Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-02

| previous and 253 in the corresponding
time in 1894.
| At the closing session in Meriden.
Conn, of the Universalist convention n
resolution favoring union with the Uni
tarians was defeated
Forest fires on the Oneida reserva-
tion near Green Bay, Wis, burned eight
dwellings, and in the destruction of the
house of John Skanihore, an Indian,
three children were burned to death.
BY the falling of a brick wall in Clyde,
o., nine men were badly injured.
An advance copy of the report of the
interstate commerce commission for
the past year shows that railways in
the United States have 779, Cos employees
and T,035 general officers.
The annual report of Inspector GEN
eral Breckenridge shows that the
United States army has attained high
standard of discipline and that the of
ficers generally are competent.
The national congress of Free Think
ers, with representatives from every
city and state in the union and Canada,
commenced in New York.
The most destructive forest fires
known in the history of Pennsylvania
were raging in the vicinity of Hunt
ingdon.
A train on the Grand Trunk road
was wrecked near South Bend, Ind,
and the four passenger cars, a mail car
and a baggage car were burned and
nine persons were injured.
Bamberger, Bloom &o Co., the largest
Wholesale dry goods firm in Louisville,
Ky, made an assignment with liabili-
ties of over $1,0oO,000.
AT Tacoma, Wash, members of the
G. a. r. refused to adopt resolutions
in favor of admitting confederates to
national soldiers homes.
Fire destroyed 10 buildings in Plano,
Tex, the loss being 100000.
mob, composed chiefly of farmers,
stormed the Jail at riffin, o., in an effort
to lynch Lee +. Martin, the murderer of
Marshal Shultz. The sherifr's force
fired on the mob, instantly killing Chris
tian Mott and Henry Muchler. Troops
were sent to the scene to prevent further
| trouble.
William Young, aged %, was hanged
at the San Quentin (Cal) prison for the
murder of Pierre Latesteroin Monterey
county March %, 1894.
The tug L. T. Morford exploded in the
river at Chicago, killing Capt. John Fer
guson, Engineer Charles Dick and Fire
man John Erickson.
The completed census of Iowa gives
the state population of 2,057,250, a
gain of 1854 over the census of 1890.
The Whitney glass works at Glass
boro, n. j., were destroyed by fire, the
loss being 100000.
The Massillon (O.) miners voted to
declare their strike off.
1t was reported that Swedes would
establish large colony in West Florida.
At Uniontown, Ala, Frank Metzger
committed suicide because he was not
allowed to take the place of brother in
Jail accused of murder.
President Lane, of the Southern Cot
ton Growers association, says the cot
ton crop will be 6,500,000 bales.
The University of Virginia at Char
lottesville suffered loss of $3OO,OOO
from fire.
Kasper & Barnes, Chicago jewelers.,
failed for 100000.
Fire in the oil regions south of Toledo,
o., caused loss of over $15O,O0O.
Francis A. Coffin, found guilty of aid
ing in the wrecking of the indianapolis
national bank, was sentenced to eight
years in the penitentiary.
Prairie fires were doing immense
damage in Porter and Jasper counties
in Indiana.
Patrick Callahan jumped from the
Poughkeepsie bridge into the Hudson
river, distance of 212 feet, and died
soon afterwards from injuries received.
George A. Howard, auditor of the post
office department, in his annual report
shows that the postal deficiency over
The revenue and congressional appro-
priation for the last fiscal year is $2,-
S07,044.
A disastrous fire was raging on Welch
mountain, in the vicinity of Scrufftown
and Blue Ball. Pa, and thousands of
acres of timber land and many houses
had been burned.
A. B. Mcdonald, of Rochester. lowered
the 100mile American bicycle record at
Buffalo, N. Y, to 4: 1000.
c. B. Mangum wanted $317,O0O.O0O
from the United States treasury at
Washington, ID. c., and got in Jail.
The registration in Cincinnati this
fall is the largest ever known in that
city. 1t is 69,215, gain of 6,644 over
last year.
Convicts in camp on the Fort Worth
! (Tex.) road made break for liberty.
The guards killed one and wounded
two. Several escaped.
Insane with jealousy, William j. Bell,
n printer, shot and probably fatally
wounded his wife in Chicago and then
killed himself.
Two children OF John Conley, aged
five and eight years, were sinothered by
smoke and died at Manistee, Mich.
, They had gotten some matches and set
the bedding OH fire.
/ The Wichita (Kan.) university, or