Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-11
WEST AND SOUTH,


Rev. William Gannaway Brownlow, better
known as "Parson" Brownlow, died on the
10Th ult at his residence in Knoxville, Tenn,
aged seyenty-twc ears.
most remarkable game OF base ball was
played at st. Louis on the 1st. The clubs
engaged were the Browns, of that city, and
the Stars, of Syracuse, N. Y. Fifteen in
nings had been played when darkness ended
the game, neither club having made run.
portion of body was found in the ruins
Of the Southern Hotel at St. Louis, on the
the head waiter.
On the 1st there was frost in many parts of
Alabama.
On the 1st the question Of title to the State
offices in South Carolina was settled by
counsel for the Republicans consenting that
judgment he entered in favor of plaintiffs.
Gov. Hampton thereupon issued instruc-
tions to remove the seals from the several
Offices.
In the case of the Lafayette, Muncie &
Bloomington Railroad, an order was issued
by the U. 5. Court on the I'd compelling the
agent of the bondholders to vacate the road.
Col. John Forsythe, editor of the Mobile
Register, died on the I'd.
At the annual meeting of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railroad Company at
Cleveland, on the I'd, VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt
and two of his sons were among the Direct
ors elected. rt.
On the Sd Waldron, agent for the bond
holders of the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloom
ington Railroad, proceeded to Hoopestou,
ILL.,, and took possession of the road from the
State line to Bloomington.
A letter from the Hon. Benz. F. Wade was
published on the Sd, in which he denies in
the most emphatic manner the statement Of
Ward Lamon in the New York Tribune that
during LincOln's Administration a conspiracy
was formed TO depose bim from the Presidency
and put either himself or Mr.. Fremont in his
place as Dictator.
Chin Nook Sow was hanged at San Fran
cisco on the 4th for the murder of another
Chinaman in December, 1875. He was con-
vcted solely on Chinese testimony. This
case had been taken to the Supreme Court
and judgment affirmed. There have been
thirty murders committed by Cinnamon
in San Francisco since November, 1855, and
this was the first execution.
William II. Vanderbilt has been elected
President of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad Company.
The Seventh Cavalry. with l 100 men, has
left Fort Lincoln and gone in search of Sit
ting Bull, who is supposed to be north or
south OF the Yellowstone with some 500 re.
calcitrant warriors. The command will hunt
him down and bring in the hostile Indians,
when found, to the agencies.
On the 4th, three of the ten Lowndesyille
Is. c. murderers, j. Whitner and John and
Wightman Allen, were hanged at Abbeville
Court House. The sentences of the other
prisoners were committed to life imprison-
ment. John Allen confessed his guilt, but
the other two proclaimed their innocence.
The reports from Southern Ohio and In
diana show that small fruit was considerably
injured by the recent heavy frosts. 81 Al-
In consequence of apprehension that Brig
ham Young and other heads of the church
are TO be arrested In connection with the
Mountain Meadow massacre, a Salt Lake dis
patch says the Saints have determined TO re-
sst any movement against Young, and 10
this end are secretly arming and drilling.
George NJ. Pinney, the defsulting Navy
disappeared last fall, surrendered to the
authorities at San Francisco on the 5th and
was held in $4,000 to answer two charges of
forgery OF Government paper. He will turn
States evidence.
Crazy Horses band of Indians, numbering
800 men, surrendered at Camp Robinson,
Neb., on the 5th. This makes the aggregate
number Of Indians who have surrendered to
Gen. Crook since March 5000, and does away
with the necessity for military expedition
the coming summer.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die
on the 7th, having been in session 176 days.
There is a dead lock In the South Carolina
Legislature, the Senate refusing TO go into an
election for Chicf-Justice.
Four Deputy U. s. MarshaIs are under ar.
rest at Glasgow, KY, for shooting and
wOunding with intent to kill. The officers
say the shooting occurred in the discharge
OF their duty. l