Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-03-19

into another restaurant in the city
on the evening OF the 1tth and ordered
supper, which was refused them. They then
called upon Commissioner Hoyne and de-
mandeG redress under the Civil-Rights bill 90.
The Ohio StasN Grange, on the 18th, adopted
a resolution refusing TO sanction the action Of
the National Grange recommending Congress
to grant Government aid TO the Texas Pacific
Railway.
MONDAY, March 15.-Conslderable dis
order prevailed in Tipperary on the night
Of the 18th because Of the refusal of some
of the residents to Illuminate their dwell
ings in honor Of the reelection
OF John Mitchell to Parliament
Several houses were sacked. "A large
consignment of horses recently purchased by
French dealers in East Prussia have been
stopped IN trdnSitu at the Berlin depot by
order of the German Government. Samuel
wilkeson, formerly of the New York Tribune,
and at present one OF the publishers Of
the Christian linton, and the Rev. Edward
Eggleston were the witnesses in the
Beecher trial on the 18th The former testi-
fed that he drew up a copy Of the tripartte
agreement, and that Mr.. Tilton's complaint
against Mr. Beecher at that time was that he
(Beecher) refused to help him when he was
in need of aid because Of his discharge by
Bowen. Witness said Mr.. Tilton subse-
quently denied the greater crime charged
against Mr.. Beecher, saying all he accused
defendant Of was improper proposals. On De
cross-eXamination witness stated that in
April, 1872, he had told Mr.. T. that Mrs. STAN
ton had asserted that Mr.. Beecher had COM
mitted the crime with which he is charged,
and that Miss Anthony had told him that Mrs.
T. had confessed the same to her. To this
Mr.. Tilton said Miss Anthony's mind was
always dwelling on morbid subjects. Mr..
Eggleston's testimony was to the effect that
he had been at Mr.. Tilton's house on one oc-
casion when the latter's attentions to a cer-
tain lady were the subject Of remark.
The Mississippi River stcame B. B. Hart
sunk near New Orleans on The night Of the
18th, and ten or fifteen lives were ost....A
Cheyenne (W. t. dispatch announces the
arrival at Fort Laramie Of four more Black
Hills miners, who bring fine specimens Of gold
dust with them, and also rich specimens
of silver. They give glowing accounts Of
the Black Hills region. Several test
cases as to the constitutionality
of the Civil-Rights bill have been initiated
in different sections of the South and West,
and the Maryland Legislature has passed a
bill with a view of offsetting the effect Of the
law. Hotels in some of the Southern cities
have been closed by the proprietors, who pre-
ferred to do this rather than submit to the re-
qurements of the new law.
TUESDAY, March 16.-Immense crowds
are attending the revival meetings in London
OF Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the Chicago
revivaists. On one night recently there were
10000 people present, and thousands were
turned away -. Duke D'Andifret Pasquier has
been elected President of the French Assembly
=. Twenty-Five young men of Cuban birth,
residents of Cienfuegos, were recently arrest
ed in their homes in that city by vol
unteers and shot outside the walls, with
out even the form of a trial -. The
Secretary of State, on the 18th, commu-
nicated TO the Senate the correspondence
between the United States and Spanish
| Governments relative to the claim for in
demnity for the execution at Santiago de
Cuba Of Americans who were on board the
virginius. This correspondence shows that
the British claim was originally e500 for
each white and e30O for each colored man,
being a total of e7,100, which was finally re-
duced to e6,700. The original claim of the
United States was $2,500 for each of
the crew slain, regardless Of color,
and a larger sum for each officer killed. The
claim was strenuously pressed until Spain
agreed to pay $4,000 in gold, unconditional
| ly, the money to be distributed by the United
States without any accountability to Spain
for sums not claimed by individuals, as was
stipulated in the case Of Great Britain. -.
Gen. Sherman has recently stated that ex-
peditions to the Black Hills country will be
prevented from entering that region, or II
any get in they will be driven out as soon as
the weather will permit. A recent Washing
ington dispatch says the Government will
endeavor to extinguish the Indian title at the
earliest practicable moment, but until that is
done all persons will be prohibited from go
ing there, and those now there will be re-
quired to remove. The anti-liquor crusade
was begun again in Chicago on the evening
of the 14th, several ladies visiting a bill
lard and liquor saloon and engaging in sing
ing and prayer. The proprietor was
| appealed to 10 abandon the traffic. The
crusaders were treated with re-
spect by the proprietor and large number
of spectators present, but no conversion is re-
ported E. The Grand Jury Of Cook County,
ILL.,, have recently found four criminal indict-
ments against Mr.. Storey, of the Chicago
Times, three of them for the libel of indiyidu-
ais and one for the publication of an alleged
obscene article.