Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-08


on the part Of said Company, by the misplace
ment Of the rail, with felonious intent, by a
certain number Of masked men TO us un-
known; and we further find that the said
John Rafferty, refused to abandon his train
when apprised Of danger, and died manfully
at his post e
A disastrous Are occurred in Baltimore on
the 25th. II broke out in four-story brick
planning mill, and in short time the building
was enveloped in flames, and the boilers of
the engine exploded A stiff breeze drove
the flames TO the adjoining buildings, and it
was not long before the four blocks bounded
by Liberty street ON the east, Saratoga on the
north, Howard on the west, and Lexington
on the south, and intersected by Park and
Clay streets, were each ablaze, and several
fine buildings on Mulberry street had taken
Ere from the burning brands hurled by the
wind. Ten blocks of buildings were de-
stroyed, mostly dwellings, before the fire was
extinguished. The aggregate loss was vari-
ously estimated at from 100000 to $1,-
600, 600.
Recent fires on Long Island burned over an
area of at least fifty square miles. The Ger
man settlement, called BohemianviIle, was
swept entirely away, and three young children
unable to escape perished in the flames.
An ordinance to prohibit the sale of liquor
on Sunday was successfully enforced in Cleve-
land on the 9th.
Judge Vinton, Of the Tippecanoe Qnd) Cir
cult Court, has rendered an elaborate decision,
in which he concludes that the railway act
passed at the special session Of the State
Legislature, requiring railway companies to
issue stock paid for by corporations to tax
payers, ETC., is unconstitutional, and is there
fore null and void. He holds that the stock is
the property of the whole people, and is held
in trust by the County Commissioners. An
appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court.
At Janesylle, Wisconsin, few days ago,
Johanna Welsh, aged nine years, was build
ing a fire with kerosene, and was fatally
burned. A similar accident recently occurred
at Auburn, Indiana, to a twelve-year-old girl
named Culver, who laid the foundation for a
fire by pouring coal oil on the ashes. Live
Goals concealed in the ashes communicated
fire TO the can, which exploded with great
violence, covering the poor girl with sheet
Of flames. She was burned nearly to crisp,
and died in few minutes.
An Indianapolis Qnd.) dispatch of the 27th
says the cholera had made its appearance in
that city Three fatal cases occurred in one
family; no other fatal cases reported There
were twenty-one cholera death in st Louis
during the week ending on the 26th. The
entire mortality for the week was 253, de-
crease of 80 from the previous week.
At meeting held at Brownsville, Min
nesota, on the Goth, under the auspices Of the
Patrons of Husbandry, resolutions were
adopted denouncing the increased salary bill
and all Credit Mobilier transactions; declaring
loss Of confidence in the honesty Of the
present political parties, and in favor Of new
organization; demanding greater economy, in
County, State, and National Administration,
denouncing the present system of railroad
management, and calling for State mass
convention of all who agree with the prin-
ciples set forth in the resolutions, said con-
veption to be held at Owatonna, on the I'd Of
September next.
Bail has been refused in the case of the
Gordon captors, and tie prisoners will have to
lie in a British Jail until their trial in October
next.
The Bureau of Agriculture has ordered 400
bushels Of wheat from France, and an equal
quantity from Chilli, embracing all varieties OF
winter wheat. Cargoes are expected to arrive
| about the first of September, and will be dis
tributed in season for fall sowing.
The July report Of the Agricultural Bureau
represents an improvement in winter wheat,
but decline in the prospects of spring wheat
on account Of unreasonable weather in some
| quarters, and insect enemies in others. The
average in corn is increased in West Virginia
and Minnesota, and decreased in all other
States except Florida and Arkansas, where ii
remains the same as last year.
| The Attoruey-G General has recommended that
| pardons be issued to Felix Dover, Stephen
Spawn, Evan Murphy and William scruggs,
convicted in North and South Carolina OF
connection with Ku-Klux outrages.
The managers of trunk lines to the West
have made the following reductions in freight
charges on first class merchandise, which in
cludes dry goods, boots and shoes, clothing,
ETC.: From New York to Chicago, per cwt.r
IS cents; formerly 81. Cleveland, 40 cents
formerly 65 cents. Cincinnati, 70 cents
formerly 90 cents. st. Louis, 81 cents
formerly $12s Louisville So cents; former
ly s123. Memphis, s1.s5; formerly $1.62
| The following are the rates from Lake Erie
ports westward: To Cleveland, Toledo, and
Detroit, 45c. To Chicago, Milwaukee, and
Green Bay, sic.
The Peruvian Government has commenced
suits against several dealers in guano in New
York City, who are said to adulterate the arti
Gle and sell it as guanc.
The complaint and affidavits in the case Of
Ann Eliza Webb, seventeenth wife of Brigham
Young, were filed on the 2Sth, in the Clerk'i
office Of the Third District Court of Utah
The complainant sues for 100000 damages
alimony, and pending the suit $1,000 pc
month, and $50, 900 for counsel fees.
The second annual convention of the Cath
olic Total Abstinence Union of Illinois met a
Bloomington on the 2Sth. About one hun
dred delegates were present
Two additional deaths from cholera were re
ported in Indianapolis on the 2Sth. Butsevel
deaths in all had so far occurred, five of whicl
were the children OF one family.
Merriam, the only one of the Mnneapoli
party whom the Alanitoban Judge decided
bailable was released on the 2Sth, two of tn
wealthiest and most respected citizens of Man
toba becoming his sureties. Attorney-Gener
al Clarke refused to deliver up $4,000 takel
from two Of the Americans, although tn
Court had ordered him to do so.
John Q. Page, who began an action to recove
$1,000 paid into the Kansas Legislature by A
NJ. York, dismissed the case on the 2Sth, pay
ing all the costs. The suit was to recoye
money now in the hands of the Kansas Stat
Treasurer, on the ground set forth by ex-Sena
tor Pomeroy in his defense that the none
was given by Pomeroy to York TO be given t
Page, to aid in the establishment of bank a
Independence.
Crop reports from Arkansas on the 2St
were very encouraging. Reports from Missis
sippi were conflicting in regard to cotton, bu
the corn crop would not yield more than hal
crop, owing to the drouth, while in tn
neighborhood of Okalona, Kosciusko an
Brandon, both cotton and corn would make
} poor yield. In addition to the drouth tn
worms had appeared in West Tennessee
} Corn would only yield half crop, but tn
cotton prospect was fair.
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