Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-27


2 ,40C applications for lumber with which |
to put up small houses for homeless fam J
lilies, and about1 ,908 of these applicants
have up 10 this time been supplied with |
lumber contributed by lumber dealers |
and Others, which is being framed into
heuses. .t
snow fell Friday in Ulster comfy, N.
Y !, TO the depth OF two inches.
Intelligence from Yorkville, 8. c., is |
to the effect that quite number of prom.
Inent citizens OF that section have left the
country, ostensibly on business, but
10 reality to escape the penalty Of the
law.
II is believed the grand jury on Friday
indicted one OF the highest city officers of
New York for fraud. No name is |
mentioned, an the officers of the Court
refuse 10 give any information. Judge
Ledwitb was before the grand Jury TO
testify in the case perdipg against the
Mayor. ..u..o..l - ,.f
Gen. Sheridan has sent 8 900 army
blankets, 9 900 oveicoats and 100 wagons
to the Wisconsin sufferers.
The national caored convention a.
Columbia south Carolina has resolved In
favor OF Grant aud the Republican party,
and against emigration 10 Liberia.
Comparative cotton statement: Total
receipts from Sept. 4, 1871, $40. .557; du-
ring the same period last year. 351, ,449,
showing a. dc ease of so S82 bales.
Toal exports IRON Sept. 1, 1871, 101 .408;
duIipg same time Last year, 104 ,496.
Stock In 1871, 1874 149; at all United
states ports in 1870, 1t wss 301 ,807 bales.
Stock in 1871 at interior towns, 80. .311
same time Fast year, 32 202.
An account of The PROCEEDINGS of the
Colnred Convention at Columbia, 8. c.,
shows that the following States were
represents d: Alabama, Arkansas, Flor.
IDA, Ge0rgis, Louisiana. Maryland, Mis-
sissippi, Souh Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Nerth Carolina AID the District
OF Columbia. Committees were appoint
cd on the following sui jects Education
and Labor; Address 70 the American
People; PRINTING; Finance; Civil Rights;
Emigration and Outrsges IN the South.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Jim Fisk Jr.
has procured an injunction from Judge
Pratt, of Brooklyn, prohibiting the use
IN any way OF certain letters or papers
possessed by Helen Josephine Mansfield,
which were written by Jim Fisk j., q
publication OF which he says would ex-
pose him 10 public critic sm ard scandal.
A receiver was appointed 10 take charge
OF the papers. The power which was
sought to be exercised by order of Judge
Pratt is almost unprecedented in such
cases.
The Lorillard Insurance Company was
compelled to suspend yesteIdIy because
OF losses by the Chicago fire. The assets
OF the company are 81, 750, 600; liabili.
ties unknown. The Atlentic and Man
| L.. 81, al
There was considerable excitement in
Bloomfield, N. j Yesterday by the uis-
covery that two women, the wife and
daughter of Frederick Tilimau, bad pro.
badly been poisoned, circumstances hav.
ing led TO such a conclusion. One OF
them was found dead, and the other
in dying couditnn
SAN FRANCE co Oct. 81 -Incendiaries
fred the block bounded by Third, Fourth
Market and Stevenson streets, last night,
at five different points. All 1.-The attempts
were discovered ard frustrated. The
locality is thlckly covered With frame
} buildings. Tue ey yident OBJECT was tC
bu n the city.
E CAIRO, IN. } Oct. % AT Union City
(TeDn last night, wbiie the passenger
3 of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad train wer'
c at supper, three men jumped on the en-
E eiue, Taa the train hack two miles, whil'
! two others entered the Express car anC
robbed the Express safe OF about 81 ,00'
and escaped. The messenger was a
5 supper, and had left one man on guard
n VINO was overpowered by the robbers.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 2l.-Tbe jury in tn
Hawkins Case came In last night wit
a sealed verdict, which ou being opeue,
v this forenoon, was found to be guilty
e The court room was crowded, and tn
" amour cement created much sensation
i The counsel lor the people moved tina
u tie defendant be taken into custody
q which motion was stoutly resisted b
d defendaut's attorneys. TIE prosecr
II ton, hoSever, were fl m ia thei
@ demand that the case should TAX
l the ordinary course, and tn
United ares Marshal accordingly wa
At diIec ed 10 hold Hawkins as y prii
p oner. Time was allowed TO prepare
ie motion for a new trial, aud one In arres
Ie al judgment The penalty OF the Uta
statute tor the cJime Of adultery is in
,e prisonmeut not exceeding twenty year:
Is and not less than three years, or fine {
1. not over 81 900, or both fiue and imprii
d ponment at the discretion OF the Cour
v This is q test case, and virtually place
l. all polygamiSts at the mercy of the frs
1t wife, who, under the act, is the onl
?, party who can insttute proceeding
IS against the husband. The case was cor
IS tested on botn sides with great determ
nation, and the charge OF Chief Justic
a Mexican to the jury last night, is spoke
C of as being eminently able.
~ WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Advices +,
, ceived here from South Carolina stat
- that at Spartansburg, on Wednesda
:, evening last, Ku Klux, consisting of
~ CHIEF and seventy members, surrendere
to United States Marshal johnson, wit
their arms ana DISCUSSES. Up to Frida
morning seventy arrests had been mao
in the vicinity OF that town alone. Spa
tansbuIg is known to be the headqua
ters for that Congressional District A
h. rests have been made in other countle
4 but the number is not known her,
Attorney General Ackerman is sti
I with Colonel MorrIll. A number
well known citiZens are missing, includ
" ing Lyle, a member of the Legislature
who is reported To be Chief of the Kla
70 for that district. Among those who hav
~ disappeared are two or three clergy ymeI
! know Tor tneIr strong rebel proclivitie
NJ The officers of the law are pToce edIn
v steadily with their work, and before th
!. arrests are all made, they will show th
ta existence of a deep and wide conspiraC
I against the State, the laws and all wb
, sustain them. MOet OF the u-Klu
refugees are known 10 have gone
Georgia, where the order is quite stronl
, The grand cyclone for that State is b.
. leved to be a son.in-law OF Robel
y Toombs.
o. COLUMBIA, s. c., Oct. 21.-Iniorma
2 ton is received here from York and Ii
,t adjoining counties of SpsrtansbuIg an
4 Chester, stating there is great excitemer
there, owing to the summary proceed
# ings of the United States Marshal an
= :, troops. Forty four tizens were arreste
q and cTammed into tire Jail, which wa
already full of negroes. Several hur
70 dred citizens have deserted their home
20 in consequence of the wholesale arrests
y and sought refuge in the woods until a
= opportunity presents itself to seek satet
- IN more distant fight. A reign of terrC
- exists in that entire section, and deprt
= dsti0Ds are being committed ON th
+ property of citizens who have fed,
negroes aud other evil disposed persons
A fiohk ia said 10 have Occurred ON BrOa