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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24
LATTER.

AT Emporia, Kan, on the night OF
the 10Th Treadwell, a noted burglar,
wanted in Chicago, Cincinnati, Ken
lucky and elsewhere, and serving a
two-year sentence, sawed through three
sets of bars in the Jail and escaped.
THE Iowa senate on the Goth passed
the house bill requiring the American
flag to be displayed on every school
house in the state.
On the night of the 10th the post
office at Woodlawn, a suburb of Birm-
ingham, Ala, was blown up in mys-
terious manner and s14,00 worth of
property burned 1t is supposed to have
been done by robbers who, it is be-
lieved, used dynamited. All the post
Office money and stamps were either
stolen by robbers or burned.
THE president has appointed c. E.
Worden, of Delta, o., special agent
to make allotmcnts of lands in sever
atty to Indians.
THE keystone Rolling Mill Company
started it's plant at Pittsburg on the
goth, on a, strictly non-union basis.
None of the old puddlers returned to
work.
THE Second Congregational church,
the finest religious edifice in the city,
was destroyed by fire at Rockford, ILL.,,
on the Goth. Loss $4,000; insurance
$40, 600.
AT Rochester, N Y, on the Goth, fire
originating in the laundry of the Roch-
ester state hospital for the insane,
from unknown cause, destroyed the
huildinp known as the annex causing
loss of s75, 900. When the fire broke
out there was intense excitement
among the 450 inmates. Not person
was injured.
THE house committee on military af-
! fairs has ordered favorable report on
| the bill providing for the dedication of
| the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Ma
tional military park. The expenses OF
| the dedication is limited to 100000 and
the date fixed for Septem Der 10. 1895.
| The secretary of war is dire cted to ar
| range the exercises.
IN the senate on the Goth, Senator Daniel. o!
Virginia, concluded his speech on the subject ol
Hawaii which he began the previous day. He
| did not applaud every step taken by the Cleye
land administration, but he honored II for its
| brave and rugged honesty, and for Its having
| cherished above all things the honor or the
| country He declared himself now In favor OF
| the recognition OF the new government by the
American congress The remainder OF the
| open session was occupied In the discussion ol
| the bill TO provide additional accommodations
| for the government printing ONCE, No conclu
sion was reached and the senate, after an ex
| ecutive session adjourned. -. In the house foui
| attempts were made by Mr Bland TO secure G
| quorum 70 vote on taking up the seignloragt
| bill, but without avail and the house adjourned
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

GEN. EDWARD f. HINcKs died at
Cambridge, Mass, from wounds re-
ceived while in the civil war. He was
the first volunteer.
THOMAS j. PARKER, n '49er and one
of the captors of jeff Davis, died at
Allegan, Mich, aged 72.
UNCLE SEIGRANT, 107 years of age,
died at Dahlonega, Ga. AT the age of
9S he married for the first time.
A. HERR SMITH died at Lancaster,
Pa, aged 70 years. He served in the
Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty fifth,
Forty-six, Forty-seventh and Forty
eighth congresses.
RICHARD p. DANA, who went around
the world five times, died at his New
York home.
JULIA TUNIsoN (colored) died at
Newark, N. j., aged ia years.
In railway accident near Jelan
Russia, two engines and twelve car
riages We're destroyed, thirteen persons
killed and a large number injured.
THE National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation in session in Washington re-
elected Susan b. Anthony as president
JOSEPH KEPpLER, the caricaturist,
the editor and part proprietor of Puck,
died at his residence in New York, aged
80 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24
FOREIGN.

JAPANESE advices say that fire at
Kagoshima destroyed 500 dwelling
houses and four men were burned to
death.
PRESIDENT DOLE, of Hawaii, gives
United States in long letter to Min
lister Willis at Honolulu.
THREE shots we're fred by the Bra
lillian insurgents at a launch from the
United States war vessel Newark.
WHILE going from Port Albert to
Melbourne, Australia, the steamer
Alert was sunk and all but one of her
crew of fifteen were drowned.
WHILE the German cruiser Branden-
burg was on her trial trip near Stoller-
grund her boilers burst and forty-one
men were killed.
SEvENTY-F1vE Temachians were killed
in a battle with Mexican troops near
Elvia, and twenty-five who were made
prisoners were shot.
The American line steamship Paris
was disabled when two days out from
Southampton and was compelled to put
back.
THE death of King Lobengula was
confirmed The African monarch sue
cumbed to disease, not to British
bullet
FRENCH imports in 1898 amounted to
1896, 600, 900 francs, this being the first
year since 1888 that they have fallen
below 1900, 100000.
REPORTS that Brazilian insurgents
fired upon launch belonging to the
Newark, of the American navy, are
denied.
A BOMB found in one of the busiest
streets caused another Partisan sensa-
tion.
THE loss of the tug |illard off the
coast of Nicaragua with sixty souls
| on board was confirmed
FRANK RANDALL and his wife and
three children were drowned in the
river near Prisido, Mexico.
THE deaths from yellow fever average
sixty daily at Rio de Janeiro.
MINISTER WILLIS reply to President
Dole's letter, recently made public,
was given to congress, with other Ha-
waiian correspondence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24
A Destructive Cyclone.

WARREN, Ark, Feb. 20.-Saturday
evening dark rolling clouds were no.
ticed approaching from the southwest
1t was cyclone indeed and carried de-
struction in it's path. A number OF
dwellings, barns and other buildings
were demolished and the contents scat
tered. Dennis Crosby, a colored farmer
living five miles from town. suffered
the most. His mother, aged rs years,
was killed and all the family more or
less injured. Another man had his
dwelling blown down and the debris
piled up over the bed where his wife
and infant lay sick, and exposed them
to the beating rain.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

THE time of the United States senate on the
itth was consumed in tine discussion OF the
house bill compelling the Rock island Railroad
company TO stop its trains at the new
towns of Enid and Round Point in
the Indian territory. The nomination OF
Benjamin Lenthier, of Massachusetts,, who
has been three times nominated, and is now
serving without con irmation rs United States
consul OF Shorbrooke, Can, was rejected, In
the house Messrs. Quigg and Straus, mem.
bers.elect from New York city TO succeed
Messrs Fellows and Fitch, were sworn in. The
seigniorage bill wns further discussed.
In the senate on the 18th the newly elected
senator fromthe state of Mississippi (Mr Nc
Laurin) made his first appearance and took the
oath OF ONCE bill compelling railroads In
Indian territory. TO establish stations was
passed.. In the house the Bland seigniorage
bill was fur Their discussed.
WHEELER H PEoKHAMs nominatio for as.
sooiate justice OF the supreme court was re-
jected In the senate on the 10th by O vote OF IL
oS2 Senator Hoar introduced o bill for the
suppression OF lotteries. 1t defines the word
'1ottery,h which is made to embrace rnffies and
gift enterprises -. In the house Mr.. Curtis In
troduced q bill defining tho crimes Of murder
IN the first and second degrees, manslaughter
and criminal assault providing punishment for
them and abolishing the death penalty for
other offenses. An effort to Ak q time for vot-
ing upon the Bland seigniorage bill was de-
feated. The first evening session for the con-
sideration of pension bills was blocked by the
lack OF quorum
THE senate was not in.session on the 17th.. In
the house Mr. Bland was again unable to secure
@ quorum to close debate on the silver seignior-
age bill Mr.. Hicks (Pa.) introduced o bill for
the encouragement of the mining OF silver in
the United States and the formation of silver
guarantee banks. Eulogies were pronounced
on the late Represen entative Lilly, of Pennsyl.
vania
called up in the senate and Senator Daniel
dem, Val spoke in support of II. The nomi-
nation OF Senator Edward d. White, of Loui-
siana, as associate justice OF the supreme
court was received from the president and was
confirmed -. In the house the effort TO secure .
quorum to order the previous question on Mr..
Blands motion to close debate on the silver
seigniornRe bill WAS unsuccessful
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

THERE is only one portrait of Mary,
the mother of Cen George Washington,
in existence, and what is curious is
that none of the women who have been
writing about her and trying to raise
monument over her grave know of it.
Not long ago one of them published
life of the mother of Washington and
used an old picture of Dolly Madison as
a portrait of Mary. And all this time
there has been hanging in house on
Lexington avenue, New York, por-
trait of the illustrious woman, painted
while she was alive and authenticated
by documents
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

e. w. GILMAN, of Warren, O., has
succeeded in convincing a judge and
jury that'the Pullman Palace Car Co.
is responsible for the care of it's pa
irons property when left in Pullman
car. The plaintiff in the case had left
his overcoat on his seat long enough
for him to get lunch while returning
from the Worlds fair last summer. On
his return from the dining car his over
coat was gone. He demanded payment
from the company for the coat ON the
ground that it is the business of the
Pullman company's employees to take
care of its patrons property. He got a
Judgment
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

IT is said that while formerly Russia
used wood almost exclusively in rail-
way locomotives, the now prevailing
fuel is English and South Russian an
thracite and naphtha- Wood is largely
used lin South America, while in Bel
gium dust coal is extensively employed.
notably on the state railroads. Btu
minous coal is the prevailing fuel of
Australian locomotives, and in Austria
liza native anthracite deposits are in
successful competition with English
Goals
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

WEST VIRGINIA, with less than $780,
600 inhabitants, has but three cities,
and is essentially rural and half-set-
tied region. In spite of her enormous
wealth in timber and mines also many
of her counties number only a handful
of people. No West Virginia county
has $4,000 inhabitants, and only ten
have more than 90, 600. while nineteen
have less than 10000, and two less than
mn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

THE idea of bloodhound always
carries with it an idea of cruelty.
This is erroneous. Blood-hounds are
not as a rule cruel They are simply
trained to a blood scent Their mission
is to track fugitive, not to injure
The escaping convicts of the south are
rarely, if ever, torn or injured by the
pursuing hounds. If injury be inflicted
it is inflicted by the men who follow
the hounds
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

THE late George w. Childs neither
smoked, drank or swore, yet he as
sumed no moral superiority on account
of his exemplary habits. His guests
found wine upon the table for their
use, while their host would pledge
them in Appollinaris water for his
share of the toast
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

PROF. cabot, French veterinarian,
Is authority for the statement that
dogs often spread the disease of con-
sumption, that he had held many post
mortem examinations of dogs supposed
to have died of cancer and in every
case found that tuberculosis was the
cause of death. DIR. Cadiot insists that
people who have infected dogs about
them are almost sure to sooner or later
contract the disease.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

THE first hall belonging to 3he Negro
race in Western Pennsylvania was
opened a few nights ago on Arthur
street, Pittsburgh, in the presence of
500 colored citizens. The building and
furnishing cost $4,000. 1t was built
and is owned by c. w. Green, who was
once a slave.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

A NEW kind of fuel made from So
lidified petroleum and other materials
is now being extensively manufactured
in France. 1t is stated that its heat
producing properties are very great,
and that experiments to use it in engine
furnaces have been of most satisfac-
tory nature
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

PREPARATIONS are being made to
raise from the lagoon mud at Venice
the long lost Piazetta column, which
has recently been discovered, after hav-
ing lain there for eight centuries. 1t
was in 1850 that the Emperor Alexis
Commenus of Constantinople presented
three Egyptian monoliths to the city OF
Venice. Two were landed safely, the
third toppled into the lagoon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

ONE of the surgeons sent abroad by
the United States to inspect intending
emigrants at European ports say that
the knowledge of such inspection by
the United States made the steamship
companies extremely careful as to the
sort of steerage passengers they ac-
cepted. He inspected $4,000 passengers
and detained but two.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

FRANK GRIPPE, who has served eleven
years on life sentence for murder in
Indiana, was pardoned by Gov. Mat
thews.
THE thirtieth anniversary of the
founding of the Knights of Pythias was
celebrated in various portions of the
country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

CHEF QUANAL PARKER, of the Co
manche Indians, possesses some odd
traits of character. He occupies, with
his five wives, a handsome house of
thirty rooms near the reservation, and
whenever he leaves for a journey he
turns his wives out of doors because
they "have no more sense than to let
the house take fire and burn down in
his absence"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24
A MARsHAL1 county (Ala. J man dis

A MARSHALL county (Ala) man dis
covered burglar in his room. He
watched the man ransack every drawer
and trunk in the house, knowing that
The would fine nothing. Then, when
the disappointed burglar was about to
depart, he called to him and asked
him to lend him dolla The burg
lar, though taken by surprise, threw
him a dollar and departed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-24

GEoIeE MEREDITH says that the
Americans have a fine set of nerves and
more refined literary taste than the
English. These are strong words for
an Englishman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

II Is an old saying In financial circles
that when one is rich, IL Is easy 10 be-
come richer. The rich man has excel
lent opportunities for Increasing his
wealth, and he has the means TO avail
himself Of the opportunity presented.
Men OF influence. as we'll as man Of vast
means come under this category also.
The influential banker, railroad man or
lawyer, Is always sought after. His
name Is requested on the prospectus Of
. company, ia q circular soliciting
money for church and charitable OBJ
jects and on the application for position
or Office. There are hundreds Of rich
men throughout the country who are
daily hesiesed TO take part In some en-
terprise, subscribe 20 some project or
join In some philanthroPie or monetary
movement.
But this sort OF solicitation Is not al
ways made without any consideration
being involved. There Is a premium
attached 20 teese requests, provided the
man In question consents. The man OF
prominence is very busy. He cannot
afford 20 serve on q board Of directors
or lend his signature or Influence 70 an
enterprise for nothing. IL Is an object,
IN nearly every instance, TO get the
party interested, and therefore, 10 is
made an object for him TO become inter
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

His hair is fair, his beard thin, and he
is light and active. weighing not more
than one hundred and twenty-five
pounds.
General Titz John Porter is New
Yorker by birth. West Pointer by
education, and will be seventy-two
years OF age the 18th of next June. He
comes of military family, and he dis
tinguished himself and was wonneed
during the attack on the Beien gate, TAX
ing the City Of Mexico. In May, '6l, he
was appointed Colonel Of the Fifteenth
regulars, and from the first showed the
highest military talents. He command.
ed the Sixth Corps in the Seven Days
fight. and CALAMITY repulsed the enemy
al Malvern Hill. Pope brought charges
against him for disobedience OF orders.
He was tried and dismissed the service
by prejudlced court and on false evil
dence. One OF the noblnst acts OF Gen
eral Grants l,ie was his righting the
wrongs that had been done Porter and
lifting the cloud from his ilustrious
name. He is police commissioner 10
New York, and is popular and beloved
by large circle Of friends. He shows
but few signs of age. and could take the
field tomorrow.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

ossed. This statement. Of course, does
not refer 20 benevolent or religious
schemes. In such cases IL is expected
both money and influence will be con-
tributed TO the cause. But in the
scramble to. make money and float en-
terDrises, the value OF an influential en-
oorsementis recognized and Sppreciat-
ed aud the influence and endorsement
erspatd for.
To Get the right man as underwater
for anfndustrial concern, a subscriber
20 bonds or stocks Of new company, or
q director In reorganization, is the aim
OF the promoters and hackers OF all such
projects. There isn't q prominent man
Ia New York, be he tnancier, lawyer,
merchant or railroad magnate, who is
not constantly offered the biggest kinds
Of inducements If be will lend his name
70 something new, become president OF >
company that is about 20 Introduce a
valuable patent, or take his place on
the board OF directors Of freshly In
corpOrated bank, insurance company
or manufacturing establishment. Big
blocks OF stock are offered in consiera-
tiOn. He can be a fgure-head as preSi-
dent and draw large salary, IL he will
only serve and recommend the matter
20 his friends. III he will allow the use
Of bis name as a director Of a land com
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

Although q generation has pissed
since the close or the great civil war, 1t
is estimated that more than half the
men who participated in it from the
North and South are still living, and a
majority far from being old men. The
Youngest living soldier of the war, Cap
tain Klein Of the regular army, is about
forty-four, and the oldest is thought to
be General Neal Dow, OF Maine, who
has Just completed his niretieth year.
Some one has said that all good Amer
leans 60 TO Paris when they die, but be
that as il may, those who can afford 1t
prefer TO live in New York City, and
hero some of our most famous soldiers
died and other famous soldiers are still
residing.
GRAFT, and Sherman and Hancock,
lived in New York, and al three died
there, though few days before his
death Grant was hurried 10 Mount Nc
Gregor, near Saratoga, in the hope OF
helping him. Although the most con-
spicuous figures Oh both sides have pass
ed away,a large percentage Of the prom
inent survivors live in or near New
York City, and many OF them are still
active figures in the business, profess
sional and literary world. 1t would
crowd our space to give anything like
complete list Of those, or to more than
hint at names that have become his
toric, and the owners Of which can be
seen every day in the streets of the
great metropolis. still as eagerly fight
ing the battle Of life as If they were
only beginning the preliminary Skin
mish.
Not only by reason Of his position as
second in rank in the army of the United
States, but for his splendid record as
soldier and his stirling qualities as
man and citizen 20 be proud OF, Gen
eral Oliver Otis Howard, now in COM
mand of the Department Of the Atlantic,
with his headquarters on Governors
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

eral REYNOLDS, the first day at Gettys-
burg. subsequently he served with
distinction in Georgia, commanding
division in Howard's corps. After the
war, as an engineer officer, he was en-
gagged In moving the distractions In
New York harbor and the entrance to
the Sound. He was retired as briga-
dier-general, and is now commissioner
OF public works in New York City. He
is a man OF pure life, but is said to be
reserved and somewhat harsh In his
manners.
One OF the greatest social favorites IA
New York and Brooklyn is Rear Admi-
raj Daniel Lawrence Braipe. He was
born In New York in 1922, and ap-
pointed q midshipman from Texas.
His name is brilliantly associated with
the grandest exploits OF the navy during
the civil war, and he won every step OF
his promotion. For years he was 10
command OF the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
where his name became asvnonym for
hospitality. Although retired two years
ago, Admiral Brains Is as TT for duty
to-day as he was when he commanded
the Monticello in '6l,
Among the men WHO won reputA-
ton for dash and daring during the war
was General Woods Averill, now in his
sixty-second year, native of New
York and a graduate Of West Point.
Before the war ne had had some ex-
psrience in Indian fghting. As Colonel
OF the gallant Third Pennsylvania cavai-
~, he soon made name. The hills west
of the Shenandoah were the fields OF bis
exploits. Here. in the spring OF '6i, 70
quote himself, he marched, climbed.
Slid and swan $40 miles" in five days. ia
mid and with the enemy in hot
pursuit. He was several times wounded
and was with Sheridan in the closing
battles OF the war. he was for a time
our Consul at Montreal, but for years
has been engaged in the manufacture Of
steel. he is very popular socially, and
still LOOKS the eEvaIryman in every
movement.
Many Southern soldiers have won po-
sition and wealth ia Nav York since
the war. and among these is General
Thomas Jordan, who was born In Viz
gaia In 1919, and graduated With honor