Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-16
MAINE.

Fire seems to have an irresistible at
traction for Portland, and is not very
particIiiar which Portland it is. 1t paid
one or Two visits to the Maine city of
that name that the citizens will not for
get in hurry. a week or two since it
went up to the Oregon Portland and
laid the greater part of it in ashes. Now
Il has returned to It's first love and made
six hundred thousand dollar call on
the Maine Portland. Next we shall
hear that the Insurance companies have
eiassed all the Portlands as ''eXtra-haz-
ardous. -
NEW YORK.
At the Reorganization of the directory
of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Com
pany, Thomas A. Scott was elected
Presidents; Andrew Pierce, Jr.. Vice
President and General Manager, and
General Clinton .. Fisk. Treasurer,
John Edgar Thompson, Thomas A.
Scott, Alfred L. Dennis and David Solo
asoal,. OF lhe Peansy lyania Railway, were.
to the presidency is said to indicate an
alliance between the thiffy-second and
thirty-fifth parallel trans-continental
projeers for one line of railroad to San
Francisco. sa flia .' -a..+-,'-
At a gathering of farmers Clubs at
Winchester, Scott county. S. NJ. Smith,
Secretary of the Stats Farmers Associ-
alton, made rather remarkable speech.
In the course of it he spoke of the cor
ruption and frauds of the present polit-
| ical parties, and prophesied that the
day would come, if there was no other
remedy left, and the farmers were
swindlel and hoodwinked as they had
been, when he aud his boys and thou
sands OF, other, farmers and their boys
would have to ride some of these vii
lians out. of the State capitol on a rail,
and that many tree in Broad America
would bear human fruit. He thought a
remedy could be found, but if remedy
could not be found, anarchy and blood
shed must follow. t. .-4. 5..-
| Emigration from Russia to America is
increasing. Four hundred Russians
sailed in one steamer. The movement
threatens to depopuiate some districts
in Russia. 50 ~ !" HSiii5i 3<'
| t-- France.
The rumor that M. Conscellos was en-
lceayoring to induce the French govern
ment to attempt the re-establishment of
the temporal power of the Pope is un-
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Inquiry by the Government proves
that there has been no case of
cholera in Paris. this year.
| salli "a Italy. Il i4lr 4..
An official letter dated Beliuno, Italy,
says on the evening of June 10Th a ter
tible earthquake occurred there carrying
death to many and CONSERVATION to ali.
Theidead are counted by tens, the ma
terial injury done by millions. Every
fourth or fifth building was made un-
inhalbitable,f the principal monuments
being overthrown or seriously injured.
Everywhere cry of anguish was raised
and each seeks for prompt and effective
! relief -.sa Dai; -ss.- s5i55 -.-7.4a
aat staifl) t. Spain. -.h -ei
4 A translation of the decree of the
President of the Republic in Spain in
/ structing officials in Cuba to return to
the alleged insurgents their property
which may have been taken from them
and confiscated on the grounds of sus-
pected iisloyalty, has been furnished
our Government The decree provides
for board of high officials to hear COM
plants and claims. Said board is IN
strueted mainly to decide upon the iden--
tity of the claimants, and is very liberal
in its provisions i''i'-i''- ''' -.'' -'
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