Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-04-07

approved the bill raising the state of sieg
b throughout France.
q" Two INDICTED whisky men, Adler ant
Furst, have been convicted on fifty sever
counts at st. Joseph, Mo.
TIE steamer Jowad was recently
wrecked in the Arabian Sea. She hat
500 pilgrims ON board, and of these onl,
three escaped.
A RESOLUTION in favor of woman-suf
frage was recently defeated in the Massa
chusetts House of Representatives, by
vote OF 1877 to II.
THE New Jersey Democratic State Con
vention, for tie selection of delegates Il
the National Convention, has been called
to meet at Trenton on the 23d of May.
Born houses of the Massachusett,
Legislature have passed the bill to legal
ize the marriage Of Mr.. James Parton
and the niece of his former wife, nov
deceased
Gov. KELLOGG has accepted the resig
nation of b. T. Beauregard, the obnoxiou,
colored tax collector at Baton Rouge, La.
and appointed Henry B. Bobbin to sue
ceed him.
BY the explosion of locomotive boiler
on the Glasgow & Southern Railroad, In
Scotland, few days ago, five persons
were instantly killed and nine others bad
ly injured.
THE complete vote for Governor in New
Hampshire, at the recent election, was as
follows: Cheney (Rep.) 41,765; Marcy
Dem.), 3S, 1928; Kendall and scattering,
305. Total, sO,2SS.
THE jury in the case of Pahlman and
Rush, on trial in Chicago for whisky
frauds, have rendered a verdict of guilty
on four of the six counts of the indict.
men against them.
FogR Of the sixteen boilers belonging
to the Fletcher mill, at Providence, r. l.,
exploded few mornings ago, killing two
men and wounding more or less seriously
number of others.
ELIZABETH 7. GREENFIELD, the colored
singer, known throughout the country q
few years ago, under the name of the
BLACK Swan" died recently at Philadel.
phia, at the age of sixty eight years.
The organization of British rifle team
to participate in the Centennial shooting
matches at Philadelphia, has been aban-
doned, in consequence of the separate
action of the Scotch and Irish Rifle Asso-
Citations.
THE delegates to the Republican Ma.
tional Convention appointed by the recent
Mississippi State Convention are unin-
structed as regards candidates for Presi.
dent and Vice President. Among the dele
gates are ex-Gov Ames, Senator Alcorn
and ex-Gov. Powers.
The debt statement shows a reduction
of the public debt during the month of
$4,240,SG6. Cash in the Treasury, coin,
$7s, 100, ,794 currency, $5,965, ,626; special
deposits for the redemption of certificates
of deposit, S34 100000. Debt less cash
in Treasury, $2,l1O,7l9, ,439.
THE substitute for Senator Morton's
resolution calling for an investigation of
the election in Mississippi, recently adopt
ed by the United States Senate, provides
for the appointment of committee OF
five Senators TO conduct such investiga
tion.
The articles of Impeachment against
ex-Secretary Belknap, presented to the
House on the Both ult., are five in num-
ber. The first charges the ex.Secretary of
War with receiving money corruptly
while in office. The second charges
bribery as defined by the statute, The
third charges the payment of money to
him for continuing corrupt persons in
office. The fourth charges him with re-
ceiving gifts while in Office to influence
him corruptly. The fifth charges him with
taking money corruptly for the use Of
himself and others.
IN accordance with recent decision of
the Cabinet, the Secretary of the United
States Treasury has sent to all persons
having the charge of Government build
ings circular calling attention to the
fact that the appropriation made for fuel,
light and water, and miscellaneous items
for public buildings, for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1876, is nearly exhausted,
and ordering that gas and water in such
buildings be shut off, and that the labor
erspaid from such appropriation be dis
charged, in accordance with the proyis-
ions Of the law prohibiting the expendi-
ture by Department of the Government
of any sum in excess of the appropriation
already granted by Congress.