Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-15
NEWS CLIPPINGS.
THURSDAY.

NEWS CLIPPINGS.
!, IL is understood that The President
to-day sent q dispatch by Cable re-
questing Kcverdy Johnson's resigna-
tion.
An insane man namedsGrey. on the
saltwater road, Minnesota killed his
wife and four children Tuesday night.
The murderer was arrested.
Thomas ~. Dates, conductor on the
Memphis stS Charleston Railroad, was
shot by a man named Parshall. keeper
of an eating house at CORTLAND,
instantly Killed.
The entire Republican city ticket
was elected In Denver. Colorado. The
City. Mo. The Democrats carried the
election at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Among the removals caused by Mr..
Crcswell's recent order vacating all the
special agencies of the Post-otfice De-
partment, is that of Andrew johnson.
jr., of Grecnvillc, Tennessee, lately of
Washington. He has been collecting
. Post office funds at the South tor the
last six months and has just returned
from Texas.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
l. now engaged in negotiating with the
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne 81 Chicago Rail-
road Company tor the lease of the latter
road. There is a prospect that the
lease willbe obtsined. 1t is stated that
unless it be obtained within two weeks.
the PennSylvania road will throw the
western travel as much as possible
from the Fort Wayne road to the
Cincinnati route.
The following appears in an editorial
in the Atlanta New Era in reference to
the Georgia delegation in Washington.
including Governor Bullock: "As
Grant Republican. we Ioathe these
monsters in human shape. and hope
they may perish by the way-side. and
the State never again be cursed by
their presence"
An attempt was made on Tuesday
night to assassinate Josiah Turner Jr..
editor of the Raleigh Sentinel. About
midnight shot was fired through the
window of his room rs he sat at a
table writing. The bullet failed of its
mark. and lodged in the bed. The
assassin made his escape. Great indig-
nation is expressed at the occurrence.
,,..1.-... s. FRIDAY.
The official majority for Nathan
Cole. Radical, Mayor elect of st. Louis.
is. 1854.
: The President sent all the Alabama
claims correspondence to the Senate
yesterday.
Hon. Horatio Seymour, ofNew York.
was in Chicago yesterday. He has
entirely recovered from the injuries
received at the recent railroad acci-
dent.
A GERMAN actress. named Madame
Olga Won Plittendortf, committed sui
eide in San Francisco Tuesday night.
Grief at the death OF her husband was
the cause.
Vice President Colfax has, at the
request of the friends of Father Nc
'Mahon, formerly of Indiana. asked the
friendly interposition of the Govern
ment in his favor, with the view of
obtaining his release, if possible, from
imprisonment at Toronto. MIR. Col
faX's request was transmitted by the
Secretary of State to the British Minis
ter, who has forwarded it to his Gov
crnmcnt.
A warrant was issued, Wednesday,
for the arrest of Rev. james A. Mar
shall. Catholic priest and pastor of
charge of forgery. 1t is said Mr..
Marshall forged the name of his ,pseaies'
cesser. Rev. Mr.. Albeftase an express
receipt. thereby receiving Il quantity
of.wi,fe,s grapes. DC. intended for the
latter gentleman. and appropriating
them to his own use.
Monday night two brothers. named
Montgomery and Byron Leach, muir
dered q young man. named Price. at Il
singing school in Liberty township.
Adams county, 100 miles southeast of
Quincy, Ill. The two LeacIes went to
the singing school and asked for the
teacher. He refused to go to the door.
Price went out and was instantly
stabbed several times by both the
Leaches and died at once. The mur-
derers fled. The tragedy is the result
of an old family feud.
The Pittsburgh Gazette says of Ex-
Secretary Stanton: "Weare panied to
learn that the health of the great War
Secretary is so precarlOus as to Justify
the deepest solicitude of his friends.
His situation does not improve as has
e. been hoped, but is regarded with in
creased anxiety. Hopes of his final
recovery are still entertained. while in
any event another issue is not to be
Immediately feared.
q sJ7il SATURDAY.
A small torpedo, thrown into the
, heater of q school in Brooklyn, New
York, Thursday. created great panic
among the children. Several were
hurt, but no lives lost.
The business portion of many private
residences in the town of Madison,
Ga. was destroyed by fire last Thurs
:, day night. Loss heavy.
A dispatch from st. Louis SAYS the
Statement from New Orleans that Gen
-eral Blair is engaged in fitting out Il
Cuban Expedition in that city is false.
General Blair is spending quiet time
at home in st. Louis. and has no
fillbustering projects in his head.
Yesterday afternoon Jacob Coon.
foreman of the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railroad car shops. while attending
to some experiments on an engine in
connection with oil as a fuel for
locomotives, fell from the train on
which he was riding and was instantly
killed.
- A young mani named Thomas was
found ut the back door of his house.
near the old church in Bergen Square.
Bergen. N. j.. Thursday morning. at
daybreak, badly beaten, and his watch
pOcketbOok and shirt studs missing.
He remains ina very critical condi-
tion. and is unable to give collected
account of the affair, which is one Of
deen@ystery.
~ MONDAY.
A wirc-walker. whilst performing at
Charleston recently fell and broke his
neck.
Miss Kellogg charges $3.50 per night
fur singing. and, since her European
tour. will take payment only in gold.