Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-03

and Charles S. Hoffstall and James Nor
ton were fatally hurt.
Louis Gimm, of Pittsburgh, Pa, broke |
the previous 24-hour bicycle record in
Chicago, making 4s5 miles and 1917 |
yards.
During a riot at political meeting |
in Orestes, Ind, Joe Martin, Hosek Tenn
pleton and Sam Slavin were fatally
stabbed.
The entire plant of the Carnegie Com
pany's Edgar Thomson steel works at
Braddock, Pa, resumed operations, Civ
ing 200 men work.
In the flreman's tournament hose reel
races at Sisterville, w. Va, the worlds
record was broken by the Butler (Pa.)
team.
Gen. Carlos Roloff, who is accused of
aiding flibustering expeditions to
Cuba, was held to the grand jury in
New York.
A waterspout near San Marcos, Tex,
caused great destruction to property
and some loss of life.
County Treasurer George S. Morri-
son, of Rensselaer, county, N. Y, is said
to be short in his accounts to the ex-
tent of 100000.
The schooner Edward E. Webster, of
San Francisco, was lost in the Pacific
ocean and 25 persons were drowned.
Charles Gossler, young business
man at Defiance, o., was drowned in
the Maumee river while attempting to
walk on the water in imitation of the
Saviour. He was insane over religion.
In freight wreck near Hilton, Pa,
Engineer Mitchell and Fireman Kelly
were killed.
Many of the colored colcnists who
went from this country to Liberia early
in the spring have died of fever and
others were in a destitute condition.
The big wholesale dry goods firm of
Wolf e. Brother at Little Rock. Ark,
failed for 100000.
+. &C. Krafts and George Dixon lowered
the worlds five-miie bicycle road rec
ord in San Francisco, placing the figures
at 1922 As.
The Northern Illinois college at Full
ton was destroyed by fire, the loss being
| S12O,0OO,
The National league baseball season
came to an end with the clubs stand
in5 in the following positions: Balti-
more, sos per cent; Cleveland, .625;
Cincinnati, .6O6; Boston, SOS: Chicago.
.555; Pittsburgh. .512; New York, .4S9;
Philadelphia, AT; Brooklyn, .443;
Washington, .343; ST. Louis, .3Os;
Louisville, 300
Thomas German and Mat Carey were
cremated in log hut near Lansing, la
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The twenty-siXth annual meeting OF
the National Prison association con-
vened in Milwaukee.
Frank L. David, of Defiance, o., and
G. NJ. Grove and j. U. Smith, of Cleve.
land, made the discovery that they were
all married to the same woman.
At South Hadley, Mass, the main
building of Mount Holyolte college, the
pioneer institution for the higher edu,
cation of woman, was burned, the loss
being $150.000.
For the first time in their history
Minnesota and South Dakota will con
sumo corn for fuel the coming winter
because of the high prices for coal.
Harris Boone (colored) was shot by 6
party of citizens at Sparta, Ca, fol
shooting at an officer who was trying tc
arrest him.
Two banks in Kansas, one at Argonit
and the other at Tribune, closed theil
, doors.
Thomas Hawkins, the oldest member
, of the West Virginia Legislature, died a
Huntington, aged IA years.
, Inapolitical dispute near Gray, w. Va
/ John Roberts and DOC" Estep wer
J killed.
Reports from all sections of Texa
: say that the cotton crop has been seri
=, ously damaged by heavy rains.
Four boilers in colliery at Hazeltou
7 Pa, exploded. instantly killing Pete
: Parker and fatally injuring Michae
t and Andrew Hargaud.
The Tiger hotel at Burke, Idaho, wa
: destroyed by fire and William oMara
r a miner, was burned to death and seN
eral other persons were injured.
a A barrel of oil ignited on the BIRTHS
d steamship Cyrus in Philadelphia an
a four sailors were burned to death.
u About half the business portion c
Plato, Mimi. was burned.
: John Wanamaker, the well-know
Philadelphia merchant, has bought ou
the entire stock in New York of Hilton
4 Hughes q Co., formerly A. T. Stewart
i and will continue the business.
At the twenty-first session in Detro
the Cigarmakers' international Unio
of America the report of the presider
= showed that during the year ende
June 80, 1896, the consumption of cigar
= in the United States was 4,237, 1859
:. The total amount of wages paid out pt
:. year is Sal, ,767,0S and the value of IL
product is $129, 9,693,275.
: The Cleveland (O.) rolling mill, one {
+ the largest plants of its kind in I'll
United States, has closed down, an
j, 4,G0O men are thrown out Of emplo.
ment.
The Union Brotherhood of Carpel
d ters and Joners in session IN Clevelan
o., passed a resolution in favor of +
s stricting immigration to $4,000 yea
Harry T1ovd Of ROston Wos plectt