Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-16
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Almost 10000 government employees
were brought under the protection of
the civil service by the issuance of an
order of the president making general
revision of civil service rules.
A fire among business houses at
Elyria, o.. caused loss of 100000.
By vote of 425 to 9s the Methodist
general conference at Cleveland de-
cided that the four women delegates
might retain their seats.
Herman w. Mudgett, alias II. Fl.
Holmes, was hanged in Philadelphia
for the murder of Benjamin +. Pitzcl
on September 2, 1894.
The derailment of a smoking car on
a train near Boston killed w. j. Down
and j. f. Long, business men, and i'll
jured several other persons.
Charles Homes, n Choctow Indian,
was executed under the Indian law at
Antlers, l. I. He was blindfolded and
shot by the sheriff.
The roundhouses and 12 locomotives
belonging to the Queen and Crescent
Railway company were destroyed by
fire at Somerset, Ky, the loss being
S3C0,OOO.
L. r. Brainerd, cut stone contractor
in Chicago, failed for 100000, pulling
down with him the firm of Sherman,
Flavin & Co., marble cutters, whose liza
bilities were over 100000.
The Citizens bank of Union City,
Ind, one of the oldest banking insti-
tutions in the country, closed its doors
with liabilities of $4,000.
Charles Harrison, young farmer liv-
ing near Williamsport, Ind, shot Ida
Welch and Harry Smith and then killed
himself. Jealousy was the cause.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the Sth aggregated ST.
135,OS3, ,412, against S0S2, ,511 the pre-
yious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1895,
was 2.S.
The business portion of Sebree, KY,
was wiped out by fire.
A special train on the Michigan Cen
trail road went from Windsor. Ont, to
the international bridge, Buffalo, a dis
tance of 220 miles, in 220 minutes and le
seconds.
Judge Maynard, of Boston, in six
hours disposed of so divorce cases, an
average of one every seven minutes.
There were 23S business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sth, against 23S the week
previous and 227 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
John Waldrip, who four months ago,
while serving a term in the Coalburgh
| (Ala.) penitentiary for larceny, Drained
fellow convict, jasper Thornton, with
a coal pick, was hanged in the Jail yard.
Michael Farmer, aged 90 years, and
| Angeline Hipshaw, aged 81 years, wera
married at Thornhill, Tenn.
Samuel r. Dawson, of Des Moines, Ia,
| who Christmas eve shot and killed Wal
ter Scott, his son-in-law of an hour, was
| found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree.
j. Watson Hildreth, the boy train
wrecker of Rome, n. Y, received Il life
sentence. His companions, Plato and
Hibbard, pleaded guilty to manslaugl-
ter and were sentenced to 40 years i'm
prisonment each.
At the Methodist general conference
in Cleveland it was recommended that
the American flag fly from the steeple
of every Methodist church in the coun-
try.
Six houses, 20 horses and other valu-
able property were consumed by fire at
Camden, Tenn.
car of oil caught fire and exploded
at Rellmore, o., causing the death OF
William Cummins, aged "a, and Will
| liam JDpUuepl;ar aOed 40
The Southern Baptist convention met
at Chattanooga, Tenn, with 1000 dele
gates present.
The president issued an order extend
ing the civil service rules to the inter
state commerce commission, making
a total of about $4,000 government posi-
tions now included III the civil service.
ID. G.. Collins, one of the largest to-
bacco dealers in Ohio, failed at Cincin
natl for 100000.
A cyclone wrecked houses and barns
ut Clark, S. D., and the wife of G. III. Lind
land was killed.
Mrs. Fritz Henisint, who lives neal
Fowler, Ind, gave birth to six infants
four boys and two girls. Two years age
Mrs. Heuisint gave birth TO triplets.
The textile mill OF Samuel Riddles &
Sons near Chester, Pa, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being $l30,000.
In San Francisco the Vulcan iroI
works were destroyed by fire, causing
loss of 100000.
G. w. Butts and C. X. Goodwin, tive
prominent young men, left Providence
r. L., on bicycle trip to California
with the intention of breaking the pres
ent record.