Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-08

Old Trinity church, which for nearly
200 years has stood at the top of Wall
street, New York, began its bicenten-
nial celebration.
There were 237 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 3oth ult, against 21s the
week previous and 23S in the corre-
spending period of 1896.
The village of Carterville, ILL.,, was
nearly wiped out by fire.
The president decided not to interfere
in the case of oseph Dunlop, proprietor
of the Chicago Dispatch, who was sem
fenced to two years imprisonment for
sending obscene matter through the
mails, and Dunlop was taken to prison
at Joliet.
The business portion of st. Augustine,
H., was destroyed by fire.
At the national congress in Cleveland,
o., of the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton Edwin, S. Barrett, of Massachu-
setts, was elected president.
For three murders, ravishing two
girls and burning down the humble
home of Henry Daniels at Sunnyside,
Tex. mob lynched four brothers
named Thomas and Fayette Rhone, w.
Williams and w. Gates (all colored).
The Tennessee centennial exposition
opened with appropriate exercises at
Nashville. At noon President Mckinley
started the machinery by pressing
button at Washington connected with
telegraph wire at the exposition
grounds.
In fire at ST. Paul Park, Mimi, Miss
Lydia Butscher was burned to death
and her sister, Mrs. Charles Fiehern,
was fatally burned.
The public debt statement issued or
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
$5,71S,0Gs during the month of April.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$ST6, 6,746,655. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to $09s,244,1 ,132.
The business portion of the village OF
Bradner, o.. was destroyed by fire.
During the month Of April the total
coinage at the United States mints was
$10,410,0s0. OF this amount $s,sOO, 400
was in gold, S1,535, 900 in silver and $74,-
$50 in minor coins.
The percentage of the baseball clubs
IN the National league for the week
ended on the 1st was: Philadelphia,
$3.50; Baltimore, .s75; Cincinnati, .s57;
Louisville, .S33; Pittsburgh, 600;
Brooklyn, .333; Washington, 1888; St.
Louis. .2sG; New York, .2S6; Cleveland,
.2s6; Chicago, $50; Boston. .143.
The government receipts during
| nri1 cor
lures $32,o72,097, leaving the surplus for
the mouth $5,740,03s, against deficit
for April, 1896, of 81, ,7o4,4ss.
August Norman cut the throats of
four children of Knute Hillstead. q
| farmer near Larimore, N. D.. who was
away from home, assaulted Mrs. Hill
stead and escaped.
At Blackfoot, Idaho, Sid Larkins was
hanged for the murder of Josie Hill.
On April 80 the total circulation of
national bank notes in the country was
$232, 500, ,244, gain for the year of S.
7o0,s99.
A waterspout wrecked the house of
a farmer named Branders on White
Oak creek, in Tennessee, and killed the
farmer, his wife and one child and two
farmhands.
Flames, fed by petroleum, swept
through several big business buildings
in Pittsburgh, Pa, causing n loss esti-
mated at $4,OoO,oOO.
j. d. Langdon left Washington on
bicycle for his home in Fargo, n.
ID. The distance is $500 miles, and he
has made a wager of $3.50 that he will
cover the distance i'm 23 days.