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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
A Young Woman Burns Herself Upon
an Altar.

The New York Sun contains the fol-
lowing account of recent strange case
of selfdestruction near Honesdalc, Pa. !:
Crsscy Hooker, religious fanatic,
burned herself To death at Whites Val.
ley, this county, yesterday. She was a
young and accomplished woman, the
daughter of VIM. Hooker, a wealthy
farmer of the above place. She had for
five or six years laborcd at intervals un-
der the hailucination that she had COM
mitted grievous sin against what she
termed "her Immanuel," and was in the
habit of building affairs in her fathers
fields and sacrificing lambs as burnt
offering to appease the wrath of her
offended deity.
Yesterday Mr.. Hooker went TO Carbon
dale after load OF. coal. His daughter
having manifested signs of recurrence
of her insanity he left hired man to
look after her, her mother being dead.
The man went away at noon and dld not
return to the house.
Mr.. Hooker came back at about two
O'clock in the afternoon. Entering the
kitchen of his house he was horriticd to
find the body of his daughter lying on
the Goals and ashes of what had been one
of her affairs, burned to a crisp. Her
face and the upper part of her body alone
had escaped. She had constructed the
altar or pyre out of set of quilting
frames She had torn up portion OF
the carpet and laid it on the altar, and
made a pillow for her head. She reclined
on her right side, and her cheek was rest
ing on her hand. ttF N
Notwithstanding the intense agony she
must have endured, her face wore calm
and peaceful expression, and there was q
smile on her lips,
In the family Bible, which was fount
lying on the parlor table open at the booi
of Job, was the following note, addressed
to her father:
DEAR FATIrER-My Emmanuel appeared to ms
to-day He reveals to me that have committe'
the objectionable sin; which can only obtaii
forgiveness for by passing through the cleansing
of fire. will intercede for ypu, my dear father
You will find my purified body in the northeas
corner of the house. wish to have my ashe
buried in my Immanue's ground at the north
west corner of the house. Good-by. Meet M
| in the eternal ground CRIssEf.
Mr.. Hooker went to the corner of thu
house indicated in the note as the spo
where the remains were to be buried, AM
found that his daughter had staked out
space for her grave.
! Martin Premise, Justice of the Peace
summoned jury and held an inquest OF
the remains. The Jury returned ayerdic
in accordance with the facts. 10 . "a ~ y
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Louisiana subcommittee.

Soon after the meeting Of Congress, In
December, the House of Representatives
created committee to investigate the
Southern situation. They were author
lied and directed to inquire into alleged
outrages. This committee was divided
into sub committees, one of which, con-
sisting of Messrs. Foster, Phelps and
Potter, proceeded to New Orleans, and
was there at the opening Of the Louisi-
ana Legislature Its report has just
been submitted to the public. 1t was
written by Potter, Democrat, and has
the signatures Of the other members,
both Of whom profess 10 be Republicans.
The account given of the organization
of the Louisiana House of Representa-
tives, and the so-called military inter
ference, is almost identical with that
given by Gen. Sheridan. A careful COM
parative examination fails to disclose
single material difference in the two &C
counts. This is all the more signincan'
from the contrast in the preNsiling tones
of the two reports.
The most noticeable thing about the
Congressional report is its silence upor
the main feature of the situation. Nc
one would suspect from anything con
tanned in this document that Louisian'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Plant InSLCtg.

-.F - ft
No matter how good the soil, how
careful the watering, the plant will not
flourish if its vitality is being constantly
weakened by insects These not only
live upon the juices of the plant, but
some. of them cover its leaves. with a
web, which, though. almost Invisible
closes the pores through which the plant
breathes Water, soap and tobacco are
the three chief remedies, and they are
readily applied in the greenhouse, but
their use is more difficult upon house
plants. A bath-tub, or a large sink, will
allow a plant to be laid on its side and
its foliage thoroughly dronched on both
surfaces with slightly warm water from
a watering pot or syringe. lvies, camel
las and other smoOtb-leaved plants can
have each leaf sponged with soap and
water, and then with pure water, and If
the bark appears unhealthy use strong
soap and water with q brush--an odd
Toothbrush will answer, Tobacco IN
fusion is sometimes used, 1.-The plant, Is
dipped in 1t, and little while after
rinsed in water. In greenhouses the
house is regularly smoked; at night q
pan of Goals Is covered with damp tobac
co stems, and the house filed with Q
dense smoke, and kept closed until
morning. This should be done regularly
at least once week, whether insects are
seen or not. For house-plants smoking
box can be easily contriyed, A dry
goods box, large enough to allow
smoke to be made and not heat thu
plants too much, win answer. Scale O
all kinds can be picked of, and this j
is the best way to treat the mealy bui
when there are but few plants. Thos
who love plants will find little difficult,
in keeping them clear of insects
who do not had better not keep them.-
Ame'ieaa Agriculsprtst, a1rfstra 4
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

hydrant streams were employed. Be-
tween seven and eight O'Clock Officers
Dunlevy and Harry Luft, while search
ing IN the upper story, found lying on a
pile of pulu, which had evidently been a
bed in one of tho rooms, u horribly dis
figured corpse. The surrounding indi-
Gated that the deceased had been suffo-
Gated in bed. The arms and legs were
nearly burned off, as was also the head I;
in fact, little was left except the trunk of
the body. The remains appeared to be
those of small person, and physicians
who have seen them judge from the bones
that the deceased was boy about six
teen years Of age. Yesterday fore.
noon officer Dunlevy and two or
three other men searched the ruins of
the building, and about noon found in a
hall in the upper story about fifteen or
twenty feet from the rear of the build
Ing, another body, which had been so
covered with debris that it had been
passed and repassed many times. 1t al
out of semblance of humanity, but from
the size, and The fact that the deceased
had etfdent1y worn red flannel drawers,
it is supposed TO be the body of job
Court. He it was that appeared at the
third-story window and glanced out with
that terror or-stricken look which none thGt
saw it will ever forget. Beneath the
body were found strips of a window-cur-
tain which he had evidently endeavored
to manufacture into a rope, but the ter
rible snake.cloud struck him down be-
fore he could accomplish his design, and
while poor Conklin lay dying horrible
death at the front end of the hall, his
old-time friend, with whom for the past
two or three years he had occupied the
same Galley" in the Union office, was
breathing his last in torture at the other
eXtremity
Among the occupants of the Western
was James Cover. lie had gone up to
his room to change his shirt, and was in
the act when the bell struck. AT first he
paid no attention TO the matter, but q
moment later the thought struck him
that it would be as well to look out, and
he started for the front of the building.
AS he entered the hall he found il full of
smoke, which rapidly increased in den
sity, and his efforts to reach the front
failed. Attempting to Tetrace his steps
he found himself in danger of suflOca-
ton, and had to get down and crawl on
his hands and knees, with his face .as
close to the floor as possible, in order to
breathe. In this manner he made. his
way to the rear, where he got out on the
balcony, which was about twenty feet
from the ground. He called to the men
in the alley to put up a ladder, but they
had none that would reach. A colOred
man yelled to him to jump and he would
catch him. He saw no other alterna
tive, jumped, and sure enough the
colored man kept his word, catching him
so as to break his fall, and he escaped
unhurt,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Continued Outrages.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived here:

WASHINGTON, Jan. is.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived here;
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16.
To Hon. W. W. Bclknap, Secretary of War:
report has just been received from Maj.
Merrill, at Shreveport, which is too long for
tclegraphic transmission, but will be sent by
mail The following is an epitome, almost in
Mai Merrill's own words:
Threats made before the election TO drive
from the community all that voted the Radi-
cal ticket are being carried out. Combina-
tions among the whites are forming and re-
cruitiDg by every form of pressure, by which
all negroes who voted the Radical ticket are
to be refused work on leases. All whites not
belonging TO the combination are to be ostra-
cized. Already more than 800 families, in
cluding at least 1000 people of all ages and
sexes, are wanderers, without means to go
elsewhere, powerless to find other homes
where they are, and on the verge of 3tarva-
ton in midwinter Theft and other crimes
may result, and it is feared that the bitter
feeling naturally resulting from sense OF in
Justice received may run into one of revenge.
These homeless people will naturally drift to-
gcther, and the white people are not slow, as
the past has shown, to set aaoat intammatory
rumors of intentions OF organized violence on
the part of the negro; and where the revolver
and mob law are common resort in such cases,
as they usually have been here, disorders,
more or less extensive, are sure to result If
some preventive is not found for such state
of things. 2. Ii. SHERIDAN Lieut.-General'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Books and Dogs as PrOpsgators OI
- hf Disease. Ee

! Among the many agents for the spread
of infectious diseases are, ii seems,
"Our domestic pets" For The. propaga-
tion of fever dog is sometimes as bad
or verse than drain, and case is re-
ferred to in the Sanitary Record in which
scarlet fever was carried from one child
to another by favorite retriever. The
dog had been reared in house where
scarlatina prevailed, and was subse-
quently given to friend of the family.
Shortly after one of the children in the
dogs new home was attacked with ma
lignant scarlatina and died. Disinfect
ants were used plentifully and every
precaution taken to prevent a recurrence
of the malady, but in two months time a
second child took the same disease, In its
worst form, and died. AS the dog had
been the constant companion and play
fellow of these children, its woolly coat,
it is alleged, became so charged with con-
tagious matter as TO render ii source OF
disease and death. Although 1t is only
fair to the dog to admit that the children
may have caught the fever from other
sources than his swoolly coat, yet there Is
reason to fear that both dogs and cats,
Especially the latter, do occasionally as
| sist in, the. circulatin OF infectious i'll.
nesses, and where fever prevails the
sooner they are lodged out of the house
the better. They are, however, probably
not more dangerous in this respect than
books. No one who takes up book
from a library ever troubles himself OF
herself as 20 athe anteeedents OF the
volume; IL may have just left the hands
Of The, ,feysrpatlsntTFet AqR ( london
i GaAette. W KAY8AL / u n Z
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

had been the scene of assassinhtions,
collective or isolated. 1t would not be
inferred that life is specially insecure in
that State, or that there is any more i'm
munity from arrest and punishment
there than there is in the North gener
ally. The correctness of representa-
tions herein, made by President Grant
and Gen. Sheridan, Is not brought in
question. The committee simply ignore
the subject. We submit that this omis-
sion is disgraceful A good deal is said
about taxation, the rarity of white Re
publicans, the mode of procedure before
and by the Retaining Board and kindred
matters, all of weighty importance in
themselves, but all combined of less con
sequence than the Insecurity of life.
Several wholesale butcheries have oc-
cured, and TIN. aggregate ofsisolated
cases amountgsto over 200, and the ass
sassins go scot free. Such, we say, is
the representation made by the Presi-
dent and the Lieutenant-G General of the
United States, and the committee is en-
tirely oblivious of the whole matter.
Such report is a disgrace to those
who make IL, and ought to be rejected by
the House. The latter should demand a
report on the main issue of the case. 1t
looks very much as if Foster and Phelps
had made play-spell of the investiga.
tion, allowing Potter TO run the business
to suit himself. We are disappointed in
Foster. He had done some good work in
Congress. Phelps is conceited fop,
with immense inherited wealth and a
silly affectation of wit. He is just the
fellow to be made the tool of crafty
and polished politician like Mr.. Potter.
The latter did just what was to be eX-
pected of him. He shut his eyes to all
evidence against the Democracy, and dis
torted and magnified all the evidence
against the Republicans. Even then he
has not made out his case.
1t is not claimed by the Republican
party that Kellogg is paragon of polit-
ical virtue, or that everything done by
the party in that State is justifiable On
the contrary, there is desire to have the
entire facts in the case brought to light,
and every man, from Kellogg down, re-
ceive his deserts, be the same rewards
or punishments, small or great. Fortu-
nately the disreputable omission of the
Congressional report will not be very
important, practically, for Gen. Sheridan
is at work preparing a full statement
touching assassinatioDs in Louisiana
The committee, by confirming his report
of the attempted but abortive Wiltz
usurpation, has prepared the public to
accept with implicit faith in its accuracy
that forthcoming report. In this way
the committee has rendered valuable
service, albeit Foster and Phelps were
simply clay in the hands of the potter
Chicago Journal, Jan. 1S.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

Clear, s46OO@5O.OO; Common Boards, $1,000
isOO; Fencing, Sis.OO@i9Oos "a" Shingles,
e3.0O03.25; Latb, S2.O0D2.25.
CINCINNATI.
B BRsADsTurFss Flour "a. .sOU5.05. whoat--Red,
81 40. corn--Ncw, 6g@7Oc. Ryc-Si.iO@1 AZ.
DoatsA 0a6sc. Barley No. 2, S1,sb@1.4O.
PRovIsIoNs. Pork -S1s.eO01s25 Lard-lSN
@14Ac.
ST. LOUIS.
LIVE SToCK.-Beevos- to choice, $500
5.75. Hogs-Liye, s6.25GD7O0.
BREADsTUFFs.- Fall, S4.350D4.50.
wheat-~ No. Rcd FAN, Si.O5H0i .OeH. oorn--No.
2, New, 64666c. oats-No.2, 55o56c. Rye
No. 1, $1.01@1.0in. Barley-No. 2, s1,io@145.
Provisions. s.-Pork-Mess, S179O0iS.o0. Lard
--130t3isc.
MILWAUKEE.
BREADsrurFs.- -Flour-Spring Xxx, S5.2595 80.
wheat-Spring No. 1, 93tG9Sxci No. 2, $50 q
ssXc. Corn--No. 2, 6tf0Gec. oats NO. 2, 5Oh9
sic. Rye-No. /, ebh@96c. Barley-No. 3,
S1.29G1sO. f~v
,.sBRsApsruFrsN Nwheat-Extra, si1sn1.1sz
Corn -6sI If0s0c.i oats-b5l@tec.! Dressed Hogs
81 75007.75.
BREADsrurFsE Z whest-Amber Mich, S1,o7n
@1.Osi NO. Red, $i06h@l.o71l. Com
High Mixed New, 69969kc. oats-No. =, 56li
05eKc.
CLEVELAND,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Red, s1J0h0
iii; No. Red, si.o4H0i.ob. Corn---New,
7i6D12e. oats-5916Oc.
rFITsf BUFFALO. r. & T
LIVE srocK.-Beeves = s475a6i2gs. Hogs
Live, s6.S7kG6 62Ii. Sheep-S S5.OOG6.95.
EAsTLIBERTY.
LIVE STocK.-Reeves-Bes S6.2J6t6 62II me-
dunn, S5.2515.5O. Hogs = Workers, $6.5O1
$40; PhiIadelphia, 37.ey9T35. sheep-Best,
s5.75a6 25; medium, S4.75IG5.O0.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

~ A. ~ - Nf.
ause there was no evidence OF guilt.
The Kansas House Of Representative has
adopted resolutions IN dorsings thc pfesidcnt's
recent message on Louisiana Affairs, and the
course Of Gen. Sheridan at New Orleans,
and declaring thom ventltled, 70, tile othanks
and confdence Of the country. y fproposi-
tion has beeni made. by the Conserv-
atiNc' members returned BY the Re.
turning Board as elected to the
Louisiana o. House OF Representatives, and
thosei claiming1 to have been undoubtedly
elected but defrSpded by the Board, to have
the Congressional nyestigating Committee
take the returns Of 1874, together with all
fair and relevant testimony, and upon
such returns and evidence declare what
members Of the Legislature were fairly
elected. THE Chairman of the commit
tee took the matter under consideration. L. =.
The election in the First Illinois Distrie Ito
hllthe vacancy In the Forty third Congress
caused BY the death sof Hon. }. b. Rice oc-
Cured on the 2Sd. Bernard G. Caulfeld,
Democratic member. elect of the Forty-fourth
Congress Vas the successful cansiidate, he
meeting with no regular organized opposi-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
Small Editions of Humanity.

THE Troy IN. W Times of recent
date saws; "The little two-pound
specimen of humanity that was men.
toned Yesterday as having been reported
before the Medical Association was bonn
in this city about month ago, and when
the child first appeared in the world 1t
had much the appearance OF very aged
person. Its skin was shriveled, and It's
ewes covered with a film, as though age
had dimmed them but by careful nurs-
ing these peculiarities have disappeared,
and its skin is now smooth, its eyes
bright, and it has every promise OF a
long life before It. Its proud mother can
entirely hide the little one from view by
covering it with her outstretched hands.
But this is not solitary instance. There
is now residing in South Troy a Lao
seven years of age, stout, rugged and
hearty, who, at the day OF his birth,
weighed only one and threefourths
pounds. A physician residing In the
city relates an instance OF child born ID
January, 1874, of a mother who was IN
the last stages of consumption, which
weighed one and half pounds. This
little one was perfect in formation, ano
survived eighteen days. Another ole
physician relates the circumstance o.
meeting a short time ago In Detroit
Mich, young man upward OF tfteel
years of age, tall, robust ana Wen
| formed, who, when he aided him into th'
world, weighed tive and three-quarter
pounds. The above births all occurre'
In this city. Another instance is brough
to our knowledge of a case that occurre'
in Albany, of little one that weigned
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

? TUESDAY, Jan. 25.-A farmhouse oc-
cupied by Fierle Dulude, in Boucherville,
Canada, wasdestfoyed by fire on the morning
of the 25th, and Dulude's wife and eight chill
dren pcrished In the flames. Tic eldest child
was thirteen years old and the goIihgca =
babe, Dnlnde was himself serionsly burned
in his efforts to save his family, and is not ex-
pectcd to live. :. "A fire in.Washington on the
25th seriously damaged portion of the Navy
Department Building, anda few public docu-
ments were DESTROYED.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
The Proposed Constitutional Amend-
ment.

The Proposed Constitutional Amend
ment.
The following is the full text of Scna.
tor Morton's proposed amendment TO the
Constitution providing for change in
the manner of electing the President and
Vice President of the United States;
Resoiued 6ythe Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires, ia Congress assembled, Tleo-hirdS
Of Each House Conauring Therein, That the
following article is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution OF the United
States, and when ratified by the Legislatures
Of thrce-fOurths of the States shall he valid to
all lntents and purposes as part oil the Constr
tuition, to-wit:
ARTICLE /. The President and ViccPresi-
dent shall be elected by direct vote oil the
people IN the manner following: Each State
shall be divided into districts equal in num-
berto the number of Representatives TO which
the State may be entitled in Congress, to be
composed 6f contiguous territory, and to be
as nearly equal In population as may be; and
the person having the highestnumber of votes
in each district for President shall receive the
vote of that district, which shall be counted
one Presidential vote.
Q. The person having the highest number
of votes for President in the State shall re-
ceve two Presidential votes from the State at
large, r-...-...s.. .-z.g
3. The person having the highest number
of Presidential votes In the United States
shall be President 1E
4 If two persons have the same number of
votes in any State, il being the highest mum.
Der, they shall receive each one Presidential
vote from the State at large, and If more than
two persons shall have each the same number
of votes in any State, II being the highest
number, no Presidential vote shall be counted
from the State at large. If more persons
than one shall have the same number OF
votes, it being the highest number in any dis;
-. u NtnIw ws..Na all TN tod
from that district ..-...
s. The foregoing provisions shall apply to
the election of ice-President
o. The Congress shall haze the power to
provide for holding and conducting the cleo
lions of President and Vice President, and to
es stablish tribunal for the decision Of such
elections as may be contested
T. The States shall be divided into districts
by the Legislatures thereof, but Congress may
at any time by law make or alter the same.
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THE M4RKETs,
t1r,aaI NEW YORK. 81 t2si Al
CoTToH.--Middling upland, l51zdD1b1ca


CoTroN.7-Middling upland, i5kO1b1ca
LIVE STooK.-Beef Cattle--Sl0, ,0OO1200, Hogs
Dressed, $7,7D1S.25; Live. So, I6,s7lS. Sheep
Live, fb.6O0fOOA Z ~ " " y 4 VIZ 4
BREADsTUTTs.-Flour-Go to choice, $3.50
5.35; white wheat extra, $5.sS06.O0. Wheat-No,
Chicago, $10901.1ih; No. 2 Northwestern,
S11101.l2; No. Milwaukee spring, S1.l30
LA Rye-sl61esAe. RREey-r 81 .s50Di 40. Corn
Mixed Western, s60s6Kc. oats-Mixed West
ern, 67069c.
PROVISIONS, = Pork = New Meas, $4,000
1900, Lard -1sA Ulsxc. oheeeo i2116o.t
Woops-Oommon 70 extra 43Q45c. - .
CHICAGO.
LIVE STooE.-Beeves Choice, S5.50l16.00;
good, S4z505s5; p1ediuu, 'S4.O0D4.b0 butch.
ers' stock, S275G1 00; stock cattle, s2.s5a
s.75. Hogs Live SbbQotoo dressed, a. e5a
750. Sheep-Good TO choice, e4bOG5.5O.
Provisions Choice, 30037c. Eggs
Fresh, 25Os6c. ,Cheese-New York factory
ls0l6ne;, Wsstern, l6fW1se,g a Pork N ew
Mess $4,000 800. lard-s1saoDis.B. II. +
BREADsTUFFs. winter extra
S4So0S.5o; spring extra, So.7DoAT5. whea
Spring, No. 2, sol0sOnc. Conn., 2, Now
64a64dc, -oats--Eo. 2SblH@b.e .Baley-No
O. 81. SOL es. ARye-No.t ., eowsse. y ~
wooL.-Tub-wAshed, \6067c. fleece washed
tOD4sc.; heece, unwAshsd, T@S7o.
! LUMBER.-First Clear, Sb2.oo@65.oo; secon
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

Very few blacksmiths understand
how To handle colts in shoeing and u
good many farmers are equally Ignorant
a colt may be ruined for life and ever
afterward be troublesome in shoeiDg by
his first lesson. 1t cannot be expected
that colt will stand perfectly quiet
while a shoe is being put on when he
knows nothing of what is wanted OF him.
The main thing is to get his attention at
tracted TO something else besides the
shoeing. A handful of hay for him to
nibble at will sometimes make him for
get the hammering. 1t is villainous
habit to pound horse over the back
with heavy hammer, as great many
horse shoers do. 1t only makes the
horse worse.-Sderdmen AgrtcuHurtd'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-01-29

-"AIe you going after that sugar.
called Marquette Mich mother to her
how who was on the street. cam lgoing
Sfter I that sugar." drawled the youth in
a sanoy and impudent tonei but just
then he happened to see his father com
inc mn behind him, and he said very re:
speectfully e and lovingly; Why, OF
Course / am, nal didn't know you
needed Il right away,"-Mintng Journal.