Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-05-16

Balance ofintcrest paid by the United
states. .............. ............. l4,dS3old
The Hon. Samuel Shellabarger has signifed
to the Secretary of State his acceptance Of the
appointment rendered him by the President as
a member of the Civil-service Commission.
A dispatch from Yreka on the LIST says that
no further movements against the Indians had
taken place. The missing men in the battle of
the 26th had not been heard of, and ii was
supposed their bodies had been burned. All
the settlers at Butte and Bogus Creeks had
left.
The new liquor law of West Virginia went
into effect on the LIST, causing number of
small saloons to close.
Miss Susan Eberhart, an accomplice of
Spann in the murder of bis wife, was hung at
Preston, Ga, on the 3D.
Official returns of the killed aud wounded in
the Modoc massacre Of the Goth ult. show that
twenty lone privates and officers were wound
ed, sixteen killed, and six are missing. A New
York Herald correspondent attributes the
great loss of life in the fight Of the Goth to the
desertion of Company G, Twelfth Infantry,
and some few of the artillery who, when
ordered by Captain Thomas to fall back and
hold bluff in the rear of the troops to cover
the retreat, continued to fall back until they
reached camp. The Modocs in the meantime
secured the position they were to hold. 1t is
said only twenty-three Modocs were engaged,
and that only two were killed and two badly
wounded.
The funeral services over the remains of the
late Hon. James Brooks took place in New
York City on the 4th. Several members of
Congress were among the large numbers in at
tendance.
Another fearful storm is reported from Kan
sas. In Cloud County a number of lives were
lost and much property was destroyed. The
roof of the house of Mr.. Snyder was blown OF,
and himself, wife, five children and farm la
borer were buried in the snow and frozen To
death. A few miles away from snyder's house,
another family, named Ulricher, shared sim.
liar fate, all having been frozen to death.
The Illinois Legislature has adjourned to
January @.
A horrible accident has occurred at Dixon
Illinois. On Sunday, the 4th, some three hun
dred persons-men, women and children
were assembled on an iron bridge over the
Rock River, TO witness baptism, when two
spans of the structure gave way, precipitating
the larger number of those on the bridge into
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dred lives were lost, either by injuries caused
by the fall or by drowning. Several bodies
were recovered at once, many hoated down
stream, and others were supposed TO be buried
under the ruins of the bridge. OF cours,
great excitement was caused by this fearful
accident, which has saddened the entire com
munity. Several miraculous escapes are re
ported, Many of the lost were from tn,
country adjacent to Dixon, but the large
portion were members Of families in that city
The bridge was of iron, of the Truesdale pat
tern, and had five spans, elevated about twent,
feet above the water, which at that point i
from fifteen to twenty feet deep. Only tw,
spans-the end ones-fell at the time of tn
accident.
President Grant arrived in Chicago on th
I morning Of the 4th, from Galena,