The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-11-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Oberl,n has been made a recruiting station
for the regular army. Il

Oberl.n has been made 'erruiting station
for the regular army.
Daytop, o., is 10 have a twenty acre skat
ing pond,
A large suspension bridge across the Mi
ami river al Hamilton, o., is nearly finished
The receipts from Internal Revenue dur
ing the fiscal year commencing July LIST
amount to $s2 600 600.
The last valuation of the property of III,
State of Ohio is 81 14O 600 600, nearly one
half enough TO pay the national debt,
A man in Havana recently attempted to
elope with three women on the same even.
ing. The enterprise was too complicated
and he ingloriously failed.
A bill has been introduced into the Ten.
nessee Legislature, and passed its first read.
ing, allowing Jews TO transact business OIL
Sunday.
At New Castle, Del. last Saturday, ten
men, six colored and four white, were whip
ped by order of court. The brutal exhi-
bitiou was witnessed by large crowd oi
men, boys and girls. a t4.+
The Vermont Senate has authorized the
State Librarian to procure the portraits OF
all the Governors of that State, at an ex-
pense not exceeding $50 each. Rather an
economical order.
The latest improvement in stock is a new
breed Of cats, which have tails only an inch
long. The advantages claimed for such tails
are that they cannot get under rocking
chair or be stepped upon, and that the door
can be closed quicker when they go out.
At Columbus, o., on Sunday evening, a
fiend in human shape caught hold of lady
by the shoulders IS she was walking on the
street, and before assistance could reach her
succeeded in fixing his teeth in the lady 's
neck and tearing therefJom portion Of
flesh. No motive can be assigned for such
cannibalism. Z.
One of the most frightful railroad acci-
dents in many months occurred on the Gin
cinnsti, Bamilton d Dayton Railroad at
Locklaud, short distance from Cincinnati
last Friday morning. The passenger train
from Toledo was ruu into by another train
by which the cars of the Toledo train we're
smashedIand the sleeping car set on fire and
burned up. Four ladies, sisters, and one
man were burned to death, and a number OF
other passengers more or less severely hurt.
The four sisters belonged to wealthy fam
lily in New Orleans, and they wereM return
ing home from pleasure trip in the North.
A man named Spencer and his wife resid-
ing in Psulsboro, N. j., who appear 10 be Of
the highest responsibility and are worth over
1900 600, were arrested in New York on
Friday charged with being the chiefs of a
gang of counterfeiters who have recently
put the 7-30 bonds on the market. Mrs,
Spencer paid $40 900 cash down as bail fol
herself and her husband on the examination
at Newark, where they were taken. Sever
al other persons are supposed 10 be engaged
with them, and they are reported to be very
wealthy. The Paulsboro establishment
was in operation as long ago as July, 1865
and it is estimated that the parties engaged
in the business have netted upwards of one
million dollars. The spurious issues of the
notes and bonds were made from lead i'm
preston of the genuine plates at Washing.
ton, and secured by confede rates; and sew.
eral branches of the transfer work was also
done by coufederatfs, All the parties en-
gagged in the ccunterfeiting have become
wealthy as matter of course and now re-
side in different parts of the country. Gov
ernment officers have been dispatched to ar
rest them and it is probable they are now
in custody. Spencer is the owner of a mag.
nifcent residence in Philadelphia and is
said to be worth $500 600.