Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-20
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ernment Directors Of the Union Pacific Rail- |
road Hiram Price and James T. Wilson, of
Iowa; J. C. Harrison, Indiana; j. 81. Millard,
Nebraska, and D. s. 8. Ruddock, Connecti-
cut.
1t has been publicly charged in New York
that Mrs. Putnam received SIS, 600 In con-
sideration of her appeal to Governor Dix to
have the sentence of Foster, the car-hook
murderer Of Putnam, commuted to lesser
punishment.
A Virginia, Nevada. dispatch of the 11th,
says that the epizootic had reached that
place, and was so universally spread that
work in the mines had been almost entirely
abandoned.
Rev. ]. T. Clarke, of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, stationed at White Sui
phur Springs, West Va, has been expelled
from the church for immortality.
At Charlotte, Clinton County, Iowa, re-
Gently, party of five, in trying to ford the
Maquoketa River with 8 team, were swept
under the ice which had accumulated in
large quantities near by, and of the five oc-
cupants of the wagon but one, a woman, was
saved, and but one body Of the drowned re-
covered.
At Rolling Fork, Miss, few days ago,
family Of four persons were horribly murder
ed and an attempt made to destroy their
remains by burning the building in which
the deed was committed. Robbery was
supposed to have been the cause of the
crime, and the perpetrators had not been ar
rested. =
At Cascade, Mich, few nights ago, the
house of NJ. G. Smith was destroyed by fire,
caused by the explosion of kerosene lamp.
Mrs. Smiths clothing caught fire from the
explosion, and she was badly, and probably
fatally, burned. The flames spread so rap
idly that son of Mr.. Smith, fourteen years
old, asleep in another part of the building,
was burned to death, it being impossible to
rescue him.
Mrs. Sally Herndon, of Cairo, nj, attempt
ed recently to kindle q fire by pouring
inon-explosive" oil on some live Goals. An
explosion followed, and the foolish woman
would probably die Of injuries received
The Illinois House of Representatives, on
the 18th, passed a resolution-yeas 103,
nays s4"emphatically condemning the &C.
tion of our Representatives in Congress
from this State who, by their own votes, in
creased their own pay to s., 500 per annum."
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convention on the 18th, elected Hon. George
s. Boutwell, to the seat in the United States
Senate made vacant by the resignation Of
Hon. Henry Wilson. The vote was as fol-
lows: Boutwell,, 152; Dawes, lis; Loring,
2; J. R. Tarbox, q; VIM. Whiting, 2; G.
Greene, @making 275 votes in all.
Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, has been
chosen President pro tenn. of the United
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allowed two representatives on each of the
new standing Senate Committees.
Judge Richardson assumed charge OF the
Treasury Department at Washington, as
Acting Secretary, on the 18th.
A New York telegram of the 18th says
Congressman W. r. Roberts, of that city, in
q communication addressed to the Secretary
of the Treasury, directs his back pay as
member of the Forty second Congress to be
paid into the Treasury of the United States.
1t was said that Merrick (Md.) also refused
his extra pay, and that Judge hoar Mass
accepted his, but afterward turned it over to
charities.
An extensive fire occurred at Indianapolis,
Ind, on the night of the 11th, involving a
loss of about 100000. Daniel Glaz;er, Chief
Engineer of the Fire Department, was almost
instantly killed by falling wall.
News from the New Hampshire election
on the l4th was to the effect that Straw (Re-
publican) was elected Governor by between
800 and 400 majority. Small 6Republican)
was probably elected to Congress from the
First District, and the Second District was
doubtful. In the Third District the Demo-
cratic candidate is elected.
At Vallejo, Cal, on the 18th, James ID.
Page shot his wife and then blew his own
brains out. Domestic difficulties.
President Grant visited Philadelphia on
the 18th, where he was the guest of Hon.
E. A. Borie. In the evening he attended a
banquet at the Union League house, and
subsequently returned to Washington.
Mrs. Putnam has written letter denying
that she was paid by Fosters father or any
one else for petitioning to have the con-
demned mans sentence commuted.
The Rhode Island Republican State Con-
vention have made the following nomina'
tions: For Governor, Henry Howard; Lieu,
tenant Governor, Charles g. Van Zandt;
Secretary of State, Joshua NJ. Addeman; At,
torney- General, willard Sayles; General
Treasurer, Samuel Clark.
A Washington special of the 18th says
''The country has been generally misinform-
ed in relation to Congressional legislation
with regard to the postal laws. The Farms
worth bill, reducing letter postage to two
cents, and providing for the prepayment OF
postage on all mail matter, passed the
House, but failed in the Senate. There was
an amendment to the POST Office Appropria.
tion bill, which repeals all existing acts with
regard to free mail matter. This, of course,
| inalndas hat nj and
free postage on papers circulated in the
counties where they are published. This
law takes effect on the LIST of July"
In an interview with Herald reporter at
Washington on the 18th, President Grant is
reported as saying that no changes are to
take place in the Cabinet beyond that which
Secretary Boutwelps resignation will occa-
sion. Nevertheless, the financial policy of
the Administration will not be changed. He
hopes to see the Republic of Spain well es-
tablished, and thinks that by the
end of the year the independence
of Cuba will be secured. No trouble is
expected with Hayti, and the
President thinks that the Samana Bay
scheme will result in the development OF
that country so that our Government will
ultimately annex it for something like &c.,
O0O, 900 or SIS, ,O0O, 600. The people of Utah,
he says, obey the laws. He is satisfied with
his Louisiana policy. The Indian peace
policy succeeds so well that he has the great
est faith in it.
The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives has rejected the Woman's Suffrage re-
solution by vote of 142 to 50.
A NEW CONFIDENCE GAME.-A we'll
dressed young man stopped at Vermont
hotel recently. for a few days, and made
acquaintances. The evening of the Sec
ond day of his arrival, nice young lady
came along, unattended, and instantly at
tracted the attention of the impressible
youngsters, who canvassed her charms
fully as they sat apart from her at supper.
The stranger youth even went so far as TO
say that he would marry her if she would
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