Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-01-12

in the Gubernatorial affairs of Georgia, and,
as Governor Conley personally cares nothing
\ for the Office there will be no contest be-
tween him and the Govcrnor-clect concern
ing it,"
In New. York city, on the I'd, the old
Board OF Aldermen passed o resolution for
the impeachment Of Mayor Hall. The new
Board was organized in the afternoon. II
was not thought probable that for the pres.
ent the new Board would do anything fur
ther concerning the impeachment of the
Mayor. The resolutions which were passed
by the old Board were unanimously re-
! scinded.
The Pennsylvania Legislature convened at
Harrisburg on the I'd. William Elliott, of
Philadelphia, was elected Speaker of the
! House.
The New York Legislature met at Albany
on the I'd. James Terwlliger was chosen
Clerk of the Senate. According to the Gov
enor's message the State debt has been re-
duced to S29,0O000O. The insurance com
panies of the state have paid S2O,O00,0OO of
losses by the Chicago fire. The tolls on the
canals were nearly 100000 more than the
| year previous
The Grand Duke Alexis arrived In Chicago
on the evening of the 3Oth ult and remained
in the city until the I'd inst, when he went to
Milwaukee. While in Chicago he visited the
| principal portions Of the city, including the
burnt districts. He met with an enthusiastic
| public reception both in Chicago and Mil
| waukee.
The Ohio Legislature organized on the ID.
In the Senate, E. T. Hall, Republican, was
elected Chief Clerk the vote stood is to IS
for his opponent, c. B. Flood Democrat The
Lieut.. Governor gave the casting vote, and at
once decided that Hall was duly elected The
other Republican nominees for Senate offices
were elected. The House organized by elect
ing N. H. Van vorhecs, of Athens Republi-
can, Speaker and B. j. Loomis, of Franklin,
Republican, as Chief Clerk. All the other
nominees chosen by the Republican caucus
were elected.
| Brigham Young was arrested on the morn
ing of the 2d, at his residence in Salt Lake
| city, by the United States Marshal, charged
with murder. Judge Mexican refused to
admit him TO bail, and he was conveyed to
his residence and there held prisoner in
his own house. lie seemed perfectly cool
and unconcerncd.
! In the United States Court at Columbia,
| S. c., on the I'd, the trial of DR.. Avery was
continued. After argument from the op-
| posing counsel, the jury found verdict OF
! guilty. No motion for arrest of Judgment
was made. The four prisoners from Spar
tansburg County pleaded guilty and were re-
manded for sentence.
The Treasury Department at Washington
has issued a circular allowing towing boats
and steamboats,, used exclusively in trans
| porting freight upon the Mississippi and its
tributaries, to carry standard pressure upon
| their boilers of one hundred and fifty pounds
to the square inch, instead of one hundred
and ten pounds, the limit heretofore allow
| ed.
EX-COmptroller Connolly was, on the 1st,
taken before Judge Barnard on writ of
habeds corpus, and released on $1,000 bail in
each OF the fifteen indictments against
him, making $4,000 in all. Sureties were
promptly given, and the prisoner was set at
liberty.
A riot occurred around the jail at Roches-
ter, n. Y, on the evening of the I'd. A ne
gro named Howard had been arrested and
placed in Jail, charged with having commit.
ted an outrage on little girl. A mob gath.
cred about the Jail, demanding that the
negro be given up to them and hanged. A
large force of police and militia were brought
to the scene to protect the Jail and preserve
order. Some of the mob stoned the Jail, and
missiles were hurled at the militia, where
upon the latter were ordered to charge bayo
nets upon the mob, in doing which several
shots were fired, killing two men, and wound
ing man and boy.
A pigeon.sh shooting match of the Long
Island Shooting Club was interrupted on the
I'd, by Bergh A member shot two birds
however, to enable Bergh to make test cast
in the courts. The Society, on the othei
hand, threatened to sue Bergh for trespass OF
the club grounds.
At a special election in the Ninth Congress
sional District of Mass ssachusetts, on the I'd
to choose a successor in Congress to William
B. Washburn, resigned, Colonel AlvaI
Crocker, of Fitchburg, was chosen by a yer!
large majority.
In the Maine Legislature, on the Sd, Reu
ben Foster was elected President of tn,
Senate, and Frederick Robbie, Speaker of tn,
House.
The Massachusetts, Legislature assembled
on the Sd. Horace II. Coolidge was elected
President of the Senate, and John f. San
ford, of Taunton, Speaker of the House.
In his message to the Legislature, GOV
ernor Geary, of Pennsylvania, places tn,
total debt of the State at nearly so, 900,
600. Deducting the sinking fund anC
cash in the Treasury, the balance mpro
vided for is S1S, 100000. The amount paiC
off during the last five years averages 81,
l44,s7s yearly.
The New Hampshire Republican Stat,
Convention met at Concord on the Sd, anC
nominated f. A. Strong for Governor, ant
Albert s. Twitchcl for Railroad Commls
sioner.
The Minnesota Legislature convened ol
the Sd. A. R. Hill, of Hennepin, was chosel
Speaker of the House.
Mrs. Laura Fair died in prison at Sal
Francisco, on the Both ult. She was unde
sentence of death for the shooting of Mr.
Crittenden, and was to have been hung thi
MONTH There was a report in San Francis
co that her death was induced by barbarou
treatment during her incarceration.
Washington dispatch of the 4th says i
had been ascertained from reliable source
that the Administration had not changed it
policy on the Cuban question, but would con
tinue to act according to the principles here
tofore declared, namely, that "while it viii
observe strict neutrality in regard to the dill
ficulties now existing in the island of Cuba
it cannot consent that our merchant vessel
shall be molested in their lawful pursuits, o
overhauled and examined unless they ar
found committing some violation of Spanisl
authority. In accordance with this polio
our Government has protested against tn
act of the Spanish naval officer in boarding
! and searching the Florida on the high seas
and has required the Spanish Governmen
first, to apologize second, to disavow the ae
of the officer third, to punish him, an
fourth, to pay damages"
A dispatch from Havana on the 4th say
J the steamer Florida left Nassau on the S0t
ult., followed by the Spanish gunboat Des Gu
7 bridor, which, after the lapse of q few hours