The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-04
sUMMARY oF NEWS.


PsrRoLEuN has been discovered near the
Caspian Sea.
THR rinderpest has broken out among the
mules in Northern Louisiana
THg total number of national banks thus
far established, is sixteen hundred and fifty.
TINS straits of Maokinaw are open aud
the first boat Of the season passed through
last week.
TRAvEL by rail has now been extended
three hundred and seventy-dve miles west
of st. Louis.
A aoRsE dropped dead at Westville,
Connecticut, from fright at seeing an Gle
phant passing by.
TnE British feet now of the Canadian
coast is manned by 5,IlT men, and carries
an aggregate of 44S guns.
A DISASTROUS FIRE occurred on Saturday, |
at Leavenworth, Kansas, by which prop
erty to the value of $40, 900 was destroyed
ANOTHER explosion of gus occurred in
the Lake Tunnel at Chicago. Several miners
were Knocked down, but not severely in
jurcd
The food in the Missouri River is more
protracted than any that has occurred since
lS4i, and has been productive of great
damage.
DISPATCH to Tie New York Times as
serts that there is no truth in the report
that counsel has been assigned to defend
jeff. Davis,
THE Memphis Audldnche has been sued
by a res dent Of that city tor libel in saving
that he had been rebel. Tho damages are
laid at $4,000.
DAUGHTER of the late Owen Lovejoy, for
many years member of Congress from
Illinois, is teacher in one of the negro
schools at Vicksburg.
In tho Office of the StdqtS Zietuag, of
Nashville, they have a one.armed compos-
itor, who sets 1000 to 5000 per day. IIe
lost his arm at the battle of Resaca.
The last report Of Health Officer Swim
burne relative to TIE cholera at New York
is very favorable. No more deaths arc re.
ported, and the disease is mauiiestly on tho
decline
THE total receipts of the United States
Treasury during tho fiscal year wero Sll0,-
04l ,232. 1t is confidently expected that
the yearly revenue to June will be five
hundred millions.
Mr.. SEWARD has sent important instruc-
tions to Mr. Motley, our Minister at Vienna,
in relerance TO the project of sending
Austrian troops to tho aid of MaXimilian,
and strong protest against such action
will be made.
TnIRrY.s1x thousand "movcs" occur on
an average every year in Pdris-g generally
in April. The business of " moving is car
ried on by firms of great skill in handling
| furniture, often packing the furniture OF u
whole house in one van.
t,;,i,e - ,,,orl1 l,o v,ou lNo
fore raising expensive, monuments to So
dicrs who have fallen in the war, town and
municipalities should SEQ that the widows
and children Il oy have left behind are not
allowed to starve or to exist on the merest
pittance.
| GENERAL Z. p. CoNXER, who htely COM
manded in Salt Lake City. in an interview
with Congressman in Washington, states
that Brigham Young has 10000 men capa-
bla of bearing arms. an was very desrous
of driving tho United States soldiers out
1t is presumed that Congress will augment
the force there.
By fire in New Haven, Monday morn
ing. the works of tho New Haven Clock
Company were entirely consumed. Eleven
dwelling houses III tho vicinity were also
destroyed, and some twenty or thirty fami
lies are deprived of houses Two hundred
workmen are thrown ont of employment
The loss will amount to S200,0 900.
LARGE meeting of tho officers of the
Fenan Circles of Philadelphia met Satur
day night, and appointed committee tt
visit the New York headquarters, to ascer
tain the object of the recent movements al
Eastport, anil to discover the use that is
made of the contributions sent to the
treasury.
Ok Sunday afternoon fire broke out a
Thorold, &. W., which ragged until thirty
three shops and houses and large number
, of smaller buildings were destroyed
Nearly tile whole of the business part of thu
town is in ruins. The loss il estimated q
$250,000. Forty or fifty families are rem
dered hUuSeless
Coz. FoRNEY's Chronicle, in describing
r the last interview between Senator Foo
, and Secretary Stanton, says: When the lat
; ter paid him his customary visit, and asked
whether there was anything he could do tC
serve him, Yes" said Mr.. Foot, with char
acteristic emphasis, there is one thing yol
can do for me- aud that is to remain in til,
, War Department, to protect the Interest,"
, of the people"
Q A GIGANTIC enterprise has been started a
Stockport on the Hudson, close by the cit.
! OF Hudson. mile aud half of the rive
> front has been purchased by New York, Al
bany, Troy and other capitalists, and it i
: designed to establish great lumber AIT
h freightiug depot, together with steam plan
9 ing and saw mills, smelling furnace, machin
shop and other important works. The dock
p ; and slips are calculated to have at least 2
, feet of water at low tide, with All unobstru(
ted channel to New York harbor.