Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-09-28

AS THE TbSulb VI IL JTlNlul dispute
Peter Kennel, farmer residing near
Arapahoe, Neb., shot and killed his
wife and then blew out his own brains.
LILLIAN SHAFER, an equestrienne, of
st. Louis, and her companion, Edward
Kerns, of Chicago, were fatally injured
in hurdle race at Findlay, o.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 21st were; Baltimore,
$50; Cleveland, .64s; Philadelphia,
GIG; Chicago, .555; Boston, .552; Brook
lyn, 1886; Pittsburgh, 524; New York,
.516; Cincinnati, 500; Washing ton, $780,
st. Louis, 300; Louisville, .269.
HARRISON o. FIsKE, Miss Annie Earle
and Miss Brown, all prominent young
people, were drowned at Manasquan
Inlet N. j., while bathing.
DANIEL MILLER, aged 60 years, was
eating supper at his home in Arcola,
Ill, when he accidentally swallowed a
fly that had been on fy paper and
lived only three hours.
THE undmoney committee of the
New York chamber of commerce made
poll of the next house of representa-
tives on the money question and records
So members for free silver, 216 opposed
to free silver and So whose views are
not known.
In fire at the library of the Geo
graphical society at Crandeu, WIS,
: 1000 books were burned.
The two sons of Frank Newman per-
ished in a snowstorm near Rawlins,
Wyo.
MAYOR LEWIS, of Duluth, declared
off a baseball game between the Bos-
ton bloomer girls and the home team,
in bloomers in that city.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, Joseph Lasovic,
Henry Turner and George Tate were
burned to death by exploding benzine.
THE profits of the government
bond syndicate were distributed by
checks issued by Morgan and Belmont,
of New York. They amounted to
nearly S4,OOo,Ooo.
NJ. E. STINsoN, a St. Louis printer,
shot and killed Miss Arta Moore at
Oskaloosa, Ia, and then killed himself
A love affair was the cause.
The Rockford Qll) Cabinet COM
pany's factory was burned, the loss
being 100000.
THIRTY acres of lumber yards at
Fond du Lac, Wis, owned by Moore &
Galloway, were burned over, the loss
being $500, 900.
ROBERT BECKER, Otto Schweiger,
Oscar Huber, Willie Elliott and George
Engel all young boys, were drowned
in the lake at Chicago while bathing.
WILLIAM SMITH (colored), who on
September IL murdered Tony Podone,
a banana peddler, was taken from Off
GERS at Hammond, La, by a mob and
lynched.
YELLOW BONNET, Cheyenne Indian
of some note, applied for blanket di-
vorce from four wives at Tologo, o. 7.
DURING the week ended on the 2lst
eleven persons and $50 horses died from
the heat in Chicago.
SEVERE snowstorms occurred in
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and South
Dakota.
HUNDREDS of acres of swamp lands
were burned over in La Porte, Porter
and Lake counties in Indiana.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States or the 23d was: Wheat,
3S, 3s5, 900 bushels; corn, 5,41l, 900 bush
els; oats, 3,O45,000 bushels; rye, 614,-
900 bushels; barley, 1,0Os, 600 bushels.
FIRE almost destroyed the town of
Tiosa, Ind.
AN order issued by the president
extends the civil service system to $50
consular officers.
HERMAN d. MUpGETT, alias H. H.
Holmes, was arraigned in Philadelphia
on an indictment charging him with
the murder of Benjamin +. Pitzel on
September ., 1894. The prisoner plead
ed not guilty, and Monday, October %,
was the day fixed for the trial
The United states & Hayti Cable
company chartered the steamer
Mackay- Bennett for the purpose of
laying the first section of a submarine
cable to connect New York direct with
Hayti, West Indies
WHILE attempting to arrest des-
perado named Owens, near England,
Ark, Deputy Sheriff Harris and Officer
Slaff were both shot and instantly
killed.
NINETY Russians left Topeka for
their native country This is the
fourth Russian colony that has left
Kansas for Europe.
Mrs. HENRY L. DUDLEY, mulatto,
was murdered at Stamford, Conn, by
Mack Simpkins, colored plumber,
who then committed suicide.
The annual report of Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Maxwell for
the last fiscal year shows that ON June
80 last tine total number of post offices
in operation in the United States was
7O,064. OF these, &C, 56O were fourth
class offices and 3, 5o4 presidential, be-
ing an increase over the last fiscal year
of $50. During the year 2,422 post.
offices were established and 2, 1863 dis
continued.
The schooner Il. r. Williams sunk in
gale off st. Martins Island in Lake
Michigan and Capt. Hunton, master of
the schooner, home in Cleveland; Mag
gle Bennett, stewardcss, home IN Cleve-
land; mate and four sailors, names un-
known, were lost.
AN,po Il,