Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegram, Of Accompanying Dates

Lansing on the 9th OF August, " 10 take sucn
steps as may be deemed advisable to secure
the organization of party on basis Of live
Issues, and for restoration OF purity and
statesnansliip TO The high places of our State
and National Goycruments". ....A recent fire
in Central City, Col, destroyed 125 buildings,
mostly of wood, and occupied for mercantile
and other business purposes. The burnt dis
triet covers about eight acres. The total loss
is estimated at about half million of dollars,
one-third covered by insurance.
THURSDAY, May 2S.-Prince Nicholas,
who was recently arrested at St. Petersburg,
Russia, for giving away his mothers da-
monds, is thought to he insane. . Late dis
patches from Calcutta say the famine in India
was increasing. Nearly 5000, 600 people were
dependent upon the Government for food. -.
The Right Worthy Grnud Lodge of Good
2 TempIlrs have chosen the following officers
for the current year: Right Worthy Grand
Tcmplar, Col. John j. Hickman, of Kentucky;
Right Worthy Grand Counselor, Joseph
Molius, of England; Right Worthy Grand
Vice Templar, Mrs. Matte Mcclellan Brown,
of Ohio; Right Worthy Grand Secretary, w.
s. Williams, Of Canada; Right Worthy Grand
Treasurer, j X. Van Doom, of Illinois. -.
AT the recent meeting in Chicago of the Illi-
nois Press Association the followingnamed
officers were chosen for the ensuing year
Presidcnt-George II. Scroggs, of the Cham.
paign Gazette. viee-Presidents-D. L. Phil
lips, Springfield Journal; Mrs. Myra Brad
we'll, Chicago Legal Netos; 7. E. Woods, Mat
toon Journal. Recording Secretary-Cadet
Taylor, Wenoua Under. Assistant Recording
secretary-C. N Whitney, Princeton Herald.
Corresponding Secretary-C.P p. Richards, Du
quoin Tribune. Treasurer-J. W. Clinton,
Polo Press. Executive Committee. w.
Bailey Princeton Republican; J. B. Bradwell,
Chicago Legal Ne,os; H. l.. Clay, Carrollton
Gazette.
FRIDAY, May 20.-John Edgar Thorn.
son, President of the Pennsylvania Cen
tral Railway Company, died at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia on the 2Sth, aged sixty
six years. . The citizens of Oshkosh, Wis,
on the 2Sth issued call for a convention in
aid of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers improve
ment, to meet at Oshkosh on the gath of June
.. The State Superintendent of Public Schools
of Tennessee has issued circular to County
Superintendcnts, advising that no more
teachers be employed in the State until the
House has acted on the Civil Rights BILL.
The Ellsworth monument at Mechanicsvillc,
N. Y, was unveiled on the 9th, in the pres.
ence Of large number of people.
SATURDAY, May 30-A recent London
dispatch says the British Foreign Office, as
late as the 7th of May, had pressed its de
mand upon the Spanish Government for an
explanation of the Virginius affair and indem.
nifty to the heirs of British victims Presi-
extending to Newfoundland the provisions of
the treaty of Washington, and the products
of the fisheries are now admitted free of duty
THE New York Supreme Court has rem
dered decision denying the motion for
mandamus to compel Chief Justice Davis to
sign the bill of exceptions taken in the
trial of William NJ. Tweed. Judgment
has been entered in the Sangamon County
Qll.) Circuit Court against the Chicago &
Alton Railway Company in the case of the
people of the State as. the company.
Mrs. Charles Hoover, of Toledo, poured kero
sene oil from a can upon the fire to hasten its
burning, when an explosion occurred, fatally
burning the careless woman. Her hus-
band, in his endeavors TO extinguish
the flames, was also badly burned. The
hearing in the case Of the women cru
saders arrested in Pittsburgh for obstructing
the street pavements took place in the Com
mon Pleas Court on the 2Sth, and the Judge
gave a decision reversing the judgment of the
acting Mayor, and ordered the fines to be re-
funded. The ladies were jubilant over their
victory.
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lister Cushing has been formally received by
the spanish PRESIDENT Inc SPaniSi, Nllnls-
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The parents had gone to sit VI
with sick neghbor, leaving the childrel
alone in the house. One boy, aged sixteen
Juinpeu hoh scConu-sUoiJ "ihuo" anu =" q
badly injured. The station-agent in Mil
waukee of the Chicago " Northwestern Ran
road Company was, on the Both ult, tried 10
overcharging, found guilty and fined one dol
lar. This is the first criminal trial for violat
ing the new Wisconsin Railroad law.
The Governor of Louisiana has again ap
pesled to the country for aid for the $500
sufferers by the overflow. On the evenin
of the Goth, while s. D. Heath, the expires
messenger, was arranging his money pack
ages in the express car of the Michiga
Central Railroad, near Three Oaks, Mich