Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-12-28
THE EAST.

The seventieth birthday of John G. Whittier,
the poet, was celebrated at Boston on the 17th,
A disastrous fire occurred at Paterson, n.
j., on the evening of the nth. coal-oil car
took fire and, the tank bursting, the flaming
liquid flooded the street, setting fire to five or
six houses and several barns and stables, some
of them half mile away, and also two other
oil cars. Many families were rendered home
less.
cat show was opened in New York on the
18th.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade on the 18th
adopted resolutions opposing the passage of
the Bland Silver bill.
The City Chamberlain of New York city on
the l1th received from the Attorney General
a check for S444, ,9S2, the amount received from
Peter B. Sweeney and Albert A. Woodward in
settlement of the suits against them to re-
cover part OF the money stolen from the city
by the Tammany ring.
Woodward and Dorm, editors of the Wilkes
barre Pa) Sunday NeDs, convicted of libel
upon George B. Kulp and Sheriff Kirkendall,
have been sentenced to ten months imprison-
ment and fine of 500 in each case
The management OF the closed National
Trust Company, of New York, is pronounced
infamous and scandalous.
The National Reform Convention, to advo-
cate an express acknowledgment of God in
the U. S, Constitution, met at Rochester, ~
Y, on the 18th. Two hundred delegates were
present.
The fair in aid of the Old South Church at
Boston closed on the 19th having realized
about $4,000.
At Boston, on the 10Th, Henry Hickey, eleven
II. II
Cronin scratched Hickey's face and started to
run downstairs Hickey followed him and
with revolver shot him dead.
Van Hoesen, the alleged leader of the riot
ers at Albany, N. Y, last July, has been sem
fenced to seven years. imprisonment.
George Bakers banking-house at Chester,
Pa, suspended on the 20th.
T. s. Lambert, President of the American
Popular Life Insurance Company, of New
York, was on the Goth convicted Of swearing
to a false report of the company's affairs.
A State convention to consider the best
means of Kidding the State OF tramps COM
menced its session at Baltimore on the Goth,
Montgomery Blair presided.
The City Hotel at Portsmouth, N. H., was
burned with its contents on the Goth.
Tho Court of Appeals of Maryland has de
MED the right Of colorcd citizen of thai
State TO be admitted as an attorney in that
court.
A brilliant reception was given on the even
ing of the 2lst by the Union League Club, OF
New York city, to President Hayes. Tn,
family of the President, Secretary Evarts and
Atty. .-Gen. Devcns were also in attendance.
On the 2lst Henry Norfolk was hanged al
Annapolis, Nd, for the murder of his wife il
May last. On the scaffold he said he knew hil
sins were forgiven and he was going home Il
glory.
I. Vandyke, the Ogdensburg wife-murd erer
was hanged at Canton, N. Y, on the 2lst. He
maintained his innocence of the murder to tho
last, He was nineteen years old and had beer
Married but week when he killed his wife,
Willie Hopkins, the little boy abducted from
his home near Pittsburgh on the 10th, wa
found near Yorkville, Ohio, on the Goth, il
company with the tramp who had stolen him
The tramd fell asleep and the boy made hi
escape. He related his story to conducto
on the Cleveland Il Pittsburgh Railroad, WHIT
returned him to his parents
The once-famous Flora Temple, "Queen o
the Turf died near Philadelphia on the 2lst
thirty-two years of age
The new American Museum at New Yorl
was formally opened by President Hayes ol
the ed In the evening he attended the an
nual dinner OF the New England societ
Ghd responded to the toast of "The Presiden
OF the United States" Secretary Evarts wa
also present and made a speech.
The income-tax case Of ex-Gov. Tilden haI
been set down permanently for trial Jan, 8.
Cornelius j. Vanderbilt has commenced sui
against his brother VIM. H., G. NJ. Depew ant
John Doc for S7,0OO,0O0. He charges that tn,
defendants combined and conspired TO induc
Commodore Vanderbilt to make a less favora
bic bequest in favor of the plaintiff than h
was disposed to do.
Exeise-C Commissioner Owen Murphy, Of New
York city, has absconded with between $50,
900 and $4,000