The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-06-10
NEWS ITEMS.


Miss Loretta knapp, Of Huron county, has
fallen heir to $4,000
New York is troubled with the small pox,
and the disease is on the increase.
The last Legislature changed the law IN re
gard to County Auditors, making their terms
expire in November instead Of March.
Henry Clay Dirt Dean has been engaged TO
stump Oregon for the Democrats Last year
they swept the State; this year they'll have to
scrub it.
The secretary OF the treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer of New York to sell
one million dollars in gold on each Wednes-
day in June
\ destructive fire occurred in Philadelphia
on the night of June 4th. Several stores and
the ship VIM. Starr were destroyed. Loss
about 100000
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
that eight millions of bonds be purchased the
present month.-six millions on account Of
the special fund and two millions for tie sink
ing fund.
| Frederick Moller, whose vile aud SIX enl'
dren were smothered to death at Dayton, the
other morning, was attacked by lootiaw, and
It Is feared it viii prove fatal. The tendon o.
his left leg wus badly injured by jumping
from tho window Of the burning building.
The building for the Lima, Ohio, paper mill
Is nearly completed, and the machinery will
| be on the ground in a few days 1t VIII prob
ably cost $4,000. Work has commenced on
the new iail and Sheriffs residence. They
are to cost 900 A contract has also been
awarded for new union school house, to cost
$4,000.
Two men in a wagon, rassiag along road
few miles from Sidney. Ohio, discovered the
kitchen OF a house on fire Hurrying there
thev put the fire out with buckets Of water.
Thev found no one at home but a baby sleep
ing in a cradle, where its mother had left it to
60 to a neighbor's on an errand- The outside
Of the cradle was scorched.
A cable dispatch reports that the French
Government has just received telegram from
the commander of the French troops, annOunc-
ing battle with the warlike tribes Of Morocco
The latter were completely routed. Thenatives
Of Algeria are said to be hostile to the I'm
perisl troops, and a general uprising is feared.
Reinforcements viii be forwarded from Toul-
on.
A violent earthquake visited the state Of
Oaxaca, Mexicoabout the lstinst. The effects
were very disastrous in that city. One hund-
red and three persons were killed and fifty
three wounded. One-third OF the city was
rendered uninhabitahie The earthquake
extended to the mines where eleven men were
killed and many wounded. Buildings in all
parts of the state were destroyed, and reports
of additional deaths are coming in.
A curious suit, which may involve deeis-
ion of national Importance, has been tried in
MARYLAND. That State hasbroughts against
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company to
recover the difference between the value Of
gold and the amounts paid IN currency upon
dividends on preferred stock held by the State
The case Will probably bring out new phase
of the legal tender question, whether the ac-
eeptance OF the currency when gold might
have been demanded will not stop the state
from recovering a gold value now. 1t seems
also that certain amount was guaranteed as
dividend Of this stock, and as the agreement
was made before the passage OF the legal ten
der act, the question arises whether the divi-
dend should be paid in gold, consequently
the court viii be called upon to decide wheth-
er a promise oI certain dividend can be
classified with a contract fOr the actual pay
ment of a debt.