Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-25

hN OiHCidl uhdS6 HAS Deeu lSSucu IN
Russia forbidding women to exercise the
functions of barristers.
The Vance Railroad bill, which repeals
many of the distinctive features of the
Potter law, has passed both houses of the
Wisconsin Legislature.
THE Minnesota Republican State Con-
vention, TO appoint delegates to the
National Convention, has been called to
meet on the 24th of May
Hon. ID. p. BREWSTER, former Rep
Tesentaiive in Congress from the Oswego
and Oneida IN " District, died at Os.
wego, few day ago.
A RECENT Vienna special reports that
great floods had occurred in Upper Mo-
ravia, over 120 houses having been washed
away and destroyed.
Hon T. ]. d. FULLER, former Con-
gresham from Maine, and Second Audi
tor of the United States Treasury under
Buchanan, died in Virginia few days
ago.
A LONDON telegram of recent date
says information had been received of
the capture Of three of the murderers
of Mr. Birch, the English resident at
Perok.
THE Centennial Appropriation bill has
been signed by the President. The sigma
ture was written with pen made from a
quill plucked from the wing of an Ameri-
can eagle.
ANTONIO CATALANo, Dominica Damina
and Basteano Lombardo, three Italians,
were recently hung in St. Louis, for the
murder of Palermo, a countryman, in
March last.
Miss CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN, the distin-
guished American actress, died at the Par
ker House in Boston, few days age, aged
ffty-nine years and seven months She
had been afflicted with cancer for sew
eral years.
THE steamer Franconia ran into the
steamer Strath Clyde, off Dover, England
few days ago. The boiler of the latter
vessel exploded, and she sank immediate.
ly. Fifty-two of her passengers and crew
were drowned.
GEORGE G. SMITH, formerly President
of the defunct Chicago State Insurance
Company, was arrested in New Jersey
recently, at the instance of the assignee
on the charge of swiDdling, and held tC
bail in the sum of 100000
THE Investigating Committee of the
Louisiana House of Representatives made
report on the 14th, recommending the
impeachment of Gov. Kellogg and othel
State officers, for violations of the law by
feloniously appropriating public funds.
THE recent Independent GreenbacE
State Convention of Indiana nominated
the following ticket: For Governor
Franklin Landers, present member o
Congress from the indianapolis District
Lieutenant Governor, AnsOn WOlcott, o.
White County; Secretary of State, Leroy
Templeton, of Benton; State Auditor, Nor
ris n. Bundy, of Henry; State Treasurer
John Q. A. Newson, of Bartholomew; At
torney- General, w. A. Upton, of Fountain
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rev. r. S. Blount, of Green; Reporter o.
Supreme Court, Charles A. Knight, o
Clay; Judges of Supreme Court, William
,r TAl,V
Haines, of Delaware; H. c. Newcomb
of Marion; Judge Lindsay, of Howard
The resolutions adopted demand the i'm
mediate and unconditional repeal of tn
Specie Resumption act, and are also il
other respects, on the financial question
similar in substance to those adopted b,
the Illinois State Convention at Decatur
A FULL State ticket was nominated b.
the Illinois Independent State Convention
recently held at Decatur, and is as follows
Governor, Louis Stewart, of Kendall
County; Lieutenant Governor, j. II
Pickerell, of Macon; Secretary of State
DR.. NJ. VI. Hooton, of Marion; State Au
ditor, John Hise, of Chicago; State Trea:
urer, Henry T. Aspern, of Champaign
Attorney General, w, S. Coy, of Mclean
Delegates to the National Convention wer
also chosen. The platform adopted d.
msnds the repeal of the Specie ResumI
tion and National Bank acts, and the subst
tuition of legal-tender paper money fc
the National Bank circulation; the pei
fecting of monetary system based upQ