Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-05-16
WEST AND aOuTEs.

WEST AND SOUTH.
Ole hundred and forty Southern negroes
arrived at st. Louis, son the 9th, from Kansas
and were sent to their former homes in Mis-
slssippi. They were unfavoraby impressed
with Kansas and expressed much pleasure in
being able to return to the South.
The jury in the Miles polygamy case at
Salt Lake, on the 9th, returned a verdict of
guilty.
l4Natlonal Coored Convention convened at
Nashville, Tenn, on the 9th. Representatives.
were present from eighteen States The CON
vention was called to order by Governor
| Pinchback, who nominated Hon. John r.
Lynch, of Mississippi, for permanent Chair
man. Mr.. Lynch denied that the convention
had been called in the interest of any party,
but for the purpose of presenting the griev-
ances of the colored people of the country.
He urged a dispassionate consideration of the
! questions TO be presented. Robert Nichols,
OF Indiana, was elected Vice President, and
| Louis I. Kenner, OF Louisiana, f. L. Barrett,
Of Illinois, and ]. T. Rapier, of Alabama, were
appointed secretaries.
The total earnings of the Lake Shore d5
| Michigan Southern Railroad for 1873 were
/ $l3,959 166; expenses and taxes, sS,492630,
making the net earnings S., 487, ,146.
| indianapolis and Richmond, Indiana, elected
| Republican Mayors on the 9th. St. Paul, Mimi,
elected a Democratic Mayor.
The Louisiana Constitutional Convention,
on the 9TH, adopted resolution urging and
requesting the Congress of the United States,
! by proper laws and by appropriations from
! the National Treasury, to undertake and build
a complete system of levees for the Mississippi
River and its tributaries below Cairo.
The National Woman's Suffrage Association
met at st. Louis on the 7th. The following
officers were elected Tor the ensuing year:
| President, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady stanton; Cor
| responding Secretary, Mrs. 5. A. Spencer, of
| Washington Treasurer, Mrs. J. c. Spofford,
of Washington.
A special to the st. Paul Pioneer Press, on
! the eth, says l,500 men are engaged in a strike
on the Canada Pacific Railroad. The strikers
were marching under the red flag and threat
en- to prevent all work until their demands
are complied with. Military has been sent
! from Winnipeg to quell the disturbance.
! Returns from the Constitutional election in
| California, on the 9TH, indicate that the new
| Constitution has been adopted by about 5, 200
majority.
! A committee of medical experts having ex-
amined Mark Gray, who shot at Booth in
Chicago theatre several days ago, report that
he is insane.
The Socialists leaders at Chicago assert
that they with the trades unions are organ
izing strike, TO begin July 5, and to be gen.
eral throughout the country. They will de-
mand the universal adoption of the eight
hour system, and will settle the matter Of
wages after their demands on that point are
decided.
Richard Lee, a negro burglar, was hanged
at Fayetteville, N. C., on the 9th, and Tom
Jones, alias Satterwhite, and Henry McLeed,
alias Cantello, both colored, we're hung at
Appling, Ga, on the same day.
Rates on grain and fourth-class freights
from Chicago to the seaboard by rail which
had been fixed by the pool at twenty. five
cents per hundred, are being cut by all the
lines, some even giving through rates for ff-
teen cents.
A meteor, one foot in diameter, with blaz-
ing train, fell at Washington, Mimi, on the
llth, exploding just before reaching the
earth, with a noise that shook the buildings
Baldwin and Victor, tight-rope performers,
while giving an exhibition at Columbus, Ind,
|
to the Court House opposite, were precipi,
tated to the ground by the rope breaking loose
from the hotel. Victor was seriously hurt,
but Baldwin escaped with slight injuries.
The old passenger depot of the Ohio Il
Mississippi railroad and two warehouses at
East st. Louis were burned on the 10th. Es-
timated loss 5000
A fire in Palmer ~ Fuller's lumber yard and
dry-house at Chicago, on the 10th, destroyed
the dry house together with 6,000,0 900 shingles
and 1000, 900 feet of lumber. Loss, 100000; (;
insurance, $4,000.
An affray occurred at Appling, Ga, after
the execution of the negroes, Tom Jones and
Henry MeLeed on the 9th, between party Of
whites from McDufie County, One man was
mortally and three others slightly wounded.
Two children of Frank Carroll, a farmer
residing near Vandalia, ILL.,, were burned to
death, on the 18th, while playing in crib
filed with corn husks.
Charles Reed, of Sidney, Neb., who was in
Jail there for numbering Henry Loomis on the
9th, was taken out by about 400 citizens on
the 10th and hanged to a telegraph pole.
While party of six men from St. Louis,
who had been hunting in Illinois, and who
crossed the river in skif, were attempting
10 land on the st. Louis side, on the 18th, in
a high wind, they upset and four of the six
we're drowned.
In the case of the Ponca Indians tried be-
fore Judge Dundy otthe United States Court
at Omaha, the Judge decided that the Indian
is a person within the meaning of the laws OF
the United States, and has, therefore, a right
to sue out writ of habsGs corpus in a Federal
Court and before Federal Judge in all cases
where he may be confined or ia custody under
the color of authority of the United States
or where he is restrained of liberty
in violation of the Constitution OF
laws; that no rightful authority exists
for removing by force any Of these Poncas to
the Indian Territory, as General Crook has
been directed to; that Indians possess the
right of expatlation as well as the more fort,
unate white race, and have the inalienable
right to "life, liberty, ana the pursuit
Of happiness" SO long as they obey the laws
and do not tresspass on forbidden ground
The decision eoncludes "The relators being
restrained of liberty under color Of authority
of the United States, and In violation of the
laws thereof they must be discharged from
custody, and II is so ordered.n
FOREIGN INTELLIGENOR.
The French Cabinet Is talking Of resuming
relations with Mexico.
The St. Petersburg Journal says the news