Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-11-13
The News Condensed.
important intelligence Fron All Parts.
DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC.
BY decision OF the Illinois supreme
court physicians must give expert tes-
timony for regular witness fees. .
A train went over an embankment at
Warsaw, Mo-, and the engineer was
killed and several others injured.
The Bank of Shipshewana, Ind,
owned by Hulett Davis, was robbed OF
about $1,000 in cash and many valuable
papers
Prof. Stuart Young, an aeronaut,
dropped from his balloon into the lake
in Chicago and was drowned.
Light frosts have fallen at New Or
leans and Memphis, and ii is thought
this will check the ravages of yellow
fever.
Near Ripley, W. Va, John Morgan
killed Mrs. Mary Green, widow, and
her son and daughter. Robbery was
the motive.
Gen. Longstreet has taken the oath
of Office as commissioner of railroads.
The business part of the village of
Liberal. Mo-. was destroyed by fire.
The Chesapeake IL Ohio express was
wrecked near Old Shedwell, Va, and
four persons were killed and II injured.
According TO treasury calculations
the exact amount of the governments
share of the Union Pacific purchase
money is $5s, s,44s,223.
More than $4,000 persons will draw
pay from the city in the first admins
tration of the mayor of Greater New
York.
Depositors will lose $4,000 by the
failure of the Exchange bank at Gray
ling, Mich.
John Webster, Jr., drank II full
glasses of whisky at Oshkosh, Wis,
and then died.
In jealous rage James Boswell shot
and killed Mrs. Emma Smith and James
Barton and then killed himself at Dal-
las, Tex.
James Reed shot his wife and himself
AT Tiffin, o., because of jealousy. Both
will probably live.
Ex-Mayor olinger and eight former
councilmen of Dubuque, Ia. were in
dicted for voting themselves an in
crease in salary.
A call has been issued for state con-
ference in Chicago on the 18th inst,
having for its object the securing of
such alterations in the fundamental
law of Illinois as will enable the people
to participate more directly in legisla-
tion.
President Mason, of the Portland
(Ore.) chamber of commerce, asks the
government to transport supplies to
Yukon miners to prevent starvation.
Near Greenville, Tex, three negro
children who were playing on a rail-
way track were killed by the cars.
The Central hotel and the Corey block
were burned at Marlboro, Mass, caus-
ing loss of $15O0OO.
The fifteenth Baptist congress will
be held in Emmanuel Baptist church in
Chicago November 16 and Is.
Capt. Lowering will be tried by court
martial November % at Fort Sheridan,
ILL.,, on the charge of cruelty to Private
Hammond.
The corn crop in Missouri this year
will be 167, 800, 900 bushels, against 200,-
100000 bushels for 1896.
The Cuban residents of Key West,
Fla, made great demonstration
against the acceptance of autonomy
from Spain.
A. j. Baldwin went mile on BIZ
cycle in two minutes at Charlotte, n. c.,
breaking the worlds record.
A severe shock of earthquake was felt
! the entire distance from Silver Bow to
Monida, Mont.
In saloon fight at Logansport,
Ind, John Mcintosh killed Frank Pott-
niyer, the proprietor, and wounded Will
| liam and Edward and Louise Pottmyer
Work on all the war vessels at the
Brooklyn navy yard is being pushed
| forward rapidly under orders from the
navy department.
Senator Edward o. Wolcott, of Colo,
RADIO, chairman of the United States
| monetary commission, arrived in New
York from Europe.
Gold was found in great quantities
at Grand Encampnent, Wyo., that as
sayed $1,000 per ton.
The first annual report of Commits
sioner of Pensions Evans shows tina,
the whole number of pensioners on the
| rolls June 30. 1897. was 076.O14, the ne,
gain over the previous year being
5,326. The amount disbursed during
the year was $l30,049.7l7.
James Gillespie. farmer, beat his
two sons severely at Chadron. Neb, fol
voting the republican ticket.
| Five new vessels are to be built by
the Cramps. of Philadelphia. for the
Klondike traffic.
Fewer business failures denote i'm
Provement in trade throughout the
ountry.
The most important iron ore discovery
on the Menominee range in several year,
has been made few miles east of Crys
tai Falls, Mich.
EN-Minister to Spain Hannis Taylor
has caused another sensation by de
claring that Spain's promises of au
tonomy to Cuba are mere sham.
Elijah Mendenhall and his wife, Mar,
Angeline Mendenhall. who had lived to
gether for Sc years, were luried in tn,