Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-11-09
NEWS SUMMARY.


The East.
A SUIT was instituted Friday, on behalf of
Miss Mansfield, for the recovery of $50,000,
said to have been loaned to James Fisk, Jr.,
to speculate with in stocks......It is believed
that the Greeley Republicans of New York
city will give their active support to the
nominees Of the Reform Democracy.
THE Hon. Richard o'Gorman, Corporation
Counsel of New York city, commenced suits
on Saturday in the Supreme Court against
Ingersoll, Garvey, Smith and others to re-
cover the money of which they have de-
frauded the city by exorbitant bills for work
done on the new court house and articles
furnished for the building. All the parties
were served with notices of the suits ....
Tweed, in accepting his re- nomination for
State Senator, remarked that his stout heart
and able hands would carry him safely
through. The boundless resources of his
cheek were not mentioned.
A DRovER, name unknown, was burned to
death, together with a number of horses, in
. car on the Pan Handle railroad on Friday.
The West.
Col. THos. W. GRosvENoR, of Chicago, was
shot and instantly killed by citizen patrol
of that city on Friday night......Mr. W. E.
Longworthy, a master builder of Chicago,
committed suicide last Saturday night.
Cause-losses by the fre......In the Michigan
fires, q settlement of Germans, near Chesan-
ing, was almost annihilated. Twenty out
of the twenty-six houses were destroyed,
and the farms nearly ruined...... Muscatine,
Iowa, was visited by fire on the 10th,
which destroyed $4,000 worth of property.
1.-THE greater portion of the business and
residence part of the town of Cameron, Mo-,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday night.
All the prominent buildings were burned.
The losses aggregate about $l32, ,000. The
dam on the Illinois river at Henry, though
still incomplete, has already raised the
water at La Sale three feet, thus demon
strating the practicability of the enterprise.
......Gov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin, has tele-
graphed to the secretary of War to issue one
hundred wagons and harness and one thou
sand uniforms for destitute people, and has
received favorable reply. Loud COM
plant is made by the citizens of Arizona
and California of the conduct of Vincent
Collyer, in his recent tour as Indian Peace
Commissioner. They declare that no value
should be attached to his reports.
FEARFUL fires are raging west and south
of Ottawa, Ill, in the country, and several
valuable fields of corn and many acres OF
wood land have been destroyed. 1t is posi-
BILE that even the city may be involved in
the general destruction.
The whole white population of Arizona
and Southern California have retitioned the
President to permit Gen. Crook to subdue
the Apaches without interference from the
Peace Commissioners. Hon. Thomas L.
Ewing died at his home in Lancaster, Ohio
on Thursday.
OK Friday, Richard Greenland, a master
carpenter at Des Moines, Iowa, fell from
the third story of new building and was
killed instantly.
The South.
Al Union City, Tenn, on Saturday night
while the passengers of a train on the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad were at supper, three
men jumped on the engine and ran the
train back two miles, while two others en-
tered the express car, robbed the express
safe of about s., 900 and escaped.
Washington.
IT appears that the number of revenue
officers in the country has been reduced to
1850 against $3.50 in December, 1865.
The Treasury Department has Just ruled
that ferry yboats plying on navigable waters
of the United States must take out prope,
marine papers. Tugboats must carry thei,
certificates of inspection as well as Other
vessels, IN accordance with the thirty-first
section of the new law.
The hackmen of Washington, D. c., de.
voted an entire days earnings to the Chicaee
sufferers. Their carriages were placardeG
with large cardboards inscribed "Ride. te
the rescue" Quite handsome sum was
realized......T The Hon. Felix Brunot, recently
appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs
has declined the Office. The Secretary O
the Indian Commission has issued an orde,
warning off all trespassers on lands witbiT
the Indian Territory, south of Kansas ant
west OF Arkansas and Missouri The Apri
cultural Department is procuring seed tree
which will grow rapidly, to replace in som,
degree those which are annually destrovet
by fres......Senator TrulnbulI has urged Sec
retary Boutwell,, the Postmaster General
ana supervising Architect Mullet to max,
liberal recommen ations to Congress for an
preparations to rebuild the Government
buildings IN Chicago. The President, it il
said, will indorse the recommendations il
his annual message......It is understood tina
Senators Trumbull and Schurz will intro
duce new bills relating to the civil servic,
reform at the next session.
A PETITION was received at the Executiy
Mansion, Washington, on Tuesday, fift,
feet long, signed by women of Utah. pro
testing against polygamy and urging effect
i've measures TO suppress the practice i
that Territory. Victor L. Powell, a cler]
IN the Second Auditors office, was arreste,
on tuesday on the charge of fraud in con
nection with the Bounty Claims Agent o
the government 1t is said that an investi
CATION will show the amount to be owe
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