Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

August,
THE EAST.
Bancroft the historian, was injured on tho
Both ult by being thrown from his horse al
Newport, r. |.
A powder magazine, near North Adams
Mass, exploded on the Both ut., killing two
workmen. Their bodies were blown into
atoms.
The Maine Democratic State Convention
was held at Bangor on the 1st, and Governor
Garcelon was renominated by acclamation.
The platform declares that the partisan acts
of Congress that witbdraws the control of
elections from honest electors and places It
the custody of tools of the Exec
utive are not designed to secure hon
esty, but to enable a fraudulent ad-
mintstration to perpetuate its power; ap-
proves the efforts Of Democratic members of
Congress to secure n repeal of these outrage
GUS and obnoxious enactments against all the
traditions of the builders of our republican
system; favors a currency Of gold and silver
and paper, the paper being kept at par with
coin at all times; the coinage of silver to be
free and unlimited.
General Buffers physicians have required
hiii w iCbiib lIOll UubluCbb.
At Scranton, Pa, on the ID, ladel of molt.
en- steel upset in a mill and burned James
Hurley and Henry Long. The former died in
few moments, and the latter cannot recover.
Mrs Henry Laroe and sister jumped from a
train at Turner's, ~ Y, on the 3D.. The for
mer, bride, was instantly killed, and the lat
ter aged seventeen, was seriously injured.
Nimrod Spattenhuber, convicted of the muir
der of John Ivison, Dec. 10, 1873, was hanged
at Lebanon, Pa, on the Sd.
Morris Island, an excursion resort one mile
below Trenton, n. j., was the scene of ter
ribe accident on the 4th. AS the excursion
boat approached the wharf, hundreds of peo-
pie rushed toward it to get aboard when it
landed. The wharf gave way and about sew
enty-hye persons were thrown into the river
Three persons were drowned and several 9th
ers injured
At Lake Quinsgamond, near Wooster,
Mass, on the afternoon of the 4th, the
steamer Isaac Davis loaded with passengers,
careened, the hurricane deck broke off, and a
score of passengers were thrown into the lake.
There were about 200 passengers on the boat,
100 of whom were on the hurricane deck AS
the boat gave way tn. roof of the upper deck
came crashing down on the engine and broke
of the safety valve, causing the steam to
rush out with fearful roise, adding new ter.
ror. The boat rolled over more and catching
the gunwale on a spile became fast, and the
great weight caused the supports of the hurri.
cane deck to give way, and the whole struct.
ure came down to the water line with a crash
Many swan 10 Shore to the wharf, twenty
feet distant, Others got hold of the wrecked
hull, and some 10 the floating roof. Eleven
bodies were recovered; three more persons
were reported missing.
The largest fire ever known in Amherst
Mass, occurred on the morning of the 4th.
bank, the post-office, two halls, the library
and eight or ten business buildings were
burned. The fire is supposed to have been
the work of an inceudiarY.
Patrick Nichols killed his employer, Thomas
Connor, in beer saloon in New York City, on
the night of the 3D.
The Third Presbyterian Church at Trenton
N. D., was completely destroyed by fire on the
evening of the 4th. Four firemeu were in the
church when the roof fell in, and several
were severely injured.
Alanson Work, famous among the early
Abolitionists of the country, died at Hartford
Conn, on the 4th About forty years ago he
was sentenced to twelve years. Imprisonment
in the Missouri penitentiary for assisting
slaves to escape, but was released after serv
ing three years.
AT Alden, N. Y, on the 5th, Barnard Hines
an old man, killed his wife and himself.
Richard Robinson shot and instantly killed
George Ssh at Staten Island, on the 4th, be
cause Sish annoyed him by firing a revolver
John Sanford, OF New York City, shot ant
fatally wounded his wife on the 5th.
Miss Jessie Dunbar, aged twenty-five
burned to death at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, OF
the 5th, boys having ignited her clothing with
fire crackers.
Joseph Akins living near Greensburg
Westmoreland County, Pa, shot and instant
ly killed his wife on the 9th, and after tellint
his nearest neighbor that he had killed thu
old woman, placed the muzzle of the gun un
der his chin and fred, and killed himself. Tn,
trouble is believed to have arisen from quar-
rel about little piece of property, wher
they lived. Atkins was seyenty-one and hi
wife seventy-three years of age.
The amount of expenses of the New Yorl
City government for the ensuing year is S27,
507, 097.
Over ten million five hundred Thousand
dollars have already been expended on the
Brooklyn bridge. The trustees say the bridg
will be finished by January, 1881.
Golden Gate, the smallest craft that ever at
tempted trip around the wo rid, left Bostol
on the 7th for Cape Town.
A New York dispatch says the advance II
wheat is attributed to the unfavorable Gro
advices from Europe and the fact tina
"shortsn are covering all the months even a
far ahead as September. There are also larg
European orders to buy in New York.