Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-18

NhO OShOSiaOo huh kuihSu III blA bOWub
which we're Republican last year. In Hart
ford the Republican Town Clerk was elected
by 231 majority over the present Democratic
incumbent. The Republicans have a ma
jority in the Board Of selectmen. In New
Haven, Henry NJ. Lewis, regular Democratic
and citizens candidate for Mayor, was elect
ed by plurality Of 1853.
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats
have nominated D. NJ. Dewett for Congress
from the Fourteenth New York District.
| A large party Of San Franciscans have re-
Gently returned from an unsuccessful expe-
dltion to the Arizona diamond fields. They
denounce the excitement as a fraud.
The Republicans Of the First, Second, and
Third Missouri Congressional Districts have
made the following nominations: In the
First, Ex Lieutenant Governor e. o. stanard;
Second, Col. NJ. A. Bryson; Third, Monethon
Hilton.
A riot occurred In Cincinnati on the night
of the 9Th, about ten o'clock, on the corner
Of Fifth and Broadway streets, between the
Fourth Ward Greeley torchlight procession
and colored people in which 90 to 10 shots
were fired. Several persons were wounded.
Accounts of the affair by eye witnesses are
very conflicting.
The Kentucky State Central Committee of
the O'Conor Democrats have selected a full
Electoral ticket, headed by Hon. John T.
Bunch for the State.at.Lsrge.
An Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch Of the 7th says
one hundred and eleven counties had been
heard from. Seven Of them had given Re-
publican majorities and 103 counties gave
a Democratic majority Of 80, 500. The twen-
ty-six counties to be heard from would not
change the Democratic majority to any
great extent. Savannah dispatch of the
same date says two negroes had made affi-
davits that Republicans were prevented from
voting at the late election, and warrants had
been issued for the arrest of one magis-
trate and one freeholder under the Enforce
ment act.
At Toronto, Canada, where disease pre-
walls among horses, there was recently said
to be scarcely horse fit for work, and mer-
chants were unable to ship or get goods
from depots. There were no hacks on the
! stands.
According to Washington dispatch of the
evening Of the sth, General N. P. Chapman,
Republican, and present delegate in Con-
gress, had been reelected by 5000 majority
The Republicans also elected 10 out OF %
| uCiOshtes W the l1eslslullNc Assembly.
The election in Pennsylvania on the 9Th
passed off without any serious disturbance.
anft(Republican)ha majority of about
10000 in Philadelphia, and the news on the
morning of the 9th indicated that he would
have majority of from 5000 to 5000 in the
balance of the State. The Republicans
claimed his election by 10000 majority.
Charles st. John Republican) has been re-
nominated for Congress in the Eleventh
New York District The Democrats and
Liberals of the Second Massachusetts Dis
trict have nominated Edward Avery for Con-
gress.
The Rhode Island State and District Con-
ventions Of the Democratic and Liberal Re-
! publican parties, held at Providence on the
eth, united on nominations for Electors and
Congressman.
An Omaha, Nebraska, dispatch of the
evening of the sth says the election in
that State passed off quietly, with full vote
! polled. The Republican State and Congress
sional ticket is reported elected by about
5000 majority.
The news from the Indiana State election
so far as received up to the morning of the
9Th was very incomplete. Both parties
| claimed the State
A Columbus (Ohio) telegram Of the eve
ming of the Sth says partial returns from
half the counties in the State (Ohio) show a
Republican gain Of 5000 over the vote
of Noyes in 1871, when the Republican
majority reached 10000. This will be re-
duced by Democratic gains in Hamilton and
Cuyahoga Counties, leaving the Republican
majority not less than 1900 in the State"
Congressman were elected in Ohio on the
Sth as follows: Republicau-Third District,
John Q. Smith Fourth District, L. B. Gunck-
ell; Sixth District, Isaac r. Sherwood;
Eighth District, William Lawrence; Ninth
District, James w. Robinson; Tenth District,
Charles Foster; Eleventh District, Fl. 8.
Bundy; Fifteenth District, w. P. Sprague;
Sixteenth District, L. Danford; Seventeenth
District, L. d. Woodwork; Eighteenth Dis
trict, James Monroe; Nineteenth District, J.
A. Garfield; Twentieth District, r. G. Par
sons. Democratic-First District, Milton
Sayler; Second District, Fl. B. Banning; Fifth
District, j. G. Lamison; Seventh District, j.
T. Neal; Twelfth District, Hugh j. Jewett;
Thirteenth District, NJ. j. Southard Four.
teenth District, John Berry.
Grant and Wilson meeting In Brooklyn,
N. Y, on the evening of the 7th, was
brought to an unexpected and tragic termi-
nation by the giving way of the platform,
which, falling upon several boys who hap
pened to be underneath it, crushed the life
out of two of them, Alonzo Henry end
James Milwater, and inflicted injuries which
would probably prove fatal upon three
others.
The village Of Pennington, Mich, was al
most entirely consumed by fire on the morn
ing Of the 9th. Several stores were destroy
ed, as was also the post-office, before the
flames were stayed.
The Chicago papers of the 9th, the ami
nersary of the great fire, are filed with sta
tistics showing the wonderful enterprise and
activity displayed in the rebuilding of the
city. The new Chamber of Commerce was
formally opened on the 9Th. 1t appears that
the amount invested in new and magnificent
permanent structures In the burnt district
since the fire is about $46,QOO,000.
An Indianapolis Ond.) dispatch of the
evening OF the 9th says the resHlt on the
State ticket, was still in doubt, with the
chances in favor of Hen bricks. The Re.
publicans had gained two Congressman, and
probably lost one. The following were
probably elected; Democratlc-First Dis
trict, Nlblack; Second, Wolf; Third, Hol-
man; Ninth, Neh, epublican-Fourth,
Wilsoni Fifth, Cobun; Sixth, Hunter;
Seventh, Carson; Eighth Tyner; Tenth,
saylor; Eleventh, Packard. The Republi-
cans would probably have majority of If
teen on joint ballot In the Legislature.
The Democr attic majoritles In Hamilton
County, Ohio, range from about $500 to o.
900. The State Republican Committee on
the 9th, claimed majority in the State of
from Is, 900 to $1,000. The Democrats con-
ceded from 10000 to $1,000.
A freight locomotive on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, near Piedmont, Va, exploded
on the 9Th, killing the engineer, fireman, and
two Others, aud fatally injuring another.
A Shreveport (La) dispatch of the 7th
says; Il. j. Wright, Clerk of the District
Court, and his brother, w, N. Wright, Dep