Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-16

THE EAST
A young man, a stranger, walked deliber-
ately into the rapids at Niagara Falls on the
5th and was swept over the falls.
Hon. 4. B. Washburne, Minister to
France, arrived at New York on the 9th.
His visit, he states, has no political signi6-
canoe.
Weldon, who attempted to kill Gov. Pack
ard at New Orleans recently, arrived at
Philadelphia on the 9th with his father. 1t
is intimated that, owing to the intercessiou
of friends, he will not be prosecuted.
Henry NJ. Matthews was on the 5th inau-
gurated Governorof West Virginia.
Coburn, the pugilist, convicted at New
York Of shooting with intent to kill police
man, was on the 9Th sentenced to ten years
imprisonment in the State Prison.
Charles Bateman, aged twelve, son Of the
proprietor Of the hotel which was burned at
Ksrns City, Pa, on the 5th, died from his
injuries on the 9th.
Joseph II. Lewis, who died at his home in
Hoboken, N. j., few days ago, aged eighty
six, was for many years in the stationery
business in New York and accumulated
property of more than 81 100000. He be-
oueathed his entire estate to the Government
to help pay the national debt, making G. d.
II. Gillespie, of the New York Manhattan
Bank, his executor. 1t is believed that he had
no relatives living. q.
Matilda Heron, formerly a well-known
actress, died at New York on the 7th.
The Democratic State Convention OF
Rhode Island on the 7th nominated J. B.
Barnaby for Governor and w. B. H. Hallett
for Secretary Of State.
The Waltham Building, on Bond street,
New York city, was completely destroyed by
fire on the night of the 9th. The building
was occupied by the American Watch Gem
pany, the Gorham Silverware Manufacturing
Company, Adams, Shaw & Co., jewellers, and
ten other jewelry firms. The building was
valued at $40, 600, and the loss Of the occu-
pants was over 81 10000
Gen. John A. Dix has resigned the Chair
manship of the Grand Army of the Republic.
The State Republican Convention of Rhode
Island on the Sth nominated Gen. Van Zsndt
for Governor; Albert Z. Howard for Lieuten-
antGovernor, and renominated the present
Secretary of State, Treasurer and Attorney
General.
A severe gale prevailed in New York and
vicinity on the Sth and 9th. A five-story
brick building in New York and a building in
Brooklyn were blown down. Three men
were fatally injured by falling signs.
The National Association of WindowGla
Manufacturers was organized at Pittsburgh
on the 9th. E. L. Day, of Kent, Ohio, was
elected President.
The Rhode Island Prohibitory. State Con-
vention on the 9th nominated the Republic
an ticket with the exception of the candi-
date for Treasurer. Samuel Clark, Demo
crat, was nominated for that Office.
The New York Graphic proprietors on the
10th discharged the Union men in their en-
ploy and filled their places with non-society
men at thirty-Hve cents per 1000 ems.
The Exchange Bank OF Canandaigua, N.
Y. failed on the 10th. Liabilities $4,000 to
800, 900 more than assets.
receiver has been appointed for the
North American Guardian Mutual Widows
and Orphans and Reserve Life Insurance
Companies OF Albany, N. Y, and the New
York State Life INSURANCE Company of Syra-
suse.
At Elmira, n. Y, on the 11th, Peter H.
Penwell and wife took arsenic with view Of
suicide. The poison failed to cause death
aud PenwelI killed his wife with an ak and
cut his own throat, not sufficiently, however,
to kill him. He was lodged in jail.
Hon Simon Cameron on the 18th resigned
the position of U. 8. Senator from Pennsyl-
vania.
James Kingon, a provision speculator on
the New York Produce Exchange, failed on
the 18th, with liabilities estimated at 81 ,ooO,-
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