The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-10-22

this season on Thursday evening the 18th,
invitations were extended 10 representatives
of all foreign powers except Mexico and
Peru.
A lady named Campbell. residing neal
Mt. Gilead, o., stabbed herself in the side,
few days since. The wound resulted in
death. Insanity is supposed to have been
the cause.
The member elect to the Legislature from
Marion county is DR.. J. W. Devore, who
ran as an independent Democrat and was
supported by Republicans. Itis expected
that he viii maintain an independent posi-
ton the next Legislature.
Gov. Tod's monument was shipped to
Brier Hill Cemetery last week. Itis mod
el of taste and neatness, and is noted for the
absence of anything like an attempt at Ella
boration. The work was ordered by Gov.
Tod himself, short time before bis death.
The Rev. Isaac B. Smith of Turner juno
tion Ill, was recently indicted by the grand
jury of Kane Co. for the alleged murder Of
his wife Circumstances tend to coroberate
the suppositiOn that the murder was commit
ed to obtain the insurance on her life.
Alexander b. Stevens. in reply to an in
vitation to attend the Georgia State Fair at
Macon, replied that it would be utterly out
of his power to attend the fair, not having
been out of the house but few times, since
February last, and then was helped out and
in. He has but little hope of ever leaving
home again.
The President and Gen. Shermpn visited
the battle grounds of South Mountain and
Antietam, on the 18th inst and viewed the
different points of iterest. At various towns
through which the Presidential party passed
they were greeted by large crowds, and
many demonstrations of enthusiasm.
On Monday the 18th, while the workmen
on the Ohio river bridge, near Louisville,
were erecting the temporary trestle work
between two piers, the timber gave way pre-.
cipitating six men a distance of 95 feet,
killing three and seriously injuring the
others. In the afternoon Of same day, man
working between two piers missed bis foot
ing, and was instantly killed by the fall.
The Pereire, one of the French Trans
atlantque line of steamers, traversed the
distance from Bret to New York quicker,
on her last trip, Ian the same number of
niles, ,lOO-havN ever been sailed before
by any ocean stsa5er. She made the dis
lance in eight days and sixteen hours. If
we mistake not, this steamship has never
fsiled of making the trip within ten 3ssgs5
whatever the weather has been.
General Grant writes to Robert Bonner,
under dlte Os October 18th, 81 had no more
to do with the late gold excitement in New
York city than yourself, or any other inno-
cent party, except that ordered the sale Of
gold to break the ring engaged, as thought
it most disreputable transaction. If the
spectators had been successful you would
never have heard of any one connected with
the Administration as being connected with
the transaction"
At Schreve, o., stsbbiDg affray took
place on the night of the i4.h, between
CLARK Sloan and G. Feister, saloon keep
er of that place. Some difficulty ACQUIRED
between the two men, which terminated in
Sloan seizing Feister and throwing him to
the pavement. While he was beating him in
this position, Feister drew pocket knife
and stabbed Sloan twice in the body, one
of which penetrated the left lung near the
,Sasrt. Feisler is under arrest.
The Supsrintendento of the money order di.
vision of the Postofice Department is pre-.
pairing data for the annual report of the Post
master General. He states that the growtt
ofthe system of money orders In this country
which has been in operation about four yesrs
has been unprecedented. The amount Of
money transmitted by postal orders during
the last year was over SIG,OOO 900, and dur.
ing the fiscal year ending last June th'
amount reached the astonishing figure 0
forty six millions of dollars. The numbe
Of orders required for this amount was abou
100000. The amount of revenue 10 th
department from the source is very great
while the outlay is very small
The Richmond Enquirer and Examiner
in discussing the free labor question, says
"0ne fact is demonstrated. Free labor OH
gaqIcs cottoni 1t is estimated that the yiel
this year will be g. OOO, 900 Of bales, or 200,
OOOOOO of pounds. Cotton is quoted at frou
thirty to thirty FIVE cents the pound lie
3 US put it at thirty-two, and the cropis wort
s354OOO, 900, or, in round figures. S4OO, 900,
900. The effect of this, and theprOfpect o
repeating the operation next year and tn
year sitter, viii put new face at once on tb
affairs of the south."
A child three years old, named Berth
Ehm, in Toledo, on Tuesday, having &C
companied her mother on visit, was misse
by the children with whom she was playin
and who had last seen her outside the yart
1t was supposed she had wandered off, an
search was made until late hour at nigh
but she could not be found. On Wednesda
/, the search was renewed ard she was foun
in the bottom Of an old well in the yar
where she bad been playing. The well WI
n about fifteen feet deep, and the top vi
OVergrOWn with grass and covered vii
,. rubbish, so that few of those not scquairtt
with the lot knew of its existence. She hs
!. fallen in head foremost, and her little fe
: were discovered above the surface.
e About forty years ago, when large hOul
in OoBslsntinOple had sunk beneath ii
e, level of the soil, an immense series
J. subtereanean vaults were discovered, pl
= derneath the vaults, is lake of uuknov
g extent, with a single entrance situated
i the courtyard of private palace. La
month an Englishman, desirous Of e1plorir
= the lake, set forth on the adEentproI
# journey, but never returned Another Ens
d lishman, who went ashore IN search Of hin
% returned, after an absence Of two hour
it completely exhausted, and nearly choke
It with the foul air. Turkish authorities haV
sl prohibited parties from sailing on the lax
l. but still permit the the curious to inspe,
the singular structure at the entrance.