Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-09-07

| Boding, ana her rival, Rosa Swearill-
gen, near Quincy, ILL.,, and made her
escape.
The firm Of Penfeld Brothers,
printers and publishers, of Asbury
Park, n. j., made an assignment.
AT Battle Creek, Mich, Jack Wilson,
a hack driver, shot his wife and then
killed himself.
THE convention near Winterset, Ia,
to choose a state senator for Adair and
Madison counties, took 1000 ballots
without result and adjourned.
TWENTY houses were wrecked and
600 persons made homeless by cloud
burst at San Marcial, N. NJ.
The triennial conclave of the knights
| Templar closed at Boston after the new
officers were installed.
A NEGRO farm hand that betrayed
the 14-year-old daughter of John Multi
gan, farmer of Simpson county, Miss,
was lynched by mob.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 31st ult. were: Balti-
more, $50; Cleveland, $40; Philadel-
phia, .571; Boston, .563; Brooklyn, .552;
Pittsburgh, $40; Chicago, $50; New
York, .524; Cincinnati .519; Washing
ton, 1927; st. Louis, .31l; Louisville,
PAS.
THE supreme court has decided that
women cannot vote at the coming
Utah election in November This re-
verses decision made by Judge Smith
at Ogden.
REPORTS show total of 1o9, ,O25 steers
L, e. I
the Indian territory.
SAMUEL A. EARLE, a prominent resi-
dent of Stamford, Conn, and his
young son were drowned by the upset
ting of boat
JOHN MCGRIFF and his brother Rich
ard, two of the oldest twins in the
United States, celebrated their 91st
birthday at their home in Geneva, Ind.
Both were in good health.
MILKwEED is being cultivated in
South Dakota for rubber and other
useful things it yields.
The Buena Vista state bank at
Storm Lake, Ia, failed, with liabilities
of $50, 00o
CHICAGO has 5,243 saloons, 500 more
than there were at this time last year.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt
in Delaware, New Jersey, eastern
Pennsylvania and eastern New York,
including the western part of Long
Island. No damage was done.
The potato crop of Minnesota will be
10,00O,0OO bushels this year.
CHARLES FULLER & Co., coffee brokers
of Philadelphia, made an assignment
with liabilities of 100000.
A RECEIVER was appointed for the
Memphis CTenn.) Car &c Foundry com
pany, whose liabilities were $500, 900
and assets S775,OOO
THE Academy of Music, the oldest
playhouse in Buffalo, N. Y, and one of
the historic theaters in America, was
destroyed by fire, the loss being $780,
OOO
REPORTS show total of 1884, OPS steers
now being fed for market in Texas and
the Indian territory.
The treasury statement shows that
| the excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts for August was 1858, 1O3,
against deficit in July of 50, 500. OoO
| The custom receipts during the month
We're SIS, ,639, O47 and treasury receipts
S2s, ,952, 696.
DR.. GEORGE w. FRAKER, of Excelsior
| Springs, Mo-, who was supposed to
have been drowned in the Missouri
river two years ago, was captured near
Tower, Minn. Fraker's life was in
sured for $5s, 600 and the heirs brought
suit to recover. The insurance com
panies were defeated in the final de-
cision, it being recorded last month.
| WHILE endeavoring to prevent Fred
Chapman from beating his wife at
| Wilkesbarre, Pa, William Davis was
fatally shot by the enraged husband.
Hill CARTER, colored ex-convict,
shot and fatally wounded his divorced
wife at Vincennes, Ind. He was pur-
sued by posse and fatally shot.
LABOR DAY was generally cele brated
throughout the United States.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers opened its sixth annual con-
vention in Philadelphia.
THE grand jury indicted Martin Del
magro, mayor of Spring Valley, ILL.,,
| for completely in the recent race
troubles at that place.
THE cotton crop of the United States
for 1854 and 1895 amounted to 9,9Ol, PSI
bales, against 7,549.s17 last year and
! 6,7Oo, 365 the year before.
CHARLES M. COOKE, of Franklin
county, N. c., was appointed secretary
of state to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of 0ctavius Coke.
Ed DONOVAN, of Natick, ran lOOyards
at Bro ckton, Mass, in nine and three
fifths seconds, breaking the worlds
record for that distance.
The forty-fifth annual Ohio state fair
opened at Columbus.
WHILE Respondent DR.. e. NJ. Reming-
ton killed his mother at Hot Springs,
Ark, and then took his own life.
HENRY III. WOLFE & Co., of Louis
VILE KY, one of the largest clothing
firms in the south, failed for $3.50, 900.
The wholesale clothing store of
Shell, Rosenbaum & Steefel was burned
at Rochester, n. Y, the loss being
! SlO0 000