Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-03-01
OHIO NEWS ITEMS,

murder of Mary Kelly, last December,
was begun at Cleveland on the 10Th.
REPRESENTATIVE Poe, of Cuyahoga
County, has presented a handsome flag
to the Poe Guards, of Columbus, the
first company of colored militia organ
lied under the State law since the pas
sage of his bill striking the word
"white" from the Militia law.
THE trial of Perry Bowsher, the pre-
sumed murderer of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Vey near Chillicothe, last October, was
begun at Chillicothe on the 10Th. Bow
sher has served one term in the Peni-
tenhary for stealing and was afterward
sent to the Insane Asylum at Athens,
from which he escaped last March.
THREE HUNDRED miners are on n
strike at Shawnee.
SCARLEr-FEvER is raging at Lancas-
ter.
The Mayor of Mt. Gilead has been
reprimanded by the Council for inn
moral actions.
The Public Works Committees of both
houses had meeting in the evening of
the 20th at which subcommittee, con-
sisting of Clough and Covert, of the
|
appointed to confer with the lessees, and
report to this committee as soon as
practicable proposition of settlement
of the present differences between
the State and the lessees, on the basis
that the State, through the Board of
Public Works, take immediate possess
sion of the canals.
THERE are now 3,745 inmates of the
Soldiers Home at Dayton.
A CANVASS of the votes of the r. w.
Grand Lodge, 1. o. o. F., of Ohio, for
State officers gave the following result:
r. w. Grand Master, William S. Cap
pellar, of Mount Healthy; r. w. Dep
uty Grand Master, E. X. Wilcox, Cleve-
land; r. w. Grand Warden, w. H.
Pearce, Cincinnati; r. w. Grand Sec
retary, William G. Earl, Toledo; r. w.
| Grand Treasurer, George ID. Winchell,
Cincinnati; R. w. Grand Representa-
tive, Nathan Jones, Crestline.
The State Prohibition Convention,
held at Columbus on the 2lst, nom
mated the following ticket: For Secre-
tary of State, j. N. Robinson, Cuya-
hoga County; Judge of Supreme Court,
w. f. Ross, Miami County; Member of
Board of Public Works, belmont Locke,
Lawrence County. Strong prohibit0ry
resolutions we're adopted, and the fol-
lowing platform of measures:
Resolved, That we cordially invite all friends
of reform in this State, without distinction
of party, to unite with us for organized polit-
cal action in support of the following Princi-
| pies and measures:
The prohibition by law and by the National
and State Conventions, of the manufacture,
! importation and traffic in all alcoholic bever-
| ages, as crimes against society.
| The abolition of Executive and legislative
patronage, and the election of all civil officers
in the State and nation by direct vote of the
| people.
The abolition of the pauper system, and the
| substitution of industrial homes for the indi
! gent aged and intirm, and hospitals for the
| treatment of the destitute sick, injured or in
| sane.
The abolition of enforced idleness and the
supply of appropriate labor in iails and pris-
| ons; the separation of convicted criminals
and offenders confined under sentence from
| those held in arrest but not yet adJudged
| guilty; and so far as possible the exclusion of
| young offenders there from those who are old
| and hardened in crime.
The enactment of laws which will secure to
| all laborers in the construction and operation
| of railroads and other corporations first lien
| on the property of the same for the payment
| Of their wages.
The exclusive appropriation Of the public
| lands to actual settlers, and all necessary pro-
visions by law to aid families in preserving
homesteads there and within the State.
The suppression by stringent laws OF all
kinds of gambling in gold, stocks, produce and
| every form of money and produce.
The prevention of land monopoly by laws
| limiting the number of acres hereafter pur-
chased by individuals, and prohibiting cor
porations from acquiring real estate not neces'
| sary to the objects for which they are created
The prohibition by law of labor by children
under fourteen years of age, in mines and fac
| tories
The abolition of class legislation and OF
special privileges in the Government.
| The adoption of equal suffrage and eligi
bility to office, without distinction of sex; anc
the repeal OF all laws which discriminate
| against the civil rights of woman, or deprive
her of the control of her children and proper
ty, without just cause.
The separation of the money of Government
from all banking institutions The National
Government only should exercise the high
prerogative of issuing paper money, and thai
should be subject to prompt redemption OF
demand, in gold and silver, the only equa
standards of value recognized by the civilized
world.
The issue by the National Government o.
small interest-bearing bonds, interconvertibl'
with its paper money for the use OF the peo
pie:
efforts of the Beer Congress and dramshops Il
pollute and destroy IL.
The establishment by mandatory provisions
in the National and State Constitutions, AM
by all necessary legislation, of a system o
free public schools for the universal and en-
forced education of all the youth of the land
The reduction of salaries of public officer
in Just ratio with the decline of wages am
market prices, the abolition of sinecures, un
necessary offices, and official perquisites; TIL
practice of strict economy in the Government
expenses, and free and thorough investiga
tiOn into any and all alleged abuses of publ
trust.
A State Central Committee was ap
pointed, and the following EXecutiv
Committee: w. H. Foster, Chairman
j. w. Sharp, Secretary; Gideon 1
Stewart, Thomas EdmOndsOn, A. A
Stewart.
The wire-fence swindlers are operat
ing in Shelby County.
The State Association of MeXica
Veterans met at Columbus on the 22d
The following officers were elected
President, George w. Morgan; Vice
Presidents, Thomas L. Young, A.
Robertson, A. H. Brown, o. W. Lang
don, H. Reynolds, John C. Groom; Sec
, retary and Treasurer, Alexander Leckey
Inc TtSOluJlOHS huOpbcu ICCltc VI
, grand results which accrued to tn
q United States as result of the wa
, with Mexico, and ask Congress to trea
, Mexican veterans with the same libeI
: ality as soldiers of other wars hav
been treated, and pass pending law
a granting pensions to survivors of tn
Mexican war
THE Treasurer of the State Grang
|, reports the receipts of the past year
+ have been S16,809, 81; expenditures
a $11 ,596 Is; leaving balance of So
213. 48 in the Treasury.
r JUDGE PUGH was elected Vice Pres
| dent from this State of the Nations
; Agricultural Congress, held at Wasl
ington, ID. c.
/, The wife of John Fritchen, of Ker
{ ton, gave birth to triplets-girls-O
|. the 23d.
LEGISLATIVE.