Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-03-02
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ANOTHER HAUL-Ihe Sheriff OF Chicago
has made an arrest. One Nelson briggs
had been suspected of dealing in counter
felt money, and on Thursday last the Sher-
if pounced upon him. In bis .rpet bag
was found about $40. 900 Of counterfeit bills
some complete and some partly filed up
They were upon different Banks, and we're
well calculated to deceive. The Chicago
Tribune says: ~ e -
"The prisoner is man ofabout IS years
Of age, Of gentlemanly appearance and de-
meanor, and of highly polished address. =
He came from Rock Island to this place,
and from Cairo TO Rock Island"
Mr.. Driggs was strongly suspected, at
one time, Of using banking powers in Free
port, Harrison Co. O., and left that place
somewhat suddenly. to the no small diseom-
6tue of his interested friends. %. s. Jour.
The Panama Railroad is opened and do
ing business at remunerating rates The
distance is fifty miles. and the passenger
fare is $25, or fifty cents per mile. Pas
sengers' baggage 10 cents per h.; gold, a
quarter Of one per cent; ordinary freight, l.
2, and cents per pound according TO the
class.
The temperance law in the New York
Legislature has been amended so as TO fine
persons $25 for getting drunk, but il the
person so fined will come forward, and swear
where he obtained his liqnor, so as to con-
vict the person selling it, the fine is to be
lemitted. The title of the bill is. can Act
for the prevention of IutempcTance, Pau
derism, and Crime"
The Superior Court Of Pennsylvania has
granted the Erie d North East Railroad
Company an extension Of ninety days in
Erie, and thirty in Har5or Creek. The
Erie Gazette seems annoyed at the decree
of the Court and says:--"Improper as this
action may seem, there is no appeal from
it, and we must submit Declaring q road
nuisance and then throwing over it the
shield of protection, strikes US as an ezer-
else of power unprecedented in the history
of jurisprudence; but majority of the
Court have so decreed, and we must obey"
A verdict has been rendered in Mobiles
vile, Indiana, which does honor to the ju-
ry. A Mrs. Freyberger brought suit
against Martin Mounijoy for damages caus-
ed by liquor sold by defendant to her US
band, causing him to become drunkard.
and waste his time and money The jury
brought in a verdict Of $500, and major
ity of the jury were in favor Of a verdict
for 81 900. but others hesitated, and final
" compromise was effected on $780,
Here is an example for Ohio women who
suffer from liquor selling to their husbands,
and 10 Ohio juries
Shrock, the Treasurer of Holmes county,
Ohio. who recently disappeared with some
$50. 900 of the peoples funds. is reported
to have been arrested last month in Swift
zerlsnd. He had about bis person. when
taken into custody. about $4,000 francs in
bills Of exchange.
w An English Officer, now prisoner
in Sebastopol. had letter sent him from
young lady in England. to the effect that
she "hoped when he took Menschikoff pris-
oner, that he would send her button from
his coat for her to keep as a relic" The
letter was forwarded By flag oftruce into
Sebastopol, with other letters for prisoners
now in the enemy's hands. This letter fell
into Menschikoff's own hands, of course, to
be read aud delivered. On coming to the
above passage, he Immediately cut but
ton from his coat. and sent IL out under a
flag of truce, 10 be conveyed 10 the lady,
with a remark to the effect: 'That be had
no idea of yet being taken prisoner; but
rather than disappoint young lady of so
simple a request. he would fulfil her wish
himself before that time arrived.
The appointment of Hon. F. w Green,
Of Tifin. as Clerk Of the L. S. District
Court for the Northern District Of Ohio is
now publicly announced. This is his "pay"
for his vote on the Nebraska bilL-San-
dsIsky Register.