Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-07

A proposition has been presented in the
French Senate by Victor Hugo favoring full
amnesty to Communists.
Bismarck's scheme OF protection is meeting
with vigorous opposition.
Stanley is going on another African ex-
petition.
The rinderpest has again broken out in
Prussia.
The distress at Dunham, England, is said to
be greater than at any time since the great
strike thirty-four years ago. Seven thousand
miners are idle.
The Russian Government has decided that
the bodies of the dead throughout the infect.
ed district shall be burned.
General Grant and party arrived at Alexan-
dria, Egypt, on the Both ult.
President MacMahon resigned on the Both
ult. because Of a disagreement with the Min
istry, and an unwillingness to assent to meas
ures which he regards contrary to the good of
the army organization. NJ. Grevy was elected
President by the Chambers. There was but
little excitement and no disturbance
The Ameer Of Afghanistan has arrived on
the Russian frontier
| lewis Potter director, and Robert Sumner
Stronack, manager, of the City Of Glasgow
Bank, were found guilty, on the 3lst ult., on
the charges Of fraud, theft and embezzlement
Gambetta has been elected President of the
Chamber Of Deputies.
A Liverpool dispatch, on the 31st ult., stated
that the Privy Council Department had under
consideration the subject of future arrival of
cattle from America. This action has been
caused by the detection Of pleuro- pneumonia
in cargo of cattle shipped from Portland on
the ship Ontario
st. Petersburg dispatch states that the
Minister of the Interior has been empowered
to burn Wothanken and other villages where
the plague has made its appearance. The in
habtants are to be removed elsewhere within
the quarantine district. The Car has an
proved the measures adopted by the Commit
tee of Ministers.
President Grevy has chosen Waddington as
Premier
1t is reported that the black plague has
made its appearance in the province of Clara,
Brazil.
A Gibraltar dispatch says it is feared that
before next year half of the inhabitants of the
southern provinces of Morocco will have per
ished by starvation and disease on account of
the scarcity caused by last years. drought.
Ten thousand dock laborers were out on a
strike at Liverpool on the LIST. In consequence
of the slackness in trade 10000 more have
been thrown out of employment.
The Canadian Council has passed an order
prohibiting the importation Of American cat
tie into Canada.
1t was reported in Rome on the 1st that
Bismarck and the Vatican had arrived at
satisfactory understanding.
Dispatches from Hazarpir on the 1st re-
ported that. the Ameer had been poisoned.
The reports were very generally believed in
Cabul
The Italian Government has made an an
preparation to fit out an expedition to Central
Africa.
Vienna correspondent says the German
Ambassador at St. Petersburg has advised his
Government that the plague is spreading
rapidly. 1t has passed the limits where, ac-
cording to official accounts, the last cases
were reported. Roumania, Austria and Tur-
Key have quarantined against Russian ports.
The new members of the French Cabinet
are Senator LeRoyer, Minister of Justice:
Deputy lie Pere, Minister of Commerce, and
jules Ferry, Minister of Education.