Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-10

by the Inflated vessel were washed ashore
some miles south of st. Augustine. The
bodies of three men and a woman and child
were also washed ashore. There were twenty
seven passengers on the vessel.
A ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, dispatch
on the 4tb, stated that the painful rumors re-
garding the fate of the steamer Vera Cruz
had been confirmed, for few survivors had
happily escaped death and reached shore. The
Inflated steamer foundercd on the morning
Of the Goth ult, I'm the midst Of a hurricane,
having glabored painfully for some hours in
heavy sea. OF the seventy persons on board
when the steamer left New York, only thir-
teen are known to have been saved, so fifty
seven souls pershed.
AT Bodie, Cal, on the 5th, George
Watkins killed Police officer Whitaker and
died shortly afterward from wounds inflicted
by that officer; a spauiard killed John Hack
well, miner, and John Raum killed a man
named Costalo.
THE stage which runs between Cave
City, KY, and the Mammoth Cave, was stopped
by highwaymen on the night Of the 3d aud
the passengers robbed of about $1,000 in
money and valuables
SOME unknown person fired into a
Democratic procession at Washington, o., on
the night Of the 4th, and instantly killed Per
ry Wilson, spectator No arrest was made.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
THE wooden bridge over the river
Ebro, near Logrono, Spain, fell on the I'd
while a battalion of troops was crossing. One
captain, three lieutenants and sixty-four men
were drowned.
A RECENT issue of the Panama Star
and Herald gives full particulars of the disas-
trous hurricane which swept Jamaica on the
night of August 49, Twenty-seven vessels,
brlgs, barks, etc, were driven ashore or went
to pieces and every wharf but one was blown
away. The beach was strewn with the car
goes of vessels wrecked. Many seaman were
missing and they are supposed to have per
ished. Cocoanut trees were snapped in pieces
/ and strong and substantial houses fell before
the fury Of the wind. The banana crop was
destroyed. Three severe shocks Of earthquake
we're felt during the storm.
AN American was killed and four
other tourists badly hurt by the overturning
of diligence near Schuls, Switzerland, few
days ago.
A ROME dispatch says if Chill and
Peru do not come to terms England, France
and Italy intend to act in concert to protect
the lives and property of foreigners.
WILLIAM HENRY WILLS, aged seventy
one, one of the originators of the London
Punch, and associated with Charles Dickens
in the establishment of Household Words died
on the Sd.
AN trade was issued on the Sd author
zing the immediate surrender of the town of
Dulcigno to Montenegro. 1t is believed the
Porte will have some difficulty in effecting the
cession.
THE American killed by the over
turning of a diligence at Schuls, Switzerland,
was Edward Bearing, young student of New
York.
AN official dispatch from Quetta, on
the Sd, stated that General Roberts attacked
and dispersed Ayoob Khan's force and captur
ed twenty guns.
AN Ottawa, Canada, dispatch, on the
4th, stated that the Indians at Upper Gate
neau were still in deplorable condition and
we're dying in large numbers from smallpox
The Tetu Butes had been lowering about the
wilderness ever since they left the village
travelling In small parties. One by one they
fell victims to the terrible disease and were
Immediately abandoned by the rest of the
party and left TO die OF starvation If not o.
disease. The trails of these parties could b'
easily followed by the dead bodies lying ex
posed at short distances along the lines.
The Servian Minister at Constantine
pie has presented a note to the Porte urging
measures to be taken to prevent the Alba
mans from attacking Servian territory H,
holds the Porte responsible.
GENERAL ROBERTS telegraphed on the
5th that Ayoob Khan's army had been de
feated and dispersed.
RUSSIAN papers report the explosion
of a floating tank of kerosene on the Volga
; 1t is belieEed thirty persons were killed.
A ST. PETERSBURG correspondent say
mine was discovered in the Government c
Ekaterinoslav, on the 81, previous to tn
Emperor's journey from Tsarkoe Sells to Ii
; vadia, and another to the Government O
Tanrida, further on. One Of the mines con
tanned l0S pounds of dynamite. There was
wire connected with the mine, but no batter
attached.