Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-23

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December 90, near Salt River, not warrior
escaped. All the band were killed, and
twenty-five women and children were cap
tured.
Recent dispatches from various parts Of
Minnesota give further details Of the terrible
nature Of the recent storms. At Fergus
Falls eight people are known to he frozen f;
at Morris four, and scattered through the
intermediate country seven or eight others.
Two men were found near st. Peter, sitting
up in a sleigh, frozen stiff, wrapped in
buffalo robes. At worthington, two team
sters have been found dead.
Governor Oglesby and the other Illinois
State officers elect were formally installed
on the 18th.
The trial of Mrs Ellen c. Wharton for the
alleged attempt to poison Eugene Van Ness
was begun at Annapolis, Nd, on the 18th.
At New Orleans, on the 18th, both
McEnery and Kellogg were insugurated as
Governors-the former by the Warmothites
and the latter by the Pinchback faction.
Wsrmoth and Pinchback each delivered q
valedietory address. General Emory tele-
graphed on the 11th to Washington as fol-
lows:
"As Mr.. Kellogg has been declared by Governor
Pinchback and the Legislature which deeignafes,
as Governor elect of. Louisiana, presume II is in
tended by my instructions that shall also recog-
nize him, and shall accordingly do so unless
otherwise instructed. have addressed letters to
the General commanding the armv, on the Sth
and 9Th inst. but thev may not reach him In time
for action. The situation Is becoming more COM
plicated, and in nay opinion the use of troops
simply to keep the peace cannot lead to satisfac-
here"
The new Chief of the Sandwich Islands,
who fills the place of the deceased Kama
hameha as Regent, is a Yankee by the name
of Elisha II. Allen, who has long been Chief
Justice in the Islands. He was formerly q
leading lawyer in Bangor, Maine, and at one
time represented his district in Congress.
Durant has commenced suit against James
Brooks and Oakes Ames, to recover Credit
Mobilier shares alleged to have been fraudu-
lently obtained or unlawfully appropriated
The Commissioners appointed to make 8
valuation of all the real estate in the Dis
trict of Columbia belonging to the United
States, except public buildings, and also
grounds which have been dedicated to pub
lie use as parades and squares, report the
total valuation at SIC, 1856, ,SS5.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention met at Concord on the 14th.
Governor Straw was nominated for re-elec-
tion by acclamation. Edward P. Hodsdon
was nominated Railroad Commissioner.
Recent attempts to secure the repeal, by
the Chicago Common Council, of the law
prohibiting the sale Of liquor on the Sab
bath, have finally failed, the ordinance as
originally adopted being retained.
The two Houses of the Missouri Legisla-
ture voted separately for United States Sen
ator on the 14th. The vote in the House
stood: Bogy, So; Henderson, SO. In the
Senate Bogy, 25; Henderson, 10; absent, Q.
One of the fiues of the boiler of the steamer
Julia st. Clair collapsed near Eufauls, Ala,
few nights ago, scalding thirteen persons,
mostly colored deck hands and iremen. One
man died instantly. One was drowned, two
were mortally injured, and one unaccounted
for.
In the Louisiana warmoth Legislature, on
the 14th, General W. McMullen was elected
United States Senator to fill Kellogg's unex-
pired term. For the long term Governor
Warmoth received 9 votes in the Senate and
IS in the House, the largest number cast for
any one candidate. Pinchbaek was elected
United United States Senator by the Kel-
logg Legislature. In the Senate, when
motion was made to go into an election for
United States Senator for the short term,
q number of Senators stated that the Senate
was not informed that such vacancy ex-
listed.
The Kansas Legislature met on the 18th.
The House organized by selecting Josiah
Kellogg, of Leavenworth, Speaker; A. r.
Banks, of Lawrence, Clerk.
The recent terrific hurricane of snow, at
tended by intense cold weather, in the
Northwest, was most calamitous in its ef-
fects throughout Minnesota Scores Of per-
sons who were caught in the storm are
frozen to death. ALI the railroads and the
common roads in the State were blocked
with huge snow-bsnks, rendering trans
portation impossible. The storm broke
upon the State, from the northward, very
suddenly, and continued to rage furiously
for over two DAYS. Some idea of the extent
Of the storm and its fatal effects may be
formed from the following particulars
given in st. Paul dispatch of tine 18th:
"The list OF deaths by the late storm Is receiv-
Ing hourly accessions- So far the greatest num-
Der OF casualties are reported from Brown County,
in the vicinity Of New Ulm. within q few miles Of
which eighteen persons are known to have per
lshed- A gentleman from Redwood Falls says
that when he left there, thirty-seven deaths
Chippewa, Yellow Medicine and Redwood
Center Among the fatal cases mentioned in Sib-
ley County are P. B: Baker, A L. Jenkins and
Z. Sanderberger. Those named from Bro wn
County are Thomas O'Connel. with team: Mr..
Tenny, young man named Morehouse: L NJ
overt aken By the storm On ID: redwood road be.
tween Madelia and Marshall. They protected
themselves with the sleigh-box and sacks Of -four
child died. The mother held the dead body Of her
child In her arms until Friday morning. when
they were discovered and taken to Marshall
sane. A dispatch from Fergus Falls says that the
loss Of life In that vicinity already reported is
NV hnsdd. maie sng ios ol , Jsn ne c0en,ed
beneath the huge snow-srifts, and travel Is en-
tirely blocksded and stopped. A Morris dispatch
Fretiand man named Oleson and a Mr. Beakey
A son of Mr.. Beakey is missing. and has undoubt-
edly persisted. Hans oleson was found, after
will probably die. Christian Heg was caught in
the storm on Tuesday and buried in q drift, where
was found. badly frozen, but may recover. Hon.
II. R Wells, Of Preston, Fillmore County,
reports the loss Of q minister and family
Fillmore County The minister. with his wife and
two children. undertook to reach home, and when
near home the horses gave out, and he took one
child and made his way to the house, but In
turning to the cutter, where he left his wife and
remaining child. he was lost. and was found the
next day frozen to death. His wife and child left
in the cutter. were also found dead, but the one
taken TO the house was found alive"
In the Kellogg Legislature on the 18th,
John Ray was unanimously elected United
States Senator, to I'LL the term made vacant
by the resignation Of Kellogg.
"A man in North Canton, Conn, was
recently left fortune of $3.50. 900 by the
death OF his brother. In examining the
papers of the deceased he came across a
later will, by which the property was di-
vided up among relatives, churches and
charitable enterprises. As the man had
the last will entered in probate, the peo-
pie call him crazy.