Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-12-19
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from kilograms Of Accompanying Dates.

doing all that was prescribed by honor aud duty
to avoid surrender, and una imously condemn
him to death, and 10 be degraded from his
rank previous to his execution. After judg-
l1nent was rendered, all the members Of the
court signed an appeaffor mercy, which Duke
d. Aumale Immediately conveyed In person to
President MacMahon. Bazalne was greatly
agitated when he heard the decision of the
court lin recent proclamation, the Cap
tan1Genera OF Cubaannounoes his belief that
amicable relations will remain uninterrupted
between Spain and the United States. . A
Washington dispatch says the Navy Depart.
ment has completed all the necessary arrange
ments providing for the reception from the
Spanish forces, in the harbor of Havana, Of
the steamer Virgiulus, and for the
transfer ofthe survivors at Santiago dc Cuba
from prison to one of the United States vessels
OF war, In accordance wifi the terms Of the di-
plomatc agreement. The Canandaigua, carry
ing ten guns, and commanded by Captain
Lowry, is 20 sail from New York for Havana
10 receive the Virginius, aud Captain Braine
will receive the prisoners. at Santiago on the
Juniata . In recent decision in the case Of
Fuller Us. the Chicago d Northwestern rail-
road, the United States Supreme Court holds
that II Is competent for the State Of Iowa
to regulate railroad froights, because such
law Is within the power of the State
to protect its citizens from imposition
The road was charged with imposing double
rates from Chicago to Marshalltown, Iowa.
....J. T. irving, the selfaccused Nathan muir
derer, has been sentenced to seven years and
six months confinement in the Sing Sing
prison on charge of burglary .. The Iowa
State Grange has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Grand Master, Colonel
Smedley, re-eIected Oversecr, j. NJ. Dixon,
of Mahaska; Secretary, J. G. Little, of Mus
catinc; Lecturer, j. Wilkinson, of Tama;
Chaplain, william Duane Wilson, of
Des Moines; Steward, d. w. Prindle,
Of Fort Dodge; Assistant Steward, Jonathan
Thatcher, of Van Buren; Treasurer, NJ. l..
Devin, of Des Moines; Executive Committee,
j. W. Whitman, of Dallas; f. X. Shankland
and Clark, of Pottawattomie; Mrs. Colonel
Smedley; Mrs. Spencer Day, of Marshalltown;
Mrs. Cole, of Jasper and Mrs. White, of How
ard, were elected the usual lady officers.
FRIDAY, December t2.-The dense fog
in London continues, and the business of the
city is virtually brought to a stand-still The
fog covers an area Of fifty square miles, Lon
don being the center....A special from Paris
to the London Daily Mems says Marshal Ba-
zaine's sentence will be changed to twenty
years seclusion. Captain General JoYellar
issued an address to the inhabitants Of Cuba,
in which he says: 1.-THE moment treaty
is signed between the Governments
of Spain and the United States, my
duty, although painful it may be, is to comply
faithfully with its terms. For this l have re-
ceived final orders. Failure to comply with
the same would produce war, and war with a
great power, without the aid of Spain. In the
meanwhile, obey the law of necessity and the
orders of the Government of the Spanish Re-
public. Let us deliver up the Yirginius and
the survivors of her passengers and crew.
l have faith in the nobleness of your
procedures, in compliance with my word. -.
The newly elected officers of the Illinois State
Grange are: Master, A. Colder; Overseer, John
Downer, of McDonough; Lecturer, B. j. Van
Court, of st. Clair; Steward, John Odell, of
Champaign; Assistant Steward, J. A. Gram
mer, of Pike; Chaplain, A. p. Forsyth, of
Edgar; Treasurer, j. s. Armstrong, of La
Sale; Secretary, o. Z. Tanning of White
side; Gatekeeper, J. F. Randolph, of Fulton;
Ceres, Mrs. d. w. Dame, of Caroll; Pomona,
Mrs. o. f. Loyett; Flora, Mrs. w. F. Ran
dolph Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. p. l..
Myers, of Christian; Executive Committee,
d. n. Foster, of Whiteside; Joseph Burdett,
of Peoria; ID. Durham, of DuPage. The
State Agent of the iowa Oranges has reported
a saving of 5000 in the purchases made dur
ing the year, which amounted to $1,000 =.
The Michigan State Grange is to meet on the
18th of January. There are one hundred and
seventy-eight Oranges in the State.
SATURDAY, December 13-A cable tele-
gram says that as Baron Reuter- has not begun
intemll improvements in Persia within the
time fixed, the Shah has declared the contract
void. :. : The island of Sainte Marguerite, of
Cannes, has been selected as the place of confne-
ment for Marshal Bazaine. In a letter to his
counsel the Marshal says he "should not appeal
against the sentence, not wishing to prolong
in the eyes Of the world the spectacle of such
painful struggle. My conscience reproaches
me with nothing. confidently await the JUS
tiGcation which will come with the lapse of
time and the subsidence of party passions" ."
-. Another death from the administrator of
mixed chloroform and ether has recently oc-
CURED in Boston, and the Dental Society
of that city has resolved that the use Of
chloroform in dental operations is not
advisable. The Illinois State Grange
at its recent session adopted a series
Of esolutions-advising their brethren not to
deal with the combination of plow-makers,
embracing some twenty firms, which, short
time ago, decided to sell to Changers at moth
ing less than retail prices: expressing the be-
lief that the educational influence of the
Grange is its most valuable feature by incul-
eating in the minds of members the
rights and duties of citizenship con-
demning the "salary grab; requesting
the Legislature not to meddle with
the present Temperance law Of the State;
affirming the right of Congress to regulate
interstate commerce, and calling on Congress
TO exercise that right; declaring that the Gen
eral Government should open all the natural
water channels at its own expense, but that
railroads should be built with private capital
under restrictive charters, condemning the
present Civl-Service of the country as dan.
gerous to the integrity and perpetuity of re-
publican institutions, etc
SUNDAY, December 14.-A Berlin special
German vessels that were seized by Spanish
man-of-war in the Sooloo Archipelago and
carried to Manila, writes home that himself
and the crew were sent to prison and kept
there for two months, receiving very harsh
treatment at the hands of the Spanish officials
The dispatch also says that the public feeling
in Germany was much excited over the
seizure of the vessels, and thatthe fullest sat
-isfaetion for the insult to the.German flag was
demanded On the night of the 18th seyera
hundred men marched, cheering anC
Shouting, TO the Plaza dc Armes, in Havana
and, gathering in front of the Cap
tain'General's palace, gave noisy expires
sion to their dissatisfaction at the de
parture of the Virginius, and their disap
proval of the course of the prominent persons
who favored the delivery of the vessel. Tn,
crowd fingered around the palace till mid
night, when Captain-General Jov ellar ad
dressed them, and prevailed upon them to g
10 their homes. Samuel Nelson, ex-Judg
OF the United States Supreme Court, died sud