Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-03-27
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegram. Of Accompanying Dates.

ment Tor assistance. The correspondent adds
that one-half the population will die IL ade-
quate relief be not Afforded. st. Patrick's
Day was celebrated throughout the coun-
try with great enthusiasm by the
Irish-Amercans. No disorders are reported
anywhere. "A Raleigh IN. o. dispatch OF
the 18th states that rumbllng noises were
heard on the surface of Bald Mountain, In the
western part OF the State, and that volcanic
eruption was feared. The people living on
and near the mountain were seeking safety
in flight. One report states that houses on
the sides and at the base of the mountain had
been thrown down by the upheavas of the
earth.
THURSDAY, March 19.-Prince Kalakena
has been elected King of the Sandwich Islands,
to succeed the late Lunalilo. When his election
was made known there was a serious riot by
mob Of Queen Emma's adherents, which was
only quelled by the intervention of United
States and British marines. One of the
members of the Assembly was killed
and several were badly injured. :.
A Berlin dispatch announces the
death of Johann Heinrich Maedler, the we'll
known German astronomer. -. A Bayonne tel
egram says the Carlists have entered Olot
without opposition. Gen. Nitro has been
elected President of the Argentine Re-
public. b" The City Of Pekin," the largest
steamer ever built in the United States, was re-
Gently launched at Chester, Pa The launch W as
witnessed by an immense concourse of spec
tators, among whom were many Senators and
Representatives in Congress. The steamer
belongs to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany. The Massachusetts Senate has passed
the Ten-Hour law by vote of 10 to IS. :. The
vote of New Hampshire at the recent State
election is as follows: James A. Weston, Dem
ocrat, for Governor, 35, ,573; Luther Nc Cutchins,
Republican, "a, 131; JohnBlackner, Temperance,
2,135. The Legislature is composed as follows:
Senate-Democrats, s; Republicans, 4. House
Democrats, TT; Republicans, 1877. An.
nouncement is made of the death, at Jack
sonville, Fla, of Hon. o. B. Hart, Governor
of that State. Cairo, ILL.,, was visited by a
heavy wind and rain storm on the 18TH
Stores were unroofed, small buildings blown
down, and in one stance house
was blown into the water, but no
lives were lost. Wharf-boat proprietors
and those in charge of the steamers in port
acted on hint from the United States Signal
Office in that city that the local observations
indicated storm, and took the precaution to
make everything extra secure. 1t is probably
owing to this fact that no damage was done
to shipping.
FRIDAY, March 20.-The British Par.
lament reassembled on the 10Th. Miss
Ada g. Sweet has been nominated by the
President and confirmed by the Senate as
Pension-Agent at Chicago, vice Blakely, re-
ic fha dan of tho late
B. j. Sweet, First Deputy Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. Speaking of this appoint
ment a Washington telegram says "The
President has heretofore declined to appoint
ladies to responsible disbursing positions, but
the ability of Miss Sweet in the administration
of the Chicago office while her father was
Pension-Agent induced the President to make
an exception in her favor. The Senate con-
firmed the nomination without the
usual reference to a committee. =. A
counterfeit of the new fifty-cent note has
been received at the Treasury Department in
Washington, 1t is poor imitation. &. . "A re-
cent dispatch from indianapolis announces
that Mrs, CIem, four times convicted of the
murder of Jacob Young and his wife, and
whose fifth trial was set for March 81, is likely
to be released from confinement, as the county
authorities decline to appropriate any more
money to prosecute her. The Iowa Legisla-
ture has adjourned sine die.
SATURDAY, March 21.-Twelve thousand
Carlists under Gen. Palacios are reported to
be marching upon Madrid, after having de-
feated with great loss the Republican column
under Collejo near Minglanilla, forty-four
miles southeast of Cuenca. The Carlists have
captured an outlying fort at Bilboa. The
bombardment of the city continues. The
publication of military news at Madrid has
been forbidden. "A Kingston paper of
a recent date says an inquiry will
shortly be held in respect to the
British subjects captured on board the Virgin
ius and shot by order of Gen. Burriel. :. The
New York State Grange at Albany has adopted
resolutions indorsing the declarations of the
National Grange at st. Louis; demanding leg
islation which will open and improve the av-
enues of traffic and produce; cheaper trans
portation; pro-rata freight law; in favor of
low canal tolls and the canal debt
funding amendment, and in favor
of reasonable temperance-reform legisla-
tion.. The Oregon Democratic State Conven-
ton has renominated Lafayette Grover for
Governor, and F. s. Chadwick for Secretary
of State. G. A. Lodon is the nominee for
Congress. The platform favors the free navi-
cation of the Columbia River, the construc-
tion of breakwater at Port Oxford, and the
construction of the Portland, Dallas & Salt
Lake Railroad to the southern boundary
of the State; sympathy was declared in
favor of the Patrons of Husbandry, and in
favor of an economical administration of
State affairs :. President Colder, of the State
Grange of Illinois, calls upon the farmers Of
the State to send seed to their suffering
brethren in Northwestern Iowa. Seed wheat
and oats are particularly called for, and, if
sent to the Spencer Relief Committee, Storm
Lake, Iowa, their proper distribution is
vouched for by Mr.. Colder. -. Joseph W.
Whicher, one of Pinkcrton's detectives,
was recently killed in Saline County,
Mo-, by one of the James brothers, whom he
was striving to arrest for being concerned in
the Gad's Hill outrage. The Democratic
members of the Massachusetts, Legislature
met in caucus on the Goth and nominated
Judge B. r. Curtis for the vacancy in the
United States Senate caused by the death of
Mr.. Sumner.
MONDAY, March 23.-An extraordinary
rise in the Thames has caused great damage
in Lambeth and other parts Of London,
Sewers burst and the floors of many houses
were forced up, drowning several children and
horses. At Woolwich the fires in the gun
factories were extinguished and the store
houses set afloat. =. Disraeli recently re-
fused to receive a delegation which
came to ask for the release of the Fenians.
....A late dispatch from the City Of Mexico
says that Catholic mob had attacked the
Protestant chapel in Puebla, smashed the
windows and furniture, destroyed the Bibles
and stoned the pastor, Rev. Antonio Corral.
.Wolseley has been rewarded for his
Ashantee successes by being made Major
General, and has been awarded pension OF
R7,500 per annum. The Emperor of Ger
many celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday
on the 22d. The Generals of the army visited
him in body and congratulated him or
the auspicious occasion. In his reply