The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-12-25

The sheriff Of eoshocton county alb.
seconded or Fridd taking with birn ten
fhnnnnnd arIln.. q ,.,A1:. IL

seconded on Frida taxing with bim tsr
thousand dollars / public Fun
The intrOduction ofsens ler Nort5b
/ bill for resuuing specie payments on tn,
first Of July, 1871, shows that the idea
Of Congress are beginning to crystalizJ
on thesubjess Qftae Rnshces .zafI
While trying to navigate the ice boa
through the Delaware and Raritan cana
Wednesday, below Trenton, N. J., fv,
men, residents Of Trenton, and wOrkmer
on the boat were drowned.
Privste adVicss represent Ms. Abra
ham Lineoln as lying so seriously ia Al
FrankfOrt~on-the- Main, that fears fol
lBeF recovery are iehtsftained. Her
mind Is yen as body seems affected.
Il General Howard, the last volanieeI
Officer IN the army, win be mustered
out Of his, volunteer rank as Major Gen
eral on the i5Et of January, when the
Freedmea's Bureau will be sdiseontin-
ued.blRs s6 Di ".1o5ssd 1ogH ia,t
HOstiliRes have broken o,iEibs OUT bsetsSsesen We
GreeGs and Turkey, growing ont Of the
Greek sympsthies with, the CreGan re.
BellOuj and it wouldlseem that nothing
but the peremptory intsf9ehtion Of the
great powers. can restore peace.
rssnRtOr sprague, ofdRhOde Island,
has purchased nine thousand acres Of
land near Fefhandihs, Florida. which
be proposes 70 plant iiip cotton dining
the coming season. He hopes hereafter
to raise sufficient cotton to supply his
own mills. s
- gflsfT' s,HE Rffs9sis .iH8atf
!. II IS reported that Brick Pomeroy's
New York paper has not only run be-
hind on its OVERLOOK, but has aisosWal-
lowed the profits Of the Ia Crosse dis
grace. The scoundrel is hanging him
self because he is allowed to help him.
selftO rope, o. ssE sas7d 'e-7e,s
The official vote of California foOts
uP;e Grant 54,5s2; Seymour, 81, ,o7s;
majority for Grant 5l4; total vote,
les, $40. In 1864 Lincoln had 81, ,Is4
votes, Mcclellan had 48,s4i, a Rspdb-
lican majority Of ls, 29s, in a total vote
Of lO5,975.
1.-The Cincinnati C5nn.ercial says that
the Erie Railroad has leased tbe Allan.
tic and Crest Western Railroad for
! twelve years paving rent Of thirty per
cent Of the gross earnings oftAheaAt-
lsntic and Great Western per aunum, or
a minimum of 100000. e'9
THE Governor of Iowa hss, issued a
proclamation announcing the adoption
of an amendment striking the word
white from the constitution of that
State. This, in one sense, may be, con
sidered a proclamation Of emaucipaLicn
5-= 5-=amapciPatiOn from a most absurd
- s-d ias .mid 5s1-a2-sgs
o KsOontraet for building a railroad
bridge across the Mississippi river at
Keokuk has been elosedaEith the Kew
stone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh,
for one million dollars, The bridge is
10 be Of iron, and like The one at Dubu-
que, It is to be commenced in the
spring and finished withihion year
The viii and codicil Of the late Da-
Tid Tod were proven in the Mabouing
County Probate Court on Saturday
Dec, -. It issa long document cover
ing about tventyssir pages of legal cap.
The withesses'tO the will and codicil
are VIM. s Parmele, David B STAN
bsugb, Jr., w. G. Pollock, R. +. Hoff.
man. fe bsF ea u5J