Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-07

G. vansandt was reelected Speaker of the
House; William b. Vincent was elected Clerk
Of the Senate.
The annual meeting Of the American Uni
tartan Society was held in Boston on the 2Sth.
Henry Chaplin presided.
In st. Louis, on the 2Sth union was
formed between the Agricultural Congress
and the National Agricultural Association,
the new organization to be known as the
National Agricultural Congress. The follow
ing officers were chosen President, Hon.
John p. Reynolds, of Illinois; Secretary,
Charles W. Greene, of Tennessee; Treasurer,
Major Lee r. Shryock, of Missouri; with one
Vice-President from each State.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention
has been called to meet at Cleveland, June
q, TO nominate State ticket and elect dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention.
The Cheney case has been revived in
Chicago, application having been made
for temporary injunction from the Circuit
Court to restrain Mr.. Cheney from using the
property and revenues of Christ Church.
The injuntion was not granted, the case
being put over till June 1S, when a prelimi-
nary hearing will take place
ents Of the American Institutions for the In-
sane, embracing the States of the Union and
Dominion of Canada, organized in 1874, and
the last previous meeting of which was held
in Toronto, began its twenty-sixth meeting
at Madison, Wis, on the 2sth.
The Louisiana Republican State Conven
tion, called by Lieutenant Governor Pinch
back, met in New Orleans on the 28th After
appointing a number of committees the
Convention adjourned to the next day.
Secretary Fish, having received a dispatch
from London on the 29th, drove to the Capt.
tol in order to communicate its contents to
the President. Nothing definite could be
ascertained concerning the character of the
dispatches, but there was report that the
English Ministry hesitated to accept the ad-
dtional article to the Treaty of Wash
ington as modified by the Senate,
the waving Of claims for indirect damages
not being expressed with sufficient distinct
ness, the United States merely proposing a
new rule to govern the action of the Tribunal
of Arbitration, having the effect to exclude
that class of claims.
A Washington dispatch of the 29th says:
"The Presidents letter to Collector Casey,
at New Orleans, requesting him to resign that
office, was dated May the 18th. Casey's res
ignation was written on the 18th inst, to
take place on the appointment of his sue
cessor. 1t appears that there is some diff
Guilty in securing one likely to be acceptable
to those concerned"
A terrible explosion occurred on the tug
boat Epsilon, in New York, on the 2Sth.
Six lives were lost, and about thirty other
persons were more or less injured. Portions
of the boat were thrown distance of 400 to
500 feet.
At recent session of the Grand Council
of Orangemen, in New York, resolution
was passed for Orange societies all over the
Union to parade on the 18th Of July, and
leave the route of procession open to the
dictaton of the police authorities of each
city.
terrible tornado passed over Morgan
County, Mo-, on the 25th. Barns, orchards,
fences, etc, were completely destroyed.
Mrs. BIosser, Avery Fisher and wife, and
twelve others wounded, only five of whom
were expected to recover. At Verona, on
the night of the Goth, tremendous rain fell,
inundating a large part of the town, and car
ryng away the railroad bridge and a long
stretch of railroad track. The house of
George Greenleaf was swept away, and him
self, wife and child, drowned. In the valley
of Spring River immense damage was done,
whole farms being completely ruined.
The Presbyterian General Assembly, re
Gently in session at Detroit, repealed the
regulation requiring ministers from foreign
lands to undergo probation of one year be
fore they could be received into the Presby
teries. Disapproval was expressed of Tho
opening of art galleries and reading rooms OF
the Lords day.
Strikes among the journeymen shoemaker
and tailors were in progress in Cincinnati
on the Goth.
In the Superior Court of Chicago, in tn,
case ofJ. T. Yard against E. o. Judson, t.
recover for fraud and deceit in the sale o
the right to vend Judson's new branching
corn, alleged to be made to blossom will
ears by dint of glue and ingenuity, the jur.
awarded the plaintiff $3.50 as his damages.
The California Boy" Ritaker, recentl
made the attempt in Chicago to ride tw,
hundred miles in twelve consecutive hours
After accomplishing res miles in min
hours and twenty-four minutes, he wa
thrown and so badly injured that he had t.
abandon the race.
At Decatur, Ala, few days ago, Prof
Atkins made balloon ascension, when tn
balloon, becoming detached from the wind
lass fixing its altitude, assembled to heigh
of half a mie and then it rapidly descende'
into the Tennessee River. Atkins succeede
in getting out of the basket, after a desper
ate effort, having got entangled in the ropes
and attempted to swim ashore, but in thi
was unsuccessful, and the unfortunate maj
was drowned.
Hon. John Gill Shorter, Ex-Governor o
Alabama, died in Eufala on the 10Th, after
protracted illness.
In the Louisiana Republican Gpnver
tion, on the Goth, 6Sr ", a aWarlnotlA wa
FenGmafSS bae8 for tSSuter tor eoHernor and resor
tion 1sSA iDa gas 'ss%s'ssd endorsing the warmot
} Administration.