Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-09-17

10Th.
THE daughter of Prince Bismarck has
been tTtrothed to the Prussan Count
Wendlzuenlarberge.
The Chicago and Cincinnati Industrial
Expositions were opened on the Sth, to
continue one month
ELEVEN persons were recently killed by
gas at the Dowdington Wood colliery In
Shropshire, England.
FINNIs II. LITTLE has been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans of the
Third Mississippi District.
PRESIDENT GRANT has appointed Virgil
ID. Stockbridge, of Maine, Examiner.in.
Chief of the Patent Office.
A YOUNG lady named Bessie Eaelesfeld
has heen admitted TO practice law in the
Circuit Court at Terre HaUte, Ind,
A COLUMBUS (Ohio) pedestrian named
Mike Scully recently completed the task
of walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours.
A MONTREAL (Canada) dispatch says that
IN the Church of l. 'Evectree on the 18th,
the Bishop of that city cursed the grave
of Guibord.
THE bank of +. b. Hancock, at Green
vile, KY, was robbed, few nights ago.
of nearly $35, 900 in United States bonds,
currency and gold coin.
A MAN by the name of John C. Jones,
OF New York city, recently committed
suicide by jumping into the rapids and
going over the American falls at Niagara.
THE Governor-elect of California, VIM.
Irwin, is native of Butler County, Ohio,
but has been resident of California since
1852, and has been prominent in the poll.
tics of the State since 1861.
COMMODORE PERRY's flagship, the Law.
renee, sunk in Erie Harbor sixtv.two
years ago. has been recently raj sed and
the bottom found to be in good state Of
preservation. She is to be exhibited at
the Centennial.
THE Legislature ofCa ,rtfornia is composed
as follows: Senate Democrats, 10; indie.
pendent Democrats, 5: Independents. Q. 3.
hepupilcans, .. House-Democrats, 90
lndepenaer4t Democrat, 1 Independents
- hepu .olicans, IL.
-J1s. II. T. HEI.NBoLD has begun suit
against the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
Insane, Drs. J. Lit il and J. Gordon Max
we'll, Aid. John Urcan and others who
were concerned in his incarceration in
Kirkbride's Asylum.
THE Democratic Reformers of Wiscon.
sin have renominated the present State
officers by acclamation and adopted a
platform indorsing the reform resolutions
adopted in 1873, including the declaration
in favor of a sound currency in coin or
its equivalent.
Mrs JAMES SHAMBAEN, of Fond du Lac,
Wis, attempted the other day to light a
fire by the aid of kerosene and was burned
TO death. Mrs. c. II. Young, of Kansas
City, Mo, was also fatally burned few
nights ago by the explosion of lighted
kerosene lamp which she was carrying
nom one room to another.
JAKE HICKS (colored) was tried al
Augusta, Ga, on the 9th, for being con
nected with the late alleged attempted in
surrection. After the testimony was sub.
mitted the Judge charged the jury that
there was not sufficient evidence to con.
vict A verdict of not guilty was returned
and all the prisoners discharged, and the
court adjourned. This ended the prose.
cution, except against the two leaders
who, 1t was thought, had left the city.
THE Farmers and Mechanics Confer
ence, recently in session in Cincinnati
passed resolutions demanding the repeal
of the National Banking law and the
issue of paper money directly by the Gen
eral Government, to be made a legal
tender for all debts, public and private
including duties on imports, and to be in
terchangeable for registered interes
bonds. monopoly resolutions, ant
one favoring the limiting of the Presiden
of the United States to one term of office
were also adopted.
A RECENT Washington special Telegram
states that the Secret Service authoritie
in that city had information that com
pany of Italians had gone West with
large amount of the counterfeit $40 bill
of the FIRST National Bank of Philadel
phia. These counterfeits are said to be ex
ceedingly dangerous, the face side bein,
perfect imitation of the genuine notes
but they have few defects on the back
One of them was recently received at tn
Treasury cashroom and exchanged by tn
experts for small money.
THE recent Pennsylvania Democrats
State Convention adopted resolutions OF
the currency question similar to those il
the Ohio Democratic platform. They de
mand that the policy of contraction
abandoned and that the volume of none
be made and kept equal to the wants o
trade; favor the extinction of the Nationa
Banks and the retirement of their circulS
tion, to be replaced by full legal-tender is
sues by the Government, and the estat
lishment of a system of free banks Of dis
count and deposit under State regulation
Judge Cyrus L, Pershing of Cambri
County, was nominated for Governor o
the eleventh ballot, and his nomination
was made unanimous.
THE ticket nominated by the recent RI
publican State Convention of New Yor
is as follows; For Secretary of State, 4
w. Seward; Comptroller, f. L. Spinner
Treasurer, Geh. E. A. Merritt; Attorney
General, Geo. L. Danford; State Enginee
o, H. p. Cornell; Canal Commissione
VIM. Il. Tinslev. State Prison Insnecto