Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-23
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.


bows, Murphy and Fitzgeralds, aged
respectively twelve and eighteen, were
PLAYING in an old building with a
gun. when Murphy exclaimed; "Get out
of this or will shoot you" Fitzgeralds
started to go. AS he reached the door
the gun was discharged, hitting him in
the side-he died instantly.
The new Tiffin Jail is almost com
pleted.
Gov. YOU'VE on the 18th reviewed,
and on behalf of the ladies of Columbus
presented the new military organization,
the Governors Guard, with full stand
of colors. The farewall ball given in
the evening by the Guards, in honor of
Gov. Young, was splendid affair, and
was attended by Gov. Young and staff,
r. M. Biship, Gov..elect, j. W. Fitch,
Lieut.. Gov. elect, the State officers, and
many prominent people from this and
neighboring cities.
Hoe cholera is causing devastation
among the porkers of Fairfield County.
ABE Butler and George Boecher es-
capped from Jail at Norwalk on the night
of the 18th.
THE Blackburn murder case at Chilli
cothe is about to be revived. A capias
has been issued for the return of Black
burn from the Athens Hospital for In
sane.
A. S. VAN TINE, the Sandusky ex-
Postmaster who was sentenced to the
Penitentiary a few months since, has
been pardoned by President Hayes.
RECENTLY German at Cleveland
named John Koch married a colored
woman named Amelia McPhillips, Rev
w. +. Jones, colored minister, ofli-
ciatinp. On the 10th all three were ar
rested on the complaint of the father OF
Koch under statute of the State liking
the penalty for such marriage at 500
and three months imprisonment. The
minister waived examination before the
Probate Court, while the other parties,
after a short preliminary examination,
had their cases put over. The bride
had already been married three times,
the first time to one Posey, an English
man; the second time to colored man
named Smart, whom she killed in
fight by throwing brick at his head, and
the third time an Irishman named Nc
Phillips. Koch says that he was sick
and she took care of him better than
anyone ever did before. He loves her,
and is going to stick by her whatever
may come.
BowsLER. the supposed murderer of
the McVeys, near Chillicothe, has been
committed to Jail to await the assem-
bling of the next Grand Jury. He
pleaded not guilty.
EARLY on the morning of the 18th a
burglar effected an entrance into the
drugstore and Postoffice az &ffafton and
stole quantity of stamps and registered
packages from the postal department
and several articles from the drugstore.
Two young men sleeping upstairs heard
the noise and going to the head of the
stairs tried to intercept the burglar. The
latter fired at them, one ball striking
Charles Allen in the abdomen. The
burglar then jumped from the window
and made his escape. Allen was lying
in a critical condition on the evening of
the 18th.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS reward Is
offered for the arrest and conviction OF
the Batavia treasury robbers.
A WOMAN thirty years of age was re-
Gently married to her third husband in
Toledo.
A MOST sickening accident occurred
on the 10Th in the family of Mr.. George
Davis, who resides near ChillicOthe.
Mrs. Davis had occasion to visit q
neighbor q short distance from heI
house, and left her infant child sitting
in an armchair near the fire. During
her absence a spark from the fire ig
nited the child clothing, and upon hel
return she found the house on fire anc
her babe burned almost beyond recog
milton as a human being. The skull
had bursted open and the limbs crum
bled upon touching them. The moth
) er's screams attracted the neighbors
who saved the house from destruction
THE annual report of the Trustees an'
faculty of the Agricultural College wa
filed with the Governor on the 18th
The faculty of the college remains tn
S same as a year ago, except that tn
, chair of Political Economy has givel
! place to the new department of Mines
: Mining, and Metallurgy. Prof. Henr.
b. Newton, elected to the latter position
: having died while on an expedition +
4 the Black Hills, John Church has bee
4 chosen to the vacancy. Several i'm
y provements during the year are noted
!. especially the additions to the cabine
5 of specimens in economic geology an
i the acquisition of the celebrated plasti
:, models for teaching anatomy. Tw
n hundred and fifty-one students were i
G attendance last year and 208 are Ell
: rolled now in the regular college classe;
G