Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-24
THE EAST.

THE EAST.
The Department of Admissions of the Cen
tennial Exhibition has completed its record.
The Exhibition was open 159 days. Paid ad-
missions, 1904 1926; free admissions, 1,7S5,-
067; total, 9,7S9,S92. Total receipts, s3,sl3,-
1898. Average daily total admissions, 81,
SIS. Average daily receipts, $23,935.S5.
In the New Jersey Court of Chancery, on
the l4th, the Chancellor filed an opinion de-
claring the Blees Sewing Machine Company
insolvent, and said receiver must be ap-
pointed.
E. b. Wesley, one of the founders of the
New York Times, has purchased the New
York World.
A New York dispatch of the 14th says the
popl.sellers state that they will pay no bets
until the Electoral College decides who is
elected President, and not then without re-
ceiving from the defeated candidate an
acknowledgment Of his defeat.
A bill to accord women the same privileges
as men was defeated in the Vermont House
on the 15th-1l1 to 46.
The Missionary Committee Of the Meth
opist Episcopal Church, in session at New
York on the 10Th, fixed the limit to be ap-
propriated for the missionary work of the
ensuing year at $525, 900. In addition to
this 100000 is TO be raised to pay outstand-
ing Indebtedness. A reduction from last
years appropriation was made in every case.
In Connecticut it has been discovered that
on many ballots the name of Ingersoll, one
of the electors, was printed "Ingesoll." !"
How extensively they were used was not
kpown on the 10th
Twenty dollar counterfeit notes on the
First National Bank of Portland, Conn, are
reported in circulation, and an arrest has
been made in Paterson, N. j., for attempt.
. ing to pass one
McComas, the Republican candidate, will
contest the reelection of Walsh from the
Sixth Maryland District.
The Grangers' encampment building at
Elm Station, on the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad, near Philadelphia, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the evening of the nth.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000
The grand total Of receipts at the Centen-
nial Exposition, from all sources, was "a ..
,735. The Chinese Government has pre-
sented to the United States the general eth
biological and industrial collection in the
Government Building.
A Montpelier (Yt) telegram of the 18th
say, trouble is anticipated over the disputed
eiu,Son case The Democratic candidate, Al
drich claims the election on the ground that
Soliace, being Postmaster when voted for fol-
elector, was disqualified and all votes cast
for him are null and void. Notice to that
effect has been served on the County Clerks
etc. The House on the 18th passed bill
for flling'a vacancy in the Electoral College
James 8. Rutor was on the 18th appointed
Surveyor Of Customs Of the port Of Pitts
burgh.
Two burglars, named Oswald and Ryan
convicted at Newark N. j., of the murder
of Officer Rock, were on the 18th sentenced
TO be hung Jan. 5, 1877.
The Commissary and Quartermaster'
stores on Bedloe's Island, New York harbor
were destroyed by FIRE on the Goth.
Passengers who arrived in New York on
the Goth from Bermuda reported having left
the U. s. steamer Franklin at st. Thomas on
the 10th. The officers of the Franklin would
allow no communication with the shore.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Yellow-fever interments at Savannah on
the l4th, two. The Medical Society declare
the epidemic at an end and notify abscnteec
that tits safe to return.
The Alabama Legislature met on the 14th
and effected temporary organization.
jerome B. .Chaffee and Henry NJ. Teller
were elected United States Senators by the
Colorado Legislature on the 14th
The tenth annual session of the National
Grange of Husbandry commenced at Chica
go on the 18th, John 7. Jones, of Chicago
in the chair. Delegates were present from
nearly every State and Territory in the
Union, many ladies being among them
Master Jones in his annual address favored
the scheme Of an international cooperative
movement, by which workmen and laborerf
OF all countries could combine and furnish
their several products to each other.
A Salem (oregon) dispatch of the 18th
says that in the case of j. w. Watts, Post
master at Lafayette, who is elected Presi
DENTAL elector on the Republican ticket Q
writ win be served on the Secretary of State
issued out OF the Supreme Court enjoining
the Issuance Of a certificate to " ats, ant
giving 1t to the highest elector on the Dem
oeratic ticket.