Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-08

| AIT the previous week. The decrease,
compared with the corresponding week
in 1895, was sc.
Charles Asimus, n hunchbaclS, was
hanged Mt Kalama, Wash, for the MUIR
DER of James Greenwood last Septens-
ber.
Cashier George Barnard, of the Fort
| StanwiX national bank at Rome, N. Y,
killed himself, and the bank was closed
pending an examination of it's affairs.
The boiler in the stave-mill on Will
liam Morrison's farm near Freepcrt,
o., exploded, killing William Luporte,
William kiefer and Roy Vesey.
There were i04 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 31st ult., against 373 the
week previous aud 364in the correspond
ing period of 1895.
Lloyd b. Montgomery, who murdered
his parents and Daniel McKercher, n
,neighbor, on November 10 last, was
hanged at Albany, Ore.
The committee of the New York club
appointed to investigate the charges cf
jmproper handling of the Defender in
the race with the Valkyrie for the
Americas cup found that Lord Dun
ravens charges of fraud were un.
founded.
The recent court order disbarring
belva A. Lockwood from practicing as
an attorney before the pension bu.eau
in Washington was suspended.
The Union Shoe company at Chilli
cothe, O., failed for 100000.
Gov. Morton granted Bat Shea, who
is under sentence OF death for the tnur-
der of Robert Ross during an election in
Troy, n. Y, further respite to Feb
ruary II.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st showed that the debt increased
S5,747,075 during the month of Janu-
ary. The cash balance in the treasury
was $117,591,77s. The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to $053, 3,O46,237.
Theodore S. Dick, aged 80, MEM
Der of the January grand jury, died
OF heart disease in the private chambers
of Judge Ball in Chicago.
Rhode Island officials discovered that
there has not been legal marriage
in that state for so years because law
requiring all persons performing the
marriage ceremony to register yearly
had not been complied with.
The monthly report of the director
of the mint shows the total coinage dur
ing January to have been $13,O33, $50,
classified as follows: Gold, $12,914, 600;
silver, $4,000; minor coin, $53,960.
The Evans, Belle d Clark company,
shoe manufacturers at Waldoboro, Me-,
failed for 100000.
The plant of the Wayne Electric
Light company at Wayne, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
100000.
DR.. Arthur Deustrow, the millionaire
who murdered his wife and child in ST..
Louis two years ago, was found guilty
by jury at Union, Mo-, and must suf-
fer the death penalty.
Tillie Anderson, Chicago girl, won
the siX-day woman's bicycle race in
Chicago, making 344 miles and laps.
Miss Farnsworth, of Minneapolis, was
only 1 lap behind. The best previous
record for 1S hours was 319 miles and
. laps.
Fire in Philadelphia destroyed build
ings occupied by the Baptist Pubiica-
tion society, the American Baptist His
1orical society and a dry goods firm,
the total loss being S2,O0o,0OO.
Fire at Bonneville, Ind, destroyed
five buildings on the south side of the
city square, the loss being 100000.
Fifteen thousand men and boys in the
western anthracite coal fields in Penn
sy!vania were thrown out of work by
the closing of collieries for an iudef-
mite period.
John and Jacob Mantz, brothers,
aged 6C> and rs years, who lived alone
near Wewoka, o. T., and were wealthy,
We're murdered by unknown persons.
Col. a. B. Colt, who ordered soldiers
to fire on lynchers in riot at Wash
ington Courthouse, o., last October,
and who was charged with man
slaughter, was acquitted by jury.
The Osages, the wealthiest tribe of
Indians on the earth per capita, passed
bill through their late council asking
for separation from Oklahoma and to
be annexed to the Indian territory.
The Iowa senate passed Il bill making
it crime to manufacture or keep on
sale or sell cigarettes in the state.
The mints at Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco and New Orleans began the coin
age of silver dollars at the rate of 81 ,5OO,-
600 per month and the work will con-
tinue until from SIS, ,OOO, 900 to sec, 900, 900
has been coined.
Application was made in New York
for receiver for the Weber Piano COM
pany. The liabilities were placed at
$3G4,000.
At mass meeting in New York pre-
sided over by Chauncey M. Depew pro.
tests were made against the removal
of Commander Booth and his wife as
leaders of the Salvation Army in the
United States.
1t was discovered that Lee Sellers
(coloredD, who was lynched at Knox
vile, Tenn, ten years ago for murder,
was innocent of the crime.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat.