Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-05-02

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eral Grant, A resolution was also adopted
that committee of Senators and Assembly
men be appointed to represent the State at
the National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the annual meet
ing of the Army of the Potomac which are to
be held at Albany on the nth and 18th Of
June next.
An act granting an annual pension OF sew
enty-fve dollars to the surviving veterans of
the Mexican war from Pennsylvania who have
resided in the State for more than twenty
years prior to the passage of the bill, and also
to The widows of deceased soldiers and sailors
of said war has passed both branches OF the
Legislature.
Six men and boy were imprisoned by the
caving I'm of mine at Sugar Notch, Pa, on
the 23d. Two hundred men commenced work
from the surface to rescue them.
Three children OF Oliver Stout at Penob
scott, Me-, were burned to death on the night
of the 22d lamp in the bedroom exploding.
Charles II, Hartwell,' conductor on the Old
Colony Railroad, and charged with man
slaughter in causing the accident at Wollas-
ton, Conn. has been found guilty.
AT Whitehall, N. Y, on the oath, Charles
Sweet, deaf and dumb mute, shot aud killed
his wife, from whom he had been separated
two weeks, and then killed himself.
A fire at Coscob, Conn, on the night of the
23d, destroyed large part of the village.
The funeral OF General Dix took place on
the 9th from Trinity Church in New York
City.
At Canaseraga, N. Y, on the 23d, Lon
Luce, discarded lover of Miss Martha
Wyman, called at the young lady's home ard
after a vain endeavor to induce Miss Wyman
to reconsider her refusal, drew revolver
from his pocket and shot her in the head, in
hcting mortal wound. He then returned
to his own home, entered his apartments and
sent ball crashing through his brains
Burglars blew open the safe of the Laconia
IN. H. National Bank on the night of the
oath and secured about $4,000 and quantity
of securities. n, -F s.r e-rFr .--re
Preliminary papers have been served in
suit which 4. B, Chittenden, of New York,
and General Butler agreed should be brought
to test the validity of reissue of United
States legal-tender notes in time of peace.
Suit has been brought in the United States
Circuit Court for the Southern District of
New York, and is founded upon a genuine
transaction in the regular course of business
Whatever the decision of the court may be-
the defeated party win appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States in time, probably,
for an argument at the October term.
George Einsig, convicted murderer at
York, Pa, committed suicide in his cell on the
9th ult.
Eight cars OF oil and four of merchandise
went over an embankment on the Erie Rail-
road between Howells and Otisville, N. Y, on
the Goth. The cars caught fire and were total
ly destroyed.
Ex- Judge George S. Barnard of the Su-
preme Court OF New York, died on the 9th
ult.
The New York canals will be open for navi-
CATION Mays. 4
The paper mills at Herkimer, N. Y, were
burned on the Goth ult. and Henry Dietz, the
engineer, perished in the flames.
After four days entombment the miners
imprisoned at Sugar Notch Pa, by the fall of
the roof of the mine, were released on the
2Sth ult. The men sustained life by the meat
OF mule which the boy who was sent to give
them warning had fortunately taken with
him, and a stream running through the mine
gave them the needful water.
Nearly all the business portion OF Gorham,
N. H., was burned on the 2Sth ult. Loss, $780,
900.
The number of depositors in the savings
institutions of New Hampshire has decreased
4,294 the past year, and the falling off in de-
posits in the same time is S2,507, 4l2.