Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-05-05

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A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa, on
the 25th, says six collieries in that vicini-
ty had resumed work.
The Board Of Aldermen of Washington
City have passed joint resolution-11 to
4-prohibiting corporal punishment in the
public schools of that city.
At Conneaut, o., on the morning of the
25th, the dwelling house of B. 9. Foster
was discovered to be on fire, and in few
minutes was in flames Mr.. Foster and
wife barely escaped DEATH while two chill
dren perished in the flames Jennie,
years cid, was burned to crisp; Lloyd,
10 years of age, leaped from the upper
window, and was 30 badly burned that he
died in a few hours.
In case recently tried In Branch Coun-
ty, Mich, it was decided that a divorce
granted In Indiana was valid in Michigan.
A New Orleans dispatch of the evening
Of the 25th says there was no water from
the Bonnet Care crevasse nearer that city
than thirteen miles. The river in front of
the city was sixteen inches below the high
water mark Of 1852, and falling.
A crazy man named Patrick MeGinness,
hailing from Pawtucket r. l., was in
Washington few days ago, and claimed
that he was the President of the United
States and rightfully entitled to the Presi-
dental chair. He made two violent at
1 tempts to enter the White House. He was
finally taken into custody and sent to an
insane asylum.
A Washington special to the New York
Tribune of the Goth says: 1t is positively
asserted that the treaty of the Joint High
Commission will contain no provision of
any kind for reciprocity with Canada.
That a proposition to balance free fisheries
with free transportation for lumber, coal,
etc, was made in the Commission is not
doubted, but, as the American Commits
sioners were assured that no treaty which
contained such a provision would be rati-
fed, it is said that all reciprocity was
omitted"
A majority of the patrons of the public
schools of Louisville having voted infavoI
of one session through the summer, the
School Board has ordered that only one
session per day be hereafter held in the
public schools.
The press of California unanimously en-
dorse the verdict in the Fair case, and con.
gratulate San Francisco and the State on
the viudication of law, justice, morality
and decency in the result of the trial
Mrs Fair will be sentenced May 30, the
counsel desiring month to prepare an
application for new trial, having reserved
about forty exceptions-generally on un
important points of ruling by the courts
The train from Plainfield, N. j., fol
New York, struck one of Barnum's circus
wagons on the morning of the 9th, neal
Crawford, N. j., killing three men out
right and dangerously injuring two Others
while sixth was slightly injured. Al
belonged to the circus.
A Washington dispatch of the 27tl
says: Several agents sent abroad by tn,
government to popularize the new LOAF
represent that it is difficult to get capital
lists to invest in it. The agents assert tina
foreign houses and some Americans are re
ceiving much larger commissions on Stat
and railroad securities, which pay large
/, dividends. 1t is suggested that, if the in
terest had been made payable abroad, ther
; would have been less trouble in negotiat
ing the loan"
, New Orleans dispatches of the 9th sa,
the Bonnet Care Crevasse was 1,100 fee
q wide at two p. m. on the Goth, and one
. sixth of the whole volume of water of Tn
!. Mississippi at that point was passing
, through. Poverty Point and Naver
Crevasses were closed.
Recent accounts from Santa Fe, N. M
give the particulars of gross outrages b.
the Indians. Two coaches on the road be
tween La Mesilla and Tucson had bee
> attacked, the passengers murdered and tn
: mails plundered and destroyed. The bod
r of the driver of one of the coaches ha
I, been found, with his breast cut open, hi
y heart taken out, split in two and laid owe
his face. Other murders and outrages ar
reported. =
8 The City Surveyor Of New Orleans o
a the 28th reported the river falling, an
j the levees safe along the front of the city
u The Bonnet Carre crevasse was 1,20
e feet wide; otherwise there was no materis
i change in the situation. The water wa
8 within half mile of Kennervile, and ha
Q also made it's appearance on the low groun
a east and south.