The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-11-22
Personal.
Dickens is said to be the best after
dinner orator in England.

Dickens is said to be the best after
dinner orator in England.
Alexander Dumas recently addressed
letter as follows! ''To Garibaldi, Rome
TO be called for" .se.a s...I
Gail Hamilton doesn't lecture on wo-
mans rights, but she has book on wo-
mans wrongs, which will soon be pub
lished. .7
Charles A. Dana will issue his new
paper December 1st. 1t is not yet de-
cided whether it will support Grant or
Chase.
"Mediumsn in London have consulted
the spirit of Elisabeth Barrett Brown
ing, and she, or it, expresses opposition
to Robert marrying Jean Ingelow.
Senator Sumner has presented Har-
ward College Library with more than
one thousand volumes, and seven thou
ssnd pamphlets, within the past five
years.
Bismarck is six feet in height, with
broad shoulders and chest round, florid
face, large blue eyes, and loud voice.
He is described as the image of a roll
licking prize-fghter.
Gen. Mcclellan, who is in Paris, is
coming home next spring. He hopes
to find employment as an engineer; not
however, in the political or military
line, both of which he has tried in vain.
DR.. Holland, says women have q right
to vote, but he thinks one vote for a
family is enough. He says he is will
| ing married women shall vote in lieu of
their husbands. a5 .is aJi lstesa
On the night of June IL, 1874, a
Mr.. Lyons, jeweler of Charleston, S.
c., was murdered in his bed. A few
days ago a letter was received in
Charleston from Hungary, saying that
brigaDd, on the scafold, confessed to
having murdered Mr. Lyons, in Charles
ton, twenty-three years ago, and asking
| if any such crime had been committed.
IA Virginia letter describes Mosby as
"dressing in careless, easy, Virginia
style, with white slouch hat, dust
stained bob-tail coat, milk and molasses
colored pantalooos and vest (the latter
without two or three buttons) badly
adjusted false front tooth, a figure of
medium size, close shaven, sunburnt,
youthful face, slouched shoulders, quiet,
taciturn, undemonstratiVe in manner.
AT the marriage of the daughter of
Gov. Dennison of Ohio, recently, the
officiating clergyman made very lu-
dicrous mistake. Placing himself in
front of the groomsman, he came near
uniting him and one of the bridesmaids
in marriage, in place of the bride and
groom. In fact, he had progressed half
way through the ceremony before the
mistake was discovered. rsi'-
Dickens first reading in New Y York
will be given in Steiuwsy Hall on the
ninth Of December The selections
for that occasion viii be "The Christ
mas Carol" and the trial of "Bardell Us
Pickwick." The price Of admission is
fixed at one dollar and half; reserved
seats half a dollar additional. The
great novelist intends to read four even
ings each week, giving probably also a
matinee; and his stay in this country
will be limited to taOenty weeks.
Horace Greeley, in his "Recollections
of Busy Life" says::-"I never saw
game of billiards played, and know
nothing of bowling; yet judge this
latter capital indoor exercise for per
sons of sedentary pursuits and habits.
Though often invited, never yet went
on a railroad excursion that was to out
last the day of starting; knowing by
instinct that it would prove failure SO
far as enjoyment was concerned"