Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-01-07

during the days of the rebellion.
MASKED men gained entrance to the
Jail at Greenville, Ala, and took John
Hipp and Charles Kelly out and hanged
them. They were charged with the
killing of Tax Collector Armstrong.
A MERCANTILE agency in New York
says that the year 1892 was the most
prosperous ever known in business. In
New York the excess of merchandise
exports has been not far from $40, 00O,-
900, with the largest imports and the
largest total of exports and imports
ever known in any year.
The aggregate of United States cur.
rency, fractional and otherwise, esti-
mated to have been destroyed since
1862 and not likely to be presented for
redemption is Sl4, 00O OOO
FLAMES at Evansville, Ind, that
started in G. w. Warrens music house,
caused loss of 100000
The year 1892 was remarkable for
fewer failures than have occurred in
any other year since 1886, the number
reported being 10. 344, or 2,029 less than
in 1901. The Indebtedness of firms
failing was but S1l4,000,000 in 1892,
against $3.50, 900, 900 in 1891 and about
the same in 1890. The average liabili-
ties of firms failing in 1892 has been
only S1l. 900. the lowest average report
ed since 1878.
BY the explosion of plum ber's gas
oline stove in a house at Orange, Mass,
caused by placing it on the top of
hot cooking stove, five persons were
badly injured.
The discovery was made that the
timber on 5000 acres of school lands in
Mcdonald, Christian and La Clede
counties, Mo-, had been stolen.
S. V. WHITE, who fifteen months
ago failed on the New York board of
trade for $500, 900, has settled in full
with his creditors.
THE Cunard steamer Umbria arrived
in New Yorl, eleven days overdue. The
delay was caused by a brcakage in the
machinery.
JOHN LADD, living at Carpenter, Ala.
threatened to kill the family of. james
Reid, when a young son of Reid seized
shotgun and discharged it full in
Ladd's face. blowing both of his eyes
out.
A. II. FAIRcHILD, one of the most
sleillfull marine divers in the country,
was killed while 35 feet under water
by an explosion of dynamite which he
was preparing for blast at a pier in
New York.
DURING the year 1892 in this country
STA lost their lives by drowning, AS
in cyclones and storms. Its in fires,
100 in explosions, SIS in mines, 36S by
lightning and 655 by falling buildings,
etc. Total, 7,725.
THE embellishments of the past year
in the United States aggregated SS,s37,-
54T, against $40, 72O, ,204 in 1891 and S.
622, 956 in 1890.
ARCHIBALD BARTLETT was killed and
Maggie Kelley fatally injured while on
their way to be married at Lexington,
Mass, the carriage they were in being
struck by a train.
THERE was great excitement at West
Liberty, o., over the posting of white
cap notices ordering all negroes to
leave the valley forthwith. The at.
tempt of a negro to marry white girl
is the cause.
The sugar crop of the south the pas,
year is estimated at 1S9, 500 tons, which
will call upon the United States fol
81, 5SO,OOO bounty, against Sc, ,SS2, 59(
paid last year.
GoLDDUsT, the first 5-ycnr-old stallion
to trot Il mile in a:25, died at Louisville
KY, of old age.
THE number of persons who com
mitted suicide in the United States dur
| ing the year 1892 is $500, against 1881
4 81 IN
The total is much larger than that O
any of the eleven preceding years. o.
| this number j, ,055 were males and so;
| females.
The loss of life by railroad disaster;
| in this country for the year 1892 i:
| 4,42S, against 3,261 in 1891 and S,42'
in $780,
| THE total fire losses in the United
States during the year 1892 was S156,
324, 535. against Sl66, o47,O 900 in 1891
sos, 412,6 in 1890, Slab, 9O2, ,O70 in 1883
slOO. 900, 600 in 1883, $3.50, 600, 900 in 1887
and S115. 200, 900 in 1856.
| ALTHERMER BROTHERS, wholesale an
retail dry goods dealers and planters a
Pine Bluff, Ark, failed for 100000
assets 100000.
A sAwMILL boiler at Oakdale, O.
exploded, blowing the building t
atoms and killing Frank Smith an
Lou f. Miller.
THE total number of murders CON
mitted in this country in 1892 was 6,79l
as compared with 5,906 last year, 4,29
in 1890 and 3, ,567 in 1889. The numbe
of .cgal executions during the year wa
lO7, as compared with 1913 in 1891 an
102 in 1890. Judge Lynch executed 2S
victims, 231 men and 8 women, an il
crease over last year of Al.
On the Great Northern railway nea
Java, Wash, asnow-plow was wrecke
and four trainmen were killed.
KIRKwooD, MILLER e Co., wholesal
dealers in agricultural implements {
Peoria, ILL.,, failed for 5000, 600; assets
S162, 900.
CALDWELL & PETERsoN's corrugatin
w orlss at Wheeling, w. Va, were d'