Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-06-13

States. ........................$ 14,323,5O7
The trial of William VI. Tweed has been adj
journed until October, in consequence of the
sickness of John Graham, one of his counsel.
The following card from Rev. II. W. Beecher
has been published;
To the Editor OF the Brooklyn Eagle:
DEAR SIR: have maintained silence respect
ing the ISLANDERS which have for some time followed
me. should not speak now, but for sake OF re-
heving another from unjust imputations. The doc
ument which was recently published, bearing my
name with others, was published without consulta-
ton either with me with Mr.. Tflton, nor with any
authorization from us. II that document should
lead the public to regard Mr. Tilton as the author
or the caiumnies TO which 1t audes II will do him
great injustice. am unwilling that he should even
seem TO he responsible for Injurious statements,
whose force was derived wholly from others.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Ine urioasV Common Council. by vote Of
% to 9, has changed the hour Tor closing
saloons from eleven o'clock TO twelve o'clock
at night
Mrs. Lamb, who was some months ago ar
rested near Hudson, Wis, on charge of hav-
ing murdered her husband, another man, a
woman and two Of her children by poison,
confesses to the poisoning of her own two
children, Mr.. Garland, and Mrs. Ottman,
but denies having caused the death Of her hus-
band. Her counsel defended her on the plea
Of spiritual insanity, she claiming that she
was impelled to the murderous acts by the ad-
vice Of spirits.
Advices received in San Francisco on the I'd
announced the capture Of Captain Jack with
the remnant of his band. 1t seems that on the
morning of the LIST, three miles above the
mouth of Willow Creek, the Warm Spring
scouts struck hot trail, and, after a brief
search, the Modocs were discovered. Colonel
Perry surrounded the Indian retreat. His
men were bound to fight. Suddenly Modoc
shot out from the rock with white flag. He
met Warm Spring, and said Jack wanted to
surrender. Three scouts were sent out to meet
Jack. He came out cautiously, glanced about
him moment, and then, as if giving up all
hope, came forward and held out his
hand to his visitors. Then two of his
warriors, five squaws and seven children
darted forth and Joined him in the
surrender. Captain Jack is described as being
about forty years of age, five feet eight inches
high, and compactly built He has a large
and well-formed head and face, full of individ-
uality. Although dressed in old clothes, he
looks every inch a chief.
In tho Supreme Court at Little Rock, Ark,
on the I'd, the Attorney General filed an appli-
cation for a writ Of quo tCarrattO against Gov.
Baxter, to show by what authority he held the
Office of Governor. The application is in the
usual form, and sets out by stating that the
Governor has unlawfully usurped the place.
Hon. John A. Bingham, of Ohio, has been
appointed Minister to Japan, in place of De-
Long, resigned.
Mansfield T. Walworth, a well-known writer,
author Of several works of fiction, was on the
morning of the Sd, shot and instantly killed by
his son, Frank II. Walworth, aged nineteen, at
the Sturtevant House, New York. Young
Walworth, after committing the terrible deed,
at once delivered himself up to the police au-
thOrities The deceased had been separated
from his wife for some three years, and the
son lived with his mother at Saratoga Springs.
In extenuation of his crime, he says that his
father had sent them insulting letters, and had
threatened to shoot both his mother and him
self
A meeting of Western Railroad Managers
was held in Chicago on the Sd, at which were
representatives of fifteen different railroads,
among them the Chicago & Northwestern,
the Milwaukee IL st. Paul, Illinois Central,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, st. Louis,
Vandalia Il Terre Haute, Ohio & Mississippi,
Gilman, Clinton & Springfield, Chicago, Dan
vile q Vincennes, and the Chicago & Iowa.
After considerable discussion it was unanl-
mouslyresolvedt to cancel all outstanding passes
on the 30th Of June, and to refuse to
issue any more after that date. This
order is absolute, except with regard TO
the passage of employees over roads with
which they are connected, and except in cases
where roads are compelled by existing con-
tracts to grant passes. Clergymen are no
longer TO be allowed half-fare tickets, and
railroad officers are no longer to exchange
passes with each other
At Evanston, ILL.,, few days ago, Mrs.
Iverson was horribly and probably fatally
burned by the explosion of can of kerosene,
with which she was endeavoring TO start fire.
The State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton of Illinois announces that an examina-
ton Of teachers desiring State certificates will
be held at Springfield, on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, the LIST and I'd days of July next.
The Commissioner of the Department of
Agriculture, has furnished the Milwaukee
Chamber Of Commerce with an interest
Ing tabular statement 1t shows the
number Of bushels of wheat raised in each
State Of the Union In each Of the past 10
years. The total estimated production of
wheat In the United States in 1872 was s49,