Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-05-03
WEST AND SOUTH.

Bishop McCoskry's nephew and New York
city attorney arrived in Detroit on the 22d
and demanded an immediate investigation of
the scandal. A court of inquiry, consisting
Of Bishops McLaren, Gillespie, Talbot and Be
dell has been called.
Corpus Christi (Tex.) dispatch of the
23d says: "All the ranches in Duvall and
Fulls Counties have been broken up by Indian
and Mexican raiders Among the persons
killed during the past week are Fred Moore,
Antoine MenleY, John Jordan, a Scotchman
named Steele, and two children. Many
ranches are not yet heard from"
o. c. Zeler, Cashier of the National Ex-
change Bank, of Tiffin, Ohio absconded on
the Goth with $45, 500 of the bank money. A
reward of $1,000 is offered for his capture.
The loss falls upon the stockholders.
On the I'D cyclone passed over a section
Of country few miles south of Rome, Ga,
clearing everything as it went. AS far as
heard from, eight persons were injured. Sev-
eral horses and mules were killed. Trees
three feet in diameter were twisted off and
swept away. Nine dwellings, were blown
down. The path of the cyclone was 300 yards
wide, passing from southwest to northeast.
The Chief of Police of Chicago says the
Communists in Cook County number about
5000, of whom 1000 to 1000 are armed and
drill weekly.
The storm on the 24th was very disastrous
in many parts of the West.
By the collision of freight and mail train
on the Richmond q Danville Railroad near
Dover, Va, on the 26th, five persons were in
iured-B. F. Gravely, of Patrick County, IA
tally.
Rev. A. c. Vandewater, of Pana, Ill.,, has
fled voluntary petition in bankruptcy, with
liabilities Of over $3.50, 600 and no assets.
Another Indian raid is reported on the
northwestern frontier of Texas. The Indians
who recently captured horses and murdered
hft4fp RarsaRs sRfpro roI aERdn obaaSH 9lade Gnqa
Odd-Fellowship in this country was appropri-
ately celebrated in many places on the 26th.
Memorial Day was observed in the South on
the 26th. At Macon, Ga, the Confederate
monument cornerstone was laid by the Grand
Masonic Lodge of Georgia. letter of JEFF
ferson Davis was read and an Grafton was de-
livered by Gov. Colquitt.
James Baynes, Cashier of the Salem Qnd.)
National Bank, absconded on the 9th. A de-
ticiency of $780, 900 is reported in his accounts.
In letter which he left he said he was finan-
cally ruined and disgraced and Wall street
did it.
San Francisco advices report that, in antici
patton of war between Russia and England,
movement is afoot to fit out privateer at
that port to prey on British commerce. Let
ters of marque from Russia are already there
in blank, waiting for a declaration of war to
be filed out.
The sales of Government 4 per cents. at the
Chicago Sub-Treasury for the week ending on
the 9th aggregated S330O0O.
Fruit prospects are reported tiattering in
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky.
Large quantities of phosphate of lime have
been discovered near Wakeenv, Kan.
party of masked robbers visited the Post
office at Marshall, Tex, on the night OF the
2Sth, and compelled the Postmaster to open
the safe, from which $4,000 in money and
stamps were taken.
Fritz Meyers, horse-thief, was taken from
the Belleville (Kan.l Jail on the night of the
9th by mob and hanged to a tree.
In the L. S. Circuit Court at San Francisco,
OK the 29th ult., Judge Sawyer rendered
decision in the case Of Chinaman who ap-
piled for naturalization, holding that China
man is not white person within the meaning
of the term as used in the Naturalization laws,
and not entitled to become a citizen.