Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-06-03

ported in the United States during the
seven days ended on the Goth. In the
week preceding there were 261, and
during the corresponding time in 1899
he number was 19S.
THE Brunswick state bank at Bruins
wick, Ga, where the state funds were
deposited, has failed
CHARLES FOSTER, ex.secretary of the
treasury and one of the most prominent
business men in Fostoria, o., made an
assignment with liabilities of $500, 900
and assets about the same, Stringency
in the money market was given as the
cause.
The Bank of Puyallup at Puyallup,
| Wash, closed its doors with liabilities
of $50, 600.
| THE children of the Brooklyn Sunday
| School union celebrated the sixty
fourth anniversary of the organization
by parading IN different parts of the
city with more than 65, 900 little ones in
| line.
WHILE fishing in Wall lake near
| Marshalltown, Ia, George Burgess,
Bert Corey and R. Corey were drowned.
A GOVERNMENT surveying party on
| the Colville reservation in Washington
was attacked by Indians and two of its
members We're killed.
A CYCLONE in Illinois wrecked many
houses, barns and trees at Rentchler,
Olney and Lawrenceville and injured
several persons
ROBERT ALEXANDER and LOUIS and
Howard Pugh, negro boys were hanged
at Tuskegee, Ala, for criminal assault
on Mrs. Cox, farmers wife. This was
the first legal hanging for this offense
in the state.
The father of Lou Trenck, who was
hanged by an Indiana mob in Jackson
county, has offered "a reward for the
conviction of the ringleaders.
THOUSANDS of people have been rem
dered homeless by the floods in north
west Louisiana and an appeal has been
issued for aid.
WARRANTS were issued for several
dishonest gatekeepers at the worlds
fair, from 5000 to 10000 souvenir tick
cts having been purloined daily.
THE sixteen foreign countries dissat-
istied with the single judge plan of
making awards at the worlds fair have
decided to enter into competition among
| themselves.
| Ia MARBLE bust of Harriet Beecher
Stowe, the famous author of Uncle
| Toms Cabin was unveiled in the Ii
brary of the Womans building on the
worlds fair grounds by Mrs. Isabella
| Beecher Hooker, her sister. The entire
work is gift of the women of Connec-
ticut.
The town of Blue Mound, Kan, was
nearly destroyed by tornado. Houses
were lifted bodily and blown away,
orchards were ruined, fences blown
down and vast damage done. Thomas
Higgins was killed.
TIE percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
follows: Pittsburgh, .652; Cleveland.
.64T; Brooklyn. .565; st. Louis, .542;
Philadelphia, .522; Boston, $50; Balti.
more, $50; Cincinnati, .462; Washing
ton, .44O; New York, .440; Chicago, .409i
Louisville. .214.
| THE heaviest rainfall in years oc.
Cured throughout Tennessee, Missis'
sippi, Arkansas and Louisiana and the
whole country was flooded and incalcu'
liable damage was done to planters.
OWING to the recent floods there was
said to be 10000 homeless and hungry
people in East Carroll, Moorehouse
West Carroll and Madison parishes ii
Louisiana, anG the sufferings and pri
vatlons they were undergoing were ap
palling.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs of Cheney, Kan.
raided the saloons and hotel bars, de
stroying the fixtures and spilling the
liquors.
HORTICULTURAL hall at Philadelphia
was burned, causing loss of 100000
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH made pen
sion ruling to the effect that applicants
must be incapacitated from manua
labor before they can be eligible to ;
pension.
On the Cass Lake Indian reservation
in Minnesota Shoe-wawaw-ge-sh, tn,
venerable Chippewa chieftain, wa
stabbed and instantly killed by an as
sassin. The chiefs relatives captured
the assassin and shot him dead.
THE sugar refinery at Baltimore
Md. was burned, the loss being 81, 200,
600; insurance, 1865, 900.
Rev. WILLIAM GRAHAM and wifi
while walking on the Central railroad
near Miner, Ga, were struck by al
ngine and both were killed.
THE worlds fair grounds were throw
open on Sunday and also all the mali
exhibit buildings except the Unite
States headquarters and the exhibit
from Great Britain and the British colo
nies. Eighteen state buildings wer
open and twenty-five We're closed.
THE firm of Weaver, Getz & Co, on
of the largest and most important i
the coal business in Chicago, has su'
pended with liabilities of 100000.
CHRISTIAN HABERKUs, aged ~, c
Roanoke, Ind, while temporarily il
sane killed his wife, aged TO- and the
! took his own life.
| WHILE playing with revolver Will
Knapp, of st. Paul, aged II years, she
and killed his sister, two years hi
junior.
f. IL. MILBURN, aged 80 son of tn
blind chaplain of the United State
senate, cut his throat with u razor