Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-06-17
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC,


neers, for 100000 damages for alleged
encouragement of the recent strike on
the Ann Arbor road at Toledo will COM
mence at Cleveland September IS.
THE International Supreme Lodge of
Good Templars in session at Des
MONIES, Ia, elected d. II. Mann, of New
York, right worthy grand chief.
THE Kentucky Legislature defeated b
bill to move the capital to Louisville,
thus ending finally fight for removal
that has been going on for forty years
THE suspensions We're reported of the
Farmers and Merchants bank at Fair
mount, Ind, the City bank at Parsons,
Kan, the Exchange bank at Weston,
O., and the First national bank at Kan
sas City, Kan.
The International Typographical
nnlon in session in Chicago for the
third time made w. B. Prescott, of
Toronto, president.
The Lone Star Iron company of JEFF
ferson, Tex. failed for 100000.
AT meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Union Theological seminary
in New York it was decided by a unan-
imous vote that Rev. DIR. Charles A.
Briggs should continue his work in the
department of Biblical history as hith-
erto.
THE Indiana and Arkansas state build
ings and the German building on the
worlds fair grounds We're dedicated.
THE seventeenth international and
second worlds convention of Sunday
school workers will be held in st. Louis
from August 81 to September 6, inclu
sive.
TEXAS women have by their energy
completed the state building at the
worlds fair which the legislature failed
to provide for.
MANY wheat fields in Kansas have
been ruined by the chinch bug, and
since the wheat cutting commenced the
bugs have gone to the corn.
FIGURES show that the savings banks
in the United States contain $780,
600, ,O0O
FRUIT sheds of the Louisville & Nash
vile road at New Orleans We're de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being 500, 600.
j. w. FLOOD, ex-cashier of the Dono-
hoe-Kelly banking company at San
Francisco, was convicted of embezzling
S164,000.
nDURING the week ended on the 10th the
leading clearing houses in the United
States reported exchanges amounting
to s1,0S1, ,364, 527, against 81, 156, SS4, ,S5S
the previous week. As compared with
the corresponding week of 1892 the de-
crease was 90.
MANY houses were blown down at
oil
tornado.
THERE were 31S business failures re-
ported in the United States during the
seven days ended on the 10th. In the
week preceding there We're S22, and dur
ing the corresponding time in 1892 the
number was 1853.
AT Fairfield, ILL.,, z. Bonham, bank
er, made an assignment with liabilities
of s125, 600.
THE total value of the exports of
merchandise from the United States
during the year ended May 81, 1898,
was SS+S,313, S45, and during the corre-
spending period of the preceding year
81 ,022. 9S4, ,545, decrease of STA go, 700.
The value of the imports during the
same period was 1886, 9O1, ,2S7 and $685.
S,119, respectively, an increase of
S10S, ,053. 16S.
THE dry goods store of Bauer, Foster
& Co. at Dayton, o., was burned, the
loss being 100000.
THE international Typographical
union in session in Chicago decided to
demand a nine-hour work day for all
printers employed in the United States
and Canada on book and job work.
THE Gcnesee Oil company of Buffalo,
n. Y, made an assignment with liabili-
ties of s300,000.
M. Fox & Co., New York importers
of diamonds, have been driven to the
wall with liabilities of S141,OOO.
MAY CoLvIN, who, though but Is
years old. has been arrested nine times
| for horse stealing, escaped from the jail
| at Carthage, Mo-, by saving an iron
| bar with fork.
Mrs. JOHN HERMEs was chloroformed
| and robbed of S325 while riding to Gin,
cinnati on an Ohio & Mississippi train
The supreme lodge of the Indepen
dent Order of Good Templars in session
at Des Moines passed resolution de
manding enforcement of the prohib
itory law in the worlds fair district
| The Methodist church and severa
dwellings at Dundoff, Pa, were de
stroyed by fire, the total loss being
sl5O,OO0
WINKLEY, DRESSER & Co., Bostor
stationers, failed for S150,000.
The Sons of the American Revolu
ton in session in Chicago elected Gen
Horace POI ter, of New York, as presi
dent.
GEORGE DRlER, a Polish Jew wht
murdered Mrs. Fannie NJ. Fadden a
Cape Charles, Va, October l6, 1891, wa
hanged at Eastville, Va.
DURING the twelve months endec
May 81 the exports of gold from th
United States amounted to 1928, ,095, Al
and the imports $50, ,65s, ,725; excess o
exports, Sl02, 436,72S. During the cor
responding twelve months last year tn
exports of gold amounted to S4S, ,SSs, %
and the imports $40, ,4Ss, 1874; excess o
imports, $600,110.
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