The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-03-05
NEWS rTr5Ms.

Indiana The bride was sixteen and the
groom sixty years of age. A few days pre-
TiOussJ MF. Lnyman's mother, aged ninety,
was married for the third time.
Mr.. Oliver Lloyd, of Republican town
ship, Jefferson county. Inc. d..sih splitting the
first cut of large oak tree, one day last
week, found there inclosed four beach nuts
near the heart of the tree. with $50 years.
growth Of solid wood over them. They were
sound and sweet. llli.i .s ~ o7f
] A little boy named Wihdoes, fell through
the bstchway on the third floor Of Hubbard,
Graves q Co. s store, at Toledo, on The 25th.
His father, who was below, isaw him falI and
caught him upon his shoulders. Both wcre
severely bruised but neither very seriously.
The much-talked-of prize fight between
Gallagher aud Alien took place at Corral
Island, fourteen miles below ST. Louis, on
the 2Sd uit. Ia tie second round, Allen at
tempted to make Feint, and received q blow
on the jugular vein, which knocked him
stiff and senseless, and ended the fight. IT.
isa subject Of regret that both Of the brutes
did not get Knocked out Of time forever.
The newspapers that have been chuekling
over President JOhnsons veto Of the Cop
Per Tariff Bin wiz have to pull down the
corners Of their mouths The House saw
the veto and went one member better than
4 two-tbirds vote. The Senate bettered that
and cOppers are up, The Lake Superior
copper digger can now go in for a final re-
ioicing, with no fears Of a pull7back next
day. ri "a -ger ~ ro sss'7B
A correspondent Of the Bryan Press says
a corpulsnt Dutchnan in EdgertOD, who had
taken 'swi glass lsg,r' before retiring, hear
ing some one CRY fire, jumped out of bed
and EupPosing it to be bis own house that
was on fire, seized his wife and threw, her
out Of the window, and then commeneed
piIing ont the furniture, before be discover
ed his mistake. sai -lro
The Illinois Legislature has taken one
step in advance in The cause of humanitys
by passing las through one STaneh Proyid-
ing for the enpsneling Of jury to try
person for hsbitnal drunkenness. On the
finding by the jury that the person is an
habitual dFukard, guardian ia appointed
and his property taken from his keeping.
Sir: Mark mark my word said a sad
looking Radical TO a Democrat the other
dsy, Mark rny word; L don't pretend to be
prophet, but believe Gen. Grant VIII
turn out the worst President we ever had. -,
'Ahl said the Democrat, whats changed
your views 10 such an extent2 Nothing,
said the Radical, for Gen, Grant will turn
o,It the worst President when be turns out
Andy johnson am, &c. sa59iToHa %
The Cincinnati Enquirer states that few
days ago q gentleman visited Wooster, Ohio
looking for a site onlwhich to locate paper
mill Assoon as his Grand was known, the
business men Of that place, instead of rais-
ing their rents, and the prices of lots, at
once proposed to furnish him, free Of cost, a
suitable site, and a steam engine to run his
machinery. He accepted the proposition,
and is making arrangements to erect mill
that viii cost about $35,OOO. 213 90 =
Before the war there was not single
steamer running from any Southern port to
Europe. Now twelve lines and notlessthan
tBirty-fve steamers are running regularly
to European ports from Southern Cities
There are also fity-four steamships en-
pIoyed in the Southern coastwise trade
most Of them to Northern cities. These
facts show that reconstruction has made more
thsn feeble start at the South.
The letter book Of General Halleck is said
TO have been found containing all the cores
pondence on the subject of the removal of
Grant when at Vicksburg including the
order for his removal, The order was signed
BY Halleck, but inspired by Stanton, who at
that time directed ak the correspondece Of
Hslleck., Gen, Banks friends are urging
him to give all the papers in bis possession
sH the subject to the public, but he still re-
fuses to do 40. ag
The Boston 7raveRsr, in the following in-
cident, gives the only definite expression of
Gen. Grant as to his Cabinet: eThe other
morning General Grant vas asked, in joe.
ular manner, by friend, whether It wss
true. as reported, whether he intended to re-
tain the members of President johnson
Cabinet as his own2 With smile about
his lips, General Grant answered: IF am
to select my own Cabinet, then can assure
you that andy johnson is not 10 have
Cabinet position
Jefferson Davis has been finally relieved
Of every disability incurred by his treason,
and is now as good as the best, the supreme
court having swept away the last semblapce
Of legal technicality. Future enemies to |
their country are thus authOratively assured |
Of the worst that can happen to them if they
fail 10 their endeaEors to overthrow the goy-
ernmeut, after drenching the country in
blood for fye years and covering pOsterity
With mountain of debt. r,es.
Within sixty miles of Pittsburgh. there
are eighty coal works, with an average daily |
capacity Of three Thousand bushels. The
production in these mines during the year
amounts to at least forty million bushels =
The shipments Of coal up to this time, dur
ing the present year, amounts to five mil |
lion two hundred aud fifty-nine Thousand |
bushels. of which one million eight hundred |
and nine thousand bushels went to Oinein-
matt, two millions two hRndrsd end seventy |
eight thousand to Louisville, six hundred /
and eighty thousand to New Orleans, two
hundred aud seventy thousand to Memphis,
and one hundred thousand to Nashville.
Another supposed murderer Of Conductor
oOrWin was arrested il Toledo, on the 25th,
and subjected to rigid scrutiny. CorBin's
brother thought he was the man, but went
to Lima, after the grocery man who had sold
the murderer some crackers before the mur-
der was commited, aud also for the brake
man who was on the train. The arrested
man gave his name as Seth Nohl, and stated
that his home was near jackson, Michigan
that he had been in jail at Jackson, since
the sth Of January iii the sOh uit9 on
charge Of having been engaged in a. couG-
dence operation,
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th, says
: there was general slashing of railroad
freights in New York yesterday. On West
ward bound the rate was cut from 81 20 to
4Oc per 100 lbs, It is Philadelphia against
New York. Forty cents per 100 lbs. from
New York to oincinnsti is cheap, Qfcourss
Eastward bound freigRts viii also come
down, A railroad man gave il as his o,,iniOn,