Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-30


awanna Railroad, near stroudsburg, on tn,
10TH All the passengers miraculously es
capped.
A brother Of DR.. Livingstone, residing al
Listowell, Ontario, has received letters from
the doctor, dated last November, at Ujiji
Africa.
A Washington dispatch of the 10Th says
"There is information from Geneva which
warrants the assertion that, since the exclu
sion of the claims for indirect damages, the
business before the Tribunal Of Arbitration
has been favorable to this Government, ant
that several awards for direct damages have
already been agreed upon, the indications
being that, upon the conclusion of the adju
dication, gross sum will be awarded to the
United States, thereby avoiding a reference
of the subject to a Board of Commission
efs."
The week ending August II was one of the
warmest of the summer in New York City
the thermometer ranging from 9S to 100 il
the shade. There were many cases of sun
stroke. The excessive heat continued OF
the 18th and 10th.
President Grant arrived at Long Branch OF
the nth.
DR.. Maynard, official apothecary of tho
Brooklyn Navy-Yard, by mistake, the othel
day, took dose of tincture Of aconite, in
stead Of ginger, and died in few hours.
A Saratoga IN. ~ telegram of tn,
10th announces that Judge Barnard hat
been found guilty of all the charges
brought against him, and the Impeachment
Court had removed him, and pronounced him
| hnId nn1x
members of the Court voted against i'm
peachment.
Horace Greeley returned to New York OF
the morning of the 18th.
It is reported that the Texas cattle fever
has appeared among the native cattle in San
CANON and Morgan Counties, Illinois.
General Sheridan has telegraphed to Wash
ington that there is little or no truth in tht
reports of Indian depredations on the from
tier, and that the forces now stationed al
various points are amply sufficient to quel
all disturbances.
The Comptroller Of Currency has author
lied the establishment of the First Nationa
Bank of Clarinda, Iowa, with capital Of
$4,000.
Another kerosene accident in Chicago
|
and as it did not burn up as quickly as she
desired she took up gallon can of oil ant
poured stream upon it. The oil caught
fire instantly, and the can exploded, throw
ing the oil all over the unfortunate girl'i
person. She ran shrieking down stairs ant
into o harness shop, and the workmen in the
shop succeeded in extinguishing the flames
~ not until the victim was fearfully
I Uus
| burned. .-,. po,., .
The Third National Da.-- y 80 so,,o.a
robbed on the night of the 1Stn ~
hundred thousand dollars in bonds, etc.
The boil worm is reported to be doing
great damage to the cotton in North Missis
sippi.
The following postmasters have been re-
Gently appointed: In Missouri=Peter H
Jaquitt, Pilot Knob; Daniel 7. Frazier. Van
Buren; Sylvanus j. Robinson, McClurg
Fred. w. Leightner, Pittsville; Ewell Else
! rick, Monteville; John s. Dillon, Burdette
7 Thompson r. Anderson, Tolono; VIM. SAGA.
man, Freedland; j. w. slaughton, Sue City
Charles Hecker, Sloan's Point. In Ohio
James c. Tobias, New Lebanon; r. Ker
shaw, Colon; Charles Forbes, Columbia.
The Kentucky War Claims have finally
passed the Third Auditors ONCE, and the
amount to be paid the State is fixed at $685..
25s.72, the sum originally demanded.
w. A. Wheeler has been nominated fol
Congress by the Republicans of the Eight.
eenth New York District. DR.. A. Garcellon
is the Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Second Maine District.
The annual session of the Supreme Coun.
| ell of Honor and Temperance was held at
Erie, Pa, on the 20th.' Eleven States were
represented. The order is now fully organ.
lied in twenty States, and partially in ten
others. The membership has been increased
1900 in six years.
DR.. Houard, lately released by Spain, ar,
rived at New York on the Goth, from Cadiz
| Destructive storms of wind and rain are
reported as having recently prevailed in
many sections of the East.
The New York Soldiers State Convention
met at Utica on the Goth. After perma.
nent organization had been effected a series
OF resolutions was adopted declaring for
Grant and Wilson and in favor of the ticket
to be nominated by the Republican State
Convention.
The most powerful wheat corner ever or
ganized at the West has recently existed in
Chicago. 1t collapsed on the Goth, when
the price of wheat receded from $157 to
$1.13. Several disastrous failures are the re.
suit, including the projectors of the "enter-
prise" and many "outsiders.
The Liberals of the Ninth Illinois District
have nominated N. f. Worthington for
Congress.
A nre in Bloomington, Ind, a few days
ago, consumed fifteen buildings, including
several of the largest stores, a number OF
saloons, and considerable of the contents OF
each. The Democrat office was among the
sufferers by the fire. Total loss, about $50.
coo.
James Lewis (colored) for Congressman.
at-Large, and DIR. Worrell for Presidential
Elector for the Second District, have been
placed on the ticket OF the Pinchback Louis
lana Republicans by the Executive Commit.
tee, vice Judge Dibble and W. r. Fish, de-
clined.
Little Rock (Ark) dispatch of the Goth
says General Bishop had returned from Pope
County, and made his report to the Cover
nor. He reported all quiet, and was opposed
to the declaration of martial law.
A straight" Democratic State Convention
was held at Atlanta, Ga, on the Goth. Twen
ty-two counties were represented. Delegates
were appointed to the Louisville Conven
tion, and Hon. Charles O'Conor, of New
York, was declared the preference of the
Convention for President.
The new postal card, as agreed upon by
the Postoffice Department, will be Of light
amber color, five inches by three and one
eighth in size, and will weigh about one and
fourth drachms. Directions for using are
printed on one side.
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats o.