Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-04-04

rho City OF Cincinnati Emerges from the
Gloom of Anarchy - The Number OF
KILLED and Wounded Estimated at Two
Hundrcd--MilItary to be Relieved by
Police.
LATEST ADvIoEs,
CINCINNATI, April 1.-There is no ap.
pearance of a relaxation OF the preparations
for defense. Barricadcs, barrels and every
other sort of material still remain at all
the avenues of approach to the county
buildings, and behind them stand the
militia, with guns and fixed bayonets every
where bristling The police have been sent
away TO their regular posts, and are obtain
ing some rest. Though the general feeling
Is that there will be no further outbreak,
there Is not lacking men who predict other
wise.
At the meeting of the citizens commit
tees appointed by the Mayor resolution
was adopted thanking the Governor and the
ohio National Guard for the efficient aid
rendered the civil authorities and pledg-
ing support to the Mayor in the
course he has adopted and prom
Using to furnish additional means IL
In the opinion of the Mayor additional
force is necessary. Resolutions were also
adopted appointing subcommittee to pro-
vide rooms for the use of the courts and
recommending that the Court of Common
Pleas proceed at once to dispose of crlml-
nal cases. The Mayor was requested to
select an executive committee of fifteen
from the members OF this meeting for adj
vice and counsel to whom all matters should
be referred.
1t has been ascertained with great satis-
faction that nearly the entire set of records
in the Recorders office containing the rec
ords, deeds, mortgages, ETC., are saved. A
person familiar with the Office says there
are not more than fifty volumes of the rec
ords gone, covering transactions about three
years of about thirty years ago. This will
be of immense value, considering what else
is lost. IL is supposed the money in the
Treasury vaults and the records in the Pro-
bate Judges vaults are safe, but the safes
cannot yet be opened.
AT the Jail and city buildings every
thing is in the most complete state of de-
Tense. Across all the streets and all rail-
ways approaching the former, the seat of
war, the barricades have been strengthened
and reinforced. The commanding Off
GERS are sanguine in their expressions
as to no fear of further outbreak, and
indeed, appearances in the city would lead
one to think them perfectly right. The
mob seems entirely quelled, and to stand
in such wholesome fear of tile reckless
hooting of the soldiers and the terrible
effects of the Gatling guns as to
have had a Suiiiciency of rushing into
the jaws of death. The Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Regiments under command
respectively of Colonels Picard and Free
man, from Hillsboro and Columbus, seem
to be considered the most reliable, and are
still on duty guarding the barricades, the
point of all the attacks. The entire military
force endures the unaccustOmed hardshps
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OLD veterans.
The judges of the Supreme and Common
Pleas Courts met this afternoon in general
joint session at the Eighth district school
house to consult upon what was best to lie
done under the circumstances, and as to the
most practical arrangements that could be
made to proceed with very pressing court
business. The county commissioners sent
communication that of the several build
ings examined the public library buildings
was evidently the best for court room pur-
poses. 1t was therefore determined to
await further action of the commissioners,
and the joint session adjourned without
anything definite having been deter
mined upon. The commissioners will also
Immediately engage rooms i'll some con
venient building TO be used as offices for the
other county officials until the Court House
can be rebuilt. They also arranged for an
immediate supply of the necessary
blank books and stationery, and for
clearing away the debris and for
plans for repairing the present building.
The outside walls and some of the in
ner ones are still sound. 1t is now thought
that the contents of all the safes are saved.
The fireproof material answered all require
ments and stood the terrible test very we'll.
The will safe of the Probate Court, in which
all Wills rn Ennt ic in aypnllant condition
WANDERED THROUGH THE RUINS
of the Court House but the topping inner
walls, hanging iron joist or stair ratings rs
well as the uncertain floors made that too
venturesome for most visitors. Photo
graphers. and artists were taking views
and sketches of The scene. The people
outside did not gather in crowds near
the barricades. Something in the sug-
gestive readiness of those protruding
guns and AN uncomfortable uncertainty as to
whether they might not be discharged upon
insufficient provocation took away all the
interest to mere sight-seers. People did not
sight of the soldiers, and the policemans
request, ''Move on" was always
promptly obeyed. The subsistence of tho
troops at the Jail has been comparatively
easy, though the first meal taken by the
Fourteenth Regiment was very unsatisfac-
tory. 1t was served Sunday morning by
placing on the sidewalk barrels of bread,
baskets of boiled beef and milk cans filed
with coffee. The only table was the sidewalk
and the only tableware was a tin cup for
each man. Since then the men have been
fed at restaurant within the lines. 1t
was observed, with unfavorable comment,
that one of the several saloons within the
lines was open and doing an excellent bust
ness.
The chief topic of conversation among the
lawyers who walked about the ruined Court
House was the effect upon all legal business
of this
DESTRUCTION OF THE RECORDS.
As to real estate titles not much more than
inconvenience is expected, as many of the
deed records were saved, and beside the alb
stract company has copies of the abstracts
of ell titles which, with the deeds in
tha possession of individuals, keep the
chain of titles clear. The greatest incOn-
| venience and loss will result from the loss
| of original vouchers i'm cases of estate, as
| signments and trusts in the Probate Court.
| How to collect June taxes is problem not
| yet solved. The commissioners have asked
| to be present when the treasurer opens his
| safe. This is because there are no means of
| determining how much money he has there
belonging to the county. The destruction
| of the records of civil suits, while causing
Inconvenience, will clear up many tangled
a,it; tedious cases, and will PROBABLY not be
an unmitigated disaster.
| 1t has been discovered that citi-
zen of Cincinnati who fell dead i'm n rail
way car the other day was poisoned by
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