Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-08-23

| Delaware Breakwater on the 10th with her en-
tire crew, nine in number, either dead or
down with the yellow fever After her ar
rival two more of the crew and the Captain
died.
Number Of deaths from yellow fever at New
Orleans on the 10th, twenty-nine; new cases
one hundred and eight.
The Secretary Of the Pullman Palace Car
Company, Chas. w. Angel, disappeared from
Chicago few days ago, and 1t has since been
discovered that he is a defaulter to the
amount Of S120,UO0
At Cincinnati, on the 5th Of last July, John
| Gilmore robbed the United States Express
Company of $4,000, and escaped A reward
| of $500 was offered, and on the 18th he was
arrested at Richmond, Ky.
Advices from the yellow fever infected
| cities on the 18th were not encouraging. The
disease was still spreading.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad freight
houses at East st. Louis, we're destroyed by
fire on the night of the 10Th. The houses
were well filed with general merchandise and
the loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Democratic State Convention of Ten
nessee, on the 18th, nominated Judge Albert
7. Marks for Governor.
The Ninth Quadrennial Convention of In
| structors of Deaf and Dumb of the United
States and Canada assembled at Columbus,
Ohio, on the nth. A. L. Chaplin, of Beloit,
Wis, in the Chair, and Chas. s. Perry, of
Columbus, Secretary. Nearly all the promi-
nent instructors of deaf and dumb in the
United States were present.
The First National Bank of Quincy, ILL.,, and
which is the only National Bank in the city,
suspended on the 18th. The officers and d.
rectors say that their assets are ample to pay
all debts in full and that they will be paid in
cash.
Dr. Vaudeville, an experienced yellow fever
physician, now at Grenada, says he never saw
anything that would begin to compare with
the mortality at that place. Four of the
nurses sent from Memphis by the Howard
Association are down with the fever. The
Association has sent twelve more nurses.
New York and Baltimore have contributed
money for the relief of the sufferers and
other cities are following their example.
The propeller Java, from Buffalo to Chica-
go, sank in 200 feet of water off Point Au
Sable, on the Michigan side, on the morning
of the 18th. The cargo consisted of mixed
merchandise, most of which will be an entire
loss. She was an iron-bound vessel of !, 100
TONS DurQcl, anu cost SltU,UUO anu was valued
at 100000. The cargo was fully insured.
The passengers and crew were all taken off by
tug.
Five miles below Davenport, Iowa, on the
10Th, boat containing seven young Swedes
was capsized and four of the number were
drowned.
f. B. Martindale, proprietor of the Indian
apolis journal, failed on the 10Th. Liabilities
S3l5,0O0, secured by mortgage on real estate
valued at S5Oa,OO0. The paper will be pub
lished as heretofore.
The Galveston NeUs Of the 10Th has the fol-
lowing statement of the recent movements of
troops on the Mexican border: As near as
can be ascertained, on the night of the 10th
Col. Young with a battalion of cavalry crossed
the Rio Grande, surrounded Newtown early in
the morning, and charged the town for
the purpose of capturing the notorious
horse thief, Arcola, but he had fed, riding off
barcb back without clothes arms. Tho AL
calde of Newtown was interviewed and induced
to accompany Col Young to this side of the
river, when he stated that Arcola stole cattle
from Texas for a living, taking the stolen
stock to Mexico, where he sold it, regular
Mexican troops being purchasers, the Mexican
officers knowing the stock to be stolen. The
Alcalde also gave informationi duplicating high
Mexican officials in robberies.