Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-09-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
At HO NJ Il.
DISTRICT oR CoLuMRIA.

~ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. -gafH
j. r. Dodge, statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, has returnsd from
Vienna, and is carefully examining and
comparing the crop reports for June,
July, August and September.
MICHIGAN. ,.-.-.,..s-.
The propeller IrOnsides, of the Engel-
man Line, connecting with the Detroit
& Milwaukee Railroad and one of the
largest steamers on the lakes fOundered
and sunk within seven miles of Grand
Haven. Her signal of distress was hoist
ed, but so terrible WAS the sea and heavy
wind that no assistance could reach her.
She labOred in trough of sea from
about s 30 4. NJ. until she sunk. The
passengers and crew, of which there are
nineteen of the former and thirty OF the
latter, prepared the boats to leave her at
about lO:30 A. M :, and the last boat left
her at ii 80 A. NJ. When the last boat
got about a quarter of mile from her
she went down. There were five boats
filled with the crew and passengers. One
boat having five men and four women in
capsized and only one man reached the
shore. Four boats have reached the.
shore up to this time. The boat with
captain Sweetman and wife and five
passengers has not been heard from land
it is feared they are among the lost.
Thirty-two passengers are known to have
been saved and sixteen to have been re-
covered. ts -...' -s
z:i -t MASSACHUSETTS. a.. =e.t . .-i.
The Republican State Convention was
called to order at 1 z. NJ. by G.. Loring.
chairman of the State Central Committee
who was made temporary chairman.
Ex-Governor Bullock was elected per-
manent chairman and addressed the
meeting. At the conclusion of his re-
marks Il recess was taken till 2 :45. on
motion of General Butler. The remand
er of the State ticket was made up as fol-
lows, without opposition: Lieutenant
Governor, Thomas Fallcot; Attorney
General, Charles II. Train; Secretary of
State, Oliver Warner; Auditor, Charles
Endicott; Treasurer, Charles Adams, jf.
At the Onening of the evening session
General Butler took the floor. He said
that he was satisfied that majority of
the delegates were i'm favor of the nomin-
alton OF Governor Washburne, and that
he did not care to delay the business of
the convention by a resort to parliament
tary tactics. He declared anew his
fealty to the party and said that he did
not want to do anything TO cause dis
sension i'll its ranks. He consequently
WItIfuTcW anu tfistt ne S.tW no
cause to run independently. At Z :a5
O'Clock p. NJ. Governor Washbnrne was
renominated by reclamation. a" aif
-it'-i'. 5' DAKOTA. z -
An alteration occurred between Cen
eral L. s. McCOok. Secretary of DAKOTA,
and PIP. Wintermeet, 4 banker OF Yank-
ton, in the billiard parlor of the st.
Charles Hotel, during which Winter
nSnl no Ia hi sal,
promptly resented by the General. who
gave Wintermeet a thrashing. The Cen
eral then went TO Ills room. Winter
meet, after washing the blood from his
face. remarked to the by-standers that
McCOok could whip him. but that he
(Wintermeet) could shoot him, and i'm
mediately went five blocks, got q pistol
and returned. \ railroad meeting was
in session in the hotel at the time Win
termeet entered the assembly. and Nc
Cook, unaware of his presence, also en-
tered the room, when Wintermeet raised
and approaching him fired his pistol,
the shot taking effect in his left breast.
The General grappled the assassin whe II
a second shot was fired, when Winter
meet was thrown to the floor. During
the struggle two more shots were fired,
one of which slightly wounded Il by
stantier. Only one shot took effect,
which proved fatal. The General lin
gered till seven when he expired. lie
was fully conscious to the last, and died
like brave man. Wintermeet is under
arrest. i.+''i'
NEW YORK,
An examination Of thirty-two hun
drcu pass-books of the IIOboken Savings
Rank has discovered deficiency of
$4,000. There remain to be balanced
thirteen hundred books. and if the loss
es upon these should be equally large,
Klennen's 5 defalcation would be nearly
| $3.50, 900. The bank now owes its depos-
itors $130 900. -..0. r..
The board of dii eetors of the SANTANA
Ray Company have resolved to have no
| negotiations with and to make no propO-
| sition 10 the holders of the so-callcd
Iiartmond bonds. held in England, and
declared by the dominique government
to be null and void. President SlOckwell
has resigned and William G.. Fargo has
| been chosen his successor. ..
| The entire herd OF short-horned cat
| tie owned by Samuel Campbell, Of New
York Mills. We're sold ut auction the
other day. .5liycrs were present from
England, Canada, and all parts of the
| Unitd States. One hundred and fifteen
cattlewere disposed of, the total receipts
being about $3S0,000. The highest ilg-
nrepaid was $4,000, This hid was