Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-16

was appointed U. S. Senator bS Gov. Will
Jams to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Oliver P. Morton.
Gov. Porter, of Tennessee, has issued a
proclamation convening the Legislature in
extraordinary session Dec. 9Th, to consider
the State debt, and provide by appropriate
legislation for the expenses of the General
Assembly.
Special dispatches from Peoria, IL, an
nounce that Col. X, G. Ingersoll has been
offered the German Mission.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has
been filed by Corydon Weed, of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, with liabilities of 81, 800 900 and
scarcely any assets. His creditors are prin-
cipally heavy eastern capitalists, for whom
he has been making loans.
F. H. Phoenix of Bloomington, ILL.,, owner
of the celebrated nursery in that city, filed
petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities $780,
900 His failure is consequent upon that of
Weed reported on the Sth.
B. o. Groom, a cattle dealer of Clark
County, KY, filed a petition in bankruptcy
on the 9th. Liabilities, $17S,54S; assets,
$3.50, ,2S0 in lands and cattle.
Six car loads of cattle, shipped through by
a Kansas dealer without the food and changes
which the law prescribes, were seized by the
United States Marshal at Washburn, ILL.,, on
the 9th, under the statute.
A white man named Thomas Doughty was
murdered by Boot Alexander (colored) near
Ready Mill, Tenn, on the 9th, and escaped.
A posse of citizens have gone In pursuit.
The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois
has decided that optional trade on the Board
of Trade is not unlawful, but devices known
as puts and calls are illegal.
In the case of Congressman Smalls the
jury returned verdict of guilty on the 1lth.
The will of Senator Morton gives his entire
estate to the widow, with the request that
she assist the sons in their education and
otherwise, as they may need, and makes
various presents to the Senator's relatives.
The estate is valued at $4,000 to $4,000.
At the Keets mine, near Central City, D.
T., the miners under Contractor Coulee,
took forcible possession thereof on the Sth
on account Of non-payment Of wages by the
contractor They resisted the Sheriff sue.
cessfully and are fortified, armed and pro-
visioned for month. The citizens sympa-
thize with the miners.
A curious question in life insurance was
recently decided by jury before Judge Rob-
inson in Cleveland o., introducinga new feat
ure in the question of a forfeiture of a
policy on the ground of fraud. In 1866,
Lydia A. Mckinley insured her husbands
life for 5000 in the United States In
surance Company, risk being accepted,
and the premiums were regularly
paid up to 1875, when the insured man
d,ad ha Iatr hat
died of intenperance, whereas he had repre-
sented himself as temperate man, and had
thereby forfeited his policy. Proof was
brought that Mckinley had drank to excess
for years prior to the time of applying for
insurance, and continued his Incorporate
habits to the time of his DEATH The jury
brought in verdict against the company.
Judge Robinson in his charge stated that
what would be iutemperance In one man
might be moderation in another, The COM
pany intend TO appeal the case, and the re-
suit OF the appeal will be watched with in
terest by all insurance companies as involy-
ing an Important question in life insurance.
Secretary of State McGrath, on the 18th,
under a peremptory writ of mandamus is
sued by the Supreme Court, issued a Ger tiff
cate of election to L. 8. Metcalfe as Congress.
man from the Third District of Missouri.
Alfred H. Andreas, Of Chicago, hled a vol
untary, petition in bankruptcy on the 18th.
Secured liabilities, $64, 600; unsecured $47,-
900. OF the unsecured debts S25, 900 are due
the American Exchange Bank of New York.
The assets are otno value. W z
The first official statement Of the Receiver
of the State Savings Bank of Chicago shows
the liabilities to be $2994, 100; assets, par
value, $3076,55li estimated value, 81 ,27S, III,
~ FOREIGN INTRLLIGENGE.
Almost all provincial municipalities in
Greece have voted resolutions urging union
amongst political leaders and speedy war
like preparations.
The Dowager Queen Of Saxony, Amelia,
died on the ,Sth.
The Senate at Versailles elected Presidents
Of the Bureaux, five from the Right and four
from the Left, and adjourned until the l4th.
Delegates Of All groups on the Right
waited upon the Marshall TO assure him that
he might count upon amsjority in the Sen.
ate for the energetic defense of the country
and society. Marshall MacMahon replied
"Your declaration only proves that was