Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-24
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from YcIsqams d Accompanying Dates

Nrotulauc nlIl upon MS csCupc mum wy
ball Of the assassin. Bismark appeared and
addressed the assembly. Aftcr expressing
his thanks for the demonstration nc saiu
the attempt on his life was not dlrcctcu
against his person, but against inc
cause he represented priest named liau-
tboler had been arrested as an accomplicc Of
Kullman. On the 14th destructive fire
broke out in Oshkosh Wis, which before
II was cxtinguished burned over terri
tory two miles long and ono mile wide,
--e<,,.,is,ss.--e- loss estimated at from
SGOO,OOO to St,00O,0O0. One half of the
business portion Of the city was de-
stroyed and about one-quarter Of the
residence portion. Among those killed was
w. p. Taylor, the City Treasurer. An in
cendiary fire was started in the afternoon Of
the 14th in a rag -picker's shop, in the rear Of
527 South Clark street, Chicago, which before
midnight had burned over sixty acres of ftcrrito-
ry, destroyed over 1000 houses and rendered
6,000persons homeless. A stiffbrcczc was blow
ing from the southwest similar in intensity
to the wind that prevailed on the day Of the
great fire in 1871, and burning cnders were
carried long distance, setting on fire numcr-
Gus structures in advance Of the point where
the fire originated and where 1t was sought TO
be confined. The territory burned over lies
between Twelfth street on the SOUTH Clark
street on the west, Van Buren, street on the
north, and the lake on the cast Among the
more important buildings destroyed were
the Olivet Baptist Church; First Baptist
Church; Adcphi Theater; Michigan Avenue,
Continental, st. james and Woods Hotels;
the Inter- Oceonic buildings; German Evan
gclical Church; two Jewish synagogues; the
Postofice; the Jones public school
and business structures too numerous
to mention. Three steam firccngines
were burned, and several persons were
killed The total loss is variousy estimated
at from s4,OOOOOO to S70OO,0O0. The busi-
ness portion Of the town of Iowa Falls, Iowa,
was consumed on the afternoon Of the 14th.
Forty-ive buildings were burned, iniicting u
loss of 100000.
THURSDAY, July 16--At the inter-
collegiate regatta held at Saratoga on
the 18th Princeton won in the six
cared race and Yale in the single
scull race. According to the Chicago
Tribune of the 10th the insurance companies
lost S3,3S1 400 from the recent fire in that city
....About a block of ground was burned over
in the West Division Chicago on the even
ing of the 18th. Loss about 100000. The
, Indiana State Democratic Convention
met in indianapolis on the 18th, and
organized by the election Of Gov. Hendricks
as President and J. w. Nichol with two as
sstants as Secretaries. The President on
taking the chair was received with cheers,
and spoke at considerable length upon the
principles and prospects of the party.
Resolutions were adopted-favoring the
redemption of the $50 bonds in green
backs; favoring the repeal of the law OF
March, 1869, which construed the law so as
to make such bonds payable in gold; fayorng
the repeal of the National Banking law; fa
voring a return to specie payments as soon as
the business interests of the country will per-
mit favoring the adjustment of the volume
of currency to the commercial and industrial
wants of the country; opposing mixed schools,
but favoring liberal system of education
for all, black and white; condemning what is
known as the Civil Rights bin and arragning
Senators Morton and Pratt for their votes in
favor of the measure; favoring the repeal OF
the Baxter law and the enactment of n suita-
bic license law which shall protect society
and increase the school fund; favoring re-
trenchment and the reduction of taxes; de-
nouncing the increase of State taxes
by the last Republican Legislature; de
manding such change in the laws as shall
prohIbitthe use of public money for private
gain; opposing grants Of land or money to
railroad or other corporations; favoring the
abolition of the office of County Superintend
ent of Schools and the restoration of the
former law in relation to the appraisemcnt o
real estate for purposes of taxation; demand
ing that the remaining public lands shall b'
held for the benefit of actual settlers under thu
Homestead laws, and demanding the cquali
zation Of bounties to soldiers and sailors. Th'
following nominations Of candidates for Stat
offices were made: For Secretary Of State, j
E. Neff, of Randolph County; Auditor of State
E. Henderson, of Morgan County; Treasurer
B. C. Shaw, of Marion County; Superintendent
of Public Instruction, J. II. Smart of AlleI
County: Attorney General, C. A. Buskirk, o
Gibson County; Judge Of the Supreme Court
Horace P. Biddle, of Cass County.
FRIDAY, July IA Madrid dis
patch says that England, Germany an
Russia had decided to recognize the SPANS
Republic The Carlists had decided to shoe
one Republican for every shot fired at them b
the fleet at Bilboa. Three Cubans who wer
lately captured by the Spaniards at Cana
gIlay were executed on the Spanish gunboa
Neptune, in which they were being conyeye
from Nueyitas to Havana. According to
dispatch of the 10Th a terrible fire was ragin
in Galatea one of the suburbs OF Constant
nople The Ohio State Republican Coz
vention will be held at Columbus on tn
I'd Of September. According 10 a
Omaha (Neb) dispatch of the lot
an immense cloud Of grasshoppers ha
alirhted the day before in the
cnity of Columbus, and were doin
much damage. \ serious quarrel has arise
between Treasurer Spinner and Acting-Secr'
tary of the Treasury COnant in regard to I'll
ciyil-servicc rules in Spinner's bureau. Sc'
retary Bristow sustans Conant in insistin
that they shall be enforced and Spinner HI
appealed to the President. Theodore Tito
and his wife have formally separated. Mr.
Tilton denies the allegations Of her husban
in regard to Mr.. Bcechcr. Goldsmith Ma
trottcd three straight heats at East SaginaN
Mich, ON the 10Th in 2:19A, 2:l619 and 2:1
being not only the three fastest consecuti'
heats on record but two heats the slower
which was better than the best time ever mat
by any trotting horse in America or els
where.
July 19.--A Constantinop
dispatch of the nth says the fire at Galat
burned six hours and destroyed $4,000
worth of property. Two hundred hous
were burned. NJ. de Fourton, French Mi
lister of the Interior, resigned on the nth
consequence of irreconcable differences wi
his colleagues. Recent Cuban dispatch
represent that the Cuban insurgen
had lately manifested considerable q
tlyty They had captured the garris
of Ganyacales and were holding und
puted possession of Trinidad They were al
in large force in the cnvirons of Puerto Pr
cipe. Lauten, the United States Consu
Agent at Manzanlllo had been ordered
leave the island The insurance compan
lost S25l39O by the recent fire at Oshko