Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-02

issue an address to the people OF the United
States, setting forth the law and facts in the
case now disturbing that State, and to petit
tion Congress for relief when its session
shall be resumed, Immediately after the
holidays.
Jay Gould, who was some time since ar
rested on q charge of having appropriated
to his own use $1,000, 900 of the Erie Rail
road funds while he was President of that
corporation, has refunded that amount, and
the suit against him has been withdrawn.
The Boston Board Of Alder men have re
fused licenses to Mesdames Woodruff and
Clahin to lecture in Music Hall.
George Francis Train was arrested in New
York on the Goth and locked up in q station
house, on q bench warrant, to answer the
charge of publishing obscene literature.
The Committee on recounting the votes
for Mayor and Aldermen of Boston, con-
cluded the Mayorslty count on the Goth, and
their figures elect Henry L. Pierce, by plu-
rality of 70 votes over Mayor CASTOR. The
recount of the ballots In the Second Ward
shows a mistake Of about 500 votes; and
other wards also show discrepancies in fg-
uring up the votes for Aldermen.
Fifteen hundred and thirty-one buildings
have been erected in st. Louis during the
past year, at a cost of s., ,6s4, 900. OF these
buildings only eighty-six are frame.
The semi-annual report of the Ohio State
| Commissioners shows that the receipts for
the period ending November Is, 1872, were
sS7S, ,s45, and the disbursements $685., ,s45
There was on deposit in New York at the
date Of the report s125 ,3l2, for the purchase
and redemption of Ohio State stocks. Dur
ing the past six months S192, ,203 of funded
debt has been redeemed, and the amount
outstanding November Is was S, SIS, $40.
The Alabama House permanently organized
on the Goth, by the election of L. G. Parsons,
Speaker; Robert Barber, Clerk; r. Whitaker
| (colored), Door-Keeper; and W. V. Turner,
Assistant Clerk, all being Republicans At
the election for doorkeeper, more votes
were cast than members present. Both can
didates were Republicans.
The Louisiana Committee expressed de-
sire, on the Goth, to have Judge Bradley, OF
| the Supreme Court, go to New Orleans to
review the proceedings of Judge Durell. 1t
was said, on the 21st, that Judge Bradley
was not desirous of going, and that he would
not do so unless at the suggestion of he
President.
Judge Orr, of South Carolina, has accepted
the Russian mission, and expects to sail for
Europe about the middle of January.
George Palmer Putnam, the well-known
publisher, died suddenly in New York on
the evening of the 20th, of apoplexy.
full jury was completed in the Stokes
case on the 2ist.
A report appeared in New York paper a
few mornings ago to the effect that the we'll
known actors Sothern and w. J. Florence
| were to fight duel. Ths rumor has been
| traced to a gigantic practical joke played
on Philip Lee, a newly-arrived young En-
| glishman, husband of Miss Nelson, the ac-
| tress. Lee was invited to dine with Sothern,
who promised he should meet q party or
characteristic Americans. Lee accepted and
sat down to dinner with Sothern, Neil Bryant,
Chris. Connors, Billy Birch, Billy Florence,
and Nelse Seymour, the last named five
being under assumed names. Their CO.'S
tunes were very peculiar. They proceeded
to eat with their fingers, tilt their legs on
the table, and finally got into a quarrel, in
which immense bowie knives and Colts
navy revolvers were brandished. Sothern
gave Florence q mock challenge, upon which
Lee fed from the room, though Sothern
tried to explain it was the "custom of the
country" One of the party had Sothen
and Florence subpenaed to appear at the
Tombs, which they did, explaining their joke
to Justice Dowling, and receiving their dis
charge upon their own recognizance.
strike was in progress among the coal
miners near Springfield, ILL.,, on the 21st,
with no sign of backing down on either
side.
W. H. Mowrer, foreman of the Galesburs
Qll.) Register, accidentally choked to death
while at his dinner on the 21st. When he
sat down he took a piece of meat, and i'm
medately arose and said, 81 am choking;"
then returning to the Office he started up
stairs, got up as far as the third step, and
stood for a moment and dropped dead.
Intense cold weather was experienced
throughout the Western States on the 21st
and 22d. In many sections the thermometer
marked lower temperature than it had for
many previous years.
At New Orleans, on the 21st, Judge Duren
issued a writ directing the United States
Marshal to Professionally seize the New
Orleans Times newspaper establishment,
which order was executed, and the office
closed.
William o. Avery, one of the oldest clerks
of the Internal Revenue service, and who
has for several years been Chief of the Ap-
pointment Division of the Office, has been
appointed Chief Clerk of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the bill recently passed by Con-
gress.
The Louisiana Committee have issued an
address to the people of the United States,
in which they disclain being in the interest
of the Warmoth or any other faction, but
assert that they have attempted to perform
| oF hi nj in he AZ
non-partisan spirit.
4 recent Washington dispatch says Mr..
Boutwell, will positively leave the Cabinet
in March, and will run for the Senate in
place of Henry Wilson.
In the New York Oyer and Terminer
Court, on the 21st, George Francis Train
pleaded guilty TO publishing paper called
the Train LigMe, which, according to the in e
dictment, is an obscene publication. He
was remanded to the Tombs prison.
A New York dispatch of the 22d says Mr..
| Orton, after considerable negotiation, had
resold to Whitelaw Reid fifty shares out of
the 100 constituting the capital stock OF the
Tribune Association. The paper would,
therefore, remain under the chief control of
Mr.. Reid.
The Central Presbyterian Tabernacle,
Brooklyn, of which the Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage is pastor, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 22d. The tabernacle was
erected in 1870, and, being built of CORFU
gated iron, was regarded as fre-proof. Esti-
mated loss SOS, 600; insured for $4,000.
The New York Herald of the 22d says
number of the present stockholders of the
| Union Pacific Railroad had written to Hor-
ace T. Clark, President of the road, asking
him to commence suit for the recovery of
| SIS, ,00o, 900, said to have been taken by and
divided among those engaged in the Credit
Mobilier transaction.
The Indiana Legislature adjourned on the
2lsr. During the session the Senate intro
duced 167 bills and passed % Of them, and
81 House bills. The House introduced 267
bills and passed 60 of them, and % Senate
| hills. The Senate passed Joint resolution,