Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-11-28
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

adelphia by defeating Joe Patchen, an
other king of the turf, in three straight
heats in n match race for $1,000 side.
The best time was 2:04R.
Thomas A. Edison, the wizard OF cleo
tricity, makes the startling announce
nent as the result of some experiments
made in his West Orange (N.J) labora-
tory that within three years the blind
shall sce-that the only prerequisite is
that the optic nerve shnll be intact.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
annual banquet of the chamber of COM
luerce of New York was held at Del
monico's and letter was read from
President Cleveland which congratu-
lates the country over the result of the
recent election.
The town of Mercer, Pa, county seat
OF the county of the same name, was
nearly destroyed by fire.
John Lawson, the Terrible Swedc,"
rode SO miles unpaced on a bicycle at
Memphis in 2:16:03.
Edward w. Curry, aged 4s, chairman
of the Iowa democratic state central
committee, died in Des Moines from in
iuries received during his initiation into
the United Brotherhood of Elks lodge.
The twenty-eighth annual reunion of
the Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see convened in the parlors of the South
ern hotel in St. Louis.
Mrs. Foley, widow 65 years old, and
her daughter Fannie, aged 40, were MUIR
dered in their home near Liberty, Mo-,
by burglars, who secured $50.
President and Mrs. Cleveland enter
| tanned at lunch DIR. John Watson, of
| Scotland, known in the literary world
as Ian Maclaren, and Mrs. Watson.
The Lucas county children's home
at Toledo, o., where 200 children are
cared for, was partially destroyed by
| fire.
The national fraternal congress in
session at Louisville, KY, elected j. G..
johnson, of Kansas, president.
The twenty-third annual convention
! of the w. c. I. U. came to an end in st.
Louis with appropriate exercises.
The Norwegian Pow company, James
Beach, president, made a general as
signment at Dubuque, Ia, with liabili-
ties of $4,000.
Boards of trade in western cities will
hold u conference in indianapolis on De-
! cember to consider the currency ques-
ton.
Five hundred feet of platform fell
bales of cotton went down in crash,
some of the persons being fatally in
jured.
All the tollgates in Woodford county.
Ky, were cut down and destroyed by a
mob. Similar depredations have been
committed in Franklin, Owen, Ander-
son and Washington counties.
John r. Gentry, 2:oOh. the king of
harness race stations. was sold in New
York for SIS, 500 to Lewis j. Tewksbury,
owner of Robert j., 2:olh.
The business portion of Centre Point,
Ind, was destroyed by fire.
At Sioux City, Ia, the First national
bank closed its doors with liabilities of
S537,90s and the Sioux City hank fol-
lowed suit with liabilities of 100000.
Frank p. Arbuckle, wealthy resi-
dent of Denver, COL, and chairman of
the democratic state central committee,
died suddenly in New York.
Frank Waller lowered the American
1OO-mile bicycle record at Memphis,
Tenn. his time being 3:52:14.
While Warden McCrae, of Erie, Pa,
was en- route to Riverside penitentiary
with % prisoners one of them jumped
from the train and the warden jumped
after him and broke his neck.
Seldom Bloomquist, farmer living
near Dawson, Mnn., shot his sister-in-
law, Mrs. John Bloomguist, and then
shot himself. No cause is known for
the crime.
AT the twenty-eighth annual meet
ing in ST. LOUIS of the Army of the Ten
nessee Granville NJ Dodge, of Iowa, was
reelected.
Rev. James C. Hull. Methodist min.
lister in st. Paul, Mimi, charged with
attempting to poison his wife, plead
guilty and was sentenced to six years
in the penitentiary.
The annual report of Commodore
Melville, chief engineer of the navy
shows that all the modern ships are in
good condition. The bureau has ex,
pended $675,O95 during the past year.
AT the annual meeting in Washington
of the National Grange, Patrons of Hus
: bandry resolutions were adopted rec
ommending stable currency; tha
United States senators pe elected by the
people; equal protection for the farm
: er; pure food legislation and rura
mail delivery.
John Lawson, known as the Ter
rible Swede," lowered the worlds so
mile unpaced bicycle record of 2 hour
29mnutes 30 seconds at Memphis, Tenn.
, and James Michael lowered the indoo
, 1ive-mile record to 9:36 3-5.
l james X. Sovereign was reelected
a general master workman by the gen
r eral assembly of the Knights OF Labo
a in session at Rochester, N. Y.
a Isaac e. Parker. the famous ''hang
Q ing judge" of Arkansas, died at hi
n home in Fort Smith. He had sentences
, 200 criminals to the gallows during hi
: long term of office.
The records of the treasury depart