The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-04-18
NEWS ITEMS.

The Goodrich murder in New York, re-
mains as great a mystery as over.
Lake navigation commenced on Monday
last between Cleveland aud Detroit. This is
regarded as a very early opening.
The Mississippi Planning Mills at St. Louis,
were destroyed by IRE on the 18th. Loss es-
timated at from 900 to $4,000.
We are told that a Boston girl who was
married four years ago in dress worth S5OOO'
may now be seen splitting her own -kindling
and doing her own washing
Minnesota pleads guilty to freezing seventy
eight people to death in January, but offers
fresh verdure and green strawberry vines on
the prairies in March, as an extenuation.
A heavy fire occurred at Parker's Landing,
in the oil regions, on the night of the Sd. The
estimated loss is S25O,OOO. Some seventy
buildings were destroyed in the business por-
ton of the city.
An infdel named Underwood, is lecturing
in MassiIIon, and soliciting controversy with
ministers, but none seem willing to enter the
the arena with him Here is an opportunity
for Bishop GiImour to grapple with an evil
which he denounces in his pastoral. Will he
do it2
Mills Nos. and 2 of the Dwight Manufac-
turing company at ChicopOe, Mass, were de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 18th
together with contents, cotton sheetings, fan.
nels &C., and 45O bales cotton. The loss is
- 4 l.. L - - L., Eho,, 4braa ororfara of n
million dollars, which is covered by insurance.
The safe Deposit Bank, of Pittsburg was
robbed last week, of a box belonging to the
Odd Fellows, in which there were $4,000 cash
and papers valued at 100000. The box was
afterwards found by detectives, but the money
was gone. Papers were safe, 1t is thought
that some one connected with the bank COM
mitted the robbery. ~
The Courier Journal says: With salary
twice as large as any other President received,
General Grant can now afford to pay the ex-
press charges on all the Cleveland pups that
may be sent him. To which the Alliance LO-
ca! replies: If the same could be said of Lou
isville pups, the Co.pier-Jou,nal might econ
be minus an editor.
There has been disastrous food at Roches-
ter, N. Y. On Tuesday evening last, numer-
Gus people had assembled on the bank of the
Gennessee, to see the food, and others crowd
ed into the new Police and Fire Department
building, the river walls of which gave way,
and precipitated a number of persons into the
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A shocking crime has come to light near
Eureka, Illinois. Recently Mrs. Hedges
was found murdered behind a school house
about mile from the town. A letter pinned
to her under garments indicated intimacy
with some one who adduced Abram and Sol
mon as justifiers of their intimacy. An inTes-
tigation was held, a preacher named T. G.
Workman, acknowledged the letter, but de-
MED any criminal intimacy with the murder
ed woman. His wife was brought into court,
but tainted, and continued in fainting con
dition throughout the day. 1t was proved she
was woman of violent temper, was jealous
of Mrs Hedges, had come home on the even
ing of the day of the murder with her face
scratched and bloody. Mrs. Hedges, during
the day, had drawn from deposit $135 with
which, it is thought, she attempted to buy the
silence of Mrs. W, and they sought that out
of the way place to transact the business, but
Mrs. W, becoming angered, struck the other
with club, and then dragged her behind the
school house and cut her throat. The money
was missing, and Mrs. W., was looked upon
as the murderess. Owing to her fainting con-
dition, which some regarded as "shamming,"
the investigations were delayed. The murder
was committed on the 29th ult Later reports
say that Mrs. W., has confessed TO killing
Mrs. Hedges, but claims to have done it in
self defence. The supposition is that in fit
ofsudden anger at discovering, as she sup
posed, evidence of her husbands intimacy, she
the deed.