Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-12-13

on the 9th, in consequence of a strike among
the butchers, who are demanding an increase
OF wages. Railroads have been notified to
ship no more hogs TO that city until further
notice.
The directors OF the Ohio Penitentiary COM
menced an investigation on the 9th, of the
conduct Of Deputy Warden Quinn, who is
charged with drunkenness, releasing a con-
vict before the expiration of her term of serv-
ice, using the State property for his own per
sonal benefit, and general unfltness foS his
position.
Indictments have been found against Liv-
ingston and other Indian agents, Government
employees and timber thieves, by the Grand
Jury empaneled at Yankton, u. T.
The Finance Committee Of the Virginia
Legislature have been instructed to inquire
and report whether the present State of Vir-
ginia is liable for the whole debt of the State
including that portion created before the di-
vision of the State.
The Commercial Convention which met at
New Orleans on the Sd adjourned on the 9th
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
President and Senate of the United States to
review our treaties aud conventions of COM
merce with all foreign powers; favoring a
modification Of the revenue laws; the estab-
lishment of new post routes between the ports
of New York and New Orleans, respectively,
and the ports of Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres
and Aspinwall; the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi, and the construction of the Southern
Pacific Railway.
At Hamilton, Ohio, on the 7th, H. Weigle
shot and killed his wife and then killed him
self. Financial and family difficulties are said
to have been the cause.
The Citizens Relief Committee of Memphis
wound up their affairs on the 7th. A balance
Of 81, $50 on hand, was distributed to the or
phan asylums of the city. About l,500 tents
shipped to that place by the Government dur
ing the fever have been ordered to be burned.
The Louisville Courier-Journdl, on the 7th,
had information from Breathitt County, KY,
the scene of the recent troubles, that matters
are even worse than reported heretofore.
During the season of navigation just closed,
II, 100000 bushels Of wheat, 8, 6,500,000 bushels
Of corn and 100000 bushels of oats were
shipped from Toledo, Ohio, by lake.
A dispatch from Davenport, Iowa, on the
5th, says the Washington County Poorhouse
was burned that afternoon. There were
twenty-six inmates in the house, five of whom
perished in the flames. Mr.. Robertson, the
Superintendent, in his endeavors to remove
the inmates, nearly lost his own life, being
finally carried from the building insensible.
The business portion of Macon, Miss, was
destroyed by fire on the 9TH. Loss, 800, 900;
insurance about 100000.
A special dispatch from Mt. Sterling, Ky,.
to the COurier-Journdl, on the 9th, says
Deputy United States Marshal, just arrived
from near the scene of the late disturbances
in Breathitt County, reports another collision
between the parties of Bill Strong and Jerry
Little, which occurred on the 4th. Four men
we're killed and seven wounded; Jerry Little
being among the killed.
A misplaced fsh-plate caused a train to
jump the track on the Air Line Railway, west
Of Romeo, Mich, on the 9th. One man was
killed and several others seriously injured.