Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-05-14

the new Custom House building In the latter
city will have TO be entirely overhauled and
the building reconstructed from the founda-
tion, thus entailing an additional expense OF
at least 81 100000 and delaying the compile
tion of the structure at least a year. i,
The Postmaster-Genera has issued an order
carrying into effect, so far rs this country is
concerned, the treaty for the formation of
general postal union concluded at Berne
Oct. o last The new rates Of postage are to
be levied or and after the 1st OF Iuly neAt on
correspondence to all the treating States ex-
cept France, which does not participate in
the benefits Of the treaty TIL JAN 1, 1885,.
The Grand Jury of the District of Colum-
bia have refused to find an indictment
against Mr.. Dana, of the New York Sun, for
alleged libel of ex-Gov. Shepherd. The
motion for new trial in the case Of
Early rs. Storey, Of the Chicago Times, has
been denied, the plaintiff agreeing TO accept
$4,000 in lieu Of the S25, 900 awarded by the
Jury. The defense took an appeal. In an
other libel suit against Mr. Storey for stigma
tizing Chicago lawyer as "shyster" the
Jury have returned a verdict Of $500. The
plaintiff asked for $4,000. John Bender,
the Kansas murderer, recently in custody at
Florence, Arizona, has again escaped, and is
supposed to have reached Mexico.
TUESDAY, May 11.-Ninety. bodies
of the Schiller victims have been recovered.
Only fifteen passengers are known to have been
saved. =. The steamer Cadiz was lost near
Brest, France, while on her trip from Lisbon
to London recently, and sixteen persons
were drowned. A Washington dispatch says
the average condition Of the winter wheat
crop In about 800 counties in tho valleys
Of the Ohio and Missourfis 63 per cent, indi-
eating only fve-eighths of full crop If no
improvement occurs; in Kentucky the yield
will be 75 per cent; Ohio, 81; Michigan, 63;
Indiana, 66; Illinois, So; Missouri, 50;
Kansas, 81. The condition is better in
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia,
though below an average lin the
Beecher trial on the 10th Lewis ].
James, Superintendent of the Health Lift
Company, testified that on the morning Of
June 2, 1873 about nine o'clock he saw Mr..
Beeeher on the carriage roadway at the Wall
street ferry, going in the direction of Remsen
street and Mfr, Moulton's residence; witness
remembered the date because it was the an
niversary OF his wedding day. jeremiah p.
Robinson was recalled to testify in regard
to Mrs Moulton having, in 1873, told
him Of the alleged Interview between Mr..
Beecher and herself but the evidence was
ruled out by the Court. Mrs Sarah Eddy,
whose husband was book-keeper with
Woodruff 81 Robinson, testified that she
called at Mr. Moulton's on the I'd of June,
1878, and met Mr.. Beecher on the steps of Mr..
Moulton's house, as he was coming down. Mrs.
Moulton was recalled and testified that Mrs.
Eddy called on her on that day, and that she
repeated the alleged conversation to her...-
The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives has appropriated $4,000 to represent
that State at the Philadelphia Centennial
"a number of prominent distilleries
at Chicago, ST.. Louis, Milwaukee and
other points in the West have been seized
by Government detectives on the charge
of gross violation Of the Revenue law.
In the case Of Ann Eliza Us. Brigham Young,
Chief-Justice Lowe on the 10th denied the
motion for an attachment compelling Brig
ham to pay alimony, on the ground that the
alleged marriage was bigamous or polyga-
nous, and therefore illegal. Red Cloud,
Spotted Tail and number Of other Sioux
Indian chiefs have left Cheyenne for Wash
ington 70 treat with the Government for the
sale of the Black Hills.