Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-02-08
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

1HE u. -. senate on the Zytll ult. |
confirmed Robert Cowden Postmaster |
at Gallon.
FIVE of the eight prisoners who es-
capped from the Franklin County jail on |
the 2Sth ult. were captured on the 29th.
MORTON, the grave-robber recently
arrested at Toledo and sent to the pest |
house under the supposition that he had
the smallpox, escaped therefrom on
the evening of the 29th ult. while his
guards were eating supper. Physi
clans say the apparent smallpox was a
ruse effected by the use of croton oil,
for the purpose of getting him out of
the trouble, and charge interested doc
tors with cOnniving in the escape.
The vote cast recently by the Knight,
of Pythias for State Grand officers fer
the coming year resulted in the election
of the following; Grand Chancellor,
M. f. Kuhn; Grand Vice Chancellor,
f. A. Marble; Grand Prelate, George
ii. Phillips; Grand Master of Exchequer,
j. w. Coles; Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal, Joseph Dowdall Grand
Master-at-Arms, G. d. Iddings; Grand
Inner Guard, Noah Orr; Grand Outer
Guard, H. II. Brown; Supreme Repre-
sentative, William B. Kennedy.
A THREE-YEARs-oLD girl of John S.
| Wallace, engineer at coal-works ut
Nclsonville, caught her clothes on fire
from CRATE on the 2Sth ult. and burned
to death.
CONSIDERABLE excitement exists in
Mahoning County over the discovery
of several cases of trichina. About
| the middle of December Fred Banke,
living at Girard, killed hog and from
the head and other rough parts made
"wurst,n of which the family, number
ing five, ate in its raw state. A few
days afterward Mrs. Banke was taken
sick and died Jan. l, the physician pro-
nouncing the disease typhus fever and
rheumatism. Eva and Frederick Banke,
aged five and seven, were taken sick
shortly before their mother died, the
symptoms being the same, and the for
mer died on the 9th ult. The physician
called to the children pronounced the dis
ease spotted fever. Another physician
declared the disease trichina, and an
examination of the pork in use by the
family revealed trichinG-spiralis in
countless numbers. In portion of the
flesh taken from the dead girl they
were also found. A sister and brother
of Mrs Banke and Hermon Henry of
Youngstown, who had partaken of the
meat, were also prostrated with the ter
rible disease on the 29th.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JESSE CHRISTIE, old
citizens of Springfield, celebrated their
golden wedding on the 29th ult. Among
the guests were Mrs l.. Bancroft, sister
of the groom, and husband, whose
golden wedding was observed April 8,
1869, and Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Chris
tie, the former brother of Mr.. Jesse
Christie, who celebrated their golden
wedding Feb. %, 1874.
ALLEN CowELL and Jay Smith, of
Castalia, were arrested on the 3lst ult
for alleged completely in cattle stealing.
Both men stood high in that COM
munity.
MATTHEW POWERS was fatally shot
at Mantua Station on the 30th by Dan
iel Coon, the proprietor of a saloon.
The quarrel arose over a dish of oysters
which Powers ate and refused to pay
for. Coon is an old and very feeble
man, He is under arrest.
ALITTLE daughter of John S. Wal
lace, of Jacksonville, was burned to
death on the 29th ult. by her clothes
igniting from the fire she was passing.
AT Cincinnati, on the 2Sth ult., Jen-
ME Frantz, servant girl, while dress
ing child got too near the CRATE and
her dress caught fire. She ran out of
doors and was burned so badly that she
died in a few hours. H'
A MAN named Grayson, residing near
Gettysburg, was fatally injured on the
30th ult. by the fall of limb of n tree.
A FIvE-YEARs-oLD son of Lawyer
Davies, of Newark, was scalded to death
on the 10Th ult. .....
The vote of the various |. q. o. f.
encampments for Grand officers was
canvassed on the 1st, showing the elec-
ton of the following: Grand Patriarch,
ID. M. Lazarus, Warren; Grand High
Priest, w. r. Hart, Mt. Vernon; Grand
Senior Warden, S. J. Moses, Cincin,
natl; Grand Junior Warden, +. j. Zeh-
ring, Gallipolis; Grand Scribe, Joseph
Dowdall, Columbus; Grand Treasurer,
tAnthony Wright, Wooster; Grand Rep
resentative, w. K. Hazelett, GAINESVILLE.
PHILIP WENzEL, living near Ironton
on the 1st shot and mortally wounded
his wife, seriously wounded his son, and
slightly wounded his daughter. He
then shot himself in the head.
A CASE of destitution and death, has
: occurred at Bellefontaine, remarkable
from the fact that the woman dyinI
was the possessOr of immense wealth
For years an old woman, known as Ole
Mary, but whose real name was Mary
,, Thompson, has peddled chickens ant
! vegetables through that locality. Sh'
was reputed wealthy, but would ALLOW
no one to be about her house. She no
making her appearance for severa
i, days, the neighbors went to her home
! where they found her in pitiable con
= = dition, lying in room without fire
> , with $50 chickens, geese and duck
' and two sheep in the room with her
. She was taken to a neighbor's house
= where she died. 1t transpires that sh
: was veritable miser, being possessed
I of great wealth in money, notes AM
!. real estate in Philadelphia and othc
places. ..
: On the 21st State Prohibition Con
J, vention will be held at Columbus. TIL
y call extends to all, without distinctio
> of sex, color or previous political asso
! citation who are in favor of prohib
q tory laws.
= THE annual meeting of the Obi
% Prohibition Society will be held at ca
: lumbus on the goth. This society wa
organized about five years ago, its prin
u u cipal object being the suppression {
. the liquor traffic by law. Rev. III. A
a Thompson is President and Prof j. W
a Sharp Secretary.
- The jury in the case of Webb, tn
- negro, on trial at Mansfield for the mul
: der of Finney, brought in verdict
:, murder in the first degree on the Sd.
r MISS SALLIE PORTER, aged eighteeT
~ while in delirium of fever escape
: from her room and house, at Cincinnati
N shortly after midnight of the Sd, wal
( dered couple of squares barefooteC
II clad only in her night-dress, and dice
10 She was not missed until three O'CLOCK
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