The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-04-09
NEWS ITEMS.
ThOs. H. FOulds has been appointed Post.
master at Cincinnati.

a DhhAbtlL Aou1OE AOdte III I dtlo buoe tA'
the Empress is u of susil-pox..g -
Hon. James n Ashley, has tecsiVed b,
appointment Of GOvernor Of Nohiaua.
The LOuiSsana sugar crop this season Is
established at 10000 to 100000 hogsheads.
The wife of Hon. ]. NJ. Ashley, of Toledo,
has been elected President Of the Woman
Suffrage Association, Of Toledo. afs
The Ku Klux Legislature of Kentucky,
has refused by large majority to pass a
bill encouraging emigration to that State.
The old High School building, corner Of
Columbus Avenue and Adams ST., Sandusky
city, was destroyed by fire, on the 3Oth ult.
The Ohio House of Representatives,, on
the I'd inst, refused, by a strictly party vote,
to ratify the fifteenth Constitutional amend
ment. n4
Ellen Pilkiugton has recovered s., 500
from Cleveland street railway company
for injuries sustained through the care
lessness of driver. = p
The grand jury of Ashland county, Ohio,
returned one hundred and two bills Of
indictment against the liquor sellers Of that
county, during the past week.
The Senate passed on Saturday the bill sx-
tendinglh time allowed for the construction
of a Railroad from Lake st. OrOix (in the
MISS 'ssippD TO Bay6eldo on Lake Superior.
On the 18th, Mrs Shoaff, residing near
Fort Wayne, was murdered IN closet, in
her own house, by a robber whom she had
discovered in the house. No clue to the
murderer.
The Democratic Legislature, if it fails to
ensct laws desirable by the the people, does
not hesitate to continue its sessions, aud
draw pay from the State Treasury. Do
nOthings go home.
Twenty Of Brigham Young's wives are on
the war path. They reached Council Bluffs,
Iowa, last week en- route for Warrington =
They have no doubt some design on the
congressman there assembled.
The Senate of the United States of oolum-
bia has refused to approve the Treaty recent
ly concluded between the United States and
the Columbian Government for the opening |
Of Canal across The fsthmus.
The New York TImss says it is a scan
delOus fact that when ex-President johnson |
left the White House he carried of all the
official records, 80 that there was not even
the form of an appointment left. Motives
which ,promted such action are unreVealed.
Some scouhdreIs entered the Union
Church al Fayetteville, Pa, on the night,
of the 9th nit, broke all the lamps but one,
spilled the oil over the floor, trampted the
bible under foot, and otherwise desecrated
the house. es a sEss4t'
Senator Anthony has been elected Pres
ident of the. Senate pre- tenn. Incase Of the
death of Grant or Oolfaxy be would become
the Acting Vice President, and would hold |
the same position which Mr. Wade has beld
during the last two years. a.l "a a3i
j. D. Bourne, Esq, proprietor Of the
Island House, at Kelley's Island is to
open large Hotel st ssuduskyd City, by
the middle Of May, it iE to be called the Lake
House, The property on the cofner Of
Wayne and Water streets, has been 'pdr.
chased for the purpose, and large additions
are to Bs made. o = - N 80 4
The State Of Iowa, Radical through aud
through, is not only Outs6f debt but has
1929 600 cash in hand, oter and above All
No State is improving in nnate-
rial wealth more rapidly. or building more
school houses and churches, or establishing
more Libraries, and none tskesAnOre newspa-
pers; allowing to O"Radicai Rnle. . as Berki
county Democrat would say. =
At the annual meeting Of stock holders Of
the P. Fl. W. & Q. Rail Z cad, held at
Pitts6urg. on tas nth inst, the following /
Board Of Directors were chosen Tor the pres
ent year: George W, oass, President; and /
Springer Harbsugh, Of Pittsbuyg; J. Edgar
Thompson, Philadelphia;, Jno,TL. Dawson,
of New Geneva, Pa; ], Z. D. Larier. Louis /
d. Meyer and, Samuel J., Tilden, of New
York; Pliny HOagland snd Jesse L. Viii
liams. of fort Wayne, Ind; Kent Jarvis, II
Massillon; R. R. Springer, of Cincinnati;
] ohm Sherman, Of Mansfield, and w. B.
ogden, Of Chicago. The gross earnings of |
the main line during the year amounted to /
Ss,O4l,I ISL. The expenses of the main lins |
during the last yea, were s5.Oo2,lIO. The |
number Of passengers carried during the |
year, 4Sl, ,666. ai |
At last We begin to see encouraging signs
of reduction in the number Of useless
officers. The other day the Postmaster
General found some that he could dispense
with, and the Secretary of the Treasury,
began TO dismiss the women clerks who were
not needed. Now Gov, Boutwell, proposes
to cut of the whole flock of Special Agents
of the Treasury In their prime; and the
Senate orders the dismissal of BiHstyitEres
extra men and boys who have been paid to
wait upon that body, and are found 10 be
without anything to do. As a matter of
curiosity, we should like to know Just how
many walters the Senate does need
Ninety-three strikes us as about double the
whole number that ever ought 70 have been
been employed. If these are merely the
supernumeTaries hOwmsny are still thought
necessary? 'f'"
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