Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-12-01
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

In the Common Pleas Court at Chilli
cothe, on the 18th, in the case of the
Scioto Valley Railroad Os. Dennis Cronin,
to set aside a verdict against the railroad
requiring them to pay the employees of
Cronin, sub contractor for constructing
said road, on account of the financial
failure of Cronin, verdict was rendered
reaffirming the former decision, the Judge
deciding that railroads are responsible
for debts of contractors to employees.
CLARENCE HEAD, young man of Nc
Connelsville, was kicked by a horse on
the 10th and died in three minutes.
AT Gallipolis on the night Of the 18th
Geo. White, a Scotchman, assaulted Jas.
McGarry in saloon, stabbing him In the
neck with knife, severing the jugular
vein, causing death in few minutes,
White is in jail.
THE Democratic State Central Com
mittee and number of representative
Democrats from various counties of the
State met at Columbus on the 22d, in
accordance with the invitation of j. G..
Thompson, Chairman of the committee.
Resolutions were adopted-that patriot
ism demands of all good citizens ready
acquiescence in the result of the Presi-
Dental election, as fairly ascertained;
deprecating all partisan feeling in the
discussion of the fact and law on
which that result depends; appealing
to the officers charged with canvass
ing the vote and making returns
to allay suspicion by open and i'm
partial action; demanding that the
Senate and II ouse of Representatives
exert the powers constitutionally vested
in them to the end that whoever has
been fairly chosen by the people shall
be declared and inaugurated President;
that the concentration of regular troops
at Washington on the eve of the as
sembling of Congress is calculated to
throw discredit upon the disposition of
the people to obey the law and excite
unnecessary alarm as to the stability of
the Republic, thereby imperiling peace
at home and public credit abroad.
Speeches indorsing the resolutions were
made by Gen. Ewing, George II. Pendle-
ton, G.. W. Morgan, Durbin Ward and
others.
The remains of man were found by
the side of the track of the Pan Handle
Road near Columbus on the morning of
the 21st. The mans left arm and leg
were broken, and there was also evil
dence of internal injuries. 1t is sup
posed that he was walking on the track,
and was struck by passing locomotive
and killed. From papers found on his
person it is supposed that his name was
j. N. Lynn, but there was nothing to in
dicate where he came from. He was
about sixty-five or seventy years of age,
and had on passably good clothing.
THE Supreme Court on the 22d, in the
case of the City of Cincinnati Us. The
Board of Police Commissioners, brought
to test the validity of the law OF last
winter creating Metropolitan Police
Board in Cincinnati, decided the same
to be constitutional and in full force.
The court has adjourned to meet again
Dec. 8.
On the night of the Esd, five prisoners,
named Henry Heiner, Charles Read,
James Lyons, Frank Highfeld and John
j Moon, escaped from the Muskingum Coun-
ty Jail. The guard, when he went in to
lock up for the night, did not take the pre-
caution to lock the outside door. He was
overpowered and knocked down, and
the above-named prisoners escaped.
One has been convicted Three others
are charged with penitentiary otfenses
Gov. HAYES visited the various State
institutions located at Toledo on the
Gath.
THE tenth annual convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association of
Ohio was held at Painesville on the Gath
and 25th. The following were elected
officers of the association for the ensuing
year: President, H. Thane Miller, of
Cincinnati. Presidents, James G..
Bull of Columbus, j. W. Walton of
; Cleveland, L. ], Tracy of Mansfield. Re
; cording Secretaries, B. ]. Loomis of Co.
lumbus, George r. Scott of Newark.
THOMAS SLARFT, carpenter at Turn
i er's distillery, at Salem, was caught in the
G machinery on the Gath and frightfully in
' jured. 1t thought his life will be saved,
/ but he will lose his right arm.
AT Urbana, on the night of the esd,
James Castle, an insane man, entered
the room OF his brother Ed, and, while
the latter slept, placed pistol to his
head and fired. The ball entered the
eye and lodged in the temple, producing
a serious but not necessarily fatal wound.
Castle has been insane for some time,
and was at one time an inmate of luna
tic asylum, but of late he has appeared
better and has been at home with his
father.
In the Common Pleas Court at Spring
field on the 23d, in the case of Mrs. Mary
> j. Bell US Bernard Trickler, saloon
, keeper-being a suit under the Adair
law for rs 600 damapes-the iurY re.