Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-06-17


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FREIGHT trains collided on the Balti-
more & Ohio road near Cameron, w.
Va, and Engineers Dean and Kinney,
Fireman Clem Fisher and two other
trainmen were killed.
AN attempt to hold up an express
train near Council Bluffs, Ia, was frus-
trated by the fireman turning the hot
water hose on the would-be robbers.
In general fight in the lumber town
of Edgerton, Ind, Lewis Boyer and
Hugh Coye, proprietors of the only sa-
looms in the place, were killed.
THROUGH an error of government sur
vey g. strip of Texas land embracing
$4,000 acres was included within the
boundaries of Oklahoma.
Mr.. AND Mrs. e. G. EAMEs drove in
front of an express train at Rock Island,
ILL.,, and both were killed. They leave
several small children.
A FIRE destroyed the Adams building
in Chicago, causing loss of s172,0OO to
O. W. Richardson, carpet dealer, and "a
loss of over 100000 to other business
firms.
In Wisconsin the towns of Virginia
and Mountain Iron were destroyed by
forest fires and the towns of Mesaba,
Biwabill and Merritt were partially de-
stroyed.
WARREN, James and John Keaton
(brothers) We're drowned while bathing
in the river at Merrill, Wis.
COMPLETE official returns of the Chi
nese registration under the Geary act
el, hot Of l,
United States Is, 1S9 have registered.
A. S. ARNOLD, of Leavenworth, Kan,
shot his wife fatally and then put two
bullets into his own head, killing him
self instantly. Jealousy was the cause.
WILLIAM HIPEs, a wealthy farmer,
and his wife and daughter were killed
by the cars at railway crossing near
their home at Charlottesville, Ind.
AS THE result of quarrel of long
standing over a line fence William Kuy-
kendall, a farmer near Otterville, Mo-,
killed w. III. Smith and then shot him
self.
MARTIAL law was proclaimed in Tona-
wanda, n. Y, because of strike of lum-
ber showers
CHEF JUSTICE FULLER of the United
States supreme court and his associates
in the circuit court of appeals, Judges
Bum and Allen, gave decision in ia
vor of the Sunday opening of the worlds
fair, and in the event of no further le-
gal complications Sunday opening was
permanently assured.
WHILE attempting to board a train at
Liberty, Ind, Jack Kain and John Gear
Were thrown under the wheels and
killed. Each leaves widow and two
little girls; each was 35 years of age;
each was Catholic, and each had just
SIS when killed.
LYLE KELLOGG, Will Ford and John
Gay, well known young men, We're
drowned in the bay near Washburn,
Wis, by the capsizing of yacht.
THE Racine (Wis.) Hardware Manu-
featuring company failed for s300,OOO
DAVID BLACKBURN was sentenced to
prison for life at Columbus, O., for
stealing three chickens. 1t was his
third offense, and the law makes a
third sentence life one.
In quarrel over girl at dance
near Louisville, KY, John Nagles shot
and killed John and Jake Shelley
(brothers).
president CLEVELAND has issued an
order assigning army officers to act as
Indian agents,
EXPoNENTs of banking, finance, rail
way, commerce. board of trade, insur-
ance, building and loan associations
and mercantile credits met in Chicago
and inaugurated the worlds congresses
of commerce and finance
THE Kanawaha Lumber company at
Boston failed for s7S5, 800, pulling down
with it w. III. Leatherbee s. Son with
liabilities of S217 900 and A. F. Leather
bee & Co. with liabilities of s231, 900.
BECAUSE of Sunday opening of the
worlds fair Bishop Merrill says the
general commission of the Methodist
denomination will issue manifesto
withdrawing the Methodist exhibits
from the fair within two weeks and
asking the 5000, 900 members of the
church to keep away from the eXposi
ton on week days as well as on Sun
days.
The mob which was supposed to have
lynched Lee Bennett at Gleason, Tenn.
hung Jim Harris, an innocent man. in
stead. Bennett was in Jail at Dresden
heavily guarded.
THE Capital national bank at Indian
apolis, Ina, which suspended one month
| ago has resumed business.
The George L. Squire Manufacturing
company at Buffalo, N. Y. failed fol
| 100000.
MILLER f. LENe, well-to-do farmer
near Napoleon, o., was stabbed anc
killed by his 16-year-old son Emanue
because he ordered the boy to go t.
| work
THE forest fires in the Mesaba iror
range in Wisconsin caused damage o
over 81 900, 600 and left nearly 1000 per
sons homeless and destitute. Report
from Ashland state that forest fire
were sweeping over miles of countr,
and hundreds of homesteaders were il
danger. John Meagher perished nea
Moquah and two children were burne,
to death at Sanborn and the tow
wiped out Similar forest fires wer
also burning over the whole uppe