Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-07-09

railroad laws, and the Illinois Genital will
appeal the case to the United States Supreme
Court.
The Leadville extension of the Den
yer q Rio Grande Railroad was completed to
within three miles Of Leadville on the Goth
ult.
The National Conference of Chari-
ties and Correction convened in. Cleveland on
the 9Th ult. General R. Brinkerhoff presided.
THE following State ticket was nomi-
mated by the West Virginia Republican Con-
vention on the Both ult.: For Governor
George c. Sturgis; Acknowledgement, George
b. Caldwell; Auditor, John A. Cunningham;
Treasurer, Richard Burke State Superintend-
ent of Schools, Professor j. L. Purenton;
Judge Of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Ed
win Maxwell.
NEAR twelve o clock on the night of
the goth ult a meteor as large as a barrel,
started from the zenith, plunged down the
northeastern sky and exploded with a report
thatreverberated for thirty seconds and shook
the earth at Macon, Georgia The meteor was
five seconds falling, during which time the
city was lit up as by an electric light. The
time between the disappearance of the meteor
A GALVESTON NesOs special from Fort
Stockton says Major r. s. Lawrence and corps,
OF the Texas Pacific Railroad, after a number
of days of extreme suffering from thirst In the
White Sand Hills, arrived at Pecos river with
out loss of life. Some stock and wagons were
abandoned at different intervals for forty miles.
Those first arriving at the river went in search
OF others. number when found were crazed
by thirst and had entirely stripped themselves.
They were found within q hundred yards Of
Pecos river drinking the blood OF animals
they had slain. Some men were almost blind.
Arriving at the river they plunged in head
foremost. But for the bravery of the most
experienced large number would have per-
ished.
The Sny levee, which begins at
point between Quincy, ILL.,, and Hannibal,
Mo-, and ends near Alton, Ill, broke on the
goth nit. at point some fifteen miles below
Hannibal. At the river where the crevasse
occurred, an entire family, Mr.. Freeman his
wife and children, were drowned 1t is feared
other lives were lost. strip Of country
forty miles long and four to ten miles wide
was protected by this embankment, embrac-
ing the richest farming land in Illinois. Mile
after mile of fine corn fields were ruined and
thousands OF acres Of wheat in the stack and
unstacked were submerged.
In the Seventh Iowa Congressional
District, on the Both ult., Hon. John A. Kas-
son, now Minister at Vienna, was nominated
as the Republican candidate for Congress by
a unanimous rising vote.
A PLEASURE boat on Lake Mime
tonka, Mimi, exploded her boiler on the
Isl, completely wrecking the boat and killing
three persons and injuring eight others, two
fatally.
A eREMAToRY has been erected two
miles north OF Nashville, Tenn.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, has population
Of 159,399 an increase of.about 68, 900 since
1870
SCOTT BELL (colored) was hanged at
Stockville, Miss, on the ID for the murder of
Jim Henry (colored) on the 10th of May last.
English Carter alias l.. B. Jones, was hanged
at Huntsville, Texas, on the same day for the
murder of W. X. Spaulding in July last.
GENERAL j. b. WEAVER, Greenback
candidate for President, has written letter
of acceptance, in which he expresses his graf
ifcation at the honor conferred upon him and
accepts the nomination as a solemn duty. In
concluding his letter he says: "In conse-
quence of the great avenues TO public opinion
the press, bar and pulpit-being mainly un-
der the control Of the enemies of our Govern
ment, our Convention thought proper TO re-
quest its candidates to visit the various sec
tions of the Union and talk to the people. 1t
is my intention to comply with this request
to the extent of my ability. And now. eschew-
ing all violence and tumult as unworthy of
the cause we represent and relying upon Di-
vine Providence and the justice of our cause l
go forth into the struggle for human rights"
GENERAL GRANT left Galena for Col
orado on the LIST. He arrived at Kansas City
on the 3D. where he received most enthusi-
astic reception.
THE spring wheat crop of the north
west is said to be badly damaged.