Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-04-25

The remains Of General Candy will be inter
red in Crown Hill Cemetery; near indianapolis
where his father and mother are bttried.
The Supreme Lodge of the World, Knighti
of Pythias, convened at Richmond, Va, on the
18th. Representatives from thirty States were
present.
Tho illinois State Senate, on the 18th, by q
unanimous vote adopted jolbt resolution
censuring the Indian peace policy pufstItd by
the Administration, and requesting the Gov.
ernmcnt to take speedy measures to mete Out
adequate punishment to the Modocs.
| Dorman B. Eaton, of New York, and Sam
uel Shellabarger, Of Ohio, have been appoint
ed by the President to fiji the vacancies In the
Civl-Service Board caused by the resignation
of Messrs. Curtis and Mcdil
| Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has sent a
check for his back pay TO the State Treasurer,
stating that he wishes the amount applied to
the reduction of the State debt.
An Omaha telegram Of the 10th reports an
other severe snowsstorm In Nebraska. Snow
drifts from ten to twenty-five feet deep cover
| ed the railroad track at Grand Island and vi
cinty. Trains were unable TO proceed.
Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, denies that
there is any political significance to be attached
to his recent trip to Washington.
Colonel John Wood, Republican, has been
elected Mayor of Cairo Illinois.
1t is said by one of the Board of Peace Com
missioners that the murderers of General
Candy and his party will be severely punished,
but that the act of Captain Jack will not alter
the policy of the Board
hoe tto
Mayor and other city officers
riot has recently occurred at Knightsvilc,
Ind, between white and negro iron puddlers
and miners Firearms and other deadly in
struments were freely used, and several per-
sons were wounded. The disturbance grew
out of the employment of colOred laborers in
place of striking white puddlers. The troops
at indianapolis were called out to quell the dis
turbance, and several arrests were made.
On the evening following the murder of
General Candy and Peace Commissioner
Thomas, the Modocs attacked Colonel Masons
pickets, one and a half miles east of the
Modoc camp. The pickets were quickly re-
inforced and drove the savages back. One
Modoc was killed, and ten horses were cap
tured The funeral ceremonies, on the 10Th,
over General Candy and Commissioner
Thomas in the camp were very impressive.
A call has been issued for the Iowa Republi.
can State Convention to be held at Des Moines
on Wednesday, June 25, for the purpose of Sc
lectng candidates for Governor Lieutenant
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The President, his wife and daughter ac-
companied by General Babcock, left Washing
ton on the evening of the 10Th for st. Louis.
Isaac A. Verplanck, Chief-Justice of the Su-
perior Court, died at Buffalo on the 18th, of
apoplcxy
A recent issue of the Augusta (Ark.) Bulle-
tin contains the details of horrible affair
which is alleged to have occurred few weeks
ago in Union County, in that State. According
to the account negro had brutally outraged
and killed a married lady, having kept her for
three days tied to tree in the woods He was
captured by party of colored men, and ac-
knowledged the crime. His captors took their
prisoner to the husband of the murdered wo-
man and asked him what they must do with
the fiend. He told them to burn him. The
men who had him were all negroes. They
built two log heaps and put him in
the middle. They were twenty-four
hours burning him. They cut off his toes
and made him swallow them, and then cut
strips of his skin and of his body, and made
him brol them on Goals and eat them; and
they would roll him in the Goals and take him
out and talk to him, and put him back. At
last they built hot fire, put him ON top of it,
and let him burn to ashes. There was not a
white man that had anything to do with it,
Three other negroes, who knew where the wo-
man was at the time she was being searched
for, but would not tell were shot to death.
Peter Fay, of Brooklyn, N. Y, who kicked
his little son to death because the little fellow
refused to purchase beer for him, has been
found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth
degree
An Omaha dispatch of the 18th says the
recent great storm lasted for three days with
unparalleled severity, its force being mostly
confined to the limits of Plum Creek on the
west, and Columbus on the east Persons did
not dare to leave their houses during Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. But one case of
loss OF human life had so far been reported,
but it was probable that the loss of stock had
been great.
The remains of General Candy and DR..
Thomas reached Yreka on the 18th. They lay
in state all day on the l4th and were visited by
nearly the whole population.
Vice-President Wilson is reported as having
said on the 10th that peace with the Modocs
was now out of the question, and that they
should be eXtcrminated at any cost. Still the
peace policy should not be abandoned in deal
ing with other Indian tribes
A New Orleans dispatch of the 18th states
that United States troops had been sent to
Grant Parish, and would be stationed along the
river to prevent further trouble.
Later accounts from the Modoc country
state that after General Candy was shot he was
stabbed in the neck by Captain Jack, and
stripped of all his clothing, Commissioner
Thomas was also found naked.