The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-02-20
NEWS ITEMS.

In the IaS6 uln6 uOHSHS 0hO 'oluO
of eggs imported into England was
close upon ten millions.
A propesition looking to Compul-
sorry education is before the Consti-
tutional Convention, having been re-
ported on favorably by majority Of
the Committee on Education.
At Detroit, on the 14th one Nc
Donald the father of "Baby McDon-
aid" an infant prodigy of six years,
was arrested on a charge of incest,
the little child having been the vic
tim of his lust, until frightfully dis
easea.
The health of Archbishop Purcell
is very precarious. The Cincinnati
Gazette speaks of late illness of the
Archbishop as being very severe, ow-
ing to an excessive hemorrhage of
the lungs, but that his condition Was
improving.
By collision, at Bellaire, o.,
Monday, between the steamer Ed.
Holds and the tow-boat Panther, a
large barge in tow of the Hobbs,
laden with iron ore, was sunk, to-
gether with two of the Panther's
coal barges.
The war between the B. & o., and
the Pennsylvania Company progres
ses, and the B. & 0. has thus far cut
OFF about third the usual charges
on freight. If the arrangement is on
ly permanent the people will have
cause to rejoice.
On the night of the llth, at Ada,
Ohio, FIRE broke out in the hardware
store of Charles & Murry, and spread
thence toadjoining buildings, iRvolv-
ing q loss of $4,000 before the fire
could be suppressed. There was an
insurance of $4,000,
onward of eighty millions of
pounds, or forty thousand tons OF
grain, were delivered by the Erie
Railroad at Jersey City during the
month of December, 1873, being l12
per cent, more than In the CORES
ponding month of 1872.
A desperate attempt was made in
New York on Tuesday, by means Of
forged dispatches to create an ex-
citement on change in regard to the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
and the Toledo Wabash & Western
Railroad. The project failed by a
timely discovery Of the forgery.
Bv the fall of an ice house, at
Phiiadelphia, on the 18th, a dozen
men we're buried in the ruins. One
was taken out dead, and several 9th
ers removed fearfully wounded. The
rest, seven, could not be reached,
and were supposed to have been
crushed to death.
Postmaster General Cresswell fa-
vors en- increase in the compensation
of Postmasters in the larger cities,
where, he says, they cannot, by Law,
obtain larger compensation than
many Postmasters Of smaller cities,
although the responsibility is much
greater and the bonds given greatly
in excess of those localities.
The marriage of the Duke of Edin-
burg and the Russian Princess Alex
androvna is fully understood as hav-
ing been altogether political ALI
anCe, but it seems to have left g bit
terness between Russia and England.
There is still an angry contention go
ing on, very privately and diplom-
atically Of course, over the Khivsn
campaign.
On the night efthe 18th, the Firs;
National Bank, at Quincy, H., was
robbed of 100000 in currency, and
a quantity of bonds. The burglars
effected an entrance to the safe by
cutting large hole through three
feet wall, and then cutting the rivetf
of the boiler iron with which the
vault was lined. The safes were
then blown open and rifed of theil
contents. This is another OF thos'
wonderful robberies which puzzle ex
planation, as there is 20 clue to the
perpetrators.
The investigation into the affairs
| of the District of Columbia has reach
ed stage which promises some de
finite and early results. The Join
Select Committee had full and ear
nest meeting on Friday and agrees
that hit whom it might the investi
CATION should be searching, thorougI
and impartial. After some debat
it was decided to begin the invest
CATION by formally calling upon Coy
ernor Shepherd as head Of the Dis
trict government, to furnish certai
specific information in the form o
answers to series Of question
which the committee proposes t
submit.