The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-03-01

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0 that it is destined to be one ofthe
], most thronged watering places in
s the world.
8 Chief Justice Chase has retired
a from political life and gone to farm
e ing on a farm of fifty acres, near
s Washington. He will doubtless find
that more profitable than try ing to
be President.
Governor Brown has issued pro-
clamation calling an extra session of
r the Tennessee Legislature, on the
: 18th of March to apportion the State
into Congressional Districts, and for
!, other important purposes.
The Utah Admission Convention
on Saturday adopted an article in
the ordinance giving the right of
suffrage to all citizens of the United
States, male and female, who are leg
al residents of the territory.
The House Committee of Ways
and Means, it Is reported, have CIV
en- up the idea of repeating the in
come tax this session. TIE Presi-
dents recommendation and the gen
eral expectation of the taxpayers
thus go for nothing.
The Kansas House of Represen-
tatises on Monday passed the Sen
ate bill providing that persons con-
yicted of murder shall be confined
one year in the penitentiary before
execution, and only then hanged on
warrant issued by the Governor.
A Salt Lake dispatch says the
snow on Sunday again blockaded
the Union Pacific Railroad, and
eastern bound trains were seventeen
hours late. The storm is likely 10
close communications for some time,
as thecu are walled with drifts.
The last snow must be removed BY
hand.
It is said that nearly four million
dollars worth of steamers are i'm
perilled by the existing ice gorges
along the Mississippi. If the gorges
break up slowly by thawing, little
damage will be done; but if the river
current forces them apart the result
will be serious.
On Saturday afternoon, William
Nesbit, a middle aged man residing
at Little Sandusky, about seven
miles south ofUpper Sandusky, was
found with the top of his head en-
tirely shot of. The cause is un-
known. When found he was still
grasping the ramrod of the rife,
which was laying near by.
At a masquerade ball recently Civ
en- in Scotland. an officer of inland
revenue managed to obtain admis-
sion disguised as one of the walters,
and took list of the names of all
who appeared in powdered wigs.
He has since assessed them for
double tax, there being a tax of five
dollars per annum for the privilege Of
wearing powder on the head in Great
Britain.
Charles De Haas has pleaded gull
ty, at Lima, Ohio, to stealing goods
from freight car on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway.
The Warehouse of R. Meeheany,
was also broken open snort time
before. He was remanded to jail
in default of $500 bail, on both
charges, to avail trial. He and
John Burke, who was arrested sub
spquently, were brought before the
Mayor charged by woman named
Barr with scandalously abusing her
on the same night. Burke was also
sent to Jail in default of bail. He is
hard case and well known.
Thomas Mast, of Harper's Weekly,
while in Washington, was invited to
dinner party which was given by
the honorable Speaker and Mrs.
Blaine, in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Hale. Mast created much
amusement by his form of accep-
tance of the invitation. On the en-
velope he sketched the House of Re-
presentatives, with Mr. Blaine in the
chair welding the gavel. Within
was fat, easy-going, dinner loving
individual, representing Mast him
SELF and underneath was written,
"Accept with pleasure.
An ingenious Georgian has inven-
ted "patent rail-splitter," by which
an immense pine log can be riven in
very brief time. A small iron |
cylinder, or tube, about half inch
iu diameter and six inches long, in
two equal segements fitting closely |
tngether, is inserted into an orifce
made with common augur in the
center of the fallen log. This is FL
led with powder by means Of slen-
der tube surmounted with a funnel,
the charge amounting to an ordinary
musket load. A fuse is then attached
and fired, and the toughest log is
split like an acorn.
On Saturday night, the American
Iron Works in Pittsburg, owned by
Jones & Laughlin, were partially
burned. The upper rolling mill,
with six trains of rolls, spike, bolt
and nut factory, pattern shop, pat
tern storehouse and foundry, were
entirely iestr yed. The loss will be
frc- 10 three hundred thousand {