The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-05-21


There is an excitement over the discovery
of gold at Hoboken, N. Y. A crowd of
treasure seekers have reached the city of
New York with loads of quartz.
Mayor Shurtlif and Committee Of ciii-
zens from Boston. called en- the President
aud Cabinet and slsO Oh General Sherman,
I on the l9sh aud extended invitations TO them
to attend the National Peace Ju5ilce, next
month. Most Of them expect 20 do so.
The Defiance Democrat does not want any
more candidates with military handles to
their names, as the following goes to show /:
The Dayton Lrdger ncminates Gen
Thomas Ewing, Jr., for Democratic caudi.
date for Governor of Ohio. We don't want
any of that litter TO head our ticket. The
Frank Blair blunder ought to do US for ten
years, at least"
Geo. 2. Train don Z train with the Women's
rights women any longer. Mrs. Stanton and
he, could not agree, aud George in huff,
said he'd had enough, George furnished the
sineWs, and Lizzie the brains, yet neither
could tell their Joss from their gains. It's
expected the " "Revolution, {" will expire
Secretary Browning before retiring from
office issued land patents to j. F. Joy, for
Cherokee lands, heretofore granted 10 other
settlers. The present administration is un-
earthiDg vast amount of frauds perpetrated
by the previous one, and the people should
award it the proper credit.
orin Heenam, Of Chicago, a liquor dealer,
attempted to commit suicide in a house of ill.,
fame, few days ago, By taking morphine
and laudaumn, ard tying a handkerchief
saturated with chlOroform over his mouth.
His condition was discovered, the stomach
pumps applied, and relief obtained.
1t is stated that the French Atlantic cable
company viii land their shore end at Cape
May. From the Cape three main lines will
deviate, one running across the bay to Lew
es and on to Washington, another direct to
Philadelphia, and the third along the shore
north to New York. The steamer having
the cable on board win sail from France in
July.
That the Western Reserve is well entitled
TO IFS fame for cheese manufacture is evident
from the annual report of the Ohio Dairy
mems Association. 1t states that there are
in Ohio seventy-two cheese factories, Of
which twenty are il Gesuga county, eight
10 Portage, five in Lake, seven in Ashtsbuls,
four in. Trumbull, one in Henry, one in Full
ton, seven in LOrsin, two 10 Ashland, three
in Huron, five in Medina, two in Ouyaboga,
and seven in Summit.
Two confidence men, who recently swim
an old man out of fifteen dollars, at Lima,
we're arrested, but through the management
of a PettifOgger were Likely to escape punish
ment Fifty of the citizens took charge Of
them, carried them to the woods, cut off
their hair, whiskers and mustaches, on one
side, stripped them to the waist, applied
coat of of tar and feathers, made them run
the gauntlet, amid shower of rotten eggs,
and-"let them went"
The American Equal Rights Association
met in New York, on the 18th. The leaders
of the Woman's Rights movements, were
present as well as those representing negro
suffrage An exciting time occurred in a
passage between Miss Anthony and Mr..
Foster, and the women talked of having
Foster ejected by the police, becuase he con-
tradieted some of their statements Ugh II
how some the celestial attributes of women
fade away, when they mount the rOstrum or
higgle in the market place.
Adam Geisling, German who vent from
Crestline several weeks ago, intending to
lease the johnson House, but found it had
been rentedg concluded to stay in Cleveland
and go into other business. he rented a
house, sent for his family which came on,
but could fnd nothing of him. The police
have been investigating the matter; but
could find nc trace ofthe missing man. IT.
is supposed he had been foully dealt with.
Six Steamboats, were destroyed by fire,
at the Cincinnati wharf, on the morning of
the 10Th. They were valued at quarter
million dollars The fire was occasioned by
the upsetting of coal oil lamp in the cham
bermaid' g room on board the Clifton. Four
teen kegs Of powder, on the Meluotte, ex-
ploded scattering the flames in all directions.
The names of the steamboats, were the Cliff.
ton, Melnotte, Darling, Cheyenne, Marry
Erwin, and westmoreland. Several lives
we're lost.
TheSt. Louis grain merchants are work
ing in such practical way to divert the
great Western shipping business from
Chicago to their own city, that We shall not
be surprised if they soon win fair share of
success. They have set about proving that
grain can be shipped to New York by the
Mississippi cheaper than by the lakes and
canal, not by writing letters and making
speeches, but by purchasing cargo and try
ing the experiment. They have bought No
l Spring wheat at 81 25, and expect to be
able to deliver it in New York at 81 4011SS.
Similar grades are quoted in our markets
now at about 81 50, which certainly leaves
the enterprisiug shippers a handsome profit