Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-02-21
THE NEW WORLD.

Gold closed in New York on the 18th at
114@114H.
President Grant has pardoned Eli Ross
Stewart, and Robert Hayes Mitchell, both Of
South Carolina, convicted Of Ku-Klux
crimes, and sentenced to imprisonment in
Albany Penitentiary.
The Rev. William STAIRS, Vicar-General of
the (Catholic) Archdiocese of New York,
died in that city ON the 9th.
Philadelphia has appropriated 100000 in
aid of the Centennial Celebration.
Leo Canman has been sentenced to ten
years. imprisonment in the State Penitentia-
ry, for abstracting money from registered
letters while a clerk in the Chicago post
office.
McNulty, the Peoria wife-murderer, was
hanged at Peoria at one O'Clock p. m. on the
7th. He made long speech on the gallows,
protesting his innocence, and asserting that
some of the witnesses for the prosecution
had sworn falsely against him.
President Grant visited Wilmington, Del,
| on the 9th, and was enthusiastically received
| by the officers of the State and city, and the
eit,zeus generally.
The act abolishing the franl1ing privilege
does not do away with the free exchange Of
newspapers, nor the free distribution Of
papers within the county where published.
The Senatorial Bribery Committee at JEFF
ferson City made their report to the Mis-
souri, House ON the Sth. They exonerate
Senator Bogy of any attempt at bribery in
the Senatorial election. They find, how
ever, that General Doris did try to brbe
two members, but it had no bearing on the
case. All the members OF the committee
signed the report except Headlee, Republi-
can, who would make minority report.
Ex-Governor Geary, Of Pennsylvania, died
suddenly at his home in Harrisburg, while
at breakfast with his family, on the sth.
At Kansas City, February 9, the old wall
OF the Ferguson House fell, crushing a frame
house adjoining, aud instantly killing a
mother ard daughter named Dohohue and
another young lady named Rieley. Another
daughter of Mrs, Donohue had one arm
broken in two places, one leg broken, and
her breast crushed in, but was still alive. A
child two years old escaped unhurt.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, Vice
President elect, on the 10th, rendered his
resignation as Senator, to take effect
March 8.
Governor Dix, of New York, states that
the $50, 600 which he received some years ago
from the Union Pacific Railroad, was for
his salary as President of that Company,
and not as q gratuity or for any other pur-
| pose.
The horse disease has reached Sacramento,
California.
Franklin B. Evans, recently tried and con-
victed at Exeter, N. H., for the murder Of his
niece, Georgiana Lowering, girl twelve years
OF age, has made a confession of his many
crimes. Among other things 1t is confessed
that in 1868, he stole away and killed his
little niece in Derry, N. H., aged five years.
In 1851 he assaulted and cut the throat OF
girl of fourteen years, in Augusta,
Maine, for which, by ths way,
another man died in prison, In 1865 he out
ragged the person of Isabella Joyce, aged
fourteen, and then killed her and her
brother John, boy of twelve, in Bussey's
Woods, near Boston. He is also charged with
a similar crime upon the person OF woman
found dead in the woods near Fitchburg,
Mass, in addition to outraging and murder
ing the girl for which offence he was CON
victed.
The Missouri State Senate on the 10th
passed a bill authorizing the jurors to substi
tute imprisonment for the death penalty.
The Iowa Senate has adopted an amend
ment to their code which inaugurates the
system Of compulsory education.
The Illinois Supreme Court has granted q
snpersedeaS in the case of Perfect, the colored
Chicago wife murderer, who has been twice
tried, convicted and sentenced to death.
The will OF Horace Greeley, dated in 1871
has been admitted to probate.
Ex-Mayor Kalbaeisch, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
died on the 18th.
A Chicago journal says that advices from
the fruit regions Of Michigan and Southern
Illinois leave no doubt that the recent ex
treme cold weather has killed nearly all the
peach buds. Some varieties of grapes art
reported to have been also killed.
The following nominations have beer
made by the Liberal Republicans of New
Hampshire: For Governor, Samuel r. Mason
Railroad Commissioner, VIM. A. Head. ,Fol
Congress- First District, Emery A, Hubbard
Second, Josiah M. Fletcher; Third, samue
r. Cooper.
The louisville ooarier-Jou,7,dl denies tn,
truth Of the report recently published con
ceFning An attempted stage robbery neal
Harrodsburg, KY, and the killing Of the
highwayman. % -aaq ls fa
1t is stated that Mrs. edwin Forrest, who
resides on Staten Island, has given notice tC
the executors OF her late husband that she
will apply for her dover in his estate, on the
grounds that Mr.. Forrest was never divorced
from her.
When Congress, in canvassing the Flee
tcral vote, on the l2th, reached Mr., Gree
ley's name, which first appeared in the vote