Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-01
THE EAST.

The Republicans and anti-Tammany Demo-
Gratis of New York formed a combination, on
the 23d, against Tammany by nominating Ed
ward Cooper for Mayor, B. X. Phelps for Dis
trict Attorney, R. B. Cowing for City Judge
and Moritz Ellinger for Coroner.
The Massachusetts, GreenbacR ticket left in
complete by the Worcester Convention has
been filed by the following nominations: For
Lieutenant Governor, John F. Arnold; Secre-
tary Of State, Weston Rowland; Treasurer
and Receiver, Horace Benney; Sergeant and
Auditor, Davis S. King.
Wendell Phillips was nominated for Con-
gress by the Greenbackers of Boston on the
oath.
Gen. James s. Whitney, Superintendent of
the Springfield Armory under President Pierce,
and Collector of Customs at Boston under
President Buchanan, died of apoplexy at Bos-
ton ON the 24th.
At the close of business on the 25th, the
coin balance in the Treasury was $22S, 165, 900 !;
currency balance S12,377, 900, including S1O,-
100000 of fractional currency.
Near Yonkers, N. Y, on the 25th, the barge
Van Scbaick sunk, and the Captain, his wife
and two children were drowned.
Charles H. Hartwell, the conductor who is
charged with having caused the accident at
Wolleston on the Old Colony Railroad, has
been adiudged guilty of manslaughter, and
held in $4,000 for trial in December.
The Fenian Brotherhood, in their Conven.
tion held at New York on the 25th, abolished
the Office of Head Center, whose duty will de-
volve upon general Secretary under the su.
pervision Of a Central Council.
tnnnav 1anoeftad In tho ,,oIIouy Fo,,o,
subscription boxes at New York on October
2S, 80 and 80, will be sent to the family Of
Lieutenant Benner, the officer who hat
charge of the relief boat Chambers, aud dice
while in the performance of his duty.
A fire at East Buffalo, N. Y, on the morn
ing of the 26th destroyed the slaughter-hous,
and pork-packing establishment of Christian
Klinch. About forty out Of some O0live hog
We're saved. An immense quantity of pork
lard and dressed hogs were destroyed. Esti
mated loss, 100000; insurance $4,000.
A Provincetown, Mass, dispatch of tn
26th says that the schooner Florence, absen
about eighteen months on the Howgate Arcti
expedition, had arrived there. Capt. Tyson
commanding, reports that there has not bee
such an icy season North for thirty years
They encountered several severe gales, durin
one OF which the vessel was hove to fou
days, drifting helplessly among immense ice
bergs which threatened to crush them cor
stantly. They finally reached Cumberlan
Strait and on the 18th of September sc
sail for home.
The Manhattan Savings Bank of New Yor
was entered by masked burglars on the mor
ing of the 9th and robbed OF securities TO II
amount of $2,757, 700 and s11, 900 in cash. I'll
securities are mostly registered in the nan
OF the institution and are not negotiable. II
janitor Of the building claims that the robbie
made him, under threats Of instant death, T
veal the combination for unlocking the doc
Of the vault. The combination of the sa
was given to him some months since so th
he could take out the books and make rea,
for business.
1t was stated In New York on the 2sth th
the loss Of the Manhattan Savings Instituti