Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-06-22


dollars at it's mines near Georgetown
the thieves having systematically pill
fered rich sortings from the washings
for months.
THE Thirty-ninth general assembly
of Illinois adjourned sine die.
CLAY WILLARD, VIII Cowie and John
Eldred were drowned by the capsizing
of a sailboat at West Superior, Wis.
Four persons were drowned in the
1T. Louis river near Duluth, Mimi, by
the capsizing of u sailboat. One was
the boatman and the other three were
father and two sons
The l1sth anniversary of the adop-
tion of the stars and stripes as the en-
blem of the United States was observed
in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and other cities.
| PERCENTAGES of the baseball clubs in
the National league for the week ended
on the 18th were: Boston, gal; Balti-
more, .605; Pittsburgh, 600; Cleveland,
800; Chicago, .553; Cincinnati, .534; Phil
ndelphia, .523; New York, .5l1 Brook
lyn, 500; Washington, .463; st. Louis,
1928; Louisville, .166.
FRANK WILLIAMs,a n farmer at Francis,
Kan, while ina jealous rage attempted
to murder his wife, Miss Alice Smith
and William Smith. He then beat the
brains out of his two children and
then killed himself.
GEORGE HARRIS (colored) was lynched
and riddled with bullets at Pendleton
Creek, Ga, for an attempted assault
on white woman.
The treasury receipts ut Washington
from customs and internal revenue so
far during the month of June show no
improvent during last month, while
the disbursements remain practically
the same.
SEVERAL business buildings, besides
three printing offices, the Methodist
Episcopal church and number of
houses were burned at Greenville, O.,
the total loss being S150,0oo.
II. R. JACOBS theater in New York
city was burned, the loss being $780,
900.
In railway collision at Yemasee,
S. c., several cars were wrecked and
four colored tramps who were stealing
a ride were cut to pieces.
A RUNAWAY car near Elkins, w. Va,
ran into n hand car and killed John
Daily. Michael Katterman and Felix
Roy.
A PORTION of Grayson county, Tex,
was devastated by cyclone. Thou
sands of acres of crops were destroyed
and many houses blown down.
THE west-bound stage was held up
near Ukiah, Cal, by lone highway
man who secured 81, 200 from the Wells
Fargo express box.
The skeletons of seven persons, four
adults and three children, were ex-
humed in a field near Brighton, Col. =,
and it was believed they were the re-
mains of murdered party of emf
grants.
MORT MCCULLOUGH, of Fort Worth,
Tex, killed his wife and committed
suicide.
The town of Auderried, Pa, was
threatened with destruction by the
caving in of mines and the people had
deserted their homes.
In fire in a livery stable at South
Bend, Ind, fourteen valuable horses
were cremated.
Gov. MORTON, of New York, signed a
bill providing for the study in the pub
lie schools of the nature and effects of
alcoholic drinks
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
47,717, 900 bushels; corn, 10,7s4 900 BUSH
els; oats, s,661, 900 bushels; rye, H.
600 bushels: barley, 11s,Oo0 bushels.
FRED c. FLOYD shot and killed Hattie
| Coombs near Trenton, n. j., because
she refused to marry him and then
killed himself.
THREE colored fishermen, Thomas
Nixon, Hezekiah Mack and Ashley
Peden, were drowned at Wrightsville,
n. c., by their boat capsizing.
OWING to poor business prospects the
Perry Stove company at Albany, n. Y,
one of the largest stove manufacturing
firms in the United States, went into
voluntary liquidation.
MRS. j. X. EMMET, recently shot at
San Francisco by her husband, an ac-
tor, refused to prosecute, and the case
was dismissed.
JOSEPH WEsTGATE killed Mrs. Chris
| tian Ham bright, his mother-in-law, at
Lancaster, Pa, and then took his own
| life.
A CLOUD burst miles east of Gamer
on, Mo-, did great damage to the grow
ing crops.
]. S. PRINCE, of Omaha, Neb., pro-
fessional bicyclist, beat by one-quarter
of mile on Washington park track in
El Paso, Tex, a relay of three horses
in 10-mile race. Princes time was
32:l7.
JOHN BROWN and his wife were killed
and thrown into the Ohio river at Stone
City, KY Who committed the crime
no one knew.
A CYCLONE wrecked over a dozen
houses at Hartford, Kan.
Tom BUTTEwIcK, 10 years of age, and
his brother George, aged Is, sons of a
well-known farmer near Kansas City,
Mo-, were struck by lightning and
killed.
MRS. JAMES DRENSEN and her 5-year-
old son were burned to death near
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