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

The following ticket was nominated by the
Minnesota Greenback State Convention, held
at st. Paul, on the 10th: Governor, Asa Bar.
ton; Lieutenant Governor, William McGhen /;
Treasurer, Andrew Nelson; Secretary of State,
A. p. Lane; AttOrney-General, William l..
Kelley; Railroad Commissioner, Ebenezer
Ayres.
The Prohibition State Convention of Min
nesota nominated the following ticket on the
10th Governor, Rev. w. w. satterlee; Lieu
tenant Governor, 8. B. Williams; Secretary
of State, j. g. Stearns; Treasurer H. D.
Brown; Attorney General, A. w. Bangs. A
resolution was adopted pledging the members
of the party to ignore old political affiliations
and vote for the candidates of the convention.
Commodore Foxhall A. Parker, command
ant of the United States Naval Academy, died
at Annapolis, Md, on the 10th.
A severe wind storm passed over Dubuque,
Iowa, on the night of the 9th. The storm was
confined to very narrow limit and caused
considerable damage. One life was lost.
The cyclone in Butler County, Kan, on the
9th was very severe. A Mrs. Hawkins and
her two children we're blown quarter of a
mile and killed. Quite a number of persons
were injured, some of them seriously. Thirty
seven farm houses were blown down and
completely wrecked. Corn and wheat were
badly injured.
A Denver dispatch, on the 11th, stated that
Judge Bowen Of the Fourth Judicial District
had granted an injunction against the Atchi-
son, Topeka IL Santa Fe Railroad, prayed for
by the Denver Il Rio Grande, and the State,
through Attorney-General Wright. Writs
were issued accordingly and placed in the
hands of the Sheriffs in the different counties
through which the road passes. The service
at all points between Denver and Pueblo was
unattended by serious opposition, except at
South Pueblo, where body of armed men Of
fered resistance, but they were driven out of
the railroad buildings Some shots were ex-
changed and one man seriously II not mortal
ly wounded.
The Iowa Republican Convention, held at
Des Moines on the 1lth, renominated John
H. Gear for Governor, T. j. Campbell for
Lieutenant Governor and Carl w. Won Coelin
for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Judge Beck was nominated for Supreme
Court Judge The platform declares that the
country is Nation, not a confederation OF
States; that the currency should be main
tanned at par, and that there should be no
more Congressional interference with the
| finance, SO that industries may be revived and
the general welfare promoted; favors a wisely
adjusted tariff for revenue; strict economy in
taxes, and lust reduction and equalization
of official salaries.
At Huntsville, Ala, on the 18th, while the
convicts were marching TO dinner six broke
away. Two were shot dead, but the Others
escaped.
The annual singing and musical festival OF
the German Saengerfest societies began at
Cincinnati on the 1lth.
The Chicago & Alton and the Hannibal &
St. Joseph Railroads were engaged in lively
fight over passenger rates on the 18th, and in
consequence the fare from points on the Mis-,
souri, River to Chicago had fallen from fifteen
dollars TO fifty cents.
On the 18th freight rates on fourth class
grades, flour, grain ahd live hogs, was ad
yanced five cents per hundred by rail from
! Chicago to New York,