Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29


accounts ms Boston manager of the L. A.
johnson ticket agency.
Joe Patchen lowered the worlds stall
lion recorn at Portland, Me-, making a
mile in 2:03.
The percentage of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 23d is as follows: Balti-
more, $50; Cincinnati, .676; Cleveland,
.624; Chicago, 81; Pittsburgh, .564;
Boston, 500; Brooklyn, AGO; Philndel-
phia, .456; New York, .451; Washing
ton, $50; ST. Louis, .317; Louisville, .25s.
During a row at negro dance near
Lebanon, KY, George May shot and
killed Charles Warner, Charles Pipes
and Bud Hardin.
Three children, Austin Wormsley,
Bertha Cropp and Blanche Cole, were
killed by the cars at Meadeville. Pa.
A farmhouse near Hobart, ILL.,, was
struck by lightning, and Jeremiah
Smith and his wife and child were killed
and the house was burned to the
ground.
1t is said that the resignation of Hoke
Smith as secretary of the interior, to
take effect September 1, has been ac-
cepted by President Cleveland.
The Ihmsen Glass company at Pitts
burgh, Pa, went into the hands of Il re-
ceiver with liabilities of $115,000.
An incendiary fire started in the EX-
position building and in the covered
half-mile track at the Buffalo IN. W
Driving park simultaneously caused a
loss of 100000.
Mrs. Robert Maxwell and her three
year-old child were killed by the cars
near Clare, Mich.
During an electrical storm IA barns
in Huntington county, Ind, were struck
by lightning and destroyed.
A severe windstorm visited the states
of Illinois and Iowa and several lives
were lost and much property destroyed.
Samuel Reinheimer, of Cameron, one
of the largest merchants in West Vir-
ginia, failed for $150.OOO.
Mrs. II. Phillips and Mrs. S. Quaife
and her two children lost their lives
in fire at Huntsville, Ont.
BY freight wreck on the Northern
Pacific near Horse Plains, Mont, four
men were killed.
Charles Jenkins, one of the most no
torious bank and post Office burglars
in the country, died in Brooklyn, n. Y.
Forty persons were injured, some ia
tally, in wreck on the electric road ut
Frederick City, Md.
Announcement was made by Presi-
dent Cleveland of the appointment of
David r. Francis, ex-governor of Mis-
souri,, as secretary of the interior, vice
Hol<e Smith, resigned.
The Haymarket produce bank in Chi
cago, owned by Arthur H. Howe and
Gustavus A, Bodenschatz, made an as
signment with liabilities of 100000.
William H. McDoel has been appoint
ed receiver for the Louisville, New AL
bany & Chicago railroad, the liabilities
of the road being $15,9s5,000.
The State bank, owned by Church &
Son at Lowell, Mich, closed its doors.
The eighteenth biennial session of the
supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias
and the national encampment of the
organization began at Cleveland and
reports of officers showed prosperity in
every direction.
John Debbs and his 14-year-old son
| "tIS hlllCu W oii SApiOSiOh Ot hy AA
mite at Trimble, o.
While sparring at Van Buren,, Ark,
Emsie Williams was hit on the left
breast by Will Clark and died immedi-
ately.
A mail train on the Pittsburgh &
Western railway was wrecked at Val
encia, Pa, and two dozen persons were
injured, five probably fatally.
At San Pedro, Cal, Robert C. John
son shot and killed Mrs. c. S. Lane, his
divorced wife, and then killed him,
self. Mrs. Lane was remarked only
two months ago.
The Union Steel company of AleXan
dria, Ind, went into n receivers hands
with liabilities of $1,O0O,000.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Gath was: Wheat
45,1s9,00O bushels; corn, IA, 100000 bush
els; oats, 6,9O7, 900 bushels; rye, 1,676,
600 bushels; barley, 900 bushels.
George Page and Will Morgan, young
men living near Madison, Fla, killed
each other in duel over girl.