Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-07-04

III tne Nutiohul leaSue Tor the awcels
ended OIL the 2sth were as follows:
Baltimore, Gas; Cleveland, .647; Gin
cinnati, .633; Boston, GIL; Washing
ton, 1920; Chicago, .525; Philadelphia,
500; Pittsburgh, 500; Brooklyn, 500;
New York, AIS; st. Louis, .263; Louis
vile. .207.
The exchanges ut the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the Goth aggregated
$so9,553,s32, against $1,o3S,5 SO, sos the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 11.O.
The Braddock CPa.) wire works were
closed down by the wire nail trust and
1000 men were thrown out of work.
Many buildings were wrecked by n
cyclone at West Louisville, Ky, and
Pearl Hicks, aged 16, was killed.
Andrew Cole, anaeronaut fell from his
balloon at Grand Rapids, Mich, and was
killed.
Rev. James Williams, pastor at Brad
ley, S. D., and Abraham Jones, u hard
ware merchant of Butler, S. D.. were
drowned near the Simpson Park camp
grounds in Big Stone lake, Minnesota,
Dy Ine upSettlnS OF boat.
Joseph Cooking, of Hilltop. awaiting
trial on a charge of numbering his wife
and her sister, Miss Daisy Miller, on
April 20, was taken from Jail at Port
Tobacco, Md, and lynched by party of
| men.
The mineral products of the United
States for the calendar year 1895 were
valued at $611, 1885, ,290, against $527, $685.
594 for 1894, an increase of $sO, 100000.
| At New London, Conn, James Rom
key, aged A, shot and killed his wife
| and then committed suicide. Unfaith-
| fulness on the part of the wife was given
| as the cause.
Two boys, sons of Nicholas Min
| ninger and Patrick Buckley. farmers,
were drowned in the mill pond at Low
| ell, Ind, while in swimming.
A large force of miners was at work
in the Twin Shaft mine at Pittston, Pa,
when the roof of the slope caved in and
it was believed that 100 persons per-
ished.
Lewis Gokey and wife, Mrs. o. A.
Risum, Mrs. Herman Drackrey, Miss
Emma Garbrecht and Miss Margaret
Grove wer9 drowned in the lake at
Shawano, Wis, by the capsizing of
yacht.
The Todd silk mill at Paterson, N.
J., was destroyed by fire, the loss being
100000.
Patrick McKeown. nominated at the
Ohio democratic convention for state
food and dairy commissioner. died at
his home in Cincinnati of cholera NOR
bus.
The syndicate which was formed at
Youngstown, o., two years ago to es-
tablish newspapers from New York to
San Francisco has failed.
At Red Oak, Ia, John R. Gentry
broke the worlds record for stations,
going mile in 2:O3h.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the goth was: Wheat, |
4T,S60,0O0 bushels; corn, s,760,0oO BUSH |
els; oats, s,716,O0o bushels; rye, 1.547,- |
COO bushels; barley, 10000 bushels.
-Four boys were drowned and is per-
sons were hurt by the collapse of Il
wharf at South Boston. Mass.
The explosion of a boiler in the office !
Of the Evening Age at Houston, Tex,
killed Miss Matte Loeb, E. L. Emery |
and Henry Lyons.
Misses Jessie Kelso and Sadie Reese !
aid John Samson were drowned in the |
Mississippi river at Tekamah, Neb., by
the swapping of boat.
Victor Erickson, George Haycocll and |
Frank Cramer were killed by the caving-
i'll of mine at Ely, MINI.
Four choir boys and the choirmaster
of st. Johns Episcopal church at
Charlestown, Mass, were drowned by |
the upsetting of boat.
w. 7. Foster, n weather prophet at st. |
Joseph, Mo-, has challenged the oaicers
of the weather bureau in Washington to |
forecasting contest.
&. Augustus Page, cashier of the |
Equitable Life Insurance company, was
arrested in Pittsburgh at the funeral of |
his wife on the charge of causing her
death.
w. ID. Wilson, naval constructor at the |
Charlestown (Mass) navy yard, was
stricken with apoplexy while on duty
and died.
barkentine, F. F. Cassen, Capt. +. A.
Cassen commanding, left Boston, sue
cessfully eluding the government au-
InOrltleS.
William Turner and Re- w. Dunlop,
who confessed to having robbed their
employer, l. Townsend Burden, of $780,
300 worth of jewelry were sentenced in
New York to nine years each in prison.
Secretary Morton again declined to
raise the embargo on live cattle from
France, Switzerland, Belgium and sew
eral other foreign countries.
Fire destroyed Ryan's packing house
at Dubuque. Ia, the loss being 500, 900.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
In state convention at Albany the
New York democrats elected David B.
Hill, Roswell p. Flower, Edward MUIR
ply, Jr., and Frederick r. Coudert as
delegates at large to the national con-
vention on gold standard platform.