Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-03-07

Land Office at Lincoln, Neb.: s. ii. Hall, of
Michigan, Consul at Valencia, Spain. Post
masters-E. W. Houghton, Wellington, o. !;
Il. +. Thomas, Circleville, o.; s. T. Holmes,
Wachita, Kan; Mrs. S. F.. Edwards, Shaw
neetown, ILL.,; J. III. Moofe, FL Paso, Ill. !;
John o. Cotton, Bclviderc, Ill. Internal Rev
cnue appointments-Gaugers j. +. Ander-
son, Third Ohio District; Oliver Babcock,
First Indiana District.
The trial of Mayor Hall, of New York,
under an indictment for official misdemean-
| ors, was begun on the 26th. The Mayor
defended himself in person, assisted by his
law partner, Vanderpool, and Judge Ed
| monds and f. W. Stoughton. Assistant
| District Attorney Sullivan appeared for
| the prosecution, assisted by Attorney-G Gen
eral Tremaine and Messrs. Clinton and Peck
| ham.
| A firm of emigrant swindlers, known as
Lee S. Dunn II Co., was broken up in New
York on the 24th, by the arrest of Edward
Green, one of the firm, on the charge of
! swindling, to the extent of 81 600, by a
! bogus check on the Bank of England. The
others of the firm fled.
| Chief-Justice Sprague, of the California
| Supreme Court, died on the 24th.
The japanese Embassy arrived in Chicago
| on the Goth, and were received i'm a cordial
manner by the Mayor and prominent citi-
Zens.
A Washington dispatch of the eth says:
1.-THE Cabinet was in session about two
hours to-day. The reply of Secretary Fish
| to Earl Granville is not yet completed,
though the points are agreed on. The Amcri-
| can statement of the case will not be
altered, as by the treaty full provi-
| sion is made for the amicable adjust
ment of all differences through the Tribunal
| of Arbitrators, both parties having pledged
| themselves to accept their verdict as a
! full, perfect and final settlement of all
| claims"
The Maine House of Representatives has
passed an amendment to the Prohibitory
Liquor law, which includes cider and wine
among intoxicating drinks, by n vote of e!
to 45.
The East Saginaw Courier figures up the
| total amount of lumber manufactured on
the Lake Huron shore of Michigan, last year,
including shingles, lath and pickets, at CO. :
| 5S2, SIS feet, and puts the total value thereof
| at S15, ,OOO,OO0.
Very Rev. Henry Benedict COskey, Vicar
General and Administrator of the Arch-Dio-
cese of Baltimore, died on the evening of the
| 2Ith, of pneumonia. He was in his 9th
year.
| The Cubans deny the recently reported
surrender of General Agramonte.
Messrs. Naylor Il Co., of New York city,
| appeared before the Secretary of the Treas
ury, in Washington on the 2Sth, in reference
to suit for S200 0C0, brought against them
| for alleged violation of the Revenue laws.
| They claim that the testimony taken before
the Investigating Committee fully exoner-
ated them from the charge of criminality,
and appealed to Secretary Boutwell, to have
the suit dismissed.
| The President on the 2Sth sent to the SEN
ate the nomination of Thomas D. Meads,
Postmaster at Hancock, Michigan.
Eleven jurors had been drawn for the
trial of Mayor Hall, of New York, ut the
time of the adjournment of the court on
the 2Sth.
Fisk's horses. carriages, etc, were sold
at auction on the 2Sth. About thirty horses
were sold, bringing prices from $500 to $500.
| The total amount received was $4,000.
Joachim Geist, who assaulted his wife be-
cause she did not get breakfast in season,
and killed her by scalding her externally and
internally, has been found guilty by Chica-
| 90 jury, and by them awarded penalty of
sixteen years in jail.
The japanese Embassy left Chicago for
Washington on the 2Sth. They donated $, 600
to the sufferers by the Chicago fire.
The Southern States Convention of Col
ored Men, is to meet at New Orleans on the
second Wednesday in April.
The Grand Duke Alexis and suite landed
at Havana on the 29th ult., and were received
| II. 4, h.
men, and other prominent military and civil
| gentlemen.
An Ottawa (Canada) dispatch of the Goth
ult. states that Hon. James Howe condemns
the policy of England in withdrawing troops
from Canada, and predicts a rupture between
the Home Government and the Dominion.
If better understanding is not arrived at,
hefurges independence as the only course
| open to the Canadians, and asks the people
to prepare for separation.
> The Japanese Embassy reached Washing
| ton on the Goth ult.
1t is reported that a Boston landlord re-
| Trained from collecting rents from one of
his tenants for several years, that he might
avoid payment of the income tax thereon,
and that, by the recent failure of the tenant,
he has lost the entire sum, amounting to
many thousands of dollars.
| 4 New York dispatch of the Goth ult. says
Remington & Sons deny the injurious state
ments, reproduced in this country, relative
to the French arms contracts.
The twelfth juror in Mayor Halls case was
secured on the 29th.
Bradley Grant, Binghampton On. "
farmer, who had resolved to starve himself
to death, died on the 2sth ult., having eaten
less than three ounces of food in six weeks.
| The man had overworked himself to the
point of insanity.
About five inches of snow fell at st. Louis
on the night of the 2Sth ult.
The colored people of Covington, KY,
held mass-meeting on the night of the 29th
ult., and passed resolution favoring gen
eral amnesty.
Governor Caldwell, of North Carolina, has
offered $4,000 for the capture of Lowry and