Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-08-24

opened at pittsburgh, Pa, with 1000
members of the brotherhood present.
THE directors of the Commercial
bank in Milwaukee decided to close the
bank because of poor business.
DIR. II. II. HOLMES and DIR. r. X.
Aushland fought duel at Portland,
Ore, and both were fatally injured.
AT Stineville, Ind, David Culross
and Charles Deck fought duel with
knives, the outgrowth of an old feud
between families, and both were fatal
ly injured
EIGHT men were killed and ten
seriously hurt by the premature ex-
plosion of blast near Mehaffy, Pa.
The Humane society will prevent the
advertised bull fight at the Atlanta ex-
position if possible.
IT was decided by Acting Attorney
General Conrad that the appointment
of Matt Ransom as minister to Mexico
was illegal, on the ground that the
salary of the office had been increased
by congress while Mr.. Ransom was
senator.
IT was estimated that the wheat
crop of Nebraska would be 5000, 900
bushels and the corn crop $50, 900, 900.
JOHN JOHNSON (colored) was hanged
at Mount Sterling, Ky, for killing
Policeman Charles Evans on June Is.
THE Otis Elevator company at Cleve-
land, o., has gone out of business, Civ
ing as IL reason the decreased demand
for grain caused by bicycles and troll
ley cars.
CHARLES NJ. LININeToN, who did an
extensive country business in Chicago
in novelties and notions, failed for
Sl5O,O00.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were. Cleve-
land, $685. Baltimore, .6l5; Pittsburgh,
.594; Chicago, $3.50; Philadelphia, .554;
Cincinnati, .553; Boston, .543; Brook
lyn, .521; New York, 500; Washing
ton, .349; st. Louis, 1926; Louisville,
.241.
A STORM at Pittsburgh, Pa, wrecked
several buildings and killed Patrick
McShane, John Adams and Millie Lin
baugh.
MRS. BAIRD, wife of a farmer, was
in Jail at Old Monroe, Mo-, for having
killed Samuel Elston, a druggist, for
supplying her husband with whisky.
THREE THOUSAND colored voters
formed state organization at Wichita,
with branches in all the large cities of
Kansas, as the Independent colored
league, and will hold a state conven-
tion September 26.
SAMUEL. LEWIS, who murdered three
men, was lynched at West Palm Beach,
Fla, the mob also killing Jailer Gus
tave Kaiser.
II. II. HOLMES notorious castle"
Sixty-third and Wallace streets, Chica-
go, the place of murder and mystery,
was almost destroyed by mysterious
fire, the walls and part of the roof
alone remaining.
The sloop Jumbo, stone laden, was
sunk at Newburyport, Mass. Capt.
Stephen Orr and Seaman George Welch
were asleep on her and were drowned.
The mammoth Patent Steel Whip
conpany's works in Springfield, o.,
were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of 100000.
NEAR Marion, Ill, Fred Hisholn shot
and instantly killed VIII IN Make
and William Read in a quarrel over a
game of cards.
A PLEASURE boat capsized at Ocean
City, Md, and William Storr and his
wife and two children and Myrtle
Stevens and Lima and Lulu Hall were
drowned.
JOHN WALSH walked from San Fran
cisco to Boston in ninety-three days,
winning wager of $500.
The Gumry hotel at Denver, Col,
crowded with guests, was demolished
by terrific explosion and it was
thought that forty or more persons
lost their lives.
THE Ocean Bay View house at Ham
nell station, RoclSaway Beach, was
completely destroyed by fire. All the
guests were saved.
A PARTY OF lumber dealers who ar
rived at Tacoma, Wash, reported an
unbrolsen chain of forest fires from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean.
FIRE destroyed a block of buildings
at Algonquin, Ill, and F. ID. Kozar and
his daughter perished in the flames.
WEST of Orlando, O. T., Eli Bourse
and his bride of two months were both
instantly killed by stroke of light
ming which wrecked their house.
c. III. MITCHELL and w. b. Taylor,
bicyclists, arrived in Philadelphia from
Denver, Col, having covered the en-
tire distance on their wheels.
The wife and little son of Arthur
Francis, Of Englewood, Ill.,, were
drowned in Spring lake at Grand
Haven, Mich.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 10Th was: Wheat,
SO, 500, 900 bushels; corn, 4,293, 900 bush
els; oats, 3,G34,0O bushels; rye, 304,-
600 bushels; barley, 2ls,OOO bushels.
The Bank of Tacoma at Tacoma,
Wash, closed its doors with liabilities
of 1919, 0O0
FIRES during the week ended on the
18th caused total loss of So, 2,67O, 900
throughout the country, as compared
with So, lo9, 900 for the previous week.
FURTHER advices place the number
of dead and missing by the fire in the
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