Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-05-10

Indiana District. Leroy Templeton is the
candidate of the National Greenbackers.
The tow boat Warner exploded her boiler al
Memphis on the 1st, killing Pilot Kennett
Second-Engneer Radcliffe and fireman
| Nine others were injured.
A Galveston CTex.) telegram of the 1st re
ports the defeat OF body of fifty men who
undertook to cross into Mexico, led by Raphae
Liera. Eight OF them were captured two
wounded, two killed, and three drowned IL
the river in endeavoring to recross.
Gen. Miles has received a message from Sit
ting Bull and his head chiefs, asking what
kind of peace the United States would make
with them. The General replied that If they
desired to stop hostilties peace could be
made. They must give up their guns and
ponies, and they would receive cattle and
other property of greater value in peace.
The schooner st. Lawrence was burned on
Lake Michigan on the Both ult. Capt. Larllins
and A. Piplow, passenger, were drowned.
The first games of base ball cf the season
between the League clubs were played on the
1st, with the following result Boston 1,
Providence 0; Chicago 5, indianapolis 4; Gin
cinnati 8, Milwaukee 4.
w. s. O'Brien, one of the Bonanza kings,
died at San Rafael, Cal, on the ID. His prop
erty is variously estimated from $40, ,0o0,0 900 to
$20,000,000 He was bachelor.
The State Republican Convention of Illinois
will be held at Springfield, June 2G
The Merchants Exchange of st. Louis on
the I'd adopted resolutions calling on Con-
gress to pass the bill to repeal the Bankrupt
law, to take fleet Immediately.
Baseball on the ID; Cincinnati g. Milwau-
kee 9.
The business portion of Adair, ILL.,, was
burned on the Sd.
The civil and military authorities on the Rio
Grande border are reported to be taking active
measures to prevent violation of the Neutrali-
ty laws. The best-informed people on the
border believe that the Lerdo revolution will
be successful.
Baseball on the 4th: Chicago 4, Indianapo-
lis |; Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee /; Providence
s. Boston 8.
A Vigilance Committee has been organized
in Omaha to take care of tramps.
BY the burning of the wooden mill at Hyde
Park, H., on the 4th, $50 hands were thrown
out of employment. Loss 100000.
AT Little Rock, Ark, on the 5th, J. n.
Smithee, an editor of the Democrat, and ]. D.
Adams, one of the proprietors of the Gazette,
had a street encounter, several shots being
fired. Smithee was shot in the arm and hip
A newspaper controversy was the cause of the
trouble.
Ex.-U. S. Atty. .-Gen. Buckley, of Milwau-
kee, has disappeared, and it is feared that he
has committed suicide.
A fire at Keokuk, Iowa, on the 9th, destroyed
the Keokuk IL Des Moines Railroad Com
panys general Offices the Atheneum, Ameri-
can House and two other buildings adjoining.
Loss 100000.
Baseball on the 6th-Chicago 3, Indianapo-
lis l.
The election at Weldon, N. G., on the 9th
was the occasion of riot between whites and
negroes. Both races had candidates in the
field. John Purnell, a negro, was killed and
another negro wounded.
The Kansas crops promise better than for
years. Wheat will be harvested June l to 15
By the explosion of a portable engine at
ON the 9th, Thos. Hoist, engineer,
and JOs. Kennedy, fireman, were killed, and
four others seriously injured.