Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-31
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
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been sent to Vicksburg. Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs Smith hes declined TO remove
Special Indian Agent Miles, as requested by
leading Friends, because he called
upon the military for aid in pro-
tecting bis agency. The Commissioner
says such demand, II complied with, would
be suicidal and work great injustice TO Miles,
and injure the peace policy Of the Govern.
mcnt. The death sentence Of Dockery has
been commuted totem years imprisonment at
the instance of Capt.-Gen. Concha From
returne to the Department Of Agriculture,
published on the 2ist, II appears that
there Is an increase in the area of
corn of 100000 acres, or 6 per
cent. above last years breadth. The largest
percentage Of increase Is in the South. The
increase in acres is largest in the West. The
condition Of the crop is generally good In the
West, but elsewhere variable. Only
Massachusetts, of the Eastern States,
Pepnsylvania Of the Middle States,
and Maryland, South Carolina, Gcor-
gia, Florida and Texas Of the Southern
states, report an average condition Mime
sofa is an exception to the general good con-
dition reported from the West, It's average
being 81, while reports from other States arc
as follows: South Carolina, 101; Massa-
chusetts, Florida, Michigan, Kansas, 1O2
Maryland and Iowa, 104; Illinois, 1O5; Texas,
1O6; Indiana and Nebraska, 109; Pennsylva-
mia, Georgia, Wisconsin and Missouri, 100.
The statement of Mr.. Tilton before the Inves.
tigating Committee of Plymouth Church, in
relation to Mr.. Beccher, was published on the
morning of the 22d. The extensive jewelry
store Of Giles Bros, Chicago, was burned on
the morning of the 22d. Loss s375,OOO.
THURSDAY, July 22.-The Spanish com
mander has sent a large force of troops to
reinforce the Republicans in the province of
Cuenca. A detachment of Carlists had been
defeated at Savanete and 700 of the prisoners
captured at Cuenca released. The Carlists
had shot every tenth man of the volunteers
captured at Cuenca. 1t was reported in
London on the 22d that the cholera had
broken out among the $4,000 pilgrims con-
gregated at Poore, India, to attend the jug
gernaut festival. =. The order of the Secretary
CT War sending two companies to Vicksburg
to restrain anticipated violence has been re-
voked. ..On the evening of the 22d Mr..
Beecher sent to the Investigating Committee
of his church general and sweeping denial
Of the charges preferred by Mr.. Tilton, and
in this denial Mrs. Tilton joined. The latter
had commenced proceedings for divorce.
FRIDAY, July 24.-Periere's Constitu-
tional bill was rejected in the French Assem-
bly, on the 23d, as was also a motion to dis
solve the Assembly. =. The British Parliament
has voted a grant of $4,000 year to Prince
Leopold. -. The Spanish steamer Minerva
exploded her boilers in the harbor of
Havana on the 23d Two men were
killed and sixteen wounded. ...B. F.
G. Brooks has been nominated as the
workingmen's candidate for Governor of
Tennessee. DR.. H. j. Rice has been nomi-
mated for Congress by the Democrats of the
Eighth Indiana District, and Hon. James L.
Evans by the Republicans of the Eleventh E. =.
On the 23d Mrs. Tilton published a statement
denying each and every charge preferred
against Beecher in which she was
concerned. e. A tank of crude oil exploded
in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 3d. while being
drawn from the cars to the warehouse
The reservoir was shattered and the
three attendants blown into the air
long distance, enveloped in burning
oil 80. Serious fires are raging in
the vicinity of Shiocton, Wis. On the 23d a
cranberry marsh of 500 acres was burned
over, and several buildings destroyed. The
bids received for the new loan at the Treasury
Department on the 23d aggregated S76, ,OOO,-
900.
SATURDAY, July 25.-On the 10th the
steamship City of Guatemala was wrecked on
one Of the Bahama Islands. Vessel and
cargo, valued at $500, 600, total loss. Pas
sengers and crew saved -. The British Par
Lament viii be prorogued on the Sth of
August. IAN alarming outbreak of small
pox has occurred at Newmarket, England
49,. Gen. Moriones has defeated the Carlists
in Navarro, taking 800 prisoners.
MONDAY, July 27.-A terrible landslide
recently occurred at Alara, Spain. The over
hanging'rocks fell upon and utterly destroyed
the village. Up to the afternoon of the 25th
over 200 corpses had been recovered. :. The
Prohibitonists Of Indiana will meet in State
convention at indianapolis on the Sd of Sep
tember .. Lincoln's monument at Spring
field, ILL.,, will be dedicated on the 18th
of October ... The Merchant, the pioneer
iron steamer of the lakes, sunk near
Racine on the 24th....A terrible tor
nado of wind and rain passed over
that portion of Minnesota traversed by the
Minnesota Southern Railroad on the 26th,
causing the destruction Of numerous dwell
ings and doing considerable damage to the
standing crops. A fearful disaster overlook
the mining village of Eureka, New, on the
oath. 1t had been raining with great vio-
lence from early morning till noon, when the
cloud burst on lofty range of mountains to
the east, and vast volume of water rushed
4 I,
The eastern part of the town was flooded in
ten minutes by the rush Of water, which was
constantly increasing in violence, depth and
impetuosity. The people of portion of the
place were hemmed in Every moment
houses were torn from their foundations and
swept away, with their occupants. Ropes
were procured, a line was formed, and brave
men, thus protected, dashed into the torrent
and saved many lives. The part of the town
devoted to dance-houses and other places of
amusement was destroyed. The food lasted
only half an hour Dispatches Of the 26th
announce the finding of about twenty bodies,
and several were missing who were supposed
to have been drowned.
TUESDAY, July 28.-On the night of the
26th a heavy storm passed over Allegheny
City and Pittsburgh, Pa, converting the
streets into waterways, tearing up pave
ments, bursting sewers, .inundating buildings
and filling cellars. Over 200 lives were lost
and l47 buildings destroyed. The value Of
property destroyed was from 81 100000 to
$3,OOOOOO. The storm of the 26th caused
great damage north of Oshkosh, Wis. Sew
eral lives were lost and crops were seriously
injured. An agent sent to Vicksburg,
Miss, to investigate and report on the elec-
tion troubles there has returned with re.
port that it is not case demanding Govern
mental interference. . The President has is
sued his Proclamation ratifying the extradi-
tion treaty with Peru. ]. News. has been re-
ceived from Gen. Clusters expedition to
the Black Hills. His command was
about 200 miles west of Lincoln, was
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