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

Fire consumed the large warehouse
of Lamb & Spencer, grocers, at Char
lotte, causing IL loss of about 81 1000. 1T
is supposed to have been done by
tramps.
The new Iron Mountain company
has been mustered into tine state serv-
ice. 1t will be known rs Co. II, Fifth
regiment, and succeeds the Menominee
company
The Michigan Carbide CO., new
concern which manufactures acetylene
gas, will build plant ut Sault Ste.
Marie. The product is very cheap
portable gas.
On May Grand Rapids water bonds
to the amount of $l96, 900 will fall due,
and there's but $50, 900 in cash now in
sight. The city treasurer failed to
provide for them in his annual budget.
The fruit growers of western Michi.
gan are endeavoring to secure better
transportion for their products to
eastern markets. They show that
they shipped 4,575 cars of fruit last
season.
During a friendly snowballi~r at
Charlevoix, Editor w. A. Smith hit
the village marshal, and the later at
once arose on his official dignity and
arrested the pencil shower, who was
fined 81.
Fireman Fred Hosford was killed
and Engineer Thos. Webb and Fire
man Wood, the latter of Detroit, were
fatally injured in the wrec; of a
freight train collision near Fairport,
New York.
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an inmate of the Holland home for the
Rapids by taking rough on rats He
was despondent because his hearing
began to fail.
The Beauvais Boat & Canoe Co., of
CharlevoiX, lost paint shop and ware
house by fire and over $1,000 worth of
boats were burned and the building
was completely destroyed. There was
no insurance.
John Thody, of Lakeport, was sem
fenced to Jail for GO days and to pay a
fine of Sl5O for selling liquor without
h state license. John Carroll got
caught for $50 for keeping his saloon
open on Sunday.
Will Young and wife left their home
near Watervliet for a drive, leaving u
fire in the kitchen stove. Soon after
the alarm of fire was given and the
town turned out just in time TO save
the contents. Loss, $500.
Mr.. Hoffman, of Port Huron, is suing
Loud II Son, of Oscoda, for cutting
logs off land purchased under tax title.
Thousands of acres owned by non-resi-
dents have been stripped of pine on
the strength of such titles.
Mrs. Rhoda Reed, an elderly lady of
Onsted, who had been visiting rela-
tives at Addison, boarded the wrong
train for home and on discovering her
mistake, grew wildly excited and
jumped from the train and was killed
Reports were received at Menominee
concerning big wreck on the Chicago,
Milwaukee " st. Paul railroad about
six miles from Iron Mountain. Six
teen cars loaded with logs ran off a
bridge over small creek. The loco
motive passed over all right.
The state military board has recon-
mended to the commander in chief
Michigan National Guard be held at
Island Lake, beginning Aug. TO- No
man will be eligible to go to camp
who does not enlist prior to May 10.
a Michigan Central engine struck a
sleigh load of children while the party
was attempting to cross the track near
Saginaw resulting in George Brandt
more, and Fred and Louis Martin be-
ing injured. Five of the other chill
dren were thrown out but escaped un-
hurt.
The agricultural college board has
elected Prof. j. l.. Snyder, of Alle-
gheny, Pa, as president of the Michi-
gan Agricultural college to succeed
Prof. Gorton. The new president was
principal of the schools at Allegheny.
He has accepted the new position and
will begin his work soon.
The township of Grattan. Kent
county, is suffering Il scourge of diph-
theria- A young man named Doyle
died of the disease, and as no precau-
tions were taken everybody in the
neighborhood was exposed. Now
about 30 families in the township have
it, The schools are closed, churches
suspended, and the district is under
quarantine until the danger passes.
The Masonic Home association met
at Grand Rapids To discuss the future
of that institution in view of the re-
fusal OF the grand lodge to take it
under its wing. 1t was decided to
keep the home open as long as possible
without running into debt The asso-
citation has between 500 and 81 900 on
hand and has received assurances from
different lodges and individuals of as.
slstance during the coming year
Harry, the 11-yearold son of William
A. Woodruff, was killed by switch
engine at Port Huron. The young lad
had boarded freight train at the tun.
mel depot, and was riding to Thirty.
second street, where his home was. A
switch engine was following the
freight train on another track, and
when the boy jumped off from the
train he landed right in front of the
switch engine, which struck him in
the head.
A schooner which passed Key West,
Fla, signaled the pilot boat Nonpareil
that they had on board two stowaways.
They announced themselves as DIR.