Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-09-07
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.


Secretary McCrary, Gen. B. f. Butler
and the other members of the Board will
also be present. The occasion will be
a gala day by the soldiers. The grounds
will be decorated, and the monument
they have erected at their own expense
in honor of the dead soldiers will be un-
veiled by the President with appropriate
ceremonies.
THE Grand Council of Royal and Sc
lect Masons of Ohio met at Cleveland on
the Goth ult. and reelected its present
officers.
AT Cincinnati, on the 2Sth, 100 cigar
makers in the employ of Krohn, Feiss
s. Co. struck, alleging as the cause
that journeymen were now able to make
only five dollars per week, This they
claim is due to the fact that women have
been employed who work 20 per cent.
cheaper than men, and they further de-
mand the removal of the women from
the works.
EARLY on the morning of the 9th ult
Louis Dash, St. Paris shoemaker, at
tempted to murder his wife by cutting
her throat with a razor. Afterward he
cut his own throat, severing the jugular
vein, and died. Mrs. Dash cannot re-
cover.
DURING runaway at Chillicothe on
the 2Sth ult Charles Smith was thrown
from wagon, his head striking tree,
fracturing his skull and causing his death
THE heaviest growth of wheat known
in Ohio is said to be that of Andrew
Smith, of Townsend, Sandusky County.
The field contains eighteen acres, of which
tho ayorona uialJ yuoc fiftu-thr buehplq
The crop 1854 bushels) was marketed at
$125 per bushel, making an aggregate
of 81, 2S7 90, or $71 SO per acre.
A FIRE at New Springfield on the night
of the Goth ult. destroyed the planning, saw
and bent work mill of George Felger &
Sons, fine residence belonging to S. F.
Headley and the residence of 5. ] Shearer.
Total loss $4,000. 81
TIE State Grand Chapter Of the Royal
Arch Masons, at their meeting at Cleve-
land on the Both ult., elected the follow
| ing officers: Grand High Priest, James
| W Underhill, of Canton; D. G.. H. P,
James B. Hovey, Marietta; G. K, D. A.
Scott, Akron; G. s., John w. Chamber
lain, Tiff1n; G.. t., Florius j. Phillips,
Georgetown; G. S., James Nesbit, Troy.
THE next meeting of the Grand Com
mandery, Knights Templar of Ohio, will
be held at Put-in-Bay the fourth Tuesday
| in August, 1878,
THE officers elected by the State Grand
Commandery, Knights Templar, at their
session at Cleveland are as follows: B.
B. Babcock, Cleveland, Right Eminent
Grand Commander; J. K. O'Neill, Leba-
non, V. E. d. G. @ FL. FL. Tatem, Gin
cinnati, E. G.. g.; J. Fl. Gushing, Colum-
bus, z. G. G. G.; L. Van Cleye, Madison
vile, M. E. P; A. F. Vance, E. G. s. w;
f. Fasold, E. G.. J. W.; P. Thatcher,
Cleveland, G. t.; j. Nesbitt, Troy, g, R.;
H. E O'Hagen, Sandusky, G. s. B.; w.
A. Ward. G.. s. B.; j. G. Gillespie, G. W.;
j. Randall, Grand Sentinel.
THE Grafton at the unveiling of the
soldiers monument at the Dayton Sol
diers' Home on the 18th will be delivered
by Gen. J. D. Cox. r.--
Our of 976, ,5Ss males in Ohio, over ten
years of age, there are 396, 1857 employed
in agriculture, and there are 219,219 un-
employed. The farmers, therefore, con-
stitute 52.4 per cent. of the employed
population and 40.6 per cent. of the
whole laboring population, while those
engaged in manufacturing and mining
number but 179, 394, or 90 8 per cent. of
the employed population.
A FoRT WAYNE dispatch says: "Off1-
GERS have discovered the existence of
regular organized society of horse
thieves, with officers, signs, grips and
passwords, who have been committing
depredations in Western Ohio for a long
time and selling the stolen property in
this city and vicinity. Members go by
numbers instead of names, and divide
the proceeds of all thefts equally among
themselves. These facts have come to
light through the statements of one
Thomas, alias Crawford, who was ar
rested here while attempting to sell
horse stolen by him in New Madison,
Ohio"
JAMES LEwELLYN, a boy, was instantly
killed at Girard on the 30th ult by the
accidental discharge of a gun in the
hands of companion, Philip Morris.
ACCORDING to the last report of the
Secretary of State, Washington Court
House stands third in the State in the
p6rk.packing- business, Cincinnati and
Cleveland being above it. The number
packed in 1876 was 20, 1876.
AT Martins Ferry, Marshal Mcfarland
accidentally shot and killed Philip, son
of Solomon Neihart, while arresting the
father for raising disturbance at home.
A DARING robbery was committed at
Lima on the night of the 30th ult. James
W. Pearl arose about midnight and going
, outdoors was met by two men and a
woman, who threw flour in his eyes, and
then bucked and gagged him, going
, through his clothes and obtaining 1896
in currency, the proceeds Of sale the
previous. afternoon. The villains then
fed and no trace of them had been found
at latest accounts.
AN excavation below the foundation
I of building on Longworth street, Gin
, cinnati. on the Sd, caused the wall to fall
/ on the adjoining building, burying a
number of people in the wreck. Mrs.
r Kean. John Finnegan, and Hugh Quig-
I lev were killed; John w. Dustin fatally
a injured, and two others were injured Sc
2 verely
: Christopher O'BREN was instantly
e killed near Toledo on the 31st ult. by a
}. stroke of lightning.
e HENRY STERRY, about twenty-fouI
wears old and molder by occupation
' shot and probably fatally injured his
wife, in fit of jealousy, in Eden Park
l Cincinnati, on the I'd.
SIMEON GARNET, a negro who assaulted
Mrs. Perry Kingrey, the wife of farmel
near Oxford, on the 1st, was taken from
;, the Jail on the Sd and shot dead by
: mob,
q John Samuels, who resided near Gale
e ma, Kan, was hired by i've men abou
! the middle of July to convey them tt
g Wichita. A short time since he WA
g found dead in his wagon near Garnett
: The men were hard set and claimed t
l. have come from the Black Hills. lt Il
q supnosed thew got into a row before thel