The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-01-12
NEWS SUMMlRT.

NEWS SUMMART
. The Wsvs and Means Committee
will give Schenck parting dinner.
They have had no snow this win
E ter at Omaha.
The saIeof seatsin Beecher's church
/ realized S61 900.
+ The Democrats seem to have had
/ the upper hand in organizing the Mis-
souri, Legislature.
/ The san Domingo scheme Is meet
/ ing with serious opposition in the
House Foreign Committee.
/ The next State Fair will be held al
/ Springfield, on the 18th, 26th, 9th,
i 2Sth days Of September.
The Republican Legislative caucus
of Maine has re-nOminated L. NJ.
/ Morril As United States Senator.
/ The Presbytery of Belfast, Ireland
have denounced Gladstone for the in
/ terest he has displayed in the Pope.
The revenue collections in the Third
District of Ohio for 1870 amount tC
! ,604 q, against Sl,009,3l9 % in
1859.
The contest for the United States
! SenatOrship in Nebraska is becoming
very bitter, and the rejection oil
! Thayer is considered doubtful.
/ Senator Sherman estimates the
amount Of revenue that ought to be
collected under the tax and tariff laws
at S32O, 100000. Judge Kelley puts it
at $3.50, 100000.
} The London Times has another arti-
f Gle on the Alabama claims, in which
/ it says England desires to do anything
reasonable to end the quarrel.
Prussia refuses TO join in the Aus
train demand upon the powers fOI
/ fresh guarantees for the free naviga-
/ ton of the lower Danube.
Senator Mcdonald, of Arkansas,
has withdrawn from the contest foi
the next term, leaving a clear field to
Governor Clayton.
The Postmaster General has declar-
ed truce with those Representatives
from Missouri who did not support
McClurg in the late election.
The Republican caucus of the Mich
igan Legislature, last Wednesday,
nominated ThOs. w. Ferry for United
States Senator on the sixth ballot.
The Democrats elected their officers
in organizing the Indiana Legislature
Two Senators elected as Republicans
went over to the Democrats.
1t is saiPthe new Spanish Cabinet
will be as follows Serrana, President
of the Council; De ROdas, Secretary
Of War; Olazaga, Secretary of State
TOpete, Secretary of the Navy.
The Nevada Legislature organized
the 4th. The House has % Demo.
Gratis, q Republicans and 2 Indepen.
dent. Robert E. Lowert, Democrat
was chosen Speaker. Gov. Bradley
was sworn in.
| There are 696 grain distilleries in the
United States turning out 670,9S4 gal.
Ions of spirits per day. The amount
Of spirits in the country in bond and
out on the 18th of November last was
45,602, 564 gallons.
The Ohio State Board of Agricul.
ture organized on the 9Th inst, and
elected Judge VIM. Lang, of Tiffin,
President; James Buckingham, OF
GAINESVILLE, Treasurer; DR.. H. s. Bab-
bitt, of Columbus, Recording Secre.
tary; J. H. Klippart, of Columbus,
Corresponding Secretary.
Lord Napier of Magdala is to be-
come COmmander-in-chief of the
British army in place of the Duke OF
Cambridge, and Lord Strathnairn is
to succeed Mr.. Cardwell as War Sec.
retary. This is interpreted to mean
that England is determined to arm
for any emergency that may arise.
The Hon. s. w. Kellogg, member
of Congress from the Second District
of Connecticut, has commenced q IL
bel suit against DIR. J. ]. Jaques, OF
Waterbury, Conn.,, claiming $50, 900,
Mr.. Kellogg charges Jaques with the
authorship of various slanderOus let
ters concerning him which have been
published from time to time in differ
ent journals.
a U. S. officer, on Friday, arrested
in POughkeepsie three cadets, refugees
from West Point, and took them back
to the post. They declare that they
were dragged from their quarters after
dark by the first class, and conveyed
to the mountains, where they were di-
rected to leave forthwith under penalty
of being tarred and feathered. They
have sent a written statement of the
entire transaction to the post CON-
| mandaut