The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-11-15
miscellaneous

Land is offered to settlers near ack-
sonEills, Fla, forufifty cents an'vaere.
This is, dirt cheap. .ioit bao1d To auso-
p9A mild earthquake was felt at t'Gff Greene ha
county, Pa, recently, 1t was strong
enough to give the houses gentle s6ak-
ing. sD''9f''"' t''"""fo' ''' p'"4 ''-' -
A stroke of lightning blasted about
twenty cords of stone from quarry in
Eau Claire, Wis,-the other day. A
lucky stroke' for the'quarfy1nen.
A club-boat has just been built which
is 50 nicely poised that the. rowerss are
obliged to part their hair in the middle
to keep their ballanlce,o l., s,f,m 0ea 7e
q, The New York Fenians are stirring
again, companies drilling bands play
ing, speechesImade, arms being furnish
ed, new soldiers enlisted, and the hat
passed around. e7siqmeT boo9 I'd ---.
An old lady died in Maine recently,
at the age Of ninety-two,, who had two
hundred and twenty-five descendants,
fifty Of whom in the Union army
during the late war ''''t '+'q .'''' ap''''
- -, a. - =, f,,.rlr sliiaa odF
The clock of the Dutch Reformed
Church in New Brunswick, n j., had
a high old time all to itself the other
night, At eleven O'Clock it began to
strike the hour, but became excited and
continued to strike for thirty-three
minutes, accomplishing 884r strokes in
that time. ~ l,f44 .rd a4nrd iaiono2. yrI
"A New Y ork paper quotes the prices
ruling in that market for F'fancy dogs"
The following is a sample: Fine terrier
Edogs of all breeds from ten to one hum
dred dollars apiece-the smaller the
dog the higher the price, Bulls and
bull terriers are worth from fifteen to
| fifty dollars. NewfoundIands bring all
sorts of, prices, from twenty to, two
hundred dollars. St. Bernards, well
grown, and particularly if trained, COM
mand as high as two hundred and fifty
and three hundred dollars. Ilo a,l fo pj.a
The plan of mutual insurance adopt
ed by the Metropolitan Police mig ght' be
followed by many other organizations
with advantage. Onathe DEATH Of a
member of the police force each Of his
associates contributes one dollar'to the
support of his family. There is no ex-
pense attending the collection or dis
bursement of this money, and all con-
tirbuiiDg members have the assurance
that when they die their families will
receive about two thousand dollars.
Postoffice and Custom House clerks,
and many other bodies, could pursue a
similar course with profit to those de-
pendent on them. a' d2a" 81 'lGls s'd
The Chinese in California are a
curious, "institution."" They are shrewd,
and have vein ofldry humori which
sounds especially quaint when delivered
in their queer "pigeon English" One
of them, in San Francisco, met promi-t
nent democrat the other day in the
streets of that city, and spoke thus unto
him: "Say, what for Haight he no ikee
Chinaman? He Gubpor; ,he uakee all
Chinaman leave, you tipkee so? What
for all democlat alice time talkee. dam
Chinaman? Chinaman, alice same
democlat, no likee niger, no ikee
Injun. Bime by Chinaman vote alice
same, Mellicap man, | guess 50, wat you
tink? Democlat heap taxee Chinaman
ten dollar one month, no can pay, too
muehee!" The ''democlat'spa reply is
not given. i aiaa, raai r're' agzie2.