The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-05-28
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"The Society for the, preYention of
Cruelty to Children, was organized in
New York under the management Of
Peter Cooper, James Brown, W. E.
Dodge, =, I. Jerry, John D. Wright,
and other prominent citizens. The
abuse of children is more common than
that Of animals, for the reason the latter
has money value.
Ex-judge Porter closed his four days
speech to the jury in the Tilton- Beecher
case on Wednesday. Evarts is to fol
low, and then Tiltons attorneys will
"say their pieces" the jury, if yet alive,
will give verdict and the sensation
reading public will have to look up
another excitement. The end will occur
in about two weeks.
The citizens of Cambridge have de-
cided to celebrate the centennial of
Washington's taking cammand of the
army, on July Sd next, and have appro-
prihted $4,000 for that purpose. Mr..
Oliver Wendell Holmes will deliver a
poem, and President Eliot, of Harvard
College, the oration. Those two feat
ures are enough to make the programme
of the day successful.
At Osceola, Pa, large fire broke
out last week, in a lumber mill, destroy
ing $4,000, 900 feet of lumber. Great
brands Of fire were carried to every part
of the town, and some 200 buildings
were destroyed, involving loss of two
million dollars. The fire spread to the
woods and did much damage, and seve.
raj villages in the course Of the flames
were burned up. A number of cars and
the railroad track for several miles were
destroyed.
The Mechlenberg Centennial Cele
bration was conducted with considerable
spirit both at Nashville and at Char
lotte, N. G. At Nashville number o
distinguished persons were in attendance
and patriotic speeches were made by
Gov. Brown and William G. Ryan, Esq
They advocated the union of the whole
country. The stars and stripes wer,
freely displayed all over the city. A
Charlotte, great crowds were presen
from neighboring states, and joined il
the celebration.
The resolutions adopted by the Sum
NIT G ounty Republican Convention las
Saturday have the right ring. The dele
gates to the State Convention were in
structed l''to favor an anti-third tern
plank in the platform to be adopted a
that Convention, and also ''to oppos,
any proposition or resolution looking t,
any change in the present Constitutions
guarantees relating to our Common
School system, or to division of thu
School Fund, among religious or othel
sects.
Boston is again excited over bruta
murder. as mysterious and revolving a
that of Mrs. Bingham, q few weeks since
The last victim was little giIl Of fiv,
years, the scene Of the deed a church, il
the tower Of which the mangled body o
the child was found in less than an hou
after she was missed. Suspicion poiIt,
strongly to the sexton Of, the church
who, some fifteen months since, was ar
rested for murder but discharged from
want of sufficient evidence against him
The young lady pupils Of st. Vincent
Institute have presented $4,000 din
mohd cross to Cardinal McCloskey. A
the same time Harper's Weekly repro
duces a bulletin displayed on the Yienni
Bourse announcing the Popo as th'
purchaser of 5000, ,0OO worth of Austrian
bonds. And yet the raking up o
"Peter's pence" from the bard earning
of the Catholic working people through
out world goes on all the same. Tn
Pope and Cardinal are representatives o
the meek and lowly Savior of men.
The American Rife Team, it is hoped
will not be embarrassed any more b
changes of shooting ground. The loca
authorities at Clontarif were too sting
to repair a bridge on the road to til
''North Bull" where they were going t
have'the match, and now the steamship
companies will not carry their cartridge
across the ocean through fear that thei
insurance will be affected. This isquit
an obstacle, for the team can not us
English powder on account Of the dii
ference in the firearms.