Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-11-21

Rear Admiral Augustus II. Kitty, of the
United States Navy, died at Baltimore on the
10th, aged seventy-three.
The Readjusters will have a small majority
In the Virginia General Assembly.
During a quarrel in Wicomco County Md,
on the 11th, between William H. Farlngton
and j. Wesley Turpin, the latter shot and in
stantly killed the former. There is said to
have been an old grudge between them. Far
ington was recently elected County Commits.
soner.
A terrific storm passed over portion Of
Crawford County, Ark, on the Sth, doing
considerable damage. One man was killed
and number of others vera injured.
Official returns from sixty out OF seventy
two counties in Minnesota give the following
majority for the Republican State ticket
! Pillsbury, Rep, for Governor, over Rice,
DEM, 10,969; Gilman, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, 1890; Van Daumleach, for Secretery
Of State, 16,060; Kettleson, for Treasurer, 49,
6O5; Start for Attorney-General, 1000; Mar
shall, for Railroad Commissioner, 1865
Meighen, Gr., for Governor, has 4,024 votes,
and Satterlee, Pro-, 2,S7l. It is thought the
remaining counties will add 4,200 TO Pills.
bury's majority.
All of the hostile Ute chiefs, with the ex-
ception of Jack, were at Los Pnos on the 18th.
There appeared an apparent willingness on
the part of the Indians to submit their side of
the question to the Commissioners and abide
| the result.
Johnny O'Toole, aged fourteen, and Paddy
Emmett, cripple, aged eighteen, got into a
quarrel at st. Louis, on the 18th, and Emmett
struck O'Toole with stone, whereupon
OToole drew knife and stabbed Emmett in
the left breast, infictlng a wound from which
he died in a few minutes.
Julius Loetell was hanged at Sherman,
Texas, on the 18th, for the murder of Joseph
A. Brenner on the 18th of January.
James p Ferguson shot and killed w. II.
Coombs, at Hopkinsville, KY, on the 18th.
Coombs had seduced Ferguson's sister under
promise of marriage, and then refused to com
ply with the promise.
Fernando G. Beaman has been appointed
United States Senator by Governor Cresswell,
to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator
Chandler
Jordan Sheats, colored, was hanged at Dan
ielsonville, Ga, on the 14th, for the murder
OF John Ledbetter, white, on the oath of last
February.
The millers of st. Louis have determined
not to purchase wheat until the price falls
The principal reason assigned is thar -four is
below the price of wheat, and can only be
made at a loss.
Milton Renner, late Cashier of the insolvent
Citizens Savings Bank, of New Orleans has
been indicted for embezzlement.
Charles Seheurer was shot and instantly
killed at Newport, KY, on the 14th, by Miss
Anna Hof, whom he had seiuced under a
promise of marriage.
violent rain and wind storm passed over
portions of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, on the
18th, causing considerable damage to property.
Two churches were demolished at Cairo, Ill,
and one person killed.
fearful boiler explosion oc cured in a saw
mill at Carrollton, near East Saginaw, Mich,
on the 18th. A portion of the boiler weigh
ing nearly four tons was thrown distance of
Que hundred and fifty feet Edward Roa-
quepo, fireman, was thrown through the roof
and into the river a hundred feet distant, but
strange to say was not killed. Jean Petell was
instantly killed, and Cyrus Burr and Frank
Robinson were badly injured.
The south bound freight train on the Chi
cago ~ Alton Road went through the bridge
at Riverdae, near Alton, H., on the 18th.
Six cars fell into the river. The brakeman
was killed, and the engineer and fireman in
iured.
The schooner c. G. Breed, from Detroit to
Buffalo, capsized and foundered on the 14th,
eighty miles east of Point au Pelee. The
crew, consisting of the Captain and seven
men, are all supposed to be lost, with the ex-
ceDtiOn of Frank Davis and David McCollister,
WHO were picked up by the propeller Mil
waukee and the schooner Nellie Gardner.
Senators Cameron, Hill and Vance, of the
Kellogg Spofford investigating sub.commit-
tee, began the investigation at New Orleans
on the 18th.
A brick block and seven wooden buildings
at Lake City, MINI, were destroyed by fire
on the 10th, causing a loss of s500O0, on
which there was an insurance of S20,0O).
Hon. F. c. Beaman, recently appointed
United States Senator to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Chandler, has de-
clined, and the Governor, on the 11th, ap-
pointed Ex-Governor Henry P. Baldwin to fill
the vacancy.
The Louisville COurier-yeuITdl had a special
from Canton, Miss, on the 17th, stating that
Eliza Pinkston, of Returning Board fame,
was arrested on the 18th, charged with muir
dering her husband, who hal died suddenly
that morning. They had been married two
years.
A special from Los Pinos, Col, on the 18th,
says the outlook for either an amicable adj
iustment Of affairs, or proving the guilt of
| the parties interested in the White River diff
culties is extremely discouraging, and unless
the Indians speedily change front the Com
mission will terminate its labors.