Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-01
THE EAST.

THE EAST
DENIS KEARNEY urges Solon Chase
to make a straight fight in Maine and not
fuse with the Democrats.
THE steamships Frisia and Scythia,
which arrived at New York on the 22d,
brought 81, 1881, 900 in gold.
THE Massachusetts Greenback Con-
vention, held at Worcester on the 22d, nomi-
mated the following ticket: For Governor,
General Horace B. Sargent; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, George Dutton; Secretary of State,
Jonathan Arnold; Treasurer, Wilbur F. Whit
ney; Auditor Charles T. Warner; Attorney
General, John NJ. Raymond. The resolutions
reported affirm the Chicago platform of June
0, 1880, and pledge support TO the candidates
there nominated.
The schooner Gladiator was found on
the 18th bottom up, about 100 miles east of
Sandy Hook. The body of one of the crew
was hanging from the forerigglng AS the
schooner lay in the track of other vessels it
was determined 20 scuttle her. large hole
was cut in her side just about the water line
The horrible smell which issued drove the
crew Of the boat which discovered her from
their work, and they felt confident that other
members of the crew lay dead in the cabin
A FIRE at Sherburne, n. Y, on the
e2d, destroyed brick block, the Medbury Ho-
tel, Congregational Church and half dozen
other minor buildings.
A SNOW fell on Mount Washington on
the 23d.
The one-hundredth anniversary of
the capture of Major Andre was celebrated at
Tarrytown, n. Y, on the 23d. Fifty thou
sand people witnessed the parade Samuel j.
Tilden was president Of the day. In his re-
marks he reviewed the early military move
ments in the valley of the Hudson, eulogfzed
the picturesque scenery and told in detail the
story Of the treachery of Arnold. In alluding
to the capture of Andre he said he felt that
representatives, children or grandchildren, of
Van Vert, Williams and Paulding were be.
fore him. Governor Cornell was unable to
attend on account of illness.
MEMBERS of the expedition headed by
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, which sailed
from New York June l, 1878, for Baffin's Bay
and King Williams Land for the purpose of
seeking further data upon the fate of Sir John
Franklin, arrived at New Bedford, Mass, on
the 23d. Though the special object of the
search, the recovery of the records of the
Franklin expedition, which according to
Esquimaux testimony were known TO exist at
specified point, has not been attained, the
explorers have, nevertheless, obtained many
relics Of the Franklin party, including the re-
mains Of Lieutenant Irving. The expedition
discovered important rivers and coasts and
corrected errors on former charts. The re-
suit of the expedition has shown that 1t is
possible for white men to adapt themselves to
the climate andlife of the Esquimaux in pros
ecuting journeys in the Polar regions.
SHIPPERS of live cattle to Europe say
the trade is constantly increasing, spite of the
restrictions imposed upon it by the regula-
tions Of the British Government.
A COMMITTEE of the International
Wool Growers Association have reported in
favor of calling the attention of Congress to
the necessity of making larger appropriations
to the Department of Agriculture to assist in
distributing documents regarding sheep and
their products.
.-, In reply to letter from Theodore
Cook, of Cincinnati, regarding the payment
of rebel claims General Hancock has written
letter stating that If he were President he
would veto all legislation which might come
before him providing for the consideration or
payment of claims Of any kind for losses or
N.
whether pardoned or not.
BRISTOL, r. l., celebrated the two
hundredth anniversary of its settlement on
the oath.
THE body of Peter Woodland, the
foreman who perished with nineteen Others
when the Hudson River Tunnel caved in, was
removed from the csisson on the night of the
oath.
The official returns of the Vermont
election show total vote OF 7C, ,7O9; Farnham,
Rep, 1884; Phelps, Dem, 81, ,923; Heath, Gr.,
1,57S; scattering IA; Farnham's majority, %,
.079.
SEVERAL bodies were taken from the
Hudson River tunnel on the 25th.
CAPTAIN CHARLES MARTIN, master of
fishing schooner, says his vessel was twice
boarded by hostile parties Of Newfoundland
eTs and fishing operations forbidden. The in
vaders threatened 10 drive the vessel from the
grounds, but Captain Martin dared them to
interfere and continuing TO fish was not mo-
ested. He reports hearing that several New
foundlanders had been arrested by the local
authorities for interference with Americans.
WEST AND SOUTH.
On the night ofthe 22d, shortly after
detail had been placed on duty at the Corn
ing, Ohio coal mines, fire was opened on
the troops by miners concealed in the bushes,
II was so dark that nothing could be dscerned,
but the soldiers guided by the flashes of fire
from the muskets, returned the shots. None
of the troops were injured, and it could not
be ascertained whether any of the rioters had
been hit OF not.
The twelfth reunion of the Army OF
the Cumberland commenced at Toledo on the
22d with some five hundred members present
A SATISFACTORY arrangement for q
settlement has been made with the Memphis
Tenn, bondholders of New York.
JESSE GRANT, son of General Grant,
was married TO Miss Lizzie, daughter Of w
S. Chapman, at the Palace Hotel, San Fran
cisco, on the 2lst
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED people in Norton
County, Kan, are in absolute want of food
The wheat crop in that and a number Of othel
counties failed and in June was plowed uI
and planted IN corn, which has been destroyed
by the wire worm. The local and State pa
pers are accused of suppressing these facts
Ls It will injure the State.
THE Board Of Managers Of the NA