The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-09-24
NEWS ITEMS.

Parson BrownlOw has sold the Knoxville
Wing.
James NJ. Clark, recently appointed Dis
trict Judge, for Rhode Island, by the Presi-
dent, has declined the appointment.
Pat Wildick, notorious highwayman, in
Jail at Portage city, Wisconsin, was taken
out by gang of disguised men, on the 18th,
and hung.
Ten millions bushels ofwhest, it is thought
will be exported from our State this year,
which will bring into this State at least $I2,-
OOO 600.
George j. Bennett for tWenty-eight years
on the local department of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, died of hemOrrhage of the lungs,
on the 18th.
The Southern Cotton crop, it is said, will
reach three million bales. This yield will
start that portion Of the country on the road
to prosperity.
: By collision of trains on the New York
Central, at Lyons, on the 18th, quite a num-
Der of persons were severely injured, though
none were killed.
Tho Internal Revenue Commissioner has
refused to comprOmise with David Gibson,
of Cincinnati, who was connected with the
notorious whisky frauds.
Ben Wade says the Cinnamon never re-
pudiate 8 debt That accounts for the
Democratic hatred of the Celestials-they
won't make good Democrats.
Sam Cox has returned from his wandering
in foreign lands, and again taken mp his
residence in New York. Sans bound to 60
to Congress from New York City yet.
The new Constitution of Virginia, pro-
hibits the Legislature from passing any law
to stay the collection of debts. 1t is thought
this provision will work great hardship.
The steamer PhGntOm exploded her boiler
at the foot of Cumberland Island, on the 18th.
Seven men, including the clerk, were killed
The boat was total loss. Valued at $780,
900.
William H. Spain, of Portage city, Wis
counsin, on the 10th, shot and killed Barney
Britt, of that city. He was Immediately ar
rested, but while being conveyed to Jail ives
taken from the hand of tho officers and hung
to the nearest tree.
Gen. James B. Sleadman, who went over
to the johnson party, aud was appointed U.
S, Revenue Collector, at New Orleans, has
turned up defaulter to the extent of $780,
600. Suit has been instituted against him
by the Government.
Two women were sufocated by coal gas,
by sleeping in close room, in New York,
on the night of the 18th. The husband of
one of the women who slept in the same
room, was found insensible, and it was
thought could not live.
A Manistee, Michigan, banker, named
Herbert Field, was murdered on the 18th, by
his partner, man named Vanderpool, and
his body thrown into the Lake. 1t was found
on the 18th, twenty-five miles from Manistee.
Vanderpool has been arrested, and threats of
lynching him have been made.
Gov. Chsmberlains majority over Smith
which, with the vote cast for Hitchborn, the
the Democratic candidate, in Maine, is $4,000,
temperance candidate, which all came from
the Republicans, would make the Republi-
can majority nearly as large as last year, on
a vote only about twO-thirds what it was
last fall.
After the first of January, 1870, Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher will assume the edi-
torial control of the Church Union, an iDde-
pendent religious paper in New York, de-
signed to unite all Protestants on the COM
mon platform of the Bible, without respect
to human creeds. A good move, and one
that should succeed.
Briggs l. Smiths pork house, at Oincin-
nate, was robbed on the night of the 18th,
of bonds, bills receivable, and money, to a
very large amount. Two of their wOrkmen
were subsequently arrested, and on searching
their premises, $50, 900 in bonds, and $780,
900 in bills receivable were recovered, but
the money could not be found.
= In the Forest City Park, Cleveland, there
is buffalo, which is tame and dOciIe, when
not annoyed. Sunday last a boy threw
sticks and stones at it until it grew angry
and started for him. Fortunately the police
had got hold of the boy, and succeeded in
getting him and themselves OFT Of the buffa-
Io's reach, or be might have been killed.
There was a terrific storm of thunder,
lightning and rain, at Cleveland, on the night
of the 18th. Six different houses were struck
by lightning, and several of them consumed.
Among them were the Pittsburgh and Cleve-
land Railroad Freight Depot which took
fire sbout four O'Clock Sat urdsy morning,
and was entirely destroyed, with its contents,
except such books, papers and money as
were contained in the safe. Loss about
$4,000.
A servant girl in Altoona recently tried
whisky to kill rats. She sWeetened it with
sugar, soaked bread in it, and then left the
bread in the cellar, where the rats were in
the habit of cOngregatiDg. She had been up
stairs but few minutes when she heard
laughing, singing and general hulaballOO
down stairs. Imagine her surprise to find
about dozen rats glOTiOusiy fuddled, en-
gagged in throwing potato Earrings at each
other, aud hauling one Onother up to drink.
The North Ohio Conference of the