Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-03-28

mercy would procure a communication OF the
sentence to Imprisonment for life, and ask
ing the Governor to prevent the execution.
The Governor said he would give the docu-
ment his careful consideration.
William H. Clutey, prominent business
man Of Pittsburgh, Pa, has recently alb
seconded, leaving liabilities to the amount Of
about $3.50, 900, Of which 1t has been escer-
tained that some $4,000 or $4,000 was
procured by forged paper.
Bonds to the value of sl6s, 900 Of the Penn
sylvanla & Western Railway Company were
stolen from the Company's Office, in Broad
street, New York, on the 18th.
Thomas L. James has been appointed
Postmaster of New York City, vice Patrick
H. Jones, resigned, to take effect April l.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has
decided 10 favor OF the constitutionality Of
the Local Option law OF the State, giving
the people Of certain wards the right to de-
eide by vote whether or not license to sell
liquor shall be granted therein.
The Democratic nominations In Rhode
Island are For Governor, Charles R. Cutter;
Lieutenant Governor, Samuel II. Wales;
Secretary Of State, VIM. j. Miller; Attorney
General, George W. Bliss; Treasurer, W. P.
Congden.
Senator Frederick Sawyer, of South Caro-
lima, has been appointed by the President
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury, Oice
Richardson, promoted to the secretaryship.
Hon. John Gofarth has been appointed and
confirmed as Assistant Attorney General
The joint Congressional resolution, con-
graduating Spain on having adopted a Re-
-
forwarded by Secretary Fish to Minister
sickles. The resolution was also signed by
the President, and accompanied by letter
requesting its early presentation to the new
Government.
The Wisconsin Senate sustained the Gvo-
ernor's veto of the La Crosse Bridge bill,
giving the Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad
Company the right to bridge the Mississippi
River at La Crosse on different location
from that fixed by the United States engi-
neers. The final defeat of the bill was the
occasion Of great public rejoicing in La
Crosse.
President Grant has commuted to impris-
onment for life the sentence Of ex-policeman
O'Brien, who was convicted of the murder
OF one Cunningham in Washington City In
August last, and sentenced to be hung.
News from the Modoc country On the Goth
says that about 600 troops are in the field
waiting orders. Canby's plan seems to be to
surround the lava bed and starve the
Modocs. For that purpose four posts will
be established on the outskirts of the lava
sections and on the shore of the lake.
A German named Albert Goetze was brut-
ally murdered in Chicago, on the 18th, by
Of IF iQa hn anti q
saloon where dance was being held, and
grossly insulted girl who was in company
with Goethe, at which the latter attempted
to eject him. The murderer escaped.
The U. 8. Attorney.General denies the
statement that he had rendered decision
declaring the eastern terminus of the Union
Pacific Railroad to be at Council Bluffs.
Near New Albany, Ind, few nights
since, boy and girl, the children of a col
ored man named Reed, were burned to
death in their house, in the absence of the
father. An older boy escaped from the
burning building.
A man named George Macdonald, suppos.
ed to be the chief operator in the recent
Bank of England forgcries, was arrested on
the steamer Thuringia on its arrival at New
York on the Goth. About $4,000 in gold
and a quantity of diamonds were found in his
possession. He protested his innocence
Lieutenant Frederick Grant, son of the
President, has been assigned to duty on
General Sheridan's staff, at Chicago.
The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives refused, on the 10th, by vote of 40 to
167, to rescind the resolution ccnsuring Mr.
Sumner passed by the last Legislature.