Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-12-20
THE EAST.

destructive storm prevailed in the New
England States, New York and PENNSYLVANIA
on the 10th. Considerable property was de-
stroyed along the coast. Two slight railroad
accidents were reported, caused by washouts,
one in New Hampshire and the other in Yer
mont. The lower part of Brattleboro, Vt,
was submerged, and the people escaped in
boats to places of safety. Fifty houses were
| Hooded at Northampton, Mass, and the Wells
head iron bridge in the city was swept away
Great damage was reported up the river
Serious damage to bridges and highways was
| reported from all quarters.
The Oil Producers Council convened at
Titusville, Pa, on the 10th. The object of the
meeting was to unite the producers and Sc
cure legislation against railroad discrimina-
tion. The producers will eudeavor to have a
Speaker elected in the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture favorable to their cause.
| Ex-Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsvl-
vania, who was a candidate for Congress at
the late election and was defeated by Seth H.
focum, Greenbacker, intends to contest that
gentleman's right TO a seat in the next Con.
gress.
The loss at Westfeld, Mass, caused by the
storm on the 10th, is roughly estimated at
S3OO,OOO. The cellars of all the stores on Elm
street for distance of half a mile were
flooded. One block worth 100000, with all
its contents, was swept away, caused by
dyke on the Westfeld River giving away.
Five houses and a number of sloops, ba-ges
and canal boats were destroyed at Eddyville,
n. Y, and some lives are supposed to be lost.
Twenty-Five bridges between Mineville and
Port Henry, N. Y, were swept away. At Eli
zabethtown many families were obliged to
leave their homes, and many cattle were
drowned. The lower portion of Harrisburg,
Pa, was completely covered with water, caus-
ing considerable distress.
The annual convention of the National
Board Of Steam Navigation was held in New
York on the 18th. The next meeting will be
held at Cincinnati, September 1879. Resolu-
tions were adopted requesting Congress to
take measures for removing snags and wrecks
from all Western rivers, and asking the pas
sage of law that all wrecks lying in the
paths of navigation be treated as abandoned
property after the expiration of thirty DAYS
from the disaster; protesting against the ad-
mission OF foreign vessels to American en-
rollment and registry.
The First National and the Commercial
Banks OF Saratoga, N. Y. suspended on the
18th.
Red" Leary and John Mccarthy were ar
rested at New York on the 18th. It is init.
mated that they are known to have been among
the planners and perpetrators of the Manhat-
tan Bank robbery.
Patrick Shannon, an employe at the Ameri-
can Iron Works. Pittsburg, Pa, was caught in
the shafting of the machinery on the 18th.
hpfOrn ba al
torninto shreds and scattered over the mill.
Judge Lowell, at Boston, on the 18th, de.
cided that some $500, 900, notes of the Union
Mills, OF Fall River, signed only by the treas
urer when the laws of the corporation re-
quired that they should be countersigned by
the president, are valid claims against the
concern, on the ground that the rule had not
been observed for number OF years before
the company became bankrupt.
On recent voyage of the British bark An
away from New York to Trieste, two Greel,
sailors mutinied and attacked the mate. boats.
vain and sailor, fatally wounding the first
and seriously injuring the others. The Can
tain fired upon the mutineers, one of whom
he wounded, when both jumped overheard
and were seen no more.
James Mcdonnell and Charles Sharpe, Molly
Maguires, who were sentenced to be hanged
on the 18th at Mauch Chunk Pa, have been
reprieved till January IA, by Gov. Hartranft.
Henry Wells, the well-known expressman,
died at Glasgow, Scotland, on the 10th He
had been in ill-health for some time past and
left this country for the purpose of spending
the winter in Sicily.
The Boston Herald says there are several
gangs of bogus commission merchants in that
city, under an organized leader, who obtain
consignments on credit by means OF circulars
quoting high prices and dispose of goods in
New York at low rates. More than $1,000, 900
have been realized, and, as the law appears
powerless to reach them, the business still
thrives.
After January all express companies doing
business between New York City and the West
will reduce rates on west-bound freight. The
new tariffs for 100 pounds, as compared with
present rates to several OF the principal cities,
are as follows; Chicago, new rate $3.50, old
rate, s4OOi st. Louis, new rate, $500, old