Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-22
WEST AND SOUTH.


Hon John Purdue, of Lafayette, Ind, the
founder of the Purdue University, died sud
denly of apoplexy on the 18th.
The annual convention of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers met at st. Louis on
the 10Th.
Yellow-fever interments at Savannah, Ga,
on the 18th, twentyone.
The yellow-fever interments at Savannah
on the 18th numbered twenty-five. There is
much suffering among the poor people,
white and black. .-ras-,rr -s -.-r,-. 81
Gen. N B. Baker,, Adjutant- General Of
Iowa, died at Des Momes on the 18th.
A Salt Lake dispatch Of the 14th says
the counsel for Ann Eliza Young having
refused to give the indemnity bond required
by the U. s. Marshal, Judge Schaffer ordered
the release of the property of Brigham
Young and the return Of the execution. The
attorneys for the plaintiff gave notice for at
tachmcnt against the defendant, requiring
him to show cause why he should notbe pun
ished for contempt.
Gov. Chamberlain was renominated by the
South Carolina Republican Convention on
the 14th.
Sull WIS III biC u % SOull uJ
Chicago on the 14th by the Government
against Jacob Rehm to recover moneys ap-
propriated by him while conducting the
whisky ring. EN "
Gen. Sherman and party were at Denver on
the 14th.
There were eighteen yellow-feYer inter
mcnts at Savannah on the 14th.
Two masked men boarded Utah Central
train near saltLalSe City on the evening of the
14th, gagged Wells & 'Fargo's messenger,
opened the safe, took $4,000 and made their
escape. t.l. \
An the Democratic Congressman from
Georgia have beenrenominated.. LcE Il
The Greenbackers of Arkansas met in con-
yention at Little Rock on the 18th and nom
mated State Electoral ticket.
The South Carolina Republican Conven-
ton on the 18th renominated the present
Lieutenant Governor, COMPTROLLER, Treas
urer and Secretary of State. R. B. Elliott,
colored, was, nominated for Attorney Gen
eral. H
Yellow fever intermepts at Savannah on
the 18th, twenty-seven. AOver one-half of the
colored population are depending upon the
charity of the whites, and the destitution is
increasing.
TheWheeler Brothers, who have beenwork-
ing their famous claim No. 2, below Gapville,
on Wood Creek, Black Hills, arrived at Fort
Laramie on the 10th with paid escort of
twenty men. They bring as the proceeds of
their work, for seven months, over $3O0, 600,
or 900 pounds of dust.
A terrible case of suffering in the Colorado
desert is reported in Los Angeles dispatch.
Henry Smith, from st. Louis, who left Yuma
for Los Angeles with companion and pack
train, wandered in the desert four days with ]
out water. He opened the veins in one OF
his arms and drank the blood, which clotted
in his throat. He then cut his windpipe to
it, and soon died His companion
reached the station in the last stage of ex-
N ~
The Yellow-feyer interments at Savannah
9n the 10th numbered twentY-one, Az
y In the trial of John ID. Lee, at Beaver,
Utah, on the 18th, for connection with the |
Meadow massacre in 1857, several
witnesses testified, fixing themurder or Lee
samuel Knight testified that after the emf |
grants had been decoyed out he saw Lee |
blow woman's brains out, beat a man to
death with gun and murder several others,
and at the same time saw the Indians make
4 rush on the women and children, whom |
hey slew. The conviction of Lee is consid-
cred certain.
An Augusta (Ga.) dispatch of the lsthsays
/ Mrs, Harney, Of Aiken County, s. c., was |
and knocked down by two negroes |
IN the 18th. One of the negroes was arrested !
~ citizens and shot, and warrant issued |
or the other. A Constable with posse OF !
White men attempted hisauest and wsEere1
isted byfa largo crowd of armed negroes. A |
was finally effected and the ne
roes agreed to surrender the man who made
he assault. The whites then retired and it
5 reported that while on their way home sew
raj were ambushed aud shot. The negroes
we're reported on the morning Of the 18th TO
ave wrecked a freight train at Jackson Sta
ion, on the Port Royal Road and TO have |
possession of the road The Superintendent |
4 the road telegraphed to Gov Chamberlain |
or assistance and applied to Lieut.. Barn
ardt, OF the u s. Army, stationed at Ham
'urg, for troops. The latest report from the |
Gene of the riot is that one white man was
Wounded and six negroes killed.
AT Joint political meeting at Hernando,
iiss-, on The 18th, quarrel arose between
he whites and negroes, and two whites and
ne negro were wounded before peace was
estored.
. N the trlalof Lee al Beaver, Utah on the
9th, several witnesses testified to having
cen Lee kill four or five men and women,
nd that he was the leader Of the assailants
4 Maintain Maadou