The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-02-23
NEWS ITEMS.

Charles Halo, of Massachusetts,, has been
confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State.
a committee of citizens hes left Chicago for
Washington to urge the passage of the Chica-
90 relief bill.
Ex-Judge BrinkerhoF has "gone where the
Woodbine twineth." politically, having taken
up his position with Jacob Dolson Cox ct al.
Seth johnson, formerly clerk of the Navy
department. was sentenced, on the 18th, to
pay fine Of $4,000 and be imprisoned one
year, for embezzlement.
Stokes, the murderer of Fisk. has been in.
dicted and arraigued, and efforts are being
made to get Jury to try him. His lawyers
are trying to show that Fisk shot himself.
The New York World severely censures
those s. Democratic members of Congress
who voted to repeal the duty on tea and cof-
fee. That is Democratic friendship for the
poor r7a.
At Jefferson, Minnesota, on the 18th, tbree
children of Julius Hans, were burned TO dsatb
by the destruction of his dwelling by fire. The
fire is supposed to have been the result of in.
cendiarism.
Jenny Lind, with her family is spending
the winter in Florence. Her musical exeeu.
tion is still faultless, while much sweetness
and clearness of voice remain to her. Her
young daughter, aged fourteen, promises TO
equal her mother in the quantity and quality
of her voice.
Mr.. Van Horn, ex-Congressman from Mis-
souri,, asserts most emphatically that the peo-
pie of that State are almost solid for GRAM.
and that Senator Schurz is politically dead in
the estimation of the masses, even the Gar
mans almost unanimously repudiatinr him
and his course.
The Nsio York Commercial Advertiser saws.
Blindfold Republican aud read to him the
! Tribune on Grant and the administration. and
he would "take his davy" on stack of Bibl,
as high as the City Hall that he was being
read to from the World or some other mean.
unscrupulous, lying Democrat organ.
A communication from the Warden of the
Penitentiary shows that one-hundred and five
inmates of that institution are serving sec.
ond term, eighteen a third term, one a fifty
term, two sixth term and two q seventh
term. The offenses for which the reported
convictions occurred were generally larceny,
burglary, horse-stealing and counterfeiting
On the 18th, near Sterling, Ill, the flooring
Of mill gave way, on account of the mass Of
wheat stored upon it,and fell to the next floor.
Four men were sitting near q stove at the
time, three of whom escaped, but the fourth,
a DR.. Palmer, was buried under the wheat,
except his head and shoulders. The mill took
FIRE, and the doctor was slowly roasted 10
death before any relief could reach him.
Attorney General Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, comes out Aat-footed for the renom-
ination of General Grant The Washington
Chronicle says: "That this means great
deal in the Republican party of South Caro-
lima none need be told who know anything OF
the exalted position Mr.. Ch ,mberlain occu-
pies, he being not only one of that party's
most gifted members, but one of the most in
tellectual and cultivated men in the entire
State"
The Pittsburgh Commercial is authority for
the report that Colonel T. A.. Scott and his
friends have virtually withdrawn from the
Union Pacific Railroad, although he is still
president of the company. It is also stated
that the New York Central has succeeded to
the interest abandoned by Colonel Scott. The
value of the Uuion Pacific and its prospective
importance as trans-continental line, have
been seriously diminished by the snow em-
bargoes of the present winter. The great
Pennsylvania railroad king is turning his at
tention toward the Southern route across the
continent, where he will find no snow OBJ
structOns.
Charles Hale, nominated as assist
ant Secretary of State, and whose
case has been unfavorably commen-
ted on by portion of the press, has
been reported by the Committee on
Foreign Relations for confirmation.
Under the laws of Ohio, whoever
takes up an estray animal-sheep
COW, OK, mule, &c.-is required,
within three days, to make an aceu
rate description of such animal, its
marks, probable age, &c, and fur
nish a copy to the township clerk;
within five days he is to advertise it
in three public places in that town.
ship; if any other kinds than hogs,
or sheep, he is, within five days, to
send similar description to the
County Clerk.
The unanimous voice of the Com
mittee, and like unanimity in the
House with both parties, in award
ing to Mr.. Boles the right to the
seat as the Representative for the
Third District of Arkansas, against
the rights of the sitting member, Mr..
Edwards, must be regarded as a
very significant rebuke to Senator
Clayton, who, as acting Governor,
granted the certificate to the latter.
The returns show that Boles was
chosen by more than two thousand
majority; yet in defiance to this, the
Go, ernor assumed to decide upon
the legality of the ballot in certain
districts and gave the certificate to
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