Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-02-02


houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 25th aggre-
gated S91T, ,OO3, s47, against So77, sO2, ,646
the previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 1913.
THE total gold shipments for the
seven days ended on the 25th were
over $14, 900, 900, leaving the treasury
reserve at S57,6Oo, 900.
DUNs review of trade says business is
depressed, owing to distrust arising
from the continued exports of gold.
WILLIAM RoBERTs, was hanged in the
Jail at Rocky Mount, Va, for the muir
der of Jerry Barbour, a prominent far
mer, two years ago.
HEAVY snowstorms prevailed in sew
eral western states. In Illinois, Iowa
and Wisconsin traffic is almost sus-
pended.
REV. FATHER O'HARA, a priest, took
part in the Brooklyn trolley strike,
paying one of the new men $40 to leave
his car.
PORTIONS of Alabama were swept by
a cyclone which did great damage. At
Abbeville child was killed.
A LARGE amount of spurious money
has been put in circulation in south
western Virginia.
THE lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature passed bill making train
robbery crime punishable by death.
WILLIAM MCGRATH, a newspaper can
vasser of Philadelphia, killed his
2-year-old daughter and then took his
JAMES E. GRANNIs, president of the
Tradesmen's national bank of New
York, died suddenly of heart disease,
aged 90 years.
AT RedbanlI, n. j.. Olan Rudd skated
9 miles in 5:42 3-5, lowering the record
made by Joseph Donoghue nearly eleven
seconds.
THE colleries of the Lehigh e Wilkes
barre company shut down for week.
throwing 5000 men out of employment
SPEAKER FERRY and Senator Wood
ruff resigned from the Wyoming legis-
lature because their constituents APP
pointed committee to lobby for
state college.
NJ. Z. EDDY, a farmer living near
Sycamore, H., read that soft coal,
ground fine, was good thing to mix
with feed for hogs. He tried it and
has sixty dead hogs.
THE residence of Thomas Williams
near Conner, o.. was destroyed by fire
and his two children perished in the
flames.
THE president has approved the ur
gency deficiency bill. which includes
b,, ,,,n 90
Mrs. JOSEPH STUDEBAKER, of Ander-
son, Ind, passed her 1O3d day in a
sleepless spell, during which time she
had received no nourishment other
than little wine now and then.
JOHN SNYDER and Bridget Murphy,
on their way to church in Coulterville,
Pa, were killed by fast train.
A MEMORIAL to congress praying the
immediate passage of the New Mexico
statehood bill passed the lower house
of the assembly at Santa Fe by a vote
of 10 to 4.
FIRE in the Hotel Castle, New York,
among the 155 guests.
WALTER c. WRIGHT shot his wife,
Annie, at Lawrence, Mass, and then
killed himself. A note found stated
that the couple had agreed to die to-
gether, and wished to be buried in one
grave.
FIVE coal-laden barges were wrecked
near New London, Conn, and thirteen
persons, including three women and
two children, were drowned.
A FIRE that started in the American
hotel at Elmore, o., destroyed the prin-
cipal part of the business portion of the
O'Malley were burned to death.
MILTON b. MATsoN, arrested at San
Jose, Cal, was found to be a woman,
and she admitted having lived in mas
querade for sixteen years.
JOHN S. JOHNSON cut the 1OO-yard
skating record, standing start, to is
seconds in trial against time at Red
Bank, n. j.
THE arrival of nonunion men at the
glass works at Martins Ferry o.,
caused a riot during which thirty shots
were fred.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND carpet weavers
ton, Pa, if their demand for higher
wages was not conceded.
IT was said that some if not all of the
state schools of South Dakota would be
compelled to close on account of the
defalcation of eX-Treasurer Taylor.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent a special
message to congress regarding the
financial situation.
NINE coasters were seriously injured
in collision between bobsled and
cable car in st. Louis.
Mrs. NJ. L. POWERS, of Carthage, Mo-,
was killed and thirty persons, includ-
ing Mrs. Zerelda Wallace and Theat-
rical Manager John w. Norton, were
injured by the ditching of Vandalia
train near Coatesville, Ind.
COMMISSIONER MILLER has prepared a
notice, copies of which will be posted
in every city and town, calling atten-
ton to the provisions of the income tax
law.
TIE old capitol building of Iowa was
burned at Iowa City. The territorial