Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-09-06

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struction, Allen B. Lennon. The platform
adopted declares that the public credit
should be sacredly maintained, and all obliga
tions of the Government honestly discharged
that the greenback currency, the creation OF
the Republican party, is admirably adapted tc
the wants Of trade, and to the end that there
may be but one class of paper currency the
withdrawal OF National Bank notes, substitut
| ing greenbacks therefor, is demanded; favors
placing gold and silver on an equality; in
dorses the opening of unsold lands of railroad
land grants to homesteaders, and favors legis
lation to regulate railroads.
Negaunee, Mich, had another nitro-glycer
ine explosion, the second within eight DAYS
on the 30th ut. Three men were instantly
killed while fourth was landed on a shelving
rock almost uniniured. The killed are Andrew
Sullivan, Stephen Day and stephen Keohns
Cause Of explosion unexplained.
The Put-in-Bay House, the finest house on
the island, and four other buildings, were
DESTROYED by fire on the evening of the Both
ult. The origin of the fire is unknown. The
total loss is estimated from $4,000 to $780,
600; insurance about $4,000.
The following appeal was issued by the Ex-
ecutive Board of the Citizens Relief Commit
tee of Memphis, Tenn, on the Both ult. /: I" The
unprecedented spread and fatality Of the yellow
fever causing an entire suspension Of business
has left several thousand poor people in the
city who are destitute of means of subsistence
and unable to procure work. A large portion
CT them are now sick, and the number is con-
stantly increasing Much as the committee
dlslikes to ask aid again from the charitable
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former calls, necessity and humanity compel
them to request further and prompt assist
ance." The weather continues unfavorable,
and there we're fully as many deaths as on the
day preceding. There was slight increase
in the death rate at Grenada but there is no
material for the spreading of the fever.
The Chicago Tribune of the 1st had a special
from st. Paul, Mimi, giving an account of ex-
tensive forest fires on the north shore of Lake
Superior, extending almost continuously for
100 miles. The fires started near Duluth and
spread back of Beaver Bay, Grand Mares and
Horseshoe Bay.
At Empire City, Ore, on the Both ult.,
Sewer Lewis was hanged for the murder of
his brother in 1876. He showed a vindictive
spirit to the last, accusing his relatives of
conspiring for his conviction.
Up to the 1st inst. Chicago had contributed
S24, 422, st. Louis 1900, and Cincinnati $l2,-
900 in aid Of the yellow fever sufferers.
New Orleans reported 260 new cases and IS
deaths on the lst. Vicksburg, 80 new cases,
deaths, 25; Memphis, lO4 new cases. deaths, 81.
Mike Green, colored, lodged in the Prince
George County (NId.) jail for committing a
revolving assault on a young white woman,
was taken from the Jail by about twenty-five
men early on the morning of the ID, and
hanged to a tree.
Early on the morning of the I'd, John Chosen,
an aged German farmer living near Detroit,
was murdered in bed by Christian Britenback
his grandson. aged seventeen. After plunder-
ing the body of $50, secreted upon it, the
youth fed and is still at large
A Galveston Neics special of the I'd says
that at Rio Grande City on the 1st an edict
went into effect abolishing the zono libra, ex-
cept as to Matamoras and New Laredo, and
prohibiting commercial intercourse at other
points. The people on the Mexican side are
much exasperated, especially at Camargo and
Mier, and have sent violent and threatening
protest to the Central Government.
The Howard Association at Vicksburg es
timated that there were between l.500 and
1000 sick in that city on the ID, and increas-
ing rapidly. About 200 new cases on that day.
The weekly mortuary report of New Orleans,
ending on the evening of the lst inst, showed
al deaths from yellow fever,
The Arkansas State election occurred on
the ID In Pulaski County in which is Little
Rock, the Greenback- Labor party had ticket
and the vote between that party and the
Democrats is very close. No returns have yet
been received, and it is impossible to antici-
pate the result.
The Concordia (Mo) bank robbers were
captured on the lst inst, at their homes near
Columbus, johnson County. Their names
are Ottie Offut, Thomas Renick and Riley
Correl. They have been fully identified by
the cashier of the bank. Offut, the leader OF
the gang was one of Bill Anderson's bush
whackers during the war.