Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-15

a fair was in progress, and two men
were killed and several injured.
The Park theater, Trugby's museum
and other buildings were destroyed by |
fire at Niagara Falls, N. Y, and seven
persons were burned to death. The
property loss is $250,000.
George w. Hankins, once the king of
Chicago gamblers, and lately interested
In horse racing, made an assignment and
turned over property valued at 81, 100000
to settle his debts.
In Missouri ConkliDg Bros. banking
house at Nevada and the banks at Bron-
augh and Richards were all closed by
the sheriff.
The Christian brothers outlaw gang
raided the town of Cummings, o. T.,
and killed the family of Rev. L. c. Ray
mond, consisting of his wife and three
daughters.
Boyd, Parley C Co., carpet dealers in
Philadelphia, failed for $250,0OO.
At the races in Columbus, o., Robert
]. paced the fourth and deciding heat
of the free-for-all pace in 2:02A, which
is the fastest fourth heat ever paced.
BY n decision handed down by Judge
Adams, chief justice of the supreme
court of the Creek nation in Oklahoma,
the names of over 1,700 negroes are
stricken from the rolls of citizenship
of the nation.
There were 26o business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Tth, against 2s1 the week
previous and 209 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
One man was killed and two were
fatally injured in fire at Swift's pack
ing plant in Kansas City that caused
loss of 100000.
The American line steamer ST. Louis
made the trip from Liverpool to New
York in days hours and 32 minutes,
breaking all previous records.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$911, ,997,7 ,7S4, against SSH ,433, ,2O3 the pre-
vious week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 6.4.
The Lake county bank at East Chi
cago, Ind, suspended payment.
Charles Thiede was hanged Mt Salt
Lake City for numbering his wife April
80, 1894, and Claud Hoover was executed
at Omaha, Neb., for killing Samuel Du-
bois, his brother-in-law.
Robert Hopper and Matte johnson
were murdered and robbed by five ne
groes near Harrodsburg, Ky.
At church social and picnic in Fort
Scott, Kan, over Is persons were poi
soned by eating ice cream and several
would die.
At Nashville, Ill.,, Thomas J. Rogers
aged Ga, killed his aged wife by cutting
her throat and then killed himself. Nc
cause is known.
Willie Auxler and Joe Enright, botf
ten years old, were drowned in the
river Mt Atlantic, Ia, while bathing.
The entire family of James Pitt, sever
in number, were struck by lightning
near Riverview, Chicago suburb, an'
three were fatally injured.
J The Ingham county savings bank a
Lansing, Mich, closed its doors witt
liabilities of $4,000.
The percentage of the baseball club
in the National league for the wee
ended on the 9th is as follows: Balti
more, .693; Cincinnati, SOL; Cleveland
, 64O; Chicago, 1888; Pittsburgh, .556
2 Boston, $3.50; Brooklyn, 461; Philadel
phia, .449; New York, All; Washing
. ton, .402; st. Louis, .30S; Louisville
= .250.
1 Intense heat prevailed throughout th
: country and many deaths from sun
: strokes were reported in Chicago, 81
Q Louis. New York and other places.
Q Six men lost their lives in freigh
wreck ON the Rock Island road nea
Leighton, Ia.
- A cloudburst at Bolivar, o., foode
a the village and did great damage.
a The Delta Lumber company at d.
d troit, Mich, filed mortgages aggrega
/ ing $5O0.Oo0 to protect creditors.
), The works of the Trenton IN. j
s. Fire Clay and Porcelain company wei
j. burned, the loss being $150,00o, an
o Charles Woods, a fireman, was killed b
r falling walls.
r John II. Gentry, the pacing stallio
70 who holds the worlds record, reduce
', that record on the track at Columbu
% o.. from 2:03H to 2:03A.
The entire business portion of Jo
dan, Tenn, has been destroyed by fir
e Every town along the Great Northei
railroad in North Dakota from Graz
n to Larimore was damaged by storl
d the loss to crops alone being immens
e. Lorenzo Saladino, Becino Sorcoro aI
r Angelo Marcuso were lynched by m'
10 at Hahnville, La. for murder.
50 Four men were drowned near BentS
is Harbor, Mich, while bathing.
al James +. Mcclure, William Thorn
> and j. l. Tallman, said to be the prin'
70 pals of the worst combination
u swindlers that has ever preyed on 4
lk American public, were arrested in CT
- cago.