Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-22
DOMESTIC.

was won at Louisville by Typhoon H..
Three more persons have died from
drinking poisoned spring water at Pike
vile, Ky.
The Traders bank at Lynchburg, Va,
closed its doors with liabilities of $780,
600.
Director of Police Abbott says base
ball playing will not be allowed in Cleve-
land on Sunday.
Elmer Clawson, aged 10, was hanged
in Somerville, n. j., for numbering Har-
ry Hodgett, a farmer, on August 90
last.
An unknown man criminally as
saulted the 12-year-old daughter of
Fred Bunte, farmer near Evansville,
Ind, causing the child's death.
Four fishermen were drowned from
the fishing boat Amelia near San Fran
cisco.
Two negresses, Nellie Smith and
Mandy White, were hanged by mob
on the outskirts of the village of JEFF,
Ala, for poisoning Joshua Kelly, n
well-known citizen.
Fire at San Francisco il tLe tan
merry of A. B. Patrick & Co. caused loss
of $45o,oO0.
A memorial to be presented to Secre-
tary of State Sherman, calling on this
country to do what it can to bring the
Cuban war to a close, has been signed
| by many bankers and merchants in
| New York.
Rhode Island has selected the violet
| as the state flower.
The crockery firm of Norcross, Me!len
& Co., established in Boston 40 years
ago, failed for 100000.
A tipple fell at the mines in Pinkney,
Tenn, killing seven men and badly
wounding several others.
John B. Dyar, for 20 years success
full business man of Detroit, failed for
$2ooooo
The movement to secure the adoption
of universal postal stamp by the
postal congress has collapsed.
The session in Washington of the
supreme council of the American Pro-
tective association elected as president
John w. Echols, of Atlanta, Ga.
Jim Nance, negro implicated in the
wholesale poisoning of the Kelly fam
lily at jeff, Ala, was hanged by mob.
Mrs. Langtry. the fair English ac-
tress, was granted a divorce in San
Francisco from her husband on the
ground of desertion.
The second ascent in the airship con
structed by Prof. A. W. Barnard was
made at Nashville, Tenn.
The strawbcard manufacturers of the
United States have formed trust to
control the product of the country.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.,
003, ,409, ,490 against 81, 100, ,S74, ,s32 the pre-
vious week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 1.s.
The United States gunboat Nashville
covered the 60-mile course on Lonl
Isand sound on her official trial trip il
3:35:29, averaging 1917 knots, and malS
ing her the fastest vessel of her class il
the world.
For the ten months of the present fis
cal year the exports of domestic mer
chandise exceeded those OF the sam,
period of 1896 by over $151 100000. Tht
imports werc $66,000,000 less than fo
the same period last year.
Two girls, aged eight and six years
childYen of John w. Welch, were burned
to death at Maybee. Mich. They wer
playing with matches.
Frederick Wilhelm Hoellman died oil
gallows at Paxton, ILL.,, for the murde
of Mrs. Wiebke Geddes in 1896. He pro
tested his innocence to the last.
A meeting of the presidents cabine
was devoted almost entirely to the con
, sideration of the Cuban situation. l
had no bearing upon the policy of tn
|. administration toward Spain or tn
, Cuban insurgents, except incidentally
but dealt with the direct and immediat
question of relieving destitute Amer
cans on the island.
The number of immigrant arrival
: in this country during the nine month
, ended March 81 was 1924, agains
, 2o9,630 for the same period IN 1896,
) decrease of 66,6s9.
A severe shock of earthquake wa
felt at Reno, New, lasting several me
menta.