Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-03

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cents per pound ON weekly and daily news
papers and three cents per pound on all pub
lications less frequent than weekly. The
postage on public documents is fixed al
ten cents per volume .... President
Grant on the Esd sent TO the Sen.
ate the names Of Alexander R. Shepherd, late
Governor Of the District Of Columbia; Will
lam A. Denison, of Ohio, Postmaster Gen.
cral, and Henry T. Blow, Of Missouri, formerly
member Of Congress from that State, and
aftcrward Minister to Brazil, as a Commission
TO govern tho District until the new form Of
government shall have been prepared and
adopted. The Senate was in session
about two hours and half on these
nominations, the debate being altogether con.
fined to that Of Shepherd, Senators freely and
strongly expressing themselves against II,
while there were but few defenders. Finally
the nomination was laid upon the table by a
vote Of 3G against g. The other two nomina-
tions were confirmed without divis-
ion. The President subsequently sent
in the name OF A. G.. Cattell, ex.
United States Senator from New Jersey, who
was confirmed. According to the official
records Of the National Grange there were in
the United States on the LIST Of June 49, 492
subordinate Oranges. ...At Syracuse, N. Y,
on the evening Of the 23d, a strawberry festival
was being held at the parlors Of the Central
Baptist Church, when, without any premoni-
tion, the floor gave way, prccipitating the
room-full into the story below. The parlor
was on the second floor, and the
room underneath was also full of people
Thirteen or fourteen were killed and about
fNrr ;,s ~
ously. The Maine Democratic State Con-
vention has nominated Joseph A. Titcomb for
Governor by acclamation. Resolutions were
adopted favoring the early resumption of
specie payments; declaring for free trade /;
condemning the recent course of the Re-
publican majority of the United States
Senate in attempting to establish a censor
ship of the press Of the country at the Ma
tional capitals; denouncing the Republican
party for interference with the government Of
the several States, and the course of the Re-
publican Congress on the subject Of civil-ser-
vice reform. The Secretary of the State
Grange of Wisconsin reported on the 2lst that
the number OF Oranges in the State was 4Sl,
with an aggregate membership Of $500.
A few evenings ago a Mr.. Largcn, who re-
sided near Monroeyille, Ind, attempted to fill
a Kerosene lamp while it was burning, when
the oil in the can ignited, and terrific ex-
plosion followed, severely burning him around
the arms and breast, and three of his children
aged eight, six and four years.. who were
standing near, were so severely burned that
they all have since died "A decision
has been recently rendered by the Su-
preme Court Of Wisconsin which recog-
nizes the fact that the Legislature had the
right to repeal clause Of the charter of the
West Wisconsin Railway exempting certain
lands from taxation. The friends of recent
Wisconsin railway legislation claim that an
application Of the principles enunciated in
that decision will end all doubts that may
have been entertained as to the constitution
ality of the Potter law.
THURSDAY, June 25-Marshal Concha
has decided to buld'a series of Notifications
extending across Spain, so located as to con-
fine the Carlists within small area destitute
of the means Of sustepancc. The French
Government has issued an order prohibiting
the distribution of photographs of the Prince
Imperial. Three of the Partisan newspapers
have been fined for reprinting Rocheforts
speech. The Carlists have captured Bell
mount. The resignation Of Postmaster Gen.
Creswell is announced. The position has been
rendered to Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine.
The Prohibitionists of New York State
have nominated Myron S. Clark for Governor,
Horace V. Rowland for Judge of the Court
of Appeals, Daniel Walford for Canal Com
missioner, and Ira Bell for State
Prison Inspector. Another Wisconsin
railroad agent NJ. Kane, of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, at
the Insane Hospital station, has been tried
convicted and fined fifty dollars and costs for
illegal charges. -. The cornerstone of the
new Government Custom House and Post
Office building in Chicago was laid on the
24th (St. Johns Day., amid impressive ccre-
monies, under the auspices of the Masonic
fraternity. large number Of strangers were
in the city, and many different organizations
were present and Joined in the proceedings.
FRIDAY, June 26-The postal conven-
tion between France and the United States
has been ratified by the French Assembly. -.
The distress in India in consequence of the
famine is reported on the decrease. Lyman
X Bass, member of Congress from the Thr
ty-tirst New York District who was
appointed and confirmed as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, has declined
to accept that position. . The Rhode
Island Legislature has adjourned till
January without choosing a United States
Senator. The last ballot resulted as follows:
Burnside, ~; Dixon, %; Barstow, 10; scat
tering 16... Hon. Henry L. Dawes, of Massa-
has written letter declin-
ing denomination for Congress =. The
Vermont Democratic State Convention, held
at Montpelier on the 25th, nominated for
Governor, Hon. W. II. H. Bingham; Lieuten-
ant-Governor Henry Chase; Treasurer, Otis
Chambcrlin.. Resolutions were adopted re-
newing devotion to the Democratic party; ia |
yoring the repeal Of the prohibitory law and
adoption of stringent license law, and hail |
ing with JOY the prospect of the early COM |
pletion of the Caughnawaga Canal, as bene-
fcial alike to the farmer manufacturer. |
producer and consumer. A convention |
called by the Oshkosh (Wis.) Board of |
Trade to consider the necessity of |
prompt action on the part of Congress i'm the |
Improvement Of the Fox and Wisconsin Riy- |
ers met in that place on the oath, and was |
well attended Col. c. d. Robinson, of Green |
Bay, was chosen President, with A. j. Turner,
Of Portage, and Curtis Reed, of Menasha, as |
Secretaries. series Of resolutions was
adopted urging the importance and necessity |
II the proposed improvement of said rivers.
\ letter was read from Gov. Taylor stating
hat the objects of the convention had his
hearty approval. The following is the Off.
,ial vote of Oregon for the candidates named
Congressman-Ladow, Democrat, 9,642; win.
ANS, Republican, $50; Davenport, Inde.
peddent, 6,35O....At Lincoln, Neb., n
lew evenings ago, Elvina Bazier, a
young woman nineteen years of age, attempt |
I'd to light the fire with the aid of oil. The |
Fan burst, throwing the contents over her,
The flames enveloping her body. Her mother
ran TO the rescue and was severely burned on |