Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-23
Weekly News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

key has given valuable assistance by arrest
ing all brigands on the frontier.
The idea of burning the bodies of vic
I Tins of the civil war in Paris has been
abandoned, and they will be exhumed
from their present burial places in the
Park of Monceaux and the Garden of
Luxembourg, and transferred to a new
cemetery beyond the village and fort Of
Vanvres.
1t has been officially announced that the
capital of Italy will be transferred to Rome
on July 1.
Cold weather has recently been expert
enced in England. There was snow storm
of an hours duration at Birmingham on
the 10th.
A Paris dispatch of the 18th says the
harvest prospects of France and Prussia
were discouraging. Much of the seed had
perished. In the more eastern provinces
of Europe, however, the crops promised
an abundant yield.
| 1t is stated that the owners of houses
destroyed during the recent fighting in
Paris are to be indemnitied by the gov.
eminent.
The Communists who are to be trans.
ported to New Caledonia will be allowed
to take their families with them, and form
'colonies.
News from Buenos AyIes to May 16 Is
to the effect that deaths from yellow fever
were diminishing at the rate of twenty
per day, and business was resuming its
wonted course.
News is received of terrible famine in
Persia. In one district children were
being killed and eaten.
A Paris dispatch of the 18th says: "The
public gardens have been reopened. The
work of restoration in the Bois de Bou-
logne has begun. Laborers are replanting
trees and shrubbery, filling bitches, and
levelling the works of the troops. The
weather is warm and pleasant, and the
streets are crowded with people"
The Lord Mayor of Dublin died on the
18th.
A recent Berlin dispatch says there were
rumors of negotiations between the Ger
man and Swedish Governments, with a
view to internal relations that may result
in the union of Sweden and Germany be-
fore many months.
Details have been received of the total
destruction of the Peruvian ship, Don
Juan, by ire, at sea-supposed to have
been set by Chinese coolies who were en-
trapped on board at Macoa. The crew
abandoned the vessel with $50 coolies
fastened under the matches. Five hundred
of the coolies were roasted alive; others
escaped when the matches were burned
off.
Hon. E. B. Washburne, United States
Minister to France, has received permis
sion to make short visit home this sum
mer and will avail himself of it should
affairs in France become sufficiently
settled to make it practicable for him &c
be absent from his post.
The Oficiel Journal of the 14th says the
story that condemned insurgents had beer
shot in the Bois de Roulogne, Paris, with
mitrailleuses is an erroneous and absurC
calumny.
Many of the Communist prisoners wert
discharged on the 14th, for want of evi
dence against them.
The German Parliament has unanimous
ly sanctioned the grants made by thu
Crown to the relatives of members of tn,
reserves and landwehr who fell during thu
war.
A bill for the immediate emancipation
of all slaves belonging to the Brazilian
Crown has been introduced in the Imperia
Chambers of that government, and will
probably become law.
The London TINS, in an editorial oil
the 14th, considers it unprecedented tina
that of the Alabama claims should hav,
been settled without resort to arms. Tn,
demand for consequential damages for in
jury done to American commerce, by tn,
Alabama and kindred vessels, was unac
ceptable to the English Commissioners
and was abandoned by the United States
The Times, in conclusion, expresses tn
hope that, taking pattern from the Ameri
can question, the nations of Europe will
rise to higher conception of the aims ant
duties of international fellowship.
A recent dispatch from Ottawa, Can
f says the English Government gives it
consent to the union of British Columbi
with Canada, and directs that it shall TAX
, place on July 90.
A special from Paris to the Londol
, Times of the 10Th says an average of "a, ,0O
persons were arriving in Paris daily b
! the Northern and Western railroads.
j The Paris GauloiS of the 18th state
that the fusion of the Orleanists and Ii
gitimists was complete.
A person arriving in London from PAR
on the 10th says half had not "been tol
of the troubles there, and that the destruC
E tion of life and property immensely e'
/. ceeds the government and newspaper az
counts. The workmen of Paris are almoI
!. unanimously Communists. They are yer
: bitter because their cause has been d,
: feated, and hate both Thiers and the BonI
S parties. Many of them will emigrate
America"
q The triumphal entry of the army an
!. Inauguration of the equestrian statue {
9 King Frederick William Ill, took place
a Berlin on the 10th. The procession WI
T one of the most magnificent of modeI
. times, headed by eagles and standard
|, captured from the French. When the PR
: cession had concluded its march, the En-
Q peror proceeded to unveil the statue of h
a father, Frederick William III. All Il
y dignitaries of the empire, victorious Gel
4 erals and the members of the German Pa
# lament, assisted at the ceremony. In IL
c evening the entire city was illuminated.
}, The Pope's Jubilee, being the 25th ann
= versary of the Popeship of Plus TX, VI
4 generally observed by the Roman Cath
!. lies throughout Europe, and also in Il
United States, onthe 10th. Pope Plus wi