Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-30
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from kilograms Of Accompanying Dates.


Gently, United States Minister Washburne, on
behalf Of the French residents OF Philadelphia,
presented ex-President Thiers with gold
medal. In his speech Mr.. Washbune alluded
to the friendship Of the United States during
her armed revolution, and eulogized the
French people who have taken up their
residence in the United States. Theirs
expressed his thanks to his country
men IN the United States for the
manifestations of their confidence In him. and
declared that Republic was the only govern.
ment possible In France; consequently the
bond of friendship between the two nations
would be made stronger. In the Woman's
Suffrage Convention which was recently held
in Washington, Vice President Wilson said:
"Twenty years ago came to the conclusion
that my wife, my mother and my sis
ters were rs much entitled tqDthe right
of suffrage as myself, and l have not
changed my mind since.". Nine working
women were recently killed and many others
seriously injured by an explosion In a knitting
mill at Bennington, Vt. The explosion was
caused by the accidental ignition of gasoline,
which had escaped from pipe that leaked....
A bill for the compulsory education of the
children of the State has been passed by the
Illinois House Of Representatives. 1t pro-
vides that children between the age Of nine
and fourteen must be sent to school for three
months of the year, and six weeks of this
schooling must be continuous The Wiscon-
sin Senate has adopted a resolution "requir-
ing all members to at once return their free
passes to the railroad companies, and forbid
ding them from accepting any other favors of
like character. A similar resou-
tion has been adopted by the
Kansas Assembly. 80. Governor William Pinck-
ney Whyte has been elected to the United
States Senate by the Maryland Legislature.
The Iowa State Temperance Association has
adopted resolutions calling for the repe" of
the act exempting beer and wine from seizure,
and'in favor the total prohibition of the
manufacture or sale Of liquor.
THURSDAY, January 22.-The German
Reichstag has been convoked for the 9TH of
February. IA. II. Hoffman, the popular
German poet, is dead, aged seventy-flve.
President Grant has approved the bill repeal
ing all parts of the Salary act of March, 1878,
except such as increase the salaries of the
President and Justices of the Supreme Court
.... The United States Senate has unanimous
ly confirmed the nomination of Mr.
Waite for Chief-Justice, nine Senators not
voting. Those absent or not voting were:
Alcorn, Ames, Dennis, Dorsey, Hamilton
(Md.), Johnston, Sprague, Sumner, Window.
80. The following are the newly elected officers
of the Iowa State Temperance Convention: H.
Lewis Todhunter President; Seward Smith,
Secretary; Isaac Brandt, Treasurer. A resolu.
tion was adopted by the Convention favorable
to woman suffrage -. Two hundred and sew
enty five subordinate Oranges are represented
in the Georgia State Grange of the Patrons OF
Husbandry in session at Atlanta. d.. The
Wisconsin State Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry net at Janesville on the Goth,
nearly every Grange in the State being repre-
sented. The Order was reported to be in
hourishing condition throughout the State.
On the 2lst reports of officers were made Mr..
Osborn, State Agent, in his report, takes
strong ground in favor of combined action
against such manufacturing companies as re-
fuse to give direct wholesale terms to grange
agencies. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Master, Col.
John Cochrane, of Dodge County, reelected;
Overseer, D. Williams, of Walworth County;
Lecturer, S. W. King; Steward, G. Foster;
Assistant-steward, A. j. Sexton Chaplain, E.
f. Dunham sTreasurer, Jonathan Cory, of
Rock County, and II. E. Huxley, of Neenah,
Secretary.
FRIDAY, January 23.-According to the
Spanish official reports of recent engage
ment at Los Melones, near Camaguay, $50
Government troops, under Colonel EspGnda,
met ], 800 of the Insurgents, and after a severe
fight Of six hours and half, the
Spaniards retreatcd, having four officers
and fifty privates wounded, Espanda
having his nose shot off. Private Cuban ad-
vices say that Espanda had 1900 men, only
$50 of whom escaped death, wounds, or cap
ture. A Washington Associated Press dis
patch says that damaging reports about the
election of Pinchback by the Louisiana Legis-
lature, having reached Mr.. Morton, he sent for
Pinchback, who made clean breast, where
upon Morton abandoned the policy of seating
Pinchback on prinld .tdcie case, and asked
that the matter be carried to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections to investigate the
conduct of Pinchback The Republi-
cans and Anti-Monopolists of the Iowa
House of Representatives have effected
a compromise on the following basis:
The Republicans to have the Speaker
and Chairmen of all the standing committees;
the Anti-Monopolists to have all the remain.
ing officers, the general committees to be con-
sttuted equal in number of each party and
the Antl-Monopolists to have the Chairman
and majority of one in each in
vestigating committee 49, In his re-
cent report to the Wisconsin State
Grange the Secretary gave history of the
order in Wisconsin, dating its progress from
the Portage meeting, October %, 1872, and
from the Ripon meeting following. The
largest Grange now in the State is at Evans
vile, having membership of ninety-six men
and fifty-two women. The September report
to the National Grange showed State mem
bership of GAIA, and l57 Oranges On January
l, 1874, there were in the State 304 Oranges. -.
The Michigan State Grange met in Conven,
tion at Kalamazoo on the 2lst. The Secre-
tary reported that in the United States there
are now more than 10, 900 subordinate Oranges,
with a membership of 1000, 900 patrons. The
report concludes with very hopeful view of
the condition of the Order.
SATURDAY, January 24.-The marriage
of the Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of
was solemnized in st. Petersburg, Russia, on
the 23d. The day was observed as a holiday
AT London flags were displayed from all
public and many private buildings, in
honor Of the event, and throughout
England the bells were rung and
took place in nearlyevery church...
The British Parliament has been dissolved by !
royal decree Gladstone has issued an address
to his constituents at Greenwich, asking for re-
election and announcing that the Queen has
been pleased to accept the advice Of her Min |
sters to dissolve the present Parliament |
and summon a new one to |
meet on the 5th of March, 1874. The mine |
owners in the schuykill district in Pennsylva-
MIA have accepted the proposition of the miners
10 go to work on the basis of 1878, and the
strike is therefore ended The Iowa House
Of Representatives have effected an Or
ganization by electing the Repub-
Iican candidate (Gear) for Speaker, and
Il