The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-12-27
NEWS ITEMS.

The thermometer everywhere indicated ex-
cessive cold, on Sunday last.
King, who killed O'Neil in New York for
testifying against him, is on the "insanic"
dodge.
St. Johns Episcopal church, at Cincinnati,
was damaged by FIRE, on Sunday last, to the
extent of $1,000.
Paris has been flooded by the Seine, and a
large portion OF the city is reported to be one
vast lake of water.
Geo. Francis Train has been arrested for
publishing obscene literature. George Fran
els ways are devious.
A Vienna millionaire, tie Baron Todesco,
recently paid his physician, DR.. Pitha, a fee of
10000 for two months attendance on his
son.s
The Spanish Cabinet has had crisis again.
Geo. B. Putnam, the well known book pub
Usher, of New York, died suddedly of appo-
pIexy, on Friday last
The idea prevails that after the Holidays,
such laws viii be passed by Congress, by de-
sire of the President, as will efsctually abolish
the Mormon system Of pOlygamy.
The Bowles Brothers, European bankers,
whose failure has been SO much commented
upon, have assets of Il, 900 pounds, with liab1-
tiles amounting to 25O,OOO pounds.
Mrs Sickles, the wife of our Minister in
Madrid, has presented her husband with
son. BE has been christened EdwinM. STAN
ton, after the late Secretary Stanton.
The Erie Railroad company has recovered
s., ,O86 COO, from Jay Gould by their recent
prosecution of him. So much it would seem
he has acknowledged to have stolen.
One Harvey Noble, of Grsenwich, Huren
county, has been convicted on charge of in
eest with his step-daughter, girl fourteen
years of age. Noble is sixty-eight.
IF. Baldwin. Esq, of Mt. Vernon, has been
promoted from the Special Agency of the Post
ofiee Department to the position of Assistant
superintent of Railway Mail Service.
Explosions of cooking ranges, and accidents
and deaths therefrom were numerous on Sun
day last. The intense cold had frozen the
water in the pipes and prevented circulation.
Ths reports of about twenty lines of railroad
entering in New York show revenue for the
past eleven months of sl35, 100000, comparing
with about sl2O,OOO,OOO, over the same lines
for the same period in 1871.
Tho State Journal says: The Cincinnati
ENQUIRER threatens us with his Numidian L.
on. If it is anything worse than the Elguir
ers regular Demecratic lynn, We shall engage
passage in the next steamer.
Forty-two degrees below zero at Port Garry,
thirty at st. Paul, twenty at Milwaukee,-t
is the testimony of the thermometer with re-
gard to the biting blast that swept down from
the Arctic Zone on Saturday night.
Europe is enjoying, if that may be called
enjoying where obstruction follows, wet sea-
son, and as a consequence, foundations are
frequently noted. The Thames was on the
rampage, nothing like it having occurred since
1852.
From Liverpool comes the intelligence that
four hundred and fifty persons have perished
by marine disasters within the past ten days
This is fearful loss of life, not confined to one
ship, but to many vessels wrecked or founder.
ed off the coast of England.
The Old South Church, Boston, has been
leased to the United States government for q
term of two years, for use as postohce. The
government pays $2S, 600 per annum. Why
don't Postmaster General Cresswen buy thC
concern at once instead of by piecemealP
The Democratic Mayor of Boston will prob
ably fail to secure his second term after all.
The committee recOunting the vote have dis.
covered a "mistaker of about five hundred
votes in the second ward, and the rectifcatior
of this "mistake" will elect Pierce, the Repub
lican candidate
A telegram from st. Josephs, Michigan
gives particulars of heavy snow storm and
high winds on Saturday and Sunday last. It
was the heaviest known for years, and the
weather the ooldest. Trains were bio cked il
and passengers were brought of in safety by
trains employed by the co mpany.
Forrest at one time became quite angry at
a minor actor, whom he was unable to teacf
his part correctly. "Look here, Mr.. Forrest,
finally said the poor fellow in despair, ats al
very nice for you, with your $50 night, t,
talk that way, but what can you expect frou
me, who gets Sc week." @You are right;
ought not expect much for that sum, )" and ls
him alone; but on the conclusion of the engage
ment sent him check for $40, with recon
mendation to act up to the worth of that.
Schuyler Colfax is said by Oakes Ames to
have held twenty shares of the Credit Mobilize
stock upon which he had received the divi
dends. There would be no harm in this, if hs
can just prove that he bought the stock and
did not accept it as a bribe. But the commit
tee viii, or should, bring out the whole trans.
action to the broad light where the public car
form its own Judgement upon the accused.
The large Presbyterian Tabernacle, a
Brooklyn, New York, ofwhich Rey. T. Tai.
madgs was pastor, was destroyed BY fire cl
Sunday last. The fire took from one Of th,
Aues, and spread 30 rapidly that nsither thr
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