Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23
THE NEW WORLD.

Gold closed In New York on the 18th at
115@1l51s.
A Washington dispatch Of the 9th saws
Treasurer Spinner continued to improve,
but was not yet able to sit at his desk. The
news from Secretary Delano was to the effect
that he had fully recovered from his severe
Illness.
Senator Sumner was serenaded in Wash
ington on the evening Of the 9th and re-
sponded in a Uriof oPoooh
German immigration at the port of New
York numbered II 1886 during the month of
July. The total since January l was 49,
1856.
President Grant and party passed through
Glens Falls, Saratoga, Cohoes and Albany,
N. Y, on the 9th. He was greeted by gath
erings of the people in all the places named.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 9th says
the Democratic and Reform Committees pro-
posed that the Liberals ratify their nomina-
tlons for Governor, Lieutenant Governor
and Attorney-General, and that all other Of
fees on the ticket, State, Congressional and
Electoral, be made by the Liberals. This, as
a final offer of compromise, was refused, and
the Liberal Convention nominated D. B.
Penn for Governor
A Raleigh On. c. dispatch of the 9th says;
"Caldwell's majority will be about 1,20O or
1900. All the official returns are not yet in.
The Democrats demand that the matter be
contested before the Legislature, in conse-
quence of alleged frauds in many sections" !"
A Washington dispatch of the 10th an
nounces that the Treasury Department has
adopted regulations providing that hereafter
all appointments or promotions in the New
York Custom House will be made in accord
ance with the results of public competitive
examinations, as prescribed in the rules gov
erning the civil service. Local examining com
mittees have been appointed for the Custom
House and its several branches in that city.
At Pittsburgh, on the 9th, two sisters
named Selby, and another girl named La
velle, all under ten years of age, attempted
to light fire with carbon oil. The result
was an explosion. The two Selbys would
likely die, but the other might recover.
At recent meeting of the Marble Manu-
facturers' Association in New York, it was
announced that the workmen, after three
months useless struggling for the eight hour
recognition, had returned to work upon the
old system and at the same rates.
President Grant arrived at New York on
the morning OF the 10th, and left immediate
ly for Long Branch.
The recent burning of the Iowa" elevator
in Chicago has developed the fact that a
large overissue of grain receipts had been
put upon the market, and considerable ex-
citement was caused thereby on Change.
The Board of Trade adopted a resolution
calling upon the Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners to investigate the matter, and
enforce the State law bearing upon the case
The Democratic and Liberal Convention Of
the Twelfth Ohio District met on the 9th and
nominated H. J, Jewett for Congress, on the
106th ballot.
A recent fire at Portsmouth, Mich, de-
stroyed John McGraw's extensive saw and
planning mills, salt block, 5000 barrels of
salt, and 100000 feet of lumber. Loss
estimated at $500, 700.
B. Gratz Brown has written letter, dated
Jefferson City, Mo-, August s, formally ac-
cepting the nomination at Baltimore.
Newton V. Chandler, notorious desper-
ado, was executed at Charlotte, N. c., on
the 9th. He was only twenty-five years old,
and made a confession of his crimes, which
included murder, robbery, and other foul
deeds.
Blanton Duncan, as Chairman of the
Irregular" Democratic Executive Commit
tee, has published a lengthy circular, dated
at Louisville, KY, calling upon active Demo
Gratis in the different counties throughout
the country to "at once commence an or,
ganization for the purpose of supporting
the principles of our party as they will be
proclaimed by the convention at Louisville,
September g."
A young married couple named Auron,
supposed to be from Buffalo, N Y, fell from
the edge Of very steep and rugged prcci-
pice in the mountains of West Virginia, on
the 9TH, and were literally dashed to pieces
on the rocks below. They were visiting that
region on a wedding tour. Their bodies
were so terribly mangled that they could not
be recognized.
A Washington telegram of the 18th says
the War Department had issued regulations
for the discovery, Identification and payment
Of claimants for pay, bounty, pTlEe'Woney