Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-05-12

THE president has resigned from the
law firm of Cleveland, Stetson & Bangs,
of New York, with which he became
connected at the close of his first term.
BICYCLES are to be taxed at North
Bridge, Mass, the money to be used
for improving the roads.
THE First national bank of Sedalia,
one of the oldest financial institutions
in central Missouri, closed its doors.
The bank had capital of $3.50, 900.
BOLT of lightning struck wire
fence In a pasture near Crown Point
Ind, and killed eight horses which
We're huddled against it
THERE were 233 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 4th, against $50 the week
previous and 216 in the corresponding
time in 1898.
A cHARAvARI party broke into u Les
ter (Minn.) house on being refused
money with which to buy beer and
three of its mem bers were shot.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggre-
gated 1866, 2l9, 455, against SS5S, ,56S, ,059
the previous week. The decrease, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1898, was 800.
TRADE reviews report business as
smaller in volume throughout the
country.
JACOB Brown, negro convict who
murdered Frank Mackin, foreman at
the penitentiary, in 1892, was hanged
at jefferson City, Mo.
+ THE coke strike resulted in a bloody
riot at the Painter works near Scott
dale, Pa, in which fifteen persons, in
cluding number of women, We're
shot, some of them fatally.
THEsecret service of the treasury was
informed of the existence of IA new and
dangerous counterfeit of the two-dollar
treasury note. 1t is of the series of 1891,
check letter "B." The figure 80" in the
lowerright corner face of the genuine
is missing in the counterfeit
Mrs. MARGERY McINTYRE, aged rs,
was burned to death in fire which de-
stroyed the Glenn house at Rochester,
n. Y.
THE National Stove Manufacturers
association in session in Chicago elect
ed George ID. Dana, of St Louis, as
president.
A CYCLONE swept across the prairie
and through the heavy timber near
Royalton, Mimi, doing great damage
EX-MAYoR CREGIER has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the newly
tablished Indian supply warehouse in
Chicago.
+,n ~f +1,ah hoe ,1, l..
in the national league for the week
ended on the 9TH were: Cleveland, .S1s;
Boston, .692; Baltimore, .692; Pitts
burgh, .667; Philadelphia, .571: ST.
Louis, 800; New York, 1862; Cincin-
natl, 400; Brooklyn, 1856; Louisville,
1864; Washington, .214; Chicago. 200.
REV. T. DEWITT TALMAGE completed
his twenty-five years of continuous
service as pastor of the Brooklyn taber-
nacle.
Miss FLORENCE KELLY, inspector OF
Illinois factories, reports having found
in five months 6, 576 boys and girls un-
der 16 at work.
Mrs. DEWITT EDWARDS wife of a
farmer at Honey Creek, Mimi, while
temporarily insane poisoned herself
and a 10-year-old child by putting
arsenic in chocolate.
In thirty minutes hail and rain.
storm at Iowa City did 500, 900 damage.
At Maine station dozen houses were
blown down and one woman died from
injuries received.
THE w. n. Whitley reaper and mower
works at Muncie, Ind, were destroyed
by fire, the loss being s245,0o0, with nc
insurance.
A BAND of kidnapers was supposed tc
be at work in st. Joseph. Mo-, as five
children had disappeared within two
days.
A STORM in Luzerne county, Pa.
caused loss of over 100000.
TAHOE CITY, on the shore of Lake
| Tahoe, CAL, consisting of about fifty
houses, two hotels, stores, etc. was de
stroyed by fire.
TWELVE indictments were returned
by the grand jury as a result of the in
vestigation into alleged election frauds
in Chicago.
A HUT at Miles switch, near Ell
dorado, Ark, in which was negro
sick with smallpox, was burned by ,
mob and the colored man was ere
| mated.
THE visible supply of grain in tn,
United States on the 7th was: Wheat
IS, 1853, 600 bushels; corn. 1o,35a, 900 bush
els; oats, 2,659,o 900 bushels; rye, 352. .Oo'
bushels; barley, 225, 900 bushels.
Col. J. A. WATRoUs. commander @
the Wisconsin G. A. R., charges tina
money sent from the north to the Rich
mond (Va.) post for use in decorating
soldiers graves has been diverted t.
other purposes.
CHARLES CRAGIN, John Hutton ant
William Dindgrove, papermakers, wer'
drowned in Lake Winnebago, Wis.
while fishing
II. A. HILL, the famous trick bicycle
rider, with his manager, Eugene Hol
tier, started from the city hall in New
York on bicycle for a trip around tn
world.