Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-30
EPIT0ME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from TsleGanI u Accompanying Dates


had requested the resignation Of Secretary
Delano. II Is thought in Washington that
the latter will soon resign, as he has intended
doing so for some time, but has held on at the
request Of the President. q. Henry NJ Clever
land testified in the Beecher suit on the 22d
TO the effect that Mr.. Beecher called
on him at the Christian linton Office
bc'veen eleven and twelve o'clock on the
I'd a June, 1873, and rcnained iIltt.
forty minutes. He was cross examined
and stated that he went to see Mr.. Car.
penter In May, 1874, at the request Of Mr..
Beecher, TO bring him (Carpenter) to Mr..
Moulton's, Mr.. Beecher saying that he
wished to have Mr.. Carpenter confer with
Mr.. Bowen In regard to some reports having
reference TO Mr. Beecher. Witness told Mr..
Carpenter1f the stories were repeated the
tripartite agreement would be published.
Witness also testified that the Church Inves-
tigating Committee was appointed at the
suggestion OF Mr.. Beecher in consultation with
witness and Messrs. Shcarman and Tracy.
DIR. James L. Little testified that he saw Mr..
Tilton in the Communist procession in New
York, In a carriage with Miss ClaAn,
Mrs. Woodull being on foot In front of the
procession. He did not know the women to
be Miss Claflin and Mrs. Woodull except
that they were pointed out TO him as such
'.'.A Topeka (Kan.l special says seyenty-fve
OF the Indians who escaped from the Chey.
enne Agency have returned, and more will fol.
low They were nearly starved to death The
Louisiana Senate on the 22d voted-22 to 10
to take up the Clinton impeachment resolu-
tion, and after passing the same TO second
reading resolved itself into a court OF i'm
peachment for the trial Of the Auditor on the
charges preferred against him by the House
The House passed ajoint resolution to extend
the extra session to May s.
SATURDAY, April 24-J. M. Kerros,
United States Consular Agent at Brest, is
dead. The police authorities Of Posen have
notified all Ursuline Sisters In that district
who are not natives Of Germany that they
must leave the country within two months.
....A dangerous counterfeit flve-dollar note
on the First National Bank of Paxton, ILL.,.
has been discovered in Washington. The
cross examination of Mr.. Cleveland was con-
cluded on the ODD, and Mr.. Moulton was
called to the stand for further cross -examina-
tion. He denied that he had ever said to Mr..
Partridge (as the latter testified i'm his eyi.
dencel that Mr.. Tilton had written the life of
Mrs. Woodruff to put himself at the head of
the Spritualists of the country, as there were
more Spiritualists than Congregationallsts
he had, however, told Mr.. Partridge that the
Spiritualists Of the country outnumbcred the
Congregationalists Mr.. Partridge was re-
called and reafiirmed his former statement on
this point, saying in his cross-examination
that the conversation occurred shortly after
the publication of the pamphlet. {. Official
returns from all the counties 10 Michigan
except Schoolcraft, Houghton and Chippewa
give Marston (Rep.) for Judge Of the Su-
preme Court majority of q, ,42S. :. "A call
has been issued by the Michigan Prohibition
Central Committee for convention
to meet at Lansing on the 11th of
May IA Kansas City (Mo) telegram says
the grasshoppers are eating up everything in
the localities in that vicinity visited by them
In the latter part of last season. They are
also reported TO be making their appearance
in large numbers in many parts of Minnesota
and Kansas. The steamer John Kyle, while
lying at her dock at New Orleans on the 23d,
caught fire and was turned adrift. She ioated
toward two other steamers, the Exporter and
Bodman which were also cut adrift to avoid
the burning vessel, but they came together,
and were all consumed. Many persons had
collected on the decks of the Exporter and
Bodman TO witness the couhagration, and
OF them from twenty to one. hundred per.
ished.
MONDAY, April 26.-President Grant
has assigned DR.. Linderman, the Director of
the Mint, TO make the examination ordered
by Congress as to what point in the Western
States and Mississippi Valley possesses the
best advantages for a mint The investiga-
tion will be made during the coming sum
mer The New York Union League Club.
House was partially destroyed by fire on the
morning Of the 25th. Daniel O'Leary,
the Chicago pedestrian, recently walked
116 miles in twenty-three hours and
eight minutes, in New York city,
beating the best time on record . AT re-
cent election in Chicago a majority of the
votes polled were in favor of reorganizing
the city government under the provisions of
the General Incorporation act of 1872.
Minority representation was defeated by
large majority. The Citizens Association
will contest the election on the ground of
fraudulent voting. Near Monument, Kan,
on the 23d, Lieut.. Hindley, with company
of United States troops, attacked band
OF Cheyenne Indians, and after run
ming fight of two hours dispersed
them, killing twenty.seven and csptur-
ing over 100 ponies. Lieut.. Papier and
Private Trems fell in the engagement, being
fatally wounded. Thirty.three Indians es-
capped and it was feared that they would re-
turn and infct vengeance on innocent set
TIERS. Arthur B. Barrett, the recently
elected Mayor OF st. Louis, died on the oath,
after brief illness The Louisiana Legis.
lature adjourned sine die on the 9th. In the
Senate, the resolution suspendng Auditor
Clinton from cfiice was postponed to 1876.
TUESDAY, April 27.-The Roman Cath
olic Bishops of Great Britain have written
letters Of sympathy to the Bishops of Germany
and Switzerland, now claiming to suffer per-
secution at the hands OF their respective
Governments .... The Postmaster-Gene
has issued an order canceling all awards of
contracts heretofore made in favor of the par
ties whose names are contained in the propo.
sails frauduleDtly imposed upon the depart
ment by the completely of clerks at the last reg
ular letting, and directing the contracts to be
Immediately awarded to the respective bid
uers whose proposals are next lowest in
amount to the proposals thus rejected -.
Secretary Delano has announced that in
accordance with the advice of friends in
various parts Of the country, and in accord.
ance with his own judgment OF his duty TO
himself and to the Republican party, he has
indefinitely postponed his intended resigna.
tion....T The cross-examination OF Mr.. Par
fridge, In the Beecher suit, was concluded on
the 26th, and Elizabeth La Pierre Palmer, a
professed spiritual medium, testified to
having seen demonstrations of affec-
tioh and intimacy between Mr.. Tilton
and Mrs. Woodruff and to have over
heard conversations between them relative to
the publication Of the Golden Age and Mrs.
Woodhulps paper as organs of spiritualism.
Before the publication OF the Woodruff scan
dial witness says she heard the prosf-sheets
OF that document read TO Mr.. Tilton by Mrs.
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