Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-23
Alfred G. Fields (colored) was hanees

In Chicago tor tne muruer on feDruary
90 of Mrs. Ellen Randolph, also colored.
Nightingale, the fast mare of c. i.
Hamlin, of Buffalo, N Y, and valued at
o,0O0, fell dead on the race track in
Louisville, Ky.
More than 100 persons were killed by
n cyclone which swept over Sherman,
Tex, and vicinity. Sixty or more mot
death in Sherman and 40 others were
killed south of there. The list of in
jured was equally large. Fifty houses
were wrecked and the western part OF
the town was completely swept away.
Eight persons were killed at Howe, ten
at Gribble Springs and two at Justin.
Gov. Altgeld spoke to large audience
at the Auditorium in Chicago in favor
of free coinage of silver.
The Markham hotel and a business
block were burned at Atlanta, Ga, the
loss being $300,000.
a message around the world in so
minutes by telegraph was the feature
ut the national electrical exposition in
New York. 1t was sent from New Yorl:
to Toxic and back. via Chicago, San
Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal and
Canso, distance of 25,600 miles.
The supreme council of the American
Protective association ended it's session
in Washington by electing j. w. Echols,
of Atlanta, Ga, as president, and by re-
moving the blacklist against Maj. Nc
Kinley.
John Hornbuckle and Stone Steward.
two farmers from Platte county, Mo-.
fought with knives in a saloon in Leav-
enworth, Kan, and both were killed.
Henry Bolln, the defaulting ex-city
treasurer of Omaha, Neb. was sentenced
to 10 years in the penitentiary and TO
pay fine of $211,OO
Nemaha, Marshall and Cloud counties
in Kansas were swept by cyclone and
dismantled buildings mark the path OF
the storm, IA persons were known to
have been killed, from 40 to 60 were
injured, several of whom would die,
and scores of families were homeless.
Nearly half the business portion Of
Blue Island. ILL.,, was destroyed by fire,
the total loss being about 100000.
The percentages of the bas"' o. q ail7s
in the National Lear .
ended on the 7-.r IS sU.ss.
Cleveland, .Lat t...E It.r.-Ie,
.625; CincinL .a .f's ..adelphia,
600; Pittsbur =, Chicago, $50;
Washington, ~; Brooklyn. Ass; ST.
Louis, $50; New York, .304; Louisville,
200.
While fishing near Holden, Mo-,
Charles Brought and young man
named Cook were killed by lightning.
The schooner Mary d. Aver collided
in Lake Michigan with the steamer
/ off Dnir nd
liams and four of the crew OF the
schooner were drowned.
The house of Anderson Jones was
wrecked by a tornado at Elva, Ky, and
he and his wife and three children were
killed.
Jacob Hess, an aged farmer, and his
son, were killed by an unknown as
sassin at Lindsay, o.
Mrs. Anna Devaney, 60 years old, of
Fort Dodge, Ia, and her grandson, FL
mer Atherton, nine years old, were
killed by gas at Omaha, Neb.
The Rockford (Ill.) Watch company,
Fl. w. Price, president, assigned, with
liabilities of $4,000.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
53. LAG, 900 bushels; corn, 9,153.000 BUSH
els; oats, 7,s9O,OOO bushels; rye, 1885,
00O bushels; barley, SOS, 900 bushels.
The historic Longfellow house and
four mansions were burned at Nahant,
Mass, the loss being 100000.
The decree of Gen. Weyler prohibit
ing the expectation of leaf tobacco
from Cuba was causing considerable
concern among New York dealers.
The annual May anniversaries of the
baptist church in the United States
commenced at Asbury Park, NJ
The supreme court of the United
States decided that the statute of Lou
isiana requiring railroad companies to
supply separate coaches for white and
colored persons was constitutional.
Mrs. b. F. Young, aged 80, passed the
examination at Cincinnati required by
the government for a first mates Ii
cense. She is the only woman with this
distinction.
A Detroit bird broke the worlds 300
mile holning-pigeon record, making the
distance in hours and 81 minutes.
At the Methodist conference in Kan
sas City, Kan, resolution was adopted
forbidding members, either lay or
otherwise, to use tobacco or alcoholic
liquors.
The agricultural implement and stove
manufacturing firm at Lansing, Mich,
OF Z. Bement & Sons was forced to as
sign with liabilities of S300,0O0.
Edward Kelton & Co.. lumber dealers
at Columbus, o.. made an assignment
| with liabilities of 100000.
The United States supreme court up
held the law of Georgia prohibiting the
running of freight cars in the state on
Sunday.
fire among wholesale jobbing
houses in Washington destroyed prop
erty valued at $250,0oO and caused the
death of two firemen.
Thomas j. Little, owner of the Penn
knitting mills in Philadelphia, failed
for 100000.