Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
DOMESTIC.

States Consul at that place.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the 14th at
l1094.
An extensive confagration occurred at
Albany, N. Y, on the morning of the 7th,
inflicting loss of over 100000. All the
houses on the west side of Broadway, be-
tween Nos. 606 and G32, were destroyed.
The large printing house of Weed, Par
sons & Co was entirely destroyed. Over
three hundred people are thrown out of
employment John O'Brien, fireman,
lost his life at the fire.
A fatal case of sunstroke occurred in
New York city on the Sth, the first that
ever secured there so early In the season.
The victim was Elisha Devoe, cartman,
on Fulton street.
In New York city on the 9th, the ther-
mometer ranged as high as $50 in the
shade; at Philadelphia, 81 . and at Wash
ington, $40.
A Scranton, Pa, dispatch Of the 9Th
says: "All was quiet on the Lackawanna
this morning. Matters have been greatly
exaggerated. It is now asserted that no
person was killed, and but few hurt. The
only trouble since yesterday was the
burning of the house of miner at one
o'clock this morning"
Dispatches from many points speak of
the occurrence, on the night of the 9th,
of the finest asroral displays known for
years, in many instances the streams of
| light spreading from the zenith in all di-
rections, some parts of the sky being all
ablaze. A New Ysrk dispatch says: At
0 :55 this evening a fine display of aurora
commenced. The movement was north
and south, shifting to the east and west
At 10 o'clock the telegraph wires were Sc
riously affected. Communications with
cities in all directions were for time ,sus.
pended"
The steamer Samuel j. Hale, bound
from Cincinnati to Memphis, burst her
steam pipe on the morning, Of the Sth
near Golconda, and killed seven deck
hands-three white and four colored.
A Washington dispatch of the 10th
says There is high authority for the
statement that the Fishery question and
the Alabama claims are already SO far dis
posed Of as to be no longer matters of dis
cussion at the sessions Of the Commission
Indeed, basis of agreement on the Ala
bama claims has already been secured
which will probably be sati tisfactory to the
representatives of both countries"
Buffalo gnats are killing large numbers
of horses and mules along Mississippi
River. The recent overflow has made
them and mosquitoes unusually numer
Gus.
The town of Wolcott, New York, wa
almost totally destroyed by sre on th'
night of the 18th.
An extensive conhagration occurred a
Grand Rapids, Mich, on the night of tn
18th, by which part of the best bushes
portion of the place was destroyed. Les
, stated at about 100000; insurance abou
100000.
The suit for $4,000 damages institute,
in the United States Court at Richmond
by Judge ]. Wright, colored, of the Su
preme Court of South Carolina, agains
the Richmond 81 Danville Railroad Com
pany, has been compromised by the pay
ment of $4,000 to plaintiff. He elaine
> damages on the ground that he was fore
, |, bly, elected from first class car on accoun
of color, Notwithstanding he held first
, class ticket.
Dispatches from Galveston, Tex, o
the 18th give an account of very seriou
! affair which happened recently on tn
Mexican border. 1t seems that train 6
4 route from Chihuahua to Fort Bayard wa
i attacked near the boundary by band {
Indians, and man named Keard, his wifi
Q and five other Americans, were killeC
d The Chihuahua frontier troops Mex
t cans) pursued the Indians over the bordC
n into the United States, and killed and cal
o tured eighty of them. The United State
s troops at Fort Goodwin were sent to pr
A tect the Indians, and came in collisio
d with the Mexican soldiers. A fight el
IS sued, in which the commanding officers
IS Fort Goodwin and forty American so
}. diers were killed The Mexican soldie
It numbered 200. The War Department,
g Washington, up to the night of the 13t
!. had received no report of the affair
l. A disastrous fire occurred at Newber
N. c., on the morning of the 18th. Lo
h nearly 100000.
e Thomas Hodges, a noted desperate, wi
II had killed five men in the vicinity
If Staunton, Va, was taken from the Jail
that place on the night of the 10th, by
10 mob, and hanged.
70 The Joint Railroad Committee of Il
a. N. Y. Legislature have reported on Il
r New Hamburg disaster, that the testim
70 ny is SO conflicting that they cannot ma
1t up a report that will meet the approx
ID of the majority of the committee, an
d. therefore, submit the testimony for su,
sr action of the Legislature as it may dee
" proper. -..
le Some days ago several horses We
stolen in Cedar County, Mo-, and
8 /: thief, naned Jackson, pursued by T.