Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27

mercy would procure q commutation Of the
sentence to Imprisonment for life, and ask
ing the Governor to prevent the execution.
The Governor said he would give the docu-
ment his careful consideration.
William 81. Clutey, prominent business
man of Pittsburgh, Pa, has recently alb
seconded. leaving liabilities to the amount of
about $3.50, 900, of which it has been ascer
tanned that some $4,000 or $4,000 was
procured by forged paper.
Bonds to the value of sl6s, 900 Of the Penn
sylvania & Western Railway Company were
stolen from the Company's Office, in Broad
street, New York, on the 18th.
Thomas L. James has been appointed
Postmaster of New York City, rice Patrick
II. Jones, resigned, to take effect April 1.
The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania has
decided in favor of the constitutionality of
the Local Option law of the State. giving
the people Of certain wards the right to de-
eide by vote whether or not a license to sell
liquor shall be granted therein.
The Democratic nominations In Rhode
Island are: For Governor, Charles r. Cutter;
Lieutenant Governor, Samuel 81. Wales;
Secretary of State, VIM. ]. Miller; Attorney
General, George W. Bliss; Treasurer, W. P.
Congden.
Senator Frederick Sawyer, Of South Caro-
lima, has been appointed by the President
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Uice
Richardson, promoted to the Secretaryship.
Hon. John Gofarth has been appointed and
confirmed as Assistant Attorney-General.
The joint Congressional resolution, con-
graduating Spain on having adopted Re-
publican form of government, has been
forwarded by Secretary Fish to Minister
Sickles. The resolution was also signed by
the President, and accompanied by letter
requesting its early presentation to the new
Government.
The Wisconsin Senate sustained the Gvo-
ernor's veto of the La Crosse Bridge bill,
| giving the Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad
| Company the right to bridge the Mississipp
River at La Crosse on different location
from that fixed by the United States engi-
neers. The final defeat of the bill was the
occasion of great public rejoicing in Ii
Crosse.
President Grant has commuted to impris
onment for life the sentence of ex-policemar
O'Brien, who was convicted of the murder
of one Cunningham in Washington City il
August last, and sentenced to be hung.
News from the Modoc country on the Goth
says that about COO troops are in the field
waiting orders. Canby's plan seems to be tC
surround the lava bed and starve tn,
Modocs. For that purpose four posts will
be established on the outskirts of the Laws
sections and on the shore of the lake.
A German named Albert Goe.ze was brut
ally murdered in Chicago, on the 18th, by
one of a gang of rowdies who entered 8
saloon where dance was being held, snd
| grossly insulted girl who was in company
with Goetze, at which the latter attempted
| to eject him. The murderer escaped.
The U. s. Attorney General denies tn,
declaring the eastern terminus of the Unior
Pacific Railroad to be at Council Bluffs.
Near New Albany, Ind, a few night.
since, boy and girl, the children of q col
ored man named Reed, were burned tt
death in their house, in the absence of tn,
father. An older boy escaped from thi
burning building.
A man named George Macdonald, suppos
ed to be the chief operator in the recen
Bank of England forgeries, was arrested oil
the steamer Thuringis on its arrival at New
York on the Goth. About $4,000 in golt
and a quantity of diamonds were found in hi
possession. He protested his innocence.
Lieutenant Frederick Grant, son of tn
President, has been assigned to duty oil
General Sheridan's staff, at Chicago.
The Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives refused, on the 10Th, by a vote of 40 t.
16T, to rescind the resolution censuring Mr.
Sumner passed by the las: Legislature.