Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-02-27
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from kilograms Oi Accompanying Dates

gether to consider State affairs and to name q
successor. A London dispatch says that DR..
Beke, the English traveller, reports that he has
discovered the true Mount Sinai. It is situ-
ated one days journey northwest Of the VII
lage of Ahata, In Arabia, at an altitude Of
5000 feet above the level Of the sea. DR..
Beke says that he found the remains of ar imals
that had been sacrificed lie also discovered
Sinaitic inscriptions which he copied The
autopsy in the case Of the Siamese twins has
been concluded at Philadelphia and shows
that Chang and Eng we're so vitality united
that death would have followed any attempt
Ito separate them during life. The membrane
(which lines the abdomen was one in
both, extending through the mysterious
tgament that bound them together. This
fligament was also connected with the liver
I and the heart Of each. The Philadelphia
municipal election occurred on the 18th. The
returns received up to midnight indicated that
Stokely (Rep) had been reelected by about
10000 majority. In Pittsburgh the Republ-
cans elected their ticket by from 900 to 800
majority In Allegheny City the Inde-
pendent Republican ticket was elected In
Altoona, Wilkesbaue, Williamsport and
Allentown the Democrats carried the day, and
in Easton the Republicans were successful
The Democrats of Syracuse, N. Y, elected
their Mayor. The State Grange of Ohio met
at Xenia on the nth. There were present $50
delegates, all Masters of Oranges. Worthy
Master s. II. Ellis presided One hundred and
fifty visiting members were present. The
Secretary reported that 555 Of the 600 Oranges
in the State had been organized since last
April. A motion to make the meet
ings open was voted down. &. The Chi
cag1 Inter Ocean of a recent date
says the firm of George B. Hodge & Co., pro-
prietors of what has been advertised as the
Union Furnishing Store, were bankrupt, and
their stock was in the hands OF the officers of
the law; that they had been missing for a
week, and that the express companies and
POstolfice authorities were retaining all pack
ages and letters addressed to the Union Fur
nishing Company, for ultimate return to the
senders.
THURSDAY, February 19.--The London
Times of the 18th says the final result Of the
election may be exactly stated as follows:
Conservatives returned, 351; Liberals and
Home-rulers, 302. OF these 466 were elected
after contest. The total number of votes
polled in the United Kingdom and Ireland
was 2,500,000. Dsraeli has been ten
dered and has formally accepted the
Premiership of Great Britain. The
Rev. Robert Moffat, the celebrated En-
glish missionary to South Africa, is still in
doubt as to the correctness of the report of
DIR. Livingstone's death. AT a recent mass
meeting in Chicago the oon-keepers of the
city unanimously declared they would not
pay the recent advance in the price of beer
(the brewers having advanced the rates to
twelve dollars per barreD, but that they
would import from other cities. The
first annual session of The State Grange
of Missouri met at Bonneville on the 18TH
Nearly every county in the State was repre-
resented. The State Grange organized last
May, with 800 subordinate Oranges, since
when their number has increased TO over L.
ZOO Master T. r. Allen delivered a long ad-
dress, in which he gave the history of the
Order in Missouri, and made many suggestions
looking to the perfection of the organization
in the State, and touching the growth and
future prosperity of the Order. The Ohio
State Grange on the 18th unanimously passed
resolution rendering the sympathy and aid
of the Order in Ohio to the women of the
State in putting down the evil of intemper-
ance Columbus was chosen as the place of
holding the next meeting of the State Grange
All the amendments proposed by the National
Grange, except items first and second Of
number three, concerning life members, were
adopted.
FRIDAY, Feb 20.-A Madrid dispatch
announces the capitulation of Bilboa to the
Carlists. -. The United States steamer Dis
patch has started from Key West for Havana
in consequence of reports that Consul General
Hall has been obliged to fly from Spanish mob
and take refuge on board of British iron n-cad
THE Ohio State Board of Agriculture has
decided to locate the State fair at Columbus
for the next five years. The Kansas State
Grange commenced its annual session at
Topeka on the 18th. One thousand Oranges
were represented. The reports of the officers
show the affairs of the Order to be in
an excellent condition, although but
small amount remains in the treas
ury. The financial interests are shown
to have been economically managed and the
State Business Agency is on a satisfactory
basis. On the 10th resolutions were adopted
requesting the State Legislature to pass pro-
hibitory liquorlaw, and declaring that no person
who retals liquor shall be admitted TO the
Order; also declaring that the greatest good
and the highest happiness of an enlightened,
virtuous and prosperous people are the legiti-
mate results of thorough and practical educa-
tion diffused among the masses. Hon. NJ. f.
Hudson was elected Master of the State
Grange. The State Grange of Tennessee
assembled at Gallatin on the 18th in its first
annual session. Nearly 500 subordinate
Oranges were represented, there being between
500 and 600 delegates present, many of them
ladies'.
SATURDAY, February 21-A London tel
egram gives the following official announce
ment of the new British Cabinet; First Lord
of the Treasury, DisraeIi; Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir Stafford Northcote; First Lord
of the Admiralty, George Ward Hunt; Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department,
Richard Assheton Cross Secretary of
State for the Foreign Department, Earl
Derby; Secretary of State for the Colonial
Department, Earl Carnarvon; Secretary of
State for War, Claiborne Hardy; Secretary
of State for India, Marquis Salisbury; Lord
High Chancellor, Lord Cairns; Lord of the
Privy Seal, Earl Malmsbury; Lord Presi-
dent of the Council, Duke of Richmond; Lord
John Manners, Postmaster General. The
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
has decided that, under the Constitution,
woman can be a member of School Commit
tee The Ohio Constitutional Convention
has given the Governor veto power subject to
reversal by a two-thirds vote of the Gen
eral Assembly. ... The Executive Commit
tee of the Illinois State Grange have
issued a call for a delegate meeting
of the Oranges in the State to be
held at Bloomington on the 14th day of April
next, to ratify some amendments to the by
laws in reference to organizing county
Oranges. THE Ohio and Missouri State
Oranges have adopted declarations of princ-
plies, each Grange fully indorsing the prlnc-
pies set forth by the late National Grange at
st. Louis.
MONDAY, February 93.-Late dispatches