Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

r. II. Chillon, General Lees Adiutant- Gen.
eral, died very suddenly at Columbia, Mics,
on the 18th.
Hon. Zachariah Chandler was elected to the
United States Senate from Michigan, on the
18th, vice ChristiancY, resigned.
Near Selma, Ala, on the 18th, passenger
train on the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad fell
through rotten bridge over Mulberry Creek.
One white man and four negroes were killed.
two other persons were fatally injured, and
about dozen others seriously hurt.
A difficulty occurred at Jonesville, Miss, on
the 18th, between Colonel Holman, DIR. Loury,
DIR. Walker and Mr.. Arnold. The fight began
by Holman shooting Loury. Arnold shot
Holman, wounding him, then shot and killed
Walker, and was himself shot by Holman.
Arnold and Loury have since died.
Bishop Foley died in Chicago on the 10Th.
The remains will be taken to Baltimore.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wabash Railway Company held in Tole-
do, on the 10Th, the following gentlemen were
unanimously elected Directors for the ensu-
ing year; c. X. Garrison, Cyrus W. Field,
Solon Humphreys, William NJ. Bliss, James
B. Colgate D. A. Lindley, H. A. H. Post,
William r. Garrison, all of New York; A. L.
Hopkins, Toledo; A. NJ. Billings, George L.
Dunlap, Chicago; Charles Ridgely, Spring
field, ILL.,; James Cheney, Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Nevada Bank of California, on the 18th,
sold 300,000 ounces of fine silver to the Gov
ernment, to be delivered at the San Francisco
mint. Bids of the Anglo California Bank and
Bank of California were rejected, though the
latter offered to sell l25, 900 ounces at Sl.09
The Directors of the Chicago & Northwest
Dail
terly dividend of one and three-fourths per
cent. on preferred stock, and decided to pay
quarterly dividends on these shares hereafter.
In Louisville, on the 20th a large and en-
thusiastic MEETING of patentees was held,
taking action against the Senate amendment
to the patent laws.
At Winnipeg on the Goth the thermometer
was 35 degrees below zero.
The Prohibitionists of the State of Ohio
met at Columbus on the 10th and elected the
following officers; President, Rev. M. Harrod,
of Columbus; Vlce-President, Mother Stewart,
of Springfield Secretaries, Thomas P. HopleY,
of Bucyrus, and Aaron Evans, of Delaware.
A ticket was also put in the field, as follows:
For Governor, Hon. G. T. Stewart, of Norwalk;
Lieutenant Governor, j. w. Sharpe, of Della
ware; Auditor of State, Michael j. Tanning,
of Huron; Treasurer, Elias Blair, of Bucyrus;
Supreme Judge, j. H. Hardy, of Cleveland;
Attorney General, c. B. Foster, of Belefon-
fontaine; Board Of Public Works, James H.
Horton, of Miami County.
The Opera House block at Columbus, Ind,
valued at $75,0O0 was totally destroyed by
fire on the night of the 2lst. The building
was partially insured
George Washington, colored, who outraged
girl twelve years of age near the city limits
of Louisville some time ago, was hanged on
the 2lst. When the drop fell the rope broke,
and Washington was picked up, the rope
quickly adjusted, and the trap again sprung.
He was unconscious from the first fall. Fully
10000 persons witnessed the execution, hun
dreds of women as well as men being present.
| The Attorney General of West Virginia has
been instructed by Joint resolution of the
General Assembly to proceed by gao aOarronto
against the charter of the Baltimore IL Ohio
Road.
fire in Bloomfield, ILL.,, on the night of the
Goth, destroyed small frame building. Its
owner, an aged lrishman named Reddington,
was rescued by the neighbors almost unharm-
ed, but finding that his wife had not escaped,
he bravely dashed into the flames to rescue
her, but before he could again be pulled out
he was burned so badly that he died during
the night. The charred remains of the wife
were subsequently taken from the ruins
The National Association of Veterans of the
Mexican War met in Baltimore on the 22d.
An Grafton was delivered by Gen. James
Shields. A committee was appointed to visit
Washington and press upon Congress the
equity of their claim to be placed upon the
pension list. The officers elected include the
following; President Gen. j. w. Denver,
Ohio; Vice Presidents, John Love, Indiana
Maj. .-Gen. j. f. Berry and Gen. Benjamin AL.
word, United States Army; Rear-Admiral
Fabus Stanley and Surg Gen. w. Maxwell
United States Army and two from each State
The Association will meet at Norfolk, Feb. 23
1880
A terrific boiler explosion occurred at Stock
ton, Gal, on the ed A crowd OF more than 2OC
people had assembled at the head OF Stockton
/ Slough TO witness the trial of a new propeller
pump, set in the slough and run by thresh
ing engine The explosion was the result OF
carelessness on the part of the engineer. The
steam guage refused to work, and after ht
had attempted to fix 1t and failed he screwed
down the safety-valye and went on with the
work. The explosion occurred about ifteeT
minutes afterward. Seventeen persona were
killed and twenty-six wounded. The boilel
of the engine was blown a distance Of l50 fee
through the crowd. The dead lay prostrat,
in every direction, some falling into th,
slough through the bridge. The heads o
! some were blown TO pieces, others wer'