Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-17


caused the death of sixty of the by.standers
and four Of the passengers of the steamer
Mosel, which was about to leave for New
York. The explosive was in passengers
baggage.
A HENDAYE telegram of the 18th states
that several Carlist soldiers had recently
frozen to death. The Carllst forces in the
field numbered 81, 900 men, with 105 pieces
Of artillery,
ACCORDING to Paris dispatch of the
18th all France was intensely excited over
the pending Senatorial election. The re-
publcans had so far secured majority,
and their success was thought to mean a
disturbance of the present conservative
condition. The Bourse was also greatly
excited, and the funds fell largely.
JOHN q. SMITH, the newly-appointed
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, took
charge of the Indian Bureau in Washing
ton on the 11th.
The ice was ten inches thick in some
portions of the Erie Canal on the 10th.
THE three Moody and Sankey revival
meetings in Philadelphia on the 18th were
crowded. At the women's meeting in the
afternoon 1000 persons were present,
and fully 300 passed into the inquiry.
rooms.
THE jury in the case of Burbach and
Reynolds, whisky-rectifers, on trial in
Milwaukee, brought in verdict of guilty
on the evening of the 11th.
GEN. BABcoGK gave bail at Chicago on
the 11th in the sum of $40 900 for his ap-
pearance for trial before the United States
District Court at St. Louis.
JAMES o. BRoADHEAD, a prominent
Democratic lawyer of st. Louis, was ap-
pointed on the 10th to succeed Gen. Hen
derson as an assistant prosecuting-attor-
ney in the whisky trials at st. Louis. He
at once accepted the position.
INFORMATION was received at Vienna
on the 18th that the Sultan of Turkey had
ordered an extraordinary levy of 100, 900
men to put down the troubles in Herze-
govina. Egypt had also promised con-
tingent of 5000 men and Turis 5000.
A CAUCUS, with closed doors, of the
Democratic members of the House was
held in Washington on the 18th, at which,
it is stated, committee of eleven was or
dered, to be appointed by the Chairman,
Mr.. Lamar, to act Jointly with like Sen
ate committee in shaping legislation dur
ing the session of Congress.
IT was reported on the 18th that the
revenue officials had discovered an under
ground crooked whisky distillery on the
Arkansas River, about five miles from
Pueblo, Col.
AN extensive land swindle has recently
been brought to light in Southeastern Mis-.
souri,. 1t appears that deeds to lands in
North Arkansas and Southeastern Mis-.
souri, have been forged for some years
past, and agencies for this work were es-
tablished in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Phil
adelphla, New York and Manchester,
England. 1t is estimated that deeds to
over 12, ,000, 900 acres of land have been
forged and disposed of, the valuation
being $25,OOO,OOO or $3O,0OO,OOo The
land operated upon is owned by
non residents, and, as the records
were mostly destroyed during the
civil war, the ring had every facility
to carry out the enormous swindle, and
the deeds have. been sold all over the
United States and in England. The Grand
Jury of Shannon County, Mo-, has in.
dicted three men for completely in the
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