Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-07-11
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.


woman, and it was thought her friends
could explain the hanging.
Over &c, 900 veterans who followed the
fortunes of Lee, Longstreet and jack
son met in Richmond, Va, in sixth an
nual reunion and to witness the laying
of the cornerstone of the Jefferson
Davis monument.
Mr.. Preston, the director of the mint, |
has adjusted the values Mt which for
eign coins are to be received by United |
States customs officers during the next
quarter. The values are increased on
a basis of $06sT69 per ounce of silver
az against $0.6s207 on April l. 1896.
The assistant encouragement of ILL
nois, Mr.. Newall, has rendered de-
cision in which he holds that green
backs are taxable property.
The syndicate which was formed at
Youngstown, O., two years ago to es-
tablish newspapers from New York to
San Francisco has failed.
On a wager of $100 Lee Palmer walked
from Waterloo, Ia, to Dubuque, dis
tance of 100 miles. in 40 hours.
BENJAMIN Huff, of Boot Jack, Ind,
an old man, while temporarily insane
shot and fatally wounded his daughter
in-law and then killed himself.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st showed that the debt increased
ST, ,s2o,s53 during the month of June.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$3.50. .eo5. .635. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 6s,5s4,S2s.
Rufus Buck, Louie Davis, Lucky Da-
| I,,l, nd SnmnSOn,
comprising what is known as the Buck
gang, were executed at Fort Smi.h'
Ark, for assaulting and numbering the
wife of Henry Hassan, farmer.
j. Z. Hardy, high-wire performer
from Toronto, made two trips across
the gorge at Niagara Falls on three
ouarter-inch wire rope which was 16o
feet above the water.
1t was said that William Kruse, for
more than 80 years trusted employe
OF the importing firm of G. A. Autfmordt
A. Co.. of New York, had sailed for Glas-
COW with 100000 belonging to his en-
, ployers.
Troops were called for to suppress
, labor riots at Cleveland. o.
: Crezenzo Merola, who shot and killed
Emanuel Loro, barber at Old Forge,
Pa, was hanged at Scranton.
{ The coinage executed at the United
States mints during June aggregated
n 10. .7so ,615 pieces of the value of S4,623'-
n nao. as follows: Gold, 140,9S2 pieces oi
o the value of S2.471,217; silver, 3,1I3.42
( p;eces of the value of $1,050,692; minor
e coin. 9.496,21O pieces of the value OF
l. $2C2,019.
d The Mallory steamship line wharf
h was burned at Galveston, Tex, the loss
k being $150,OOO
A two-foot vein of gold ore, assayins
So 1900 a ton, has been found in the Bale
n mountain district of South Dakota.
n One man was killed and dozens were
n wounded in riot between striking
SO workmen and the police in the vicinity
s of the works of the Brown Hosting ant
l. Conveying company in Cleveland, ant
IS tbe troops were called out to stop tht
= fracas.
n The closing day of the encampment o
% the United Confederate Veterans a
n Richmond. Va, was devoted to the lay
ing of the corner stone of monumen
10 jefferson Davis.
d The national bank circulation out
q standing on the 1st aggregated $225'
io 912,96O, an increase since June so, 1895
~ of $14,312.262!
y Charles Williams (colored), of Balti
- more, cut his wife's throat with razo
- at Atlantic City, n. j., and then serve
"a himself in the same manner.
y. Ten thousand coal miners in tn
- Birmingham (Ala.) district received a
% advance of seven per cent. in wages.
Ic Of ha n
= sized at Cincinnati and threw seve
-. men into the river, two of whom wer
70 drowned.
~ The cruiser Charleston has returne
~ to San Francisco after an absence
~ two years in Asiatic waters.
r. The managers of the centennial eel
T., bration to be held July % at Clevelan
,;s O., have asked the war department
wa detail government troops to take pa
is. in the ceremonies.
at The boiler of a railway engine e
ploded near Hartsville, Ala, killing 81
gineer James Jones, Fireman DAM
tn Aikens and Brakeman j. jenkins.
At The percentages of the baseball clul
er in the National league for the wee
nd ended on the 9Th were as follow
is Cleveland, 672; Baltimore, .667; CT
rs cinnati. .642; Boston, GOT; Pittsburg
nd Sal; Chicago, $50; Philadelphia, 81
III Washington, 800; Brooklyn, .402; Ne
ne York, .41O; St. Louis, .231; Louisvill
nu 100.
its John Connolly, spinner at Fall Rive
CT Mass, cut his two-year-old child's thro
and then killed himself. He was out
A. work and Respondent
ch HS I 80 led ao,,,,
o,1 m the summer, giving 5000 workmen II
~ two .onths' vacation.
5he ihe M l'I 40 co. 49, oo,,van+ 81
an in San Francisco.
,er Manufacturers representing 1,7oo,(
.re spindles in the vicinity of Boston hi
md agreed to curtail production duri
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