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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18

the gallery which the audience could hear
but were unable to see, and some persons be-
coming alarmed raised the cry Of fire. A ter
riable panic ensued; the people rushed for the
doors and scme slid down the pillars of the
gallery on the heads of the occupants Of the
pit.
Baboesk, occupied by the Turks after its
evacuation by the Russians, will again be
surrendered to the Russians, who have mad q
a peremptory demand for its immediate evac-
uation. Guns have been mounted on the
Constantinople line by the Turks.
Up to the 1lth Minister Noyes had collected
10000 francs in Paris for the relief of the
fever-stricker people of the United States.
Information was received by the Porte OF
the 18th that the Russians had recommended
marching on Adrianople, presumably from the
north. The foreign military attaches at Con
stantinOple have left that city for Adrianbplt
to learn the truth of the matter
An insurection is in progress in New Gale
donia, and the natives are numbering the
whites.
1t was reported in Vienna on the 14th tha
Montenegro and Roumania refuse to restor,
| their Turkish prisoners until they receive
their allotted territory and monetary consid
Grafton respectively.
A joint understanding between Russia ant
the Porte has been arrived at regarding the
occupation of the Rhodope district.
A Paris correspondent, on the 14th stated
that the question of the influence of England
and France in Egypt had been settled by al
arrangement giving a French representatiy,
the administration of railways and ports
while an English representative would taxi
the Ministry Of Finance.
| Eighty thousand troops are to be with
drawn from Bosnia and the remaining divi
sions reduced to peace footing.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that not
withstanding the police and military patro
the streets, revolutionary Rlacards continu,
to be posted, incendiary pamphlets are dis
tributed, and threatening letters sent to lead
ing members of the Government
A Rome dispatch of the 14th says that il
consequence of the report from Cardinal Nc
Closkey the Vatican is taking measures for
very considerable development of Catholicism
in America.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
An Elephants Revenge.

Elephants have so much sympathy
with depraved human nature as to
think with Byron, "Sweet is revenge
An anecdote of an elephants revenge,
translated from the French, is as fol-
lows: Upon one of the plantations
was an English overseer named Ben
nett, an exceedingly cross and disa-
greeable man, who was employed by
the master because of his great capa-
bility in directing affairs. Upon the
plantation was an elephant named
Dourga, that Bennett greatly disliked,
and upon whom he often played mean
tricks. His employer, after reproving
him several times for his unkindness to
the animal, warned him that if he car
ried his tricks too far, Dourga would
pay him back with interest Finally
the time came when Dourga's patience
was tried beyond endurance. He was
in the habit of receiving every morn
ing from his driver a huge corn-cake
covered with molasses, of which he
was very fond. One morning, as this
cake was being carried to him on a
bamboo hurdle, Bennett, who was pass
ing with potful of red pimento, threw
it upon the cake, and then stopped to
watch and mimic the grimaces made
by the elephant when he swallowed it.
| The result was easy to see. The poor
animal, his mouth on fire, passed the
! day in a marsh trying to calm the thirst
that was devouring him, and to appease
the inflammation produced by the fiery
dose he had swallowed. When even
! ing came, the hour when Bennett
brought the coolies from work, the ele-
phant pounced upon him, picked him
up with his trunk and pitched him head
long in large reservoir or pond of
water, which was thirty or forty feet
! deep. Bennett, who knew how to
swim, quickly swan to the edge. Dour-
GA allowed him to climb up the bank,
when he picked him up again as if he
had been wisp of straw, and threw
him back in the water. This was re-
peated as many times as Bennett at
tempted to escape, until he was COM
PEELED to remain in the water, keeping
his head up as well as he could. The
affair would have ended with sure
drowning for Bennett, if one of the
coolies had not come to his rescue and
forced Dourga away. The elephant
never forgot the injury done him, and
rarely allowed an opportunity to escape
to still further revenge himself upon
the oyerseer. Sometimes he would
throw a pawful of sand slap in Ben
nett's face; again it would be spout
of water thrown over him; at another
time he would be pitched into cactus
bush, from which he would get out
scarcely alive, so horribly scratched
would he be. 1t was impossible to cor
rect Dourga and make him behave.
The upshot of the whole affair was that
Bennett was obliged to leave the plan.
tation, which was not large enough fol
him and Dourga together, and his EN-
ployer valued the elephant more than
he did his overseer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18

Third District, Mcmahon, Democrat; Fourth
District Keifer, Republican; Fifth District,
Lefevre, Democrats Sixth District, Hill,
Democrat; Seventh Ditrict, Hurd, Demo
crat; Eighth District, Finley, Democrat; (;
Ninth District, Converse, Democrat I;
Tenth District, Ewing Democrat; Eleventh
District Dickey, Democrat; Twelfth District,
Neal, Republican; Thirteenth District, War
ner, Democrat; Fourteenth District, Atherton,
Democrat; Fifteenth District, Geddes Demo
crat; Sixteenth District, Mckinley, Republic
an; Seventeenth District, Monroe, Republic
an; Eighteenth District, Updegraf, Republic
an; Nineteenth District, Garfield, Republican
Twentieth District, Townsend, Republican.
Full returns from the Connecticut town
elections held on the 7th show eighty towns
Republican, ffty-five Democratic and thirty
evenly divided.
The Loca State Register, on the 11th, had
returns up to that time from eighty one
counties, very nearly complete. The net
Republican majority for Secretary of State
was 10,I72. Nineteen counties were yet
to be heard from, but they would not change
the result much one way or the other.
The Republican Congressman elected are
McCord in the First District, Price in the
Second, Updegraff in the Third, Deering in
the Fourth, Clark in the Fifth, Sapp in the
Eighth, Carpenter in the Ninth. The Green
hackers elected Weaver, in the Sixth, by
about 1000 majority and Gillette, in the Sew
enth by about 500
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
Swimming Extraordinary.

One night during the latter part of
last week, as the schooner Bay Leaf
was crossing Lake Ontario, James Fer
guson, of this city, who was second
mate of the craft, was thrown over
board, and as he was the only man on
deck at the time his absence was not
noticed until too late to bring the YES
sci about in an effort to rescue him.
When Ferguson fell into the water the
schooner was sailing rapidly before a
fair wind, and the unfortunate man
could only swim for life One by one
he divested himself of coat, vest and
shoes, and for an hour or more kept
himself afoat, when he fortunately
came across r piece of board about four
feet long and foot wide. With this
slight assistance Ferguson was able to
secure occasional breathing spells, and
when daylight came he found himself
out of sight of land and with no sail in
hailing distance. Having kept his
bearings in a great measure, the swim
mer struck out for shore with his board,
being then, as he estimated, fifteen
miles out in the lake. All day long,
and with hot sun beating down upon
his barred head, Ferguson worked to
shore, and finally, after being in the
water and without food nearly twenty.
one hours, he landed safely on shore
near the village of Niagara, but con-
siderably exhausted. Yesterday morn,
ing Mr.. Ferguson arrived in this
city, and walking into his house, No
500 Fifth street, presented himself tC
his OVariOVad wife who ever since she
first heard that her husband had faller
into the lake and been drowned, stoutly
maintained that she could not believe
he had been drowned. Detroit Fire,
| Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Of War McCrary issued an order,
on the 9th, that II the lawless bands in New
Mexico fail to comply with the requirements
OF the Presidents proclamation commanding
them to disperse and retire peaceably to their
homes on or before noon OF the 18th inst,
the military authorities will proceed to dis
perse all such unlawful assemblages or com
binations by force, and so long as resistance
to the laws shall continue aid the Governor
and authorities in keeping peace and enforc-
ing the laws.
Internal Revenue Collector Wheeler, Of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, was informed on the 11th that
his request for troops to aid the internal
revenue officials in Arkansas In hunting up
Illicit distillers cannot be complied with. The
Attorney-General decided that the civil au-
thorities must exhaust all means to enforce
the laws before the military can be called
upon. Should it be shown that the civil au-
thorities are powerless to execute the laws,
then the President will issue proclamation
commanding the offenders to cease their vio-
lations Of law, and if not obeyed the military
will be employed to break up such Illicit stills.
United States bonds in the Treasury on the
18th to secure National Bank circulation,
S34S, $50; to secure public deposits, sl3,
S0S,400; United States bonds to secure sub
scriptons TO the per cent. loan, "a, $50 600
United States bonds deposited for circulation,
$780, 900; National Bank circulation outstand-
ing-currency notes, 1921 ,s54, ,7l3; gold notes,
Sl,452,9 800.
Secretary Sherman has decided that hereaf.
ter all silver bullion win be bought publicly
from the best bid to supply it. the bidding to
be open to all, and silver to be delivered al
the mints
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
ELECTION NOTES.

Returns from Indiana up to the morning OF
the 1lth show the following result in the Con-
gressional districts First District, William
Heilman, Rep, by from 500 to 800 majority; /;
Second District, I. II. Cobb, Dem, by 5000
majority; Third District, George A. Becknell,
Dem, by 4,5OO majority; Fourth District, j.
D. New, Dem, by 400 to 500 majority; Fifth
District, Thomas Brown, by LOCO majority;
Sixth District, w. r. Myres, Dem, by 1000;
Seventh District, Gilbert De La Matyr, Nat,
by 800 to 400 majority; Eighth District,
W. j. Hostetter, Dem, by 500 ma
jority; Ninth District GoodloveS Orth, Rep,
9S majority; Tenth District, w. II. Calkins,
Rep; Eleventh District, Calvin Cowgirl, Rep. /;
Twelfth District, w. G.. Colerick, Dem. Thir-
teenth District, John II. Baker, Rep, by ], 800
majority. The Senate will stand twenty-five
Democrats, twenty-four Republicans and one
National. In the House the Republicans will
probably have forty-one, Democrats ifty-four
and Nationals five. The State has probably
gone Democratic by about 5000 majority.
Returns from West Virginia were very
meager on the 10th, but it appeared that Nc
Kenna, Dem, had carried the Third District
by about 500 majority; Wilson, Dem, 1;
probably elected in the First by very smal
majority, and Hany, Republican and Green
back in the Second, will have about 200 ma
iority. The Legislature is largely Democratic
The Ohio Republican State Executive Com
mittee had returns from seventY-six counties
on the night OF the 18th, which give Barnes
Republican candidate for Secretary of State
7242 majority. This will be reduced by re
turns yet to be received, and his probable ON
eial majority will be about $500. Tn
Congressional delegation stands as FOL
lows First District, Butterworth, Reput
lieani Second District, Young, Republican
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
The Gypsies.

The tremendous vitality of that strain
of blood, which has now been traced
back by pathological researches to its
Hindostanee origin, and which COM
menced its era of perpetual pilgrimage
and exile no less than five hundred
years before Christ and has now COM
pleted its painful orbit from the ex-
treme East to the farthest West, is not
yet entirely outwOrn, although it is
greatly dissipated. Specimens of the
true physioguomy marked with all the
evidence of untainted blood and bear
ing the imprint of centuries of grief
and isolation, as Matthew Arnold wrote
of the Gypsy girl seen at the Isle of
Man, can be found among the wander
ing bands in all the countries of Europe,
and will possibly exist for some time to
come. In countries like Spain or Bo-
hemia, where the conditions of life in
their rudeness and simplicity are still
suited to their habits and tastes, there
| is probably little change to be noted
either in the character or number of
| the Gypsies, and the influence of the
surroundings in modifying their nature
| will be very slow. AS civilization
| pIcSStS upon blltlll JOO nulull lhS NSA
man Gypsies and others in Eastern
Europe find place of refuge in Russia,
which will long remain a suitable habi'
tat for the wandering tribes. 1t is Ger.
tain, however, that in England and
France and in the more cultivated
countries. of Europe the influence o.
modern civilization is becoming muct
more rapid and Irresistible among the
Gypsies than at any time since their ad
vent into Central Europe from Hun
gary in the fourteenth century, anC
that they are either degenerating o
disappearing. The conditions of lif
suitable to their existence have been ST
rapidly destroyed by the advent o
railroads and other tremendous de
velopments of industrial and social i'm
provements in the past few years tina
! the Gypsies find it impossible TO eNis
after their old nomadic fashion, an
have either emigrated or become mere
ly ordinary members of society
Springfield Republican.
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in vain, and the senior Senator from
Ohio, after dishonoring his manhood
and staining his record, is left with the
bitter reflection that the people whom
he thought to cheat are more wise and
honest than he.
With this timely and priceless ex-
ample before them, the Republicans of
other States will go into their contests
with renewed strength and courage.
The speakers who have done so much
to redeem Ohio are about to resume
their labors in other fields. Massachu-
sets, Pennsylvania, New York and H.
victory as this in Ohio already achieved,
they cannot and will not fail. CleUe.
land Leader.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
therefore, was: dispatch here. Propo-

therefore, was dispatch here. Propo-
sition too high"
Woolley heard of these dispatches
from his co-conspirators on the same
day, and telegraphed Havemeyer to
"select some one in whom you have
more confidence than you evidently
have in Woolley." The answer, dated
Dec 3, was that "a all here have perfect
confidence in you" with the assurance
that "no other has power and all ap-
plication declined" and the instruc-
ton to ' stay and do what you tele-
these two dispatches went forward
in cipher:
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 4.
Col. W. T. Pelton, No. Is Gramercy Park;
Proposition received either giving vote Of
Republican of Board, or his concurrence in
court action preventing electoral vote from
being cast, for half hundred best United
States documents. MARBLE.
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 4.
Henry Havemeyer, Is West Seventeenth Street,
Nep York:
May Woolley give hundred thousand dol
lars less half for Tilden additional Board-mem-
Der: Lieutenant. WooLLET.
In these dispatches Marble and Wool
ley put the price at the same figure
$4,000. To Woolley was sent this an
swer in cipher:
N. Y, Dec. 4.
c. W. Woolley, Tallahassee, Fla:
See Marble and act in conjunction with him.
You must coincide, or you will unintelligi-
BILE each other. Have telegraphed him con-
suit you. Time important. Divided coun-
ellis may lose all.
Woolley rushed to Marble and found
him puzzling over a cipher dispatch
which could not be understood because
some of the words had been dropped
either in translating into cipher or in
transmission over the wires. Moments
were precious, for the Board was in
| session and its decision ready to be
made. A dispatch of inquiry was sent
| to New York and the corrected cipher
returned, of which the following is the
! translation:
Dec. 4.
! Nanton Marble, Tallahassee, Fla;
Telegram here. Proposition accepted If
| done only once. Better consult with WoOlley
| and act in concert. You can trust him. Time
very important and there should be no divided
councils.
Time 1OGs important, and the delay
over the blundered telegram was fatal.
The next dispatch from Woolley to
Havemeyer despairingly said; Power
received too late" and Marble tele-
graphed Pelton to Tell Tilden to sad
die Blackstone e''-that is, to resort to
legal devices. The discomfted con-
spirators returned to New York to join
their coparceners' of 10 Gramercy
Park in shrieking Fraud" The pub
lication of their secret correspondence
proves that the cry was not without
basis, and that the greatest fraud of
the age is Samuel j. Tilden.- Cleveland
Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
sons were on these cars, and not less
than half the number were hurt.

sons were on these cars, and not less
than half the number were hurt
Boston, Oct. o.
Both tracks at Wallaston, of the Old
Colony Road, were cleared at $3.50 this
morning. Superintendent Kendrick,
when asked who was to blame, said so
far as he had learned those,i in charge of
the train from Silver Lake were all right
He was of the opinion from what he had
learned that the conductor of the freight
train was to blame. This was all he
had TO say in relation to the affair. In
addition to the list of dead sent last
night the following are reported: Ed
ward Doherty, Boston; Edwin +. White,
Boston, instead of Mr.. White, of South
Boston; John O'Brien, Patrick Lavery,
Boston; and Councilman NJ. F. Wells,
whose body was found late last night.
| Reagan's father-in-law was not among
the dead as reported last night. The
death list up to noon to-day comprises
| nineteen persons.
The following are additional to those
already seriously wounded: Patrick
Flynn, Boston, internal injuries; Timo-
| thy Donovan, East Boston, badly in
iured about the head and legs; Edward
! Gill, Charlestown, internal injuries;
John +. Gill, Boston, hurt in the leg
and face; William Davis, Boston, in the
head. The total list of injured at noon
to-day foots up about l30.
| 1t is now known that the list of killed
will receive no additions save those who
may die from wounds. The names of
twenty more injured are reported.
Engineer Westgate says as to the
cause of the accident, that when near
| WOllaston Station he saw freight
train moving over the connecting track;
! his engine struck corner of the last
car of this train, an empty fiat car, but
not with sufficient force to throw it
from the track. Westgate asserts posi-
lively that the inward track was clear
and that the freight car was across the
connection. When he passed over the
| switch by which the inward is con-
nected with the outward track he
discovered that something was wrong,
his first impression being that the
switch was open, and this was
confirmed by the observation of
others. He instantly whistled "down
brakes and reversed the engine. The
switches are about 100 feet apart, and
the engine having passed the first
switch in safety the engineer hoped
that it would hold to the iron, as the
only means of saving the train, but the
second switch being also open, the loco
motive left the rail and the catastrophe
followed.
Stephen Grady, reported killed by
the accident, is alive and well. The
body identified as his has been classed
among the unknown.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18
YELLOW FEVER NOTES.

At Greenville, Tenn, 1873 whites have died
out Of $40 who had the fever. The fever is
abating there for want of material. Thirty
three deaths were reported in Memphis and
its suburbs on the Sth Baton Rouge, new
cases, AZ; deaths, T. Cases reported at New
Orleans, on the Sth, 1856; deaths, 40.
A telegram from a physician sent to De-
catur, Ala, on the 9th, stated that the condi-
tion of affairs in that city was very dsheart-
ening Forty-eight cases of fever had devel-
oped there. The Board of Health and under
takers reported Al deaths in Memphis and vi
cinity on the 9th. Morgan City reported II
new cases and deaths. Vicksburg, deaths
and very few new cases in the city. The fever
is very fatal in the entire country surrounding
the city.
At Memphis, on the 9th, Al deaths were re-
! ported. Vicksburg, reports from the country
continue discouraging. Reports from Delta,
Tallulah and Dehi show an increased number
of new cases. Bay st. Louis, % new cases
and 10 deaths since the 7th. Canton, new
cases and deaths; fever increasing in sur
rounding country. Chattanooga, "a new
cases; deaths, 3. Biloxi, go new cases and one
death for two days. The fever continues to
| spread throughout the country surrounding
| Port Gibson.
Dispatches on the 1lth show that the fever
continues at the following named points and
is spreading throughout the surrounding
country. Vicksburg, Canton, Water Valley,
Dry Grove, Osyka, Port Gibson, Donaldson
vile, Thibodeaux, Labadieville, Bay st. Louis,
Holly Springs, Baton Rouge, Morgan City,
Ricohoc, Tallulaha, Delhi, Lake, Waverly,
Edwards, Terry, Meridian, Jackson, Ocean
Springs, Biloxi, Pass Christian, Mississippi
City, Berwick City, Winona, McComb City,
Tangpahoa, Lafourche Crossing, and at sta
tions in Louisiana and Mississippi too numer-
Gus to mention. Memphis, 30 deaths in the
city and suburbs; new cases 103-50 in the
city and the remainder in the suburbs.
The Howards at Baton Rouge are compelled
to furnish beds and bedding for the numerous
poor who are found lying three and four to-
gether on the same couch. Total deaths at
! New orleans up to the 18th, 3,440; total cases,
II 400. A few new cases were reported in
Vicksburg on the 12th, all of them refugees
who returned from the country The city is
gradually assuming its usual appearance and
business houses are nearly all open. At other
points the reports were less favorable.
Fifty deaths were reported at New Orleans
on the 18th, and 12S new cases. Memphis,
deaths, 81; new cases, 81; about half of these
were outside of the corporation line. There
were IL deaths and new cases reported at
Chattanooga on the 18th.
At Memphis on the 14th, 10 deaths were re,
ported in the city and Is in the suburbs
About POO cases of fever are reported in Chat
tanooga; S deaths on the 18th. Helena
Ark, had 15 cases same date. The fever has
made its appearance at several new points.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18

Boston, Oct. IL.
Atty.-Gen. Train, acting upon evil
dence taken by the Board of Railroad
Commissioners investigation into the
cause of the accident on the Old Colony
Road, caused the arrest of Charles Z.
Hartwell, conductor of the freight train,
who will be held for examination on
the charge of manslaughter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-18

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