Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-24
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
THE Office Of the Little Rock (Ark)
Gazette was recently destroyed by fire.
THE town of Arecibo, Porto Rico has
been nearly destroyed by an earthquake.
GEo. S. BANGS has resigned the position
of General Superintendent of the Railway
Mail Service.
THE Virginia Legislature has reelected
John w. Johnston 0he Democratic nomi.
nee) as United States Senator from that
State.
THERE are now 100 Oranges in Massa-
chusetts, an increase of thirty-fve during
the past year. The number of members
is 1000, an increase of 1900.
A ROME (Italy) dispatch of The 18th says
over 600 persons in that Kingdom had
made application for space at the Phila-
delphia Centennial Exposition.
BURBAcH, the Milwaukee rectfier late.
ly convicted of fraud upon the revenue,
has been sentenced TO eight months i'm
prisonment and to pay fine of So 1000.
THE cabinet-shops of the Wheeler &
Wilson Sewing Machine Company, at
Bridgeport, Conn, were recently destroyed
by fire. Loss $500, 900; insurance $780,
0OO
AT the recent municipal election in
Boston Mayor Cobb--the " Citizens -
candidate-was reelected by majority
of between 1000 and 5000 over II. j.
Boardman
THE jury in the recent trial of Thomas
w. Piper, the Boston sexton, for the muir
der in church belfry tower in May last
of little Mabel Young, failed to agree
standing, it is said, nine for conviction to
three for acquittal.
THE official report of the Secretary of
the Michigan State Grange states that the
membership of the Order in the State, as
near as could be determined from reports
received, was, on the Both of Septenber,
34,275; number of subordinate Oranges,
Gil.
A DISPATCH from 81. Paul de Loanda,
on the west coast of Africa, states that
Capt. Cameron's exploring expedition had
reached there on the 10Th of November,
having traversed the African continent
from Ujiii. The expedition had been a
pronounced success.
VERY cold weather was experienced in
New England on the Goth. The mercury
ranged from ten degrees below zero in
Boston and vicinity to thirty-five degrees
below at Skowhegan, Me-, forty one be-
low at Littleton, N. H., and forty three
below at st. Johnsbury, VT
ALEXANDER p. TUITION, Supervisor o.
Internal Revenue, who was assigned tC
st. Louis in McDonald's place, has writ
ten a letter to the President in which hC
claims that the order transferring Super
visors of Internal Revenue in January
last was suspended at his own instance
and not at the request of Gen. Babcock.
THE New York Graphic Of recent datC
started the theory that Boss Tweed was
not voluntary fugitive, but that he had
been abducted and killed by men whom
he could implicate in the plundering oi
the city treasury, and who were interested
in getting him out of the way because Of
alleged threats by Tweed to make dam
aging revelations regarding them.
THE following are the names of thC
Congres smen who voted against the anti
third-term resolution recently adopted il
the United States House of Representa-
tives: Bradley, Denison, Haralson, Hoge
Hubbell, Hyman, Lynch, MacDougall
Nash, Page, Plaisted, Pratt, Smalls, Wal
lace. rs. CO., Walls, Wells (Miss.), White
Whiting--18. The vote in favor of tn,
resolution was 232.
On the occasion of the recent hanging
of three colored men in New York city
the rope was carelessly adjusted arount
the neck of one of them, and just as thu
weight descended the knot slipped anC
the victim was left writhing betweer
heaven and earth. He made desperate
efforts TO relieve himself and cried alouC
for assistance. Finally the knot agaiI
shifted, the moose closed around his wind
pipe and he died by strangulation.
THE National Cheap Transportation
Convention at its recent session in Chi
cago elected as officers for the ensuing
year: John +. Henry, of New York
President; a Vice President from eacl
State and Territory; F. B. Thurber, o
New York, Treasurer; Frank Gilbert, o
Chicago, Secretary; II. A. Stolenworks
of Selma Ala, Assistant Secretary. Th
Executive Committee is composed as fol
lows: John F. Henry, President; F. B
Thurber, Treasurer; James Utley, Vice
President; Frank Gilbert, Secretary, ant
II. A. Stolenworks, Assistant Secretary.
The Issue Between the United State
and Spain.
s1sstlaar
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA.
The present distinctive point at issu
between the United States and Spain i
stated in non-olficial, unusually well
informed, circles to be as follows;
The United States ask: 1, That in futur
all American citizens in Cuba accused O
violation of law shall be tried by civi
courts, and not by military tribunals
with all the rights in such cases as ar
secured by the seventh article Of the treat
of1795; and 2. That all sentences, wher
American citizens bave heretofore beel
tried by military tribunals. shall be an
Rulled. Spain In some degree concede