Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-09-06
THE EAST.

The revenue authorities of New York seized
$50 barrels of whisky from the Emmett dis
tillery, Chillicothe, on the 9th, on the charge
that it was undergauged.
A Convention OF State Insurance Superin-
tendents and other officials in charge of in
surance departments, was held at Providence,
X. l., on the 9th. Oliver Pillsbury, of New
Hampshire, was elected President for the en-
suing year. The convention meets next year
in st. Louis.
The National Agricultural Congress began
its annual session at New Haven, Conn, on
the 9th.
At New York, on the 9th, five firms went
into bankruptcy, with aggregate liabilities of
$l,lS5,0O0. Three of the firms reported no
assets, and the remaining two made no state
ments.
The British war ships Bellerophon, Sirius
and Argus arrived at Newport r. l.. on the
2Sth, and were received with a salute from
Fort Adams and the torpedo station.
The Scranton Coal Company sold 0,OO0 tons
of coal at auction at New York on the 2Sth
A special meeting of the House of Bishops
was held at New York on the 2Sth. Twenty
seven Bishops were present. They met for
the purpose Of transacting some general busi-
ness.
The Connecticut State Temperance Conven-
tiOn, held at Hartford on the 2Sth, made the
following nominations: Governor, Joseph G..
Baldwin; Lieutenant-Goyerno George p.
Rogers, Jr.; Secretary of State, A. T. Boards
ley; Treasurer, W. 5. Williams, Comptroller,
Edmund Tuttle.
The paper manufacturers of the United
States met in convention at Saratoga, Aug
2S, for the purpose of considering matters af-
fecting the general good, especially the de-
mand and supply, aud the best means Of in
suring business stability.
On the night OF the Goth, Peters oil-cloth
factory at Newark, N. j., was destroyed by
fire. Loss s15O,O0O.
Riley defeated Kennedy by four lengths in
the three-mile boat race at Scipio, N. Y, On
the 10Th.
Seventy petitions in bankruptcy were filed
in New York on the Goth. The liabilities of
some are large.
At a meeting of Republicans held at Sarato-
ga, n. Y, on the 29th, resolution was adopt.
ed recommending an early State Convention.
Owing to the prevalence of yellow fever in
the South, the annual reunion of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows of America,
called for the first Tuesday of October at Chi
cago, has been postponed to the first Tuesday
in December. M
Collector Murphy, of New York, fled pc
tition in bankruptcy on the Both ult Liabili-
ties, 500, 900, mostly secured.
The requisitioH OF the Governor of South
Carolina upon the Governor of Massachusetts,
for the surrender Of the person of Hiram II.
Kimpton, was refused by Gov. Rice ON the
Both ult.
An immense throng crowded the office of
the Clerk of the Bankrupt Court in New York
on the 30th ult., seeking to file petitions in
bankruptcy.
A large number of voters of. Massachusetts
having signed a paper calling upon General
Butler to become a candidate for Governor,
that gentleman replied in card on the Both
ult. that he accepted the nomination thus
given, and that he took the trust with all its
cares and will devote all the Intelligence,
labor, forethought and energy which in him
lies, and use all the power which they and
those who think with them may give him to
relieve the peoples burdens, and bring about
more equal and efficient administration OF
the laws of the Commonwealth which they
wish.
The American rife team as reorganized for
1873 stands as follows; w. II. Jackson, r.
Rathbone, G. E. Dwight, j. s. Sumner j. f
Brown, II. f, Clarke, w. Gerrish and II. T
Rockwell.
The last day of the bankrupt law was taker
advantage OF by 394 of New York's citizens
Grand total in that city since the law was es
tablished, 1880.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the t1st ult., sever
men were prostrated by an explosion of blacl
damp in the new tunnel Of the Stanton mine
The committee appointed by Congress L
examine into the affairs of the Custom Houses
at New York and other cities, met in New
York on the 2d and organized with Fernando
Wood as Chairman. Mr.. Wood submitted
letter from Secretary Sherman stating that III
regarded the inquiry as so important to tn
public service that he hoped TO personally at
tend during the meeting of the sub-eommit
tee with view 70 promote in every possibl,
way the completeness of the work proposed
and also Offering to the committee all infor
nation within his department, and directing
the customs officers at New York 10 furnisl
theeommittee every facility for carrying ON thu
investigation. The precise points of investi
cation will relate TO the practical entry o
merchandise, method of payment OF duties
examination OF Invoices and of valuation il
apprnisements, the system adopted for re
funds, the bonding system, the practieabilit
of consolidating departments or divisions an
placing the whole machinery under one heaC
so as to secure more efficiency, less complies
tion and less cost OF collection.
The Treasury Department has directed th