Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-05-30


election, commenced ut jacksonville on th,
Goth.
! The Chicago Inter Ocean, on the 2Oth, pub
lished an analysis of about 800 letters whicl
1t had received from seven States and Terri
tories giving the condition of the growing
crops. In Illinois, winter and spring wheat
have trlne larger acreage than last year
Wisconsin, small grains are rather backward
owing to dry weather. Dry weather injured
the wheat prospects for a while in Minnesota
but recent showers have brought it into ex-
cellent condition. Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
and Iowareport an increased acreage of wheat,
and in fine condition.
William Nelson, colored, was sentenced, at
Terre Hautc, Ind, on the 10Th, to the pen
itentiary for ono year and fined 81, coo formar-
rying a white woman. He was convicted
under an old law Of 1856, which the Judge
held TO be valid, through decision of the
Supreme Court.
A Vinita, Indian Territory, dispatch says
two companies OF soldiers are stationed there
and all persons arriving with the intention of
going on Government land are escorted out
of the Territory. Major Wilcox, in marching
over a hundred miles In the Territory met
but few suuatters and these were removed.
The twenty-third (being the first blenniaD
convention of Christian Associations of the
United States and the British Provinces as
sembled at Baltimore on the 2lst. The at
tendance Of delegates was large.
The Shoe-wae-c mettes, of Monroe, Mich,
received cablegram on the 21st stating that
on account of their having been mechanics
or artisans they will be debarred from enter
ing the lists at the forthcoming Henley re-
gatta.
The business part of the town of Washing
ton, La, was burned on the 2lst. Loss,
$4,000.
William Allen, alias Storey, of st. Louis,
who eloped with the wife Of farmer at Ba-
taVia, Ohio, few days ago, was captured at
Cincinnati and placed in jail at Batavia
On the morning of the 21st a mob entered the
jail, seized Storey, placed a rope around his
neck, and hung him on one of the tlmbers of
the bridge over the Little Miami River. After
hanging few moments the rope broke and
Storey dropped into the river. He succeeded
in gaining the shore, when he was taken to a
hotel. He was badly bruised but will re-
cover.
Secretary Sherman, in letter to General
Ae'biAiS'lAS Nhdll vi bllt
Central Committee Of Ohio, says he cannot
accept the nomination for Governor, and hopes
the convention will not embarrass him by
tender Of the nomination.
The menagerie establishment owned by J.
M. French, five miles north of Detroit, was
destroyed by fire on the 22d. One elephant,
five lions, zebra, leopard stag and many
other valuable animals were cremated.
The Broadway Savings Bank, at st. Louis,
suspended on the 22d. The liabilities Of the
bank are put at about 100000. Assets not
stated.
Clinton, Iowa, was visited by severe fire
on the 22d, fifteen buildings and several
million feet of lumber being burned. The
loss is estimated at between S15O,OOO and
S20O,C0O.
The assignee Of Archbishop Purcell, of Gin
cnnati, filed schedule of the assets and liabili-
ties of the Archbishop and his brother Edward
Purcell, on the 23d. The total amount OF the
claims is S3,697, ,651.49 Assets, 81, ISL, 500 AZ,
of which amount $4lS, ,560.2S is classcd as
doubtful or worthless.
In difficulty at Culpepper, Va, on the
23d, between d. NJ. Ream, editor of the Cul-
pepper Times, Philip NJ. Jones and G. W.
Garrison, Ream was shot in the abdomen and
thought fatally wounded. Jones received
ball in the shoulder.
The st. Paul & Pacific Railroad has been re-
organized under the name of the st. Paul,
Minneapolis u Manitoba Railroad.
An Indian has been hanged at Shasta, Cal,
for the murder of a Chinaman.
A fire at Monroe, Wis, on the night of the
22d, destroyed property TO the estimated
amount of $4,000.
Shelly (white) was hanged at Blackshear,
Ca, on the 22d for the murder of his wife.
Absalom w. Ford was hanged at Lake Charles,
La, on the 23d, for the murder of Dr. Joseph
Ba2ee in June, 1878.
Ex-United States District Attorney d. T.
Corbin, who was at Charleston, s. C., on the
23d, as counsel in railroad case on trial be-
fore Chief Justice Wait, was held to bail at
the instance of the Attorney General of the
State, in a civil suit pending against him for
the recovery of S24,00
At Monroevllle, Ohio, on the oath, Cohn
Mahony shot and wounded Bridget Murphy
because she refused to marry him, and when
the Constable attempted to arrest him he
fired at him. The Constable's assistant re-
turned the fire, the ball taking effect near the
heart, causing Mahony to surrender after fir
ing two more shots into the crowd.
A propeller, containing eight persons, was
struck by whirlwind and capsized near Lake
Charles, La, on the Gath. The Captain and
engineer escaped, bat the others being unable
to swim were drowned.
powder magazine, at Brighton, ILL.,, be-
longing to the Oriental Powder Company,
was struck by lightning on the 25th and en-
tirely destroyed. The magazine contained a
large quantity of powder.
A farmer named Nicholas Attenhofer, re-
siding in the town of Kewaskum, Wis, who
had become inOane through financial troubles.
murdered his six-weeks-old child on the 23d
by knocking its head against wall. He then
carried the dead infant two miles to priest
and acknowledged his crime.
The Louisville Courier Journal had a spe-
cial from Riverton, KY, on the 24th, stating
that the Underwood war has again broken
out in Custer County. Elva Underwood,
while peacefully at work in a corn field near
his home, was shot from ambush on the 22d,
and when his children hastened to him they
found him In dying condition, while his
chest was perforated by two balls. George
Underwood, Elva,s father, was also killed in
a similar manner, and Jesse has entered the
field as the avenger of his family's wrongs.
1t is feared there will be frightful
amount of bloodshed, and farmers in that
afraid Of becoming the victims
OF some assassinis balls are fOrsaking their
fields. Andrew Carpenter (white), while
peacefully at work in his own yard in Breathitt
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