Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-03-13
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegram. Of Accompanying Dates

ucdily and tenaciouely Ms New World pio.
mecrs. Later adyiccs from Nagasaki, Japan,
say that the insurgcnt forces, which, accord
ing TO previous accounts, were marching
upon the city, had been totally de-
fcatcd by the Government forces. "A
letter recently received in Washington
from New Orleans says Judge Durell had for
wurdcd his resignation 10 a trusted friend, to
be rendered in the event, of the Judiciary Com
mitiet OF the House reporting articles Of i'm
pcaGhmcnt "A Washington dispatch says the
receipts Of the Government from all sources
for the quarter ending December 81 were $50,
52l,596. The expenditures for the same period
were S62, 1923, 337.
THURSDAY, March 5.--A Dayonne dis.
patch says that Don Carlos has been pro.
claimed King of Spain, and that the corona.
ton will take place at Bilboa. According to
Madrid telegram the recent sue
ccsses of the Carlists have aroused the
national spirit of the people, who arc
coming to the aid of the Government in ia
efforts TO crush the insurrccton. Contribu.
tions of money and clothing are being re.
ceived from the provincial authorities
Chicf-Juslice Waite took the oath of his high
Office at Washington OF the 4th . Presi.
dent Grant has appointed the following.
named gentlemen TO lie Government Directors
of the Union Pacific Railroad James F. viii.
son, Iowa; J. II. Millard, Nebraska John G.
5. Harrison, Indiana John A. Tibbcts, Con.
nccticut, and Francis b. Brewer, New York
all for one year from March IL, 1874. "A
Worcester (Mass.) dispatch says 1t has been
decided to abandon Dio Lewis plan of opera.
tion against liquor-dealers, and a new and
entirely original plan has been adopted.
A large committee has been organized,
and in sub. committees of two or three
it Is proposed to first visit the owners OF
buildings occupied by liquor-dcalers, and by
prayer and intorcession induce them to sign a
builders pledge not to let their premises to
any one for the sale of liquor. They will also
visit dealers at their homes. The movement
is to be private, and no street work will be
done, -. The Maryland State Grange met in
secret session at Baltimore on the 4th. OF the
fifty two Oranges in the State forty-seven were
represented.
FRIDAY, March g. Calcutta dispatches
report that the distress among the famine.
stricken people in Eastern Tishost is increas
ing. In one village alone there have been
The number of applicants for relief has in.
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 within a week
News has reached London from the Gold
Coast fully confirming the previous reports
of victory, and dispelling fears
which have been entertained for the
safety of the expedition. The Ashantee King
has surrendered himself and is a prisoner al
Gen. Wolseley's headquarters. Henry Bou-
vcrie Brand has been chosen Speaker of the
British House of Commons. He was Speaker
of the preceding House. -. In New York, on
the 4th, the criminal suit for libel of Luther
G. Challs against Victoria G. Wood
hull, her sister, Tennessee Clailin, and
her husband, Blood, was brought to trial
in the Court of Sessions. The defendants
were without bail, their bondsmcn having
surrendered them into the hands of the Sher.
ilT, and falling to obtain new surctics they
were taken to the Tombs on the 5th. An ap-
plication for reduction of bail was refused
by the Court. Miss Ada NJ. NoyCs, the act
Tcss, died in New York on the 9TH of hydro
phobia. She was bitten ly pet poo
die about two weeks before. Vi. d. Deputy
o. D. Hincllley, of Wisconsin, is
engaged in organizing Farmers Oranges in
Maiue. Several arc already organized, and il
is anticipated that II State Grange will be in
operation in April, -. Mrs. Madden, of Cairo,
H., filed lamp with kerosene by the filful
glimmcr of lucifcr match. The can and
lamp exploded, and Mrs Madden received in.
jurics from which she will probably die.
SATURDAY, March 7.-According to
Constanlinoplc dispatches dispute has arisen
between Turkey aud England in consequence
of the arrest of a British subject by Turks in
Lahej IA Lisbon dispatch says that Ger
tain inhabitants of the island of Fayal have
addressed petition TO President Grant
praying for the establishment of protector
ale by the United States over the Azores
The President has declined to favor the
proposition. During the recent absence
from his home of Anthony Coggswell, OF
Chapmanyille, Pa, his wife died and was bur
led On returning he had the coffin opened
and it was found that the body had turned in
its place, Indicating that the woman was only
in trance when she was inferred. This dis
coyery 50 affected the husband that he is now
a maniac.
MONDAY, March 9.-Several prominent
persons are TO be prosecuted in England
for conspiring with Arthur Orton to ge
possession of the Tichbome estate. -. Tht
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has writ
ten letter to members of Congress, show
ing that the aggregate amount of internal
revenue collected from September, 1862
when the Internal Revenue laws went into ef
fect-up to February IS, 1874 Qast month esti
matcd), is $l,792 ,555, 900. OF this amount
there is due from late Collectors 81, 525, 100
for the recovery of which suits have been be
gun. Elk President Milard Fillmore died a
his residence in Buffalo at 1l:l0 on the nigh
of the 9TH. He was conscious to the last. Al
s O'clock, in reply to question by his physi
cian, he said the nourishment was pala
table. These were his last words. Death wal
painless ... The Kansas Legislature has passed
a bill authorizing railway companies Of th'
State TO issue preferred stock. 80, In the Cali
fornia Assembly ON the 9TH a bill to make
women eligible to educational offices passed
by vote Of IS to 81.
TUESDAY, March 10.-Charles Orton ha!
confessed that the Tichborne claimant was hi
brother. The Postmaster General has giyeI
TO the Vice-Prosidcnt an opinion of the posta
car system. lie believes that it secures the mos
economical and expeditions transportation O
inc Intllh, anu uuNlhcS It's ItlCLllOu anu Clii &c
mcnt as one of the most valuable feature:
of the service. -. In the recent local elections
throughout Massachusetts, several ladies wer
chosen members of Boards of Education. o..
San francisco dispatch states that seyera
freight trains on the Central Pacif
have been caught in a snow blockade
and are temporarily abandoned. AT Sunni
Valley the snow is twenty-five feet deep on th
level. Several engines and snow-plows are OF
the track. Several passenger trains were als'
showed in. At Cisco over six feet of snow Ia
fallen during the recent storm. The dwelling
of George King, Of Independence, Iowa
was burned ut four o'clock on tn
morning of the 9th, and Mrs. King and tw,
children and Mrs. Moses were burned t,
death. The number Of Oranges in Wiscon
sin was recently reported by the Secretary o
the State Grange to have increased to 39S. II
JauunrV last there were 3I6 When the or,r,i,