Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-08-18
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THE constitutional convention at AL
bany. n. Y, refused to substitute life
imprisonment for capital punishment.
AT Scranton, Pa, deserted mine
caved in for distance of three blocks,
wrecking twenty-three houses and
causing loss of S25O,O0O.
OVER one-third of the village of Daw-
son, Mimi, was destroyed by fire.
AT his home in Hope, Ind, James
Hardy (colored) died at the age of 100
years. Hardy was jefferson Davis
valet during the war. He was married
six times and the father of forty-six
children.
AN express train on the Chicago,
Rock Island q Pacific plunged through
trestle so feet high into creek near
Lincoln, Neb., killing eight persons
and wounding many othres.
THOUSANDS of acres of valuable tim.
Der were destroyed by forest fire Sc
miles in length in Wisconsin
TwENTY-oNE stores, two grain eleva-
tors and lumber sheds were DESTROYED
by fire at Clifford, ILL.,, the loss being
100000
DURING temperance camp meeting
at Purcellville, Va, tent was blown
down, killing one man and fatally in
juring five women.
TWENTY-FIVE persons were injured,
some of them seriously, in an electric
car collision near Oakdale, Pa.
Miss VERNE MAYER and Miss Barn.
hart, young ladies about 16 years old.
were drowned in the lake at Benton
Harbor, Micn.
SEVEN members of the family of j.
Walker at Oelwein, Ia, were poisoned
by summer drink. Three were dead
and the others were dangerously i'll.
REV. CHARLES ENGLAND, Swedish
minister at Michigan City, Ind, was
drowned in the lake while bathing in
the surf
FANTASY trotted a mile at Buffalo.
N. y, in 2:os4, bea ting all 4-year-
old marks save that of Directum.
A MONUMENT to the memory of Fred
erick j. Frelinghuysen was unveiled
at Newark. N. j.
CHARLES HENDRICKsoN and Charles
Heglan, young men of Batavia, ILL.,.
were drowned in Fox river while
rowing.
WORK was resumed in all but two of
the departments of the Pullman car
works at Pullman, ILL.,, virtually end
ing the long strike.
The Second national bank of Altoo-
ma, Pa, closed its doors.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
STA, 45l, ,ss6, against $7e4, 800, 96s the
previous week. The decrease, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1898. was "a.
EPHRAIM A. BROWN, a millionaire of
Bloomfield, o., died of heart disease
while asleep. He was 81 years old.
THERE were 251 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 219 the week
previous and 394 in the corresponding
time in 1898.
The removal of the battle flags of
Iowa from the arsenal to the state
capitol in Des Moines was made the
occasion for great demonstra ton.
INVESTIGATION shows that twenty
four persons were killed and eleven
injured in the Rock Island railway
wreck at Lincoln, Neb.
WILLIAM and Solomon Lower, own
ers of traction engine, were fatally
hurt by falling through bridge at
Waterloo, Ind
SEVEN men and boys seeking shelter
under tree during storm at De
Kalb, Tex, were killed by lightning.
| MISS LULU RANDALL, an aeronaut OF
Detroit, Mich, was thrown from her
parachute by a tree and killed at Nash
vile, Tenn.
| A GOVERNMENT survey made at Mus
catine, Ia, showed the water in the
Mississippi river to be one-half inch be-
low the lowest water mark, that OF
1884.
TITUS and Cabanne broke the worlds
mile tandem bicycle record at Mime
! apolis, covering the distance in l:524-6