Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-05-18


ended on the 1lth were: Pittsburgh,
.7O6; Chicago .631; Boston, 600; Gin
cinnati, $40; Cleveland, .563; Balti-
more, .55s; Philadelphia, 500; New
York 467; Brooklyn, 400; st. Louis,
$50; Washington, 1893; Louisville, .313.
RT. REV. RICHARD PHELAN, Catholic
bishop of the diocese of Pittsburgh,
Pa, issued an order to all Catholic So
cieties prohibiting them from parad
ing on Sunday with brass bands at their
head.
WILLIAM ELLIOTT and Davis Weaver,
OF Portsmouth, o.. and Richard and
Henry Rainey, of Kentucky, were
drowned in the Ohio river at Ports
mouth by the upsetting of a boat.
JAMES ROBINSON, a wealthy stock
raiser, and Frank Mayfeld died at
Mount Sterling, ILL.,, after drinking a
bottle of beer.
FIRE destroyed McMorran & Co. S
large grain elevator and Davidson &
McMorran's flour mill at Port Huron,
Mich, the loss being S175,0o
In freight train wreck near AL
mond, n. Y, Robert Placer, of Mer-
Ger, Pa, and L.. p. Foster, of Sandy
Lake, Pa, and eleven fine horses were
killed.
THE following murderers were ex-
ecuted: Thomas Jordan and Peter Au-
gusta at Canyon City, Col; James
Murray (colored at Clayton, Mo-;
Joseph Burries (colored) at st. Joseph,
Mo-, and Edward Murray at Herman,
Mo.
a.
damage to fruit in the northwestern
states.
The village of Oakfeld, n. Y, was
destroyed by fire, not house being
left.
The residence of Thaddeus Brown,
farmer residing near Bryan, o., was
burned and his wife and 5-year-old son
perished in the flames.
DURING thunder storm in Mclean
county, ILL.,, many barns We're struck
by lightning and over thirty head of
stock were killed.
The supreme council of the a. p. A.
closed its session in Milwaukee. w. j.
II. Traynor, of Detroit, is the new SUI
preme president. The Junior A. p. A.
was organized, which will be under
the jurisdiction of the supreme coun-
ell of the United States, and will reach
into Canada and England. Boys and
girls aged from IA to IS will be eligible
to membership.
Mrs. CHARLES HIRE, of st. Louis, and
her babe were burned to death by the
explosion of a gasoline stove.
DAMAGE to the extent of $50, 900 was
-,
ter, n. Y, and in the surrounding
country the loss was also heavy.
DURING the six months ended May l
there were 1,56S new post offices estab-
lished in this country.
The population of Dubuque, Ia, ac-
cording to the state census revision
just completed, is 4o,66S.
THE visible supply of grain in the
UNI ted States on the 18th was: Wheat,
SO, ,623, 900 bushels; corn, 1881, 900 bush
els; oats, 6.155, 900 bushels; rye, las, 200
bushels; barley, 100000 bushels.
The twenty-ninth annual encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public for the department of Illinois
commenced at Bloomington.
FRANK HALE and his wife We're
burned to death by the destruction of
their house by fire at Midland, Mich.
A PANHANDLE freight engine ex-
ploded at Star City, Ind, fatally scald-
ing Fireman Peter Kimner and Brake
man John Long.
WHIRLwIND, the head of the Cheyenne
Indians, dropped dead on the streets OF
Wichita, Kan, on hearing of the death
of his favorite grandchild.
AN organized band waited on all the
negroes in Alvin, Tex, and commanded
them to leave town or be prepared to
meet death.
WHILE plowing stumps near Lebanon
Ind, Albert Sackett and Frank Jones
were blown to atoms by the premature
explosion of dynamite.
The president appointed John M
Harlow, of st. Louis, and Col. William
G. Rice, of New York, to be civi
service commissioners, to succeed
Messrs. Roosevelt and Lyman.
A FIRE at Pratt City, Ala, destroyed
forty-one dwellings, the hotel, city
hall and Northern Methodist church
Mrs. c. j. Bonner died from fright.
BECAUSE of unrequited love Rev
Otto Taswell blew out his brains a
Velpin, Ind.
The boys dormitory of the state nor
NAL school at Slippery Rock, Pa, wa
totally destroyed by fire and twenty
six of the pupils were missing.
In San Francisco Frank NJ. Byrne, o
the Imperial Bicycle club, broke tn
worlds road record for miles, making
it in 1918 1-5.
NORTH ALABAMA was greatly ex
cited over find of gold on Santa creek
near Guntersville.
Louis SCHMIDT, of La Porte, Ind.
found in Buffalo, N. Y, a brothe
whom he had mourned as dead fo
forty years.
IT was said that the grape crop il
New York was damaged to the eXten
of 81, ,000,0 by frost.
ADvIcEs report widespread ruin b.
frost. In dozen or more states wher
the favorable spring weather had ad
vanced all vegetation, the vineyards
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