Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-03
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A WAsHINGToN special Of the 23d says
orders were that day issued at The Navy
Department, in great secrecy, for the fit
ting up Of fye more iron-clads, making q
total of twelve iron clads which, within
three weeks, had been made ready for
active service, and embracing nearly all
the available iron-clads on the list. sss
TIE following officers of the National
Grange were chosen at the recent session
of that body in Louisville; Master, John
t. Jones, Of Arkansas; Overseer, j. j.
! Woodman, of Michigan Lecturer, A. b.
Smedley, Iowa; Steward A. j.
Vaughn, of Mississippi; Assistant Stew
ard, Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey ;
Chaplain, s. II. Ellis, Of Ohio; Treasurer,
F. NJ. Mcdowell; Secretary, O. II. Kel-
ley, of Kentucky; Gatekeeper, o. Din
widdie, OF Indiana; Ceres, Mrs. 1T.
Jones, of Arkansas; Pomona, Mrs. God
dard, of Connecticut; Flora, Mrs. Adams,
of Minnesota; Assistant Steward, Miss
Carrie Hall of Louisville.
THE Woman's National Temperance
Convention, at its recent meeting in Gin
cinnati, adopted resolutions recommend
ing Gospel temperance prayer meetings,
cheap lunch and lodging houses, free
reading-rooms and temperance reform
clubs; urging American women to train
theirchildren to avoid intoxicating liquors; !;
expressing gratitude to God that Secretary
| Bristow had successfully exposed the cor
/ ruptions of the wliisl1yring, and recogniz-
ing the statesmanship of tie Postmaster.
General in removing from his depart
ment all assistants addicted toalcoholic
beverages. Mrs. Annie WHtenmyer was
reelected Presidentof the society Among
other matters it was proposed to try to
keep the sale of liquor out of the Centen-
nial grounds next year, Mrs Wittenmyer
remarking that it would require at least
$50, 900 to do it, for that amount had been
! paid already by brewer for the exclusive
right to sell his beverage inside the in
! closure.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the death in
New York city of William B. Astor, eld-
est son of the late John Jacob Astor, and
one of the weaithiest men in the United
| States. He leaves a fortune of over $50,-
600, 900. Five children survive him.
three sons and two daughters. Deceased
was over eighty years old. atat i--
A COMMITTEE appointed by the Ma
tional Grange to arrange marriage cere-
monial reported adversely, and were sus
| tanned.
In the case Of Leopold Wirth and
Robert Kiewert on trial at Milwaukee for
whisky frauds, the jury have rendered a
verdict acquiting the former and disa-
greed as to the latter, standing, it is said,
eight for conviction and four for acquittal
THE official count of all the Indians in
the United States places the total number
at 226, 900, of whom 10000 are put down
as &" civilized" 10000 as semi-civil.
lied, J." and 81 900 as .barbarous" This
enumeration does not include the Indians
| in Alaska.
THE American residents and visitors in
! Berlin appropriately celebrated Thanks
giving Day. A sermon was preached by
Rev. DR.. Thompson. At the close of the
religious services resolutions were adopted
! expressive of sorrow at the death of
Vice President Wilson and directing that
a telegram Of condolenee be sent to the
United States.
! In his annual report Brig. Gen. Ben
nett, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau,
United States Army, says the bureau has
for several years past called attention to
the necessity of an increase to the annual
appropriation for arming and equipping
the militia. The annual appropriation
Of $500, 900 was made in 1903, when the
population of the country was about
| 100000. At the present time, with a
population of over 40, ,000, 900, the amount
appropriated is still the same, and it is
impossible for his department to meet all
the demands made upon it by the States
and Territories The last official re-
port gives the following as the aggregate
strength of the militia of the United
States: Organized, S4,124; unorganized,
| 3,701 ,017; and there is little doubt that
were arms and military equipments more
freely supplied the organized force would
be greatly enlarged.
IT was reported on the Goth that the
British Government had bought of the
Khedive of Egypt el, 200, 900 worth of
Suez Canal shares, and that the latter had
been authorized to draw on the Roths-
childs at sight for the amount
THE French newspaper Le Pays was
seized on the 25th for reproducing M. de
Cassagnac's speech to the Bonapartists of
Bellville.
1T was announced from Madrid on the
2jth that Gen. Quesada had captured San
Cristobal, with all the Carlist positions in
the neighborhood of Pampeluna
A KEROSENE or fluid lamp exploded in
the bedroom of Mrs. Charlotte Chew, of
Camden, N. j., on the morning Of the
25th, and Miss Laura Chew jumped out
bed, when her night-clothes caught fire
and she opened a window Ton the second
floor OF the building) and either jumped
or fell to the ground and was so terribly
| injured that she died in a few minutes.
The clothes of the mother also took fire,
and before assistance could be rendered
she was so dreadfully burned that she ex-
pired during the day, and William Chew,
her son, was severely burned.
AT South Bend, Ind, few days ago,
Mr.. Murray, editor of the Herald, of that
city, had a misunderstanding with lady
printer and sub-editor in his employ and
discharged her and afterward inserted an
article in his paper offensive to her. She
subsequently assaulted him on the street
with a cowhide, which he attempted to
take from her, and in the scuffie which
ensued she was thrown to the ground