The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-12-23
NEWS ITEMS.

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The pay rolls of the manufacturing estab-
lishmsnts of Bsllairs foot up $4,000 per
month.
In Washington, during 1870, there have
been erected 1893 new buildings, at cost of
sS,2O7,l25.
Philadelphia has experienced severe fnan-
cial crisis, in the suspension of IA firms, most
ly heavy shoe dealers,
An unknown man was found dead in his
bed, at the United States Hotel, at Coshoeton,
on Monday morning last.
destructive hre occurred in Cincinnati,
on the night of the 18th, destroying about
100000 worth of property.
? A large gass wen has been struck, on the
grounds of the Erie Car Company, at Erie Pa.
Erie is now lighted by waste gass.
Franklin Kettle and his wife, two Of the
Oldest residents of Stephenton, N. Y, were
murdered by their son on the 10th inst.
Salem, Columbiana county, has = manufae-
turing company with $l,OOQOOO. Her busi-
ness men know where wealth comes from.
There were put in the postofices of the
Unitsd States duriug the last year three thOuS-
and and sixteen letters having no address
whatever.
The engine of passenger train on the New
Jersey railroad ran of the bridge at the Bay
draw, on the 18th. The engineer and fireman
were killed.
An old lady named Jeffris, fell down pair
of stairs at her residence in Cincinnati, early
on Friday morning last, and broke her neck.
She died instantly.
Capt. Alexander Coffin, an "Old Nantucket
whaler,D and for many years resident Of
Ravenna, died there Dec. 7th, of cancer, at the
age Of eighty years.
An explosion occurred on the 10th, in the
purifying house of the gass works, at Wor-
cester, Mass, destroying property to the
amount of about $4,000.
A pair of elk horns, measuring fsur feet
long and nine inches broad at the tips, was
found imbsdded in the mud in Newell's Lake,
in Logan county, few days since.
Flax culture is profitable. Mr.. A. Sherman,
of Morrow county, sold $4,000 worth of seed
from eighty-fvs acres of fax, and the straw
will nearly pay for the cultivation of the crop.
Thirty Iowa numskulls have determined to
neither buy of nor sell to Masons, nor employ |
nor be employed by any of the fraternity. 1t
may be styled rebellion of the LiIliputs. |
Fred Henry, conductor on the B. &. o. R. |
R., was killed on Tuesday last, near Bellaire.
He was walking by moving car, when his
foot caught and he was drawn under and run
over
Near OrviIle, Wayne county, on the l4tb,
the naked body of dead man was found lying
exposed in field. There were no marks of
violence on it, and no marks by which it
could be identified.
An economical clerk in New York, who has
been employed at a salary of $500 per year
since 1861 has managed to save up 100000.
He has learned to transmute metals, or trans
fer them-all the same in his case.
O'Baldwin, the pugilist, who had been un-
dergoing an imprisonment in the Mass. State
prison, for "trying his hand" in that state, has
been pardoned out, after enduring his lot for
about one year. He has got his head "out of
ehanOery."
Information was received at the United
States District Attorneys Office in New York,
on Monday, that General Jordan had sailed
from that port on Saturday night, with Gu
ban expedition, consisting of nearly three
hundred men.
Alexander Dumas, the great French move
list whose prolific and vivid pen charmed and
interested all people, is no more. He died at
Dieppe, after long illness, on the 18th. His
age was about sixty-eight years. He was
strong Republican.
The government has collected $4,000 Of
Jay Cook & Co., for counter6t bonds forward
ed by them some three years ago for redemp-
ton The costs in the case amounted to about
$4,000, making the loss to Cook & Co., equal
to g respectable fortune
The North Carolina House of Representa-
tives on Monday submitted articles of i'm
peachment against Governor Holden, which
were sent to the Senate. The court of i'm
peachment viii organize as soon as the Chief
Justice is notified and arrives in Raleigh.
Under the laws of Ohio dealers in intoxica-
ting liquors are responsible for all damages
accruing from such sales and may be prose-
cutsd therefor by the wife or other interested
party of the purchaser. The owner of the
where the liquor is sold is likewise
amenable.
A man named Kear, who lives near Van
Vert, jumped from a train which was moving
on Sunday the 18th, and was completely
skalped. He struck head first upon the ground,
tearing the skin loose from the fore part of
the skull. Fortunately his injuries did not
prove serious.
A fire occurred at Sycamore, Dakota county,
Illinois, on Sunday, which destroyed property
valued at over 100000 The principal loser
was J. C. Waterman, $4,000; insured $4,000.
The fire IL supposed to have originated in the
explosion Of coal gas in a store, throwing fire
on bed which stood near.
On Monday, one of the gas holders in the /
Cincinnati Gas Works, exploAded with 45O,- I
600 cubic feet of gas The explosion oc- l
casioned severe shock, which was felt sew !
sral miles away, Eight immense iron pillars, !
that supported the holder, were thrown out 9
ward and broken in fragments. The cause Of !
the explosion il not known
We like Attorney General Akerman's de- !
cision on the Pacific Railroad question. That {
opulent corporation viii not hereafter be per- !
nitted to collect its dues from the Government I
while declining to pay its own obligations in !
turn. No corporation was ever more literally
dealt with by any Government, and the peo-
pie expect refundiug of the advances made,
according to agreement, as fast as practicable /
All the Fenian prisoners in English jails are
to be liberated on condition of banishing them ]
selves from English soil for five years. If the ,
English Government will only pay their pass !
age money TO America there will probably be
no difficulty as to the conditions of release be-
ing observed. The entire population of Ire
land might be got out of the way on the same
tsrms, and the Fenian question be thus salts
factorily settled.
The venerable Thomas Ewing writes that
he was apprehensive in March, 1865, that an
attempt would be made to kidnap President
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, and cautioned
them accordingly. He adds: $50 far as the
President was concerned this caution was IN
Needed, though Stanton seems to have be, n
well enough guarded Inever feared assassi-
nation. and do not believe it was ever within
lbs programme, as it was not possible that
any cause or person should profit by it" The
sveut, however, shows that at least one Of
.bsse couspirators meant assassination. Mr..
Eving's opinion weighs little against that in.
iisputabls fact.
T,bs Old gtates Rights theory got heavy