all that now is left of the mortal part
of the great navigator.
He, worn out with age, hard work
and bad treatment, died on May 90,
1905, at the age of seventy, and was
buried at Valladolid, in Spain.
The Feast Of the Ascension was the
day of his death; and he died robed in
Franciscan habit, as his beloved
queen and protector had done.
The cold and heartless Ferdinand
gave Columbus grand funeral, think
ing to do himself honor by it, and
seven years afterwards he reared to
Columbus marble tomb, whose in
scription has since become famous,
both for itself and the memory of him
who lay beneath.
His remains were afterwards taken
to Seville and placed with the body OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
PORTRAITS OF COLUMBUS.

They Are Almost hs NUMEROUS nH tho
Sands by the scashore.
The numerous portraits Of Columbus,
presenting such wide extremes of ap-
pearance as to seem absurd, yet have
enough features in common to provide
good material for creating a mental
picture of Columbus. In person he
was tall and shapely, long-faced aIss
aquiline, and had very pale gray eyes, In
early life his complexion was very fine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS BONES.


his son Diego in the monastery OF Las
Cuevas.
In 1886 they were exhumed-those of
father and son-and transported across
the Atlantic to the island of San Do
mingo. which had been named by Co.
lumbus Hispaniola and was the princi-
pal settlement of his own discoveries
in his own time.
In 1895, after the cession of San Do
mingo to the French, they were again
dug up and placed in the cathedral of
Havana. There they now repose under
apeculiar monument. There is a claim
that the real remains were not re-
moved.
There would be poetic justice in
placing the tomb of ColuIn bus in San
Domingo, the island with which his
greatest activity as discoverer is as
sociated, and the place where with the
timbers of his wrecked flagship he
built the first European habitation in
America. The chains placed on him by
Bobadilla during his imprisonment,
and which he declared should be re-
moved by no less authority than that
of his royal master and mistress, he
kept in his study afterwards as mem.
orial and ordered that they should be
| buried with him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22

MAN wants the earth, but 1t is the house.
keeper who gets the dust-Rochester Post
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22
Would he Worth a Fortune.

During a severe storm on Columbus
return journey from the new land he
had found he, feeling that his frail ship
must go down, committed narrative
of his discovery to the sea. What a
rich treasure it would be II it could be
fished up in its oil and tar envelope to
day aud given to the world,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-22

OLDEST ENGRAVING OF COLUMBUS.
taste and on principle; he may be added
to the list of great men who confined
themselves as far as possible to vege-
table diet and preferred water to wine.
He was scrupulously careful of garb
and person, even when he wore the
garb of an associate of the order of st.
Francis, as he did whenever circum-
stances permitted.
The record-union., 1892-09-02
Particulars of a Terrible Disaster
On Lake Superior.
PLEASURE STEAMER WRECKED OFF
WHTTEFISH POINT.
With a Moments Notice the Hugo
Craft Breaks in Two and Soon Goes
to the Bottom = The Owner, His
Wife, Children, Sister, in Law and
Twenty-One of the Crew Drowned.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

opeCldl 10 LI0 1lECORD-UNION.
SAULT STE. MARIE (Mich.), Sept. l.
The fish tug Emba arrived down to-
night having as passenger Harry Stew
art OF Alegnac, Mich. wheelsman, the
only survivor of the mammoth steel
steamer Western Reserve, which foun-
dered on Tuesday morning about 8
O'Clock sixty miles above Whitefish
Point EN- route to Keewenaw. The West
ern Reserve left Tuesday, having on
board as passengers Captain Peter Minch,
her owner; wife, children and sister-in-
law, beside the regular crew of twenty
two hands. The rest of the steamers s
short history and fatality is best told in
the words of Stewart, the only survivor
of the terrible disaster.
Everything went well until about
sixty miles above Whitefish Point" said
he, when the first warning of impend-
ing danger was a terrible crash, caused
by the huge craft breaking in two. She
took water fast and the yawl boats were
lowered. Captain Minch, his family, the
officers and crew to the number of seven
teen got into a wooden yawl and the others
took metallic one. The Reserve sank in
ten minutes, and before she went out of
LllC iliCldlllC dW1 CdpSlZDu. ne
other boat succeeded in rescuing two of
the occupants, and the nineteen survivors
started Tor Whitefish Point, sixty miles
away. Considerable sea blew up, but the
yawl weathered the breakers all night
and until o'clock next morning. When
about ten miles from life-saving station
No. 10, and about a mile from shore it
capsized.
Stewart says he saw none of the occu-
pants afterwards. The cries of the chill
dren, screams of the women and moan
ing of the men were terrible for few
moments. He struck for shore, and after
two hours in the water landed about ten
miles above the station, and had to walk
there before reaching anyone able to rem
der him assistance. Search failed to find
any trace of any other survivor of the
wreck, and there seems to be no question
that all were drowned.
a dispatch from Deer Park SAYS three
bodies of the yawl from the wrecked
steamer Western Reserve were cast up
by the waves near there to-day. One of
the bodies was that of Captain Minch,
owner of the lost steamer. He was iden-
titled by watch found on his person.
The two other bodies were unidentified.
one being that of a pretty and dark
barred laQy.
The record-union., 1892-09-02
SENSATIONAL CASE.
Suit Involving a Portion of the Ense-
NADIA Grant.

Suit Involving Portion of the Ense-
NADIA Grant.
SAN DIEGO. Sept. IA sensational
case. involving portion of the Ensenada
grant III Lower California, and which in
cludes the townsite of Ensenada, was
filed last night by Sonora Ruiz Mayto-
rena, the only surviving heir of Lieuten-
ant j. M. Ruiz of the Spanish army.
against her daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Bur
ton of this city. Plaintiff is 81 years old
and lives here with her son. Both are
estranged from defendant because of the
property dispute.
The land in question was originally
eleven square leagues and was conferred
upon Lieutenant Ruiz July, 1904. by the
King of Spain for gallant services. In
1897 the mother removed from the penin-
sula to San Diego and in 1869 the patent
to the grant was secured. The Sonora
claims that she and two sisters, since de-
ceased, signed paper for her daughter to
secure said patent away back in 1853, but
three years ago she learned the paper was
really deed conveying to her daughter
their interest in the grant. She also de-
nies having given Mrs. Burton power of
attorney to dispose of the three square
leagues.
Plaintiff recites that she could not read
or speak English, and did not know the
contents of the paper, which were written
in said language, but relied on her daugh-
ter's representations. She claims that
Mrs. Burton got a patent in her own
name, and has received $4,000 or more
for the rents and proceeds of the land and
declines to reconvey any portion or profit
to plaintiff. The mother therefore. asks
that the deed be declared void and that
the daughter be made to reconvey to her
an account for rents, etc., and if she re-
fuses to have a special Commissioner ap-
pointed by the court to adjudicate the
matter.
The record-union., 1892-09-02
The Third Days Races Draws Out
a Large Attendance.
INTERESTING EVENTS BUT RATHER
SLOW TIME MADE.
The Mariposa County Jail Destroyed
by Fire-A Prisoner Confined
Therein Believed to Have Perished
Throughout Arizona = Sensational
Land Suit at San Diego.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN
MARYsvILLE, Sept. 1.-The third day
of the races drew out very large attend
ance at the track, and proved 10 be a har-
vest for the poolbox and mutuals. The
weather was exceptionally fine, but the
track was considered about two or three
seconds slow, the directors not having
done as much in making improvements
as was expected.
In the first race, running, one mile, best
two in three, for purse of $3.50, there
were but Two starters, Captain AL. and
Reverie. Al. was favorite and won cas-
lily. The time of the heats was 1:50 and
1;46.
The pacing, 2:27 class, purse of $500, had
five starters, Frenchy, George Wopple,
Bessie H., Falrose and Flora B. Falrose
sold favorite at SIS, Flora at $40 and the
field at $S. 1t took five heats to decide
the contest, and kept the betters busy
hedging and booking" The favorite
took the first heat in 2:25. Frenchy, a
held horse, took the next two in 2:26 and
2:24. Falrose took the final two heats
and race in 2:224 and 2:242. Frenchy got
second money and Flora b. third money.
having finished second in the three last
heats. Bessie III. was fourth in the race
and Wopple was shut out in the last heat.
The trottlng race, best two in three, for
two-year-olds, for a purse of $3.50. had
three entries-Wild Victor, Directory
and Escort. Escort sold favorite, and was
an easy winner; losing the second heat.
however, by foul driving. In the first heat
Directory was shut out. Time, 2:49-2:40
-2:46
The special trot for purse of $3.50, be-
tween Melrose, Waterford, Cubit and
Hattie B. found some sensational pool
buyers, Cubit and Waterford selling at
$40 each to $40 for Melrose, and Hattie in
the field. Waterford took the first heat,
and the field horse, Melrose, the next
two, after which Cubit took one, and
darkness caused postponement until
tomorrow.
Many kicks have been made against the
drivers in this race, and one change was
MADE.
PETALUMA RACES.
PETALUMA, Sept. 1.-Hazel H. won the
pace for the 2:25 class, begun yesterday,
Chris Smith getting second money, Bos-
well third. Fastest time, PIG.
Running event, eleven-sixteenths of
mile, for three-year-olds Tyona won,
Pat Carroll second, Inkerman third.
Free for all two-year-olds, won by
Avena Cascade. The fastest heat was
trotted in 2:90.
Three-year-old trot, won by Peko, Nor
lander second. Fastest time. 2:27.
District 2:40 trot, the first heat was won
by Lenmar Antio, Richmond second.
Lady Arlington distanced. Lenmar came
IN first in the second heat. Time, 2:25.
Postponed until tomorrow.