Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-04-11


the legal rate Of interest at per cent. al
lowing 10 per cent. to be taken under writ
ten contract; and furnishing any one who
charges higher rates by making him forfeit
all his interest. The bill making women
eligible as school officers has passed both
branches Of the Legislature.
By a vote Of nearly two to one, the Ohio
Sen ate has refused TO abolish capital pun
ishment.
terrific tornado visited Canton, Miss,
on the 2Sth ult., unroohng and tearing down
and iniurIng many persons. The
damage to the town OF Canton was estimat-
ed at 100000. Much injury was done In
the surrounding country. The town of
Franklin, Tenn, has also suffered severely
from similar visitation.
Captain Williams, of the lost steamship At
lantic, states that the number of passengers on
the ill-fated vessel was about as follows: cabin,
33; stecrage, 500; besides the officers and crew,
numbering 143-making total of $40 souls on
board. He puts the number lost at 546 The
names of the cabin passengers lost arc as fol
lows; Cyrus NJ Fisher and wife, Vermont; Miss
Brodie and Miss Barker, Chicago; J.H. Price, l5l
Broadway, New York; Mr.. Kruger, 81 Exchange
Place. New York; Albert Sumner, San Fran
cisco; Henry T. Hewitt, of W. J. Best & Co.. AS
Broome street, New York; Mr.. Merritt and
wife, New York; Miss Scrymser and Miss Mcr
ritt, New York; Mr.. J. Davidson and daugh
ter, London; w. b. Wellington, Boston; Mr.
Street, wife, son and daughter, Nevada.
About seventy of the crew were lost, and the
same number saved. Four hundred and thir
teen steerage passengers were saved, which is
about one-half of the number that
were on board. A special dispatch
from Halifax says: "Of the thousand
souls on board the Atlantic when she struck,
most of them were at rest Those who could
made the utmost speed to get on deck. Hun
dreds of steerage passengers, and many of the
less vigorous in the saloon, were unable to do
so, as the water poured in Immediately. Those
who succeeded in gaining the deck mostly
took to the rigging. The passengers agree
that throughout the terrible scene Capt. Will
liams acted like hero. 1t was utterly impos-
sible to save any of the ladies, although siren
uous exertions were made to do So"
The Indiana State Temperance Convention
assembled at indianapolis on the 3D. and was
largely attended. After an organization was
effected, a general discussion ensued as to the
best method OF enforcing the new Temperance
law series of resolutions was reported.
The municipal election in st. Louis on the
1st resulted in the success of the Democratic
ticket by an average majority of 1000 OF
the fifteen Alderman elected, nine are Demo-
craH.
The farmers of Illinois met in State Conven-
ton at Springfield ON the I'd. The attendance
was very large, seventy-three counties being
represented by two hundred and ninety-one
delegates. d. W. Dame, Of Carroll County,
was chosen permanent President. A resolu-
ton was adopted condemning the action of the
representatives in Congress, for their action in
voting for the bill increasing salaries,
and the President of the United States
for signing the same. series of
resolutions was reported and adopted
declaring that the safety of the republican in
stitutions demands that chartered monopolies
be regulated by law; that the railroads should
be made public highways, open to general
traffic and reasonable rates, and connecting
with each other throughout the Statei sus-
tanning those who refuse to pay more than the
legal fare, and urging the State to sustain
their defense; that no public officer should
accept passes, and to do so should be made a
misdemeanor etc. -t
A Washington special of the I'd says one Of
the reasons given by Mr. Curtis for his resig
nation from the Civil-Service Board is that he
regarded several important appointments re-
Gently made as a virtual abandonment of civil
service reform. The difference with Mr.. Cur
tis arose over the appointment of the Surveyor
of Customs at New York, to which position he
had recommended Mr.. Benedict, deputy
The Liberal Democratic ticket was elected in
Madison Wis, on the 1st.
A Trenton, N. j., dispatch of the I'd says
the Governor had signed the Anti-Monopoly
Railroad bill passed by the Legislature, and
that flags were flying in honor of the release
of New Jersey from railroad monopoly.
While the passenger train on the st. Louis
~ Southeastern Railway was standing at
French Village, seven miles from East St.
Louis, ON the Sd, construction train ran into
the rear coach, killing Mrs John B. Lusk and
John Il. Watts, terribly scalding a young
daughter of Mr.. Watts, and more or less in
juring five or six other persons.
Miss Patty Wright, daughter of Colonel
Samuel Wright, of Brown County, Ill.,, was
horribly burned by the explosion of eoal-oil
lamp, few nights ago. Her recovery was
doubtful
Three post-offices have been established by
the Government in the territory awarded to the
United States by the San Juan boundary arbi-
tration.
The attendance upon the Illinois Farmers
Convention ON the Sd was not SO large as the
day before. A resolution was offered and
adopted recommending to the farmers of ILL
nois the keeping of a farm expense account
during the present and succeeding seasons, in
order that the actual cost of production may
be estimated and made public for the purpose
of reaching fair and equitable
remuneration therefor to the farmers Of the
State. The votes adopting the resolution fa-
voring repeal of certain tariff duties, and the
resolution condemning the President for sign
ing the increased salary bill. were re-
considered, and a motion was carried that both
these resolutions be laid upon the table until
the 4th day of July next. The Convention ad-
jouned sine die on the Sd.
Michael Nixon has been sentenced to be
hung on the 10th of May, for the murderer
New York, in January last, Of Charles Pfeif in
Full returns of the recent election In Rhode
Island give Howard, Republican, for Governor,
8, 9,637; Chace, Democrat, S,799. Van Zandt,
Republican, for Lieutenant Governor, 6,4S2;
Ballou, Temperance and Republican, 1898;
Wales, Democrat, 1920; scattering, 1873, Van
Zandt lacks 400 votes Of an election.
A Washington dispatch Of the Sd says Gen
ernl Grant has no intention of abandoning the
Civil-Service Commission. fr
A Madison (Wls) dispatch of the Sd says the
election returns from various parts of the State
show that the Republicans have about their
usual majorities. .rr-.r
Resolutions of the Illinois Farmers