Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-02-11

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Two ships had arrived at Valpa-
raiso, from Glasgow within quar-
ter of an hour of each other. They
sailed together, but only sighted
each other once during the, voyage.
"A FIRE at Valparaiso, Chill. Dec,
3lst, oeeasioned great loss of
property, amounting to several hum
dred thousand dollars. A number
of persons perished in the flames.
I The contest on Wednesday of
last week in the West Virginia
Legislature for United States Sena-
tor resulted in the choice of Cover
nor Boreinan.
3. f. NEwALL and F. Allsop were
arrested in ST. Louis, a few days ago,
for having about five hundred dol
lars in counterfeit greenbacks in
their possession.
g. THE police offs Louis last month
. made $50 arrests, 293 of which were
for drunkenness Two thousand
and six hundred dollars worth of
stolen property and S6,300 worth
of estray property were restored to
its owners.
THE Wisconsin Senate on We'd
.nesday of last week ratified the res
.olutioGs heretofore passed, increas-
ing the Governors salary to five
tirousand dollars and the Lieutant
Governors to one thousand.
q The President has pardoned Carl
o. Latriga and Francis Martinette,
who were sentenced, in 1866, to
serve fifteen years in the Peniten-
-tiary at frankfort, for countertetting
United States currency.
RIcKEY, SHARP & Co., one of the
laagest dry goods houses of Phila
delphia has failed The amount
involved is put down at about $500
600. A compromise with their
creditors is talked of, Il seventy five
cents on the dollar.
A man, living near Pittsburgh
thought to enliven a languisliing fire
in his CRATE by pouring petroleum
on it from can containing over 2
gallsns. TIE result was a friohtful
explosion thlt burned him danger.
ously and shattered the walls of the
house. @
Ar q meeting of the Union Re
publican General Committee, OF
New York, a committee was appoin.
ted to wait on General Grant to learn
when and where lie would receive
the members of the above orglni
zation. A committee was also APP
pointed to get the same Information
from Senator Fenton.
"A PASSENGER train on the Lack
awanna & Bloomsbury Railroad ran
off the trek at Beachhaven last Fri
day morning. Many persons were
injured but none fatally. Hon
Callsha A. Grow was severely burn
. ID. .
THE young women employed in
n cigar factory at Westfield, Massa-
cilusetts. recently arrested work
man in the same shop on the charge
= ofassult and battery. He sent them
nr s5me lozenge which he had won
.iat a rattle, and because they had
d the eolic soon after eating them
they had him arrested for assault.
s The Judge would not sustain the
( charge. a
Mr.. HoLBRooK, delegate from
Idaho, having used grossly insulting
language to Mr.. Butler, in the dis
cussion Of the Indian Appropriation
bill, was brought before the House,
on last Thursday, in charge of the
Sergeant-a at arms, and severely cen
cured by the Speaker.
INNew York, Wednesday evening,
of last week at nine o'clock, an of
ficer saw three suspicious characters
with the identical butchers cart
which played such an important part
in many recent robberies, prowline
r around squares and jewelrJ store.
No. 1872 Bowery; he gave chase, and
the men took to the cart. They
fired four shots at him, and after q
e mile chase, the cart overturned. and
one of the robbers, Edward Francis
: was arrested, and six chamber re
voiver. with one chamber discharged
was found upon him.
III. THE N. Y. Times suggests that
. since George Francis Train has
played himself out in London
Doblin and New York he had
better 60 TO Omaha and establish
horse railroads CT invisible iron
with phantom cars drawn by night
mares.
EVERY Ohio member present ex
cept Messrs. Fckley, Eggleston and
Schenck, voted against the propo
sition to grant an additional subsidy
TO the Union Pacific eastern Di
yision) Railroad. The absentees
were Messrs. Ashley and Mungen
Ohio stands about right on the
question of economy.
ON Tuesday night, when BOYLE
the Michigan murderer, was held
for safe keeping in room atSuper
. intendent Kennedy's office, New
y ork, large party of roughs con.
gregated iu the neighborhood fol
the purrose,it was ascertained, oi
overpowerlng the policemen ou duty
there, taking possession of the keys
and releasing the murderer. A de
tective discovered their intentions