Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

THE EAST.
United States Commissioner John |. Daven-
port, OF New York City, has made an assign
ment.
The striking 'longshoremen at New York
have gone to work on the steamship compa-
nies' terms. The strike cost the companies
$250,000.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania will hold
a convention at Harrisburg June % to nomi-
nate a candidate for State Treasurer.
| Mrs. Jane l.. D.. J. Hull, aged hfty-eight,
| was found dead in bed at her residence In
| New York City on the morning of the 11th.
| Her hands and feet were tied, she was blind
| folded and gag was in her mouth An ex-
animation of the premises showed that an en-
trance had been effected through the front
door, which was open and all other parts of
| the house secure. 1t was evident that the
lady's death resulted from stangulation for
the shawl was tightly drawn around her neck.
| A trunk at the side of her bed was open and
rifled of its contents.
During a thunder storm on the morning of
the 11th lightning struck the pump-house of
the Atlantic Refining Company at Point
Breeze, on the Schuylkill River, suburb of
Philadelphia. Along the river front were
stored about $1,000 cases of oil, and on the
river by the wharves were a number of ships
and barks loading or loaded with oil. The
| flames from the pumphouse communicated
! TO large filling warehouse where the bar
rels are filed, and extended from there to the
! Superintendent's office and residence, thence
! to the cooper shop, and then to the long line
of sheds on the wharf. By the time the city
| fire engines reached the scene, five ships in
the river, 10000 barrels of oil and the sur
rounding buildings for a distance OF over
thousand yards we're burning fiercely, and the
heat had become so intense that very little
headway could be made against the fire. The
| total loss is estimated at 100000.
A violent storm passed over Trenton and
Bordentown, N. j., on the evening of the 18th,
doing considerable damage. Several build
ing we're blown down. No lives were lost.
Two men were killed and several injured by
the explosion of fire-damp in mine at Coal
dale, near Mauch Chunk, Pa, on the 18th.
Another fire occurred at Point Breeze, Pa,
on the 18th. Three thousand feet of wharfs,
a long line of sheds and 1900 barrels of oil
which they contained, were burned. The
loss is estimated at $150,0o0. The fire was
started from the bark Ilion which had been
burning since the first fire. The boat upset
and scattered its burning contents into the
river, and in this way the fire was communi-
Gated to the shore.
The New York Greenback Committee met
at Syracuse on the 18th, and issued a call for
a State Convention to be held at Utica
August 26.
The report that the boat Uncle Sam, in
which Goldsmith and wife started on a cruise
around the world, was lost, has been contra
dicted.
A wrestling match at Utica, N. Y, on the
18th between Miller and Mclaughlin, for
$1,000 was won by Miller.
The Spanish Government has deposited S1O,-
900 at Princeton, Mass, as indemnity to the
owners of the Rizpah and Rising Sun, seized
south of Cuba by a Spanish gun-boat and in
terrupted in their whaling operations.
William Lloyd Garrison bequeathed $500 to
each of his grandchildren. and the remainder
of his property to his five children.
The Fall River, Mass, spinners gave ten
days. notice on the 10th of their intention to
quit work.
Policeman Nugent, of New York, the officer
arrested on charge of completely in the rob-
berry of the Manhattan Savings Bank, has
been committed to the Tombs in default of
$50, 900 bail.
Mrs. Matthew c. Perry, widow of Commo-
dore Perry, of Japan Treaty fame, died at
Newport, r. l., on the 14th
North Adams, Mass, was visited by
a heavy freshet on the 10th, and the damage
is variously estimated from 100000 to $780,
900. A terrific hail storm passed over Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, on the same day, causing con-
siderable damage.