Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-04-06
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

DAMUEB LOVERS, Wnlie DOhJlnB on Jne
Scioto River, at Columbus, on the 9Th,
was drowned.
THE Toledo Democrats have nomi.
mated DR.. w. w. Jones for Mayor; the In.
dep ndents have nominated f. A.
Kitchen.
A PARTY of burglars made good haul
at the residence of Joseph Linton, in
Walnut Township, Gallia County, on the
night of the Gath. The fact of the burg
larry was not known until the following
morning, when it was found that the
house had been pretty well ransacked
and $4,000 in cash taken. Half of this
money belonged to the township. There
is no clew to the burglars.
DIR. PAUL GMscH died at Cincinnati
ON the 27th of lockjaw. He graduated
at the Ohio Medical College at its last
session, and was young man of more
than ordinary promise. About four
weeks ago, while taking a pistol out of
his pocket, ne was SO unfortunate as to
discharge the weapon, and the ball
passed through his left index finger,
making very painful wound. He be-
came sick Immediately but was able to
leave his bed in a week, and remained
up until the evening of his death. That
night he returned to his home between
eight and nine o'clock, and complained
of feeling very i'll. His mother assisted
him to undress and put him to bed.
Shortly after she visited his bedside, and
was surprised to see him looking deathly
pale. He asked to be helped out of bed,
and had scarcely touched the floor when
he fell down and his jaws became fixed
and rigid. Medical aid was summoned,
and all that could be was done for the
sufferer, but he was past medical aid,
and in two hours he was dead.
A BABY.sHow opened in Dayton on
the Goth ult. with 1875 entries.
A SHOOTING affray occurred at Marietta
on the Goth ult., which may result
fatally. An elderly man, Joseph Palm
er, and young nephew of the same
name had an alteration, which the
nephew ended by drawing a revolver and
shooting his uncle. The ball entered at
the eye and, it is feared, made fatal
wound.
ERNST GREINER, the embezzling Lucas
County treasurer returned from Wind
sor, Ont, on the 26th ult., and surren-
dered himself to the Sheriff, and was
subsequently admitted to bail. He will
appear before the Grand Jury, when he
proposes to disclose the innermost Sc
crets of the treasury ring. s .FSs
THE Senate, on the Goth ult., con-
firmed the following nominations: Will
lam w. Bond, of Franklin County, to be
Supervisor of Public Printing; E. j.
Blount, of Franklin County, to be
Trustee of the Columbus Hospital for
the Insane; James Barnett, Cleveland, to
be Trustee of the Cleveland Hospital for
the Insane; A. G. MeBurney, of Warren
County, to be Trustee of the Dayton
Hospital for the Insane; George w.
Baker, of Athens County, to be Trustee
of the Athens Hospital for the Insane;
Samuel Taylor, of Logan County, to be
Trustee of Columbus Deaf and Dumb
Asylum; Peter Hitchcock, of Geauga
County, to be Trustee of the Ohio State
Asylum for Idiots at Columbus.
THE Republicans of Fremont held an
election for Postmaster on the Both, with
the following result: Geo j. Krebs, 255;
d. S. June, ia; NJ. w. Seibert, S6; j. B.
Garvln, 90; E. B. Belding, %.
A SANDUsKY dispatch of the 3tst ult.
says: "This city is greatly excited over
the change in the management of the
Cleveland, Sandusky & Cincinnati Rail-
road. AS far as known, Rush r. Sloane
got an order from Judge Finnefrock, at
Fremont, yesterday, for the appointment
OF James Lea as receiver. Lea filed his
bonds and took possession this morning
Sloane is appointed General Manager of
the road. Orders have been issued to
discharge all the men employed by the
late Boston managers, and a complete
change will be made in the personnel of
the company. Sloane is jubilant. He is
on deck and in possession. Moderate
men regard it as n shrewd trick, which
for the time is successful. Sloane has
many warm friends, who are rejoicing
over his success.
A CooLLY planned attempt at murder
and robbery was perpetratcd in Vermil-
lion on the night of the 30th ult. j.
Kolb, a young man about twenty-five
years old, formerly of Vcrmillion, but
recently living in Cleveland, attacked E.
Dewitt, in his jewelry store, with knife,
about eleven o'clock, and stabbed him
seven or eight times in the head, body
and hands. Dewitt is a cripple and could
not defend himself, but called loudly for
help and Kolb got frightened and jumped
through the window and fed Kolb was
caught near Birmingham on the 3lst ult,
and lodged in jail. ..,...
LIEUT.. JOHN KYLE, U. s. Army, died
at the residence of his mother, at Xenia,
on the 1st. The deceased was on a pleas
ure trip to his old home and was appar-
emily in excellent health, when he was
suddenly stricken with death. He was a
graduate of West Point; was all through
the Modoc campaign, losing an arm in
one of the battles, and at the close being
promoted for his gallantry.