Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-17
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


bride in Cleveland, o., presents to the
value of over S5oO.1O0.
The census bureau gave the popula-
tion of Providence, II. l., at 115,OOO,
gain of 43,451 since 1890
The gross postal receipts at 80 of the
largest post offices for the month of
July aggregates s3,33s,6s3, a net in
crease of S253, 1892 over July, 1899.
There is promise of larger num-
ber of visitors at the Yellowstone park
this season than in any previous year.
The fire losses in the United States
and Canada in the first seven months
of this year amount TO $116,90s,000,
against $77 $50 in the same time in
1899.
The federal census shows Chicago's
population approximately 100000;
estimated increase, 81 per cent.
The Third battalion at Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, has been ordered rushed to
San Francisco. to embark there for
China.
Hawaii has closed its last school for
teaching the native language.
A fire which started from spark in
the lumber yard of the Polska Indus
trial company at Crivitz, Wis, caused
loss of $15o,O00.
After family quarrel Charles Da-
Dor, 65 years old, shot and killed his
wife and himself in Chicago.
w. T. Turner and wife jumped from
a rapidly moving train near Admission,
Ala. and were killed.
Lightning burned large barn on the
Fairview farm near Wahpeton, n. d.,
and 149 horses were cremated.
Charles ID. Lane, well-known miner
who has returned to San Francisco
from Cape Nome, says 10000 people
nt Nome are facing absolute destitu-
tion.
Mrs. Mary f. Scales, recently out of
an asylum, killed her two-year-old
daughter and herself with poison at
Creston, la.
At Beaver Falls, Pa, fire destroyed
the works of the Shelby Steel Tube
company and the Boston Electroduct
company, the loss being 100000.
Thus far 81 persons have died in
Chicago from the heat and in one day
90 horses fell dead in the streets.
Junius w. Cobb, of Cleveland, O.,
was enjoined from making love TO
Miss Agnes C. Smith by Judge Dis
settle.
The name, building and other prop
erty of the Harper Brothers We're sold
at auction in New York for Sl,l00,000.
The two robbers of Union Pacific
train near Hugo, Col, We're surrounded
on a ranch near Goodla Kan, by Off
GERS and killed.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
S1,271 ,4O9,45s, against $1,32s, ,403, ,563'the
previous week The decrease com
pared with the corresponding week OF
1899 was 16.2.
There were 172 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th. against 22s the week
previous and 170 the corresponding pc.
riod of 1899.
Forty-seven deaths, 131 prostrations
and six persons driven insane by heat
is the record of one week of the hottest
weather Chicago has ever known. The
whole country is in the embrace of the
1orrlu wave.
The government crop report shows
declines in the condition of nearly all
crops for July.
St. Louis union street car men have
formed street railway company.
Fire at Atlanta, H., destroyed the
livery barn OF John Longnecker and
20 horses were cremated, one valued al
$2,5Oo.
An express train on the Pennsyl
vania road was robbed OF $4,000 neal
Columbus, o., and Charles Lane, the
express messenger, was killed.
In a railway collision at GAINESVILLE
Wis, Engineer Schlatter and Fireman
Bondrath were killed.
Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Gul
Rubin. of Akron, o., in the sixth
round in fight in New York.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for th
week ended on the 18th were: Brook
lyn, .6s2; Pittsburgh, .544; Philadel
phia, $40; Chicago, .494; Boston, .4S9
st. Louis, .447; Cincinnati, .43s; New
York. .410.-