Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-22
WEST AND SOuTH.

WEST AND SOUTH.
Baseball on the 18th: Hartford Z, Bostoi
0; Chicago 8, Louisville 1.
The Commercial Insurance Company, o
st. Louis, has made an assignment
Heavy rain.storms on the sth and 9th die
an immense amount Of damage in Tennessee
Mississippi and Arkansas.
Rev. s. A. McGhee, who for ten days hat
been on trial at Dixon, H., for poisoning hi,
wife, was on the 18th found guilty and sen
fenced to imprisonment in the Penltentiary
for fourteen years. McGhee was pastor Of
the Christian Church at Dixon.
By recent adjustment of schedules the
Louisville line now makes the time of fifty
nine hours and ten minutes between New
Orleans and New York.
Capt. Lee, Tenth Cavalry, had an engage
ment with Comanche Indians, near Lake
Quemado, Tex, on May 4, in which First
Sergeant Charles Butler was killed -Four
Indians were killed, six squaws and a num-
Der Of horses and mules captured, and a
large supply of powder, lead, blankets, etc.
destroyed.
A meeting Of the association of officers OF
American institutions for idiots and feeble.
minded youth was held at Columbus, Ohio
on the 18th. DR.. Edward sequin, of New
York, presided.
Returns from the Constitutional Conven-
tion election in Georgia up to the 14th indi-
Gated majority for the convention.
| The four men arrested for the recent at
tempt to wreck the st. Louis & San Francisco
train at Woodend, Mo-, have been committed
to Jail, without bail, to await the action Of
the Grand Jury.
The Grasshopper Commission were at
Omaha on the 14th. They say no damage
need be apprehended from the grasshoppers,
as they are dying off rapidly.
The fast train on the P, c. & st. L. r. r.
was wrecked a short distance east Of Indian
apolis, on the night of the 18th, by a switch
being partly changed and cross-tie wedged
between the rails. The engine, baggage-car,
express and meilcar we're thrown from the
track and badly damaged. The passenger
cars and sleepers did not leave the rail. E.
b. Cole, postal-clerk, was the only one seri-
ously injured.
se-ball on the 14th: Louisville 10, Gin
cinnati 4
Two-thirds of the crop along the Arkansas
River has been destroyed by floods.
On the 18th three murderers were hanged
at New Orleans-Adrian Eveque (colored)
for the murder of Richard Turner (colored) in
February, 1875; George Morris (colored) for
the murder of Sarah Jones, a quadroon;
Joaquin Florence for the murder of Marie
Louise (colored), Jan. Is, 1876. At Newman,
Ga, on the same day, Stephen Brinkley was
hanged for the murder of his wife four years
ago. Strenuous efforts were made in this
case TO secure Executive interference, but in
vain. His brother has spent over $50, 900 in
trying to save him.
An urgent appeal is made on behalf of the
Mt. Carmel Qll.) sufferers.
A body of Mexican Government troops
crossed the Rio Grande on the l1th, above
Fort Scott, to avoid fight with the revolu-
tionary troops. The latter crossed the river
that night, attacked the Government troops,
killed several and wounded many, and re-
turned to the Mexican side. The U. s. mill
tary authorities at Fort Scott arrested the
remainder Of the Mexican troops, forty in
number, for violation of the Neutrality law,
and released them on parole. Recruiting
for the revolutionary army is going on on
this side.
Ex-U. s. Senator D. D. Pratt died suddenly
~ AoSausPoIIi luu'i on Jne lfLn, OF heart
disease. Hon. John Petit, formerly U. s.
Senator, died at Lafayette, Ind, on the 18th.
An uprising of the Indians is reported in
Washington Territory. All available troops
at Wallula have been forwarded to the scene
of difficulty. A number of settlers are re-
ported to have been killed.
The Grand Jury of the Chicago Criminal
Court has indicted McCafrey, Carroll and
johnson, County Commissioners, for fraud
in connection with building the new Court
House; Periolat, contractor, and Kim
berly, Poor-HOuse keeper, for frauds in con-
tracts; Hickey, Superintendent of Police, Ser
geant o'Donnell, and Webster (colored), a
professional bailer.
In fight between soldiers and Indians
near Cottonwood Creek, w. T, on the nth,
six of the former and two indians were
killed.
Robert Coulter, one OF the wounded in the
late tornado at Mt. Carmel, ILL.,, died on the
18th. The rest of the wounded are recov-
ering. SO far about g., 600 has been received
for the relief fund.
Base ball on the 18th: Boston o, Chicago
I; Hartford 8, st. Louis 3.