The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-12-01

/ as the composer OF the world.
The North Carolina Legislature met
on Monday last week.
A meeting of Revenue Reformers
was held in New York, Wednesday.
A Committee Of propagation was ap-
pointed.
The news Ofthe election of the Duke
of Costa to the Spanish throne was
received in Havana with great enthu.
siasm.
w. B. Donaghue is in Washington
with petition for annexation, signed
by 1000 of the inhabitants of the Red
river country. He has full powers to
treat.
It turns out that the Republicans
have carried Florida, after all. The
Senate stands u to II, and the House
28 to q in favor of the Republicans,
aud they have small majority in the
State.
The Pope has issued a bull against
what he calls the Spoiiation of the
Church He says be only gives up
his goods to force, and he exc6mmu-
nicates all who order, assist o. con-
nive at the robbery"
The Immigration Convention met
at indianapolis Wednesday. A reso-
luton was passed favoring the aboli-
ton of the per capita tax by States,
and that the general government
should take charge of immigration.
The President has determined that
the KuKluX in Kentucky shall be
punished. The names of a large
number of men in the State, especially
in the central part, are known, and
troops are to be sent Immediately to
aid the civil officers in making the
arrests.
The yield Of the South African
diamond fields continues very satisfae-
tory. Splendid gems are frequently
dug up, and there was waiting at Port
Elizabeth, on the 4th of October, one
consignment ofdiamonds worth $780,
600.
General Rosecrans has been chosen
President of the Society of the Army
of the Cumberland. Detroit was chO-
sen as the next place of meeting.
The report of Commissioner Of
Agriculture for the year 1869 has been
issued from the government Printing
Office. 1t contains seven hundred
pages and numerous illustrations.
1t is reported that the Mormon mill
itia in Utah are drilling in spite of
the Governors proclamation, and not
withstanding the fact that some of
the more prominent have been arres-
ted.
A Woman's Peace Convention met
in Boston. Speeches were made
against wars, and some resolutions
passed. Perhaps they will try and
bring the war among the Women's
rights people TO an end as a kind of
beginning.
Mrs. Parthenia Ross died at Read
ing Pennsylvania, Tuesday a week
aged l07. Feeling that an education
was necessary for the proper discharge
of the duties fife, Mrs. Ross under
t1ok to read and write when she was
only seventy years of age, but did not
succeed in either.
The Metropolitan Hotel, in Chicago
took fire, yesterday morning, in the
basement, and was damaged TO the
extent of $1,000. During the progress
of the fire, a terrible panic occurred
among the guests, in which several
were more or less injured by leaping
from the upper stories. A young man
named Moses Hanson, in the employ
If the hotel, was suffOcated to death
in attempting to save some of the
female inmates.
The official returns Of the recent
election in Illinois have finally all
been received by the Secretary of
State. The following are the fOotings
for Congressman at Large aud State
Treasurer: Logan, Congressman at
Large, 1886; Anderson, IA 100.
LOgan's majority. 24.676; Bates, State
Treasurer, 167, ,607; Ridgely, 144,45S-
Bates majority, 23.149. The Repuh-
lican majority Oh the balance of the
State ticket averaged little less. The
Legislature will stand as follows:
Senate, 80 Republicans and IS Demo-
Gratis; House, 1O2 Republicans and p
Democrats.
Bottle factories in France will do q
good business after the war is over, as
the valiant warriors of King William
never save the bottles of the wine
they consume, and they generally |
take about all the wine that is handy |
When the bottle is emptied its un-
avoidable fate is TO be shattered Oh
the next stone. An angry French !
correspondent says the track Of the
modern "Vandals" isnOtOnly marked
by smoking ruins, but also by an I'M
broken train of broken bottles.