Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-12-28
A fre-domp explosion in coal mine


James b. Pace, president of the Plant.
ers' national bank ut Richmond, Va.
failed for ST ,o0o,o 900.
The police at Buffalo, ". Y, arrested
gang of six of the most notorious pro
tessional car burglars in the country.
Al Stinson and William Davis, white
cap leaders at Anderson, Ind, were sen.
fenced to six years in the penitentiary.
At Syracuse, N. Y, Clearwater won
the pool championship of the world, de-
feating Keogh, of Binghamton.
The principal business portion OF
Bethel, N. c., was destroyed by fire.
Figures on the racing season of 1895
in the United States show that 81, $780,
TAO was earned by horses placed in the
1862 events decided during the year.
A heavy rainfall was reported
throughout Illinois, Iowa, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas.
William Supleben, 20 years old, a
blind soap peddler in New York, in a
jealous rage killed his only child, girl
four years old. and then shot himself
dead.
The Bennett national bank at New
Whatcom, WASH, forced to close by q
run November 5, has reopened for busi-
ness.
The probated will OF the late Senator
Thurman, of Columbus, o., shows he
was worth $4,000, all of which was
left to his heirs.
Mrs. Mary Grossman, wife of promi-
nent business man ut Ann Arbor, Mich,
drowned herself and three-year-old
child in cistern. No cause was known
for the act.
The manufacturers of plumbers
national organization at Pittsburgh,
Pa.
AS result of the decline in stocks
the failure of the following firms was
announced on the New York stock
exchange: Nichols, rockingham d
Co., Samuel S. Sands S5 Co., De Neuf-
vile & Co., L. A. Feldman and b. Fen
ton.
During freshet near Old Monroe,
Mo-, John Heitman, August Longneck-
er, Henry Longnecker, w. Meadows
and wife, and a stepson of James Blank
inship, named Martin, were drowned.
Two youths, aged respectively Is and
90 years, the youngest named Blount
and the older Fourche, engaged in
duel with pistols near Pontotoc, Miss,
and both were killed.
A. B. Payne, postmaster at Long
view, Ala, was murdered by Jasper
Nabors, his nephew.
The Union Traction company, owner
of the street car lines involved in the
great strike in Philadelphia, consented
to arbitrate the differences with it's
employees, and the strike was declared
Off
Albert Neeland, a photographer of
st. Louis, who already has three wives,
was arrested in St. Joseph, Mo-, when
about to marry the fourth.
Twenty-nine miners lost their lives
in the Nelson mine near Dayton. Tenn,
by an explosion of tire-damp.
The exchanges ut the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the goth aggre-
gated $1,lS5 ,2G7, 500, against $1,12g, ,766,-
2SS the previous week. The increase,
compared with the corresponding week
in 1894, was 15.9.
Fire in the Richie block at Denver
a loss of $125,O00.
The third floor OF the Palace clothing
house in Minneapolis collapsed under
a heavy load of wall paper, killing Gale
Walters, a clerk, and doing damage to
the extent of $4,000.
There were 377 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the goth, against 3SS the week
previous and $40 in the corresponding
time of 1894.
M. NJ. Packard & Co., dealers in spices
and teas III New York, made ali assign
ment with liabilities of 100000.
Friends of Henry Ward Beecher are
perfecting plans to erect a memorial
building to him in Brooklyn.
George Wolfe shot and killed Mrs.
Rattledge, with whom his di-
vorced wife was staying, shot and fatal
ly wounded his wife, and then commit
ted suicide near Castana, la.
The Illinois Live Stock Insurance
company, organized in Chicago with
capial Of 100000, made an assignment.
The American national and Union
banks ut Omaha were consoli-
dated, the business of the formed be-
ing merged into the latter.
Willie and Eddie, sons of Mrs. p.
ind Jimmie, son of Law.
renee Kinney, aged l3, 10 and 12, were
drowned at Morris, ILL.,, while skating.
Charley Jones, aged eight, his brother
Robert and sister Maggie, aged 81 and
20 respectively, and Ida Ball. aged l6,
were drowned while skating near Den
YER, Col.
William Helm, alleged to have been
the leader of gang of cattle thieves,
was assdssinated by vigilantes at Chap
pclle, Neb.
Mrs. Tennie Willard, of Bismarck,
Mo-, her infant, and her sister, Ada
Hardage, while attempting to ford
Forchee creek were drowned.
Joel Davis and his wife, of Coggor,