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

Judge Taylor on the 9th. L. B. Nc
Nabb is merchant Of Poland and lead
ing member Of the M. Il. Church. His
wife, Mary McNabb, is q residentVof
Salem, Columbiana County. McNabb
has been living in the, South for several
years until within the last year aud
half. He applied for divorce, claiming
that 1t was impossible FOR him TO live
with his wife on account of her temper.
The case has created great excitement,
the court-h house being crowded through
out the entire progress of the trial -- O.
JAMES BUNLINsoN, detective, had his
trial on the 9th In the Summit County
Common Pleas Court, on charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses. 1t
was proven that he procured an indorse-
ment of seventy-four dollars on note
given by him, bat the Judge ruled this
was not obtaining money, and he was
discharged.
AN earnest meeting of stockholders
and others interested in the completion
of the Miami Valley Railroad was held
at Waynesville on the 9th. Addresses
were made by ]. Kelley O'Neall, Esq,
the Rev. i, H. Long, Samuel Irons and
j. B. Graham, of Lebanon, and Hon. S.
s. Haines, President of the road, in be-
half of the project of furnishing means
for the immediate completion of that part
of the line divergng from, Cincinnati, to
the Intersection of the Marietta & Gin.
cinnati Railroad. Considerable sub
scription was obtained to the preferred
stock, the amount necessary and asked
being 100000, the greater portion of
which has already been subscribed The
prospects are very bright for the full
amount being raised within week. The
people are in earnest, and fully .Appre-
ciate the. great value the Miami Railroad
will be when completed. ...s. .... o..
A SAD picture of distress was witnessed
recently on the corner Seventh and Vine
streets, Cincinnati. A blind and ragged
beggar, sitting fiat on the damp pave
ment, playing on a wheezy ACCORDION,
his printed appeal to passers- by displayed
by the light of a candle placed in lamp
chimney. .e.. ...-'r...-. a
A CINCINNATI man has drawn the
specifications of cannon that will shoot
round a mountain, and intends to apply
for patent. He took the idea from the
line of curative produced from the
rotary motion of a baseball, and also
from the similar curve that billiard ball
can be made to make by the dexterous
twist of the cue. -,
The following Thanksgiving proclama.
tion was issued by Gov. Young on the
9Th: wee HIgt l7f fHs71su Grts2s's
The people of Ohio, during the past year,
ba nf .I,t,
God, enjoyed health and prosperity, peace
and happiness; therefore in accordance with
the religious sentiment of our people and
the custom Of our fathers, l do hereby
designate Thursday, the 29th day. of
November, a day of thanksgiving and
prayer, in grateful recognition of the mani
fold blessings bestowed upon us, and l do
request that all the citizens of
Ohio shall, upon that day, rest from their
ordinary avocations, that in the houses of
worship, and the quiet of their homes where
families are united, they may acknowl-
edge their obligations to the Creator, and
the duties of kindness and charity
which they owe to their fellow-men
Given at the Executive Chamber in Co
lumbus this Sth day of November, in the
year of our Lord 1877, and of the independ-
eDce of the United States of America, the
102d. THOMAS L. YOUNG,
MILTON BARNES, Secretary of State.
THE following Postmasters for Ohio
were confirmed on the 8th: John F. Cur
rem, Delaware; James r. Holcomb, NAL
let Greek; Warren Pierce, Garrettsville;
Miss Sarah NJ. Russell, Glendale; Her
man Sagebril, Kenton; Samuel 1. Beer
bour, Marion; Winfield S. Krake, Ra-
VIENNA; Harrison H. Updegrave, Van
Vert; Samuel E. Altman, Bellefontaine;
Augustus Vignas, Canton; Andrew D.
Rogers, Columbus; Frank E. Bishop,
Elyria; George j. Krebs, Fremont; Geo.
P. Waldorf, Lima; William G. Lyon,
Newark; William M. Thompson, Upper
Sandusky; Charles E. Darlington, West
Liberty; James A. Hays, Sullivan; Chas.
H. Ipp, St. Mary's; Oliver Holt, Wads-
worth.
THE marriage of Richard S. Tanning,
Clerk-elect of the Supreme Court, with
Miss Celia Miller, daughter of Thomas
Miller, of Columbus, took place on the
Sth at st. Joseph's Cathedral, Bishop
Rosecrans officiating
THE Cincinnati Southern Railroad
bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati,
recently completed, was tested on the
Sth. The main span, $50 feet in length
was subjected to a test of over 100000
pounds with DETECTION of less than two
inches. The result is considered entire
ly satisfactory. .ar ...r.. .a
AN extensive fire, on the 9Th, destroyed
the cracker factory of Crawford & Zeller
at Mansfield, o. Loss $4,000; insurance
81, 900. -... .. sr. s.H ..r.ag
SPECIAL AGENT PHILLIPS, of the Post
office Department, completed an ex.
animation of the Toledo Postoffice, on
the 9th, and found the accounts in good
shape and cash all right.
THE property of the Sunday Journal,
of Toledo of which j. r. Sherwood and
GcOgre Garfield are the proprietors, has
been attached on thepetition of Alexander
Reed, Postmaster, setting forth that said
Sherwood and Garfield have published
in their paper and telegraphed to other
newspapers libelous statements concern
ing the petitioner. The dispatches al
luded to by Mr.. Reed contain assertions
that he had used the Postoffice funds to
carry on the Blade and Commercial, of
which he is the managing proprietor,
THE Grand Lodge of Independent
Order of Workingmen met at Cincinnati
on the 9th, Grand President VIM. II.
Rouzer, of Dayton, in the chair. A
large number of representatives were
present. Some very important measures
were discussed and referred to appro
pirate committees.
Gov. YOU'VE has appointed Mr.. Geo.
b. Okey to fill the vancancy in the Com.
mission to Revise and Consolidate the
Statutes caused by the resignation OF
Judge ]. W. okey,
GEo. S. NEwcoMB, a Cleveland jot
printer, has made an assignment.
On the night of the 10th, at Dayton,
Jacob Smith, a groceryman, was in
stanly killed by falling down a stairway
He was going upstairs TO bed, carrying
a little child in his arms. His wife ahead
of him heard an exclamation, and he
slipped and fell backward, striking the
back of his head against the door sill a
the foot of the stairs with such force
that his neck was dislocated.
THE Hudson Postoffice was entered OF
the 18th by some one who effected al
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