Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-09-14


Chicago officials.
lT was said that the big advance in
the price of steel had killed the tin
plate industry, and that in few
months every mill in the country turn
ing out that product would be closed
throwing 10000 persons out of work.
JAMES WARD killed Aaron Hunter,
his father-in-law, and John Hunter,
his brother-in-law, and then took his
own life near Hymera, Ind. Family
differences were supposed to have led
to the crime.
The Westminster Presbyterian church
at Minneapolis was burned by an in
cendiary fire, the loss being 100000.
IN the municipal court in Boston J ee
Wolcott and Dick O'Brien, pugilists,
were held in 81, 900 bail for the grand
jury on the charge of engaging in a
prize fight.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 31st ult. were: Balti-
more, .65t; Cleveland, .632; Philadel-
phia, .59s; Brooklyn, $50; Boston, .555;
New York, .536; Pittsburgh, 534; Gin
cinnati .532; Chicago, .5l3; Washing
ton, .31s; st. Louis, .31O; Louisville,
.257
The Sioux Indians at Rosebud
Agency, in South Dakota, under
the leadership of Hollow Horn Bear, a
powerful and influential chief, warned
Indian Agent Wright and the employees
to vacate the agency within twenty
four days The Indians also threat
ened to burn the agency buildings.
JOHN SLossER, fireman, and James
Hendricks, trainman, were killed, and
Engineer Roberts was fatally injured
in collision on the Cincinnati South
ern railroad near Blanchet, Ky.
The office of the Adams Express COM
pany in Terre Haute, Ind, was robbed of
cash amounting to probably $40 600. j.
d. Farden, cashier of the express com
any, and j. r. Barnett, city ticket
agent of the Vandalia line, were ac-
cused of the robbery.
A REPORT had reached Brownsville,
Tex, that the schooner Gurlock of
Lake Charles, La, had been lost with
six men aboard.
The first of the three races for the
Americas cup was sailed in New York
bay and the Defender, the American
yacht, Won, defeating Valkyrie Ill,
the English boat, by eight minutes and
forty-nine seconds.
BURGLARS entered the Bank of Kin
kaid, Kan, blew open the vault and
took all the money, some So, 900.
A FIRE in the Osceola copper mine
near Houghton, Mich, entombed forty
two rniparS and thara Ivara no hnnaS
of rescuing them.
A BOY accidentally set off 600 pounds
of dynamite stored in his fathers cell
lar at Specht's Ferry, Ia, and Edward
Latshaw and his wife and two chill
dren and Hans Bjornstern We're killed
and three other persons were injured,
two fatally.
= A TORNADO at Emporia, Kan, and
vicinity, did great damage, the loss to
the state normal school alone being
over $50, 900.
BEN STILLMAN, an old miser living
near Hamilton, Ala, lost $1,000 in
money, the savings of lifetime, in a
fire.
THE Masonic temple III Boston, which
recently was resplendent with decora'
tions on the occasion of the knights
Templar conclave, was partially burned,
the loss being 100000.
JAKE VAN RAE, of Holland, Mich,
shot his wife three times and then
lodged bullet in his own brain. A
quarrel was the cause.
A TRAIN on the Cherry Valley branch
of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis road went through bridge be
tween Monmouth and McCune, Kan.
and twenty-three persons were injure
nine fatally.
C. NJ. CLAY, treasurer of Sciota coun'
ty, o., was reported TO be short be-
tween $4,000 and S1s,0o
The brewery of H. A. Bowler in Am
sterdam, N. Y, and adjoining barns
and sheds were totally destroyed by
fire, the loss being $2Oo,0O0
In pension case in Washington Sec
retary Reynolds ruled that troop
called into service during the war by {
state governor We're not pensionable.
THE visible supply of grain in th'
United States on the 9th was Wheat
els; oats, 3,194, 900 bushels; rye, SIS,
600 bushels; barley, 1876 bushels.
The personal property of Minnesota
is 500, 553, 900, as against 500, 726, 600 il
1894.
FOREST fires were again raging il
the vicinity of Harbor Springs, Mich.
doing great damage.
THE city council of Winona, MINI.
passed the curfew ordinance making i
unlawful for children under Is year
of age to be on the streets alone iron
9p. m. to a. m.
The new census gives Wisconsin
population of 1881, ,9O5, gain of 245
O25 in five years.
FIRE in the San Jose Lumber com
pany's yards at San Jose, Cal, destroy
ed property worth SlsO,oOO.
A FLOOD at Webb City, Mo-, did dan
age to the extent of 100000.
The worlds fair exhibition medal
and awards to Italian exhibitors vii
be received by them in October.
BECAUSE she refused to live with hiI