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

4,SOa emigrants arrived at Cleveland last
month.
farmer at Carlisle has pine churn which
has been in use seventy years.
A young Indy of fifteen, living in Ross
county, weighs four hundred and sixty-two
pounds.
Private advices received from France are to
the effect that Pierre Bonaparte will arrive in
this country next month.
Nearly Il 900 emigrants arrived in New
York during last week. A large majority of
them were Germans, and are bound West
ward.
A convention is to be held IN Chicago, May
25th and 26th, to organize a Northwestern
Woman's Franchise Association.
The silver fever suddenly subsided. People
probably found they had too much money
when it was all in silver
Daniel Drew proposes to give another mil
lion to the Drew Theological Seminary to
establish literary department and make it
university.
Cyrus W. Field is in Washington, having
been summoned by several committees of
Congress to appear before them and fully ex-
plain the proposed telegraph cable from San
Francisco TO the Sand wichIslands, and thence
to China and Japan. The subject is now un-
der examination by the Committees on Public
Lands, Commerce and Foreign Relations.
The boilers of the new power house of the
water works at GAINESVILLE, exploded on the
morning of the 9Th, with terrible crash. The
engineer and fireman were the ouIy persons
in the building. The fireman was blown
through the root, and landed fifty feet from
the building. He will probably die. The en-
gineer was not much hurt The building was
blown to peiees. Loss about one hundred
thousand dollars.
The meeting of the Grand Lodge of I o o
F., and the dedication of the new temple of
that order, occurred at Columbus, on the 10th.
The streets and buildings were profusely de-
corated with flags. The procession was two
miles long. The exercises took place at the
opera house, at o'clock. Gov Hayes presid-
ed, and Rev D H Moore delivered the grafton,
after which the crowd went to the new hall,
which was dedicated according to the ritual,
by Grand Master Turner.
A diaboical attempt to poison the family of
Joha Larimer, at Monmouth, Illinois, has
been discovered. A sack Of salt was left at
the gate, and the family, supposing it was sent
by Mr. Larimer, took and used it. The entire
family were Immediately affected with eYi-
dent symptoms of poisoning. The salt was
subjected to analysis, and a large proportion
Of it found to be arsenic. The family are
slowly recovering. The perpetrators of the
act have not been discovered.
A terrific boiler explosion occurred OF Bloom
field New Jersey on the night of the 4th inst
A fire broke out in the Silver Spring paper
mill situated about mile from town. The
alarm was at once sounded but the building
was constructed of wood, and the flames made
rapid progress. Within half an hour after
the alarm was sounded the boiler exploaded
and wood iron and bricks were scattered IN
every direction. Fortunately no lives were
lost. The loss of property is about Sl5O,OO0.
A case of considerable importance to County
AAAAANlAc u4AA Nl4N FuDAAS Has LcItuAlN DGEn de-
cided in Lorain County, Judge Boyn.on rem
dering the decision. A Mr.. Gallup, former
Auditor Of that County, has been compelled to
refund $3.50 for fees collected by him, to
which he was not entitled. We are not con-
versant with the precise facts, but learn that
certain fees which Auditors were formerly al
lowed by law, have been for several years alb
rogated, and that the repeating act has, until
the present time, been overlooked.
A negro named William Rogers locked the
door of his house at Detroit, late on Wednes-
day night, and chased his wife around the
room several times with the avowed purpose
of cutting her throat. She finally caught up
chair and knocked him down, but he inme-
diately arose and renewed the chase. A sec
end time she knocked him down with the
chair, when he fell against the door so heav-
lily as to open it, and the woman
sprang out and escaped, just as an officer AZ
peared upon the scene. The scamp then
rushed through another door and made good
his escape.
The Governor of Massachusetts,, the May
orsofBoston and surrounding towns aud many
other prominent men will be among the ex-
cursionists, It has been arranged that the
Governors Of the States through which they
pass are to meet them on the confines of their
gatesand escort them through their States
One of the principal features viii be the pub
LEGATION Of a newspaper every day, which will
be complete resume of incidents and events
with descriptions of the country and the nota-
bic persons whom they meet. The affair is in
charge Of Charles W. Brooks, Chinese Consul
At San Francisco.