Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-16
EPTT0ME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Yslsuans Of Accompanying Dates.

hVlt bcnbtucculn 1910 70 uNe years lpTlsOu@
ment for forgery in the second degree He
was tried In connection with the Tweed case
80. In his testimony on the 9th Mr.. Beechcr
continued his denlals Of the evidence of
Messrs. Tilton and Moulton, and gave his ex
planation Of the letters which had passed be.
tween himself and Mrs. Tilton, denying that
they had any hidden meaning which would
warrant the construction put upon them by.
the prosecution, and claiming that they re.
lated chiefly 70 Mrs, Tilton's domestic troubles
and the defendants sympathy for her as her
pastor and friend. -. Unusually cold weather,
with light fall Of snow, occurred in the
central portion of California on the 5th
....At the recent election in Wisconsin
Edward q. Ryan was chosen Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court without opposition.
THURSDAY, April 8.-The bill to enable
unmarried women 10 vote for members Of
Parliament has been refused second reading
in the British House of Commons by a vote
Of 152 TO 1877. The Premier voted with the
minority. The Court of Claims at Wash
ington'has recently decided that the power
vested In the President to pardon
crimes does not authorize him TO restore
forfeited or con6scated property. :. Wash.
ington dispatches report the discovery of
"""Aorous frauds upon the Postoflce Depart
ment IN connection with mail-route bids II
seems that some Of the clerks OF the depart
ment have been In the habit of informing
professional contractors of the lowest bids
after the time for receiving proposals had
expired, and then, by means of counter.
feits Of official stamps, of substituting later
bids. 1t is said the department has lost moth
ing by these transactions, the substituted bids
being in all cases lower than those regularly
made. ..At The recent election in Rhode
Island there were three candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and the
vote was so divided between them that no
choice resulted. The remainder Of the Re.
publican ticket for State officers is elected
by between 11,0O0 and 12,O00 The candi.
dates for Governor were Henry Lippitt, regu-
lar Republican; Rowland Hazard independ.
ent Republican and Prohibtionist, and Charles
r. Cutler, Democrat. The choice for Gov
ernor will depend upon the complexion of
the Assembly, and will be between Hazard
and Lippitt. New York dispatches an
nounce general reduction in passenger rates
from the East to Western points . Addition
: al strikes in the Pennsylvania mining regions
are reported. Such serious disturbances have
occurred In some sections that the troops have
been called on to assist in putting down any
further outbreaks that may take place p
T. Barnum, the great Snowman, has been
elected Mayor Of Bridgeport, Conn. John
Robinson, the well-known circus man, was
defeated on the same day for the same office
in CINCINNATI. The municipal election in
St. Louis on the 9th resulted in the
election of the Democratic candidate
tBarreth for Mayor by plurality Of
about 700 The balance of the Democratic
finlraf xua oIs alo
ing from 657 to 5,79S. =. A quantity Of giant
powder stored in frame building in San
Francisco exploded on the 7th, blowing up a
number Of adjoining buildings and causing
the complete destruction of bonded ware.
house in the vicinity, the walls of which were
crushed in and the ruins set on fire. Several
lives are reported lost.
FRIDAY, April 9.-The German Gov
ernment has announced its intention to pros
ecute the German subscribers TO the Carlist
fund, on the ground that they wero foment-
ing rebellion with a friendly power.
Alarming rumors prevailed in Berlin,
Vienna, Paris and Rome, which
Berlin Ministerial journal says portend
war against Germany. ..All of the pro-
fcssors OF the Madrid (Spain) University who
protested against the recent reactionary edu
cational laws have been arrested and .expa-
triated. E. The lockout of iron workers at
Pittsburgh, Pa, which had continued since
last fall, virtually ended OF the 7th in favor of
the worklngmen. Count Mareiasehi arrived
in New York on the 7th from Europe, and
has made Official announcement to Arch
bishop McCloskey that the Pope had
been pleased to confer on him the title and ell
evate him to the rank of Cardinal . In his
IT, n
continued his explicit denials Of all the evil
dence Of the prosecution asserting any
criminality on his part. With regard to Mrs.
Moulton, he says he was frequent visitor at
her house, where he always met with cordial
and lady-like reception from Mrs. Moulton.
He asserted that he was not at her house on
the ID or Sd of June, 1872, nor did he ever
make confession to Mrs. Moulton OF
criminal conduct such as charged in
her testimony. Witness testified that at
one OF the interviews between him
latter, in January, 1871, When MI. luton
was threatening to publish card relating 10
the scandal, Mrs. Moulton said to him
(witncss) that she did not believe the
stories they were telling about him, and that
she believed he was a good man. To this
remark witness responded that he was a
good man, she might be sure OF that
49, The officers in charge of the approaching
reunion in Chicago of the Army Of the Re
public have unanimously agreed to a reso-
luton extending an invitation to "all
the surviving soldiers and sailors Of the
late war throughout the country who regard
the flag of the United States as the emblem
Of undivided and indivisible nationality
to meet with them on that occasion.
The reunion occurs on the 18th, 18th,
14th and 18th of May. A destructive tor
nado passed over Edinburgh H., on the
evening Of the 9Th. One church was crushed
TO atoms and five dwellings were blown
down. Some twenty young ladies and zen.
tlemen and children wore In tho church
at the time the wind struck 1t, and all Of them
were more or less injured, many Of them quite
seriously. On the same evening similar
visitation was experienced near Little Rock,
Ark. by which trees were uprOoted and sew
en- houses destroyed, A Mrs. Jones was
killed and her two daughters seriously in.
jured. 7,.r VI rH-rr .a u.
SATURDAY, April 10-The French Gov
eminent has sent instructions to its Consuls
d TO summon for the lest time French subjects
abroad who are liable TO military service to
have their names registered at the Consulatee
....Gen. Elio, Carlist General OF distinction,
q has given In his adhesion to King Alphonsc
.,.,A vote by ballot was taken on the
9th in the several mines Of the Delaware,
Lackawanna d Western Railroad Company oI
Scranton, to decide the question Of strike,
I y and resulted in favor Of work by a vote OF
1879 TO 319, skirmish had occurred near
81 HaEelton between q band Of striking miners
and q militia company. in which . few n both
sides were slightly wounded, ! All OF the
property in New York known u
have been inthe possession Of VIM. NJ. Tweed
AZ the time of his exposure. and which ht