Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-03
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

JAMES MACK, of Cincinnati, has instl-
tuted suit against the Cincinnati En-
qutrer, claiming $4,000 damages, for
libel in publishing communication
charging him with having discharged a
workman in his employ for voting the
Democratic ticket and threatening to
discharge others should they vote that
ticket.
VIM HAHN was married at Chambers
burg on the evening of the 10Th and was
treated to chdriDdri. A quarrel en-
sued, and one of the serenading party
struck Hahn on the head with stone,
crushing the skull. George Harlow has
been arrested and identified as the per-
son who struck Hahn and is confined in
Jail to await the result. Hahn was in a
critical condition on the Gath.
GEN. GARFIELD's two-year-old son,
Eddie, died at Washington on the 25th.
The General was telegraphed for and
arrived in time to see him die.
THE Grand Division of the State Sons
of Temperance met at Cleveland on the
25th, about 200 representatives and dele
gates being present. The reports of the
Patriarch, Scribe and State Organizers
were read. One hundred and four divis.
ions have been organized or reorganized
during the past year. The total mem
bership is 10,064. Receipts for the year,
81, ,681.37; cash on hand, SO, 636. SO. The
Grand Treasurer, Joseph GLADDEN., was
reported to have absconded with 1866. 3S.
The general condition of the work was
reported as flourishing, with bright pros
poets of future usefulness.
Col. WILLIAM McCRARY of Colum'
bus has been appointed State agent for
Ohio of the Custer National Monument
Association, of which Lieut.. Gen. p
II. Sheridan is President. The work
of raising funds by subscription has
already been commenced.
AT the session of the Grand Division
of the Sons of Temperance on the 26th
the following officers for the ensuing
year were elected and installed: Grand
Worthy Patriarch, DR.. w. E. Edwards,
Fredericktown; Grand Worthy Asso-
ciate, Mrs. II. B. Trescott, Salem;
Grand Scribe, E. j. Morris, Cincinnati;
Grand Treasurer, S. Foljambe, Cleve-
land; Grand Conductor, c. II. Robert
son, Cleveland; Grand Sentinel, Mrs
Laura L. Hull, Norwalk; Grand Chap
lain, Rev. J. j. A. Morgan, Cleveland;
Trustees, E. ]. Morris, W. E. Edwards,
I. P. Bishop of Norwalk, and Rev. T.
j. Mellish and n. G. bennett of Cincin-
natl. Various committee reports were
made and adopted. Dr. Edwards de-
livered an address on The work to be
accomplished. The Division adjourned
to meet at Mount Vernon, Knox County,
on the last Wednesday in October, 1877.
THE following is the ticket of the
American, or Anti-Masonic, party:
For President, James B. Walker, of IIli-
nois; for Vice-President, Donald Kirkpat-
rick, of New York. For Electors-At-
Large, John Finney, Jacob Burtner; First
District, VIM. Scott; Second, &. F. AL
brecht; Third, Peter Minton; Fourth,
John Kemp; Fifth, w. A Kindle; Sixth, j.
G. Mattoon; Seventh, J. Coyner; Eighth, w.
W Templeton; Ninth, Alex. Needles; Tenth,
NJ. Long; Eleventh, Warren Taylor; Twelfth,
j. Helpman; Thirteenth, D. Yant; Four
teenth, VIM. Wishart; Fifteenth, s. c. II.
Smith; Sixteenth, E. V. Downey; Seven
teenth, j. H. Leiper; Eighteenth, Samuel
Hale; Nineteenth, VIM. Millar; Twentieth,
A. Alexander.
JAMES Ross attempted to force an en-
trance into the house of Sallie Vance,
colored, at Xenia, on the night of the 23d,
when she struck him on the temple with
spade, from the effects of which blow
he has since died
MISS ANNA SPEAR, aged twenty six,
daughter of S. B. Spear, Secretary of the
Spring Grove (CincinnatD Cemetery, and
a resident of Clifton, committed suicide
by shooting herself through the head
and heart, in her brothers room, on the
Goth. Cause, i'll health.
THE new Council Chamber of New
Concord was fired on the Goth by an in
cendiary and entirely destroyed. No in
surance. The Mayor has offered re-
ward for the detection of the incendiary.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch of the 9th
says; Early this morning William K.
Hastings, supposed to be a resident of
jackson Court House, Jackson County,
Ohio, committed suicide by shooting him
self in the forehead, at League Island.
The body was taken to the morgue, and,
on making an examination, letter was
found in one of his pockets which read
as follows: My watch give to Ike; live
on and prosper, This terrible mystery
will never be brought to light; hope to
God you may live to see the day. The
truth is snot now known, and am helpless
There was neither signature nor address
to the letter; consequently no clew can
be obtained as to the circumstances lead
ing to the act"
AT Cincinnati, on the morning of the
25th, Mrs. Charlotte Mcdonnell, col
ored woman aged eighty years, set her
self atiame while trying to kindle the
kitchen fire with the aid of coal-oil
lamp, and was so terribly burned that
she died in the evening in great agony,
THE Banner office at Westerville was
burned on the 9th ult.
A MAN named Kay, residing in Cleve-
land, was the owner of pet dog until a
few days ago, when it died. Kay's fam
lily grieved terribly at their loss and as
token of their affection for the canine re-
solved that due respect should be paid
to his remains. A child's coffin, painted
white, was bought. Fido was attired in
an elegant dress of white silk with a
splendid red silk overskirt and placed
therein. The family formed funeral
cavalcade and started for the cemetery.
Il NC superintendent ItluSeu 10 allow INC
dog to be buried. They returned homo
and the dog was buried in the back yard.
The evening was spent by the family and
some invited friends in mourning for
Fido and drinking whisky and beer. The
next morning (the 2Sth) Mrs. Kay died
from a stroke of apoplexy, supposed to
have been superinduced by the excite
ment of the previous day, and the fami-
ly had real funeral.
THE State Universalist Sunday-School
Convention was held at Springfield on the
goth and 9th ult Rev. A. Wilson, of
Kent, presided, A large number of
delegates were present. The time of
the convention was occupied in listening
to and discussing essays on topics re,
lating to the Sunday-school A resolu-
tion to establish at some unoccupied
point in the State new Sunday school,
under the auspices of the convention, to
be styled "The Centennial Sunday
school, was referred to a special com
mittee, with power to use the uninvested
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