Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-05-18
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.


pany completed negotiations for the
purchase of the st. Joseph Valley
railroad and the Ellhart 6 Western.
THE business portion Of the town of
Elmo, Mo-, was wiped out by fire.
AT Columbia, S. c., Judges Simonton
and Golf decided that the provision of
the state dispensory law preventing
importations of liquor for private use
in the state was unconstitutional.
DIR. S. G. Hooker, mayor of Stanford,
KY, committed suicide by hanging be-
cause of family troubles.
Fifty families were said to be in a
starving condition in one township in
Athens county, o.
THE argument in the reopened in
come tax case was concluded at Wash
ington and the supreme court would
probably render its decision in few
days.
FULTON GORDON, who killed his wife
and Archie Brown, the son of the gov
ernor, whom he found in a room to-
gether at Louisville, KY, was dis
charged from custody, the judge hold
ing that his act was justifable homi-
eide.
THE state department at Washing
ton was informed by Consul Monaghan,
at Chemnitz, Germany, that an effort
was being made there to keep for
eigners out of the technical industrial
and industrial art schools.
JOHN CAMERON, one of the best known
men in Cincinnati, died from the eX-
cessive use of cigarettes.
THE Ohio-C Colorado Mining and Mill
company at Cleveland, with capital
of 81, 500, ,oOO, passed into the hands of a
receive.
THE State Bankers association in
session at jackson, Miss, adopted by
an almost unanimous vote resolutions
opposing the free coinage of silver
THE Lexow Greater New York bill
was lost in the senate on the final
passage by vote of yeas, IA; nays, 10.
A wINDsToRM swept over the north
ern part of California, doing much
damage in the fruit section.
LIGHTNING struck a small boat in the
harbor at Duluth, Mimi. and two of
the occupants, Charles Emory, of Bay
City, Mich, and George Barshaw, of
Duluth. were instantly killed.
JOHN HALL and Dan Henson, farmers
and rivals for the hand of woman at
Jasper, Ala, fought near her house
and each killed the other.
CmcAGo's new democratic daily is to
be issued under the name of the Daily
Chicago Chronicle.
FRED and Claude Hammer, aged II
and IL years, sons of f. w. Hammer,
were killed by lightning while blowing
in a field near Hickory, Miss.
THE Ohio Southern railroad went
into the hands of receiver.
THE comptroller of the currency has
issued call on national banks for a
statement of their condition at the
close of business May 7.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
1927, ,9S1, against 81, ,094, 322, S25 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894 was 25.6.
An explosion of coal dust in a mine
at Sopris, Col, resulted in the death of
four men.
Two ATTEMPTS were made to wreck
Burlington trains near West Burling-
ton, Ia. Ties were used and were SO
placed that both trains were stopped.
THE business portion of Ceresco,
Neb., was destroyed by fire. The post.
office, bank hotel and every business
house We're entirely wiped.
THE race track at Hawthorne, near
Chicago, was raided by officers and a
number of bookmakers were arrested
CONFEDERATE Memorial day was gen
orally observed in the south on the
10th.
THERE were 227 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 231 the
week previous and 206 in the CORE
spending time in 1894.
THE Langdell gipgham mills al
Philadelphia, operated by William t.
Troth & Co., were damaged by fire t.
the extent of 100000.
The Illinois Steel company at Soutf
Chicago threw down the gauntlet t.
it's striking employees by discharginl
every one of them and announcing thai
it would fill their places and start the
mills full handed.
AUGUST TEFFER, married, shot ant
killed Clara Herbold, aged &c, and ther
killed himself at Philadelphia Sh'
would not elope with him.
|, MATT BAIsY shot and mortally wound
ed his wife near Wellborn, Tex, ant
) then went across the country, 10 miles
and shot Gus Rowe. jealousy was th
cause.
THE May returns of the department
of agriculture at Washington show al
increase in wheat of 1.5 points iron
the April average, being 500, agains
, 61.4 last month and s1.4 in May, 1894.
,, , The National League of Musicians il
session at Cleveland elected Alexande
,, Bremner, of New York, as president.
! IN portions of Kansas and Nebrask
snow fell on the 10th.
: Gov. MORTON signed the police mag
!, istrates bill which legislates the Ne,
York police justices out of Office.
The plan to make the American Pro
| tntA 4 ton.