Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-04-05
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

A HEAVY rain and wind storm passed
over Urbana the other night, doing
much damage. The Church OF tho
Epiphany was struck by lightning and
considerably damaged.
WILLIAM PRoBERT, who died few
days ago in Fulton County, aged ninety,
was the oldest Grand Army man in the
United States. He served in Michigan
regiment.
WILL MoREY, son of Congressman
| Morey, of Hamilton, has been appoint
ed to 5000 clerkship in the Census
Bureau.
THE appropriations made by the Leg
islature thus far are So, 052, ,o37 in tho
partial and general bills, $50, 49355 in
the deficiency bill, and S43,5OO, with
S91, ,562 for advertising the constitutional
amendments, making total of SS,278,-
59255. The total receipts Of last year
were SS,2T3, T9G75, which, taken as q
| basis for the current year, would leave
in the State Treasury at the close of the
| fiscal year 1890 S204.20
| The following nominations for post
masters were made a few days ago:
Robert d. Doyle, Bryan; Morris Burns,
Gallon.
| A TwELvE-YEAR-oLD boy at Akron,
was fired at by burglar whom he de-
tected and tried to capture.
| A NEW post-oflice has been established
at Clemma, Gailia County, Joab A. King
postmaster.
| THE city council of Logan granted a
| franchise of the streets and alleys of
| that city for an electric light plant to
Messrs Welsh & Ressinger, of Athens
JACOB b. KoRN, an ex-councilman of
Springfield, committed suicide with a
revolver. He used loolSing-glass in
order to take perfect aim.
| A NUMBER of relics, supposed to be
those of the mound builders, were un-
earthed along the Miami river in Butler
County.
! A SLICK swindler at Mansfield, realiz-
ed S3, 500 from the sale of bogus Louisi-
ana lottery tickets.
A WOMAN at Fremont, got verdict of
$4,000 against n saloon-keeper who sold
her husband liquor after she had noti-
fed him not to do so.
WHILE little Edan Creel, at Enon,
Clarke County, was playing with sup
posed worthless dynamite cartridge, it
exploded, tearing off part of her left
hand. The cartridge also passed square,
ly through the fleshy part of the left
leg, below the knee, causing sickening
wound and extensive hemorrhage.
The following fourth-class postmas-
ters were appointed the other day: Ber-
nard, Brown County, L. Biehn; New
Hagerstown, Carroll County, f. Krieg;
Oretown, Vinton County, w. II. House,
holder; Owen, Marion County, P. Lewis;
Warnock, Belmont County, M. 4. Nc
Kirahan.
TOBIAS ELLIOTT, young farmer of
Jackson Township, Shelby County, is
missing. His horse returned home, the
other morning, dragging the remains of
his buggy, and it is feared that the
vehicle struck a bridge in the dark and
that Elliott is drowned.
THE Governor has granted reprieve
until the 23d day of May to Chas.
Blythe, sentenced to hang on tho 9th of
April for the killing of Colonel Jones,
of Cincinnati.
AN old soldier named Cast was beaten
and robbed of seventy-fve dollars PEN
sion money, near Tiffin.
MADAME DEVERE was acquitted of
forgery at Toledo.
LEANDER BURDICK, Grand Master of
Ohio Masons, has appointed the follow
ing trustees to represent the Grand
Lodge in the location and erection of
the proposed State Mason Home: j. III.
Bromwell, j. w. Iredell, Cincinnati; C.
c. Keifer, Urbana; G. ID. McBride, Gal
lipolis; c. A. Woodward, Cleveland;
John M. Stull, Warren. Representatives
from N har hnlinc Cro nd n
cry, S. +. Forbes, Toledo; G. B: Har-
mon, Dayton; Ed Morrell, Columbus;
Grand Council, j. w. Chamberlain, Tiff
fin; Grand Chapter, w. b. Hillman,
Cleveland; Leander Burdick, Toledo;
w. W. Savage, Wilmington. The Scot
tish Rite has yet to name two trustees,
when organization will take place.
Headquarters are established at Cincin-
nati.by the constitution.
HENRY MEME, WHO came to the Sol
diers' Home, Dayton, from Cincinnati,
veteran of Company e, Fifth Kentucky
Infantry, aged sixty years. committed
suicide the other night by shooting with
a revolver, the bullet lodging in his
brain back of the left ear. He was
found lying in pool of blood at day
light next morning, pistol by his side.
! He drew his pension three days before
and had not been home since then.
EARLY the other morning a fierce
storm passed over the northern portion
OF Jackson. A large, new two-story
frame dwelling which was being erected
for Mr.. VIM. Neeley, of Cincinnati, was
lifted off its foundation and set down
few feet from its former place. But lit
tie other damage was done.
THE Cincinnati Chamber of Com
merce, on learning of the terrible calam-
ity at Louisville, appointed a commit
tee to visit the stricken city and report
to the Chamber what it may find neces-
sary to be done in the way of relief.
THE following Ohio postmasters were
: commissioned on the 2Sth: Fallsburg,
Licking County, U. G. Edwards; Mecca,
Trumbull County, L. G. Miller; Nit
chell's salt works, jefferson County, r.