Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-18
THE EAST.

The twelfth annual meeting of the National
Temperance Society and Publication House
was held at New York on the sth. William
f. Dodge was elected President for the ensu-
ing year and a long list of Vice Presidents
among them the following: Maj .-Gen. o. o.
Howard, Schuyler Colfax, E. ]. Morris, Ohio;
Dr. j. j. Bradford, Kentucky; Bishop Kava-
nagh, Kentucky; Gen. c. B. Fisk, Missouri /;
Rev r. L. Stanton, Ohio; E. s. Wells,
Illinois; Rev. ]. NJ. Walden, D. D., Ohio; g.
ID. Hastings, Wisconsin; Hiram Price, Iowa;
ID. ID. Pratt and Col. ]. w. Ray, Indiana;
James Monroe, Ohio; Prof. L. Moss, Illinois;
T. Hornbrook, West Virginia; Rev. s. K
Leavitt, Ohio; j. B. Merwin, Missouri; Rev
X. Brooks, Michigan, and Col. j. j. Bick-
man, Kentucky.
The bench show OF the Westminster Ken
mel Club opened at New York on the Sth
About 800 dogs were entered.
Nothing had been heard from the steam
ship City of Brussels, seventeen days out, up
to the 9th. She has on board band of Ca
madam pilgrims for Rome, with accessions
from New York and neighborhood, and Gen.
Newton, Of the U. s. Army, and others.
Frank w. Cheney was elected President of
the silk Association of America, at the an
nual meeting at New York on the OH
At the General Council Of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, held at Philadelphia on
the 9th, Bishop Fallows, Of Chicago, was
elected Presiding Bishop for the ensuing
year.
Commodore Benz. j. Totten, U. s. Navy,
died at New Bedford, Mass, on the 9th, aged
seventy-one.
The Woodin Investigation Committee of
the New York Senate reported on the 10th
that they were unable to find anything TO
substantiate Tweed's testimony, and they pro-
nOuDce the charges against Senator Woodin
utterly false.
The Insurance Superintendent OF New
York reports on the condition of the Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Company, of Albany, N.
Y, that its liabilities exceed its assets SlIO,-
1886.
The Methodist and Methodist Protestant
conventions met at Baltimore on the 11th TO
consider basis of reunion. The committee
appointed to examine the conference reports
on the subject Of reunion reported to the
former convention that majority of annual
conferences indorsed the basis of reunion
agreed upon ct Pittsburgh in October, 1875,
and had invested the delegates with authori
ty to ratify the action OF the Pittsburgh com.
mission. The report was adopted.
most remarkable game OF baseball was
played at Boston on the 11th between the
Harvard and Manchester Clubs. Neither
side scored a run in twenty -four innings.
The steamer City OF Richmond arrived al
New York on the 18th, and reports meeting
the City of Brussels in mid-ocean on the sth
The latter steamer left New York on the
2lst ult., and when two days out broke heI
shaft. The Richmond supplied her with
everything needed and the Brussels pro
cecded on her way under sail. All on board
were we'll.
The slx-story block in Brooklyn occupied
by Campbell & Thayer's ol-works was de
strOycd by fire on the 18th. The total loss
reaches $4,000.
The steamshiDs sailing from New York OF
the 18th and 18th took nearly lO0, 600 bushels
OF grain, and Of fresh beef about 200, ,OO'
pounds, while of canned goods, salt beef
bacon, cheese, butter, lard and other pro
visions the aggregate was very large
A New York telegram OF the 18th says tn,
Attorney General is reported as disguised
with the whole Tweed business. He has re
turned all Tweed's papers to him and has dc
clned to release him.