Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-09-19
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.


cutting his throat.
An express train on the Lake Shore
road caught fire near Goshen, Ind, and
one car containing money and valuable
goods was burned.
The Office of the Southern Express
company in Thomasville, Ca, was
robbed of $1,000.
Mrs. laura Behrent was burned to
death in Chicago by the explosion of
gasoline stove and her 13-months-old
boy was fatally burned.
Heron, Taylor & Co., wholesale
grocers in Memphis, Tenn, failed for
100000.
The Mutual national bank in New Or
leans closed it's doors.
A slight earthquake shock was felt at
Paducah, Ky, and at Golden, Ill.
James P. Weidman and Joe Allen quar-
relied while discussing the silver ques-
ton at st. Augustine, Fla, and killed
each other.
The Sons of Veterans in annual ses-
sion at Louisville, KY, elected James
L. Rake, of Reading, Pa, commander in
chief, and decided to hold the next en-
campment at indianapolis.
Charles Maidment, of Richmond Mo-,
killed his wife and then took his own
life. Cause of the tragedy not known.
Mrs. Henry Ingham, of Battle Creek.
Mich, who has tasted 164 days, has be-
gun to take food again.
Samuel Allen, a lumber dealer at
Houston. Tex, failed for S5O0.000.
Fourteen persons were poisoned at
wedding feast at Bondurant, Ia, and
some of them were in a serious condi-
ton.
A mercantile alliance was formed in
Chicago by 200 manufacturers and over
10000 retail merchants outside of Chi
cago to be called the National Associa-
tion of Merchants and Travellers, the
object being to make known the ad
vantages of trading in Chicago and the
improvement of methods of merchan.
dising.
The Bank of Commerce, a state insti-
tuition, closed it's doors at New Orleans
with liabilities of over 100000.
The Franklin cotton mills at Cincin-
natl were placed in the hands of a re-
ceiver. with liabilities of $l63,0OO.
George Lynch and Reese Reese lost
thCil iiNSS pJ IhS Va q pO"uSh
mill at Youngstown, o.
Two cigarmakers, one at Norfolk Va.
| and the other al Jacksonville, Ill.,, threw
themselves before moving trains and
were cut to pieces.
There were 315 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 11th, against 334 the week
previous and 1877 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during tn.
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$3.50, ,234, against $S27 oil ,134 the pre-
vious week. The decrease compare
with the corresponding week in 1898
is 24.2.
Polk Wells, the notorious outlaw, died
in prison at Anamosa, la.
Charles Hamilton was hanged at
Paris, Ark. for the murder of an old
man named McAbee in Franklin county
last winter.
Silas Huffman. an obstinate eccentric
who remained in bed for ever Is years
cut of spite, died at his home near Far
Hills. N. ].
AT the annual meeting in Grand
Rapids, Mich, of the National Letter
Carriers association j. N, Parsons. of
New York, was elected president
The percentage of the baseball clubs
in the National league fo- the week
ended on the 18th were as follows: Bal
timore, .70S; Cleveland. .622; Cincinnati,
COS; Chicago, .5G5; Boston, $40: Pitts
burgh, 55l; New York, .492; Phiadel-
phia, .4ss; Brooklyn, .45s; Washington,
.425: ST. Louis, .293; Louisville, .275.
Mrs. William Vyverberg and her 90
year-old daughter were drowned at
Thompson's mill near Dubuque, la, by
driving off an embaukment into a
swoolen' creek.
Jose Perea shot and killed his sweet
heart, Altagracia Polaco. at Las Vegas,
N. NJ, and then killed himself
Charles McGovern, Charles O'Toolc
and George Stevens were found dead in
miners cabin a mile from Victor, Col.
IT is thought they were poisoned.
Two cars loaded with passengers
went through a bridge 80 feet into the
water near Eureka> CAL, and four per-
SONS lost their lives and ten others wers
badly injured.
Henry G. Bowers. of Cooperstown. N.
Y, and w. A. Herman, Jr.. of Utica, were
killed by lightning near the former
place.
The Imperial. the second largest hotel
Mt Old Orchard Beach, Me-. was burned
The Delaware oil works at Trainer
Pa, owned by Hiram e. Lutz, of Phila
delphia, were burned, the loss being
|. 100000.
Miss Clara Barton. the representa-
tive of the Red Cross society. arrived in
New York from the scene Of the Ar
menian troubles.