Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-07-23

The Second Of August as will be seen
by the programme in another column, is to
be celebrated in very becoming manner.
Fremonters when they undertake, do moth
ing by halves. Therefore all who como
here to join in the festivities may expect
good time. There will undoubtedly be sew
eral Fire Companies from the adjoining
towns and cities. Let the people turn out
and we'll have grand gala day.
Dr. Tubbs will be at Kesslcr's House in
this place on Friday tho 3oth. Invaids
take notice.
Bishop McIlvainc, and daughter, of Ohio,
sailed in tho Africa for Liverpool on
Wednesday the 21st.
About three miles of iron has been laid
on tho Fremont and Indiana Railroad.
The Cleveland 81 Toledo Railroad will
carry Fremcn who wish to attend the
tournament and parade at this place at half
fare.
VIM. Cochrane has taken the contract to
build the Agricultural Society's house on
the Fair Grounds.
The Atlantic Telegraph cable has broken
again, on tho third attempt to submcrge it.
The Niagara has returned to Eugland.
The American House on the hill has
opened with new landlord, Mr.. William
Hurdicl.
The coroner's jury in tho late Eric Rail
road disaster, say, ait is our belief that the
cars were thrown from the track in consc-
quence of broken rail, against which ordi-
nary caro- aud foresight on the part of those
in charge of the train could not guard
And yet the train was going down the noun
tain and around short curves at the speed
of somc forty miles an hour Six killed
outright, ard some thirty MANNED for life,
and neither engineer or conductor to blame.
josiah Hedges Esq. one oftho oldest citi-
zcns of Tilfin died on tho 18th, aged.sO
years.
THE PRINrER.-The third number of this
beautiful and valuable monthly devoted to
the interests of the cart preservative Of all
arts" }" has been received. 1t should and we
hopo it may have wide circulation. 1t is
published by Henry & Huntington, No.
Spruce Street, New York. at 81 per year.
The Marshal took three struggling yaga-
bonds to Jail on Tuesday evening. They
had been skulking around all day, and had
stolen several articles from stores and shops
about town.
DIEp.-We learn by telegraph last night
that WIN. T. PORTER, so long and favorably
known as the editor of the New York Spir-
ii Of the Times, and more recently as the
Editor and Proprietor Of Porter's Spirit of
the Times, died in New York yesterday
His genial manners and genuine excellence
of heart, had won him hosts of friends; and
the intelligence of his death will be read
with universal regret.-Leader goth.
The Louisville Journal says there has
Deen TOT some tlme past larger noatlDg
population in Cairo than in any other city
of its size in the United States.
I ASTONISHING FEoUNDIrY-Judge Bar
ton, who resides about five miles from this
city in Belmont county, Ohio, owns young
COW five years old last spring, that is now
sucking her fifih calf. This seems almost
incredible, but is nevertheless true.- Wzesl-
ing hteliigencer.
ORIGIN OF ga FEATHER IN HIS Carr
Tho origin of this phrase is said to have
been derived from the following CUSTOM
the paragraph being an extract from an an
cient Manuscript now in the British Museum
and descriptive of Hungary in 1898, in
. which tho writer says of the inhabitants =
/; at hath been an ancient custom amongst
them, that mono should weare fe.her bul
0 he who had killed Turk, to whom onlie il
was lawful to shew tho number of slaine
. cnemycs by tho number Of fethcrs in bis
! cappe,"
r The Prison FULL-Thero are over sev,
q On hundred convicls in the Ohio peniten
tiarv ayasx, all havsne, IL ;nsnaia