Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-12-25
.EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
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WEDNESDAY,, Dec. 1e.--The appoint.
ment Of Marshall Jewell "a Postmaster Gen
eral has been confirmed by the Senate. IT,.
King. Kalakaua Yas formally presented TO
Prebloehtb Grant loh One 18th !. IA Bitle
,Bcf6re jmidhigt on } the h4th a fire broke
out in PlympioH street, Boston, which
lwaefot subiped until "A several large ware
houses and their contents were burned.
About four o'clock on the morning Of the
18th three other alarms were sounded in the
Immediate neighborhood, in Wareham street,
where sparks from ho9prevous fire had
1l6dted unprotected by the fremen Owing
Y TO TIE combustibie nature of the building in
which this last IRE started the flames spread
in all directions, and N b short time
Wareham Street was aiflost entirely
devastated, everything being swept away that
lay in the path of the fire between the point
of starting and the wharf, except a large
piano factory. The loss from both fires Is
variously estimated from 5000, 900 to $3.50, 900.
During the progress Of the coniiagration IN
Boston the neighboring city of Charlestown
suffered a loss of S150,000 from fire..
Two men, named Mosher and Douglass,
were shot on the 18th at Bay Ridge, on Long
was instantly killed. Before he died Douglass
made statement that Mosher was concerned
in the abduction Of little Charlie Ross The
two burglars have since been identified,
and there seems no doubt that they knew of
the whereabouts of the stolen child.
...At Des Moines, Iowa, early on the morning
Of the 18th, Charles Howard, sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life for the killing of John
johnson, was taken from Jail by party of
disguised men and hanged to street lamp
post,
THURSDAY, Dec. 1.-THE German
Commission for the Centennial Exhibition at
Philadelphia has already been appointed
DR., jacob is made President. ...A terrible
storm has been raging in the Bay of Biscay
for eight days, and still continues. The loss
of vessel property and human life is very great
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
affairs are being Investigated in Washington
by the House Ways and Means Committee
= 1.-THE President and Cabinet Ministers re-
turned the visit fixing Kalakaua on the 10Th
. -. Mayor Cobb, OF Boston, was re elected on
the 18th by $4,000 majority. A report from
Indian Agent Brigham, dated Nov. 25, from
the Cheyenne River Agency, states that he
was in pursuit of white men going to the
Black Hills.
Q FRDAY, Dec. 1S.--A London dispatch
Of the 18th says Bismarck, weary of the op-
position he had encountered in the Reichs-
tag, had rendered his resignation as Chan
cellor of the Empire, which the Emperor
refused to receive. He afterward conferred
with the leaders of the Ultramontane party
regarding the future conduct of affairs in the
Reichstag, and an understanding was Sc
cured. Lieut.. Com Gushing died at Wash
ington on the nth, in the insane asylum, of
which he had been an inmate about two
weeks Wm. NJ. Tweed was before the
New York Oyer and Terminer Court on a writ
of habeaS corpus on the nth and his
case was finally adjourned to the 22d
and he was rcmanded to prison ....
A Philadelphia dispatch says gentle
man attending the spiritual seance of
Mr.. Holmes and his wife, at which the noted
spirit Katie King was wont to appear, had
traced the supposed Katie to a boarding
4 house, and, after long-continued effort, per-
suaded her to confess the deception she had
been practicing and to produce the gauzy
dresses she wore at the manifesto
tations. The production of a letter
with large quantities Of jewelry, etc.
that had been presented to Katie at seances
induced Robert Dale Owen and DR.. Chlds,
two leading Spiritualists of that city, to pub
lish and repudiate the swindle . The Hon.
. John B. Rice, of Chicago, member of Con-
gress from the First Illinois District, died
at Norfolk, Va, on the 18th. The
Mississippi Legislature met at jackson
on the 18th. In his message Gov. Ames
claims that the recent Vicksburg troubles
were brought about by violent white men for
political purposes, and says: "At this mo-
ment the State and county authorities are
successfully resisted, and the free action of
officials is impossible" He closes by request
ing the Legislature to take steps to arrest the
insurrection in Warren County and prevent
similar occurrences.
+, a. q, SATURDAY, Dec. 19.--According to the
latest accounts from the famine in Asia
Minor many persons were dying, and thou
sands more would die unless help reached
them. A Washington dispatch says that
according to returns received from Mississippi
by Atty Gen. Williams affairs in that State
were in deplorable condition. 1t
Is stated tnat at the city election
in Columbus, on the 9Th of December, much
intimidation was used, and many assaults
were made. "A New Orleans dispatch says
the Returning Board has decided upon re-
turns from twenty three parishes, besides the
First and Second Congressional Districts, and
will promulgate them. These give in the
House: Radicals SO, Conservatives 81.
The students of the Central Boys High
s in nrla 80 I, 7
Girls High School on the 18th, to compel the
removal therefrom of number of colored
pupils. A committee of five entered the
school and stated the purpose of their
visit, threatening TO use force if nee
essary. All the colored girls present
promptly and quietly left the building,
and the boys returned to their own
school,, 1t was believed the School Board
would establish an additional High School
for colored children. thus obviating further
trouble -. The Minnesota State Grange
met at Mankato on the 18th, about
400 members of the Order being
E present The address of Grand Master
Parsons shows that 142 Oranges have
been organized in the State during the year,
making total Of over 500. The election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted in the
selection of Seth Adams, of Wright County,
or Grand Master; Ebenezer Ayres, Grand
Lecturer; T. T. Smith, of st. Paul, Secretary;
L. Hoyt, of st. Paul, Treasurer.
MONDAY, Dec. 21.-Count Won Arnim
has been sentenced to three months impris-
onment. Both the Government and Won
.Arnim have appealed the case to a higher
court. 1t is reported that Bismarck has re-
lceived from the police information of fresh
plot against his life go. The Lon
don 4no,ning Standard has a dispatch
from Spain reporting the total de-
feat and routing of the Republican Gen.
Lopez Domonquez, in Catalonia, by the Car
lists under 'Tristany, with heavy loss in killed
and wounded. -. According to Washington
dispatches of the 10Th Irwins testimony
in regard to the disposition of the
$75O,0OO of Pacific Mail money is to the
& effect that he spent ii, in Washington