Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-08
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.


the Home at Dayton, of whom ,240 are
Ohio men.
On the afternoon of the 2Sth ult. n
young man named Nudgin, while driving
in buggy near Harrison, Hamilton
County, ran into another buggy occupied
by Mr.. Price and nephew. An alter
cation ensued, during which Nudgin was
beaten to death by Price, who used the
butt end of his whip to accomplish his
purpose.
AT the meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture, June 8, the time and place
for holding the next State Fair will be
decided on.
On the evening of the 9th ult. two
young men, named Green Nieum and
Willis Georgs, while driving home from
Xenia, got into quarrel. Nieum fell
under the wagon, and was killed in
stantly. 1t is supposed they were under
the influence of liquor.
THE Cleveland City foundry was
burned on the Both ult. Loss about SO 600.
GEORGE A. GRooT, member of the
Cleveland Board of Education, was
burned in efiigy, after mock trial, on
the evening of the 30th ult., by num-
Der of High School scholars The cause
was a caustic speech by Mr.. Groot ridi.
culing petition presented by members
of the school against the rule limiting
the number of speakers on commence
ment occasions.
THE Dayton Journal asserts positively
that Gov. Young will be candidate for
the nomination for Governor by the Re-
publican Convention.
SAMUEL SAVERS, farmer residing near
Piqua, was so seriously injured by run
away accident on the 2Sth ult. that he
died the following day,
SEVEN prisoners escaped from the AL.
len County Jail on the afternoon of the
Both ult. They secured some iron bars
by breaking up their bedsteads, and with
these bars broke down the door of two
adjoining cells, in which they procured an
old scaffold used when the murderer
Brentlinger was hung. With this and
the aid of lever they pried out the
stone covering of an upper cell, enough
to allow them to crawl through to the
roof. From there they passed to the
roof of the Sheriff's house, down through
a trap door and out through the hall into
the street. They were discovered by the
owner of the house, when an alarm was
raised, and the Sheriff, Marshal and a
large number of citizens started in pur-
suit Two of them were soon captured,
but the other five are yet at large.
SUPERINTENDENT SMEAD, of the Ohio
Institution for the Blind, asks the pub
lication of the following: A man call
ing himself DR.. Awl, of this institution,
has been going about this and other
States pretending to cure diseased eyes
and restore sight. He is an impostor.
He has obtained money by false pre-
lenses from several blind persons. He
may have some other way of imposing
on seeing persons. Let all blind persons
be on their guard against him."
ALL the districts in the State except
the Seventeenth were represented at the
meeting of the Democratic State Central
Committee at Columbus on the 31st ult.
There was also a considerable outside at
tendance of leading men of the party.
Columbus was chosen as the place for
holding the State Convention. The time
of holding the convention elected con-
siderable discussion. Senator Thurman
and others favored calling the conven-
tion a week later than the Republican
Convention, and Gems. Morgan, Ward and
Warner advocated prior date, to fore
stall the Republican plan of campaign.
The time was fixed as July %. The
names of Gen. Durbin Ward, ex-Speaker
Geo. L. Converse, Gen. A. V. Rice and
Gen. Thomas Ewing were prominently
mentioned for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton.
THE family of l. J. Stockstill, of Med
way, were the victims of fiendish at
tempt at poisoning on the Both ult. The
family, Immediately after breakfast, ex'
perienced sensations of sickness to such
an alarming degree that physicians were
called in to attend them. Upon investi-
cation it was found that the symptoms
were those of poisoning. Further in
vestigations developed the fact that
some one had placed Paris green in the
tea which had been used at the break
fast table. The two sons of Mr.. Stock
still, young men, were seriously affected,
and the other members to Il less degree.
At one time the lives of the young men
were despaired of, but at the latest ac'
counts they were in more comfortable
condition. AT whose instance the poison
ing was done, or by whom, is not known;
but inquiry is on foot, and further facts
relating thereto will be developed.
WHILE two young women, Ella Rose
and Cora Grover, living near Delaware,
were handling pistol, on the Both ult.,
it was accidentally discharged, the ball
taking effect in the forehead of Miss
Grover, penetrating the brain. She is
not likely to recover.
ONE HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-oNE per
sons were confirmed in the st. Thoma;
Catholic Church, at GAINESVILLE, on the
31st ult., by Bishop Rosecrans.
SELDEN MARTIN, of Ceylon Station
Erie County, is supposed to have been
one of the victims in a recent Wyoming
Territory Indian massacre.
AN old man named WOnstler, deaf anC
partially blind, was killed by the cars a
Freedom Station, on the Atlantic & Grea
| Western Railroad, on the 1st. He did
not notice the approach of the train, ant
in crossing the track was struck by thu
engine and horribly mangled. He dice
instantly. He was farmer by occupa
tion, was sixty'two years of age anc
leaves family,
ALFRED G. ANDERSON, leading col
ored man of Hamilton, has filed an ap
plication for the position of United State
! Minister to Hayti. He is indorsed by
most of the prominent colored men o
the country.
JOHN S. FARLow, President of thu
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Rail
road, lately indicted for embezzlement
arrived in Sandusky on the I'd, and CAV
bail for his appearance whenever ealle'
upon.
THE Governor has made the following
staff appointments To rank as Brigadier
Generals; Charles w. KarT, Adjutant
General, Inspector General and Chief'of
staff; Henry G. Young, Quartermaster
General and Commissary- General of Sub
sistence; W. IL. Phillips, Surgeon Gen
eral. To rank as Colonies: Dan. A
Grosvenor, Acknowledgment. General
Henry G.. Neubert, Chief-of- Engineers