Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-29

the exclusion of Mr.. Kemp's vote, many of
them Withdrawing or refusing to vote on the
question.
largely attended citizens meeting was
held In New Orleans on the 10Th, and reso
luton was adopted calling Committee of
the people of the State to meet in that city
on the 2id of April to adopt q platform of
principles for reform party, and to nomir1
nate candidates for State officers.
Passengers from Mexico, who arrived at
Havana on the 17th, state that the Govern,
ment is certainly able to defeat the rcvolu-
tionists, and that the accession of Lerdo de
Tejada to the Presidency is certain in case of
the downfall of Juarez.
The following Internal Revenue appoint
ments were made on the 18th: Assistant
Assessofs-John II. Roesler, Third District
West Virginia; John II. Warren, Sixth Dis
trict, Iowa. ApPfaiscrs-A. A. Anthony,
Second Iowa District; Thomas c. King, Six
teenth Kentucky District. Surveyors of
istillerics-Frederick w. Stocker, Seventh
Indiana District; W. c. Strike, First Iowa
District; Louis J. Anderson, Third Ohio
District.
An Ottawa (Canada) letter to the New
York Express of the Goth says there is not
word of truth in the statement that a secret
treaty has been made between England and
the Dominion.
Attorney General O'Connor, of Iowa, has
been appointed Solicitor for the State De
partment at Washington, and has sent his
resignation to the Governor of Iowa.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Con-
vention will be held at Reading on Nay 30tk.
The Ohio Republican State Convention
takes place on the 9th of March.
Brigham Young is reported to be in failing
health.
Great excitement, caused by smallpox,
existed in Peoria, H., on the 18th. The
City Board of Health met on the 18th and
suspended the public schools. Some oppo-
sition was made by the Board of School In
spectors, but public opinion was said to be
decidedly in favor of the Board of Health.
Aldermen Whitaker and McCauly, of Chi
cago, indicted for bribery, have been granted
a change Of venue, and their cases were sent
to Lake County for trial.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 10th says
passengers recently blockaded on the
Uni-n Pacific Railroad generally denounce
the management 0f the road in bitter terms,
and many of them have united in card for
of the blockaded passengers arrivsse here
yesterday, died last night as the result of
fatigue and exposure"
A Salt Lake dispatch of the 10Th says ::
"The japanese Embassy hope to leave on
Wednesday morning. Judge McKean, Major
Powell, the explorer; and other prominent
gentlemen will leave on the sdmr train"
The Grand Duke Alexis and his paEF left
New Orleans for Pensacola, Fla, oh the
18th. =
The Galveston CTexas) Ncrs of tlfe Goth
contains dispatch from Auseb s3tich says:
Marshal Purnell went to Governor Davis
this fioffting ard presented d cdpids from
the Federal Court, and asked if he would
submit to arrest. The Governor said: 'Sir,
you will hear in day or two from the De-
partment of Justice at Washington. You
will govern yourself accordingly. Sir, you
may keep your caIjias. The National Gov
ernment will protect me- Thus the case
rests
A Matamoras dispatch of the 21st saSS
eight thousand revolutionists attacked the
city of San Luis Potosi on the 9th, driving
the Governhci,t ferces within their bar
ricades, and cutting of reinfGrcements and
supplies
Foster the car-hook murderer, has been
sentenced to be hanged on March 22d. The
prisdter's counsel viii bring the case before
the Court of Appeals.
A passenger car on the Delaware " Lack3-
wanna road, near Binghamton, was thrown
dof1t TT emhanIsment, twenty five feet, on
the morning of the 5lst, bs reason of a
broken rail Several passengers were seFl-
ously injured.
A State Convention of those in favor of
4oifiatt suffrase i. called to meet at Kalama-
zoo, Mich, March Il.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture have
decided to locate the Ohio State Fair for the
next two years at Mansfield. The fair will be
held from the I'd to the 9th of September.
Increased premiitms are to be offered.
The Kansas Republican State Convention
was held at Lawrence on the 2lst, and ap-
pointed delegates to tile Philadelphia Con-
vention, instructing them to vote for the re-
nomination of President Grant.
The National Labor Convention met at
Columbus, Ohio, on the 21st. Crede ntials
were reported from delegates representing
the States of New York, Massachusetts,, In
diana, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Connecticut,
Minnesota, West Virginia, Nebraska, Penn
sylvania, Michigan, New Jersey, Mississippi,
Maine, Iowa and Arkansas. Edwin NJ.
Chamberlin, of Massachusetts,, was chosen
permanent President of the Convention.
The Arkansas Liberal Republican State
Committee, appointed by the State Conven-
ton of October, 1869, met at Little Rock on
the 21st, and appointed fifteen delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention, to be held on the
first Monday in May. A resolution was
adopted to the effect that State Convention
would soon be called for the purpose of
nominating candidates for State officers.
Hon. Charles Francis Adams arrived in
Washington on the ed, being summoned
there by the State Department. 1t is said
that ''upon the Alabama question he is very
reticent, but thinks it reasonable
that our claims should be submit
ted to the Geneva Arbitration, which
could dispose of them according to
the evidence. England, he believes, is disin.
clined for war The excitement is one OF
newspaper agitation. There is nothing
which warrants him in believing that the
Washington Treaty will be failure. He
does not think Gladstone meant all that he
said in his hasty speech, and he subsequent
ly took back much of what he said ut first
on this question"
In the course of an address delivered in
New York on the evening of the 22d, Vice.
President Colfax, referring to the Alabama
claims, said England was bound by the
Treaty of Washington and the decision OF
the Arbitrators, and would have to pay the
debt in full.
The Republican State Convention of Indi
ana met at Indianapolis on the 22d. The
following nominations were made: For Gov,
ernor, General Browne, of Randolph County;
Lieutenant Governor, Leonidas Sexton; Con
gressman-at-Large, Godlove S. Orth; Secre-
tary of State, W. W. Curry, of Vigo County;
State Auditor, A. Wildman, of Howard
County; State Treasurer, John B. Glover, OF
Lawrence County; Reporter of Supreme
Court, James S. Black, of Marion
County; Clerk of Supreme Court, Charles
Schall, of Clark County; Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, B. w. Smith, of Marion
County; Attorney General, JOS. G. Denny, OF
Knox County. Electors for the State-at-
Large: General Nathan Kimball, Hon. J. s.