Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-07-12

| distinguished visitors, and large crowd
gathered in front Of the mansion. President
Hayes was introduced by the Governor, and
spoke very briefly. The party left for Wyom-
ing at eleven o'clock tonight.
| On the I'd two men entered the office OF
Grant IL Auls, brokers' Philadelphia, and
while one drew the attention of the clerk to
quotations Of stocks, the other seized pack
age containing twelve $1,000 bonds number
ing from 093,396 to 093, ,407 inclusive, United
States AS, new issue, and made Off The
robbery was not discovered until both had es-
capped.
The creditors of s. Angler Chace, SEN
fenced to State Prison for stealing the funds
of the Union Mills while Treasurer, met at
Fall River, Mass, on the Sd. Claims to the
amount Of 1924, ,407 were allowed. claim of
$3.50, 600, presented by the Union Mills, was
not allowed.
DIR. j. Z. Aver, the wel-knOwn patent medi-
cine man, died at Winchendon, Mass, on the
3D..
David Trumbull, who rowed number seven
oar in the recent Yale-Harvard race on the
Thames, and Col Charles NJ. Colt, Treasurer
of Chelsea Savings Bank, Norwich, were
drowned at New London, Conn, on the Sd.
from the yacht, his father and Trumbull sprang
after him. The yacht was hove to as soon as
possible and the child was taken on board by
his uncle who was in the boat, but before she
could round again both men sank.
At Camden, N. j., on the Sd, Benjamin
| Hunter, on trial for the murder of Armstrong,
was found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree
An attempt was made at Sweetsbury, Que
bee, on the night of the I'd, to assassinate Ed
ward II. Goff, President of the Boston, Mon
treal x Portland Railroad. He was in his IL
brary conversing with his brother, when two
shots were fired through the window by some
unknown person, who escaped. Goff was not
injured
At a picnic on the 4th near Pittsburgh a
large tree was blown down, killing ten per-
sons and injuring several others seriously.
! The Vesta Oil Works near Pittsburgh were
struck by lightning on the 4th, and $4,000
barrels of oil destroyed. p, .F..4.
There were five fatal cases of sun-stroke on
the 4th in Boston
The Society of the Cincinnati had its annu-
al banquet on the 4th in New York city, and
elected ex-secretary of State Hamilton Fish,
Chairman, and made the General of the Army
an honorary member.
Osgood Wiley, while bathing at Skowhegan,
Me-, on the 5th, attempted to rescue his son,
who got beyond his depth, and both were
| drowned.
On the 9th petition was circulated in New
York city and will be sent to President Hayes,
asking pardon for Tobin, the West Point muir
derer, now under sentence of death.
Buzzell, convicted as accessory to the mur-
der of Miss Hanson at Ossipee. n. H., was on
the 9th sentenced to be hanged July 10, 1879
On the 9th the safe on NJ. Richard, of Rath-
rockville, Pa, stolen with its contents, $27,-
600 in mortgages, bonds and promisory notes,
and 500, was found in pit covered with
brush, in a grove. The papers and money
were intact.
The Crocker Fertilizer Works, of Buffalo,
N. Y, were burned on the 7th. Loss 100000; {;
insurance $4,000.
The congregation of the Polish Catholic
| Church, of Shenandoah, Pa, on the 7th closed
the doors against their pastor, and, upon his
attempting to enter, he was assailed by men
and women. Desire for change of pastor is
the cause of the trouble.
George 5. Appleton, of the publishing house
of d. Appleton Il Co., died on the Sth at Riv-
erdale, n. Y, of paralysis of the brain.
Gold closed in New York on the Sth at 1901 (.
A fire in Lack Company's building at Taun-
ton, Mass, ON the Sth, caused a loss of S75,-
600; insurance, $4,000.
Baseball on the Sth: Lowells g. Spring
fields /; Peoria Reds 8, Bostons l.
John B. Wright, the South Hadley Mass
defaulting Treasurer, was found guilty on the
sth of embezzling $4,000 and sentenced to
five years in the State Prison.