Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-01
WEST ANN sOUTII.

the dwelling of Michael Reuter- was burned.
Reuter- upon awakening ran up stairs to res
cue his little daughter; in doing so he was
obliged to pass directly through the flames.
He found the child with her night clothes
burning and seizing her rushed back
through the flames, reaching the ground in
safety, but he was so badly burned that It Is
doubtful whether he will recover. His arms
were burned almost to the bone, and the flesh
was scorched off his back The child was
severely burned about the face and arms.
In consequence OF heavy losses through an
absconding Treasurer, the First National
Bank of Auburn, Ind, has been compelled to
close its doors and go into liquidation.
Destructive prairie fires were raging in
Polk County and other portions of Nebraska
on the 22d. Several persons were burned to
death and a number of others severely
burned. The loss to property is very great
The failure of Dodd, Brown d Co., of st.
Louis one of the largest wholesale dry goods
firms I'm the West, was announced on the 22d.
Cause of suspension, inability to make collec-
tions from country customers. Liabilities
estimated at S1,5OO,OOO, principally due in
New York.
A Narrow Guage Railway Convention as
sembled at Cincinnati on the 23d. In an adj
dress delivered by the President of the Con-
vention that gentlemen stated that there were
nearly 8, 100 miles of narrow guage railways
in the United States, the greater portion of
which had been built in the last five years,
and as many more are now projected. The
committees report claimed that a narrow
guage engine of the same capacity as the
standard engine can take up the same grade
more tons of paying freight because it has
less dead weight of cars, and that in the
transportation of passengers the same rule
would prevail.
Clabaugh, Nelson e. Co., bankers of Balti-
more, Md, suspended on the 23d. Liabilities
about 100000; assets mostly real estate and
book accounts.
The Socialists Of st. Louis have a full ticket
in the field, made up of candidates on other
tickets and endorsed by them.
Decatur and Edwards Counties in Sappa
Valley, Kan, recently raidcd by the Chey-
ennes, have been devastated by prairie fires,
and nearly everything not destroyed by the
Indians consumed. Several persons, it is re-
ported, perished in the flames.
Dan Dement,, the wounded train robber who
escaped when the leader of the gang was capt
ured a few days ago, was overtaken on the
night Of the 22d by Detective Light, fifteen
miles from Ellsworth, Kan, and in the strug-
| gle which ensued, was shot and killed by
Light.
| Hon. John s. Carlisle, formerly United
States Senator from West Virginia, and who
took an active part in the formation of that
State, died at his residence in Clarksburg on
the oath.
A Commercial Congress will be held at Chi
cago on the 10Th of November. The object of
the convention is to devise means for the ex-
tension of our trade and commerce across the
continent and with foreign countries. The
President, Governors Of States, members OF
Congress and Ministers from South Amer,
can States, Mexico, China and Japan have
been invited.
A special dispatch from Vincennes, Ind, TO
the indianapolis Journal on the oath, gives
an account of the murder of John d. Vacelet,
wife and two sons, who resided about two
miles south of that city. Pierre Provost, a
farm hand who lived with them, gave the
alarm. On going to the house the neighbors
found the two sons, aged fourteen and six
teen, in bed, the father lying in the doorway
TO an adjoining room, and in the next room
the mother in bed, all dead and cold. The
the heads and throats of the victims being
gashed and cut by such weapon. Two oil
three bloody axes were found. Provost coult
give no satisfactory account Of the affair ant
he was placed under arrest The circumstan
ces are entirely against him.
At Harrisonville, Mo-, on the 25th, Richard
T. Isaac was hanged for the murder of Hen
derson B. Clark. Over 5000 people witnessed
the execution.
An Associated Press dispatch says jane
Z. Anderson, who was in indianapolis OF
the 25th, was interviewed by a reporter o
the Herald, and made a confession which, /
true, clears up the mystery surrounding tn
Sherman letter, and exonerates Secretar
J Sherman from all completely in the matter
He says the authorship of the letter lies be
tween Senator Kellogg and Conquest Clark
who was his private secretary at the time
that Mrs. jerks never saw it, and that the
original letter is now in the possession of
= gentleman of Philadelphia and can be pro
duced at any time Anderson says he wa
made the dupe of Sypher, his cousin, an
compelled to go before the Potter Committee
; Official returns from all but four countie
in Iowa on the vote for Secretary of State a
the recent election, give Hull, Republican
69S9 majority. Unofficial returns from tn
four counties increase the majority to $780,
The funeral Of Bishop Rosecrans was hel
at st. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus on tn
24th, in the presence of an immense crowt
The last sad rites OF the church were cell
braUed by Archbishop Purcell, assisted
Bishops Foley, Burgess, Gilmore, ChetarC
Kaine and Toebbe.
= Chief Dull Knife and his band, who wer
a captured in the South Hills on the 22d by
detachment of the Third Cavalry, and afte
ward escaped and fortified themselves undt
! the bank of Chardon Creek, came out of the
u works at noon on the 9th, Carlton, con
manding the troops, having received artillel
/ and sent them word previously by his guiC
that II they did not come out and surrend
u he would blow them from the face of Il
y earth. After being disarmed they we
d marched to Camp Robinson, Neb., where tn,
u arrived about midnight of the 9th.
u The official vote of Indiana at the late ele
tion gives John II. Shanklln, Democratic ca
n didate for Secretary of State 13, 736 pluralit
Sc AS compared with the vote of 1876 the Dem
IN Gratis lost 1868, the Republicans 27,325 al
gs the Nationals gained 26,235.
k, Senator Kellogg, -on the Goth, denied t
u statement of Anderson so far as it relates
him aud the so-called Sherman letter. T
ne Senator stated that there is no such letter
Mt his knowledge and that the whole stateme
ic is the task of a man in his cups.
n, Provost, the suspected murderer of t
On Vacelet family, hung himself on the 2sth
rs. his cell in the jail at Vincennes, Ind.
ng The State Normal School building of Ki
Ut sas, at Emporia, burned on the Goth. I
,e- building cost $4,000 and was not insured.
N Charles Etheridge, St, Paul, Mimi,
no surance agent, absconded on the Goth, w
et 5000 of funds belonging to other parties
The Cincinnati Enquirer, on the 2Sth, pr
Tx lished statistics and approximate estimates
h' the corn crop for 1873 In three States as
ne lows Fifty-one counties in Ohio, 1856,
nc bushels, being an increase over last year
me 100000 bushels. Forty-eight counties