Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-10
EPIT0ME OF THE WEEK.



Gov. Burriel, Of Cuba, and for consequentia
damages. The same authority makes See
retary Fish say that the American Govern
ment has made prompt demand, an,
one quite as decided and peremptor,
as that made by the British Govern
ment, for Indemnity for the prisoner
who werc destroyed and the loss to their fam
lilies. Secretary Fish had also stated tha
this demand is in accordance with IN,
protocol concerning the settlement O
the Virginius affair, apart from the dut,
imposed upon the Government to claim
satisfaction for such wrongs. !. The sumi
designated by the Appropriation bills a,
finally passed by Congress during It,
recent session amount in the aggregate Il
$l77,OlS,7l9.40 The total amount appropri
ated by the same bills last year was S201 $3.50,
11665.... The New York Liberal Republican
State Convention is to be held at Albany OF
the 9Th OF September. BY the explosion of 4
boiler In saw-mill and salt works at Carroll
ton, Mich, on the 30th ult, Joseph Hudson
Benjamin Chapman, John ?. Avery and George
Watson were instantly killed, and four Others
We're severely njured-Wm. Quinett fatally
Mrs. Harriet Beard, living near Du Quoin,
ILL.,, undertook few evenings ago to I'll a
lighted lamp with kerosene oil. The can ex.
plodcd and she was fatally burned :. The
Illinois Prohibitiouists met in State Conven.
ton at Bloomington on the 30th ult, sew.
enty-nve delegates being present. ID. L
BUM, OF Decatur, was elected President
RESOLUTIONS were adopted-denouncing the
traffic in liquor rs a dishonor to Christian
ciVllization; fayoring moral as well as political
action Ivy temperance men; demanding the re.
duction of official salaries and perquisites ad >
Vocating the election Of President, Vice -Presi.
dent and Senators by direct popular vote;
commencing the course of temperance
women In their efforts to stem the tide of in
temperance, and requesting them to con.
tinue their efforts in the same direc.
ton until they shall be given the ballot, and
tavoring the substitution of greenbacks for
National currency and the return to spece
basis as speedily as compatible with the pub
lie interests. The following nominations
were made; State Treasurer, Mai. Little, of
rama; superintendent of Schools, Mrs. Jennie
+. willing, of Bloomington, Professor in the
Wesleyan University.
THURSDAY, July at is reported that
an accidental fire in two houses near Estella
was made prcteXt by the Carlists for mas
sacring all the wounded Republicans who
ielli their hands at the battle of Muro
faris dispatch says the Sub. Committee
OF Thirty had drawn up new Con.
stitutional bill providing for the eontin.
uance of the title of President of the Repub-
lin :" for seennd Chamber. fo- . -,
septennat to terminate with the expiration of
MacMahon's seven-year term, or sooner in
case of his death or resignation. No provis-
ion is made for a successor to the President,
thus leaving an opportunity for the restora-
tiOn of the empire or the monarchy when the
septennat ends. Hon. Eugene Hale has de-
clined to accept the office of Postmaster
General, to which he was appointed by
the President Impaired health is given
as the reason of his declinaton. :.
Among the last acts passed by the Massachu.
setts Legislature at its recent session was one
declaring women eligible to serve ON school
committees. The people of Arkansas
have declared by large majority in
favor of Constitutional Convention. 80
A st. Paul (Minn) telegram states
that all accounts from the southwestern part
of the State and Northwestern Iowa agree
that the grasshoppers are rapidly destroying
everything green in large extent Of country
go. The Iowa Republican State Convention
met at Des Moincs on the 1st. Hon. Theodore
Guelick, of Dcs Moines was made permanent
Chairman, and Capt J. Griffiths, of johnson,
and ]. E. Williams, of Dallas Secretaries. The
following nominations were made: Hon. t. D.
Young, Secretary of State; Capt. P. Z. Christy,
State Treasurer; B. R. Sherman, Auditor;
David Secor Register Of the State Land Office;
NJ. E. Cults, Attorney-General; E. F. Holmes,
Clerk of the Supreme Court; ]. S. Runncls,
Supreme Court Reporter. George G.. Heber-
ling, of Jackson, was elected Chairman Of the
State Central Committee. Resolutions were
adoptcd-favoring free banking and a return
to specie payments as speedily as consistent
with the material and industrial interests of
the country, insisting that the obligations of
the Government shall be paid in specie; de-
claring that the power to regulate Interstate
commerce, whether by railroad or water high
ways, vests in Congress, and that that body
should legislate so as to prevent eXtortion,
and that it should provide for the improve
ment of the great natural waterways; that
the State has power to regulate railway trans
portation within its own limits, and demand
ing the enforcement of the State Railway law; ;
favoring appropriate legislation for the
full and equal protection of all citi-
zens; congratulating the party on the
$27, 600 reduction in the estimated ex-
penses of the General Government for the cur
rent fiscal year; demanding the election Of
President and Vice President by popular vote;
favoring modification of the Patent laws;
commencing the position of the party in in
sttutng investigations Of corruption in Office,
and favorimg the submission of an amend
of l,n n fios, ayta ba nj
of suffrage to women to the people for their
decision.
FRIDAY, July "a resolution offered
in the British Parliament comforting home
rule upon Ireland was defeated on the I'd by
81 to 458. According to the latest Madrid
dispatches the Carlists energetcally deny the
charge of massacring and mutilating Repub-
lican prisoners IA Berlin dispatch says a
German squadron will be Immediately
sent to Spanish ports -. The Freedmen's
Savings Bank at Washington has gone
into liquidation. Regarding a recent state
ment OF great reduction in railroad through
tariffs between the East and West, a New
York dispatch of the I'd says: at is now
stated that the Directors of leading rail-
roads have only discussed the question
Of y new schedule of freight charges
and thus far show disposition to
over .freights somewhat. All-rail lines
the Pacific have reduced through
ireghts from New York to San Francisco, on
.ome classes very heavily. "A servant girl
st East Cleveland, o., accidentally spilled some
gasoline on stove, when the fluid ignited
and set ON fire the girls clothes. Another gir
undertook to extlnguish the flames, but hel
own clothes took fire and both girls were
80 severely burned that they died In {
few hours -. "A recent Des -Mones Qowa
dispatch says the management of the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad have deter
mined to obey the new law of Iowa, 70
the regulation of passenger and freigh
rates as matter of experiment they stil
denying the justice and consttutionality @