The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-09-13
NEWS ITEMS.

Ex-Governor Curtin, of Penna, is lying
quite i'll at New York City.
Charles Bassett, at Lakeville Mass, shot
his mother-in-law, on Saturday last, Domestic
troubles the cause.
A disastrous IRE occurred at Mishawaka,
Indiana on the 9th, which destroyed large
amount of property.
The Reed House at Erie was destroyed by
fire on the night of the 4th. Loss about $780,
600, mostly covered by insurance.
The Republican majority in North Caro-
lima is now made definitely certain. On Gov
ernor it is l,9l5, on congressman 1920.
The Cincinnati Exposition opened on the
4th. Exhibitors are present from every State
in the Union, and also from England, Canada.
The Indians of Arizonia are making
troubles and have committed numerous muir
ders lately, so that Gov. Stafford was Obliged
to cali out the volunteers.
A drunken brute named Schrener. at New
Haven, Conn, on the 9TH, Drained his little
child with an axe, fractured his wife's skull,
and then cut his own throat
In Chicago, on Sunday night, drunken
rowdy pushed little daughter of Michael
Callahen from the sidewalk, and on being re-
monstrated with, stabbed Mr.. Cauahen to the
heart. The murderer escaped.
Memphis had 100000 fire on Sunday
last. 1t broke out in shoe shop. Had it or
iginated in a tailor shop and Andy johnson
been about, it might have been attributed to
one of his incendiary speeches. Loss half COW
cred by insurance.
A huge cheese was made at the Windsor.
Ashtabula County cheese factory the 3Oth of
August. The curd was furnished by four
factories. The size of the cheese is five feet
in diameter, three feet eight inches thick, and
weighed when green, three thousand four
hundred and seventy-hve pounds.
a shrewed cOlored citizen of Terra Haute
was intervied by Greeley msn the other day.
"Don't you remember that Mr.. Greeley was
always a warm advocate OF the rights of your
race and an earnest Republican, querried
the chow-chow. eyes, sah," was the reply;
"and pears to me has read that Lucifer was
in Heaven once. But he's not dere now-not
now, sah."
A small dafkey with an armful of eight day
pups accosted gentleman on Pine Street, a
few days ago, with the query, "Want any
pups dis morninf" "What are they, Greeley
or Grant pupsP" At venture the young fan
cier responded, "Greeley." "Don't want 'em. y
A day or two later the boy made another at
tempt, and was asked the same question, 10
which he replied, "Grant pups" Why, you
little rascal, didn't you offer me the same pups
to me few days ago as Greeley pupsT" "Das
50, but dey's done got their eyes open since.'r
In his attack upon the United States gov.
ernment for the sale of arms to French agents
in 1872, Mr.. Schurz suppressed the fact that
the German government sold arms to the
Southern rebels in 1875, and on being re-
monstrated with by our consular and diplo.
matte agents, justified the act as not contrary
to the law of nations Also Mr.. Schurz did
not state the fact that as soon as our govern.
ment found out that Remington & Company
were French agents they never sold them an.
other gun. Half the truth, Mr. Schurz, is a,
bad as lie.
Commenting on the silly charge of the Dem.
ocratic papers that Senator Wilson was Q
Know-Nothing, the Boston Pilot, excellent
authority among the Catholics, says: HThe
editor has been able to find nothing to Justify
the accusation, except the fact that Mr.. VIII
son received few votes for Governor in the
Know-Nothiug convention, and declined the
nomination. The Pilot arrives at this concIu.
sion: If Mr.. Wilson uttered these things in
1854 the Pilot did not say anything about it
which surprises US. We are, therefore, in
clined to believe whether he was a Know.
Nothing or not, that these alleged quotations
are manufactured as campaign documents and
very mean ones at that"
A new religious sect has been started in
Iowa, and have purchased about 80, 900 acres
of land on the Rock Island and Pacific Rail.
road. They number about fifteen hundred
call themselves "Amanians," and are all Ger.
mans. Property is held in common, and the
affairs of the society are managed by fifteen
trustees. Each person is allowed to draw q
certain amount from the cooperative store
yearly, and no member is given any wages or
money for personal expense. They own large
-four and wooden mills on Des Moins River, land
are noted for their honesty and fair dealing.
As marriage is nots encouraged, though not
forbidden among them, and they are not re-
ceiving any members, the sect will probably
die out In q few years.