Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-05
THE NEW WORLD.

Gold closed in New York on the 9th at
l13H@1135S.
Announcement has been made by the Post
Office Department that the law recently
passed by Congress, providing for the in
PRODUCTION of postal cards, cannot go into
effect for some time, as arrangements for
the printing of the same had not been COM
plcted
The attendance upon the Jubilee at Boston
on the 2lst was rs large as the day previous
The day was devoted to Austria. The price
of admission was to be reduced to 50 and $3,
according to location.
After the adjournment on the Goth of the
New York Fifth Avenue Hotel Conference,
Judge Stallo called AL-na
dissatisfied With the acceptance OF the Gin
cinnati ticket. The second Convention met
on the 2lst. Among those present were the
following gentlemen; Col. Grosvenor, T. 7.
Gault, Carl Dantzer, Park Goodwin, w. c.
Bryant. The question of nominating ticket
was debated at considerable length, and
was decided affirmatively, and the Confer
ence nominated William s. Groesbeck, of
Ohio, for President, and Frederick Law
Olmstead, of New York, for Vice-President,
and series of resolutions was adopted
declaratery of the principles of the Revenue
Reformers, in favor of tariff for revenue
only, and against protection, "and that all
trade or exchange should be as free as the
necessities of the Government will permit (;
that Horace Greeley does not represent these
principles, but has been a lifelong opponent
of the most essential of them; and that we
therefore reject his nomination as we reject
that of General Grant"
The boiler in the extensive shops of the
Ohio Brush and Wire Works, located within
the walls of the Ohio Penitentiary, at Colum-
bus, exploded on the morning of the 2lst,
just after the convicts had started to work,
with a terrible noise and dread effect. The
flying boiler tore out of the large three-story
building in which it was placed, making it
mass of ruins, and forced open the outside
walls and roof of Huff's cooper shop and
George Gills stove foundry, not far off.
Pieces Of the boiler were thrown a tremen-
dous distance. At the time of the accident
eighty-five men were in the brush shop, and
were just going to work. The shock was ter
rife, and yet no person was killed outright.
Several men were blown out of the windows,
and fell with the debris from the fourth story
of the building. A large number were Sc
riously injured, but it was thought that all
but five or six would recover.
In the Nebraska Democratic State Conven-
ton, on the 21st, resolutions were adopted
indorsing the Cincinnati Platform, and the
delegates to the Baltimore Convention were
instructed to vote as a unit for Greeley and
Brown.
The recent Alabama Democratic State Con.
vention decided to leave the appointment OF
Electors to the Congressional Districts after
the Baltimore Convention. A resolution was
adopted that the National Democratic Con
vention ought not to make nominations in
opposition to the nominations recently made
at Cincinnati.
The Arkansas Democratic State Conven
tion, at Little Rock on the 2lst, adopted
resolutions instructing the delegates to the
Baltimore Convention to vote for the ratifica
tion of the Cincinnati nominees, and declar
ing against the nomination by the Democracy
of Arkansas of State ticket.
A terrible accident occurred on the Grani
Trunk Railroad on the night of the 2lsU.
telegram dated Belleville, Ont, June %
gives the following particulars:
o. NJ. Roddy, an eyewitness, says that i'm
medately after the disaster he went to tn,
| SecOnQ-claSS car. III ana tne smoking ca
were telescoped on the locomotive, the steam
from which, issuing from the cars, was 81
dense that he could see nothing One afte
another of the scalded victims were crawling
from the openings. Crowbars were immedi
ately put into requisition by passengers frOu
the first-class cars, all of whom escaped in
Jury, and openings were made. Many wer
found entangled, and were extricated witt
the utmost difficulty, timbers having to b
broken. Five persons were found dead an
carried to the roadside, where the wounds
lay for nearly three hours, in the most fear
full agony.
The sight was one to battle description
The terrible cries of the sufferers rent tn
ears of the lookerson, who made every pos
sible effort to grant their request for water
and their condition under the influence c
their terrible injuries was fearful to witness
whilst prayers and cries of premonition {
approaching dissolution were here and thel
heard. After the injured arrived here, som
of them died-a happy relief being thu
afforded from their terrible agonies. Thos
who were least injured walked abou
swathed In bandages, and conversed freel
! about the occurrence of the night. tn
express and baggage car was forced pal
the broken engine without injuring I'll
express messenger or baggageman. Bl
the smoking car telescoped the second-clal
car; the latter, in going forward, knockt
the safety-valve off the boiler, and remaint
on top Of the engine, allowing steam to 4
8 the second-class car, which was crowd'
J with passengers, many Of them lumberm'