Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-12-14
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

him a small bill, and Pagel was follow
ing him to collect it when he was killed.
CHARLES DEMMITT, charged with rob-
bing the Clermont County safe, has
been acquitted.
EIGHT of the principal houses and
two dwellings, at Athens, were burned
on the night of the Sd.
AN opinion was rendered in the Pro-
bate Court at Cleveland on the 5th, by
Judge Tilden, in the case of the State
u.s. Rev. w. +. Jones, for celebrating
| the marriage of John Koch, German,
and Mrs. McPhillips, cOlOred, that the
| law is unconstitutional and void on the
ground that it strikes at natural and
sacred right which no law has a right
to interfere with.
The State Horticultural Society met
| at Ravenna on the 5th. The display
of fruit was very fine, though not large,
THOMAS JOHNSON, living near Co
lumbus, was instantly killed on the 9th
by the accidental discharge of q gun
which he was cleaning.
The State Dental Society on the 9th
elected officers for the ensuing year, as
follows: President, J. G.. Whinnery, of
Salem; Vice-Presidents, ID. r. Jennings,
of Cleveland, and Frank A. Hunter, of
Cincinnati Corresponding Secretary,
H. A. Smith, of Cincinnati; Recording
| Secretary, A. +. Emminger, of Colum-
bus; Treasurer, George M. Keeley, of
| Oxford; members of the State Board of
Examiners, j. Taft, of Cincinnati, and
+. II. Rehwinckel, of Chillicothe.
A BURGLAR entered the house of
| William Finney, farmer residing near
Mansfield, on the 9th and murdered
Mr.. Finney, and SO seriously injured
his wife that she cannot recover. Rev.
James Finney, son of the murdered
man, and his wife were also severely
injured by the murderer. A negro
named Edward Webb has been arrested,
and the evidence that he committed the
murder is very strong.
THE professors of the Ohio Agricult-
ural and Mechanical College at Colum-
bus have made arrangements for a
special course of lectures at the college
on subjects pertaining to agriculture.
Should the plan meet with approval
and thirty signify their intention of at
tending, the lectures will begin Jan.
Q and continue ten weeks, four lectures
each day, five days of the week. The
object of these lectures is to place
within reach of those who cannot take a
longer course the opportunity to spend
a few weeks in way that may give
profitable direction to future Observa-
ton and reading. This course is in
tended only for adults. All who at
tend will be expected to conform to
college regulations, but will not be sub
ject to examinations or to military
drill. An entrance fee of five dollars,
to defrav expenses, will be the only
charge. Board at the college boarding
hall is three dollars and fifty cents a
week.
The annual report of the State Treas
urer, sent to the Governor on the 9TH,
shows that the total cash receipts of the
| Treasury for the year amount to s., ,413,-
423.42, and the total disbursements "a,
726, ,414.06; leaving an actual cash bal
ance at the close of business Nov. Is of
$6S7, ,009.36. The report also shows
that the securities deposited by tire-in-
surance companies doing business in
Ohio aggregate $1,560,000. Those de-
posted by life-insurance companies ag-
gregate S3S6,544. During the year the
taxes received from County Treasurers
for the common-school fund amounted
| to $3.50, lis, and all of this amount
was disbursed except $90,269, which
still remains in the Treasury. Forty
two counties of the State received from
the Treasury for the support of common
schools more than they paid in.
The next Ohio Senate will be COM
posed of u attorneys, z farmers, 4
merchants, manufacturers, l mer.
chant and banker, and l of each of the
following: Physician, printer, hotel
keeper, iron manufacturer, druggist
editor, real-estate dealer, farmer and
physician, general business, and ont
unknown-36 in all. The House vii
be composed of gentlemen of the fol
lowing occupations and professions
Farmers 45, attorneys "a, merchants g.
physicians 6, editors 4, druggists 8
bankers and teachers 2 each, and in
surance agent, brass finisher, shoe
maker, real-estate and insurance
editor and attorney, manufacturer anC
banker, contractor, lumber merchant
surveyor, manufacturer, artists, anC
stockholders, each. One halls from
the National Military Home at Dayton
and the occupation of one is unknown
/ THE State Board of Public Works a
the meeting on the Sth determined t.
ask for the appointment of u receive
to take charge of the public works dur
ing the pendency of the suit which is t.
be brought at once to settle the difficultie
which now exists between the State an,
-. 1 a
appoint Hon. Peter Thatcher, of Cleve
land, a member of the State Board, a
receiver on the part of the State, an,
some other person as receiver on tn,
part70f the lessees.
The State horticultural Societ,
finished its session at Ravenna on tn,
7th. The officers elected for the ensu
ing year are: j. A. Warder, Cleveland
President; N. Dinner, Dayton, Vice
President; G. w. Campbell, Delaware
Treasurer; ID. Batain, Painesville, Sec
retary. Committee: George Weltz
Wilmington; G. NJ. High, Middle Bas
Island; Frank Pentland, Lockland; J
j. Harrison, Painesville; G.. H. Miller
Norwich.
WILLIAM TANoR's dwelling il
Springfield Township, Lucas County
was burned on the night of the 9th, an
Tainor perished in the flames. Taino
was wealthy farmer. The fire is sup
, posed to have been incendiary.
On the evening of the Sth, as Joh
Holtar, a farmer living near Findlay
was going to that place, his team too
fright and ran away, throwing him ou
and inhicting fatal injuries.
DIR. JARED p. KIRKLAND died g
Cleveland on the 10th, aged eighty-fou
years. His father was appointed ager
of the Connecticut Land Company o