Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-01-15
DOMESTIC

The work of surveying the old Fort
Mckinney military reservation in Wy
oming has been completed and the res
ervation is offered for sale.
The plan proposed for publishing the
list of pensioners is causing many hold
ing illegal claims to have their names
dropped.
Liverpool syndicate is making ar
rangements to build an immense tobac-
CO mandatory in Louisville, KY.
The New York legislature convened
in Albany.
Tammauy Hall has revived the
scheme to make a separate state out of
the territory embraced in Greater New
York.
The Louisiana sugar-grinding season
has closed, the yield of sugar being
100000 tons and the yield of molasses
27,0OO,0O0 barrels.
David Powell, David Jones and John
Jones were killed by a mine explosion
near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
A gigantic combination of all the
street railway com panies in the state of
Illinois was formed in Chicago, with
w. II. Patterson, of Bloomington, as
president.
A steamer from Cuba brought to
New York 594 900 pounds of sugar. the
first shipment in many months.
John McCullagh has been elected
chief of the police department of Great
er New York.
The main business part of the village
of Polka. ILL.,. was wiped out by fire.
Reports of the dreadful condition of
The surviving inhabitants of rural Cuba
continue to reach Washington through
channels which cannot be discredited.
In fit of insanity Alexander Carter
killed his wife and 19-year-od daughter
| Monte at Greenville, Tenn, ard then
shot and killed himself.
A big ice house collapsed near Ham
burg, Mich, and Albert Morey and Os-
car O'Conner were killed and five other
men were badly injured.
| The Columbia theater in San Fran
cisco was gutted by fire.
| A large vein of gold that assayed
| $1,000 to THE ton was struck in Uvalde
| county, Tex.
BY use of a long-distance telephone
Charles j. Glidden, president OF the
Traders national bank of Lowell
Mass, who is in Minneapolis, presided
over the regular meeting of the bank
| directors in Lowell
The American Express company was
robbed in New York of S10,5S2. and
Clark Braden, DR., trusted employe
was missing.
The Anti-l}ritish Alliance association
held meeting in New York and de
cded to establish branches throughout
the country.
Samuel Taylor, aged 10 years, living
near Sheridan, Mo-, and nine members
of his family have heen arrested
charged with circulating counterfeit
nickels and dimes.
Mrs. Julia Leard, n white woman, wa
brutally murdered by a Seminole In
dian near Maud, o. t.
There were 322 business failures II
the United States in the seven day
ended on the 7th. against 305 the wee
previous and All in the correspondent,
period of 1897.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States durinI
the week ended on the 18th aggregate
$1,41s,5 s,5s9,759, against $1,1ss,351 ,046 tn
previous week. The increase compare
with the corresponding week of 1s0
was 236.
The sentence of 20 years imposed o
ex-State Treasurer Bartley. of Nebra
ka. for embezzlement, has been col
firmed by the supreme court.
William Baker. who assassnated h
brother and his wife mt Fairbury, Net
was found dead by the mob .pursuin
' him. He had committed suicide