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

In the single-scull race at Silver Lake, near
Boston, on the Sth, between Reagan and
Davis, the latter was the winner Distance
four miles; time 2sm. 69ls.
A conference OF believers in the pre-millen
NAL advent OF Jesus Christ will be held at
New York. Oct. Both and 31st and Nov. /.
Distinguished divines and professional men
will attend.
The New York Democratic State Committee,
on the Sth, elected VIM. Purcell, of Roches-
ter, Chairman Of the Committee. Gen. Faulk-
ner was the candidate of the Tilden men.
The Association for the Advancement of
Women began its sixth annual session at
Providence, r. l., on the 9th. Kate n. Dag
gett, of Chicago, is President of the Associa-
tion. Ten States were represented.
On the night Of the Sth, while four miners
named Jenkins Lewis, George Tasker, John
Williams and James Ruane we're endeavor-
ing to disperse an accumulation of gas
in a shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company at Wilkesbarre, Pa, one Of them,
made his appearance with a naked lamp; an
explosion Immediately followed, inhicting i'll
iuries which resulted in the death OF the en-
tire party.
4 large area of surface over the Diamond
L
completely closing up many chambers and
passages and causing damage which will re-
quire many months to repair. Between three
and four hundred miners are thrown out OF
employment
The jury in the Adelphi boiler explosion case
at Norwich, Conn, have found that the steam
boiler exploded because of over work and
Over-pressure, the latter legalized by United
States statute and increased after a shiftles.
inspection, and persistently used by the at
tendants in charge after sufficient evidence OF
dangerous defects. The jury recommend tc
the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States that the steamboat inspection service
be thoroughly inspected by competent com
mission endorsed with proper power, and par
ticularly free from all taint or bias.
The Democrats of the Twelfth Congression
al District of New York renominated Clarksor
n. Potter for Congress on the 11th.
The thriving town Of Edenburg, Pa, sit
uated in the oil regions, was almost entirely
destroyed by a fire on the morning Of tn,
18th Two hundred and twenty-five bui!dingl
were burned. The fire originated in livery
stable, and is believed to have been the worl
of an incendiary. The loss is estimated a
from s250,OOO to 100000.
A violent storm, the severest known TO
fifteen years, prevailed along the Massachu
setts coast on the 12th. Immense damag,
was done to the shipping and some lives wer,
lost.
The body of a young woman was found in
barrel near Silver Lake, on Staten Island, Sept
Is, and the police have, through their efforts t,
solve the mystery, brought to light the name
of no less than five missing girls
general Jail delivery took place at Roches
ter, n. Y, on the afternoon of the 18th
About twenty prisoners escaped, among then
some of the worst burglars in the country. !
prisoner named 5. G. Sloan, committed 70
perjury, dug through the wall from under hi
bed. The iailer was sick and the guards a
dinner.
The Massachusetts, Bank Commissioners, ol
the 14th, procured an injunction restrainin
the Lexington Savings Bank of Boston froI
further transacting business. The business
it is claimed, will be wound up without loss t
depositors.
In the gale on the Atlantic coast on th
18th, the schooner Eta A. Simpson was cal
sized near Vineyard Haven and the Captain
his wife and five seamen were drowned.
The First National Bank of Tamaqua, Pa
suspended on the 18th. Assets claimed, $3.50
600; liabilities net stated Depositors most
working people.
Jesse r. Oakley, defaulting cashier of tn
Merchants Exchange National Bank of Ne
York, who fed to Europe in 1870, but r
turned recently and pleaded guilty, was Sc
fenced on the 14th to five years. hard labor
the penitentiary.
At Taunton, Mass, on the 18th, George
Hathaway, the Fall River defaulter, was sci
fenced to ten years imprisonment in the Sta
prison.