Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-04-14
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED 1ELEeaAPHlc NEWS.

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THE Connecticut election was held on
the 3D., and resulted in the success of the
Democratic ticket. The total vote of the
State with only the town of Salem to hear
from, which last year was n Republican
to 70 Democratic, is 0S,4S5, against 1O0,-
0S3 last year Ingersoll (Dem for Gov.
ernor has 81 OH; Robinson Rep.), 49,,
557; Atwater Currency Reform), 1886;
Smith (Pro), 1871. Ingersoll's majority,
1857; plurality, 1878. The Senate stands
18 Democrats and Republicans, and the
House 159 Democrats to IS Republicans
and 2 Independents. aN
A FERRY BOAT which was being drawn
across the river Dee, at Aberdeen, Scot
land, was capsized on the 9th, in mid
stream, by the violence of the current.
About thirty passengers were drowned
THE Rhode Island election was held on
the 5th and the returns received on the
morning Of the 9th, give Lippitt (Rep.)
for Governor, s,2t2; Howard, (Pro.) g.
227; Beach, Dem 3,472-Lippitt lack
ing about 1,400 of an election by the peo-
pie. Addeman (Rep.) for Secretary of
State, is elected by about 10000 majority
over Pierce Dem.) Other candidates on
the State ticket run about the same as
Governor. The General Assembly will
stand-Senate, twenty-seven Republicans
and nine Democrats; House, sixty three
Republicans and nine Democrats thus in
suring the election of the Republican
State ticket by that body.
ANNOUNCEMENT was made at Philadel-
phia on the 4th, by Postmaster Fairman,
that the postoffice of that city would be
closed at dark, and all night work and
business suspended, under Secretary Bris-
tow's recent instructions. Several bust
ness firms of the city thereupon offered to
defray the expenses of keeping the office
open as usual during the week, which of
fer was accepted by the Postmaster.
In the suit of Frank Moulton against
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher the demur-
rer of the defendant was sustained, on the
9th, with leave to the plaintiff TO amend
his complaint within twenty days, on pay
ment of costs.
Four powder magazines on Arsenal
Hill, near Salt Lake City, Utah, exploded
on the afternoon Of the 5th, with terrible
effect. There we're three men al work in
one of the magazines, and all that could
be found OF them were small pieces of
flesh, the largest Of which was portion
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the city were struck by boulders and
killed, and quite number of other per-
sons were injured. One lady died from
fright. An immense amount of glass was
broken throughout the city, estimated in
value at near $4,000. The partial re-
mains of two boys were found near the
ruins. They were out hunting, and it is
supposed they had fired into one of the
magazines and caused the explosion.
THE motion for a new trial in the case
of w. o. Avery, eX-Chief Clerk of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau at Washington,
convicted of completely in the whisky
frauds at st. Louis, has been overruled in
the United States District Court at the
latter city.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the failure
of F. L. Canda & Co., railroad contractors
of Chicago, and doing business in st.
Louis under the name of II. r. Payson &
Co. Their aggregate liabilities are stated
at $722, 1928.
AN order has been issued, by instruc-
tion of the President, directing the re-es-
tablishment of the Army Headquarters at
Washington, and also providing that in
future all orders issued by the War De-
partment pertaining to military affairs
shall be promulgated through the General
of the Army.
LONDON and Vienna kilograms of The
9th state that affairs in the Turkish prov
inces had once more assumed threaten
ing aspect. 1t was reported that the
whole of northwestern Bosnia had broken
out In full rebellion, and that Servia was
making heavy preparations for war.
ATTY.-GEN. PIERREPoNT, A. G. Brad
ley, Levi P. Luckey and Gen. Babcock
were before Clymer's investigating COM
mittee on the 9th, and denied the truth
of many of the essential parts of Detective
Bells story.
A SIEMBER of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs asked Gen. Schenck, on
the 9th, If the committee should say that
he (Schenck) had been engaged in the
Emma Mine transactions in good faith,
and with no fraudulent intent, whether he
would still desire fuller investigation.
Gen. Schenck replied that he desired such
an investigation for others as well as him.
self; that he was neither dupe nor ras-
cal he had invested in the mine, with his
eyes open and with view of bettering his
condition he wished to show that the
failure of the mine was owing to misman-
agement
ACCORDING TO Copenhagen dispatch
of the 7th, Denmark and Germany were
endeayoring to arrive at satisfactory So
luton of the Schleswig- Holstein question.
THE New Jersey House of Representa-
tives has defeated the bill to tax church
and educational property.
In answer to call for a mass State con.
vention Of those interested In the issue of
more greenbacks, meeting was held at
Columbus, Ohio, on the 9th, at which
resolutions were adopted appealing to the
people of the country to organize and
unite in behalf Of the unconditional re-
peal of the Resumption act, and holding
that it is the duty of the Government to
furnish the circulating medium of the
country.
AT meeting of the New York and
Brooklyn Association of Congregational
Ministers, in the latter city on the 7th, the
action of the Advisory Council was en-
dorsed, and resolutions were adopted to
publicly invite any one having or pro-