Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-05
OHIO NEWS ITEMS,

THE dates OF the laying out and the
names of the nineteen oldest cities in
the State are given as follows by the
Secretary of State: Marietta was laid
out in 1888, Columbia in 1888, Cincin.
natl in 1880, Gallipolis in 1891, Man.
chester In 1901, Hamilton in 1894,
Franklin in 1905, Chillicothe in 1905,
Cleveland in 1896, Franklinton in 1897,
Steubenville in 1893, Williamsburg in
1899, GAINESVILLE in 1899, New Lancaster
in 1900, Warren in 1901, St. Clairsville
in 1901, Springfield in 1901, Newark in
1909.
ABout twenty gentlemen, officers of
National Banks in the State, held meet
ing at Cincinnati, on the 2Sth, to con-
slider the question of the onerous taxa
tion imposed upon National Banks. T.
P. Handy, of Cleveland, presided After
discussion a committee was appointed
to lay the matter before the State Legis-
lature for the purpose of seeking relief,
and another committee was appointed to
act with the National Bankers Associa-
tion in presenting the matter to Con-
gress. A. II. Moss, of SaDdusky, is
Chairman of the State Committee, and
L. B. Harrison, of Cincinnati, Chairman
of the National Committee
A YOUNG man named John Binke was
instantly killed, and another named
Schwitzer probably fatally injured, at
Fiulay's brewery, in Toledo, on the 28th.
by the bursting of an immense beer cask
into which air was being forced by a
steam pump to facilitate the flow of beer
from the cask into barrels.
hon. ERASMUS d. PECK, an old and
prominent citizen of Lucas County, and
formerly member of Congress from the
Toledo district, died at Perrysburg on
the 25tn.
THERE were 1,503 inmates of the Pen
itentiary on the 28th.
TwENTYsIx years ago one Job
Pearce, u resident of Bainbridge, Ross
County, left for the East to purchase
goods. He WAS not seen or heard of
again until the 23d ult., when he sud-
denly confronted his brother, Col.
Peafce, at his old home. During Jobs
absence his wife died, and his children
married and went elsewhere. He is now
hunting them up. He is reticent as to
his whereabouts during his long absence.
He is reported to have returned with
plenty Of money.
CHALEs N, only son of the late Hon.
G. L. Vallandigham, was married on the
29th uit. to Miss Maggie Robertson, of
Youngstown.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the Both
ult. says the papers have bsen served
upon Gen. Banning, giving formal
notice of Hon. Stanley Matthew'S inten-
tion to contest his election as member
of the next House of Representatives
from the Second District.
AT Columbus, on the Goth ult., Mrs.
Joseph Kelley was fatally burned by the
explosion of a coal-oil lamp which she
was lighting She died after a few
hours, portions of her body being
burned to crisp.
TEN prisoners in the Cleveland Jail
attacked the guard, bound and gagged
him, placed him in a cell and made their
escape on the 30th ult. The men who es-
capped are about the worst gang ever col
lected together in Cuyahoga County
thieves, burglars and robbers. One man,
supposed to be insane, was recaptured.
FRANZ LIMBERG, one of the proprietors
of the Cincinnati VoLks Freuend, died
on the 1st. He was u native of West
Philadelphia. ... .-.
CHARLES WALLER, of Duncan Falls, a
young lawyer, was killed while hunting
on the 2sth ult. by apremature discharge
of his gun.
AARON MILTENBERGER, of Miami
County, was badly mangled near Dayton
on the 28th ult. by the accidental dis
charge of his gun while hunting His
left cheek was torn off.