Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-29

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rigging for hours. Two of tn
steamers boats were swamped ii
trying to land, and quite uumbe
Of persons were killed by the fall
ing of a gunnel on the hurrican
deck where they were collected
The survivors walked across th
country to Yokohama, distance o
nearly one hundred miles. The,
were very kindly treated by tn
natives along their route.
MONDAY.
Philip Haggerty, charged will
stealing money from letters from
the Lowell PostofIice, was, Satur
day, held to trial in $4,000.
George Dalton, the we'll known
broker, shot himself while in a car
riage on broadway, New York
Saturday. The cause was unfortu
nate speculations in stocks.
The sales of real estate in Chicago
for the week ending Saturday night
number two hundred and forty-six,
representing property for which
81, ,279,517 was paid.
A few days ago several distin-
guished colored men. Lieut.. Cover
nor Dunn. of Louisiana; Ex- -Presi
dent Roberts, of Liberia; Mr.. Bass.
EFT, Minister to Hayti, and Mr.. Dow
ming, of Washington, were enter
tanned at the Union League House
in Philadelphia.
Williams. Baseman (colored. OF
Troy, N. Y, was appointed to first
rate clerkship in the Third Auditors
office. He was recommended for
appointment by Senators Fenton,
of New York F. A. Sawyer and T..
j. Robertson, of South Carolina.
In the course Of a liquor saloon
quarrel at 25 New Chambers street.
New York, Saturday afternoon, a
man named John Hughes, an Irish
laborer, was shot and killed by a
German, named Emil Butts. They
had quarreled and and Butts took
refuge on the stairs, from which
point he deliberately shot Hughes,
who was then drinking at the bar.
At Vermont, Fulton County, Ill,
on Monday last, a little son of j H.
Harris, aged about 13 years, was
found suspended by his neck with
q strap, in his fathers barn, quite
dead. In the afternoon of the same
day, son of Colonel T. Tenney
was found hanging in a similar
manner. No cause can be assigned
for these co-incident acts Of self
The most intense ex-
element prevails.
A petition is being numerously
signed in Boston, requesting the
President to appoint Frederick
Douglass Minister to Brazil.
In Chicago, young man 26
years Of age, named VIM. Good
willie, died of hyd, ophobia last
evening after suffering the most
horrible tortures.
A fire near Jamaica, Long Island,
yesterday morning, destroyed the
dwelling house of Charles Newman,
at Fosters Meadow. The wife of
Mr.. Newman perished in the flames.
On Saturday night an adopted
daughter Of Edward Hilton, of
North Oxford, Mass, took fire while
going to bed. The girl was burned
to death, and the house and barn
Loss, S25, 1000.
Doctress Adelaide Grammar, of
St. Louis, has been appoinitd ex-
amining physician of the Homepa-
thic Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York. This is said
TO be the first appointment of wo
man ever made to fill such a posi-
ton.
Capt. Warren Gardner and Henry
Brown, both of Gloucester, Mass,
were committed for trial yesterday,
by the United States Commissioner
Hallet, charged with purposely cast
ing away on the high seas the
schooner Twilight, an offense pun
Ishable with death.
No appointments were made by
the President yesterday. The Sec
retary of State, Secretary of the
Treasury and Postmaster General
being absent, it is not thought any
important appointments will be
made in their respective departments
until their return, unless the public
interests shall render it necessary.
WEDNESDAY.
Woman is composed of 243 bones,
100 muscles, and an endless variety
Of whalebone and pins.
Forty thousand barrels of lager
we're brewed in Cincinnati during
the month of March.
A rail-splitter in Howard, Wis
,onsin, was lately caught in the cleft
Of log by the slipping out of the
wedge, and died after few hours
Of extreme torture.
A Mr.. Green, residing in the town
Of Lucas, Wisconsin, from some
unknown cause, a few days ago, took
his furniture from his house, placed
it in wagon. and then set fire to it,
burning up the furniture and wagon.
He then killed his oxen and left.
His family were away from home
at the time, and on returning raised
an alarm. 1t was supposed at the
time that he had committed suicide
BY taking poison. Search for him
was made, but no clue to his where
abouts ascertained.