Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-01-10
WEST AND SOUTH.


WEST AND SOUTH.
Cincinnati is to have an exposition in 1879
Mr.. Reuben r. Springer subscribed $50, 600
and over 100000 more was raised by subscrip-
tion. Work on the buildings will begin as
| soon as the weather will permit.
Two men were carried off on the ice near Big
Suamico, Wis, on the 29th ult., and are sup
posed to be lost.
committee of prominent Catholics of
Cincinnati have prepared a circular for dis
tribution among the members of the church
soliciting subscriptions for the relief Of Arch
bishop Purcell .r-
! The committee appointed by the Oregon
| Legislature to investigate the books and
papers connected with the State Department
find that about $4,000 have either been un-
accounted for or paid out without authority
of law. The committees report is very severe
on Gov. Grover, and blames him for a large
| part of the losses.
The Potter subcommittee arrived at New
Orleans on the 30th ult.
Mrs. Dickinson, of Curdsville, Mercer
| County, KY, on the 9th ult. in attempting
| to aid a fire which she had kindled, seized a
keg containing some blasting powder and
| threw handful on the fire. The flash reached
the keg. and a tremendous explosion fol-
lowed, enveloping her in a sheet of flames,
and burning her so badly that she died on the
| following morning. Three of her children
were also badly burned; two of them proba-
| bly, fatally. -
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s. annual statement of
| precious metals produced in the States and
| Territories west of the Missouri River, in
/ fba
| San Francisco from the west coast of Mexico,
during 1878, shows aggregate products as fol-
lows; Gold, S9S, ,956 23l; silver, $3s, TAG, ,391 /;
lead, SO, ,452, 600; the total being less by sl7,
267, 1872 than in 1871. q Ut.
William Day, fireman, and Frank Hughes,
boy fourteen years old, were killed by a
boiler explosion at a distillery iuTerre Haute,
Ind, on the 1st.
The Western Commercial Travellers Asso-
citation held their first annual meeting at st.
Louis on the 3lst ult
A large cotton warehouse and presses, to-
gether with TO- 12l bales of cotton, were de-
stroyed by fire at Charleston, 8. O., on the
morning of the 1st. Loss on buildings and
cotton S575, 200; insured for S472,250.
The new State Capitol at Lansing, Mich,
was dedicated on the lst. The building was
commenced five years ago, and its cost, in
Guiding finishing of grounds and furnishing
has been Sl,5O5,OOO. ...... .a-.
Eight two-story buildings were destroyed
by fire at Helena, Ark, on the 3lst ult., in
volving loss of about SS5,000.
The aggregate produce and provision bust
ness of Chicago for the past year has been un
precedented in nearly every article The re-
ceipts for the year were Flour, 3,l20, ,O0(
barrels; wheat, 80, 100000 bushels; corn, 68,
100000 bushels; hogs, 6,345, 900; cattle, l,0S3,
600. .. ... .......-... ............ .......
Two brothers named Mcpherson attackeI
Joe Dibrell, son of Congressman Dibrell, a
Sparta, Tenn, ON the 2Sth ult, when h
killed one instantly with shot gun and dap
gerously wounded the other. .... .t....
! The rumors telegraphed from st. Louis t.
the effect that the United States Grand Jur
/ had found indictments against Capt. j. h
| Eads, the protector of the Mississippi Jetties
and several other prominent citizens con
, nected with the old Bank of the State of Mis-
souri,, for embezzlement, appears to have bee
without any foundation In fact.
/ Kanses claims to have been the first State t
} resUme specie payments. The State Treas
= ursr, on the 3lst ult., paid off a number Q
: claims in gold and silver.
t Chas. Doty Superintendent of the ga
r works at the Ohio Lunatic Asylum at Colun
I bus, was arrested on the LIST on the charge c
attempting to outrage Flora Carroll, age
a seven years. He was placed in Jail to preven
8 violence from the outraged friends OF the Iii
tie victim.
= A locomotive boiler exploded on the Ger
G trail Pacific Railroad, near Summit Station, o
the I'd. The engineer and fireman were killeC
r and the conductorof the train badly wounded
= A fire at Elgin, H., on the ID, destroye
property valued at $780, 900; insured for s75
i 000
The First Presbyterian Church at Quinc.
n ILL.,, which was to have been dedicated on Ii
9th, was destroyed by fire on the I'd. III