Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-11-03
The News Condensed.
Important intelligence From All Parts,
DOMESTIC,

come tax.
An equestrian statue of Maj. Gen.
George B. Mcclellan was unveiled at
Philadelphia with imposing ceremony.
STERN & Co., New York shirt manu-
facturcrs, failed for $3.50, 900 and Louis
S. Stern, one of the partners, drowned
himself.
THOMAS PURDY, Dayton, o., had for
nearly week been in cataleptic
trance, his body being as stiff as
poker.
Two MEN lost their lives in prairie
fire which swept through portions of
Cherry and Grant counties, Neb., burn
ing over strip of country so miles in
width and destroying hay stacks,
homes, and in some instances stock.
The president has recognized the
consuls and vice consuls of the new
consular service of the Hawaiian re-
public.
CAPT. r. II. PRATrs annual report of
the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian school shows
successful year. There were Coz pu
pills there.
Gov. WILLIAM c. RENFRow, of Okla
homa territory, in his annual report to
the secretary of the interior says the
territory has a populat ton of 100000.
The taxable valuation of the territory
is $40, ,941, ,922. The governor recon-
mends the admission of Oklahoma and
Indian territory as one state.
A NEW counterfeit So treasury note
with the Thomas head was in circula~
tion in Rochester, n. y.
The eastern anthracite coal sales
agents decided to advance prices twen-
ty-five cents on stove and fifteen cents
on other sizes.
FLYING JIB paced an exhibition mile
in 2:0319 at Louisville, Ky.
FRED DOUGLASS addressed the Amer
can Missionary association at Lowell,
Mass. He said the negro still needed
n helping hand.
A UNION COUNTY On. J.) grand jury
brought in a presentment against
churches and societies which run lot
teries at festivals.
A DAUGHTER of Squire Hause, of JEFF
fersonville, Ind, who has married 5000
eloping couples, eloped with Roy
Howard and was married.
The statistician of the United States
department of agriculture has made
the following cotton crop estimate:
Acres planted in 1898, 10, 525, 600; num-
Der of bales harvested, 7,49S, ,OoO
THE sudden extinguishment of the
lights caused a panic in Mobiles opera
house at Tiffin, O., and a number of
persons were badly injured.
j. j. REITHMAN and j. j. Reithman
g. Co., wholesale druggists in Denver,
failed for $500,
IT was announced that foreign Off
cials would cooperate with the United
States in keeping criminals from emil
grating to this country.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 26th aggre-
gated SOIL ,91S,3 1925, against $3.50, ,045, 900
the previous week. The decrease. COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1898, was s.
A TEN-ACRE tract of hone stone,
valuable mineral, has been discovered
in Hardin county, Ia.
A DECREASE of S14,2sl $780, of which
$40, 600, 600 is in the item of pensions,
is shown by Secretary Smiths esti-
mate of appropriations for the next
fiscal year.
ELI KRoUsE and Edward Wardneese.
mill-owners, were run over and killed
by train at Reelsville, Ind.
ONE man was killed and eleven
others entombed by cavern in the
Pewabic mine at Iron Mountain, Mich.
| Miss AGNES JONES, who took claim
in Oklahoma, fatally shot Sam Bar
tell, who had jumped the claim during
her absence.
AN unknown man started prairie
fires in Nebraska which destroyed sew
eral lives and vast amount of prop
erty.
STIRRED to action by recent mur-
der, people OF Milwaukee will close the
saloons in the vicinity of the soldiers
home.
SEVEN officials of Justices courts
were indicted at Denver, Col, for forg-
ing names on witness certificates and
defrauding the county out of thou
sands of dollars.
ACCORDING to a decision rendered at
Kansas City, Mo-, by Assistant United
States District Attorney Draffen, all
laws for Furnishing repeaters at the
polls have been repealed.
|
JAMES j. WooD, poor carpenter of
Springfield, o., returned from Ireland
with 100000, his share of the estate of
ancestors.
JUDGE WILLIAM BROOKS. so years old,
one of the south's most eminent jurists,
dropped dead ut his home in Blrming-
ham, Ala.
OFFICERS of the Omaha (Neb.) ma
tional bank were endeavoring to ferret
out thief who had stolen large
amounts from its safe ty vaults.
THE post Office at Roaring Springs,
Pa, was robbed by unknown men,
who secured $4,000 stamps and S4OO
cash.
The Cunarder Lucania has again
beaten herself, making a trip across
the Atlantic in days, Z hours and 23
minutes, the fastest ever made.
You've HAMMETT, Ia years of age,
committed suicide at Columbia, s. C.