Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-12-29
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

GEN. A. T. WYKoFF, who temporarily
resigned his position as Adjutant- Gener.
al to act as Chairman Of the State Re.
publican Committee, resumed his posi-.
tlon on the Sth.
HENRY EDWARDS, a yard man con-
nected with the Little Miami Railroad
at Columbus, on the 18th, while uncoup-
ling cars, fell, and an engine and two
freight cars passed over his body, cut
ting it in two pieces.
1 THE Trustees of the Asylum for the
Blind have appointed DR.. +. b. Fuller
ton physician TO that institution in place
of the late DIR. Awl, deceased.
ADJT.- GEN. KARR and Assistant Adit.-
Gen. Foos on the 18th rendered their
designations to Gov. Hayes, and the
designations were accepted. A. T.
WikoH was thereupon appointed to the
position of Adjutant. General, and G. w.
Karr Assistant. Rodney Foos was re-
appointed to his old position of Execu.
tive Clerk.
MARY ROMAN, a servant girl, was
burned to death at Cincinnati on the
18th, her clothes catching fire from a
red-hot stove.
REV. PRoF. BoDME, of Gambler, was
elected, on the 10Th, President of Ken
yon College and Dean of the Theological
Seminary. He is graduate of Prince
ton College, and has been acting as Pro-
fessor for several years.
THE Ohio State Grange has 5000 more
paidup members than any other State
Grange.
CHARLES VoRYs, the eldest son of
William Vorys, prominent lumber mer-
chant of Lancaster, met with horrible
death on the 18th in his fathers shop.
He was adjusting belt on pulley,
when his arm was caught by the betting
and his body whisked around the shaft
with frightful velocity. The top of his
head was knocked off, and not whole
bone left in his body.
A BOILER in Beaver g. Butts planning
mill, in Dayton, exploded few days
ago, severely scalding the engineer,
Charles Risers, and his son.
NJ. HUdABILL, residing near Ada, com.
mitted suicide by hanging on the 5th
He attempted suicide about twelve years
ago, but was rescued.
w. II. WooDALL was arrested at Lima
on the 10th by Sheriff Muller, charged
with highway robbery at Staunton, Va,
where he had been lodged in jlil but
escaped,
AN eight-months-old girl was found on
the 10Th, frozen todeath, in Sin.z' woods,
near Springfield.
AT Cincinnati, on the 10Th, Andy Wer-
mel, an employe in IA pork house, fell
into vat of hot grease and was scalded
so badly that he died ON the 2fst.
AT Ripley, on the night of the 10th,
Moses Butler was killed by his son-in-
law, John Burrill. The murderer was
arrested.
TEE annual report of the Trustees of
the Institution for the Education of the
Deaf and Dumb has been filed with the
Governor. The expenses for the last
fiscal year amount to $S2, 152 .06; and the
estimated appropriations for the ensuing
year are put at $685. ......
The Superintendent, Mr.. Fay, reports
that during the past year 400 pupils were
at the institution, of which number fifty
have been discharged Since the organi-
cation of the institution in 1929, 1857
pupils have been admitted and in
structed. The institution now is nearly
as full as 1t should be, and the Superin-
tendent argues against large schools and
cTowding of pupils. No deaths have oc-
Cured in the institution during the past
| year, and in the main the health of the
pupils has been good. The history of
the institution, it is stated, shows that
nearly one-hslf of the pupils were born
deaf, and that about seven -eighths became
deaf before their fourth year. During
the past year spotted fever has been the
most productive cause of deafness. ltis
| recommended that, in order to accom-
modate deaf mutes, another building be
erected for those under twelve years of
age, or that the School Boards of the
several cities of the State make provision
for the accommodation of this class of
unfortunates.
THE annual report of the Trustees of
the Dayton Hospital for the Insane was
filed with the Governor on the 22d. Ap.
preparations asked for the coming year
are as follows; Current expenses, $780,
600; officers salaries, $500; new furni-
ture, 200; ordinary repairs, $l1 900;
new water tank, $4,000; library, $400;
new fences, 81 200 During the year
S61 patients have been under treatment,
of whom 14t were admitted during the
year, During the same time III were
discharged as recovered, 81 improved,
90 unimproved 20 were transferred to
other hospitals and As died. The pro-
portion of Tecoveries to the number ad-
mitted was 42.52 per cent. Since the
opening of the institution, twenty-five
years ago, 4,079 patients have been un-
der treatment. OF this number 1,946
were discharged as recovered and 473
died. OF the total number admitted
2,1S3 were born in Ohio, 9S5 in other
States, and 935 in foreign countries. OF
those admitted during the past year
there were 20 farmers, IA laborers,
soldiers, Q clergymen, 2 students and
printer. Nearly all the different trades
have one or more representatives. l
The vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of DIR. Gundry, at the Athens Asy-
lum, has been filled temporarily by the
election of one of his assistants, Thomas
Blackston. 90.
A sEvEN-YEAR-oLD daughter Of Mr..
Bryan Nolon, residing IN Dayton, was
scalded to death on the 2lst by spilling
the boiling contents of teapot on her
body. .........
CHARLES MURRY, burglar. from Wyan-
dot County; George II. Blackburn, burg.
lar, from Perry County, and John q,
CAroll, sent from CuyaLoga County for
grand larceny, escaped from the Peui'
tentiary on the evening OF the Esd by
breaking into and crawling through AN
unused sewer about 100 yards long. The
sewer was SO small that in order TO crawl
through 1t the men were obliged to re-
move their clothing. They were proba.
bly, furnished clothing and aided to es-
cape by outside parties. A reward OF
$3.50 is offered for the return of the men.
A Deserving Institution.
The Trustees of the Children's Aid
Society 81 Cleveland have set their
hands in earnest to work, profoundly inn