Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-07-05
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


1t is stated in London telegram of the 25th
that the Russians have 81, 426 sick in the Balk-
ans Peninsula, and of the recruits raised in
1877 for the Armenian campaign p per cent.
are dead.
A telegram of the 25th from Berlin reports
that Lord Beaconsfield, in conversation with
Prince Bismarck, who urged him to make con-
cessions, said /" did not come here ts yield"
A Bucharest dispatch of the 25th reports
that the Roumanian Government is advised
from many sides, particularly from Italy and
France, to come to an agreement with Russia
at any price.
1t is stated in the Berlin Gazette that not
withstanding the favorable progress already
made, some weeks must elapse before the En-
peror can be removed to the country.
The distinguished Arctic navigator, Sir
George Book, died in London on the 25th,
One Bishop, an Englishman, charged with
having bribed Officials to obtain plans of fort
resses in Germany, was convicted and SEN
fenced to two years and a half Imprisonment,
in Berlin, on the 25th.
A boat containing eight young men was
capsized by a sudden squall in Chester Basin,
near Halifax, on the 23d. Four were drowned.
Their names are Schaffer, Bessanson, Eisen-
hauer, and Dimm.
1t was reported in London on the 26th that
three Indian troop ships had been ordered to
Malta to take back the Indian contingent.
The earth-works that are being constructed
at the northern outlets of the Carpathian
passes and mountain roads are being made
practicable for artillery on both sides of the
frontier.
A telegram from London on the 26th says
that Gen. Grant will return to the United
States next spring by way of India.
Lord Dutferin, Governor General of Canada,
has accepted the extension of his appoint
ment.
Mercedes, Queen of Spain, died at Madrid
on the Goth.
Berlin telegram of the Goth says that
Bosnia and Herzegovina will be occupied by
Austrian troops within fortnight,
At last Greece has concluded loan in Paris
of Sl0,OOO,OOO.
A clerk in the English Foreign office was ar
rested on the 9th ult., on a charge of COM
municating a memorandum of the agreement
between England and Russia to the daily
Globe.
Therapia dispatch of the 9th ult., re-
ports that about twenty obscure persons have
been arrested suspected of completely in the
conspiracy in favor of ex-Sultan Murad. The
party opposed to the Sultan appears to gain
strength, The report of the Turkish Minis
ter of Police to this effect has increased the
Sultan's agitation, impaired his health, and
caused him to summon 1900 fresh troops to
Constantinople
The Town Council of Berlin is considering
| resolution that a grad historical painting
be made at the expense of the town eommem-
Grating the meeting of the Peace Congress.
The Rome Hdlie states that the Pope will
celebrate a solemn mass of requiem in SistinC
Chapel for the repose of the soul of the Queen
of Spain.
A letter from Havana says that the cam
paign of the Spaniards against the Cubani
without any battles cost the former S0,OO(
men and the island is a vast cemetery.
A spendidly contested match took place OF
the 2sth ult. in London, between Capt. Bogar
dus, the famous American pigeon shot, ant
Pennell, the no less well known Englishman
1t resulted In a victory for Bogardus, VIII,
killed seventy birds out of hundred. Pen
nell killed sixty-eight
The gold medal Of the French Geographical
Society was presented to Henry NJ Stanley
the explorer, on the 2Sth ult,, in Paris, in tn
presence OF a brilliant assemblage,