Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-26

THE General Conference of the New
Jerusalem Church at Portland, Me-, elected
for President: Chauncey Giles, of Philadel-
phia; Vice President, T. A. Plantz, of Ohio;
Treasurer, John L. Jewett, of New York;
Secretaries G Res w, =. Il Huxley, of of Indiana,
NINE men were burned, some severe
ly, and q grocery damaged in Chester Hill,
Pa, on the 22d, by the explosion of a barrel
of coal oil. .... .5af 7i5e s.tl -t -
The Mexican authorities have de-
clined to sanction the request of the United
States that General Hatch be permitted to
follow Victorio's band of Apaches across the
border into Mexico ~ -.
A TUCSON, Arizona, dispatch of the
21st states that band of the Marquese revo-
lutionists was broken up and disbanded near
the Sonora line on the 18th. The Mexican
Consul stationed at San Francisco upon
learning of the movement, notified the United
States military authorities who promptly
on learning OF the movement, disbanded his
forces and with his officers returned to San
Francisco. The Mexican residents in San
Francisco are loud in their praise of the U.
s. Government for the action which they say
has saved their Governments many lives and
much treasure. ----.-.--.- ne-.Es3-4-5 > ~
AT the Portland, Oregon, city cleo
ton on the 21st the Republicans elected all
their candidates except one councilman.
j. M. KALLocH having been released
from arrest on the charge of killing Charles
De oung in San Francisco on account of a
defect in the proceedings, was re-arrested on
new complaint, on the 21st, and held to an
swer without bail. E.i.,4 -. ..=55,,.f
r e1 Foreign. .H=lsiz5-
THE Greek Minister of w ar has issued
orders summoning all officers and soldiers on
a furlough to join their regiments immediate
ly. The Greek men-of-war are being armed
and torpedoes sunk at various points on the
coast. % .-r.-.-.--.---- - i%-2it ~
The prospects of the Ceylon coffee
crop are said to be unfavorable and the Gov
ernment yield of Java win probably be thirty
thousand tons below that of 1872. i1st ao5 Z =
In the British House of Commons, on
the 18th, local option resolution, giving to
the inhabitants Of any district the ight of de-
termining whether LICENSES to the public
houses shall be renewed or not, and which
had been rejected in several successive ses-
sions, was adopted by alarge majority.
DISPATCHES from Constantinople
speak of the breaking out of the plague of
locusts in Asiatic Turkey and throughout the
region of the Caucassus. Intelligence from
Kars states that &c, QUO men are employed in
efforts to destroy these pests, and that the dam
age already done in the districts from Kars to
Astrachan, and from Astraehau to the Black
Sea, is enormous -=1t - =i-s-- : .5s5isi'- =
The United States Consul at Pesth
reports that there is large exodus of Hun
garian peasantry to the United States taking
place, and the emigrants are of class that
bid fair to become a burden to the country.
The village of Homanna, Hungary,
was destroyed by fire recently. Many of the
inhabitants were burned and others injured.
Famine having ragged since the beginning of
winter the misery is isindescribable. fe-
A CABUL dispatch says the rising
against the Russians in Central Asia is said
to be ra pidly increasing 7i,i
FAMINE fever has appeared in some
parts of the west and south of Ireland.
SIxTY-THREE persons were killed dur
| ing the late terrible storm and water spout
I near Dresden, Saxony.
The Vienna 1PreSse believes the end
of Turkey as q State is at hand, and advise
Austria to take as much as possible of Turk
ish territory.
FOREST fires in. New Brunswick were
| doing immense damage on the 21st. Many
| villages were threatened. Work had been
stopped in several places and the inhabitants
were out fighting the flames. 41oa
The Jesuits expelled from France
have purchased house at Prague. lt6
A PARIS dispatch says the Swiss pa.
pers state that the st. Gothard Tunnel is in
| great danger of falling in. Land slips continue
| to thre aten the masonry, and the engineers
| think the only way to avert the damage is tt
modify the line traced out for the tunnel. Il
A DUBLIN dispatch says telegram
from Tobercurry states that the famine fever
is raging there. :. - 7'A 1e
A RESOLUTION forbidding Bradlaugt
either to take oath or affirm was adopted il
the English House of Commons, on the 22d
by vote of 275 to 230 s5t.
For the week ending on the 21st ter
frst-class steamers, having on board 8, 53S pas
sengers, sailed from the Mercy for the United
States and Canada. h7A'e- AA--H ..is-i'iis
A CORRESPONDENT says it is now fair
ly certain that the signs of ailing in American
cattle on landing at English ports, which
/ have been ascribed by English inspectors tt
pleuro- o-pneumonia, is neither more nor les
than complaints due to exposure on ship
board. Tt appears that the steamers reportet
which, with hardly an exception, had long AMI
severe passages. - =
A PAMPHLET entitled 's Agriculture
in the United States and Russia" just ISSUED
in St. Petersburg, concludes that unless al
| the modern appliances of the grain trade ant
the improved American methods of agricul
ture are introduced in Russia, Russian pros
perity will be seriously endangered. laa
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