Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-02-06
EPIFoME OF THE WEEK.


express passenger train from Edinbufg for
q b Glasgow was rpnning at great speed on the
morning OF The 9Th, it came in collision with
another express train Sixteen persons were
killed and q number were severely injured.
Several coaches were demolished. J.. DR..
tWyman reports that the cause of Agas-
siz's death was disease aud obstruction OF
the arteries Of the brain. The greatest
weight of the brain is estimated at 585
- . lavordupois ounces. The = Boston School
5Commitsee have declared, by avote OF 4e 10
. ~ G45 tbat the seats Of tlte women who had
been elected members were vacant. The
women whose seats In question
stayed In their places and voted for their side
1.-THE lower portion of Fulton, N. Y, has
been inundeted. On the evening of the 25th
about thirty families were obliged TO leave
thor homes, and many more were the next
morning carried from the second stories Of
their homes by boats. Men were seen wading
-'-'in'wster TO their waists carrying the women
of their households on their backs to places
Of safety. The damage 10 business interests
was great. Mr., Waite the new Chef-Jus.
tlce, has resigned the Presidency of
r7 the Ohio Constitutional Convention -.
F The Lower House of the Missouri Legsla-
turehas defeated the bill 10 allow women to
49, be elected to office under the school laws, by
- . vote Of 30 yeas to n nays =. At Des Moines
on the 9th, Governor Carpenter took the oath
of office and was inaugurated Governor of the
State Of Iowa for a second term.
THURSDAY, January 29.-A Bayonne
telegram says the report that the Carsts had
captured santaDder was denied, but another re-
port was current that the corporation was ne
Rotiating to raise 100000 piasters, which the
Carsts demanded the price for abstaining
from bombardng the city....A memorial
of citizens of Philadelphia was pre-
sented to the President and Congress-
representing that the near approach of the
one hundredth anniversary Of the nations
rN birth renders it betting that the
survivors of those who freely offered
o. Carpenters Hall to the Continental Con-
tE gress, when even the time-honored State
House was closed against them, should COM
memOrate the nations advent at that place;
rs therefore Congress is invited to assemble in
Carpenters Hall on the 5th day of the ninth
month, 1874, the one hundredh anniversary
of the meeting of the first American Congress,
~ and order such ceremonies as they in their
wisdom shall deem best. The President
n and Cabinet have also been invited.
ExChief Justice James Thompson, of the
.. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, fell dead in
the Supreme Court room in Philadelphia on
the morning of the 2Sth while engaged in ar
guing tax-title case before the court :. The
Hon. Rufus King, of Cincinnati, has been
chosen successor to Mr.. Waite as President of
the Ohio Constitutional Convention. =. Gen.
..r s. B. Maxey has been elected United States
Senator by the Texas Legislature, Reagan
r having withdrawn from the contest
FRIDAY, January 30-Herr Brenner, the
German explorer of Africa, in a letter to Dr.
PeteTmaDn, of Gotha, dated Zanzibar, says
Livingstone died on the 18th of August. This
date differs from that of the previous report,
but all doubt has been set at rest by an Off
cial dispatch received in London on the 27th
from Zanzibar This dispatch states crcum-
stantialy that Livingstone died in Lobisa after
it, crossing the marshes, for hours wadng in
deep water The sufferings of his whole party
were terrible, and ten of them died in conse-
.i queuce.. Spanish reports from foreign pa
pers state that at Soria twenty-seven
volunteers took refuge in a tower
which the Carlists burned causing the
death of the. whole number. The new
Olympic Theater at Philadelphia has been
totally destroyed by fire. By the falling of
the walls two firemen were killed and several
injured. The next Nebraska State Fair is
'ii to be held at Omaha, commencing September
29....The Ohio Constitutional Convention
has unanimously adoped resolution that Sin
accepting the resignation of the Hon. VI. R.
Waite, We bear testimony to his character as a
citizen, his distinguished qua fies as jurist,
and his ability and impartAllty rs i presiding
officer of this body. In retiring from this Con-
vention to accept the exalted position to which
Ne mas Deen called, ne carries with him the
affectionate regard of those with whom he has
been officially associated, and we feel conf
dent that in the exercise of the duties of the
highest judicial office of the Government he
will manifest the same devotion to duty and
the same faithfulness to public trust" =. The
Executive Committee of the State Grange of
Illinois have chosen Mr.. j. s. Frew, of Aledo,
as State Purchasing Agent.
49, SATURDAY, January 31-The Parlia.
mentary elections have begun in England.
So far as heard from up to this morning seven
Liberals and ten Conservatives have been re.
turned, the Conservatives gaining mem
Der at Frowe. A Hamilton (Ont) says that
of 206 members in the Commons, 135 have
been returned far as heard from. OF
these the Administration has los major
ity of the whole House 1t is thought proba-
BILE that the Government will be sustained on
the test vote by at least eighty or ninety In
the full House. The National Educational
'- Association was recently in session in Wash
- n e ington A series of resolutions report
ed by the Centennial Committee were
adopted: that each State send a rep
resentation of its educational condition
to the Centennial; also the historical record
of its educational progress; that cities act
with States and that an International Educa-
tional Congress be held in connection
with the Centennial. The Committee on
national Ald reported resolutions favor
ing the establishment of National Educa-
rT tional Bureau, and ndorsing the proposition
OF setting apart public lands for free ed
ucaton in the States. President Grant visited
the Association, but made no speech. Ad
journed to meetat Detroit in August next.
Private dispatches have been received in ST
Paul FROM Deputy United States Marshal
Jackman, of Dakota Territory, stating that ou
the 25th ult. squad of twenty woodchoppers
at Fort Rice were beset by party of Teton
Sioux, and murdered in cold blood "A spe
cal from New Orleans gives a report that
Governor Kellogg had issued a requisitior
upon the Governor Of the District of Columbia
for the person of Ex-Governor Warmoth. II
is said that the grows out of some trans
ac ion with the Treasury when Wamoth was
Governor of Louisiana.
g.s MONDAY, February "A dispatch re-
ceived ia London from Cape Coast Castle
states that twelve ambassadors from the Ash.
antees had arrived in the British camp suing
for peace. Sir Garnet Wolseley replied tina,
he would only treat with the King himself al
Coomassie. The London Times states
that previous to the dissolution
of Parliament notice of a writ was
served on Gladstone summoning him before
the Court of Queens Bench for not standing
.- for reelection IA large meeting of prom,