The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-13
NEWS ITEMS.

General Fremont has been seriously i'll but
is now reported convalescent
Henry Ward Beecher is to have an assistant,
in the person Of Rev. S B. Holiday
Mrs. Ann S. Everitt wife Of Isaac Everitt
OF Painsville died On Sunday the lst inst
BY coal oil explosion, at Cleveland, on the
9th, fire was caused, and two men were badly
burned
Seven dwelling houses were destroyed by
fire, in Cincinnati, on the 9th. Loss $4,000.
Partially insured
New York city IS in debt TO the amount of
s72,OOO,OOO, and Philadelphia to the amount of
s42,4Ol,s3S.
In Baltimore, on Saturday, benefit given
to the Richmond sufferers, at Ford's theatre,
realized $1,000.
Kansas City is selling goods to Texas, and
shipping them by way of st. Louis, New Or
leans and Galveston.
A dwelling house at Van Vert, occupied by
Mr. Robert Fife caught fire on Monday the
Path, and was partially consumed.
The great Western Band, Of Sandusky, pro-
poses giving a series of open air concerts in
that city during the summer.
Frank Jones, who attempted to dispose Of
forged bonds on the Atlantic s. Great Western
Railway, has been admitted to bail
The Jewish synagogue is to be dedicated at
Columbus next Sunday. Rev. DR.. Weis, of
Cincinnati, viii preach the sermon.
The general committee of the Grand Army
of the Republic have designated Monday, May
Both, for the decoration of soldiers graves.
A colossal bronze statue of Franklin is to be
erected, by Capt. DeGroat, in Printing House
Square, at an expense of s25,OO0 to $4,000.
The medal Of the French Geographical So
ciety, to Du Chaillu, will be presented to him
tomorrow night with appropriate ceremonies.
Eighty grandchildren of William Innis,
residing in New Jersey Bradford county,
Pennsylvania, have fallen heirs to an estate
of $30,OOOO0O in Scotland
The Good Templars viii hold an open ses-
sion at their hall, on next TuesdayGeveninp.
A lecture viii be delivered by T H Kellogg.
ESQ, of Fairfield, o.
A young lady in Burlington, Iowa, went to
church and forgot her waterfall, leaving 1t in
the window, and when she returned she found
little bluebird sitting in it on one egg.
Official statement shows the number of
fOreigh built vessels registered and employed
in our commerce, to be 10, of $4,000 tons
burthen
In Brooklyn, a school boy, named Herman
Clark, has been arrested for an alleged intent
to shoot a female teacher. A revolver was
found on him.
The receipts of internal revenue for the first
nine months of the current fiscal year were
sl2l, ,2665S4, against slOl, ,2ll, ,l9S for the same
time the previous year.
A bridge on the Day .on, Xenia and Colum-
bus Railroad caught fire from locomotive
sparks on Friday, and was entirely destroyed.
Damage apout $4,000.
A violent storm visited Kansas CITY, Mis-
souri,, on the night of the 9th. Two blocks
were blown down and entirely demolished.
Fortunately no one was injured.
An accidental explosion of nitro-glycerine
occurred in the Midland Railway tunnel near
Huntsboro, n. Y, on the 9Th, and workman
named Hannum, was blown 300 feet into the
air and torn to pieces.
Connor & Brothers extensive knife factory
at Richmond, Indiana, was DESTROYED bv fire
on Sunday night. Loss $4,000; light insur-
ance. It is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
Some Of the principal ladies in Puerto
Principe Cuba, have signed an address calling
on their relatives in the insurgent ranks to
return and enjoy liberty under the Spanish
Government
George B. Hawkins, bonnet frame manu-
facturer OF New York, has failed for $4,000.
Among his creditors are four hundred work
ing girls, to whom he owes various sums up to
s1Oo each.
At Pittsburgh, on Saturday morning, coal
trestle near Superior Iron Works gave way
precipitating a train of coal cars to the ground
below. A man named Sebastian Hobiecht
was buried under a car load of coal, and died
in few minutes after being extricated.
A scavenger, named Luke Fiser, drank sew
IN ordinary beer glasses full of common whis-
zey within the space Of forty minutes, on Fri
lay, at saloon on the corner of Clinton and
Andover streets, Detroit. Later in the day his
friends were discussing what would be the
most convenient time to hold his funeral.