Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-09-21
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.


breast near the heart, and two near the
lungs. He then discovered that he had
shot Mr.. Wellingford, his brother-in-law
who had returned home from town. He
was lying in critical condition on the
11th. -e~-
ABOUT 10000 persons were in attend.
ance on the State Fair on the 12th.
ALL the counties in the State have
settled with the State Auditor. ss
REUBEN GrLLIs, aged ninety.one, and
a survivor of the war of 1912, died at
Blanchester on the 1tth.
WILLIAM STANBAcK was probably fa-
tally injured near Eaton on the 10th by
being caught in the tumbling-rod' of "a
| thresher.
JAMES MORGAN, a Cincinnati travelling
salesman, was robbed of over $4,000
worth of jewelry while stopping at the
Phillips House, 90 Dayton, on the 11th.
| The robbery was committed about tea
time, the entrance to Morgan's room be-
ing effected by means of transom.
ABOUT 150 delegates were present at
the Workingmen's State Convention at
Columbus ON the 18th. A proposition
| from the Greenback Executive Commit
tee to withdraw their State ticket and
unite with the new movement if their
ideas of currency reform were acquiesced
in was agreed to in open convention.
The platform adopted demands the pay
ment of bonds at or before maturity, &C.
cOrding to the laws under which they
we're issued; the reconciliation of silver
coin; the immediate repeal of the Re.
sumption act; non-sectarian schools
wholesome control by the Government
over all corporate bodies, and fostering
of the resources of the country to the
end that labor may be fully and profita.
bly, employed; declares in favor OF a
| graduated income tax; that Government
land should be reserved for actual set.
tiers; deprecates all efforts to redress
wrongs by violence; denounces the pay
meht of store scrip for labor, and calls
| for laws to prevent this swindle; de,
clares it the prerogative of the Gov
ernment to issue and provide money,
both metallic and paper, for the con.
venience of trade, and that thisDpoweI
should not be delegated to corporations
or individuals; demands that legal-tendeI
currency be fully restored and made
legal tender, and continued without con
traction, and that the National Bank Law
shall be repealed. The following is the
ticket nominated: For Governor, Stepher
johnson, who headed the Greenback
ticket; Lieutenant Governor, Christopher
Lewis; Supreme Judge, Milton L. Clark
Treasurer, Joseph Jenkins; Clerk OF
Supreme Court, E. P. Pitkin; Attorney
General, George A. Duncan; School Com
missioner, John g. Logan; Board of Pub
lie Works, c, G. Strong.
THE attendance at the State Fair OF
the 18th was estimated at 10000. The
total number of entries exceeded las
ynar non. heinG 4,173.
ALL the counties in the State have set
tied their accounts with the State Au
ditor. ve u
GEN. GARFIELD and Hon. Geo. Fl
Pendleton have concluded arrangement
for Joint political discussion.
90 On the 14th the entire sophomor,
was suspended for period offour week
for hazing. On the night of the 12tl
the sophomores went to the rooms of tiv,
freshmen and, without allowing them Il
dress, took them singly to wells ant
pumped water upon their heads. Inas
much as in years gone by hazing at Ken
yon has resulted IN the death o
students or in naming them for life, tn
faculty of the college are determined t.
abolish it at all hazards. Members o
the class who do not reside there ar
ordered out of town until the period o
their suspension is passed. a.
THE body of the late Rt. Rev. Amadeu
Rappe, the first Catholic Bishop of Cleve
land, arrived at Cleveland on the 13t
and was deposited in vault in the Cath
olic Cathedral.
EDWARD c. DYER, Pittsburgh cattle
dealer, on the 14th drew 81 ,947 from
bank in Columbus and left for Grove
port, in Franklin County, to purchas
some cattle. On the morning of the 15t
boy picked up pocket. book contain
ing five dollars upon the river bank, 81
miles below Columbus, and near by comt
i tooth brush and part of vest, whic
have been Identified as the property G
Dyer. Close to the place where the
were found there was evidence Of a 81
we're struggle, and as nothing can b
I learned as to the whereabouts of Dyer
is surmised that he was robbed and mu
dered. A farmers wife living in Il
q neighborhood Of the supposed TRACED
! reports that late at night she heat
: screams in the direction of the sp'
where the articles were found.
n Mr.. HARRISON WARNER, living ne
2 Manchester, died of lockjaw on the lat
/. About ten days previous he cut a cash
|. the top of his foot half an inch deep al
!. an inch long. But little attention VI
q paid to it until the 9th, when symptoms
3 lOckjaw were discovered. Medical a
4 was summoned, but the science of Il
e physician was of no avail.
IS LEVI COFFIN, well known as an an
slavery apostle in ante 6ettum days, al
as president of the Underground Ra
way, died at his residence in Avondale,
suburb of Cincinnati, on the 10th, ag
E. about seventy-6ve.
;, THE Workingmen's and Greenbacke
n n State Central Committee is as follow
II Fifth District, John W. Arnold; Sevent
20 j. T. Thockmorten; Eight H. P, Bra
l. bury; Ninth, Joseph Watson; Tenth,
IL J.. Morey; Twelfth, F, M, Westerns
r; Thirteenth, Nate Finnegan; Seventeent
"a L. P. Foster; Eighteenth, II. o. SheldC
j, ~ Nineteenth, Francis Barry Twentiel
~ Robert Schilling. ....
y In this State 115 Congregation
II churches out of 100 which have a min
a. a. ter at all have changed ministers sir
:, 1873; moreover, only ten of the 100 hs
"a the same minister that they had
y, years ago. Three of these ten are serV
IT by one man "a home missionary in Wa
I ingtOn County, whose salary is less ID
A. $400 year. Next to Merriam, OF N
90 dolph, who has been there since Is
~ the senior pastorate is that of blind IL
=, ace Bushnell, Of Cincinnati, who
-. ministered 10 the Storrs Church for I
no ty-six years.
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