The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-27


A Mrs. Glenn of Indiana, has recently been
remanded by tho Supreme Court of that State
for a fifth trial for murder.
The Shah of Persia lately sent his compi-
ments to President Grant, through Mr..
Schenck, our minister at London.
A negro named George Fields who ravished
German girl named Lizzie Koch, Rear Au-
gusta, Mo, was hung by mob on the 2ist.
Susan D., having been convicted, prosecu-
tions against the other IA women who voted
with her, have been noHied. Susan's fine was
slOO.
A collision of two pic mic trains near St.
Louis resulted in the smashing of several cars,
and the wounding Of quite number Of chill
dren.
Fruit prospects in Southern Ohio are very
line with the exception of peaches, and they
will be more abundant than was at first sup
posed.
A controversy has sprung up in Italy be-
tween the Pope and newspaper, as to wheth-
or God is on the side of Italy, or on that of
the Pope.
Inc "SllVer islet" silver mine discovered
near the north shore of Lake Superior. a few
years ago, turns out to be the richest on this
continent.
The Ashtabula Street Railroad Companv.
pany, with s5O,OOO capital stock, and the
Mansfield Paper Company, with S65,OOO have
been incorporated
A review of seven thousand troors ,,,o. LA
by Queen Victoria at Windsor Park. on the
Zlth inst, in honor of the Shah of Persia. also
grand naval display.
Wapello and Marion counties. Iowa bava
too much honesty to accept Congressman WAL
den's contribution of portion of his back SAL
ary to their school funds.
Lewis D. Tappan, one of the formost work
ers in the anti-slavery movement in its earliest
efforts in New York City, died in BROOKLYN
on the 23d inst, aged s. years.
The managers of sovon railroads ru.nipo
south and west of Chicago, have signod pa
per agreeing to issue no passes except to their
own employees and their families.
The famous John DriscolI of Saginaw. es-
capped from the Michigan State Prison on the
10th, and hid in a swamp, but was shot in
tue side by revolver and recaptured.
An attempt at Bank robbery at Chillicotho.
Mo, was frustrated by the disclosure of the
plot by pretended confederate. The leader
was shot and two other confederates captured.
On the 9th inst, Mrs Harriet Thompson of
Logan county, took dose of strychnine bv
mistake, supposing it to be quinine, and died
in 20 minutes. Ths phial containing the pois-
on was not labeled
Alenzo Morgan, q clerk in the freight Office
of the L. S. & NJ s. r. Il. at Geneva. COM
mitted suicide on the 2Sd inst, by shooting
himself in the mouth. He left note saving
Ill health was the cause of what ho had done.
Selt-defense is very good grounds for killing
another man, but isn't it stretching things a
little to decide, as was done in Delaware the
other day, that Prof. West had killed, skinned.
dismembered and buried man-all in sols-
defsnsep
Snake culture is on the increase in England.
They are used instead of cats in houses and
stables and are far loss troublesome and ex-
pensiYc. They catch mice without making n
fuss about it, and never fight like cats after
bod time.
VIM Jones colored man at Toledo, was
struck with a heavy oak board, in the hands
OF Frenchman, with whom he had got into
wraugle, ON the 9th inst, and was almost
instantly killed. The murderer was promptlv
arrested.
The tobacco warehouse of DIR. Thomas. in
North Covington, containing 500 hogsheads of
tobacco, was totally destroyed by fire on the
23d, loss $4,000, insured for 100000. The FIRE
is supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
A farmer near Hamilton, on the Doth inst.
commenced harvesting, and on tho first round
ran over his little son who was sitting in the
barley and concealed from the driver. the
teeth of the reaper mangling and cutting the
little fellow terribly.
During the past week, about lis, 900 bushels
OF corn stored at Chicago were reported out
ofcondition, being heated, which caused prices
to fall to q cents per bushel, the lowest point
reached for twelve year,. Fraud is suspected
and an investigation ordered.
Messrs. H. d. Reeves and Geo. w. Irwin.
of Tolono, Ill, representatives of large BODY
of farmers in Central Illinos, for the purpose
OF comforting with railroad officials in refer
ence to reduced expenses in transportation,
handling and sale of grain, visited Toledo on
the 9th inst.
On Sunday evening last, severe rain
storm accompanied by thunder and lighting,
passed over Chicago, doing considerable dam
age blowing dowrhderriclZs, tearing up wood
ON sidewalks, unroofng barns, outhouses, &c.
and partially demolishing the Swedish Church
on Chicago Ave, near Sedgwick street.
A Louisville lawyer missed some valuable
papers from his Office, and tho case to which
they related had to be postponed. On investi-
CATION he found the missing documents doing
duty in his wife's hustle, her supply of news
papers having run out. There was lively
time in that household, just about then.
An explosion of 200 cartridges occurred at
Harsh's Ordnance store, N. Y, last Saturday.
BY which the windows wero blown out, and
two men sitting in the front store violently
blown into the street, but not seriously in
jured. Mr.. Harsh and his three little sons
and a Mr.. Leonard were frightfully injured
Ganeral William o. Butler, who ran for
the Vico Presidency on the ticket with Gem
eral Cass in lS4S is still alive, and Kentucky
paper gives as evidence of his vigor that al
though in his eigty-third year, he walks less
than six miles a day for exercise; in fact he
is most remarkably constituted, both physi-
'ally and mentally, as he is as spry as a man
Of forty, with memory uuimpaired.
The Juniata sailed on the oath inst, on
voyage in search of tho Polaris. She is
manned by $50 meE, and carries two light
guns. She has l6l tons OF coal and an abund-
ance of provisions to supply both the Polaris,
when found. and the Tigress, which will fol-
ow the Juuiata, July 4th. Besides her own
alnch, which carries 80 men, she carries a |
arge steam launch for &c men, all parts of |
which are duplicated so that q second NAV |
% constructed, if necessary. She will stop at
St Johns, for coal.
The Postmaster General signed the addition
i articles to the present postal treaty with
)anada, providing for an interchange of the
'ostal cards of the United States and tho Do
ninion, at tho prepaid rate of two cents in
uil, to its destination in either country, the
to be effected by afixing to the