Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-13
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from TeleUams Of Accompanying Dates

nlatory terms. Mayor Spencer, of Atlanta,
Ga, and other prominent citizens have been
arrested for violation Of the Enforcement act
....Gov. Beveridgc, Of Illinois, has issued his
proclamation setting apart Nov 26 as
Thanksgiving Day. Atty Gen. Denny re-
ports the final settlement of the war claims OF
the State Of Indiana with the General Govern.
ment, amounting TO over S3,OOO,OOO The
balance due the State is S1l2, ,267.o6, for which
the State has sccurrd a warrant on the
United States Treasurer q. "A band Of vigilants
hung two horse-thieves at Allentown, Mo-,
sixty miles below st Louis, on the night oil
the I'd,
FRIDAY, Nov. GA Berlin dispatch
says the relations between Russia and Spain
have assumed thoroughly cordial character,
and 1t is expected that the Spanish Republic
viii soon be recognized by the former power
...Recent dispatches from Bayonne say the
troops under Jovellar have defeated the Car
lists at Alhocear with considerable loss Large
bodies of insurgents have offered to sur
render at Maestrazzo. Gen Iona has en-
barked with eight battalions for the relief OF
trun. The chief authorities of the Catholic
Church have decided to hold great
don, with the object of maintaining the
doctrine OF papal infallibility, reasserting the
Pope's right to temporal as well as spiritual
power, and declaring it to be the bounden
duty of all Christians TO return to the allie
glance of Rome. The Protestant Episcopal
Convention, which had been for some time in
session in New York city, adjourned on the
Sd, and will hold its next session in Boston
1871 Previous to adjourning pastoral let.
ter was issued. "A recent Omaha dispatch
says; An officer sent from Fort MCPHERSON,
Neb., few days ago by Gen. Ord,
to visit all sections of the grasshopper
district, reports that he finds no
cases of actual starvation, but much
suffering, some of which has been relieved
from various sources. Relief must be given
or hundreds will starve before winter is half
over. Within ten days many will be without
pound OF corn or flour. The present aid
they are receiving is but drop in the bucket
unless the Government aids them. The alter
native Is fearful to contemplate"
SATURDAY, Nov. "A Paris dispatch
says Italy is about to issue a note to the
European powers calling attention to the
dangers likely to accrue from the
intrigues Of tile Vatican; declaring that
the Government can no longer tolerate
permanent conspiracy in its own
capital, and urging the powers to dis
continue the custom of maintaining ambassa-
dors at the Holy See. "A dispatch from Hen
days says the Carlists are hurling petroleum
shells into IrJm.. According to the official
returns the Republican majority in Iowa at
the October election is 80, 900. Two congrat-
ulatory Democratic meetings were held in
New York city on the evening of the
5th, at which speeches were made by
Governor elect Tilden, Senators Thurman,
Bayard, Stockton, Senator-elect Eaton, and
others. "A New Orleans dispatch of the 9th
inst. says the Committee of Seventy had
adopted resolution inviting "the people OF
Louisiana to meet at their respective places
of worship on Thursday, Nov. 49, to return
thanks to Almighty God for their deliverance
from political bondage"
MONDAY, Nov. "a Rome dispatch
announces that the Pope has been taken sud
denly ILL The Schleswig- Holstein question
is under discussion between Denmark and
Germany. Several prominent merchants OF
Memphis, Tenn, have been arrested ard
Court in the sum of $1,000 each, charged
with violating the Enforcement act in dis
charging colored men from their employ for
refusing to vote the Democratic ticket
last August. 1t has recently trans
pired that three children-two girls
aged fifteen and thirteen, and one
boy aged ten--of John Martin, residing near
Fort Wayne, Ind, were stolen on the 1st OF
October, and have not since been heard from
No reason for the abductions is known. The
parents have been nearly distracted over theiI
loss, but kept quiet in hopes of gaining clew
TO the whereabouts the missing children.
Several arrests have been made in Louisiana
for alleged violations of the Enforcement act
Much excitement existed in Northern Louis
lana on the 9th caused by the previous ar
rest by Lieut.. Hodgson and Marshal Selye o
parties without warrant rs is alleged, anC
by force of United States bayonets. Th'
Lieutenant and Marshal were subsequently
brought before Judge Trimble, at Vienna
charged with contempt of court in disobey
ing Il writ of hd6eas corpus, and fined $l0t
each, and sentenced to ten days imprison
ment in the parish Jail. d. NJ. Jewett, United
States Commissioner, had been indicted anC
naping He was bound over in the sum 0
$1,000. The Conservative Committee of Sew
enty at New Orleans telegraphed to Presiden
Grant on the Sth, stating that the Conserva
tives had been entirely successful at the re
cent election in Louisiana, and that thousand
of cOlored citizens had voted the Conservative
ticket, and protesting against the further oc
cupation of the State by military forces, an,
requesting their withdrawal. Diphtheria |
prevailing to an alarming extent in New Yor
city.
TUESDAY, Nov. 10.-A Berlin dispatcl
says the first attempt of the Prussian Govern
ment to have priests elected by the cOngregs
tions had taken place at Landsberg, and ha
resulted in utter failure, only eleven person
having voted, An application has been mad
to the Ecclesiastical Court for III
deposition of the Bishop of Paderborn.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General
his annual report estimates that the propo
tion of washed stamps used again in the pay
ment of postage is per cent Of the value {
all the stamps sold each year, causing an al
nual loss of S10O0,000 to the revenue of tn
department. -. Theodore Tilton's civil su
against Henry Ward BeecheT came up i'm III
Brooklyn City Court on the 9th, and was pos
poned, at the request of the defendants coul
sci, until the 18th. The libel case of Mi,
Proctor against Mr.. MOulton also came up b
fore the same court, and II postponeme
was granted until the 10th Lieut-Ge
Sheridan has returned to his headquarters
Chicago from Fort Sill and the Indian cou
try. He reports that the Indians who ha
been on the war-path are pretty thorough
subdued, having surrendered their arms al
ponies 10 the Government troops. He anti
pates no further difficulty in that quarter.
Prof \. b. smith, eX-Prcsident of the
kansas Valley Collegiate Institute, publish
In the 81, Louis papers statement in viii
he says there are fully 10000 people in Kans
and Nebraska who are either now or "
shortly be in absolute want of the uecessar
of life y daughter OF I. Q. Buten, Of Nilt
Junction, Wis, was burned to death the oil
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