The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-11-20
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Speaker Blaine positively declines
= to be a candidate for Senator.
: The creditors of Jay Cook & Co.,
, will hold meeting December 1.
A fire in Cincinnati on Sunday de-
stroyed and damaged property val
ued at $4,000
1t is reported that sixty Indians
are raiding in Kerr county, Texas,
stealing horses and cattle.
The Arkansas Legislature have
endorsed Garland. It is not very
likely that Smith will raise the stand
ard of rebellion.
The American Express Company
at Cincinnati, was robbed of safe
containing $4,000 on Sunday last
in broad day light.
The longshoremen, of New York,
who are on a strike, deal brutal ven
geance upon non-society men who
work at present wages.
The longshoremen in New York
City, have determined to strike on
account of the determination of en-
ployers to reduce wages.
Mrs. Rufer, the wife of one of the
murderers Of Schilling,at Cincinnati,
has become insane and made several
attempts to murder her child.
Geo. Randall, who committed rape
upon Miss Gillett, at Chicago Falls,
on the Oath ult., was arrested at
Middlesex, Conn, few days ago.
The trotting horse "Kitty d."
owned by parties in Steubenville,
was stolen on Tuesday night of last
week. The horse was valued at $780,
900.
Pennsylvania coal miner, perpe-
trate many deeds of violence and
murder. At Carbardale, Sunday,
two men were killed and three bru-
tally beaten.
A man named McMahor, of Wat |
erloO, Illinois, has been arrested |
for the murder and cremation of his
wife. The murder occurred on the
9th of August.
The store of Baker & Sturgeon.
at Delaware, Ohio, was entered by
burglars Tuesday, and robbed of
silks valued at about $4,000. No
clue to the thieves.
At New Orleans, on the 18th the
packet Empire sank, at her landing.
She appears to have been heavily
loaded and broke in two. There
were thirty-five men, women and
children lost.
Navigation on the canals of New ,
York will be closed for the season of
1874 on the 5th of December next,
except on the Lateral canals, which /
will be closed at the direction ofcom- /
in charge. s
The third and last man implicated t
n the robbery of the American Ex- e
press office in Cincinnati, was arres-
ed Tuesday afternoon. His name is u
Iogeny. No clue to the where e
bouts of the money is yet obtained. q
A young lady was instantly killed II
It Vienna, Ind, on Tuesday of last b
1eek, by her drunken father. He b
hrew loaded revolver on the floor, ii
7hen it was discharged and the ball al
ntered the young lady's head near B
he right eye. Ol
Frederick Mercer has confessed
hat he and a man named Murray, p
hon he met in Toledo and Jour &c
eyed with to Pittsburg murdered -
lrmer Wahl near that city on We'd ~
esday evening the llth, expecting ~
get some money, but they got ST,
one. A.
At the International Horticultural m
Exhibition at Belfast, a bunch of
lack Hamburg grapes was shown on
hich weighed twenty pounds twelve 5O
1nces. This is the largest cluster ev- on
grown in Great Britain, and de- Co
'rves to be put on record asa tri-
nph of fruit culture. an
In the Circuit Court 70 Lake Coun- @O'
=, Illinois, at Waukegan, Tuesday,
ldge Murphy overruled motion Al
quash the Indictment against Da-
d A. Gage, lately Treasurer of
licago, for failing to pay over the - =
ty's moneys to his successor in =
ice, and the trial was set for the 8
:th inst. :
Two Presbyterian ministers of
N Francisco recently took part in
e instalment of Universalist pas emzl m
?, Hebrew rabbi, and Congrega- w ans
)nalist and Unitarian divine like ." e1O
Sc assisted. The Presbytery of aaC
n Francisco Immediately depo- ma,
d their brethren for participation Gel
the affair. not
Hon. A. G Riddle, suthor of oBart phi
dgely" and "The Portrait" has ioni
itten a political novel, which will mos
published by the Appletons during IOl '
e present month. Its scene is laid =.
Washington, in the year next fol- -. nl4'
wing the close of the war, and it rsn, w
crowded with realistic portraits tiou
d PHOTOGRAPHS Of scenes. able
| letter from Florance, Italy, states that
1t son of Burton, the famons olde
nerican comedian, as living in that tyy
Y with his family in the depths Suoo
destitution. He is an artist of com
lsidersble merit and a deserving uO'
n and call has been made upon Us us
admirers of his fathers genius to . a''-' -
tribute something to his relief. cana
\ dispatch from Dayton says: A lar P
l-known lady of this city,who has Sum
pie means in negotiating for the cent
chase of lot in the center of kind
city whereon to erect a commo- DO'a
US building which she intends to 'rae'
Ote to the Woman's Christian a. u
'ociation of this city, to be used w -On =
heir headquarters and as a lodg- S-;ri - n
house for the poor. She will w;tb; 9TH
lish the building in superb style, digio
thus present magnificent gift will +
his charitable organization, run
Democratic paper, rejoicing
the election of N.P.Banks, says On
he defeated Republican salary dwell