Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

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The Iowa State Horticultural Society
has been called to meet at Des Moines on
the 18th, 10Th and Goth of January.
w. G. WmTsoN, Associate J Justice of the
Supreme Court of Idaho, died recently at
Omaha, Of paralysis, aged thirty-eight.
EX-SENAToR WM. A. RICHARDSON died
recently of paralysis ut Quincy, H., after
an illness Of ten days He was sixty y-four
years of age.
A VERDICT of not guilty was rendered
by the jury in the trial at Leavenworth,
Kan, of Embry, for the shooting of Col.
Anthony.
THE President has signed the bill fur
ther extending the time of duration of the
Court of Commissioners on the Alabama
Claims to the 22d of July next.
AT Augusta, Ga, two men named Til
ley and Radcliffe recently fought duel
with pistols, in which the former was
badly wounded. He died the next day.
THE Executive Committee of the Michi-
gan Agricultural Society decided to hold
the State Fair five days, commencing
Sept. 1S. The location was not decided
upon.
The Governor of Pennsylvania has
pardoned Xingo Parks and several others
of the miners convicted in Clearfield
County of conspiring together for riotous
purposes.
A RECENT Springfield Qll.) dispatch
states that Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, who
had been residing in that city since her
sojourn at Batavia, was greatly improved
in health and spirits.
PATRICK KANEN, who was recently con-
victed at Cleveland, Ohio, of man
slaughter for starving his idiot son to
death, has been sentenced to the Peni.
tentiary for ten years.
The jury in the recent trial of the Bow
en- libel suit against the Brooklyn Eagle
found verdict for the plaintiff, and fixed
the damages at $1,000. The other cases
of libel are to be tried next term.
THE recent threatened bread riots in
Montreal were averted for the time being
by the employment of between 1000 and
1000 laborers to work on city improve
ments at the rate of seven cents an hour.
THE Mormon, George Reynolds, con-
victed at Salt Lake City of polygamy, has
been sentenced to two years imprison-
ment and to pay fine of $500. He took
an appeal and was released ON $4,000
bail.
Mrs. HoLDsoN, of Merom, Ind,
dropped and broke a lighted kerosene
lamp the other evening, the oil flying over
her clothes and taking fire, burning hel
so badly that she died shortly after the
accident.
B THE Hudson River sugar refinery, al
Hastings, N. Y, was burned few days
ago and $50 men were thrown out of EN-
ployment. Loss 100000; insurance less
than 100000.
HENRY WAINWRIGHT, who was con
victed of the murder of Harriet Lane in
Whitechapel road, London, in September
last, was hanged few days ago at New
gate. He left written statement
acknowledging the justice of his sentence
PHILIP WIENER, a Milwaukee dis
tiller, convicted of revenue frauds, ha.
been sentenced to eight months imprison
ment in the County Jail and to pay flint
of $4,000. John S. Taft, a Government
Gauger, has been sentenced to the Stat
Prison for five months and to pay fin,
of $4,000.
IT has been ascertained that the tOta
number killed by the dynamite explosion
at Bremen Haven was 1873; wounded, 56
twenty of the injured were hopelessl,
manned, and there were 46 widows ant
1876 orphans of victims of the disaster, 70
whose benefit II is proposed to raise a sub
scription fund of $4,000.
The ninety-eighth anniversary of tn
battle of Trenton, which occurred Dec
26, 1777, was celebrated at Trenton, N
j., on the 9th, in mock engagement
between troops representing the Federa
and British armies. After the surrende
of the Hessians the victors and van
quishcd were sumptuously dined at Wash
ingtOn Hall.
A MRS. LAWRENCE, of Cincinnati, fey
night ago dropped a coal-Oil lamp, whicl
was broken. The fire caught in the carpC
and IN her clothes, and in moment sh
was wrapped in flames, and was fearful
and probably fatally burned. Her hu:
band and daughter made efforts to say
her and were themselves badly burne
about the hands.
THERE has recently been received {
Philadelphia formal acceptance by Pop
Plus TX. of an invitation by the Center
NAL authorities requesting His HOLMES
to give his recognition to the enterpris
by contributing to the Exposition work
of art from the galleries of the Vatica
or from the workshops over which he hG
control. The letters of the Pope al
cOuched in the warmest terms of frient
ship for the United States.
The annual report of the Souther
Claims Commission shows that there wei
considered during the past year 1,5t
cases, Involving nearly $4,OOO,0O0 U
to the date of the report the commissio
had considered $4,000 cases in all, an
$4,000 were still waiting to be invest
gated. The nunber of claims allowe
the. last year was 775, involving abol
$5OO,OOO. Claims TO the amount of $3
100000 were disallowed.
80 The provision made for the support
free schools IN the proposed new COhst
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