Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-08-05
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.


First national at Middlesboro, KY,
Traders ut Mount Sterling, KY, Bank
Of Sparta and NJ. A. Thayer e. Co. g
bank at Sparta, Wis, First national
and Montana national at Helena, Mont,
and the National granite state bank at
| Exeter, n. II.
SEVEN lives were lost and great dam
age to property was. done at Pueblo,
Col, by floods. Houses were swept
away by the torrent.
AS A result of the war against liquor
dealers in Brooklyn, Ind, George Moss
saloon was demolished by dynamite.
Moss detied the people.
NINE of the largest lead mines at
Aurora, Mo-, closed down to await de.
velopments.
More than 1000 men were thrown
out of employment by the closing of
the Strange silk mills at Paterson, N. j.
FLAMES destroyed thirty-four build
ings in the business portion of Fifeld,
| Wis, the loss being 100000
| JEwELRY manufacturers in Plainville,
North Attleboro and Attleboro, Mass,
have closed their shops, throwing 5000
persons out of work.
MAMIE HoYT, of Topeka, Kan, 10
years old, was arrested in Sioux City,
| Ia, for stealing horse and buggy
She travelled 200 miles before being
captured.
The mercantile houses of Neal Currie
at Tracy and Currie, Mimi, were
closed, the liabilities being 500, ,OoO
WILLIAM MARRIOTT, an indianapolis
| 1nNN -
against the government to test the le-
gality of the eight-hour law.
The American Tube & Iron company
of Pittsburgh, Pa, was placed in re-
ceiver's hands with liabilities of 81, 25O,-
900; assets, 81, 100000.
A HEAVY fall of snow occurred in
Brewster county, Tex.
The Wilmington (Del.) Dental Manu-
featuring company went into the hands
of a receiver with liabilities of 5000, 900.
w. II. IRVING, of Boston, committed
suicide in Chicago by filing his mouth
with powder and applying a match.
He left note saying he was tired of
life
WILLIAM q. TAYLOR was electrocuted
at Auburn, n. Y, for killing Solomon
johnson, fellow convict in Auburn
prison, on September 20 last.
The Goodwin pants factory at Evans.
vile, Ind, was burned, the loss being
$780, O0o
o. d. TAYLOR, manager of the Inter-
State Investment company at the Dalles,
Ore, was arrested on the charge of en-
bezzling $4,000.
S. H. MORRISON, an extensive lumber
| merchant in Philadelphia, failed for
500, OOO
SCHOOL elections were held in all of
the country districts in Kansas and the
woman vote showed an increase of 100
per cent.
| THERE were 1856 business failures re-
ported in the United States during the
seven days ended on the 2Sth. In the
week preceding there were 467, and
during the corresponding time in 1892
the number was III.
HARDY CALDWELL, of Middle Fork,
KY, killed himself and wife. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 2Sth aggree ated
1887, ,9SS,5o9, against s979, 1923 the
previous week. The decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1892, was 1O.7.
RAY EARL, so years old, started to
walk to Chicago from New London,
Conn, a distance of $50 miles, on
wager of 500 that he can cover the
distance in forty-two days.
HENRY MILLER (colored) was hanged
at Dallas, Tex, for the murder of Po-
liceman brewer; Alexander Brown (col-
ored) was executed at Bastrop, Tex,
for wife-murder, and Ida HERS (col-
ored) was hanged at Waterloo, S. c. for
the murder of her half brother.
A NEGRO named Isaac Harper was
lynched by a mob at Calera, Va, for
assault on white woman.
FIRE in the Union Indurated Fiber
compauy's works at Locliport, n. Y,
destroyed the entire plant. Loss, $780,
OOO
HALF of Wakeman, o., a town with
a population of 600, was DESTROYED by
fire.
LOUIS 1RIG, of Chadron, Neb., died
after continuous sleepof three months,
caused by exposure to violent snow
storm.
TRADE at all points was reported to
be restricted, but the outlook was more
hopeful.
The statistician of the interstate
commerce commission says railways of
the United States are gradually beng
amalgamated into a comprehensive sys-
TEN. a,fss
IN Mobile, Ala, Bolivar Hudson,
man SO years old, was convicted of a
murder committed twenty-four years
ago and given sentence of five years.
BY the explosion of pot of varnish
which was boiling in d Pittsburgh
saloon Joseph Hussell and Maggie
Mitchell We're killed AID three Others
were injured
IN a criminal courtroom at Russell
vile, Ala, Clark Richardson cut the
throat of John Ligon, Testimony in a
divorce case started the fatal quarrel
Two THOUSAND men were thrown out
of employment by the suspension of