Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-09
Luckily enough. when he reached Bos.

Luckily enough, when he reached Bos-
ton without y centin his pocket, he found
letter which had been forwarded con-
tanning a draft on London for the almost
forgotten article which he had sent to
u Edinburgh In sheer desperation. This
enabled him to pay fr his passage and
reach Toledo, his starting place, after an
absence Of n little over two years, and at
an expense Of little over $500. Keeler
was then ~ years of age. Soon after h
return he sailed for Sa1 Francisco, where
he remained two years, engaRedil teach-
Ing foreigners Engllsh, and writing r
The Alta California, The Gold ErG, and The
California, and also delivered lectures.
lie af,erward came East. to act as cor
respondent Of The Ahd California. Inihe
early part of 1869 he sent the ANantic
Monthly his sketch entitled "Three Years
a Negro Minstrel" THIS was putll he'd
/ in July, and.six months later he sent A
Tour to EUROPE for $751;" and received
for the article more than hall as much as
the whole trip cost him. This was print
ed in July, aud soon after hs rec ived a
DO ilion on the stall of that MAGAZINE.
During the rest OF the year he wrote re-
views for the Aiantie an revised proof
sheets. In January, 1870 Every Saturday
! became an illustrated periodical and M.
Keeler started en- q tour la search Of the
pictures que on the Mississippi. He was
accompanied by Mr.. A. r. Waud, and
was remarkably successful. The iist ar-
tic g OF the series appeared In the Issue fer
May 20, and the succeeding zones were
published almost tconsecutivcly until Nov.
25, when every principal city on the Mis-
sissippi had been described. lie al,
wrote brilliant articles describing the
Chicago fire.
4 When Eue,y Saturday ceased to be an IL
lustrated paper MIR. Keeler's services
could no longer be made available, and
he went again to Europe. He resided five
months at Geneva, partly engaged IN re-
porting the proceedings Of the High
Court OF Arbitration, and devOt d tue re-
mainder OF the year to travel. Oh his re-
turn he wrote again for th, Atantie Month
ty, and engaged In genrral literary work,
Whie In Ctl fornia Mr. Keller wrote a
nov,l entitled, "GloversJn and iis Silent
Partner" aud moe recently tutnslated
George Sands " Marquis de Wilmer
He had notes prepared fJr another orig
,, inal work, which would doubtless have
=. excrlled any of his previous literary pro
, dactions.
! Last Summer Mr.. Kecler was CORES
= pondent of this journal ut krlly's Island
fashlonabl Western Summer resort IL
> Lake 4 ie, and when recently there seem
q ed likelihood OF war with Spain, he wa
;. engaged by the Tribune as special CORES
pondent ia Cuba. He proceeded, Novem
n Der 25.h, from this city TO Havana ant
!, thrnee TO Santiago do Cuba. He LETT tn
4 latter city about the fifteenth Of D"cem
a ber, on the steamer for Bstabano, whenc
. he intended to proceed TO Havana. III
a WAS missed at MANI milo. where tn
i. steamer called, but his bagg e was sti
l. on board. His disapp iarance gave ris
!. to fears that he vas drowned, which late
d adviccs prove unhappily to have been fu
Il ly warranted. lie leaves two sisters an
IF one brother, besides numerous otho
,r fiiends, to mourn deeply his untimel
!. end.
h Havana Correspondence Tribune, Des. 27th.
n Much regret has been expressed by Il
is Am rican colony in Havana at the my
4 terious disappearance of Mr.. Ralph ket
n er. the correspondent of the Tribune,
D. Santiago. Nj. Keeler left Santiago abo,
lie the time of tho transfer OF the prisOne
lie from that place to Cienfungos. The We
g sci ariivel at ManzanilIo with M
lie Kseler's baggage, but he was not I
Mt board. It Is not known here wheth
4 Mr.. Keeler started with the vessel az
I, WAS lost overheard, or whether he "
81 LETT behind and met with foul treatme
Is in Santiago. AT first 1t was suppos
'g that he had simply missed steamer b
70 now the gravest apprehensions are emit
}" tanned. Beyond the fact of his disa
v pearanee, no other positive Information
known. The officials are making inqul
no and IL Is hoped that something will
pc learned as to his disappearance.
IS though very short time In Havana,
le had many friends, dll of whom are We
rn sorry to learn of his disappearance.