Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-06-27

The Execttifk Committee of the Illinois |
state Fatthets' Association have issued the |
following caii idf d ''Fatrners' Fourth Of
july"
Equal and exact Justice to all men.--,Je6erson.
In accordance with the advice and request OF |
signed, Executive Committee OF The illinois state |
Farmers Association, would respectfully recon- |
mend to the farmers Of Illinois that they meet In
county or other local meetings, on the approach
ing Fourth Of July for the purpose not only OF du-
ly celebrating the anniversary Of our National 1n-
dependehcs but also for the purpose Of consider,
the safety Of the nation and the liberty Of the ci
zens in the shape Of chArtefed t9qpopolies and
corrupt conspiraciee against the public interests.
We further recommend the immediate action OF
the County Associations, County Committees,
Farmers Clubs 0ranges. and persons otherwiis In
terested. 80 as t1Recure at such meetings a large
attendance, y free discussion OF the grievances,
and more complete and thorough organization Of
the farmers Of the State.
Let us give this time-hOnored day new lease OF
life, by 4 detionstrahqn that may be hereafter
eotnmenorated as the dawtng OF apew era OF
tSa not only ana a nson but
Leaving TO the various committees OF arrange
ments 10 make out such programme for the cele-
locality, we would merely sugpest. instead Of the
stereotyped oration upon the glorious past by
some aspirant for political honors, that we have
the earnest, practical, common-sense talk OF the
farmers themselves UPON the duties Of the present
and the reading Of the new Declaration Of lnde-
pendence, which may, however, be altered
amended, or left ont, a. shall seem beat to those
having the matter in charge.
W &C. FLAee' Executive
DuNcSs N Mc MlccKAr, Committee.
There were tweuty.one interments at Mem
phis on the 18th, against twelve The day be-
fore. Physicians said the number Of cholera
patients was increasing, but the disease yield
ed more readily to treatment than before.
The Mexican Border Investigating Com
mittee, who have been engaged since January
last In taking evidence, have returned to Wash
ington to prepare their report. They inves-
tigated some four hundred casee, and received,
in addition thirteen hundred er pdrte affidavits.
The Comsnches are said to be mainly engaged
in the business Of stealing and selling the
children and women of the white settlers,
while the Kickapoos and Lipans land MexiCans
disguised as such) chiefly confne themselves
TO cattle stealing. The raids of these people
are so frequent that stock-Taising within 200
miles Of the Rio Grande has been well-nigh
abandoned
Commander Green has been ordered to the
command of the vessel to be dispatched for
the discovery and relief of the Polaris, with
Lieutenant Commander White as Executive
Officer. Efforts are being made to start the
expedition early In July.
According TO the Boston letter Of the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican of the 10th, Vice
President Wilson was lying dangerously ill in
the former city. He was improving, but by no
means out of danger. His incessant labors In
the past election, followed by the strain and
anxiety of last winter, and accompanied by a
good deal Of work on his anti-slavery history
|
illness.
In libel suit brought by one W. II. Whitney
against the Janesvlle (Wis. )Gdzette In which the
damages claimed were $4,000, the jury gave
the plaintiff 81, 100. The alleged libel consist
ed in an article published designating Whitney
as "a swindler."
Senator Pomeroy's trial for bribery and cor
ruption was to have begun at Topeka on the
10Th, but has been postponed until next fall.
Near Dodson, Ohio few evenings ago, two
little girls, aged respectively eight and tel
years, who were out looking for a COW, wer,
assaulted by young man named George Don
nell, and the younger girl was brutally
outraged Donnell was arrested soon after
plead guilty, and not procuring bail was sent Il
Jail.
A Cincinnati dispatch Of the 10th says tn,
previous forty-eight hours had developed tn,
presence there Of cases resembling cholera
Three fatal cases and three not fatal had beel
reported. There was little excitement, as th
citizens generally did not apprehend the preva
lence of cholera as an epidemic during thi
season.
At Joliet, ILL.,, on the 10th, an eight-year- oil
daughter Of William Lewis poured kerosen
oil from lamp into the stove to hurry up tn
fire, when an explosion followed, fatally burn
ing the girl and baby eight months old.
Isham Belton O'Neill was hanged ut Allan
ia, Ga, on the 18th, for the murder Of Jane
Little in September, 1871.
Attorney General Williams has received al
official telegram from New Orleans from Gov
ernor Kellogg, in which the latter says: IN
requisition, calling on the President, was full
justified, and the Presidents proclamation ha
had most salutary effect in all respects
Taxes are being paid more rapidly than eve
: before in Louisiana. After providing for tn
January and February interest, we have owe
S45, coo of State funds tonight in the hand
) of the fiscal agents. We will pay the Marcf
April, and June coupons early in July TIL
injunctions only restrain the payment c
the interest on five series of bonds out c
twenty-five. There is money enough to pa
the interest on all the bonds in the hands G
the fiscal agents"
few nights ago party of fifty men
Rutherford County, Tenn, lynched a negr
/, named Joe Woods, who had outraged an
! killed white woman, q widow.
= There were fifteen deaths from cholera /
Memphis, on the 10th, and in Nashville ther
had been thirty-two since the 14th, almost a
Of them among the negroes.
An earthquake occurred on the 18th of Ma
in the city of Valparaiso, South America Se'
eral lives were lost and number Of public an
private buildings were injured.
Judge johnson has been appointed Lieutel
ant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
President Grant has appointed, under Il
Civil-Service rules, the Board Of Examiners fl
the Treasury Department, as follows; Stephe
; j. W. Tabor, Fourth Auditor; William II. Arm
strong, Internal Revenue Bureau; and Charl'
Lyon, Secretary's office.
Colonel Mackenzie's report of his recent a
tack upon the Kickapoo and Lipan IndiaI
has reached the War Department. Gener
Sheridan, in his Endorsement on the repor
says he does not believe that any boundary O
| lols WuCu ohNh nlCICllCbb Duuulll ulC bSiL
pursued. He thinks there can be no just caui
for dissension If the lawful forces Of either u
United States or Mexico pursue them fl
the purpose of capturing them or ending the
deeds of violence.
The total amount of back pay returned
" the United States Treasury up to June II wi
n s192,0l7. The number Of Senators and Re-
: resentatives who had declined to receive 1t wi
n forty-six
The New York Daily Graphic has 1t "fro
: the very highest authority that Plymout
c Church will take no steps toward investigatir
the charges against MIR. Beecher, nor towal
t calling Mr.. Bowen to account for anything
: may have said concerning his pastor. An
t furthermore, we have the best authority 4,
r saying that neither Mr., Beecher, Mr.. Bowe
|: nor Mr.. Tilton will take any further notice
It the disagreeable scandal that has been s.
s anoat, and with which their names are more