Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-11-28
EPIT0ME OF THE WEEK
Condensed from kilograms Of Accompanying Dates.

expedition against the Ashantees, give favor
able accounts of its progress, and express
strong hope Of success. The General writes
exultantly Of the excellent moral effects on the
troops of recent skirmishes with the sayages.
The Navy Department at Washington orders
recruiting offices to be opened throughout the
country, and II is said the navy will be re-
cruited to the utmost capacity allowed by
law."'.It is reported that the Spanish Cabinet
are unanimously In favor Of a satisfactory
and honorable settlement of the yiroinins
difficulty, but regard the maintenance OF tbe
integrity OF the Spanish territory essential
Ihe stealser Virginius has arrived at Havana.
enterius the harbor with the Spanish colors nj
h@ masthead. The National Trust Com
pany of Pittsburgh has suspended -. or
the crew of the Virginius not shot
at Santiago de Cuba, four were
condemned to the chain gang for life. three IN
eight years Imprisonment, eight to four years.
imprisonment and three were set at liberty.
... Costello, the commander of the Tornado.
in his report OF the chase and capture of the
Virginius, says: "The entnusiasm Of the
crew simply battles description, when success
crowned our efforts. The prisoners were
treated with such consideration AZ their cha
racter demanded. In addition to the severe
lesson given to the enemies of Spain. the can
ture has made the inhabtan of santiaqo de-
1irtous with enthusiasm n.n,A fire at Tin
ton, Mo, has destroyed abouthalft the business
portion OF the town. The National Grange
of the Patrons of Husuandrv in Washington
reports that the ndmber OF subordinate Oranges
organized during the first half of the present
month was 436. During the month Of October
I,OoO oranges were organized. The total
number in the United States is now S,262,
win reported membership of 6l9,650. A
S@te Grange r,as been organized at Syracuse,
N. 1....Ihe Republican candidates for State
Comptrollf and State Prison Inspector in
New YORK. were elected at the recent election
In that State. Announcement is made of
the Hsath, at Chestnut HILL near Philadelphia,
OF Nhe widow of the late Secretary of
War, f. NJ. Stanton. The Tweed case
hos been submitted to the jury ..
The Right Reverend George D.
Cummins, Assistant Bishop of the Episeo
pal Church of Kentucky, has written letter
announcing the severing of his connection
with that church on account of its ritualstic
practice He says: "I leave the communiov
in which have labored in the sacred ministry
for over twenty-eight years, and transfer my
work and office to another sphere Of labor"
THURSDAY, November 2O.-The French
Assembly adopted an amendment extending
MacMahon's term of office to seven years.
a Madrid telegram says the Minister of War
had ordered all members of the army to re-
port in person at depots of their respective
corps within fortnight. AT the Washing
ton navy-yard unusual activity prevailed, and
i'm some of the departments time was be-
ing made. The reports of the officers of
the Grand Lodge, l. o. o. F., of Indiana,
show large increase in membership and
resources during the past year. The total
number Of lodges in the State, November 1, was
;399; number Of contributing members, %, 800;
total receipts for the year, $4,000. The sur
Plus fund on hand, belonging to lodges, is
near 5000, 600. The amount paid for the re-
lief Of brothers during the year was over $780,
0O0.- By an explosion of sulphur in a mine
near fremont, Pa, seven men were
terribly burned about the heads and
faces, and another, John Williamson, was in
astantly killed. -. A Dover IN. H. dispatch an
Inounces the death of John z. Hale . The
jury in the Tweed case brought in a verdict of
''guilty" on all eounts-two hundred and
four. The defense took exception to any YER
dict except general verdict on all counts,
but the jury were discharged. The 22d was
fixed for an argument on the question
of arrest of judgment on the ground
of q want Of jurisdiction in the Court. Tweed
obtained leave to attend to some private busi-
ness, and left the Sheriff's Office in close
carriage, accompanied by two Deputy Sherifs.
-...Of the thirty-five ladies nominated for
Superintendents of Public Schools in Illinois
this fall, ten were elected.
FRIDAY, November 21-According to
official announcement the effective Spanish
force in Cuba numbers 81, 600 men,. &. The
members of the French Cabinet rendered their
resignation to President MacMahon, but he re-
fused to accept them, and begged them to re-
tain their offices until the new Cabinet was
formed. The Secretary of State at Wash.
ington has received a dispatch from Con
sul-General Hall, at Havana, stating that
the Consulate at Santiago reports, under date
'ofithe 18th, that the total number of execu
tions of persons from the Virginius was fifty
three, and that there had been no execution:
since the Sth inst The statements published
there on the 14th, respecting ifty-seven addi
tional executions prove to be unfounded.
The Aldermen of New York City have voted to
give the Departments of Public Works and
Parks 81 100000 each, to furnish work for un
employed laborers. 1t is reported that somC
fiend or fiends in human shape recently wen
into the ecorn-felds of four farmers near Virden
ILL.,, named Coultar, Crane, Burns and Ryan
and, lifting the husks from ears of corn
placed strychnine between the husks and thu
grains. Several valuable steers belonging tC
these men died of eating poisoned corn befor,
the villainy was discovered.
SATURDAY, November GA report il
received at Bayonne that four hundred of tn,
Republicans in the province of Almena hav'
been killed or captured by the Carlists. Dol
Aiphonzo, the brother of Don Carlos, has beer
Sppointed Generalissimo of the Carlist forces
BY an explosion in colllery at Wigan
England, twenty-five miners were killed or in
jured. Dispatches received in New York t
the effect that a rupture had occurred betweeI
Minister Sickles and the Spanish Government
that two attempts had been made to as
sassinate General Sickles, and that h
bad been wounded, were discredited il
official circles. =. The State Department a
Washington was making earnest inquiry TO
information to be forwarded to Genera
Sckles as to the legitimate rights of the Vir
ginius to all the privileges and protection
guaranteed TO an American vessel on the higl
seas. There was no reason to believe that an,
irregularity existed in the registry paper
of that vessel. Applications were constant
ly being received at the Navy Department
from ex-volunteer officers of the navy, 70
service under the Government in case Of trou
BILE with Spain, the reply being tina
they would be duly considered should occasion
arise for such action. "A Cuban gentleman
living and doing business in New York City
who just arrived from Cuba, declares that tn
statement that more than one hundred Of tn
crew of the Virginius were executed was true
as he saw it so stated by Spanish official re
ports in Havana. ., The Bank of England ha
reduced its rate of discount to eight per cent
The official returns for the Wsconsi