Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-04

largest dealers IN dr1ed fruits on the
Pacific coast, failed at San Francisco
for over 81 100000.
A. B. Payne, postmaster at Long
view, Ala, was murdered by Jasper
Nabors, his nephew.
The Union Traction company, owner
of the street car lines involved in the
great strike in Philadelphia, consented
to arbitrate the differences with it's
employees, and the strike was declared
off.
John and William Noonan and Ed
ward A.ulcahy lost their lives in plan
ing-mill fire at Ashland, Wis.
The body of Harry T. Hayward. who
was executed December IL at Minneap-
oils for the murder of Catherine ulng,
was shipped to Chicago for cremation.
Most of the business portion and
many residences at Ryan, L. T., were
destroyed by fire.
Mabel Harris and Lille Baptiste were
drowned at Sturgeon Bay, Wis.,, while
skating,
Twenty-three federal prisoners made
their escape from the United States
Jail at South McAlester. L. Il.
John III. Hustled, worth $500,000, COM
mitted suicide at Denver through an
insane fear that he was about to lose
his fortune.
Indians, driven to desperation by
hunger, ambushed and killed three
Americans who were working in the
gold fields in the state of Sonora, N. NJ,
and cooked and ate their bodies.
The building in Baltimore occupied
by the firm of Oehm l. Co. as clothing
store was burned, the loss being $780,
900.
Seven persons were drowned in a
1reshet near Sterling City, Tex.
Prof. Charles IL. Thompson, princi-
| pal of the colored schools at East ST.
Louis, Ill.,, shot his wife because she
would not live with him and then killed
himself.
Leslie Combs, the largest tobacco
grower in the world, and his father-in-
law, Daniel Swigert, the most success
full retired breeder of thoroughbreds
in America, failed in Lexington, Ky,
for 100000.
Samuel Friedman, of Dayton, O., a
wholesale fruit dealer, was robbed by
highwaymen of $7o0.
The twin sister of the new battleship
Kearsarge has been named by Secre-
tary Herbert the Kentucky.
Railway building reached in the
United States this year n lower point
than in any of the last 20 years, the
record showing only /, ,7S2 miles of track
laid.
The schooner Edna NJ. Champion,
which sailed from Philadelphia on Oc-
tober IL for Port Tampa, Fla, with a
crew cf nine men. wal given up as lost.
Bart Tormey, Andrew Lawrence and
William Girard were instantly killed by
an explosion of dynamite at The Mines
vile (Pa.) colliery.
The fourth earthquake shock since
October 81 last was felt at Charleston,
No., and vicinity.
II. b. Minis d. Co., one of the oldest
book concerns in Troy, N. Y, made an
assignment.
AS the result of meeting in Chicago
every window glass manufactory in
the United States will close down Jan.
uary IL for four weeks.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 9th aggre
gated ST. 4+,02S ,202, against $1,1S5,26T,
639 the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding weel
in 1894, was 1866.
Efforts to enforce the Sunday-clos
ing laws at Niagara Falls, n. Y, failed
the juries releasing all prisoners.
Twenty-four persons were smotheret
and trampled to death in panic
caused by false alarm of fire in th'
Front Street theater in Baltimore. Tw
others were fatally hurt and ten NOR
were seriously injured.
Judge jackson, of the United State!
court at Parkersburg, w. Va, hclc
that pension money could not be at
tached or levied on for debt.
The total number of failures IN tn
United States in 1895, as reported t.
Bradstreet's. is 1903, contrasted will
1921 in 1894. The total amount of liza
bilities amounted to $15S, ,S42. .445, NOR
than S9,OOO,OO0 in excess of the tota
in 1894.
The last saloon in ST. Joe, Ind, wa
wrecked by unknown persons.
: The Usage valley in Missouri was
scene of desolation from end to eE
and thousands of people were in dis
tress. Many were homeless, withou
, food and but scantily clad, all the!
earthly possessions having been swep
away by the most disastrous flood eve
? known in Central and southwest Mis-
souri,.
. At meeting in Chicago the thrc
great silver organizations of the Unite
, States-the American Bimetallic league
, National Bimetallic union and Ma
tional Silver committee-were consoli
5 lated as the American Bimetallic unio
=, and Gen. A. j. Warner, of Ohio, wa
l.. elected president.
A gang of counterfeitcrs was foun
e in Bond county, north of Carlyle, II
{ They were making good limitations c
y the five dollar gold piece dated 1880.
y At Cochransville, w. Va. Frank Roe
ers, while drunk, fatally shot Alice Mo
g..