The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-24
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Ex-GovERNoR Letcber, of Virginia, is
keeping boarding house in Lexington.
THE total number of deaths by cholera in
Brooklyn during tho last six weeks am lunts
to 259.
THE New Albany, Iniiana,) Ledger says
the fiux prevails to all alarming extent IN
that city.
THAD. STEVENS has been renominated by
acclamatiom as the Union candidate for
Congress-.
PEACHES. are abundant in some counties
of Texas, and sell for twenty-five and fifty
cents per bushel.
A. II. STEPuENs intends to deliver lectures
during the coming winter in some of the
principal Northern cities.
METEOR passed over San Antonio. Texas.
on the night of the 25th uitimo, which was
SO brilliant as to illuminate the entire city.
THE telegraph reports exciting news from
tie Plains. Seven trains captured, and the
18th U. S. Infantry repulsed hy the indians.
CHOLERA has made its appearance in Ham.
ilton, Butler County. There have been ten
dcatls Ivy that disease since it broke out,
July 27.
A Washington special has it that Secre-
tary Stanton is to be appointed Minister TO
Spain. AMI General Steedman is to be
Secretary of War.
The Michigan Southern Railroad are
erecting passenger and freight depot at
Chicago which is to bs 904 feet in length.
% feet in width, and will cost $4,000.
THE Committee of the Philadelphia Con.
vention have had a safe delivery in the
Presidential bosom, aud the Presidential
bowels have been much moved thereby.
THE Colored Convention at Nashville,
during its list session, set apart the lst of
January next as day of fasting and prayer,
Oh account of the murder of Abraham Lin.
culn.
TnEcrops ia Northern Georgia are totally
ruined by the drought; and now from al
parts of Tennessee, especially Middle Ten.
nessee, are coming loud complaints of watt
of rain.
In Central Georgia thousands of free linen
are agitating the question of immediate
emigration to Liberia. This spirit was said
to be rife among them at their late demon
stration in Macon.
ONE of the monster farms of m Ddern times
is that Of General Urquiza, OF Buenos Ayres.
1t is composed of an uhbroken body of 900
squal miles, over which countless thous
ands OF horses. cattle and sheep are grazing.
THERE was a terrible railroad, accident
on the Michigan Southern Railroad Sunday,
near Laporte, Ind. An entire train was
thrown from the track, and Urge lumber
OF persons were more or less iujured-three,
at least, fatally.
w. K. R1BERTs, President of the Fenian
Brotherhood has ordered the assembling oi
the Fenian Senate and House of ,legates
in General Congress" The ses sion Il be
held in Troy, n T., commencing on FRIDAY.
September 4, 1866.
AN Nc the recent " inventions" hi France
which have been brought 10 light by the
discussion Of the needle-gun, is one that
fires twenty halls in a minute an has
musical hox in the butt, thus doing away
with the necessity of regimental bands.
New YoRk letter says: 1--WE arc to
have new ocean cahle--that is, an ou'.and,
ont American cable at an early day.
Books Of substitution have been opened at
the cOmpanv's Office in B'old street. The |
capital stock is $1,000 900. The route is
from New York to Bermuda via Cape
Charles, Va; thence to the Azores, and |
thence to Lisbon. in Portugal"