The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-05-07
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Snow fell for an hour Sunday morn
ing last, at Philadelphia.
The Ssndusky evening Register war
changed into morning paper on Mon
day,
The House bill legslizing per cent
interest has passed the Senate, and is
now a Law.
Rumors prevail that changes in the
Cabinet will soon take place, Secretaries
Fish and Borie retiring.
A boy named KrolL, fell from cart,
in Cincinnati, on the 9th ult., when
the wheels passed over his head produc-
ing instant death.
The office of the La Grange lind J
Democrat was burned with ali its con
tents, last Sunday. Several stores and
business places were also Destroyed
The entire loss is estimated at $4,000.
Some rufians attacked an old man
named Clager, at Lima, some days ago
and robbed him of part of bis money.
His cries brought assistance, however;
before they had robbed him entirely. !
Bonner, "oWner of the Ledger and
Dexter for this week." has already ex-
pended 100000 in advertising the la
test Ledger story, 'Red Knife" and
viii probably swell theamount to SIO0-
600. What do advertisers think of
this?
1t is said that Prince Louis de Bour-
bon, now in New York, has been bro't
forward as a candidate for the Spanish
throne. The Prince is a cousin Of the
ex-King of Naples, and nephew of the.
Emperor of Brazil The Prince has
fled his first papers for American cii-
zenship.
On Thursday afternoon the 29th ult,
party Of five young men started from
below East Toledo, to have a pleasure.
ride on the river; the boatt swamped,
and one of their number, Fred. Scheif-
Ter was drowned, one swan ashore, and
the rest we're picked up by fishing
smack.
The FurgusOn Railroad BILL allowing
cities of 10000 population to issue
bonds and pay taxes for building rail
roads, passed the Senate. Also SIM
liar bill allowing same privilege to cities
of the first class. The first is for the
benefit of Cincinnati, the second for the
benefit of Toledo.
The Erie railroad company have
completed II, 900 tuns of steel rails on
their road-not broken rail since
They have purchased the New Jersey
Iron Work and those at Elmira, and
are now turning out about 1000 tuns
of steel rails per month. Within a
year the whole line will be re-laid.
The Sandusky Register says John
King, Jr., ESQ, Vice President of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
arrived in that city on the Sd, via a
special train on the S. N. & N. road
He was accompanied by W. G. Quiuly,
Master Of Transportation of the Cen
trail Ohio Division of that road, and
Joseph W. jenkins, Esq, of Baltimore.
They were there to attend meeting of
the S. NJ. & n. stockholders.
The Illinois Legislature has passed a
law for the prevention of cruelty to an
imals, by which the unnecessary or ex-
cessive driving and beating Of horses,
oxen and other animals is punished by
a fine of $50 to 800; and stock deal
ers and railroad companies are alike
held liable under penalties of 500 for
transporting animals in an inhuman
manner. Cock fighting and bulldog
and bear batting are also punished by
8 fine of $50 to 500.
j. Russell Young, of the New York
Tribune, is likely to have his hands full
of legal business for some time to come,
He has sued Dana for libel, laying dam
ages at 100000. He has also sued
the Philsdeldhia Press and Bulletin for
a like amount, and declares his purpose
of going west and suing all the papers
that published his correspondence, for
a like amount. John thinks he has
struck a lead, in a rich placer, and is
going TO work it
A bold robbery took place on satur-
day night last at Washington Court
House, Ohio, in hotel. VIM. McFad-
den, a cattle buyer, was at the Kirk
House, when rufian entered his room
while he was sleeping, seized, gagged
and tied him to his bed, and then, tax
ing from his pocket 81, zoe, escaped un-
detected. AT eleven o'clock next day
McFadden was discovered almost suf- |
focsted and liberated. No trace of the
robber has been discovered,
On Thursday the 29tb, Lewis Lane,
the wife pOisoner, was hanged at Pitts
burgh. His sixth wife, Henriette, was
poisoned in May last. And it appear
ed in the testimony sdducad on his
trial, that al his other wives had died |
suddealy and under suspicious circum- |
stances, except his fifth wife, who de- |
tected the poison in her food and re-
fused to eat il. On her complaint he
was arrested, tried and convicted of an
to murder, sentenced to the
Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary for
six years, served out his sentence, mar.
ried bis sixth wife in April, 1867, muir
dered her in May, 1868, and has now
bsen hung for his many villanies. He
vas sixty years old.