Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-10
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

and jewelry were stolen.
| A tornado on the sea islands in
Georgia caused the loss of 100 lives and
the destruction of $50O,0o0 worth of
property.
Hulburt Brothers & Co., sporting
goods and bicycle dealers in New York,
failed for S292.00O.
f. =. Whitney, the senior member Of
the banking firm of Whitney d Son,
known as the Bank of Atlantic at At
lantic, Ia, made a personal assignment
with assets of $780, 900; liabilities, $780,
600.
The severest gale ever known in
Syracuse, IN. Y, did thousands of dol
lars worth of damage to property.
A hurricane in Pennsylvania caused
the loss of six lives at Pottsvlle, two at
Reading and two at Shamoltin, and the
property loss is estimated at over ST.
100000.
A storm at Alexandria, Va, killed
four persons, three churches were de-
stroyed and nearly every business block
was more or less damaged and hun
dreds of private houses lost their roofs.
By an explosion in Schmidt's brewery
at Indianapolis two men were fatally IN
jured and ten others seriously hurt.
George Barnum, the only brother of
the late p. I. Barnum, was murdered
for his money near Harrison. Mich.
The Pacific Mail steamship China ar
rived in San Francisco from Hong Kong
and Yokohama two days ahead of time,
breaking the trans-Pacific record be-
tween Yokohama and San Francisco.
Fire destroyed 16 business houses and
the City hotel at Ladonia, Tex, and Mrs.
Jane Knapp, John Mcfarland and Miss
Carrie Mcfarland were burned to death
in the hotel.
George b. Anderson attempted to
make parachute drop from balloon
at Paola, Ram, but the parachute did
not open and be fell 5000 feet and was
killed.
At the annual meeting in Milwaukee
Of the National Prison congress Roelitf
Brinkerhotf. OF Mansfield, o., was elect
ed president.
BY n collision of two freights at Phil
son, Pa, on the Baltimore & Ohio, six
men were killed outright and as many
more badly injured.
While drunk Nathan z. Spellman fa-
tally wounded Anna Kicker. Fged II
years. near Holgate, o., and then killed
himself.
A. Il. Brousseau, one of the largest
carpet dealers in New Orleans, failed for
$2S6.0O0.
The public debt statement shows
net increase in the public debt, less cash
in the treasury, during September of
$1,sOG.O34. Total cash in the treasury,
$S40, ,642. .7T3.
Mrs. Frazer, bride of four days, shot
herself through the heart at Cairo, Ill.,,
dying instantly. No reason can be given.
Thomas Newltirk and Henry Ash
craft fought duel over girl near Mid
dlesboro, ky., and both men were killed.
The National Association of Live
Stock Exhibitors in session at Spriug-
field, ILL.,, elected II. n. Gentry, of Sc
nalia, Mo-. president.
a cloudburst washed away part of the
village of Benson, A. r., and Willlam
Seek, a barber, his wife and two chill
dren, and Oscar Ashburn, a caItlerian,
were drowned.
The match sculling race at Worcester.
Mass, between Whitehead and Ten
Eyck for the amateur championship of
the United States was won by Ten Eycli
Dy one ana halt lengths.
The receipts and expenditures of the
government fo- the month of September
shows the total receipts to have been
24,5S4,244 and the expenditures $780,
570,535, leaving deficit for the month
of $l,905,2sl. The deficit for the three
months of the present fiscal year is $685.
I94,l20, against deficit of 50 SS4,65S for
the corresponding months last year.
All the opening in Burlington of the
sem-centennial celebration os Iowa's
statehood the reviewing stand col
lapsed and II persons were injured,
among them being Gov. Drake and Vice
President Stevenson.
Fire in the Paschen block in Milwau-
kee caused loss of 100000.
The monthly statement of the COMP
trolier of The currency shows the
amount of national bank notes in cir
culation September 80 was $3.50 ,552 ,O3O,
an increase fer the month of 81 LOGS ,5Sl,
and for the IL months of $2O.7S9, 1913.
Mrs. Mary Funk was killed and her
daughter, Mrs. o. Metz, and an adopted
child four years of age were fatally in
jured by runaway team near Atlantic,
Ia,
Lesser Brothers, wholesale dealers in
clothing in New York, failed for $780,
OCO.
The recent storm did great damage at
the national cemeteries in the vicinity
of Washington, hundreds of trees being
uprooted and some graves destroyed.
William A. Little, of Georgia. assist
ant attorney general for the interior de-
partment. has sent his resignation to
President Cleveland.
The silk factory owned by Alfred
Streuli at Sterling, Mass, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 100000.
The monthly statement of the director
of the mint shows the total coinage AZ
the United States mints during the
month of September, 1896, TO have been
5,0l5,313.5O, divided as follows: Gold