Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
The News Condensed.
Important intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

The Archer & Pancoast company of
New York was placed in the hands of
n receiver. Their liabilities are over
$sO0,0oo.
Two inches of snow fell on the sum-
nit of Mount Washington in New
Hampshire.
Three waterspouts furnished grand
spectacle for the people at Martha's
Vineyard, Mass.
The president has appointed Col.
Charles G. Sawtelle to be quartermaster
general of the army, vice Gen. Batchel-
der, retired.
A Rock Island freight train was
wrecked near Topeka, Kan, and B. II.
Mills, G. T. Garfield, E. H. Mendanhall
and an unknown man were killed.
A fire that started in Lewis dry goods
store in Columbus, Ga, destroyed prop
erty valued at S15o,oOO.
The body of Paul Rose, a wealthy
Weld county (Cal.) cattleman, who was
murdered recently by cattle rustler,
was found buried in the sand near the
Colorado-Nebraslka line.
The nineteenth annual convention of
the American Bar association COM
menced in Saratoga, N. Y.
Frank Biles, half-breed Indian, was
lynched by mob at Austin, WASH, for
nssaulting young girl named Richard
son.
Lille Smith, l4-year-old daughter of
Alfred H. Smith, living near Perry,
q. T., committed suicide by cutting her
throat with her fathers razor. Her
lover going with another girl was the
cause.
A young German was barred from
citizenship in Washington by Judge
Cole because he could not read the Eng
lish language.
The family of George Blase, mar
ket gardener in st. Louis, were dying
of CHAMBERS, having contracted the dis
ease from a horse used by Blase.
Richard Bottled and William /. Cor
don, aged inmates of the National Sol
diers' home in Milwaukee, fell down the
steps of the main building and were so
badly hurt that they died shortly after
ward.
The largest cave in the world has
been found under the town of Hudson,
Mo-, and it is lined with pure onyx.
Fire created panic in the county in
firmary at Van Vert, o., two of the
inmates being fatally burned and the
building totally destroyed.
Fire destroyed the residence of John
Felbach at Watertown. S. D., and he
and two of his daughters were burned
to death.
Lord Russell, England's chief justice,
spoke on international arbitration be-
| fore the American bar association at
their convention in Saratoga, N. Y.
A cloudburst in New Mexico did great
damage to property at Mogollen and
Graham and several lives were lost.
A call has been issued by the liquor
dealers throughout the United States
for national convention to be held
at Cleveland on August 81 to take meas
ures to relieve the liquor market, which
/ is overburdened.
Prairie fires were raging in the Chick
asaw nation. Dwellings, fences and
hay were destroyed, aggregating loss
of thousands of dollars.
The various nonpartisan silver and
bimetallic clubs of the United States
will hold national convention in Chi
cago September %.
James NJ. Woolworth, of Omaha, Neb.,
was elected president of the American
Bar association in session at Saratoga,
N. Y.
The Susquehanna Waterpower and
Paper company of Belair, Md, went into
the hands of receivers, their total in
! debtedness being 100000.
! Willie Gray (colored), 1s years old,
! was hanged at Mobile, Ala, for the
murder of John Lynburg on February
10.
! George w. Anderson, who cut his
wife's throat at their home near At
! lanta. Ca, on the 27th of May last, was
hanged at Macon.
! A thief entered the American national
bank at Kansas City, Mo-, and stole
50 900 in bills.
Filemaker, the celebrated horse which
held the worlds record for high jump
ing, died at Galveston, Tex. He was
valued at $4,000.
The little sailing craft Sozodont
which left New York May 21 manned
by Capt. Charles Olsen and his brother
for voyage across the sea, was reported
lost.
Bert Barrett has arrived at Belvidere
ILL.,, from Oakland, Cal, on his bicycle
making the trip of $500 miles in IS days
The bank of Wymore. Neb., closed it.
DOORS
Mr.. Preston, director of the mint, is
endeavoring to increase the monthly
coinage of gold and silver at all the
mints.
There were $50 business failures in
the United States in the seven day,
ended on the 2lst, against POS the weel
previous and 222 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
Prof. Lamson's flying machine floated
through the air to height of 500 fee
at Old Orchard, Me-, and when the ropes
parted settled slowly and gracefully tc
the earth.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 21st aggregated
$S12,057, ,S66, against $40, ,06l, ,266 the pre-
vious week. The decrease compared
with the corresnondinp week i'm 180.