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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Prof. Kitridge, OF Harvard, is said to
be the only man living who can read
Eliot's Indian Bible.
AT charity bazar al Cleveland doll
made by Mrs. Mckinley, wife of the
president, sold for SIS.
The will of the late Charles P. Wilder.
of Wellesley Hills, Mass, bequeaths
100000 to Mount Holyoke college.
The French vintage of 1898 is official
ly estimated at 32,2s2,Ooo hectoliters,
which is 6S,Ooo hectoliters below the
vintage of last year.
The shortage in the California wine
crop of 1898 and the fairly good demand
that has existed during the past year
have resulted in advancing prices.
A ukase has been issued by the Rus
sian minister of education, Mr., Bogo-
lerow, forbidding the wearing of cor
sets in any educational institution.
The mystery surrounding the gift
of $250,O00 to the University of New
York, has been cleared up by the dis
covery that Helen Gould was the donor.
DR.. j. j. Walter, pastor of the Cen
tenary Methodist church. of Portland,
Ore, has been appointed missionary in
charge of all Methodist work in Alaska.
James H. Southall. convicted of deal
ings in fraudulent government time
checks, was sentenced in ST. Paul TO
states prison for ten years at hard la
bor
Benjamin S. Lear is first sergeant of
company C, First Colorado infantry,
now stationed at Manila. His father,
Benjamin f. Lear, is a private in the
same company.
NJ. Constantin, young Frenchman
of 10, who lives in Paris, is eight feet
tall and probably bigger than any 9TH
er man who has ever lived. He is per-
fectly proportioned
The government of Nicaragua, as a
result of the collapse of the republic
of Central America, has established a
decree declaring Nicaragua to be an in
dependent sovereign state.
Howard Gould will not be called upon
to sacrifice any part of his fortune as
result of his recent marriage to Miss
Katherine Clemmons. The other Gould
heirs decline to profit by his disregard
of his fathers wishes.
President w. ii. Newman, of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
company, has placed an order with the
Brooks locomotive works, of Dunkirk,
N. Y, for 45 locomotives. The total
cost will be about $500, 900.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
LATER NEWS.

dispatch from Butte, Mont, says:
Five deaths have occurred in Bu.,e
which are claimed to have been caused
by the dreadful sulphur and arsenic
fumes from the smelters. Many peo-
pie who can do so are leaving the city
to get out of the smoke. A mass
meeting of citizens has been aclled
to take steps against the deadly nui-
sance.
The second trial of the torpedo boat
Mackenzie, made over the new gov
| ernment course in the Delaware river
below Wilmington, Del, was success
full, the little craft averaging a speed
of 20.11 knots for two hours. This
| exceeds the government requirement.
The insular cabinet has decided to
secure an efficient American superin-
tendent for the Porto Rican schools.
Gen. John Eaton, the well-known edu-
| Gator and formerly United States
commissioner of education, has been
selected and sent for.
The United States senate has passed
bill providing that in cases where
pensioners desert their wives or chill
| dren one-haf of the pension shall be
paid to them.
A famous maidstone has been sold
at auction at Leesburg, Va. From a
| bid of $25 its price went to $3.50, at
| which it was sold to J. A. Geiman, of
Bloomsfield, Va. 1t has belonged in
| the Fred family for 131 years. The
stone is about seven-eighths of an
inch long, five-eighths of an inch wide
and one-quarter of an inch thick, and
it is said, has never failed to effect a
cure.
The president has accepted the rec
| ommendation of Gen. Wheeler and
commuted to imprisonment for life
the sentence of death imposed by a
| court-martial upon Private Lindsay,
of the Tenth cavalry at Huntsville,
| Ala.
The navy department has taken
steps toward possessing itself of the
navy yard at Havana and orders just
Issued assign Commodore B. j. Crom-
we'll to duty as commandant of the
! new naval station there.
The session OF the senate on the 18th was
! largely consumed in the discussion OF the MIC
aragua canal bill. Mr. Turpe made the prn-
cipal speech In opposition to the bill. He moved
| postponement OF the matter until after the
! holiday recess. Mr.. Morgan defended tho bill
| and opposed the motion TO postpone Messrs.
Berry and Rawlins offered amendments ma
terially affecting the bill Mr.. Morrill, made an
address in support OF the bill authorizing the
purchase OF site for supreme court build
Ing, and his and several other bills were
passed The house passed the District OF Coz
lumbia appropriation bill The bill carries o.
so9s'o The house also passed the senate bill
to amend the laws relating TO seamen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
FOREIGN.

Three heavy earthquakes were felt
along the southern coast of Santiago
de Cuba.
While en- route from Boston to Lon
con the steamer Londonian was lost at
sea and Capt. Lee and "a of the crew
perished.
Advices from Cairo say that the gov
ernment has decided to prohibit the
sale of alcoholic liquors in the Soudan.
The River Neva suddenly rose nine
feet, inundating the lower quarters of
the city of st. Petersburg, Russia,
causing great loss of property and
lives.
William Black, one of the most pro-
life writers of fiction, died in London,
aged 81 years.
Advices from Cape Town say that the
Transvaal troops have committed
wholesale butcheries of women and
children and unarmed natives in the
campaign against the rebel chief Mpefu.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
A Cheeky BLUFF.
The Monumental Gall of n Merry Man
Gains for Him His DIM
cult End.

A local banker of a small Iowa town was
called suddenly to larger town at consid-
cradle of distance to intercept bis eloping
daughter, who had been visiting there. In
order to get there that day he would have
TO change cars at Des Moines and the train
that connected with the Des Moines train
left earlier in the day. Consulting his time
table, he learned that the train he would be
obliged to board reached Des Moines just
Is minutes after the train for B, his
destination, pulled out. Remembering an
old adage of his cashier: "He who works the
greatest bluff WINS" he sent the following
message TO the Des Moines train officials:
Hold the 2:30 train until arrive.
&c. G. BLANK"
Not knowing but that G. G. Blank was
in some way highly connected with the
road and fearing to incur his displeasure,
the bluff" worked. When he stepped off
the train at Des Moines a man hurried to-
ward him, and, lifting his hat respectfully,
inquired: Are you Mr.. Blank?"
"Yes."
I've received your message. The train
is waiting"
And that is how G. G.. Blank, who is not
known outside his little county, passed for
an official of a great and mighty corpora
tion and was able to reach his destination
Just in time to give the paternal blessing to
his daughter and her newly made husband
Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
The Mndern Iden

an endeavor to inculcate moral lesson in
the receptive minds of her little charges
asked them what they would do if they had
a great deal of money. With remarkable
unanimity the pupils replied that they
would donate it to pleasing Others. They
didn't say so in chorus, but the answers ran
down the line in about this fashion,:
I'D buy present for papa"
I'D get something nice for mamma"
I'D spend it for my baby brother"
"Pd buy a nice cloak for grandma"
And so it ran on until it reached little
Jimmie Peters, the last boy in the line.
"what would you do if you had lots Of
money!"
Burn it," said Jimmie-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
pEnsoNAL AND roL1r1cAL.

William Mcmillan. the defeated re-
publican nominee for governor of Me-
vada, will contest the election of Rein
hold Sadler, fusionist.
The official count for governor of
Souht Dakota shows: Lee (fusion), 37,-
319; Phillips (rep.), 36,940; Lewis
(pro.), sol.
Ephraim Keigwin, known far and
wide as the Marrying Squire" and
who has welded $4,000 couples, died in
Jeffersonville, Ind, aged GT years.
Henry Mortimer Platt died in New
York. aged rs years. He established
in New York city the first gold and sill
yer refinery in the United States.
Samuel Mckee, n member of congress
from 1864 to 1869, died in Louisville,
KY, aged 65 years.
Gen. Calixto Garcia, the distinguished
Cuban warrior and the head of the com
mission elected by The Cuban assembly
to visit this country, died in Washing
ton of pneumonia, aged SO years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

A NATIVE mendicant, who has been
arrested in Patiala while eating an ex-
humed corpse of child, has confessed
that he and two comrades had subsist-
ed for quarter of century on corpses
exhumed from village cemeteries.
Cases of actual ghouls who live on the
flesh of corpses occur in India now and
again. These Patiala horrors are not
by any means unique, but it is not
often that they are discovered at their
hideous feast. Religion is at the root
of the practice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
N EWS OF OHIO.
Gathered by Telegraph From All
Parts of the State.
Filed Petitions I'm BnnIkruptc,

Cincinnati, Dec. 14.-Members of the
firm of the Sachs-Pruden Brewing
Co., of Dayton, which failed several
months ago, filed petitions in bank
ruptcy yesterday in the United States
court. David Pruden places his debts
at 100000; Charles A. Snyder $4,000;
Henry ID. Pruden 100000. Their as
sets consist of stock in the Sachs
Pruden Brewing Co., which is value
less, and Henry Pruden names stock
in the Ale and Beer Brewing Company
of New Jersey
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

A NEW experiment has been tried in
the New York penitentiary on Black
wells island, and so far it has proved
wonderfully successful. A thousand
entertaining and instructive volumes
have been added to the library, and
the prisoners are allowed to read from
6:So to 9p. m. The privilege is eagerly
embraced. If man be rebellious he
is deprived of his respite in the read
ing-room, and as a consequence the
number of insubordinates has dropped
pretty nearly IS per cent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Werner Co. to be Reorganized.

Akron, Dec. IA plan to reorgan-
lie the Werner Co., the big publishing
house, has been formed. Under an or
der of the court the property will be
sold January Is, when committee
of capitalists will look after the cred
itors' interests. The capital stock of
the new company will be $3,500,000,
of which $1,O00,000 will be preferred
The receivers of the j. c. Mcneil Boil
err Co. have asked Judge Kohler to GER
tify the Werner Co. receivership to
the probate court, thus forcing the
company into involuntary assign
meut
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
UNDER the Peters6urg hin, Al Ma

UNDER the Petersburg hill, at Macs
tricht, in Belgium, are the most extern
sive subterranean stone quarries in the
world, there being 10000 passages,
each so feet high and - feet wide, and
the whole covering a space miles wide
by ~ miles long. They are supposed
to have been first worked by the Ro-
mans The galleries, running general
iy at right angles, and lined by msny
thousand massive pillars, left by the
excayators to support the roof, cross
and intersect each other SO as to render
1T exceedingly difficult to the way to
find out; and it is dangerous to enter
this singular labrynth without guide
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

IT has been decided by the trustees
of the Chicago temple to make that in
stitution a memorial to the life and
work of the late Miss Frances Willard.
To this end, Willard memorial circles
will be ers!ned all over the country,
the purpose being to raise sufficient
money to enable the temple trustees to
buy all the outstanding stock and
bonds held by the Womans Christian
Temperance Union Building associa-
ton,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Began Disbarment Proceedings.

Cleveland, Dec. discharges in dis
barment proceedings against Senator
Vernon II. Burke have been filed with
Judge Hale, presiding judge of the cir
cult court. Charges in expulsion pro-
ceedings against. Coz mon Pleas Judge
Dellenbaugh have been filed with
Judge Pennewell, of the investigating
committee of the Cleveland Bar asso-
citation. These separate sets of
charges were filed Monday by II. B.
Chapman, secretary of the Bar asso-
citation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Sold His Share for ss25.OOO.

Cleveland, Dec. 14.-E. S. Lewis, vice
president of the Lake Erie Iron Co.,
has sold his interest to w. C. Scofield
the president of the company. The
price paid is said to have been 1926 900
Mr.. Lewis has been in the iron busi-
ness in Cleveland foy So years and
with the Lake Erie mill since 1861.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

GERMAN experiments have succeeded
in producing an alloy of aluminium, the
precise composition of which is not re-
vealed, that is said to be superior in
many respects to pure aluminium. The
statement is made that this alloy, which
goes under the name of vastadium,
weighs only one-third as much, bulk
for bulk, as aluminium. 1t is white,
can be easily polished and does not tar
nish on exposure to the air.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

THOMAS RYAN, whose discovery of
the Republic mines in Washington
converted poor man into one of fabu-
lous wealth, says of his find Thou
sands of experts would have passed the
ledge as worthless, for the quartz is of
such a peculiar appearance that not
one miner in million would have sus-
pected that one ounce of gold could
have been found in ton of the stuff.
j didn't at first,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Too Big a Risk.

eyes, I've made up my mind to have my
life insured"
ANY particular reason for it?"
Going to be married next week"
Lets see, you're one of these popular
fellows, aren't you"
Why, l fancy I'm pretty well known"
We'll, we can't insure you until after the
wedding is over"
"Why not?"
Because there's no telling what your fool
friends will do to you before you get out OF
town.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Does Not Explain His silence.

Columbus, Dec. 13.-The officials at
the Ohio penitentiary have taken no
action yet in the case of John Ton
gass. the convicted murderer who
claims that his alleged victim is still
alive. His silence during eight years
imprisonment is not understood. In
formation at hand proves that Albert
Van Ripper, the supposed victim, is
still living. He returned home about
two years after Tongass' trial Gov.
Bushnell has taken up the case.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

COLLECTORS of antique furniture have
struck a bonanza in Havana. In pre-
pairing to return to Spain army officers
are placing on the market pieces of fine
workmanship and ancient pattern,
which are being eagerly snapped up by
dealers A correspondent cities hand
some old walnut wardrobe, with three
full-length bevel mirrors, valued at
$50, which sold for less than SIS and
that is simply one of many examples.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

In the Sandwich islands there is a
spot called the Rock of Refuge. If the
criminal reaches this rock before cap
ture he is safe so long as he remains
there. Usually his family supply him
with food until he is able to make his
escape, but he is never allowed to re-
turn to his own tribe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Badly Injured by Exploding Powder.

Toledo. Dec. 13.-Samuel Howe, vice
president of the Stage Carpenters
National Alliance, Harley Merry and
Garland Gaden, all members of the
"Cuha's Vow" company playing at
Burt's theatre, were injured last night
during a performance, by the prema-
ture explosion of powder. Howe had
an eye blown out ard lost an ear and
it is feared his injuries may prove ia
tai. Merry and Gaden are less seri-
ously injured, but are badly burned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

THE fact has recently been pointed
out by Russian geographer that the
shores of Siberia are not fiat and
watersoaked as represented in the
text books, and even on the latest
maps, but on the contrary, are high,
and in many places even hilly. With
the exception of the Obi region and
the deltas of a few rivers, Siberia
meets the Arctic ocean with bold and
lofty coast line.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

CONSUL WILLIAMS, reporting on the
recent exports from the Philippines to
the United States says that during the
quarter ended September 80, 1898, the
value of the declared exports from that
consular district to the United States
were: Hemp, 1000 bales, S57, sos. 35;
hats, 19,s03, at 90 cents, $3,960.6O; Gig
ars, "a cases, $1,8a9.92; grass cloth,
1156. Al; Total. S62. $50. u.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
DOMESTIC.

The total receipts of the United
States patent Office during the past year
were $1.253,94S44. The expenditures
were $1.0S1 ,633.79, leaving a surplus Of
sire .314.65.
The Cuban Educational Association
The hat factory of John w. Green &
Co. at Danbury, Conn. was destroyed
by fire. Loss. $I25.00O.
City Marshal A. d. bryant, - McKen.
zie. Tenn, was shot and killed by Hugh
Mccall, a mere boy, who afterward
committed suicide.
On her tria' trip at San Francisco he
torpedo boat destroyer Farragut made
BOG an hour. and she Is the fastest
vessel flying the American flag
Jake Glover (colored) was taken
from the Jail at Monticello, Ca, by a
mob and hanged for murder.
The report that Weyauwega. Wis.
had been destroyed by fire was prema-
ture. Only hotel was burned.
At the annual meeting in Cleveland
o., of the National Nonpartisan Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union Mrs
Howard NJ. Ingham, of Jefferson, o.,
was elected president.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

A WESTERN inventor has patented a
wagon which will turn around in small
space, the reach being double and "
shaped, with the ends attached to the
axles by hinges, so that when one end
of the forward axle is pulled ahead it
draws the opposite end of the rear axle
with it, until they are at an angle of 80
degrees or over.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

BAVARIA can boast of 2S pencil fac
tories, which employ 10000 people, in
cluding men, women and children. To-
gether they produce no fewer than
100000 black and 800, 900 colored pen
ellis per week. The total output last
year reached the enormous quantity of
$50, 900 pencils, in the manufacture
of which over 1,s0O acres of cedar were
nSa6
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Pottery Trust Organized.

East Liverpool, Dec. ct is an
nounced that the pottery trust has
completed its organization under the
laws of New Jersey with $1,000, 900
of capital stock. The options of the
American Potteries Co. on the East
Liverpool plants expire January 1 and
the combine is expected to have all of
them
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

THERE is no part of the world which
has such black record for wrecks as
the narrow Baltic sea- The number in
some years averaged more than one a
day, the greatest number of wrecks re-
corded in one year being 425 and the
smallest 154. About so per cent. of
these vessels became total wrecks, all
the crews being lost.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Failed to Appear.

Cleveland, Dec. 13.-The Magowans
failed to appear in the criminal court
Monday, which was the time set for
the hearing of the plea to abate the
indictment against them, on the
charge of abducting Mrs. Magowan's
daughter, Edith Barnes. The reason
for the non-appearance of the Magow-
ans is because Mrs. Mcgowan is con-
fined to her rooms in Toronto with
nervous DroStration
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
rs Said to Have starved to Death.

Bucyrus, Dec. 13.-Jonathan Neff, a
prominent farmer, of Holmes town
ship, is dead, and it is alleged that his
death was caused by starvation. Neff
was single man, aged 60, and by his
excessive frugality and by denying
himself even the necessaries of life,
accumulated fortune of $50, 900,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Faith Cure Operator Convicted,

Cincinnati, Dec. 9.-Thomas Mellow
ell recently died of typhoid fever
while under the care of Harriet o.
Evans, Christian Scientist. She was
tried for practicing medicine without
certificate and the jury brought in
verdict last night of guilty. The
attorneys for the faith cure" defend
ant gave notice of an appeal from the
nOlice court varlict
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Found Gold at AuburndaIe.

Toledo. Dec. 10.-A COMPANY
headed by Thomas Kelly has been or.
ganized to develop vein of gold dis.
covered in Auburndale by workman
who was digging sewer. The dis.
covery has caused some excitement
here.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
The GirIs' Reformatory Report,

Columbus, Dec. 10.-A report of the
state girls reformatory, just sub
mitted to the governor, shows the
average number of inmates to be 349.
The per capita cost is $1i7.76. Eigh-
ty-fiye inmates We're admitted during
the year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Morgan Re-eIected Presidcnt

Massillon, Dec. 13.-Massillon mi
ners at their annual convention here
Monday reelected William Morgan
district president and endorsed II. l..
Lewis for nationa' president.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
RaiIroad Train. to Run Slower.

Railroad officials claim that it is very ex.
pensive to run their lightning express trains,
and are talking about reducing the speed. 1t
is likewise expensive to the health to rush
and struggle and compete in business affair.
as men do nowadays, The brain, the nerves,
tie muscles, the whole system gives out. For
restoring strength after business worries,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the proper
remedy. 1t is an ideal tonic for the tired, ths
run. down and the weak
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

Elderly Passenger-Eere, miss, take this
seat.
Stout Young Woman-oh, could no.
think of depriving an old-I mean could
not think of depriving you.
"You go ahead and take it, an don't ar.
que. i know you fat girls always has lame
feet. t."-Indianapolis Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
From baby In the High Chair

10 grandma in the rocker Grain o is good fo,
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub.
stitnte for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is a food in itself. Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at j the
price. 1t is a genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain. o,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17

cam disturbing train of thought?n
sumption of comradeship and good humor.
Disturbing it?' responded the professor.
looking up from his table of logarishms, "you
are holding it up, sir!"
And the abashed canvasser withdrew
Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-17
Three Men Killed by an ExpIosIon.

Wauseon, Dec. 14.-By an explosion
In the grist mill at Pettisville, near
here, Tuesday morning Nate Thomas
and Clarence Emmons were killed out
right and viii Markley was fatally
injured