The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-01-05


Sixty buildings in the wealthiest
portion of New Orleans were burned
on the SOth, involving loss of
100000.
The National Labor Union has
nominated Geo. w. Julian, of India
na, for the Presidency. Mr.. Julian
will have the field to himself for
short time.
A Mrs. Davis, of Gosport, Ind,
who had been married but five weeks
blew her brains out, on the night of
the 23d, because her husband went
to q aspeling match.
J pan is to send some of her best
young ladies to America to be edu-
Gated, and China,not to be ont done,
is to send some Of her young men to
England and America for like pur-
pose.
There was a heavy run on the
Third Avenue Savings Bank, New
York on the I'd, over million dol
lars having been paid out. Its of
ficers claim ability TO meet all de-
mands.
James H. Hackett, the original
Rip Van Winkle, and the greatest
pers6nator of the character of Fal-
staff, died at his residence on Long
Island, on the night of the 27th,aged
Y years.
James W. Kennedy, a stock bro
ker, in Pittsburgh, committed sui
eide. Cause, unfortunate specula-
lations. He was originally of the
firm which published Kennedy's
Bank Note Review.
At Flores, Davis county, Iowa, last
week, board shanty occupied by a
man and wife and four children, took
fire and burned to the ground. The
charred remains of the family were
found in the ruins next morning.
Van Wort, the new Commissioners
vice Tweed, has discharged sixty
sinecurists, known as water police,
and will soon discharge as many
more sewer inspectors. New York
ers are discovering where the city's
money went to.
Senator Wilson is preparing a
speech, in which he will show that
the amount of defalcations under the
present administration is less, in pro-
portion to the money disbursed,
than for any administration during
the last twenty years.
A heavy storm in California, on
Sunday last, inundated the country
around San Francisco to such an
extent that railroads were washed
away in places, 80 that trains could
not run. Such storm had not oc-
Cured before in ten years.
The Republican says, on Saturday
evening last four letters post mark
ed, Chicago, October 7th, 1871, were
received at the Upper Saudusky
Post Office accompanied with the
following label: Found in the ruins
of the Chicago Post Office"
Olive Logan comes out against
womoa's suffrage. The cause, she
mas became so loadeed with OBJ
noxious features, as to become re-
pulsive to public audiences. Gun
clean hands," she says, ''have been
laid upon it. Let it CO." Sensible
Olive.
George Francis Train has an un-
Gle who has made affidavit that
George is lunatic, and asked to be
appointed guardian for him. George
Francis would "train" any guardian
he might have until an asylum were
necessary for the guardian if not for
the ward.
A Deputy Sheriff, at Columbus,
while cleaning out a court room last
week, WAS assisted by a prisoner,
whom he had such confidence in
that he gave him the key to the door,
so that he could bring some coal.
When the prisoner got outside he
locked the Deputy in, and made
good his escape.
Near Covington, KY, on Sunday
night, the negros had a Christmas
tree in their church. A white man
named Henry Snyder, attempted i'm
proper liberties with the females, and
being repr0ved by Peter Aylor,drew
a pistol and shot him in the head
He then shot two other negios. Ay-
lor it is thought will die.
Fritz Plumm, retail dealer, in
Lima, sold five gallons Of whisky to
a man, who represented himself as
the keeper of a small saloon in a
neighboring town. AS consequence
Pfumm was required in Cleveland,
which he visited at cost of $3.50.
He has concluded it don't pay to
wholesale whisky on a retailers IL
cense.
A negro named Duncan, in Brack-
ton County, KY, who was attacked