Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-04
DOMESTIC.

The bulletin of the American Iron
and Steel association says the total
production of pig iron in 1898 was H.
733, 1894 gross tons, an increase of 2,121,-
254 over 1897. The production of Bes-
semer pig iron in 1898 was 7,772,734
tons, an increase over 1897 of 1,541,S00
tons.
The newly organized American Su-
gar Beet Co. will have capital of $780,
100000. 1t will operate in the territory
west of the Missouri river.
Hiram A. Goodman, a night watch
man, surprised two men at work crack
ing the safe in the Standard Oil works
at Newburgh, n. Y, on the night of the
25th. The men attacked Goodman,
who lost his revolver and club and was
almost beaten to death. The burglars
escaped without any booty. Goodman
is in a precarious condition.
Chicago will supply Europe with 1O,-
600 coach and bus horses. They are to
come from different parts of Illinois
and Iowa and will be shipped at the
rate of 200 head week. The first con-
signment left on the 27th ult. for Lon
don and Liverpool.
The departure of the supply ship So
lace from the Brooklyn On. W navy
yard for Manila with a cargo of mer-
chandise and ammunition has again
been postponed, but for what reason
is not known.
Emil Reuter-, a wholesale -four dealer
of Brooklyn, N. Y. and his wife, Ida,
died on the night of the Goth ult. They
had attended a theater, and were on
the way home when Mrs. Reuter- fell
to the sidewalk. She was taken into a
house nearby and her husband went to
tell a friend of his wife's death when
he was stricken with apopleXy. The
wife's death was caused by heart dis
ease.
The sale of seat on the New Yorl;
stock exchange for S3S,000 is reported
This beats the record.
The longest power transmission sys-
tenn in the world, that which supplies
the city of Los Angeles, Cal, with elec.
tricity, with power developed at the
head of the Santa Ana river, so miles
away, is completed. The system has
occupied several years in building. The
wires enter the city in underground
conduits.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the New Jersey secretary oi
state of the Rubber Goods Manufacture
ing Co., with an authorized capita
stock of $50,000000.
The pension bureau has granted {
pension of $12 month to the widow
of Chief Yeoman George II. Ellis, tn,
only man in our navy killed at Santi
ago in the annihilation of Cervera'!
feet. He was on the Brooklyn.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended January q
numbered 224, as compared with "a.
for the same period of 1898, and 33 il
Canada, as against "a for the same tim,
last year.
George Brown, farmer living il
Norwood, L. L., lost his life on the 2stl
ult, while Eescuing his wife from thei
home, which was on fire.
Negotiations are in progress for tn
consolidation of breweries in the cit,
of New York into single company
with a capital of $5O,000,00O.
The bottom is being knocked out o
prices on pressed glassware, and price
on all staple goods are being cut, il
some instances as much as 10, IS an,
even rs per cent. Many firms have sig
nified their intention OF shutting dow
their works.
The Boston Herald Co. has bee
fined $500 by Judge Bond in the supe
rior court at Boston for publishing /
a headline, in connection with an az
count of the trial of the city teamin
fraud cases the words guilt is ev
dent" The publication of the heat
line was considered prejudicial to tn
case.
A review of the work of Mrs. Jan
L. Stanford, as executriX of the estat
of the late Senator Stanford, of Cal
fornia, shows that she handled pro-
erty valued at $24,SG9,245. The fee
TO which she was legally entitle
amounted to $95!,76S, but she waive
all claims for her services. She pal
her attorneys 100000.