Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-10-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WARRINGTON.


Charles +. Macdonald, Superintendent of
the Money Order Department, announces that
he has agreed with the Director General at
Paris upon the general terms of convention
for the exchange Of money orders between
the United States and France.
The Treasury Department purchased 4S2,-
600 ounces Of silver on the 22d.
Hon. Stanley Matthews will deliver the ora
tion before the Society OF the Army Of the
Cumberland.
The Commissioner OF Indian A1Airs re-
ceived dispatch from Agent McGillicuddy,
at Red Cloud Agency, on the 23d, stating
that twenty OF Sitting Bulls Indians had Just
come in with pass from Major Walsh, and
many more will come when the Missouri is
frozen. The agent wanted to know II he
should feed them. To this Commissioner
Hoyt replied that the Indians must be looked
upon virtually as prisoners OF war; that they
must surrender their arms and ponies and
that every one Of them must be made to earn
his rations by work for the Government,
The United States Consul at Rochelle,
France, says that in few years the vines in
that district must be destroyed, all devices
for arresting the progress of the phylloxera
pest having failed. The only remedy left is
to import vines from America which are proof
against the phylloxera. Arrangements are
making for large importations of grain from
the United States
The San Francisco Mint is coming small
gold pieces to supply the demand. The Phil
adelphia Mint is at work principally on silver
dollars.
The Secretary Of the Navy laid before the
Cabinet on the oath, communication from
Capt. r. Chandler, commanding the United
States steamer Lackawanna, in regard to af
fairs at Samoa. The communication, which
is dated Opia, Samoa, Aug. %, concludes as
follows: "On the 23d of this month
British High Commissioner Sir Arthur
Gordon is expected here In one of Her
Majesty's ships. AS he is just out from En-
gland, he may be empowered to annex the
Samoan group or establish protectorate. II
that proves true, | shall protest against the
annexation OF Pago- Pago Harbor and land set
aside or assigned as coaling station, ceded
by treaty to the United States, and go there
II necessary to protect our station in the fu-
ture. Pago-Pago, being in direct line from
San Francisco TO New Zealand and Australia,
will be a very important point, especially If
our commerce in these seas increases, as it is
likely to do; and as Article Of our treaty
with Samoa surrenders that harbor to us,
would advise most respectfully the imme-
diate establishment of a coaling station
there, even IL the amount of coal landed
amounts to only a few TONS" Captain
Chandler then mentions receiving as part
of his instructions from Rear Admiral
Rogers a telegram sent to the Admiral from
the Secretary of the Navy, as follows: "Dis-
turbance at Samoa. Send vessel to protect
citizens in rights acquired by treaty. Avoid
complications" He continues: have en-
deavored to the best of my ability to avoid
complications and to protect Americans, but
think that a we'll educated, honest lawyer,
without the privilege of engaging in business,
is the only man that can properly represent
our Government as Consul here for 1t re-
quires one well versed in law and diplomacy
to meet and cope with the complicated state
of affairs now existing"
Postmaster General Key on the 9th, issued
instructions to postmasters In New York City,
Louisville and New Orleans to refuse here
after to rent boxes in their Offices to lottery
companies or lottery agents.
The forthcoming report of the superntend.
ent of the Railway Mail Service will show that
during the last fiscal year fifty nine lines OF
railway post-ofices have been operated over
1880 miles Of railway, performing about So
900 miles of daily service, and nearly lS,000,-
900 miles of service annually.
Up to the 9th, A, ,453, $50 standard silver
dollars had been coined by the several mints
OF this number 1921, ,01O are in circulation,
the remainder in the Treasury.
THE EAST.
A freight train was wrecked on the Con.
nellsville Railroad, two miles east OF Con
nellsville, Pa, on the 22d, and Chester Lynn,
with three Others, supposed tramps, who were
stealing ride, were instantly killed. The ac-
cident was the result of broken rail or axle
At Pjttsburg, on the 22d, three children
named Dunn, girls, found a railroad torpedo
and supposing 1t contained money exploded II
with stone. Mary, aged seven, suffered &
slight laceration of the hand; Lille was struck
in the face, cutting out one eve and injurine
the other, while the youngest child was fright
fully and probably fatally injured.
In the case OF Blair, the New York banl
teller, tried at Newark, N. j., on the charg,
OF killing his coachman, Armstrong, the jury
on the 22d, after four days deliberatioR
found verdict of not guilty.
Charles f. Schuyler, of Buffalo, N. Y, WHIT
attempted to abduct the daughter of wealthy
citizen of that city, has been sentenced Il
seven years imprisonment in the peAitentiary
At Boston, on the 9th, the jury in the cas-
OF Caroline q. Goodrich and Daniel F. Kim
ball, on second trial for the murder of Jenni
P. Clark, the victim OF the notorious trunl
tragedy, returned sealed verdict OF guilty.
Six inches Of snow fell in all parts of Ne1
England and Canada on the Gath. At Mead
vile, Pa, twelve inches of snow was reported
Early on the morning of the Goth fir
broke out in Pinkerton's tunnel, which
wooden lined, on the Pittsburg division @
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad, near Cor
fiuence, Pa. A are engine was sent from Gun
berland, Md, but could not do much good o
account of the fire being near the center of th
tunnel, which is half mile long.
A New York dispatch states that &c, 1856, SO
In foreign specie was received at that pol
during the week ending on the 25th, and thi
between 100000 and $S,0000O0 more wi
then ahoat for this country.
At Boston, on the 25th, Frank Boynton, r.
cCiying teller of the North National Banl
pleaded guilty to embezzling $3s,751 and wa
sentenced TO five years at hard labor.
The emigration to America this year hi
been unprecedented, and It is expected to
even larger In 1880. The Emigration Con
missloners at New York City, together viii
the officers OF societies which help to tai
care of the newly arrived emigrants, ha'
made especial efforts to gather accurate 1
formation concerning districts which OFF
the best advantages TO settlers About 20, o.
emigrants have been sent to Western Stat
by the Commissioners during the presel
year.
One OF the mills OF the Oriental Powd
Company, at Gorham, Me-, exploded on tl
9th, killing a man named stokes, and SCI
ously in1uring Clinton Mayberry. The eau
OF the explosion is not known.
WEST AND SOUTH.
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