Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-12
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from T.l,gsms Of Accompanying Dates


tensive inundations In Hungary have swept
away entire villages....k congress to con-
slider the subject Of international rights
IN time Of war has been called to meet at
Brussels, July 27....T The Senate has unani-
mously confirmed the nomination Of Gen.
Bristow as Secretary OF the Treasury, and has
also confirmed, by a small majority, the nomi-
nation Of ex-secretary Richardson as Judge
Of the Court OF Claims. The Illinois
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners have commenced another suit
at Springfield against the Chicago q
Alton Company. This suit is similar
to the one already decided against the COM
pany.
THURSDAY, June 4-Secretary of the
Treasury Richardson has given notice that the
principal and accrued interest of the bonds
below designated, known as $50 bonds, will
be paid at the Treasury of the United States,
In the city of Washington, on and after the
the Sd day Of September, 1874, and that
interest on the said bonds will cease on that
day: Coupon bonds known as third series,
act Of Feb. 25, 1862, dated May /, 1862 as
follows; Coupon tands, S50 No. 10,6O1
to No. IL, 100, both inclusive; 800, No. "a, ,OOl
TO 34,490, both inclusive; $500, No. 1901
TO No. 1890, both inclusive; $1,000, No.
4l,00i to No. &c, 100, both inclusive. Total,
$4,000, 000. Registered bonds, $50, No. 1,411
to No. 1,450, both inclusive; $1OO, No.
1O,561 to No. 10,6sO, both inclusive;
$500, No. 6,3O1 to No. $3.50, both in
elusive; $1,000. No. 25,CSt to No. 26, 100, both
inclusive; 5000, No. S,101 to No. $500,
both inclusive; $4,000 No. 1O,321 to No.
10509, both inclusive. Total, $500, 900.
Grand total, So, 900, 900. United States securi-
ties forwarded for redemption should be ad-
dressed to the Loan Division of the secre-
tary's Office, and all registered bonds should
be assigned to the Secretary of the Treas
ury for redemption. -. Col. Thomas A.
Scott has been elected President of
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Com
pany, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of President Thomson. . . Prof
Patton, who recently preferred charges of
heresy against Prof Swing, which were ig-
nored by the Chicago Presbytery, has appealed
to the Synod of Northern Illinois, basing his
appeal upon the prejudice, haste, injustice,
mistakes and Irregularities of the Presbytery
Wintermute, who murdered Gen. McCook
at Yankton, D. T., in September last, has been
FRIDAY, June 5.-The Mexican author.
tiles have issued orders forbidding the pass
age Of cattle over the Rio Grande either way.
This order, it is supposed, will prevent cattle
stealing on both sides of the river. The
Conference Committee on the Currency
bill lhave agreed upon 3711 per cent.
as the proportion Of greenbacks to be
retired the abolition of reserves on circula-
ton and upon January, 1878, as the time at
which specie payments shall be resumed ...
The stockholders in the Chicago & &Northwest-
ern Railway have passed resolution approv-
ing of the action of the Directors and officers
in contesting the validity of the recent
Wisconsin legislation, and declaring a belief
that all legislation of that sort was in viola
tion of the rights conferred upon railway
companies by their charters, and that it was a
withdrawal Of the protection which the laws
of the State afford to all other property-hold-
ers, as well as practical confscation of pri-
vate property. A suit under the Potter law
was decided in the Circuit Court at Milwaukee
on the 4th. The case was brought by Henry NJ.
Ackley and Geo. Villas, of Oconomowoc, against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
Company. The plaintiffs shipped two car
loads Of lumber from Oshkosh to Oconomo-
voc, and rendered the legal rate of freight
therefor, which was $50. The company de-
manded $4S, and a suit in replevin was
brought. Judge Small decided the law con-
stitutional, and the jury accordingly gave a
verdict for $500, the value of the lumber, in
favor of the plaintiffs, and awarded six cents
damage, together with the costs Of the action.
The case will be appealed to the Supreme
Court.
SATURDAY, June Ga London dispatch
says the owners of the Durham collieries are
evicting large numbers of their striking ten
ants. Two hundred and twenty-eight families
are encamped in the fields adjoining the mines
....Gen. Custer, at Fort Abraham Lincoln,
has recently received dispatches from Gen.
Stanley, stating that the Indians were NO
longer controllable by their agent, and in
spite of the efforts of Gen. Stanley and
their agent had taken the war-path in formid.
able numbers. With regard to the manner OF
dealing with these Indians, Gen. Stanley says
to Gen. Custer: "They are not likely to be
amenable to soft words, and you had better
use powder and lead at once.". . The Anti.
Secret Society Convention recently in session
at Syracuse, N. Y, adopted resolutions declar-
ing that in all secret, oath-bound fraternities,
including Oranges and secret temper
ance societies, the convention recognizes
a conspiracy against all who do not be-
long to them, and a standing menace to the
religion of Jesus Christ; expressing special
opposition to speculative Free Masonry; re.
fusing to vote for Masons for civil Office, and
agreeing to raise $4,000 for the support of q
general agent and lecturer. Members fees
were fixed at twenty-five cents a year, and
life-membership, $40. letter to the Presi.
dent was adopted, to be signed by the officers,
protesting against the proposed Masonic dedi.
cation of the Chicago public building. In.
dianapolis was selected as the place, and the
third Wednesday in August as the time, for
holding a National Convention to adopt q
political platform. The "America" is to bt
the name of the party. Pittsburgh was Sc
lected as the place for the holding of the. next
annual convention. =. The Ohio Democratic
State Convention is to be held on the Goth OF
August instead of the 18th of July, as formerly
agreed upon.
MONDAY, June 9.-The Captain. General
of Cuba has issued decree announcing that
the rate Of gold will be thereafter fixed daily
by himself. The Catholic Episcopate OF
Bohemia has determined to resist the Ecclesi
astical laws and has begun its opposition by
making appointments to vacant livings.
Recent Washington Associated Press dis
patches say the sensation produced by
the Presidents currency pronunciamentC
is not less profound than that caused by the
veto The opinion among Republican mem
bers of the House Of Representatives, as far a:
has been gathered, is, with very few excep
tions, adverse to the policy recommended by
the President in his recently-published memo
randum. "A tornado on the night of the 9th
totally destroyed twenty-one dwellings in Tam
pico, ILL.,, and more or less damaged every Other
house in the place. Several persons wer,
severely, and some dangerously, injured. II
is reported that the Wisconsin railroads hay,
adopted the practice OF requiring prepayment