The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-05-15
NEWS ITEMS.

nave come 10 lgnC.
The Arkansas Supreme Court de-
clared in favor of Brooks.
Heavy fires were reported in the
woods of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Two children were burned to death
in a barn near Boston on Saturday.
A bill to enforce compulsory ed
ucation has passed the New York
Senate.
The Wisconsin railroad law has
been declared constitutional by the
States Attorney,
The National Banks have been
called on for report of business up
till the hour of closing on May first
prisoners in the Henry county
jail attempted to liberate themselves,
on the Sd, but did not make a sue
cess oft.
Erie, Ottawa and Sandusky coun-
ties will compose the Twenty-fourth
Senatorial District under the new
Constitution.
Within three or four years ], ,445
miles of narrow guage railway have
been built, and 1921 miles are being
constructed.
Newspaper reports of base ball
are concise this year, three or four
games being crowded into z single
short paragraph.
The Atlantic and Great Western
has been leased to the Erie for
ninety nine years, on basis of thirty
per cent ofits earnings.
The village of Ridgeway, Iowa,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday
last, only one House escaping de-
struction. Loss 100000.
Four Arkansans were killed and a
number wounded on the 7th, in
scrimmage between detatchments of
Brooks and Baxter's men.
A Convention at st. Louis, to con-
slider the currency and transporta-
tion questions, is talked oS to take
place the coming month.
The Office of the Standard, at Scho-
harie, New York, was entered and
wrecked on the night of the 8th. 1t
was opposed to the liquor interest.
The woods near Muskegon, Mich,
were on fire on Saturday last, and
threatening destruction to villages.
Much valuable timber was destroyed
Jay Cook & Co, are endeavoring
to settle with their creditors upon
the basis Of fifteen per cent in cash
and eighty-five per cent in securities
at market value.
1t is strongly intimated that Hon.
E. B Washburn minister to France
has his eyes set upon the Presiden-
tial Office, and will be 8 candidate for
nomination in 1875.
A bill passed by the Legislature
imposes a fine of from five to fifty
dollars on any person who points a
fire arm at another, whether the same
be loaded or unloaded.
The Sewing Machine ring is ex-
erting every nerve to secure an ex-
tension of patents which will con-
i ne that monopoly in the hands of
a few parties at the expense of the
people.
A woman living in Pencader- Hun
dred, Delaware, has been married "a
years, and recently gave birth to her
twenty-third child. The future pros
poets Of that family are somewhat
A serious riot occurred at Nelson
vile, Athens county, on Friday last,
and was renewed on Saturday. Du-
ring the melee three men we're mortal
ly wounded, The riot occurred be-
tween union and on-union miners.
One Of the subscribers to the
North,0est quit because there was
too much temperance in it. 1t was
about as consistent as it would be |
for a subscriber to the Messenger to
it for the same reason.
Jno. Morrissey, ex-Congressman,
in a little set to with an
other member of the Tammany Com
nittce last week. John is a muscu-
ar sachem and is used to "punch-
ng heads physically as well as spir.
5ually.
By the fall of four story brick
in Buffalo, on the I1tb, an
building was crushed in,
Ind a little boy and girl instantly
zllled. One lady had a leg broken,
md another an arm torn off. There
we're thirty persons in the building !
It the time of tho accident. /
Serrano has been successful in
'aising the seige of Bilboa, after
ZONE heavy fighting. Don Carlos
into one of the Basque
to reinforce his ranks. He
S again reported in the field ready
% confront the victorious marshal.
The son and heir of New York
'amily, astonished the family the 9th
II night by brandishing q revolver
around and shouting 'there is a man
4 the housep After the excitement
lad been somewhat subdued, he in
'ormed them that it was his twenty
irst birthday.
A bill has been introduced into the
Senate to remand the District of
Columbia back to Congressional |
control. The recent investigations
show that the government Of the dis !
,rict had better be in hands that will |
prevent some of the corruptions
Yhich prevail there.
Rev. e. Il. Hopkins, of Jackson Centre,
shelby Co, Ohio, says, "My wife had the con-
unption for ten years, and had been confined
o her bed for some time. heard Of DR.. L.
,. O. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, and