The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-07-15


10 tree.
The Marietta Register is responsible Tor
this story. "There is current bush thriving |
finely in the fork of a black walnut tree, about
twelve feet from the ground, on the bank OF
the Muskingum, opposite the premises OF
BENZ. P. Putnam, Harmar. 1t has been there
onite a number Of years, and bears currants
annually, having its regular crop this year.
A bill introduced into the House by Mr..
sohenk, proposes to raise the Internal Reven-
ne Office to the dignity Of a Department. The
bill has the merit of reducing by one-third the
clerks of the office as now organized, and abol-
ishes the present system Of employing spies
and inforiners. Other features of the bill are
equally good, and Congress will undoubtedly
pass it.
a wretch named Peter Blew made indecent
proposals to a Mrs. Hoffman, residing in Ken
tuckey nearly opposite Lawrencebury' Indi-
ana, on the 7th, but being resisted enticed
son six years old away, killed him and then
renewed his proposals to the mother, who sue
ceeded in getting away from him and escaping
to neighbor. The wretch then fed across
the river and escaped.
On Friday afternoon, as tive small boys
were passing through piece of woods, half
mile from Loudonville, Ohio, they were chas-
ed BY a monstrous serpent, and would IN
doubtedly have been overtaken and at least
one of them killed, had not young man pas
sing along the road run to their relief, and
succeeded, after a desperate struggle, in dis
patching his snakeship, which measured elev-
en- feet and nine inches.
At Ashland, Ohio, on Thursday evening, a
shooting affray occurred between John J.
Jacobs, prosecuting attorney, and G. l. Year
lex, Treasurer elect, in the Office of the for
mer, in which Yearick was shot in the side,
the ball striking rib and gancing of, max
ing a troublesome but not dangerous wound.
The alteration arose about two persons who
had been arrested on suspicion, apd Jacobs
commenced abusing them, when Yearick in
! terfered in their behalf.
A story has been told of a graceless scamp
who gained access to the Clarendon printing
office, in Oxford, when the forms of a new edi-
ton Of the Episcopal Prayer Book were made
up and were ready for the press. In that part
of the 'form" containing the marriage service
he substituted the letter for the letter IN
the word live; and thus the vow "to love,
honor, comfort, &c, so long as ye both shall
live" was to read $50 long as ye both shall
Rker' The change was not discovered until
the whole of the edition was printed of. If
the sheets thus rendered useless IN England
be still preserved it would be good specula-
ton to have them neatly bound and forward
/ ed to Indiana and Connecticut.
One of the stories about Dickens, since his
death, is this, which also concerns Fechter,
the tragedian: at was after London season
when Fechter found himself indebted to the
management 1000. As he turned the corner
to his hotel he heard, How are you Fechter
my dear fellow?' 1t was the CHEEKY voice of
Dickens He told him with some amount of
feeling how he was situated. Dickens ex-
pressed no compassion, but shook hands and
wished him good night. He thought it hard,
but such is friendship Earlythe nextmorn-
llE int uAtudlHCA AOoNSN Il S1llLbA up Lu6
matter was not so pressing as all that, my
dear SIR said he. What do you mean?'
why, about that $4,000. Charles Dickens
came and handed me the cash on your behalf
at y o'clock last night"
Of the land originally granted to the Han
nibal and st. Joseph railroad, only 10000
acres remain unsold. The comparative state
ment of the monty sales shows the steady rise
in the price of the land under the administra-
ton of Mr.. Edward Wilder, land commission
er, and formerly connected with the Boston
and Albany railroad. In 1922, the first
years of the war; the monthly average of sales
was IS6 acres, at SS.7S per acre. During the
two subsequent years the average monthly
sales were 1870 acres, at S8.54 per acres.
During the next five years, 1863, the month
Iy average was 6,7j7 acres, at slO.67 per acre,
and in 1869 the average price per acre was
Sl2.62 1t is thought that the remaining l30,-
600 acres will bring Sl2. per acre, and will re-
alize for the company over Sl,j00,0O0. No
better evidence of the growth of population
along this line, and of the judicious manage
ment of its officers, could be offered.
A lady in an Ohio church rested her head
on the back of the pew in front, as all devout
people do in the time of prayer, but in the
pew before her sat young man who neither
bowed his head nor kneeled. A beautiful
plume nodded and danced upon the head of
the fair one behind him, occasionally touching
the neck of the youth, who evidently consider
ed it fly or some other troublesome insect
For time he bore the unpleasant sensation
without a murmur, but at last patience ceased
to be virtue, and from the fash OF his eagle
eye one could plainly see that the hour of
"that fly" had come. Cautiously his hand
moved toward the supposed offending insect;
then followed a frantic clutch and spring
behind him. Imagine the horror of the youth
to find in his hand the nobby hat of the fair
one, which he had torn violently from her
head, sadly disarranging the contour of braids
and chignon. The lady was indignant, of
course, and the youth could have been pur-
chased at an immense sacrifice about that
time.