Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-19

| Wisconsin Democratic State Convention held
| at Madison on the 9th: For Governor, Alex.
| Mitchell; Lieutenant Governor, George IL.
King; Secretary Of State, Samuel Ryan; Treas
urer, Andrew Haben; Attorney General, j.
Montgomery Smith; superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, Edward Soaring. Resolu-
tions were adopted declaring against the doc
trine Of Capitalization of political power
In the hands of a few for the govern
ment OF the many; that all powers not
| delegated by the Constitution to the United
States nor prohibited to the States are
reserved to the States respectively or to
the people, and that the preservation of the
| just powers of the Federal Union and the
rights Of the States as vital parts of one har-
nonious whole is essential TO the protection
| OF liberty for ourselves and its transmission
to our posterity; that the danger to demo-
cratic liberty and selfgovernment from cen
| tralzed power and oppression, shown by all
! history TO be the most fatal, bas yet to be en-
countered, and that the leaders of the Repub-
lican party are responsible for the most peril
GUS steps toward that end; that the inaugura-
tlon of Rutherford B. Hayes into the Presi-
/ dental office, TO which Samuel j. Tilden was
constitutionally elected, was the highest
crime ever successfully perpetrated against
the spirit of the institutions of our Republic
ali liberty; denounces and condemns intimi-
dation, violence or fraud by lawless and
unscrupulous partisans on either side and
wherever done; that the Democratic party is
unalterably opposed to the assumption or
payment by the United States of any claims
OF any character, TO States or individuals en-
gagged in or supporting the late rebellion
| against the Union, resulting from or growing
out of the injury or destruction of property
| in the war; that the constitutional currency
of the country and the basis of all others
should be gold and silver coin.
The Nebraska Democratic State Convention
held at Lincoln on the 10th nominated Elger
Wakely for Supreme Judge, and DR.. A. Bear
and A. j. Sawyer Regents Of the University.
On the 4th herd of about thirty horses
and some mules belonging to Captain Hooker's
command, stationed at Oiocahinte, in South
ern New Mexico, was jumped by Indians, and
the guard, some seven or eight soldiers, were
all killed.
Nine counties were represented in the
Maryland Greenback State Convention held
at Baltimore on the 10th. The customary
resolutions were adopted, and Howard Meeks,
| of Kent County, was nominated for Governor.
| The Executive Committee will name the re-
mander of the ticket.
| Gen. P. H. Sheridan, President of the Cum
berland Army Society, issued the following
call on the 10th; Having received notifica-
tion that the arrangements for the unveilng
OF the statue Of General Thomas in Washing
ton would be completed early in the month of
| November next, in pursuance of the resolu-
ton of the Society adopted at the last meet
ing, the next annual meeting of the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland is hereby
called to meet in Washington, d. c., Novem-
Der 10 and 20, 1879, the anniversary of the
battle OF Missionary Ridge. All members
are urgently requested to be present at the
meeting"
John Shillito. widely known a prominent
| dry goods merchant of Cincinnati, died on the
| 10th.
The following is a correct list of the State
officers elected in California at the recent cleo
tion; Governor, George Q. Perkins, Rep
Lieutenant Governor, John Mansfield, Rep;
Secretary Of State, Daniel NJ Burns, Rep.
Comptroller, D. NJ. Kenfeld, Rep; Treasurer,
John Well, Rep; Attorney General, A. L.
Hart, Rep; Surveyor General, ]. w. Shankin,
Rep; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Frank w.
Gross, Rep; Superintendent of Public In
struction, F. NJ. Campbell, Rep; Chief JUS
tice, Robert F. Morrison, Democrat and Work
| ingman. The Associate Justices have not
been determined.
A fresh outbreak between the Underwood
and Holbrook families in Carter County, Ky,
has taken place. On the 5th Esquire Hol-
brook was shot and killed by party in am
bush, and on the Sth one of the Underwoods
was shot by member of the Holbrook fac
tion. Both parties were reported arming for
further bloodshed.
| Hon. Alexander Mitchell, who was nomina-
ted for Governor by the Wisconsin Democratic
State Convention on the 9th, has telegraphed
from Europe absolutely declining the nomi-
nation, and stating that he will not serve II
| elected.
w. w. Keene assistant cashier of the North
western National Bank Of Minneapolis, Mimi,
| is defaulter to the extent of $l35, 900 He
used the funds in unfortunate speculations.
At the recent election in California the prop.
osition was submitted directly to the people
whether there should be any more Chinese i'm
migration into the State. In San Francisco
the negative majority exceeded 10000.
At Batesville, Ark, on the 10th, Robert
Lancaster was hung for the murder of Thomas
johnson, December "a, 1877, at a country
frolic while intoxicated.
The Maryland Republican State Convention
was held at Baltimore on the 18th. Ex-Post-
master General Cresswell was nominated for
| Governor, but he declined, and named James
A. Gray, who was nominated by reclamation.
Samuel Mollaber was nominated for Comp
troller; Francis NJ. Darby for Attorney Gener-
al, andJ. L. Mccullough for Clerk of the Court
OF Appeals. The platform adopted declares that
the Republic of the United States is Nation
and not league that to refuse the necessary
| supplies for the Government, with design of
| compelling unwilling consent of a coordinate
| and independent branch to odious measures
| is revolution, and TO refuse appropriations for
the execution of existing and binding laws is
nulhhcation that the Republican party neither
justifes nor tOlerstes military interference
with elections, it seeks only to protect the
ballot-bOx from the interference of force and
fraud; that the successful resumption of spe-
Gle payments, despite Democratic predictions
and hostility is the crowning achievement of
the Republican financial policy, etc.
AT De Kalb, Miss, on the 18th, in the case of
the State against Henry j. Gully for the muir
der of Cornelia Chisholm, the jury rendered
a verdict of not guilty.
An adjourned meeting of the National AS
sociation of active militia of the United
States, which held its inaugural meeting in
New York last January, will be held at St.
Louis Sept. 30. The two principal subjects
which viii be brought before the Association
are: First, revision of the tactics and customs
of the service SO as to render them more ex-
plicit and easier of understanding; and sec
ond, the making of National Guard officers
breyet United States Army officers after they
have served certain length of time, provided
they pass required examination.
The Quarter Centennial celebration of the
settlement of Kansas was held at Lawrence
on the 18th. COL John w. Forney Hon. Eli
Thayer, Hon. George W. Julian, Rev. Edward
Everett Hale, Walt Whitman, the poet, and
many other distinguished persons were pres
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