Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-26
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condemned from Telegram, Of Accompanying Dates


Trent by 1000 majority. The Connecticut
Democratic State Convention rcnominated,
by acclamation, the old ticket, headed
by Gov Charles X. Ingorsoll. The resolutions
adopted favor hard money and oppose Federal
Executive Interference in the States Of Lou.
isiana and Arkansas and the increase Of
Federal taxation at time when the industry
Of the country IL 60 greatly depressed.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. b. Mellott, OF McConnclls.
burg, Pa, went away from home on visit
on the 10th, leaving three children locked in
the house. On thch return few hours after
ward they found the bones Of the children in
the ruins OF the house, which had burned
down during their absence -. The National
Grange adjourned on the 10th, after instruct
ing the Executive Committee TO make
arrangements for holding the next ses.
sion at Chicago, providing the expense TO
the Grange does not exceed the expense Of
meeting in ST. Louis. Among other resolu-
tions adopted was one indorsing and recon-
mending the resolutions adopted az the At
lanta Agricultural Congress last May, which
resolutions ask for the construction by the
National Government Of system of water.
ways 30 that unrestricted channels OF trade
shall be opened, and not only brought the
entire length Of the Mississippi but connect.
ing that great river with the Atlantic Ocean
by way Of the lakes by the Ohio, Kanawha
ana James, and by the Tennessee and savan.
nah Rivers.
THURSDAY, Feb. 19.-A young la
boring man committed suicide in Wash.
ington on the 18th by jumping from
the dcme Of the Capitol. He fell over 15O
feet and was instantly killed. In the
Beecher trial, on the 10th, Mr.. Tilton left
the witness stand temporarily TO give
place to witness named Catherine Cary,
formerly nurse in the plaintiffs family, who
had been subppnaed by the prosecution
and was in waiting 10 give her evidence. She
testified to having seen Mr.. Beecher 20 into
Mrs. Tiltons bedroom on several occasions,
ana TO having seen the latter sitting on
the lap OF the former in the back par
lor After this evidence was given Mr..
Tilton resumed the witness stand On the
lIth, Just at the close of the proceedings for
the day, one of the jurors was taken suddenly
SICK and was sent home in charge of two
court officers. IA war having broken out
between the Baltimore IL Ohio and the Penn
sylvania Railroad Companies the former has
made a great reduction in passenger
fares between the East and West. -. The
Illinois State Board of Agriculture has
located the State Fair for the next tive years
at Ottawa. Miss Doyle, a young lady Of
Indianapolis, was fatally burned on the 10th,
while pouring coal-oil over a sluggish fire.
at West Jefferson, Ohio, on the 18th, small
child Of William Stratton upset coal sil
lamp. Mrs. S. picked up the lamp, when II
exploded in her hand, and she was fatally
burned.
FRIDAY, Feb. 19.-The English Parlia-
ment has adopted a resolution declaring John
Mitchell, the newly elected member from
Tipperary, ineligible on the ground that he is
convicted felon. e. The President has
issued proclamation convening the
Senate in extraordinary session ON the
5th of March, to act upon such
communications as may be made to 1t on the
part Of the Executive. The Democratic
members Of Congress from the South and
Southwest have issued an address TO the
people of the South, which concludes with
an appeal to them "for continued for
besrance and hopeful reliance upon
the virtue and the sense Of justice Of the
American people for the ultimate vindication
OF our rights, the projection of our liberties,
and the safety OF our republican form of
government The West Virginia Lesisla
ture has elected Allen T. Caperton (Democrat)
to the United States Senate.
SATURDAY, Feb. 20.-A match factory
at Gottenburg, Sweden, crowded with work
ing people, was burned on the 10Th and fifty.
one lives are reported lost. "A fire in Port
au Prince, Hayti, on the night of the 1lth
burned twothirds of the city, involving loss
OF property valued at $4,000, 900, and render
ing 700 families homeless. The fire is thought
to have originated from the explosion of
barrel OF kerosene. -. The examination of
Dir. Tilton was concluded on the 18TH
and four other witnesses were called
to the stand-Geo. A. Bell, ex-Dea-
con of Plymouth Church; Joseph II. Rich
ards, brother of Mrs. Tilton; Mr..
Braishcr and Mr.. Robinson, Mr.. Mouton's
business partner. Mrs. f. d. Moulton was
on the witness stand on the 18th. The
testimony of these witnesses mainly cor
roborated and in some respects added to the
testimony OF Messrs. Moulton and Tilton,
whose evidence was a reiteraton in detail Of
their previously-published statements
Con6ressmane nelect William s. King, of Min
nesota, has written a lengthy letter to the
Legislature of his State in relation to the Joint
resolutions passed by that body calling on
him 10 appear before the Congressional Com
mittee and explain his connection with the
Pacific Mail subsidy business or TO resign
as Representative. He characterizes the reso.
luton as very extraordinary and pronounces
false the charge that he had accepted
money as consideration for his ser.
vices in behalf of the Subsidy BILL
and cmphatically asserts, as he says he
stated under oath two years ago, that he
never accepted nor received a dollar in con.
sideration OF such service, and that not one
dollar OF the money received by him was ever
intended or applied to influence a vote on
such bill. The Minnesota Legislature has
elected s. j. X. Mcmillan Republican and
ChiefJustice of the State Supreme Court 10
succeed Mr.. Ramsey in the United States
Senate. The successful ballot was: McMill.
an, 81; Lochren (Dem.), 81. .. On the 18th a
negro WIS admitted into the senior class of
the Boys High School in New Orleans. Twen-
ty out OF twenty-five in the class left the
school Immediately. No disturbance.
MONDAY, Feb. 22.-Spain has agreed
to pay $4,000 indemnity for the Virginius af-
fair. The GerBanid newspaper, printed at
Berlin, having published the recent encyclical
letter OF the Pope to the Prussian Bishops, has
been conhscated and the proprietors prosecuted
....John Mitchell has issued an address
to the electors of Tipperary, presenting him
self again as a candidate for Parliament ..
A verdict has been given in New York against
the New York & New Haven Railroad Com.
pany for over $4,000, in favor OF a pas.
senger who was robbed of that amount.
The decision affirmed that railroad com.
pany must protect its patrons. :. Near
Mingo junction, Ohio, on the morn.
ing OF the 10th, train ON the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati & st. Louis Railroad ran on a
broken rail, and one baggage-car, two pas.
senger coaches, two sleeping-cars and one
special car were thrown over the embank.
ment and burned The baggage was de.
royed. No one was killed, but several
persons were injured, among them j.
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