Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-10

A London dispatch of the Sd says: "At
the meeting of the Conference, to-day,
Russia fully gained her object, all her pre-
tensions being acknowledged, and she
yielding nothing. Turkey obtains no new
guarantee"
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the Sd at
i11L.
| 1t Is said that the money stolen from
the express company at Albany, N. Y, at
the late robbery, was not much short of
$75,OOO or $4,000. John Fillxins has been
indicted by the grand jury as the perpe-
traitor Of the crime.
The steamer W. r. Arthur, from New
Orleans for Louisville, exploded her boil
ers fourteen miles above Memphis, on the
morning Of the 2Sth, tearing away the
forward part of the cabin and texas She
then took fire and burned till her bow
sunk. The night was intensely dark. ~Af-
ter the explosion, most of the passengers
rushed down to the lower deck. Many in
the confusion Jumped into the river and
were drowned. When the bow sunk, the
waves washed her lower deck, sweeping
off all who were gathered there. 1t was
believed at Memphis on the 2sth that
eighty-seven lives were lost by the dis
aster.
In the q. S. District Court, at Richmond,
Va, Kate Cummings, colored, has obtain
ed verdict of $1,100 damages from the
Orange & Alexandria Railroad Company,
for having been elected from the train at
Alexandria, because she, having first
class ticket, refused to go into the colored
peoples Car.
John Laughlin, aged 81; his wife, aged
30; son, aged 4 and Susan Sands, aged
90, were found dead in a room at No. 1897
Third avenue, New York City, on the
Both. They were sufocated by gas from
a stove.
There was great rejoicing on the 3Oth in
all the principal cities Of the country,
among the German residents, over the
capitulation of Paris.
The President sent to Congress on the
Both message recommending the estab-
lishment of territorial government for
the Indians.
A terrible calamity occurred at Kenosha,
Wis, on the 31st ult The Halliday House,
a four.story brick building, was discovered,
about 4 80 a. m, to be on fire in the second
story, in the room used as a store-room for
lamps and kerosene. There were about
thirty persons in the building, who were
awakened by the discoverer of the fire,
and several of them succeeded in max
ing their escape; but the flames
spread so rapidly that Mrs.
Merrill and her four little chill
| dren, the eldest of whom was twelve
years of age, who occupied room on the
third floor, were unable to escape, and,
Notwithstanding great efforts were made
to rescue them, they all perished in the
flames. Mr.. Osmond Capron, son of
Horace Capron, United States Commits
sioner of Agriculture, was asleep in his
room adjoining that of Mrs. Merrill,
and barely escaped from the build
ing alive, being horribly burned.
Simeon Fuller, clerk of the hotel aged
thirty-ive, was passing the fateful lamp
room door when terrific explosion was
heard, and he was thrown upon his face
and actually saturated with kerosene,
which, igniting, enveloped him literally
in garment of fame He succeeded in
jumping from the window, but was fear
fully burned, and died at 3 80 p. m. The
cook of the hotel, Edward Wade, was
missing, supposed to be among the vic
tins. The origin of the fire is attributed
to lamp left burning in the lamp-room
having exploded.
The following is the public debt state
ment as published on The LIST
Total outstanding debt. 81 AIS, ,s1s ,004 90
Total principal and interest, in
cluding interest due and un-
Amount in the Treasury. ....- iss,s94,2 ,2ss 90
Debt less amount In Treasury. 2,s2S 026 ,sO7 90
Decrease during the month ...... 4,04O,966 90
Decrease since March 1, 1910 .... So on
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad
Companies, interest payable In
lawful money
Amount outstanding ....,..,.. 64,s1s,ssa 90
Interest accrued and not yet paid. 823,094 90
Interest paid by the United States 10,T53,910 90
Interest repaid by transportation
Balance Of interest paid by the
United states. S,993OS6 OO
The order removing the United States
Land Office from Fort Dodge to Des
Moines, Iowa, has been modified so as to
continue the Office at Fort Dodge until the
1st of March.
BY the official report of the census
takers, Iowa has a population of 1,191 800.
A movement is being started by several
wealthy citizens of Boston to raise $780,
600 to purchase provisions to load ship
to be sent to the relief of the French, pro-
viding the government will furnish
United States vessel to carry the provis-
ions.
The Supreme Court Of Maine has de-
cided that railroads carrying express mat
ters for one company have no right to re-
fuse to carry similar articles for another or
rival company.
According to the new census, the popu-
lation of New York city is given as 944,-
129 on the first day of June last. The
old enumeration gave 926,34t inhabitants
of all ages, color and sexes increase,
17,79S.
The United States Census Bureau at
Washington has prepared an official table
of the population of all the States and
Territories, which places the total popula-
ton of the United States at 3S,53S, 1s0. In
crease in ten years, 7,094,759.
Mrs. Mitchell, of Egg Harbor, New
York, became insane on the I'd, seized her
two.young children, threw them into a
well, and then jumped in herself All
were drowned 1t appears that Mrs.
Mitchell also attempted to murder her son,
ten years of age, but he escaped.
Contributions for the French sufferers
are being rapidly made at the East. On
the Sd twenty-eight thousand dollars had
already been contributed In Boston to-
warti sending a shipload of provisions to
France, and in New York city several
wealthy citizens had given $4,000 each,
and many others $500 and 81 900.