Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-04-18

were found smothered TO death on livestock
train which had arrived there from Chicago.
Thlrty-fvc Of the survivors from the wreck
Of the Atlantic, mostly foreigners, reached
Chicago on the morning of the 9th. A fund
had been raised in that city for their benefit.
Valuable coal discoveries are announced as
having been made about eighty miles south of
Lincoln, Nebraska. A four-foot vein Of fine
coal had been found.
II Il announced that the President viii visit
Richmond May 10, after his trip TO Connecticut
and the West, from which he will return TO
Washington early in May.
At Middletown, Conn, on the 9th, nearly
completed brick building known as the
"shepard Block" fell in, burying under the
ruins some fifteen men, several Of whom were
killed, and others more or less injured.
A salt Lake City special Of the 9th says that
the Mormon problem in Utah was solved, and
the war would be transferred to Arizona Some
prominent Mormons, with large business in
tere5ts, stated that they would remain until
they sell out. Brigham Young, publicly, in
the Tabernacle, before an immense audience,
resigned the position OF Trustee in trust OF the
vast Mormon Church property and funds. He
said that ''hc was going so far south that the
telegraph would not reach him."
A meeting Of prominent railroad men was
held at the Sherman House, Chicago on the
10th, having for its object the adjustment of
freiglts and fares on the roads ccntering in
that city.
The ldfc Insurance Companies have paid
the $4,000 insurance on the life of Horace
Greeley, held by the Tribune Association. The
money will be used towards erecting memor-
ial building on the site of the old office.
A New York telegram Of the 10th says:
professor Cantell A. Biglie, of the Wisconsin
University, failed to keep his appointment
yesterday, to fly from the pinnacle Of the
Trinity Church stceple to Bowling Green, dis
appointing thousands of scientists and patrons
of science who had congregated on the streets
and house-tops in the neighborhood, in re-
sponse 10 a special invitation. In the light of
the disappointment, they are now able to
syllable the Professors name"
The conference of the city members Of the
Fusion General Assembly and a committee Of
the Presidents of independent clubs of New
Orleans iave issued an address TO the people,
in which they say that ''the only way by which
the Kellogg usurpation can become established
as u Government is by the acquiescence Of the
people That issue was presented in the
Louisiana case TO Congress, and the people of
the other States, and is neither party nor
sectional one, and for this reason we have the
support OF a large and influential section Of the
Republican party, as well as of the elements
which composed the Liberal party in the late
Presidential election. The people of New Or
leans are not paying taxes; cannot, in fact, pay
them; nor are they giving any recognition to
the usurpers."
The Secretary of the Interior at Washington
received letter on the 10th from the Modoc
Peace Commissioner Meacham, in which
Meacham says the principal impediment to
peace negotiations was the fear that the In
dians indicted by the jackson County Grand
Jury would be given up for punishment. The
Peace Commissioners and military were, how
ever, working together harmoniously 10 over
come the distrust of the Modocs, but difficulty
was encountered from the intervention Of bold,
bad white men, who, from mereenary mn
tivcs, desired a prolongation of the war.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has adjourned
sine die. The Hon. B. B. Strong was elected
Speaker of the Senate
A Hartford Conn dispatch of the 10th says
the official returns give more votes for the pro-
hibition ticket than were'at first telegraphed,
and these, with other changes, cut down Inger-
soils majority to 1896. Full returns to the
Secretary of State will very likely reduce the
majority slightly.
From the most reliable returns received, up
to the 10th, the political complexion of the
Ohio Constitutional Convention will be 81 Re
publieans to 40 Democrats, and Liberals,
with seven counties yet to hear from.
The reported finding of the body of a
brother of Senator York, near Independence,
Kansas, proved to be a canard.
dispatch Of the 9th says timber confla-
grafton was raging on all sides of Gordons-
vile, Va, and the entire population was panic
stricken, and some families were leaving their
homes TO avoid destruction.