Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-09-15
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts,
DOMESTIC.

officers for contempt of court was be-
gun before Judge Woods in Chicago,
A FIGHT near Boston between Jack
Dempsey and australian Billy" Me-
Carthy was declared n draw at the end
of the twentieth round.
ALI. employees of the Union Pacific
railway have been notified to abstain
from any participation in politics.
FOREST fires continued to rage in
northern Wisconsin. Fisher Meadow
was wiped out and Barnum was said
to be in danger.
JuDGE COOLIDGE decided the election
illegal by which St Joseph, Mich, Sc
cured the county seat from Berrien
Springs.
In free-for-all race at Crawfords-
vile, IEd., Guerita stumbled and fell
fatally injuring her driver, Joe
Grimes.
WILLIAM ADAMS, of Anderson, Ind,
became insane during the night and
fatally injured his wife by choking
and biting her.
AT Kossuth, o., n man stolen by
gypsies twenty-four years ago when
n child has just found his family liv-
ing near him.
AT Springfield, Mass, Bliss, of Chi
cago, rode mile on bicycle in 1859
3-5, making a new record.
HEAVY rains in Wisconsin quenched
the forest fires and broke drought Of
many weeks standing.
The supreme lodge, Knights of
Pythias, has ruled that the ritual must
be printed in the English language
alone.
Miss MARION GLENDENNING and Kit
tie Keutze, both of Brooklyn, n. Y,
aged % and 15 respectively, were
drowned in the Oyster river at Say
brook, Conn.
Col. ii. c. Cross. the first mayor of
Emporia, Kan, died of heart failure
while visiting on Mackinac Island,
Mich.
THE Middleton pa bank. the dol
est institution OF its kind in Dauphin
county, failed on account of depres-
sion in business.
THE Larkspur inn, magnificent
summer hotel near San Rafael, Cal,
was destroyed by fire, the loss being
| $1,000
THIEVES took $500 and $4,000 in
bonds from State Treasurer Worth, of
Raleigh, n. c.
AT Des Moines, Ia, the corner stone
| of monument to the soldiers and
sailors of the state was laid with i'm
| posing ceremonies.
THE story sent out from Lofty. Pa,
that the mining town of Scotch Valley
| had sunk out of sight is untrue.
| On the indianapolis race-track Rob.
ert j. paced mile in 2:0213, breaking
all previous records. The time of the
three heats won by Robert j. were
2:0S94, 2:O212 and 2:04$4.
| Four THOUSAND descendants of Davy
| Crockett held reunion at Humboldt
Tenn.
| j. w. BRooKs, a saloonkeeper ot
Abilene, Tex, became converted and
made bonfire of his stock and fixtures
THE business portion of Conrad, al
Iowa village, was wiped out by fire.
NOEL MAIsoN was hanged at Pitts
burgh, Pa, for the murder of Mrs
Sophia Raes. Bernard Altenbergel
suffered death at Jersey City, n. j., fol
the murder of Katie Rupp, Wesley
Warner was hanged at Mount Holly
n. j., for the murder of Lizzie Peak.
THE exchanges ut the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggre
gated $794, ,3s2, 53s, against S744, $50, "A,
the previous week. The decrease, com
pared with the corresponding week il
1898, was S.4.
DAN WIGGINs, a notoriouss wife
beater. was dragged from his home "a
Waldo, Fla, and probably fatally
whipped by women.
FELIX THOMPSON, George Bridges ant
Jacob Muir died at Dykesville, La.
from eating watermelons that hat
been poisoned.
THERE were 215 business failures il
the United States in the seven day
ended on the 18th, against 26s the weel
previous and 1928 in the correspond
ing time in 1898. The total failures il
August aggregated liabilities of $40,
139, AT, of which SS, $3.50 were oil
manufacturing and $5,O7s,l53 in trad
ing concerns.
In a quarrel near Correctionville, la.
Michael Sobicswski, a farmer. sho
and killed G.. Hill, also farmer, ant
then committed suicide.
A REWARD of 81, 900 has been offere,
for the finding, dead or alive, of Dr
w. A. Conlslin, who is missing from
Cassopolis, Mich. 1t is believed h
was killed to prevent his testifyini
against fellow practitioner.
TRADE reviews report slight i'm
provement in business throughout tn
country.
DAISY MAJORS, a 16 year-old girl VIII
has acted rs postmistress at Wampum
Pa was found to have embezzled 81, ,50(
BEFORE the kinetoscope in the Ed
son laboratory at Orange, n. j., Coz
bett knocked out Peter Courtney i
six rounds. He received $4,000 for hi
efforts.
EUGENE DICKSON, st, Louis laC
swallowed n green fly while laughin
and died within forty-eight hours
terrible agony
AN oman switch causad the yyrecl