Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-04-21
EPIToME OF THE WEEK
CONDENSED rELEGsAPHlC NEWS.


THE st. Petersburg papers of the 18th
say, editorially that foreign intervention
in the affairs of Turkey will meet with
Russias energetic opposition, if directed
against sclaves and their righteous re-
quests.
THE Servian Government has made a
forced levy of ten dollars per head, the
voluntary National loan having proved
failure.
A RECENT Madrid dispatch says the
Pope had threatened to withdraw the
Papal Nuncio from Spain unless Article
II of the proposed Constitution the arti-
Gle guaranteeing religious liberty-be de-
feated.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the
18th reports an insurgent defeat near
Kievacs. They were reported to have
lost 300 killed and wounded. The Turk
ish loss was small.
IT was reported from Washington, on
the 18th, that L, K. Lippipcott, late Chief
Clerk in the General Land Office, had
been indicted for fraudulent transactions
in connection with Chippewa lands, and
mad fled before he could be arrested. He
was thought to have gone to some foreign
country.
THE funeral of the late A. T. Stewart
took place in New York, on the 18th, at
his home and at St. Marks Church,
Bishop Potter officiating.
A RECENT Fort Laramie (Wy.) telegram
states that man named ROwsee had just
arrived there and reported that he and his
party of five men were attacked by Indi-
ans Just north of the Cheyenne River, on
the 7th, when returning from Custer City.
One of the party-Norman Storms, Of
Iowa, was shot through the body and
killed Rowsee was shot through the
shoulder, but not seriously. The Indians
were very numerous in that section. A
great deal of stock had been run off.
On the 18th and 14th a heavy snow
storm prevailed throughout France. In
Bordeaux and Marseilles the snow was
unusually deep, and it was thought the
grape vines in the Bordeaux district had
been permanently injured. No such win
try weather had been known in Paris, at
this season, for fifty years.
THE statue of Abraham Lincoln, erected
by the colored people of the country, was
unveiled at Washington on the 18th, the
eleventh anniversary of his assassination.
President Grant unveiled the statue in the
presence of large concourse of people,
including Cabinet officers, Justices of the
Supreme Court, Senators, Representatives,
etc. The colored people were out in full
force. A poem was read composed by
Miss Caroline Ray (colored) Of New York.
Frederick Douglass was the orator of he
day.
A REPORT was received at Alexandria,
Egypt, on the 10th, from the army in
Abyssinia, to the effect that it was sur
rounded by the natives and in imminent
danger of being cut to pieces. Abyssinia
had demanded indemnity for all her ex-
penses in the war as condition precedent
to the withdrawal of her forces.
THE steamer Hevelius, having on board
the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, ar
rived at New York, on the 10Th. Secre-
tary Fish and other distinguished gentle
men met the Emperors steamer on its ar
rival and received the royal party, who
were rendered the hcspitalities of the city.
Secretary Fish made brief address OF
welcome.
ONE of the Directors of the Central
Bank of Antwerp, Belgium-M. Juge-
nohl-committed suicide, "A few days ago.
THERE was large demonstration in
Hyde Park, London, on the nth, to de-
mand the liberation of the Tichborne
claimant The meeting numbered about
10 900 souls.
| In a fight which occurred in the streets
of Limerick, Ireland, on the 18th, between
the Nationalist and Home Rulers, over
| 100 persons were wounded, forty serious
ly and six fatally. The disturbance was
quelled by the police with great difficulty
A ROME ntaly) dispatch of the 18th
says negotiations between Spain and the
Vatican had been suspended. Spain had
announced that it would adhere to the
concordat of 1851, except the clause de-
creeing religious unity, and the Vatican
demanded adherence to the concordat in
its entirety.
A NATIONAL LABOR CONVENTION, com
posed of delegates from different labor
organizations throughout the United
States, met at Pittsburgh on the 18th, and
effected permanent organization.