Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07

ii. Signet of McKcesport, Pa, some
weeks ago, and which is the twen-
tieth child born to Mr.. Signet. The
money has been placed in the bank to
the credit of the younger Signct, the
interest to accumulate until he is 21
years old.
A riot broke out in front of the
Niagara elevator at Buffalo, y. v, and
as n result As Italians are under ar
rest. No one was hurt, although
scores of shots were exchanged. The
fight took place between the em-
ployes of the Niagara elevator and
Italians who are employed at the
plant of the Buffalo Union Fur
mace Co. e
A headon collision ut Hartford
City, Ind, between westbound PAN
Handle freight and the eastbound
passenger injured 81 persons. Some
may die.
At York, Pa, all the union plumb
ers with the exception of six went on
strike. The men demanded a nine
hour day and recognition of their
union.
Big Mountain colliery slope No. at
Shamoltin, Pa, owned by the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Co., has reopened after an idleness of
two years. Work was given 800 men
and boys.
Additional cotton mills in New Eng
land have decided to curtail produc-
ton or close down.
Mrs. John Knebel. aged "a. and her
year and a half old baby girl were
burned to death at the Knebel home
stead in the town of Granville, Wis.
The fire was caused by the woman
pouring kerosene into the kitchen
stove when she supposed the fire had
gone out.
j. La RiX. chemist and metallurgist,
of Merlin. Ore, has made silver from
gold and developed new metal from
slate from which he expects to pro-
duce gold. From his notes, which
were scanned by the government in
spectors, it seems he has developed a
new metal from commercial slate.
The iron bark Annason1n, owned by
Clinll IS Sons, of Greenock, Scotland,
is tied up at San Francisco, deserted
by all hands and with little likelihood
of getting another crew. The crew
discovered that the craft was the
'hoodoed" Margaret b. Carswell,
whose crew, captain and mate were
murdered II years ago by five Greeks,
who had signed articles under Sean
dinavian names. The story of the
crime went around the world and to
this day is tradition among all old
sailors.
Rev. j. c. Roberts, stated clerk of
the general assembly, has issued the
figures of the Presbyterian church
for 1903. The most striking feature
is the falling off in the number of
ordinations. The number was 300 in
1898, but there were only 1S4 this
year. or - fewer than the ordinations
for 1902, when the number reached
236. The total membership, how
ever, shows steady growth. 1t was
975.S1I in 1895 and at present is 1867
4T7.
The monthly statement of the coin
age executed at the mints. of the
United States for government produc-
tion in July shows total of $780,
coins $33,31O. No gold was coined.
In addition the mints turned out 12,-
069,1 pieces on account of the Phil
ippine islands.
One of the worst freight wrecks in
years in northern New York occurred
at Coopersvillei on the Delaware 81
Hudson railroad when a freight train
plunged through an open draw, kill
ing the fireman, Ed Braw, and seri-
ously iniuring Homer Elliott, the en-
gineer, both of Whitehall, n. Y.
Constable James d. Wright, of Clay
ION, Del, was shot in the abdomen at
that place by Fletcher Hollis, negro
desperate of Smyrna, aged about 20
years. The negro escaped.
Near Frankfort, Ind, Oscar Tansey,
a farmer, was cutting wood with q
buzz saw. The machinery became
disarranged and when Tansey stoop-
ed over to adjust it the saw frame
gave way. The saw hit him in the
neck and severed his head.
On the steamer Seguranca, which
arrived at New York the other day
from Colon. Panama, was Oliver T..
Sherwood, the cashier of the South
port, Conn.,, national bank, charged
with embeZzling funds. He was in
charge of Joe Priest, detective.
Sherwood crossed the continent to
San Francisco and then went by
steamer to Panama, where he
was located. Sherwood consented TO
come home with the detective rather
than be imprisoned at Panama. He
has no money with him.
The planning mill and lumber yard
of William Buechley q Son at Potts
vile, Pa, were destroyed by fire,
Loss $4,000, insurance 100000.
"A Mason City, Ia, dispatch says a
cloudburst caused Willow creek to
overflow its banks and inundate the
valley. twenty-five families were
rescued by boats, but no lives were
lost.
Henry II. Jacobs, well known
business man of Washington, former
ly a diamond dealer, committed sui
eide recently by shooting. He com
mitted the deed in a building where
he and his brother were to have
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