Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-12

view of trade, predict revival OF busi-
ness in trade circles owing to the con-
tinued importation of gold.
George w. Roberts was hanged Mt
Folsom prison, Sacramento, Cal, for
cutting the throat of Walter Freeman
during barrocm quarrel on April last.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggregated
$s2T, oil ,134, against $74s, 1854, T4s the pre-
vious week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1905
is rs.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the national league for the week
ended on the 9th were as follows: Balti-
more, .694; Cincinnati, .623; Cleveland,
GA; Boston, 564; Chicago, $50; Pitts
burgh, .545; Philadelphia, .4s7; New
York, .474; Brooklyn, ,465; Washing
ton, all; st. Louis, .304; Louisville, 261.
Practically every department of the
Cambria iron works at Johnstown, Pa,
shut down for an indefinite period.
throwing 1000 men out of employment.
Dorman Musgrove and c. A. Cing
mars were lynched at Glencoe, Mimi,
for the killing on June 25 of Sheriff
Joseph Rogers while he was attempting
to arrest them for assaulting farmer.
A steam yacht containing 12 people
was swampcd in the Niagara river near
Buffalo, n. Y, and William G. Farthing,
aged As, and Miss Lou Gilbert, aged SO,
were drowned.
H. Dumois & Co., of New York, among
the largest importers of West India
fruit in America, failed for $3.50, 1000.
The Jackson county bank, the oldest
financial institution in Black River
Falls, Wis, closed it's doors with liabili.
ties of $4,000.
The opera house at Benton Harbor.
Mich, was burned, and falling walls
killed IL firemen and injured several
others. The property loss is SG5,ooO.
In fight in Bell county, Ky, between
moonshiners over the division of money
made by selling liquor, three men and
boy were killed.
The Harvey A. Meyer carriage works
in Syracuse, n. Y, went into the hands
of receiver with liabilities of $780, 900.
During thunderstorm James Mart.
and daughter were struck by lightning
near Sharks Ferry, Pa, and instantly
killed.
An excursion train was wrecked at
Taswell, Ind. and some 80 persons were
injured, three fatally.
AT South Beach, s. l., fire destroyed
six summer hotels.
An attempt was made to hold up the
Overland express eight miles west OF
Sacramento, Cal, but the engineer
killed one of the robbers and then start
ed the train.
BY the explosion of a boiler near Ed
wardsville, Ind. Elsie Black, George
Black and Dan Turner were killed.
In Bastrop county, Tex, many fields
of cotton and large amount of timber
were destroyed by forest fires.
A cyclone near Caldwell, Kan, did
great damage to farm property.
Buildings were blown down and other
property was damaged by tornado
near Chicopee, Kan.
Both houses of the Tennessee legis-
lature met in extra session at Nash
vile. The message of Gov. Turley says
there are reasons to believe there will
be a large deficit January /. 1897, and
recommends the restoration of tan rates.
which were reduced 33 per cent. in 1895.
Allen Six was arrested at Fort Scott,
Kan. on the charge of having six ilv-
ing wives.
The Eastern Homing Pigeon club
flew a race Sunday from Sidney, ILL.,,
to Detroit, Mich, distance of 300 miles,
in 12 hours.
The worlds swimming record for 100
yards was lowered in Milwaukee from
1909 3-5 to 1900 by George W. Whit
taier, of that city.
The national convention of letter car
riers met at Grand Rapids, Mich
Dispatches report the general observ-
ance of Labor day in the usual manner
throughout the United States.
The fire loss of the United States and
Canada for the month of August shows
total of SIS. .0O5 $50 This is over 81 ,00O,-
600 less than in August, 1895.
A tornado swept over portion of Men
allen and Franklin townships, Pa, lev.
cling houses. barns, fences and crops
AT Wattersburg only three buildings
were left standing.
The bicycle relay race which began in
| sun IhuclSco huS usl 90 tIIued III lNeN
| York, the time for the race being l3 days
and 20 minutes.
q. Fl. Lowell broke the 25 mile bicvcie
ecord in the Coliseum in Chicago, riding
| the distance in $3.50 1-5.
A locomotive crashed through a
| burning trestle near Cliuton. Mo-, in
stantly killing Engineer Edward Smith
| and Richard Barter, a farmer.
jackson and Walling, the Pearl Bryan
murdercrs, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to escape from Jail in Cincinnati
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The democratic, populist and silver
party state convention in session n
Milwaukee adopted resolutions sub
stantialIy identical in the indorsemen
of free silver and w. j. Bryan. w. C
Silverthorne was the nominee of al