The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-11-05
NEWS ITEMS.

They arc having good sleighiug in some
parts Of Canada.
General BslknaP, the new Secretary Of
war was sworn in on Saturday, the Both,
and assumed the duties of Lis ofice on
Monday.
New York should pass an Ordinance pro-
hibiting wild beasts from running at large in
the city-that Of course would include Bulls
and Bears.
Complete returns from every county make
the cficial majority of Gov. Hayes 1901;
the vote being Hayes, 236,Oe2; Pendleton,
228, ,58I.
The election, in West Virginia, on the
27th, for members Of the Legislature; passed
off quistly, and resulted ia several gains for
the Democracy. The vote was light.
The returns of the election in Iowa. as far
as received, show Republican majority for
Governor of $4,000. The counties not re.
turned gave Gen. Grant Z, 2,473 mgiority.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
an order to Assistant Treasurers 10 redeem
The five cent coins, in currency when pre-
sented in sums Of not lees than ten dollars.
An English druggist proposes that in ad-
dition to the word poison" labels should
have printed on their margins, the apprOpri
ate antidOte for each class of Poison. Sen
sible.
At Bolivar, on the 25tb, little daughter
of A. H. Brown, hotel keeper, drank some
poisonous liquors from a vial which had been
left within its reach, and died in half an
hour
Hon. james. Monroe, United States Consul
at Rio JaneiTo, has returned to this country.
and is on a visit TO his home in ObeTlin. He
has furlough of few months which be will
spend in Northern Ohio.
On Friday morning the 29th. Mrs. Wads-
worth, an Insane woman, in the Lupatic
Asy lum at Newburgh, was found dead in
her room Laving committed suicide BY hang
ing herself to the gas fixture, by means of
strips torn from the sheets Of the bed.
The TiJusville Herald s,ys, new two
bundled and fifty barrel well was struck on
the independent track west Pithole Greek on
the 25th, it is nine hundred feet deep. The
well is by seventy banels the largest pro.
ducing well in the State.
AmOug the word coinages which appear
10 be coming into general favor are 'suiciced"
ard ''excuited." The man who cut his
throat ''suicided' himself, and the fellow who
took sail or q railway ride "excurted. -
What next, We wonder?
Of the gold-payipg policy pursued by Mr..
Boutwell,, The London Times we'll says, what
is almost trit@ to US, that the possibility of
cur altering The tel ms Of contract against the
will of our crt ditors would render our best
security bad, The question with US has been
one of saving our faith rather than saving
our money, and the world may Judge which
pays best. Sayings ones honor is, after all,
the best economy.
Another horrible occurrence, With which
The times are pregnsntis connected with the
burning Of the Licking county Infrmary
near Granville, o., on the 29th, completely
destroying The stone aud frame buildings.
The former was occupied by ten insane per-
sons but wLea ghen discovered the fire had
made such progress that it vas impossible
to reach them, ,and they beirg locked in their
rooms, were literally roasted alive. The fire
originated from the furnace
Murder viii out, though circumstances
may assist to CONCEAL for time the secrets of
crime. Yet resting upon the conscience of
the perpetratOr /. becomes a burden greater
than he can bear. Forty years sgo a stran-
ger was found dead in the woods near Ben
niDgton, N. j., the body resting in a sitting
posture against tree. Suspicion rested up
on DO one. But few weeks since g man,
dying in Manchester, England, confessed to
have murdered his friend, in New Jersey,
iOrty years tsiore, The secret of his crime
lad followed him through life TO burst ire
listibly from his dying lips.
The Petri6ed Giant, recently found in
)nondaga Co., N. Y, and about which so
much excitement was occasioned, turns out
o be a stuPendous hoax. 1t appears that
he Petrifed Giant is a huge stone statue
which was carved out by crszy Canadian,
Who imagined that he was destined TO rival
he fame of Michael Angelo. While at work
n the quarrieF, he dad devoted his leisure
hours to his ruling passion, and with his
.hisel and mallet had cut out this collosal
tatue of st Paul. as he called it. At its
completion he was taken sick and died,
eaEing the statue in his cabin, which he
lad occupied alone. i was afterward found
" some one and buried with 6 specific
-iew to an immediate resurrection, involv-
ng deep laid scheme to perpetraie an
1ormous fraud upon the community. We
hail next hear Of bogus earthquake some-
here to he used as a main spring to some
chemiDg swindle.