Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-15

Total In Treasury. ury.............,..$ 123, ,030 S74
Debt, less cash in Treasury .... e., Ia 44s. t94
Decrease during July. ly..........,....,$ 370,51s
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Com
panes interest payable in lawful
money, principal outstanding. -. 64,62s, ,5f2
Interest accrued and not yet paid 80. 323,117
interest paid by United States. ....... 20i47,A66
mails, etc. c..............t............ 4225,s5s
Balance Of interest paid by United
States.. lb<22, l32
The Mclean County Qll.) Changers have
nominated n full ticket for County officers.
The candidate for County Treasurer is Colonel
X. p Morgan, whose appointment as Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioner was not con-
flrmed by the State Senate.
recent Kansas City (Mo) special SAYS
more bodies have been discovered in the Ben
der graveyard, and that there was a clue to the
whereabouts of the Bender family
The newly-elected officers of the Kansas
State Grange are as follows Master, T. G. V.
Boiling; Overseer, NJ. L. Hudson; Lecturer,
John Boyd; Steward, A. d. Smith; Assistant
Steward, j. B. Richey; Chaplain, w. s. Han
| ma; Treasurer, II. II. Angel.
To hurry up the fire Mrs William Dowds,
of Lewis, Iowa, poured kerosene oil in the
sued, the burning oil being thrown all over
| the room, and a ten-months old child was
burned TO ueatn.
ACentral Executive Committee to present the
question Of the formation of a new State in
the most favorable bearing in their respec-
tive sections was appointed by the Convention
at Jackson, Tenn, on the 30th ult.
Nicholson and Hallahan, were hanged at
Baltimore on the 1st, for the murder Of Mrs.
Lampley.
In July there were issued from the stamp
divisions of the Third Assistant Postmaster
Generals office 107, sos, ,41O stamps from which
revenue is derived, the value of which is S2,-
936, 747-a large increase over the business of
| any previous month"; which is accepted as the
result Of the abolition of the franking priv
ilege.
Senator Ramsey, accompanied by Governor
Austin, Of Minnesota, was at the Department
of State in Washington, on the I'd, for the pur-
pose of enlisting, if possible, the sympathy of
the authorities there in behalf of the Ameri-
cans who were concerned in the alleged kidnap-
ping of Lord Gordon.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer to buy S500O00 bonds
on the second Wednesday, and sell Sl,5O0,OO0
gold on each Thursday during the month OF
August.
Counterfeit half-cngles, coinage of 1872, are
in circulation in New York and Boston, and so
closely initiate the genuine as almost to defy
detection. In weight and color the counter
felt corresponds with the legal coin. Counterfeit
twenty dollar gold pieces are also in circula-
tion.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention on the
1st adopted resolution for an adjournment
of the convention from August s to December
2, to meet in Cincinnati.
Portland, Oregon, has been nearly destroyed
by fire. The confagration began early on the
morning of the ID, and before it was checked
, twenty three blocks in the city were in ruins.
, Among the losses are two engine houses, two
sash factories, three foundries, four mills,
, five hotels, one hundred stores and two hun
dred and fifty dwellings. One hundred and
, fifty families were rendered homeless. The
, estimated loss was 81 5000 The churches
, in the city were converted into dwelling
! houses. The Common Council was issuing
food tickets to the destitute many. Calls are
made for aid for the sufferers from othel
cities.
A recent Des Moines Qowa) telegram sayi
there was no longer any prospect of capturinl
the railway bandits as they had succeeded IL
> reaching Texas and Mexico.
st. Louis dispatch of the Sd says th'
L Texas cattle fever which had been prevailing
in Dekalb, Davis, Nodaway, and other coun
i ties in Northwestern Missouri for two week
e had carried of several thousand head, and wa
" still raging. In Nodaway County alone tn
l. loss already amounted TO over $4,000.
/ n fire in Chicago on the evening of the 2
&c badly damaged the great Singer building dc
l. stroying the interior of the new and as yet un
, occupied store rooms of Field, Letter IL CO
= Loss, $4,000.
An earthquake at Valparaiso, Chill, on til
IL Sth of July, did much damage to houses an
IS church buildings. A few lives were lost b
the falling of walls, and one lady died c
le fright.
i, A Washington special of the 4th says Actin
ot Secretary of State Davis had stated that I'll
Department would endeavor to secure the r,
ct lease on bail of the Minneapolis officers in
I'd prisoned at Fort Garry, pedging that if so r.
Mt leased they shall appear to answer in CAM
rs dian Court when the case is called.
ne On the motion of sundry defendants in IL
n Credit t-Mobilier suits for an extension of tin
ed in which to file their answers to the Cover
IA ment bill, Judge Shipman, at Hartford, HI
is fixed upon the first Monday in October.
Two fatal cholera cases were reported
n indianapolis on the 4th. There were sever
on new cases in Columbus, Ohio. Ten deaths
mt cholera, or a disease closely resembling L
in Asiatic cholera, have occurred recently
Mason City, ILL.,, and vicinity.
he One hundred and fifty immigrants fro
in Russia passed through Peoria, H., on the Al
mr. bound for Omaha and the West. These O
TX. the advance guard of 10000 Russians who Q
ate coming to this country.
re The Utah Territorial election occurred
he the 4th. The Mormon ticket was unanimous
he chosen, the Gentiles not participating. I
md usual number of women and children voted
The Inseveral counties in Illinois and Iowa
lip. farmers have made independent nominatic
VS. for county officers, and adopted resoluuC
lor pledging themselves to vote for the tick
thus put in the field.
lad The Kentucky election occurred on the
nee Reports from the State at large indicated u
I'M James w. Toe is elected State Treasurer
lal- an overwhelming majority over Machee, in
pendent, who received only few thousf
ef- votes throughout the entire State. III
un, vote was polled. Thg Democratic candida
lcia for the Legislature are elected in nearly all
ing counties. 1t is probable that Evans, the
ing publican candidate, has been elected to
: at State Senate from the Hopkinsyille distr
APP over Mckenzie, Democrat. Fayette Cou
on elects Pratt, Radical, to the Legislature b
small majority, Jessamine County elects
his Radical candidate for the Legislature.
the The President reached Washington ON
to 9TH, and Senator Morton had a long consu
of tlon with him. A Cabinet meeting was III
'lsit A large quantity of petroleum oil was bu
tier ed at Long Island City on the 9Th