Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-25
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

In the U. s. Court at Cleveland on the
10Th Judge Welker rendered decision
in the case of John G. Pratt Us. The Gin
cinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland and the
Sandusky City & Indiana Railroad Com.
panies. The motion to appoint re-
ceiver was granted, and John s. Farlow
received the appointment. He was ordered
to give bonds in the sum of $100, 600,
which was done at once, and he was
sworn in by the court.
The Ohio Synod of the Reformed Ger
mani Church in the United States will
meet at Crrville on the 23d. Eleven
members Of the senior class of the The.
illogical Seminary are to be examined on
the 22d for recommendation to the synod
for its examination and licensure.
AT Fremont, on the 18th, Jerry Mul-
cahy struck his wife on the head with an
ak. Two daughters who were in the
room then struck him with a stick. He
then dropped the ak and picked up a
kettle and struck his wife again, knock
ing her down. She is very low, and will
probably die. Mulcahy is in Jail.
On the evening of the 14th Mrs. Garst,
an aged widow lady, mother of Prof. H.
Garst, of Otterburn University, was
found in Alum Creek, Westerville, by
some little boys, drowned. She had
been i'll for few days and wandered off
during the night. Temporary insanity
was the cause of the suicide.
A LITTLE daughter, aged about six
years, of Jefferson Began, residing near
Robinson, was fatally burned on the
18th by her clothes catching fire from
the stove. She fingered in intense agony
until the following day, when death re-
lieved her.
DIR. J. B. MoWHoRTER, Adam Snyder
and Alfred Butler, prominent citizens of
Zaleski, have been arrested for the man
ufacture of counterfeit coin. They were
discovered through the agency of some
young men at Athens, Ohio, who had
obtained some of the queer" and were
showing IL. They we're taken to Cincin-
natl for examination. A considerable
amount of the "queer" was found in
their possession.
PRESIDENT RECEIVER FARLow on the
18th made formal demand on Receiver
Lea, on the order of the U. s. Court, for
possession of the property of the Cleve-
u.
Receiver Lea read the order and then
told Mr.. Farlow that he would not COM
ply with it. Mr.. Farlow threatened to
take the property by force, and Mr.. Lea
advised him not TO attempt it. The
shops and Offices are under guard of
special policemen, and the Sloane faction
express determination to "hold the
fort"
THE following arc the officers of the
Improved Order of Red Men in Ohio for
the ensuing year, elected at the Grand
Council at Springfield on the 10Th: Great
Sachem, j. W. Underhill; G. Senior Sag
amore, A. G. Bethard; G Junior Saga
more, G.. M. Smart; G. Chief of Records,
Louis s. Larose; G. Keeper of Wampum,
NJ. Rothschild; G. Prophet, Samuel Ross;
G. Representatives, William A. Brand,
Paxton Coates and William ]. Littell
AT Middleburg, on the 18th, Barney
Suedor was drawn under the heavy
grind wheel at clay.mill and his body
crushed. His recovery is i'm
possible.
AT the Ohio Millers' Convention, at
Mansfield, on the 10Th, f. Schumacher,
of Akron, was elected President A con-
stitution and bylaws we're adopted.
MRS. ANNA EsPERGEK, German lady
of Cincinnati, attempted to start a fire
with coal-oil on the 18th. An explosion
occurred and she was fatally burned.
SHERIFF WALLACE, of Cincinnati, con-
victed Of assisting prisoners to escape
from the County Jail, was on the 10Th
sentenced to pay fine of 5000.
THE Chairman of the State Democratic
Committee on the 18th issued q call for
the meeting of the committee at Colum-
bus on the 31st, for the purpose of fixing
the time and selecting the place for hold
ing the next State Democratic Conven.
tiOn and for the transaction of other
business.
THE vote for grand officers of the
United Ancient Order of Druids of Ohio
for the ensuing term was canvassed in
Columbus on the 10th, with the follow
ing result: Noble Grand Arch, F. A.
Marble, of Columbus; Deputy Grand
Arch, Paul Kerr, of Fremont; Grand
Secretary, Adam Weber, of Dayton;
Grand Treasurer, Carl Josebans, of To-
ledo; Grand Marshal, j. II. A. Miller, of
Grand Guardian, William G.
Vial, of Cleveland. The next session of
the Grand Grove will be held in Cincin-
natl, commencing June 10.
THE Presbytery of Steubenville re-
ports that the past year has been one of
unusual interest and increase in the
churches. Three new churches have
been organized, with encouraging pros
poets of success: Scio, with a member
ship of n; New ComerstOwn, with "a,
and Winchester with 81. The additions
on profession of faith were never so large
900, spreading over nearly all the
churches.
THE successful competitor at Cleve-
land for appointment as cadet in the
Naval Academy at Annapolis is Master
Fred w. Smiles.
On the Sth inst. Archie Payne, young
man employed as collector for the AT.
lantic & Pacific Telegraph Company at
Columbus, started out to collect some
bills and has not since been heard from.
On the 21st the suit of clothing he had
on when last seen was found in an alley
near the telegraph office, smeared with
blood. His file of bills was with them,
and a memoranda showing that he had
collected $132. His friends fear he has
been murdered.
The Registration Law.