Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-06-25
EPIToME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED rlLEeRApHIc NEWS.

pANIANDbH ulSpdUCHcS vi INC lOIn rep
resent that the political situation in Mad
rid caused increasing uneasiness. It was
rumored that the Carlists were about to
lombard Bilbao.
THE suspension Of the firm Of Bennett,
Benson & Co., of Quebec, was announced
on the 10th, with liabilities estimated at
over 81 000,0 900.
THE commission to examine the new
Custom House in Chicago completed their
report on the 18th, and it is said they rec
commended the demolition of the walls
now up and the laying of new founda-
ton
IT was reported on the 10th that the
difficulties between thc Baltimore 6 Ohio
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
MES had been compromised.
AN explosion occurred in building
used for the manufacture of fireworks inI
Boston, on the 10Th, and six lives were
lost the burned and charred bodies being
taken out of the ruins soon after the acci-
dent. The cause of the explosion was uns
known.
THE New Hampshire House of Repre-
sentatives on the 10th paSsed--173 to 1876
the resolution reported by the majority
of the Committee on Elections that Ray
mond and Harding Democrats) were not
entitled to seats.
A DESTRUCTIVE tornado passed over
Quincy, ILL.,, on the morning of the 18th,
and destroyed property 90 the value of
about 100000. One man was killed.
THE Minnesota Reform State Conven-
tion was held at Minneapolis on the 18th
and nominated Prof r. F. Humiston for
Governor, J. b. Tuttle for Lieutenant
Governor, John H. Stevens for Secretary
OF State and H. D. Brown for Treasurer,
The platform adopted declares that com
potency, honesty and sobriety are indis-
pensable qualifications for holding public
office, and that removal for mere differ
ence of political opinion is practice OPP
posed to sound policy.
MANY additional failures were reported
in London on the 18th, the following
among others: Malcolm, Hudson & Co.,
financial agents of the japanese Govern
ment; \. Gonzales & CO.. Young, Borth-
wick & Co.. liabilities, 81, 800, ,OO0 John
Anderson & Co., liabilities 81 ,0O0, 900; J.
c. Fonlier; Westhead & Co., of Man
chester, liabilities 81 100000; John
Strachan 81 Co., East India merchants,
liabilities 81 100000, and Henry Adam
son & Sons ship and insurance brokers.
THE recent Pennsylvania State Temper
| ance Convention nominated Hon. Robert
Audley Brown, formerly Republican
member of the State Legislature, for
Governor, and Elijah F. Henry Packer,
of Chester County, for State Treasurer
The platform adopted pronounces in favor
of woman suffrage and against sectarian
| influence in schools.
Hon. VIM. ALLEN has been renominated
for Governor by the Ohio Democratic
State Convention, which met at Columbus
on the 17th The balance of the ticket is
as follows; For Lieutenant Governor,
Samuel F.. Cary, of Hamilton; Su-
preme Judge, Thomas Q. Ashburn, of
Clermont; Auditor, E. NJ. Greene, of Shell
| by; Treasurer, John Schreiner, of Meigs;
Attorney General, Thomas f. Powell, of
| Delaware; member of the Board of Public
Works, II. E. O'Hogan, of Erie. Among
the resolutions adopted was one in
! favor OF limiting the Presidents service
| to one term mt a salary Of $25, 900
year, and another demanding that
the present financial policy of the
General Government be abandoned, and
that the volume of currency be made
and kept equal to the wants of the trade,
leaving the restoration of legal tenders to
par with gold to be brought about by pro-
noting the industries of the people and
not by destroying them"
AMONG the failures reported by cable
on the 18th were N. Alexander, Son &
Co., Alexander, Collie & Co., Octavius
Phillips Il Co., of London, and Medlock,
Smallware & Co., of Manchester, En-
gland.
\ FIRE was raging in Dublin on the
morning of the 10Th, which had already
destroyed over 81 100000 worth of prop
erty. 1t originated in the excise bonded
stores, and several tremendous explosions
had occurred.
THE King of Burmah, becoming con-
vinced of his inability successfully to op-
pose the English, has yielded all the
points in dispute, and there win be no
fighting.
A sEvERE earthquake shock was felt at
Indianapolis and elsewhere in Indiana
and Ohio on the 18th. In some places
buildings were shaken, and people fed
from their houses in alarm.
FIVE men were killed and six injured
.1.by collision between freight and stock
train ON the Burlington e. Missouri River
Railroad, near Charlton, Iowa, on the nth
News from Texas of the 18th was to the
effect that United States troops were CON
centrating on the Mexican border, and
that a man-of-war had been ordered to the
mouth of the Rio Grande. ~
ST. Louis was visited by violent thun-
der and rain storm on the night of the
18th, and many portions of the city were
deluged, The same storm extended
throughout Missouri and portions Of Hi
nois, Iowa and Nebraska, doing consider
able damage,
ANNoUNoEMENT IS made of the failure
, of T.. ID. Jewett & Co., of st. Johns, N
t b., with liabilities, amounting TO nearly
$6,OOO,OOO.
; A LvERPooL dispatch Of the 10th an
! nounces the dangerous illness Of Lady
! Franklin and requests the churches o.
America to pray for her recovery,
! THE United States Consul at Cher
: Kiang was recently grossly insulted by
a some Chinese. soldiery. He was com
: PEELED TO place himself under the protec
. ton of the British Government.
| A FIRE broke out in the Government