Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-16
Stair NEWS.

Van Vert County, o., has filed nearly all
her offices with returned soldiers.
| Two hundred of the students of Oberlin Col
lege are making special preparations for teach
ing next year.
The Ottawa County Union says the "signs"
indicate that navigation on the lake will close
unusually early this fall.
The Toledo Blade mentions train convey
ing railroad iron which left that city last week
which was over one fourth of lie lorg.
During the month Of October 2S,7OO bbls Of
green apples we're received by lake and rail in
Cleveland, and 81, ,s96 bbls. shipped TO differ
eut points.
Joseph Kirkup, Esq > a member Of the City
Council of Cincinnati, aud representative to the
Grand Lodge 1. o. o. F. of the United States,
died in Cincinnati on Tuesday morning.
Four thousand six hundred and forty three
cars landen with live stock passed over the
Cleveland d Erie Railroad during the month of
October, 1866
A bold robbery was committed at Waterville
near Toledo. on Wednesday evening, by three
men, who entered store, seized the clerk aud
tied him, threatening 10 shoot him if he made
moi. c, and then gathered up all the money
they could find, amounting to $3.50, and depar-
ted, leaving the clerk in good position for re-
Election.
Governor Cox and Quartermaster Day have
succeeded in putting in military claims of the
State against the General Government TO the
amount of two hundred thousand dollars, and
have also removed the difficulties which have
prevented The auditing of one hundred thou
sand dollars additional
The State Convention Of the friends of Tenn
perance Committee, is TO meet at Columbus on
Tuesday, the 20th inst, as the call says, "to
harmonize and concentrate on proper measures
to be presented at the ensuing session of the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, for the
destruction of the evil of intemperance." The
committee appeal to "all ecclesiastical bodies,
church organizations, all orders of Temperance,
sll civil, social or called ASSOCIATIONS, TO take
decided and immediate action against the great
evil of intemperapce."
An amusing occurrence took place soon after
The October election in Mt. Vernon, Ohio Two
ardent supporters of the rival parties made
bet in this wise the loser pledging, himself TO
buy a sack of flour and wheel it the whole
length of main street on wheelburrow ard de-
liver it at the winners house. The copPerbead
lost the bet and wheeled the -four up main
street according 10 contract, led by martial
band and dressed 10 red white and blue sights.
That's kind of betting that benefits the pub
lie generally.
The Union Depot at Cleveland was opened on |
Saturday, Nov. 10Th, with appropriate ceremo-
hises. II is unquestionably the finest as well |
as the largest structure of the kind on the con- |
finent The building is six hundred and three
feet in length aud one hundred and eighty in
width, covering an area of one hundred and
eight thousand five hundred and forty square
feet, or a little more than tGo aud half acres.
1t is built of sandstone and the walls are two
feet in thickness, and contain $4,000 cubic feet
Of stone In the construction OF the foundation
nron which Ike superstructure is placed Al 900
cubic feet were used, and retaining wall, to
prevent the washing Of the bank, contain H.
]00, making the whole number of cubic feet of
stone used, l74,00D. There are $4,000 square
ieet of dressed stone upon the outer walls the
remainder of the surface being what is called
rock face" i. e., just as the blocks arc broken
1t The quarry. The stupendous roof is support
ID by forty y-nine iron trusses, and is the largest
-oof in this country, if not in the world, which
S sustained without the aid of pillars. The
weight of iron used in these trnsses is nearly
100. About 10000 feet of lumber and ten
ons of spikes were used in forming the surface
IN which to lay the states. of those, $4,000
pieces were laid. Light is admitted through
5000 lights of glass. The partition walls con-
ain ,270, 900 feet; and the passenger and bag
age room, the offices and dining rooms are fur
lished in appropriate style.