Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.


was removing from his gun on the 9th.
AN old lady named Bennett, seventy
three years of age, living near Wapa-
koneta, met horrible death by burning
on the 7th. She was living alone, and
while attempting to kindle a fire for her
morning meal her clothes caught fire,
and before assistance could be rendered,
life was entirely extinct, her body being
burned to a crisp.
GEN. HUMPHREYS, Chief of Engineers,
in his estimates tor the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1879, asks for the following
sums for Ohio ports on Lake Erie: Cleve-
land breakwater, $500, 900; Vermillion,
so 200; Huron, $1,000; Sandusky, $685.
000 Port Clinton, 500, 900; Toledo, $140,-
600; Ashtabula, $4,000.
COMPLETE returns have not yet been
received from all the Senatorial and
Representative districts but official re-
turns will change the following little if
any:
| SENATE,
| Democrats-Flrst District, Lord, Marsh,
Forest and Armstrong, OF Hamilton; Sec
ond, Stokes, of Warren; Third, Grove, of
Montgomery; Fourth, Tyler, of Brown;
Sixth, Mcdonald, of Ross; Seventh, DUNCAN,
of jackson; Ninth, Carlisle, of Fairfield
son, Of Shelby; Fourteenth, Irvine, Of Wash
ingtou; Fifteenth, jackson, of Perry; Six
teenth, Owens, of Licking; Seventeen and
Twenty-eghth Goint) Benson, of Morrow;
Eighteenth, Fisher, of Coshocton; Nine
| teenth, Williams, of Monroe Twentieth,
Wagner, of Bemont Twenty-frst Sher-
rick, of Stark; Thirtieth, Parker, of Huron;
Thirty-6rst, Seitz, of Seneca Thirty-second,
| Saltzgaber, of Van Vert; Thirty-third,
Steedman and JOY, of Lucas. Total, 25.
Republicans-Fifth District, Jackson, of
Clinton; Eighth, Kelly, of Lawrence; Elev-
enth, Wilson, of Madison; Thirteenth,
Sabin, of Union; Twenty Richards,
of Jefferson; Twenty-third Johnson, of Ma
honing; Twenty-fourth, Rowland, of Ashta-
bula; Twenty-ifth, Curtiss, of Cuyahoga;
Twenty SIXTH Beebe, of Summit; Twenty
seventh and Twenty ninth 0oint, Beer, of
Ashland. Total, 10.
HOUSE.
Dentocrdts-Adams County, Eylar; Allen,
Baker; Ashland, Bull Auglaize, Sawyer; Bel
mont, Danford and Alexander Brown, Park
er; Butler, Neal and Clough; Clermonu, Cros-
san; Coshocton, Hardy; Crawford, Meuser;
Cuyahoga, Poe; Darke, Hostetter; Defiance
and Paulding, Hardy; Delaware, Elliott;
Erie, Douglas; Fairfield, Seifert; Franklin,
Booth and White; Guernsey, Matthews; Ham
iton, Lovelace, Dodds, Sullivan, Wright, Lo-
der, Sextro, Jessup, Klimper and Brown;
Hancock, Sheets; Hardin, Haley; Henry,
Grochner; Hooking, Wolfe; Holmes, EstiiI;
Knox, Hart; Licking, Tyler; Madison, Quinn;
Mahoning, Mackey Marion, Guthrey; Mercer,
Marsh; Monroe, Maury; Montgomery, Hen
bricks, O'Connor and Crossey; Morrow, Lew
ering; Muskingum, Achsuer, Ottawa, Ellis;.
! Perry Trovinger; Pickaway, Van Cleaf;
Pike, Washburn; Putnam, Brown; Rchand,
Bloom; Ross, Reed Sandusky, Durham;
| Scioto, Hayman; Seneca, Norton; Shelby,
Hume; Stark, Williams and Worley; Tusca-
rawas, johnson; Van Vert, Rimer; Vinton,
Swain; Washington, BOIL and Smith; Wayne,
Mccoy, Williams, Carter; Wyandot, Tyler.
| Total, So.
Repu6lica,.s- s-Ashtabula County, Thorp;
Athens, Townsend; Carroll, Leggett; Cham
paign, Cowgirl; Clark, Oglevee; Clinton,
Quinby; Columbiana, Boyce and Kerr; Guy
ahoga, Palmer, Covert, Dempcy and Foster;
Fayette, Dreamer; Fulton, Fenton Gallia,
Wasson; Geauga, Hitchcock; Greene, DIR.
Green; Harrison, Forsythe; Highland, Daw-
son; Huron, williamson; jackson, Monahan;
Jefferson, Scott; Lake, Smead; Lawrence,
McGugin; Logan, Dow; Lorain, Herrick; Me-
dina, Perkins; Meigs, Carpenter; Miami,
| Sullivan; Morgan, Morrey; Noble, Dalzell;
! Portage, Harmon; Preble, Stubbs; Summit
Mack; Trumbull, Edwards and Reed; Union,
Conkright; Warren, Wales; Wood, Sage
NationaEs-Two Representatives from Luz
cas- County.
| REcAPITULATION.
| Senate-Democrats. .............,,.......... 90
hepuDncans. s..........'''.''..'...' III
Dem maj 40 10
| HOuBe-DenlOCfhUS.. %
Republicans s.........,..,...,...... w
Dem. mai. in House e.................... 20
Dem. maj. on joint ballot. t................. "A
The two Nationals from Lucas formerly
acted with the Republicans. Mackey, of Ma
honing, was elected by fusion of Democrats,
| Workingmen and Greenbackers.
Hon. GEORGE SWEENEY, of Bucyrus,
died on the 10th, in the eighty-third year
of his age. Forty years ago he was one
of the prominent men of Ohio, and was
elected by the Democratic party to rep
resent his district in the Twenty sixth
and Twenty-seventh Congresses.
THE Woman's Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church held their semi
annual meeting at Columbus on the 18th.
MISS EMMA ScHoEFFER was fatally
burned by the explosion of lamp con-
tanning rose oil at Dayton on the 10th.
Her clothing was burned from her per-
son. She inhaled the flames, and died
after suffering intense agony.
A FIvE-YEARs-oLD daughter of Mr..
Brown, of Claysville, was instantly
killed on the 9th by being kicked by a
horse
A TOLEDO telegram of the 18th says:
tor of the Toledo Blade and Commercial,
and Postmaster of this city, was cenvers-
ing with friends on the street to-day,
Mr.. Dowling Postmaster, approached
and made an offensive remark, to which
Mr.. Reed replied that he was not ad-
dressing Bowling, whereupOn the latter
kicked Reed, who motioned as if to draws
weapon, and then walked toward the
postofice. Dowling followed, and seiz-
ing him by the beard struck him several
blows in the face, when friends separated
them. The affair grew out.of bitter feel
ings engendered by the change in Post
master, and created considerable excite
ment."
WHILE John Deboben was telling
tree on the 18th near Sidney, 1t fell upon
him, crushing his skull and killing him
instantly.
In Perry County, on the 12th, two
miners named Mckinney and Critchet,
after drinking heavily, became engaged
in friendly tussel, when the latter was
dealt fatal blow on the neck. The
Coroner's jury found Mckinney guilty of
murder and caused his arrest.
AT Buena Vista, ON the 18th, son of
W. Il. Young had his head crushed be-
tween the sweep and frame of a sorghum
mill, causing instant death.
JACOB GROVE was instantly killed near
Ashland on the 18th while assisting in
raising barn.
THOMAS O'BRIEE, bootblack, was
crushed to death between two cars near
the Union Depot at Columbus on the 14th.
AN ak, weighing about five pounds,
was recently found in Van Vert County
on the old Gen. Wayne trail. 1t was
imbedded in the earth about ten inches
below the surface and the two roots of a
tree had grown through the eye of it. 1t
is supposed to have been lost by some of
Gen. Wayne's troops while passing
through that section