The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-12

/ 9<JSsfcS504f. The. fracuOnal currency
redeemed was $6Ss, SIS. iE8ds 1uiGl!
| George B. Upton Of Boston, who was a
large sufferer by the depredations Of The Ala
bams, has sent aremonstrance t6ahe Senate
against the ratification of the new treaty, on
account Of the injustice which would thereby
be done 10 himself and other claimants.
os Mr.. Manton Marble has bought Ou.
all the other owners Of The World news
paper, andis now its sole proprietor. The
price paid for one quarter Of the stock ia
said to have been $IOO, eco exclusive Of any
real estate. in 1888 ssno5 uiG -
1t win crafty parties intending 10 visit
Europe to know that 50 fSr as relates to
Americans the passport system has, through
the instrumentality of Minister Dix, been
abolished in France. Il viii prevent many
annoyances and vexatious delays.
The Senate bill legalizing ten per cent
interest, has been reported in the House.
Petitions in its favor signed BY 1890 per.
sons, have been presented, while those
opposed to It have only been signed by y
persons.
TheLsgislature Of Missouri has failed to
adopt resolution submitting to the people
a constitutional amendment giving suffrage
to women. Fifty-nine Representatives
voted for it and forty-tbree against it. 1t
thus had majority, but not two-thirds
majority. --'.'' '--
MarvelOusl Here is Henry A. Wise re-.
jOicing over the destruction Of slavery, and
declaring, in recent letter that he ''praises
God for the war every day, notwithstanding
its disaster and deaths, as special provi-
dence, indispensable to free me and my heirs
forever from the weakness, if not wickedness
of African slavery"
Austrian papers complain that Austria is
intriguing TO throw obstacles in the way of
a union between Hungary and other prov
iuces of The empire. In their estimation
Bismark is in alliance with Kossuth and
other leaders to detatch Hungary fIom Au.
stria, and proclaim the entire aud absolute
independence Of the Msgyars. rl
Those having charge of eounterfeiter's.
cases win have need to hurry them up, as
A. j. win be obliged to retire from the
pardOning business in three, weeks from
yesterday. The last subjects of executive
clemancy were Carlo Latriga and Frances
Martinetti, sentenced TO Is years imprisOn-
meut for cOunterfeiting United States cur
rency. s
An interesting case has Just been com.
menced in the Court of Common Pleas Of
Franklin county. A Mr.. Andrews has
sued Judge Thurman for $50 which the
latter promised to pay the former for Ger.
tain electioneering service. Thurman ad.
mits the promise, but claims it was dischAr-
ged in kind. Rich developments are look
Thomas Mc1vay, of Gibson county, Ind,
went to church with his wife on Saturday
night, and slipping away from her, went
back home, geared up his team and putting
his two children in the wagon, drove 10
where the wife of George Leiger was wait j
ing. Georges wife got into the wagon
and the little family party moved to un-
known regions.
General Scbencks brief bill to strengthen
the credit Of the Government by providing
for the specific ful6llment of all contracts
made for the payment of coin and providing
alao that the Government securities shall be
paid in coin, has received the unanimous
endorsement of the Committee of Ways
and Means, aud has every prospect Of
speedily passing the House. -
AyOuug girl aged fourteen, working in
the Woolen Mills of Raymond d Co., at
Peoria, ILL.,, had her hair caught in the ma
chinery of a carder, short time since, and
before the machinery could be stopped, the
scalp was torn loose from her skull. The
machinery hadto be taken apart before she
could be released from the horrible situa-
tion. Physicians cleansed the scalp and
sknll and replaced the scalp and il is be:
Iieved she will recover.
A Napoleon (OhiO) paper says that
wolves are quite numerous in the woods
thereabOut. Week before last hunter
shot and wounded large buck, but the
wolves cut iui. ahead Of him, ran the
buck down, and had it about deYoured be-
fore the hunter came up. The next day the
wolves chased wounded fswn, and we're
about to make meal Of it when a shot
from the pursuer's rife dispersed them.
A young girl aged fourteen, named Miss
Rausch having lain in trance since the sth
of January, at her home in Burlington Wis
consin, was recently visited by a distin-
guished physician who pronounced her
dead, although expressing the opinion that
if she had been kept in room Of the proper
temperature, and proper efforts made to
resusticate her, after passing into the cata-
liptic state, she would most probably, have
recovered, sa Is H
A man dreadfullT insane with religion,
named Hcefer, living in the outskirts of
Hannibal, Missouri, murdered his daughter,
ten years old, on Friday last, He first
strangled her with strap, then cut her
body in two with knife, after which he
tore her heart out cut it open with knife
and swallowed the blood. He was arres-
ted and when asked why he committed the
deed he replied that Christ died-tbat
Christ was killed-that it was no worse for
his child to die than Christi that he offered
her as sacrifice to Christ.
On Saturday evening last barber in Pitts
burgh, named Kauffmau shot and killed a
little boy named Miller. He, with other
boys, had crowded round the BARRIERS win.
dow, had been driven away, but returned
again, evidently with the intention ofanOny-
ing the barber who took revolver out Of his
drawer, and stepping towards the window,
fired it among the crowd, with fatal effect.
He was arrested, and committed 10 answer
a charge OF murder. 1t was with difficulty
crowd was restrained from demolishing the
building his shop was in, when they found
he had been locked uP. Their Srrt intention |
was 10 lynch him. $50
George oPdpke and other leading capi.
talists Of New York, in their protest to
Congress against railroad subsidies, say:
'It is undoubtedly true there never has
been a time in this country when official
corruption in all departments of the Gov
prepsiled 70 such an extent as row
and was as defiant of the penalties Of the