Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-09-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WASHINGTON.

NhAOhhANOAOH
Nearly all the Ohio clerks in the depart.
ments will avail themselves Of Secretary
e. Sherman 9 permission to return home to
votc.H isHal
'eGen. smith, APPOINTMENT Clerk of the
Treasury, will resign next month, and sue
cced Kcssinger as Collector OF the Fifteenth
Ohio District, which Office the President has
sfplaeed at his disposal. a...r ..... ....
The Secretary OF the Treasury denies that
he has approved an order ohliging the Ohio
helerks in his department to go home and
vote the coming election.
A Washington dispatch of the 2lst says Col
Hector Arthur and Naval Officer Cornell, of
New York, were requested TO resign recently.
but their designations have not yet been re-
eeived iHfaa t..H
IT is positively asserted by some Of secrc.
tary Shermans friends that in the event of
the Republicans obtaining majority in the
Ohio Legislature he will be a candidate for
agsenator. n, "a aa eF r - PRO az
3, Err Hoyt, OF New York, has been ap
pointed Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
Secretary Sherman denies that he will be
candidate for Senator from Ohio.
sGTheaccounts Of the ~ per cent. loan were
closed on the 22d. The whole amount is
s2OesoeO, 600. E Eo o. .tEFneu!s.u
The Treasury. Department had upon the
Union Pacific Railroad train, recently robbed
In Wyoming, 100000 ounces Of silver bull
ION This was in large bars, and so heavy
~that the rabhers were unable TO carry 1t with
hem, and not an ounce,was lost. ......
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THE EAST.
The strike at the American iron-works at
Pittsburgh has ended, the men resuming
work at the old wages.
The striking coopers Of Pittsburgh have
resumed work. a. FERsssEss
The Wilkesbarre Pa.) miners have re-
jectcd the offero Of q 10 per cent advance
Ex-Minister Washburne arrived at New
York from France on the 19th,J if. ..f
The Clairmont Savings Bank Of New York
city has suspended operation. An examina-
tion by the Bank Examiner showed def
cheney Of over $64 900. The depositors mum
ber about 900 and their chance of recover
ing anything is poor. sEsa
The centennial of the first battle Of Bemis
= Heights, where Burgoyne received his fatal
check in 1777, was celebrated on the 10Th by |
agathering of over 2O, 600 persons on the field |
Baseball on the goth: Chicago 10, Boston |
Z; Cincinnati s, Louisville 8.
A monument was dedicated at Paoli, Pa, |
on the 20th In honor of the fifty three Ameri- |
can soldiers under Gen. Wayne killed by |
British troops under Gen. Gray 100 years ago |
Hon. Wayne MacYeigh was orator of the day. |
Among those present were Gov. Hartranft |
and staff
The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows refuses
TO altertlie by-laws so as to permit Indians
TO be initiated
The Third U. 8. Infantry have left Wilkes
ibarfe. Pc, for the West. 'ti Cf Il. =
A collision occurred near Rome, n. Y, on
the 2lst, between the western bound Chicago
express and freight train, by which Hen.
derson, fireman of the express, Brakeman
Durgen, OF the freight, and Mail Agent J.
/, Tunnard were killed and several others
were seriously injured. A misplaced switch
caused the accident.
furious snow-storm prevailed on Mt.
Washington on the 2lst. ~
The Five-Cent Savings Bank, of Wolfboro,
NH, has suspended. The deposits amount
to S4J0,OO II is stated that depositors will
be paid in full.
Baseball on the 2lst: Hartford II, Chica-
goa. a.
On, the evening of the 2lst the Opera
House at Berringer City, Pa, was burned
The fire was caused by the explosion of a
. nv iSPShO lamp uuIluS INC performance. Inc
! building being frame, the fire swept over it
in afew minutes, and the audience barely
escaped with their lives.
Six steamers which sailed from New York
for Europe on the 22d took out 100000
bushels Of grain and large shipments of but
ters eheesesetc. ~ llal7 zzsl4 ~ .
A package containing bonds, stocks, etc,
estamatcd at seOO, 900 was stolen ON the 2ed
from the safe pf thp First National Ronly 90
Courtlsnd, N, Y. The loss was not discov-
ered, d,nntil the oath. The securities were the
property of private parties.