The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-30
NEWS ITEMS.

place IN Cuba, between the revolution
lists and the government troops, il
which the revolutionists were worsted,
An immense cannon, weighing fifty
seven tons, was recently finished al
Pittsburgh, and has just been landed
at Fortress Monroe. Il throws a bal
weighing 1,lOo pounds. onQi Haa .,:,5
Cleveland is advocating the removal
of the National Capital to that city, Il
claims that it viii be the commercial
center of the continent after we have
absorbed the British possessions.
From over the water connestRe story
that at Cracow great excitement pre-
vailed, in consequence Of nun having
been liberated from q convent in which
she had been confined for twenty years,
The total number of income tax
payers in the City Of New York, this
year, is $2s, ,O8O;-and the total amt
of taxable incomes returned is $685.
597, 4s4 an average of $4,755 to each
tax payer. 'lg 'zl
The Canadians are again alarmed
and are preparing for a raid. from the
Fenians. Perhaps the announcement
of an excursion by the Fenisns Of San-
dusky to- this place, next Thursday has
something to do with their alarm. -.,
A young man at Defiance named
VIM. Stevens attempted to commit
suicide by cutting his throat with a
butcher knife, on Wednesday a week.
The knife being very dull, he only sue.
ceeded in making ghastly wound. 4 q
Pho Mono has now reigned longer
than any of his predecessors since st.
Peter except Plus VI, Sylvester, Ad-
rian L, and Plus VII. His health is
at present said to be good, His two
brothers are respectively four and sew
en- years older than he is. a#,9!i'ss lFa
Mulhall, indicted for aiding the Skin
ner murder last fall, and who has twice
been tried and twice found guilty Of
murder in the first degree, received his
sentence last week. He is to be hung
in Cleveland on the 26th of next
month. Kilfoyl, the member of the
secret police in Cleveland, who was
found guilty of completely, in The rob-
berry of Skinner, and who really put
up' the Job. has been sentenced to 'ff-
teen years imprisonment in the peni-
tentisry. -, h. =
Heavy frauds in the importation of
sugars have been discovered at New
Orleans. An investigation has been |
and we have the assurance BY |
the Secretary Of the Treasury, that the
win be exposed and pun
ished, although they might offer more
money to compromise than is due the
government. That is right, let the
guilty suffer. ,-s gf Eslr4 -es
Some exhumers at work digging out
the COrpses in an abandoned cemetery |
at Dubuque, Iowa, the other day, came
across a coffin containing some jswelry.
A lively scufie for the prize tOokplace,
and the bones of the departed were
used as drum-sticks 70 beat each other
over the head, and the skull was hurl-
cd wickedly after the victor in the con-
test. ai 77ssEod ,stsv gnnot 81 Il
The new COLLECTOR Of customs at New
York is unearthing some gIaring frauds
practiced by the officials under the
previous administration. Owners of
imported goods we're allowed to take
away cases Of silks and velVets and
substitute cases of cotton fabrics DC,
The people need have no fears in re-
yard to the honest collection of the l
revenue by the present administration
Revolution has broken out in Spain,
md conflict between 500 Carlists and
he government troops had taken place
near Cindad Real. The Carlists were
defeated with loss of fifteen, killed,
ind a number wounded. 1r,Ats other
points strong parties Of Csrlisss have
made demonstrations, and 1000 Of them
Ire said to have arrived in the Prov
nee of La Mancha. 1t is thought the
Using will be general. b1ovs s's
An attempt to rob the treasury 81 of
Joshocton county was recently made
,y burglars. They succeeded in break
ng open the outer door Of the vault, |
md wrenching off the handle Of the
nner door, but failed to get at the
peoples fund, 100000 Of, which are
n the safe. 4 few nights after a sim,
lar attempt was made upon the treas
Try Of Harrison county, but with 3 sim
lar failure. di rol 1uilus.ao. fas
The Spanish authorities in Cuba de-
'erve general execration for their treat +
nent Of insurgents who fell into their
hands. At Barracoa, lately, they de-
iberately shot sixty prisoners dWhom
hey had captured, and whose lives,
lnder all the rules Of civilized warfare, ,
hey we're bound to preserve. This is
'ut a sample of numerous atrocities
which have been reporied.o9 edil -sb
A special dispatch to the Cleveland | j
Leader says; "The result Of Govern j
" BOutwell's administration of the {
Treasury department appears ip the
proposition from q German house in
frankfort to loan our government three
hundred MILLIONS Of dollars at five per {
,ent, which the Secretary ahas, ofir
course, been obliged to decline. His
dea is, that we may, within a year,
,orrow all the money we want at four !