Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-19
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

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the appointment of the following Post
masters; f. Remble at Logan, j. f.
Scofeld at Painesville, and L. Lyon at
Wauseon.
Col. MnToN BARNES was on the 9Th
sworn in as Secretary of State, Judge
McIlvaine, of the Supreme Court, admin
istering the oath.
THE Trustees of Miami University sub
mitted their annual report to the Gov
ernor on the 8th. The finances of the in.
stitution are reported in the following
condition. Received from rents on land,
5,610.72; cash on hand Dec. 4, 1875,
$2,0S1.16; total, $7,691 .SS. Paid out
during the year 1876 to the Secretary,
Treasurer and janitor, $764. 90; inciden-
tails, 1894 II; insurance, $3.50; loaned on
mortgaged real estate, So, 200; total, So
1907. Balance on hand Dec. 4, 1876,
$942.St.
EARLY on the morning of the 9th fire
destroyed Jones & Canahaus' soap and
candle factory in Cincinnati. Loss about
$4,000. The night watchman, Robert
Florence, received injuries during the
fire, from the bursting of tank, which
"hA PiODhpiy plO'O Aaeol'
HARRY DEARDoRFF, a clerk in the
Springfield postofflce, was arrested and
taken to Cincinnati on the 9th by Capt.
Henry, Special Postoffice Agent, on
charge of abstracting money letters. He
made full confession. The amount
taken is not definitely known, but is
large. Deardorff belongs to one of the
most respectable families in Springfield.
A LITTLE son of Mrs. Stewart, near
Bucyrus, got piece of chestnut in his
wind.pipe on the 9th and died the fol-
lowing day, as the physicians were una
BILE to remove it.
THE widow of ex-Lieut. Gov. Ford is
a clerk in the Treasury Department at
Washington.
The Auditor of State commenced
drawing warrants upon the State Treas
urer direct on the 9th, the Office of Comp
troller of the Treasury having ceased
by virtue of the law having been re-
pealed.
THE new saw and grist mill belonging
to James Bratton, and the Union church
building, at Eaton, were totally de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 11th.
Loss on mill $4,000, on church 81 600;
no insurance. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
l9 THE Mexican War Veteran Association
met at the Soldiers Home at Dayton on
the 9th. There was large attendance.
The officers of last year were reelected.
Gen. G. W. Morgan, the President, and
Gen. G. W. McCook made speeches.
The next meeting takes place at the
home, Sept 81, 1877.
GEORGE GRoMME had his left arm torn
off in Touring mill at Lancaster on the
10th.
DIR. JonN A. LITTLE, prominent
physician of Delaware, died on the 14th,
after a lingering illness. He was highly
distinguished socially, scientifically and
professionally. He was recently Presi.
dent of the Ohio State Medical Society;
DURING 1875 charters were granted in
this State to 326 corporations, with an
aggregate capital stock of s SO, 3,734 800.
AT the meeting of the new Board OF
Directors of the Southern Fair at Day
ton on the 18th it was decided to hold
the next annual fair Sept "a, 25, &c, 81
and %.
A YOUNG lady named Susie Hall was
fatally burned at Cleveland ON the 18th
by the explosion of kerosene lamp.
THE legislative committee to investi-
gate the Ashtabula disaster (Senator
Burns, Chairman) commenced their Ia
bors at Ashtabula on the 10th.
GEN. KENT JARVIS died suddenly at
MassillOn on the 18th, of paralysis of
the heart. He was seventy-five years of
age. Gen. Jarvis was prominent rail
road Director, was well known through
out the country among Free Masons and
in councils of the Episcopal Church,
and was a Director in the State Deaf and
Dumb Asylum and other public institu-
tions The public schools of Massillon
were also objects of his most careful at
tention.
AN important case was decided in the
United States Court in Cleveland on the
18Th. Action was brought against the
bondsmen of savings bank for breaches
of bond, in that the regular work of the
savings bank had not been performed,
but that of the ordinary bank had been
engaged in. There was brilliant array
of legal talent, both sides being repre-
sented by the best jurists of the State
The verdict was in favor of the defense
The case decides the extent of the obli.
cation of sureties on the bonds of Treas
urers of societies for savings. The
Court held, in its charge, that sureties are
not responsible for any money going into
the hands of the society in the way of
ordinary banking business. .a.1 7.
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