Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-01
THE EAST.

By the explosion of fire-damp in the Mine.
hill Colliery, at Minersville, Pa, on the 22d,
VIM. Edwards and companion were killed.
The National Baptist Anniversaries COM
mcnccd at Providence, Il. l., on the 22d, with
very large attendance. Rev. E. G. Robin.
son, ID. D., was elected President for the en-.
suing year.
On the 22d twenty buildings in the center
of the village of Gloyersvlllc, N. Y, were
burned. Loss 100000.
The Grand Lodge of Good Tcmplars of
the World met at Portland, Me, on the 23d.
Forty thousand children participated in the
Sunday-sehool celebration at Brooklyn, N Y,
on the 23d.
W. Ii. G. Hosmer, the poet, died at Avon,
n. Y, on the 23d.
The American Baptist Missionary Union
held its anniversary meeting at Providence, II
l., on the 23d. The next annual meeting will
be held at Cleveland, Ohio.
The next General Conference Of the Meth.
odist Protestant Church will be held at Pitts.
burgh.
Specie to the amount Of 100000 was
shipped from New York for Europe on the
oath.
The salaries of all employees of the Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company, from President
down, except those who now receive less
than one dollar per day, are TO be reduced 10
per cent.
Four inches of snow fell in Berkshire
County, Mass, on the 24th The fruit crop,
1t is feared, is much damaged
Hon. Robert o. Fuller, of Massachusetts,
has been elected President of the American
Home Missionary Society.
The Scott iron-works at Reading, Pa, were
burned on the oath, throwing Jorge number
of men out of employment. Loss 500, 900.
The New York Legislature adjourned sine
die on the oath. The Senate was convened
for executive business.
In the New York Custom House investiga-
ton, on the oath, Henley, sugar merchant,
testified that IL was common thing for Gus
tOIn.H House officers to ask for and take money
for passing dutiablc goods. Meyers, propri-
etOr Of the bonded warehouse, testified that
his political assessment amounted to 1900 a
year,
The Baptist National Anniversary meet
ings at Providence, X. l., closed on the 25th.
James l.. Howard, of Connecticut, was
elected President Of the American Pnblica-
tiOn Society. The meetings next year will be
held at Cleveland, Ohio.
Ex-Presdent Tracy and ex-CashieT Chap.
man, OF the Farmers and Mechanics Ma
tional Bank, Of Hartford, Conn, who had
pleaded guilty Of perjury and embczzement,
were on the 25th sentenced TO six and five
years respectively in the State Prison at hard
labor. ts
defalcation has been discovered in the
civil engineering department Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, of which Ezekiel
Howell l. the head. A deficiency Of s44, 900
is known, and the total, 1t is thought, win
reach 100000
Capt. Thomas Crapo and wife sailed from
New Bedford for Liverpool on the 2sth in
the schooner New Bedford, twenty feet long
Animmense crowd Witnessed their departure.
While a lighter loaded with oil was being
unloadcd at a New York wharf on the 2Sth
terrible explosion occurred and in an instant
the whole body Of oil was in flames. Three
men-Capt. VIM. Smith, Mate Luke and one
unknown7uwere burned TO death, and II,
Brewer was fatally injured. The cause OF
the explosion Is unknown.
The Coroner's jury In the case of the vic,
Tins OF the Saratoga launch at Chester, Pa,
returned verdict ON the 2sth Of accidental
death.l rtH. -rl atn ..4.
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