The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-01-15
Our PhiladelphIa Letter.
PH1LADEIPH1A, January 4, 1875.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.


Of the present Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania by majority of 144,OOO, a bill
was presented by Senator Rutan direct
ing the appointment of commission to
revise a Constitution then scarcely a
month old Mr.. Rutan's bill passed
and the commissioners appointed under
that Act have had several meetings in
this city-their last meeting was held
during the last week in December. ]
regret that cannot fully inform your
readers what this revisory board pro
pose doing, as the member with whom
conversed, while generally garrulous,
is rs reticent upon this subject as a first
class statesman.
THE NATIONS JUBILEE.
The New Year opens auspiciously for
the Centennial cause The official ac-
ceptance by Great Britain of the invi-
tation extended by the government of
the United States to take part in the In
ternational Exhibition has given very
great satisfaction to the gentlemen who
are laboring 80 industriously to make
the event a success worthy the occasion,
as well as of the people in whose interest
they are toiling so assiduously: while
the address issued to the people of New
York, and signed by so many of the
representative men of that State, has
given the members of the Centennial
Board of Finance unbounded gratifca-
ton and has greatly encouraged them in
their labors.
1 regard the acceptance by Great
Britain as determining the status of our
Exhibition SO far as Europe is concern
ed; and 1 look upon the action taken by
New York last week as resolving what
the national character of the Exhibition
shall be. England will put France,
Germany, Sweden, Italy and the other
nations of Europe upon their mettle, and
New York now decides that she will
compete for the supremacy in the mat
ter Of industrial exhibits with all the
States of the Nation.
AT the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
there were about 800 exhibitors from
Great Britain. From the information 1
have gathered from gentlemen who
have recently returned to this city from
England, and from the London press,
1 am led to believe that there will be
over 1000 exhibitors from Great Brit
ain at the American Exhibition.
A COMPLICATED CASE. .,
About three months ago an internal
revenue detective while perambulating
around among the gin shops in the low
er section of our city scented the aroma
of boiling molasses; following the scent
with the correctness of a thoroughbred,
the detective brought up in the rum
shop of Hugh M 'Cartney, in whose eel
lar he found a molasses still. running of
about four barrels of whisky per day.
The following day Mccartney was
brought before the US. Commissioner
and held for his appearance at the next
term of the U. S. Court.
In the house with Mccartney resided
Mr.. James Degan and his wife Rosa.
James was a seafaring man and was on
the high seas when M'Cartney's place
was seized. AS the detective had sure
thing ON M Mccartney, the latter in order
to save himself, attempted to put the de-
tective away by charging him with the
theft of a roll of money which happened
to be lying around loose; the charge
was made before an accommodating al
derman who held the detective for his ap-
pearance before the Session court. At
the preliminary hearing Rosa Degan
swore she saw the detective take the
money. When the case came before
the grand jury, the bill charging the de-
tective with theft was ignored.
A few days thereafter Mr.. Degan came
home and learned of the part taken by
his wife, it is said he belabored her in
true marine style, and to complete the
punishment of Rosa, she was tried, con-
victed and sentenced to an imprison-
ment for Ione year for perjury. A few
days ago, Degan returned from another
trip from across the ocean, and finding
his wife in prison charged Mccartney
with being the author of all his troubles.
Words soon came to blows and in the
melee Mccartney shot Degan in the arm,
which was shattered so badly it had to
be amputated. In the meantime Nc
Cartney has been committed toawait the
result of Degan's injuries. Between his
attempt to kill Degan and defraud the
government, M 'Cartney is likely tospend
the rest of his life in Cherry Hill, and
lose his three-story brick tavern with its
still in the cellar.
A CLERGYBIAN's DETECTION.
The catholic priest J. w. Gerdeman
who recently violated his vow of cell
bacy by marrying the pretty organist of
his church, and who in the agitation in
cident to change SO radical in the life
of celibate neglected to properly debit
and credit the amount of funds placed
in his hands by his parishioners, has
been held for trial by jury, by Judge
Finletter who heard his case ON habeas
corpus. -
The prosecution charge Gerdeman
with having embezzled $50, of the
money deposited with him for the cree
ton of the church of which he was pas
tor; the defence deny embezzlement and
claim that whatever deficiency exists,
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