Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-08-25
DOMESTIC.

REPORTS to the director of the mint
show that since July the number of
silver dollars coined amounted to $685.
900, of which 41O, 900 were coined since
August /.
INTERESTING memorial services were
held at the old homestead of William
Cullen Bryant at Cammington, Mass.
Letters were read from large num-
ber of literary people.
THE northwestern interstate fair
which includes the states of Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British
Columbia and Alaska-was dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies at Tacoma.
j. Nj. LOGAN, a notorious incendi-
ary, who has destroyed property worth
thousands of dollars, was arrested at
Kansas City.
Four Detroit (Mich.) school inspec-
tors, charged by Mayor Pingree with
having received bribes, were put under
bonds of SIS. 900 each.
ALDAcE F. WALKER was appointed
receiver of the Santa Fe road in the
place of President j. w. Reinhart, who
recently resigned.
RESIDENTS of Buffalo, n. Y, saw the
City of Toronto, SO miles distant, pic
tured in a remarkable mirage of the
third order.
CHARLES GEoRGET, an engineer of
Hoboken, has discovered old deeds en-
titling him to valuable real estate in
st. Louis.
HEIRS of Richard Bishop in Pitts
burgh will lay claim to ten acres in
the heart of indianapolis, Ind, worth
81, 900. 900.
CHRISTOPHER BERNHARDT, of Buffalo,
n. Y, aged 81, despondent over the
loss of his wife, committed suicide at
her grave.
AT the joint convention of the popu-
list and labor parties at Columbus, O.. j.,
state ticket was nominated headed
by Charles R. Martin for secretary of
state.
TITUs broke two worlds competitive
bicycle records at Denver, riding mile
in 2:10 3-5 and five miles in 1919.
A COTTON expert estimates, after a
trip over the entire state, that the crop
in Texas will be about 2,500.000 bales,
or one-half million bales over last year.
DR.. JOHN SEAToN, one of the most
prominent physicians and specialists
of Indiana, was found dead in bed at
his home at Fort Wayne.
BANK EXAMINER MILLER, while tenn
porarily insane, shot himself through
tho temple at Altoona, Pa.
THE Commercial & Savings bank of
Ludington, Mich, suspended business
by order of it's president, Antoine L.
Cartier.
CHARLES ROBINSON, first elected gov
ernor of Kansas, died at his home in
Leavepworth.
DAVID HALL, of Jonesville, Va, was
shot and killed by Tom Denny, 1s
years old. Hall had Denny indicted
for abusing his child and Denny took
his revenge in the murder.
The body of Col. tLang G. Winston.
| of Pasadena, Cal, who was lost in n
snowstorm last November while with
a hunting party up the San Gabriel
canyon, has been found.
Tue Cunard line steamer Campania,
: which arrived at New York from Liv-
erpool, made the passage in 5 days 0
| hours and 30 minutes, the fastest time
on record.
THERE were 220 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the nth, against 251 the week
previous and 455 in the corresponding
time in 1893.
! The first bale of cotton of this years
crop, from Eagle Point, Miss, was sold
at auction in Memphis for ten cents 9
| pound.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
S79o, ,6S8, 1855, against $774, 9S6 the
previous week. The decrease, com
pared with the corresponding week il
1893. was so.
BEN REED, arrested on suspicion a
Terre Haute, Ind, for the murder anc
robbery of a man named Henderson
has confirmed his guilt. Six dollar
and half was all the money he founS
on his victim.
w, G. TAYLOR was hanged a; New
burn, Va, for the murder of his wife.