Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-04-05


Treasury through drafts and postal orders
meets with great opposition.
The total expenses of the Sioux war were
s2,312,o5
The public-debt statement on the lst showed
a decrease in March of S2,3l3,6l4. Cash in
the Treasury--coin Gncluding coin certificates,
s37 1888 400, S13s, ,357 COS; currency, s75l ,S57;
special fund for the redemption of fractional
currency S1O,O0O,O0O; special deposit for the
redemption of certificates of deposit, S25, ,215,
900. Debt less cash in Treasury, S2,039, 49,
5l4. Decrease of debt since June 30, 1877,
800, ,434, ,7OS. Outstanding legal tenders, S347,-
s4S, ,71s.
The Senate on the 1st rejected the nomina-
tion of Alexander Reed to be Postmaster at
Toledo--14 to %.
An estimate recently made by the Bureau
of Agriculture on the next wheat crop shows
that the area thus far sown this year is such
as to Justify the belief that the years crop
will be the greatest ever known in this country.
THE EAST.
A Adecision was rendered on the 18th, in the
L. s. District Court at New York, in the suit
of the United States against ex-Gov. Tilden,
to recover about s15O,0O0 income tax alleged
to be due the Government. Defendants de-
murrer to the first count was sustained ON the
ground that in that year Mr.. Tilden made re-
turn of his income and paid the assessed tax.
On the other counts 1t was held that the Gov
ernment was not bound by the action of the
Assessor and that Mr.. Tilden was required to
make return of his income which he had
not done. The amount due will be decided
by jury. The case will probably be appealed
to the U. 8. Supreme Court.
In a suit at New York, on the 26th, in which
Boss Tweed was called as a witness, ne de-
clined to answer, and in explanation said he
would give no further evidence or informa-
tion for the State or city until the promise
made to liberate him on condition of his
giving testimony was fulfilled.
At the election of Directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company on the 26th,
the regular ticket headed by Thomas A.
Scott, was successful. The funding plan was
approved.
The Pennsylvania House on the 27th ex-
PEELED o. F. Bullard, the member who embcz-
zed certain funds and who escaped from the
Sergeant alarms in February last.
The New York Senate on the 9th voted not
to remove superintendent GmyIh Of the In
surance Department.
will be held at Harrisburg, May 10.
Thomas A. Scott has been reelected Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The Six-penny Savings Bank, of New York
city, was closed by Supreme Court injunc-
tion on the 21th. A deficiency is reported of
SlOO,0OO.
The steamer Abyssinia arrived at New York
on the 2Sth from Liverpool with S5OO,0OO in
silver bars.
Thomas P. Fisher was hanged at Mauch
Chunk, Pa, on the 2Sth for completely in the
murder of Morgan Powell, a mine boss, at
Summit Hill, Pa, in March, 1876. Fisher was
an influential leader of the Molly Maguires
The L. S. steamer Constellation sailed on
the 2Sth from New York with about 800 tons
Of goods for the Paris Exposition.
The Maryland House of Delegates has passed
40 to 2S-Blair's resolution instructing the
Attorney General of the State to exhibit a bill
in the U. s. Supreme Court in behalf of the
State of Maryland, praying said court to re-
wise the decision of the Electoral Commission
and declare Tilden and Hendricks legally
| elected President anu Vice President of the
United States
The New York Senate on the 29th ult.
passed a general pipeline bill. The House
adopted a resolution favoring the introduction
of the Moffett liquor-tax punch into the State.
The Six-penny Savings Bank, of New York
city, is in charge of a receiver
Courtney, the oarsman, will row Trickett,
of Australia, for 81 900 a side.
Bayard Taylor was given public reception
and dinner at West Chester, Pa, on the 29th
ut. He sails on the 11th
The gold shipments from New York on the
Both ult. TO Europe were 81, 100000.
Mining operations have been generally re-
sumed in the Schuykill (Pa) coal region,
Great destitution exists among the miners.
The dies for the new silver dollar have been
shipped to the San Francisco mint.
Five thousand men were in procession al
the anti-tariff demonstration at Wilkesbarre
Pa, on the Both ult.
The .nirticth anniversary of the advent o.
modern Spiritualism was celebrated on tn,
3lst ult.
The Pennsylvania Club gave Bayard Taylo
a reception and banquet at Philadelphia on thu
30th ult
Nine. Restell, a notorious character in New
York, committed suicide in her Fifth-avenu
residence on the night of the 31st ult by cut
ting her throat, Her trial ON the charge o
selling Illicit articles was to have commence,
on the LIST.
There were eighty-fve failures in March il
| New York city, aggregating liabilities of ST.
| III, ,326 This is the largest amount of indebt
edness for any one month for several year
past.
Patrick and John REILLY, brothers, OF Chippt
wa, were swept over Niagara Falls on the Isl
They were returning to their home from thi
side in a small boat.
Blair's joint resolution instructing the Stat
} Attorney-General to exhibit bill in the [
S. Supreme Court, in behalf of Maryland
g praying for a judicial review of the elector,
a count, was passed by the Maryland Senate o
g the lst.
e The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the Ii
affirmed the decision Of the lower court 1
8 passing the death sentence on Dennis DoI
nelly, the Molly Mcguire.
y A Troy IN. ~ dispatch OF the LIST reporte
It John Morrissey dying.
!. The National Baseball League was I'm Sc
sion at Buffalo on the LIST and decided to opC
i the season May |. The clubs forming u
3 League this year are the Boston, Chicag
4 Cincinnati, Milwaukee, indianapolis and Pro,
e dence.
WEST AND SOUTH.
n The bill restoring capital punishment h
ts passed the Iowa Senate and is now law. II
J. Legislature adjourned sine die on the 10Th.
r Since March IL, revenue officers have brok
r, up eleven Illicit distilleries in White and Pr
x nam Counties, Tenn.