Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

While returning to Warsaw, Ill, In
skiff from political meeting the
hoat upset and John Reed, of Warsaw;
John Simms, of Burlington, Ia, and
George Wintrow, of Pennington, Ia,
were drowned.
A statement issued by the agricul-
tural department shows that the total
commerce of the United States, includ-
ing Imports and exports, for the ten
years ended June 30 last was $1O.013,-
205,3Ss, or yearly average of more
than $1,000, 100000.
The Harlem Casino company in New
York failed for $lO4.oOO.
The thirty-eighth anniversary of the
famous debate between Abraham Lin
coin and Stephen A. Douglas was celc-
brated at Galesburg, LII. memorial
tablet was unveiled at Knox coullege
and addresses were made by Chauncey
NJ. Depew, Robert L. Lincoln and Sena-
tor Palmer.
Two masked men walked into the
Sherburne (Minn.) bank and without
uttering a word shot down Assistant
Cashier Thornburn and j. A. Oestern.
Il travelling agent, and carried off at
least $1,000.
A locomotive and 12 freight cars were
wrecked near Huntington, w. Va, and
Engineer S. p. Brown and Fireman w.
j. Gordon were fatally injured.
The building at Peoria, ILL.,, occupied
by the Parsons Theological institute
and the Ide Manufacturing company,
was nearly destroyed by fire, the loss
icing 100000.
In Nebraska the bank at Shelby was
robbed by burglars of $500 and the
bank at Platonia of S1.500.
The First national bank of Ithaca,
Mich, closed its doors.
Over 100000 persons in st. Louis wit
messed the eighteenth annual parade
of the Yelled Prophets.
A cyclone did great damage to prop
erty at Edmond, o. T.. and several per-
sons were injured.
James Magee and William Lamont,
employees at the Carrie furnace near
Rankin, Pa, were burned to death by a
gas explosion.
George j. Marsh, treasurer of the
Cape Ann savings bank at Gloucester,
Mass, committed suicide, and it is said
that he was defaulter to the extent of
$15O,O0O.
In the fourth and final game at Cleve-
land of the Temple cup National league
baseball series of 1896 between the Bal
timores and Clevelands the former club
won, the score being to o.
All the bridges over Union river and
the Iron river bridge and nearly all of
the 20 bridges between Camp Union and
untonagon, Mich, have been burned by
forest fires, ard much farm property
mas also been destroyed
The morocco factories of Garrett &
Barr, Charles Baird d. Co. and Washing
ton, Jones & Co., in Wilmington, Del,
were damaged to the extent of $26O,00O
by fire and William McNeal, fireman,
was killed by falling walls.
The National Wholesale Druggists
association in session in Philadelphia
elected as president John B. Purcell, of
Richmond.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
weed ended on the 9th aggregated
81 ,05S, l72 ,453, against $s94,27l ,410 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is so.
A large tar still at the Standard oil
refinery in Lima, o., exploded, fatally
burning two workmen, William Pat
ricks and A. j. McGlroy.
John S. johnson broke the worlds
two-mile bicycle record, riding the dis
tance in 1888 3-5 on the Garfield park
track In Chicago.
Two gamblers, Jones and Evans,
buncoed gang of Usage Indians at
Perry, D. L., and the Indians ran the
gamblers out Of town and beat them
TO death.
Two inches of snow fell at Blue Noun
tain lake and other points in the Ad-
irondacks in New York.
Burglars entered the bank at Brainard,
Mimi, and demolished the vault with
| dynamite, but failed to secure any
| money.
There were 296 business failures in
| the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 3l5 the week
previous and 26S i'll the corresponding
| period of 1895.
The National Association of Life
| Underwriters in session in Washington
elected as president L. w. Christie, of
| Cleveland, o.
In celebration of the twenty-tifth an
niversary of the great Chicago fire near
! ly 100000 citizens marched on the 9th
| in the business mems "sound money"
parade in that city. In the evening the
advocates of free silver to the number
of about 10000 paraded the streets.
III dat,
ut the Blue Hill observatory near Bos-
ton, where nine kites went to the height
OF 0.3SS feet above the sea level.
John Lunn, wholesale grain dealer in
Philadelphia, failed for 100000.
burglars robbed every store and shop
| at Atwater. o.
The Minnesota conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church IT, session
at Austin voted in favor of admitting
women as delegates to the general con-