Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-07-14
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


CoNaREs1sMAN EDWARD Y. PARSONS, of
Kentucky, died suddenly, in Washington,
Few days ago, of brain affection.
THE steamer Lieut. Gen. Kroesen was
recently lost in the Straits of Sunda, and
230 persons were drowned.
GEN. SANTA ANNA, ex-President of
Mexico, died recently at his residence in
the City of Mexico, aged eighty -four
years.
The President has nominated Lieut..
Fred. Grant for promotion to First
Lieutenancy in the Fourth Cavalry.
Gov. HAYES, in a recent letter, has for
mally accepted the Republican nomina-
tion for President of the United States.
IT is estimated that about a million dol.
lars worth of property was destroyed and
fifty lives were lost by the recent storm in
Iowa.
THE Republican National Committee
has organized by eecting Hon. T. Chand.
Ter Chairman, and II. c. Mccormick Sec
retary.
FIFTY-Two houses in the village of
Elgg, Switzerland, were burned on the
9th. Several persons are reported to have
perished in the flames.
IT is said Gen. Clusters body was not
mutilated when found, although the 9th
ers were. He lay as though asleep, his
face calm with smile upon his lips.
FATHER JOHN DIXON, the first white
settler in the Rock River Qll) Valley,
died a few days ago, at his residence in
Dixon, Ill. He was ninety two years old.
AN explosion of fire-damp occurred at a
colliery near st. Arold, France, on the
Sth, which caused the death of forty five
persons and serious injury to forty seven
Others.
A PRIVATE letter recently received IN
Washington from Rock Bridge, Alum
Springs, says Speaker Kerr was improv.
ing decidedly, and was then quite hopeful
of recovery.
A FEW days ago, in Switzerland, two
passenger railway trains collided between
Berne and Lausanne. Both engines and
number of coaches were demolished
ten persons were killed.
SENTENCES have been pronounced
against the Milwaukee whisky conspira
tors, the penalties inflicted ranging from
one day to six months Imprisonment anC
from 5000 TO 81, 900 in fines.
THE Supreme Court of Illinois has af
firmed the verdict of the lower court il
the Early libel case against Storey, Of the
Chicago Times in which the Circuit Cour
of Cook County had found the defendan
guilty and assessed the damages at $15,-
900.
The Louisiana Republican State Con
vention, at its recent session, nominated &
full State ticket, headed by s. B. Packard
for Governor and c. G. Antoine for Lieu
tenant Governor. Gov. Kellogg was pu
at the head of the Electoral ticket, and hi!
administration was endorsed.
1T is reported by the United States Con
sui at San Domingo, that an insult was re
Gently offered the United States flag at tina
port, by troops of the Haytien Govern
ment who forcibly took passenger, un
der the protection of such flag, from tht
steamer Tybee.
AT Newburg, N. Y, few nights ago
Eliza Armour, aged fOrty-nine years, Il
cure rheumatism, wrapped herself in gar
ments saturated with kerosene, which tool
fire, and she was burned to death. He
daughter in trying to save Mrs. Armour
life, was also fatally burned.
JACOB REHA, one of the principal mem
bers of the Chicago Whisky Ring, anc
who was accepted by the Government
counsel as witness against his cocoon
spirators, and therefor claimed and wa
granted immunity from the severes
VI liiC law, nus pSSh y
six months imprisonment in the Count,
Jail and to pay fine of $4,000.
The PostOffice Appropriation bill, a
passed by Congress, contains section re
lating TO third-class matter which provide
that transient papers, magazines, book
and all printed matter, with the exception
of circulars unsealed, will be restored +
the former rate of one cent for ever,
two ounces, while merchandise and un
sealed circulars will remain at the forme
rate.
Plucky New England Girls.
CAPTAIN McQUEsTIoN, of the tow-boa
A. IL. Glover, relates an instance of tn
pluck of New England girls, which
worthy of record. During the launch o
the steam yacht Laura, at North Wey
mouth, ON Tuesday last, hawser parte,
between the yacht and the tug, and ther
was imminent danger of the yacht bein
blown on TO the opposite shore by tn
strong wind then prevailing. The peopl
on both boats frantically shouted for
boat 10 take a line to the tug, which, Ow
ing to the shoal water, could not approac
within 200 yards of the yacht. Notwith
standing there were more than a scOr
of men rowing along the shore, the
seemed paralyzed by the unexpected ca