The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-03-20
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

THE Wabash River is very high, and fears
Of disastrous overflow are entertained.
TuERE is disastrous fire shet at Bing.
hampton. New York. Seyera bridges have
been carried away.
ruE Hudson River. al Albany. New York,
has risen fifteen, feet and yet the ice has
not broken. ..
THE Arkansas election began Monday, but
no information Of its progress as yet been
received.
NASHVILLE March 9.-The Republican
t tcket was elected in Murfreesboro last Sat
urday.
TmE United States Supreme Court has
granted leave to file bill in the case of the
State of Georgia VS.. Gen. GRANT and 9th
crs.
KS xvILLE, TEHN., March 9.-R"turns
from the county elections Of Saturday show
an Increased majority for the Republican
cand dates in nearly all the counties.
IT is reported that uancock has been tele =.
graphod to by the President to return imre
| hiately TO Washington To take com nand Of
the Atlantic Division.
AN Injunction has been served on Judge
BARNARD, in New York. staying all further
proceedings in the Erie Railroad case, until
the first Monday in April.
THE Deputy Mavor of Pttsburg has de
! oIed that Limburg cheese is nnisancr.
and has fined store-keeper of the city $50
and costs for having it on hand.
SAN JOSE, California las gone into silk
culture, with company h,ving a capital ot
$4,000; the machinery has arrived. the
foundation of the builling is laid, AMI the
worms are at work.
TIE result Of the Spring elections, thus
far, has been highly favorable TO the Re,
publican party. The municipal elections
in Memphis. st. Louis and Nashville re
suited in sweeping Republ can majorities.
| Our majority in Memphis was about 500
in st Louis 900, and Nashville 900.
A DISPATCH from Omaha, on the 4th inst,
says the Pacific Railroad branch connecting
the Chicago and Northwestern at ST Johns,
| Iowa, with the Sioux City, is completed.
The officers of the Northwestern, accom-
panied by the government commissioners,
have gone to Sioux City to examine aud re
port on the condition of the road.
THE Cincinnati Chronicle Company, al
association formed tor the purpose of car.
q SVuCiui ICil
its certificate OF incorporation for record at
the Recorders office on the 9th inst. The
capital stock is $l50,0O0. divided into 900
shares Of $500 each The co porators are
r. Fl. Stephenson, Wm II. Smith o. w.
Nixon. ], M. Wilson, j. w. Sands. L, Long
ley, Ii. G. Armstrong Wm. E. Davis. .f".
By far the greatest Republic IN victory
has been reached in the Omaha city election
on the I'd. Last year the Democrats elected
their ticket by over 200 majority. They
we're jubilant, and having control of the
ci y Tor five years felt confident of an easy
victory. The Republicans organized and
worked, aAd the result is that they have
elected their candidate for Mayor by 4S3
majority, aid elected their whole ticket ex.
cspt two Aldermen. So it goes.
New ORLEANS, March 1G.-A. NJ. HoIbrook,
President of the New Orleans A Associated
Press, iI a card denies the truth of the st lte.
ment made in some Northern papers that
the bands of tho FIRE companies recently
| played the "Bonnie Blue Flag" in front ol
Gen. lIancock's headquarters and that the
latter rode in a carriage with jeff Davis.
Gen, Hancock goes to Washington to-
night pursuant to orders,
Gen. Reynolds, now in Texas, will assume
command OF this Department.
A card is published, sigaed by 200 north.
ern and western men, citizens Of this State
endorsing Gen. Hancock's course VIII lie in
command here.