Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
revolutionary movements following this

man. A motion was adopted-09 to A.
that, there being no regular delegation
present from New York, the roll of that
city be omitted in the deliberation. A
series of resolutions was adopted, and the
Convention adjourned to the 9TH.
The Massachusetts Labor Reform Con-
vention has nominated Mr.. Chamberlain
for Governor Lieutenant Governor, Allen
Dean; Secretary of State, H. B. Megath-
Ion Attorney General, George II. Rufin,
colored Auditor, George B. Sanderson.
A resolution was adopted "That we well
come women to seats in this Convention
as legal delegates, and Ialso as voters at
the polls, as soon as they can be legally
made So"
The following is the ticket nominated
by the Prohibitiouists of Massachusetts
For Governor, Judge Pittman; Lieuten.
nt.Governor, Eliphalet Trask; Secretary
of State, George s. Ball; Treasurer, John
I. Baker; Attorney General, Samuel d.
Field Auditor, Hon. Ezra 8. Conant.
Mayor Hall, of New York city, ap-
peared before the Yorkville Police Court
on the morning of the 4th to answer the
charge of malfeasance in office. He made
a short address to the court waving an
examination and rendering bail. He was
released on his own recognizance.
Hon. Henry Snapp, of viii County, has
been nominated for Congress by the Re-
publicans of the Sixth Illinois District.
An Omaha dispatch of the 4th says the
official canvass shows a majority of 614
against the new constitution of Nebraska.
The Illinois State Democratic Conven.
ton, which met at Springfield on the 4th,
nominated Hon. s. s. Hayes, of Chicago,
as candidate for Congressman-a Large.
A dispatch from Green Bay, Wis, on
the 4th, says the fires then prevailing in
the State had never had a parallel since
the settlement of the country. Dwelling
houses, barns and their contents, hay
stacks, cordwood, and other property, to-
gether with hundreds Of miles of fences,
were burned, ss no resistance could be Of
fered to the approaching fires. 1t was es-
timated that an area cf 1900 square miles
was being burned over.
A New York dispatch of the 9Th says
experts yesterday visited the County
Court House, accompanied by a special
committee of the Committee Of Seventy,
and made a careful examination of all the
furniture in the building. After adding %
per cent. to their estimate, they valued all
at $92, ,075. Other experts estimated the
carpenter work at $132,000, including the
addition Of 25 per cent. Mr.. Ingersoll re-
ceived for furnishing the above, 81 AGO.
000 The affidavits of the experts were
sworn to and handed to District Attorney
Garvin. Several vouchers for IngersolPs,
Garvey's and Keyser's work were un-
earthed, yesterday, by the Committee of
Seventy The vouchers are all for an
enormous amount Not one of them was
sworn to, but all were signed by A. Oakley
Hall"
The New York Democratic State Con-
vention, on the 5th, nominated the
following ticket: For Secretary of
State, Diedrich Williers; Comptrol-
Ter, A. V. Nichols; Treasurer, Wheeler
H Bristol; Attorney General, Mar
shall B. Champlain; State Engineer,
Van r. Richmond; Canal Commissioner.
G. w. Chapman; Inspector of State Pris-
ons, David B. Mcneil. Mr.. Tilden is
Chairman of the new State Committee.
The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided that free goods may be carried in
cars with bonded merchandise.
VIM. G.. Nelson has been appointed
Gauger for the First District of OHIO.
AT special conference of the Mormon
Church, in Salt Lake City, on the 9th,
speeches were made by Geo. @. Cannon
and Brigham Young, Jr., who bitterly de-
nounced the Federal officials. The latter
said the Mormons had settled that noun
tain region, and they were entitled to its
exclusive occupation and enjoyment.
They asked no favors or assistance from
any source. They defied all their enemies
the Government of the United States in
cluded. The government officials now
prosecuting them were tools of the devil.
He prayed God to curse them all forever
Said he, with violent gesticulations
Trust to God, keep your powder dry,
and don't fail to have on hand good sup
ply of fixed ammunition"
A Yankton Cd. T) dispatch of the 5th
says prairie fires had broken out at several
points, both east and west of there, result.
ing in the destruction of several dwell
ings, barns, and other property.
Eminent physicians of New Orleans
published statement on the 9th that no
yellow fever existed in that city and that
the city was and had been remarkably
healthy throughout.
The case Of Mrs. Ely Wharton, indicted
for the poisoning of General Ketchum
and E. Van Ness, was on the 9th removed
from the Criminal Court in Baltimore to
the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel
County.
A Washington telegram of the 5th says
Information from Texas is TO the effect
that the Republican ticket, including
Clark, is elected. 1t is reported that Con
nor, Democrat, is elected, but the contest
was close, and the seat will be contested" "
AT a meeting of the New York Citizens
Committee of Seventy on the 9th, it tran
spired that John H. Keyser, one of the
new Court House contractors, had made
an assignment of some 100000 worth OF
property to Jackson S Schultz, member
of the committee, in trust, to repay, out OF
the proceeds of the same, all sums OF
money which he may have improperly
received from the city or County of New
York, and he has also given full informa-
ton touching his pecuniary transactions
with the city.
At the election in Connecticut, on the
2d, 10 towns went straight Republican, As
straight Democratic, and 22 divided. OF
| the latter, elected q Repubhcan majority