Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-17

SIR Houston STEWART, Vice-Admiral
of the British navy, is dead.
THE British Parliament has been sum-
moned to meet on the 9Th of February.
THE Carlist Gen. Sabals has been
sentenced by court-martal to four years
imprisonment.
THE Kentucky State Grange has passed
resolutions favoring Government aid to the
Texas Pacific Railroad
AN explosion of fre-damp in the coal.
mine at Methley, near Leeds, England,
recently, caused the death of six work.
men.
WILLIAM DELANEY was recently hanged
in New York for the murder, in August
last of Capt Lawrence, on board
schooner ut Cow Bay.
JUDGE BANGS, of Lacon, H., is the sue.
cessor of J. ID. Ward, OF Chicago, as
United States District Attorney for the
Northern District OF Illinois.
JOHN Q. SMITH, ex-Member Of Con-
gress from Ohio, has been appointed Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, and has ac-
cepted the position.
in a letter signed by him as Governor
of Louisiana McEnery expresses his re-
gret at the action of Mcmillan in with
drawing his credentials as Senator from
that State, and states his opinion that Me-
MILAN has seriously erred in his conclu-
sions TO which he has arrived.
THE bill recently introduced in the United
States Senate by Mr.. Morton in regard to
the counting of the votes for President and
President is copy of the bill on
the same subject which was prepared by
the Privileges and Elections Committee
and reported to the Senate last February.
The Republican National Committee is
to meet in Washington on the 18th
January for the purpose of determining
upon the time and place for holding the
next Republican National Convention for
the nomination of candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United
States.
The Agricultural Department report
for November shows that the corn crop of
1875 was one-fourth larger than that of
1874, and one of the heaviest ever grown
in America. The same is true of potatoes,
in quality as well as in quantity while all
the tobacco-growing States show a large
increase of product.
THE following are the names of the
principal officers of the Kentucky State
Grange, recently elected at Louisville:
Master, NJ. d. Davie; Overseer, w. ID.
Stone; Lecturer, DR.. r. D. Smith; Treas.
urer, j. w. Clark; Secretary, Eugene
Barnes; Executive Committee, Drs. F.
Gano, j. IL. Harris, Richard Waters.
THE committee of the Arkansas Legis.
lature appointed to inquire into the man.
ner Of the election of United States Sen
ator Dorsey have made unanimous re-
port to the effect that they find no proof
whatever to substantiate the charges of
bribery and corruption preferred against
the Senator in the manner of procuring
his election. The report was adopted by
the Legislature without dissenting vote
ACCORDING TO the recent annual report
of Plymouth Church, of Brooklyn, N. V,
the total membership of that organization
Is 2,490, an increase of 100 during the
past year. OF this total number 1 $50 are
females and 915 are males. There were
2,844 pupils in the schools, and 255 teach
ers. The sum of $l11, Ala was raised
during the past year, exclusive of the per-
sonal contributions. OF this sum $40, 900
were from pew.rents.
THE Lima PERU Opinion NdtiOndle of
recent date says that while repairs were
lately being made on the San Andres Hos
pital, a wall, on being thrown down, was
found to have been hollow, and filled with
human remains. Between 4 900 and 8, 900
skeletons had been taken out. They ap-
peared to be from $50 to 200 years old,
and all had fragments of clothing upon
them. They were believed to have been
the victims of the Inquisition.
AT meeting of Methodist ministers in
Boston few days ago, under the lead OF
Bishop Haven, a resolution was adopted
in favor of the denomination of President
Grant "as a measure of public safety"
A number of Methodist ministers of Salt
Lake City, Utah, have, at a recent meet.
ing, protested against this action on the
part of their Boston brethren, and passed
resolution denOuncing the President fol
his course toward that Territory.
THE bin introduced into the House re-
Gently for the regulation of postage or
printed matter provides that "on and aft
er the 1st day of June, 1876, postage shall
be charged on pamphlets, transient news
papers, periodicals, magazines, handbills
posters, unsealed circulars and pros
pectuses, proof of sheets and corrected
each two ounces or fraction thereof, anC
the postage on all other mailable matte
of this third class shall be and remain Al
now provided by law"
THE Union League of America recent,
held a National Council at Philadelphia
at which declaration of principles wa
adopted, to the following effect; That tn
credit of the Government at home ant
abroad must be maintained; that sucl
improvements rs shall be most beneticia
to commerce, and such enactments as ma
be most productive to labor, shall b
granted by the Government; that the pull
lie schools of the several States should b
fostered and protected from every en-
,croachment, especially from interference
by any sectarian movement; that churo
and State shall remain forever free and in
dependent, and that all citizens of tn
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