The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-06-13


. Japan. As the Beacon says, @nezt to Be
= Butler himself, Bingham IS especially respon
sible for all the iniquity of the salary grab
and this is not the time to award his faith
Isssne4 Fish pfomOtons
After July lst new postage stamps come in
bearing profles and colors thuss l cen.
! Franklin, blue; cent, jackson, brown; cent
Washington, green; 6 cent, Lincoln, red;
! cent, Stanton. vsrmllion; 10 cent, Jefferson
chocolate; II cent, Clay, purple; Is cent, Web
stsr, orange; "a cent, Scott; 80 cent, Hamilton
black; 90 cent. Perry, carmine.
c The door, saah and blind factory of Fon.
canan & Co. at Green Springs, is doing q
aoulishing business. furnishing constant en-
plogncnb for twenty hands- a very fine va
= risiy Of picture frame holdings is nanutac-
tursd there. A neat new Office for the joint
: use of Smith & Co., and Foncanan s. Co., has
been put up near the railroad, at a cost Of 81
: 800. Sc
The only laws Tor the beneht Of soldiers
passed at the last session of Congress, are one
extending The time for filing Additional Boun-
ty claims, u1der at Of 1866, 70 January s6
1873; one allowing colored soldiers, enlisted
while slaves, the same bounty as if they had
been free, and tlis.aet Of March 8 1873. .to
revise, consolidate! and amend'' the pension
laws. ....., .,-...,.-.,. -..-.s~
The question in regard to the nnaratime
Jurisdiction of Sandusky river has been decid-
ed in favor Of the riparian owners, Qand own
ers on either side Of tho river), and extends to
the center Of the river. While this decides
the question as to the right to take gravel or
sand from the bed of the river, it also decides
the right Of the fisheries; which are also vest
ed in the land owners. - -"
The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad has
received new impetus, and will probably
soon be- under weigh. The officers of the
road, fogstller Wish Walter Schenley, the
eelebfatsa oontractof Of the 1Ioosac Tunnel
Mass, psssol over the line last week. Itis
Understood that Mr.. Schenley regards the
route as favOrable,lana viii make proposals
for building the road after re-survey of the
route at the Southern end
TIE Governor Of Pennsylvania made re-
QUESTION on the Governor Of Ohio for one Ja- |
cob N. Herbst, who resided at Fostoria, and |
be was arrested on the Sd by Constable Arm
old. A young lady named Bell was the sub
iect Of his wiles, and he afterward attempted |
% procure an abortion. He was placed in tie
custody of A. S. Bell, brother of the lady,
who has been searching for him for over two
years, and it is quite likely he will get justice.
A school teacher at Middlepoint, Ohio, who
lad been to Van Vert on the SIst., and got a
check cashed, was followed by two men who
we're in the bank at the time. They went on
the same train with him, followed him about
from one place TO another. and about u o'clock
a night, as he vas passing through strip of
woods, confronted him. Nothing daunted he
struck out and felled one of the rufians with
his fist, when the other fed. They will avoid
that sehool-master in the future.
An enterprising individual writes to the
Government from Tifin, Ohio, offering to pay
$4,000 for the privilege of exhibiting Captain
Jack throughout the country during sixty
days. The Snowman promises to keep Jack
securely. and troat linn we'll, and return him
70 the Government at the expiration of sixty
days provided he docs not commit suicide, in
which case the Government is to receive 81
900 per day for the time he remains in the
showman's hands alive. It is proposed to pay
$4,000 upon the delivery of Jack at Chicago
and the remainder at the close of two months
Frank Shook, Frank Robb and Harry Her
Hck met, on the lst inst, on the river bank
below Tiilin. Herrick and Robb had a feud,
and must tight Shook was umpire. Herriek
and Robb ft and fit, and Herrick fit most.
Shook was Robbs friend and had revolver
which it went off and the bullet lodged in
Robb's thigh in dangerous proximity to the
largo vein. Snook insists that the shot was
accidental and Robb insists so too. They
probably would have insisted all the same if
the ball had hid the other fellow. IiRobb
should die there viii be q plea Of "emotionaI
insanity" as Snook's feelings overcame him.
A man who gave his name as ]. E. Hurd
performed swindling operation in Toledo,
on Sunday last, forging the name Of A. PilliOd
to check for $3.50, and also to a check for
$3.50, both of which were cashed He after
wards deposited q check for sl,OlO, signed by
p T. Hamm s Co, at the Northern National
Bank, Vbers he had before deposited, but in
the afternoon drew out $3.50, and left for
afurrin' parts" He has not been heard from,
and the banks bear the loss. The signatures
to the forged checks were so eIeverly done as
TO almost convince the parties named that they
were genuine, and Hamm 81 Co., had TO re-
sort to their check book to be certain they
had not issued it.
Hon. JOS. NJ. Farr, for many years prom
ihent citizen of NOrwalk, Ohio, died on the
ID inst, Of consumption at the age of e3. He
vas a printer by trade, and on the 2Oth of
Aug, 1885 in company with Samuel L. Hatch
issued the first number of the Nor10aH Exper-
iBleHt In few years he became sole propri-
etor, and finally sold out to Redfield S Blue,
having been connected with the paper 10
years. In politics he was always a Democrat, /
and was delegate to the Constitutional Con-
vention in lS5O-5l. During the war he was
an outspoken War Democrat, but since then |
he has taken no active part in politics. His |
health for many years has been feeble, and |
during the past winter his disease developed |
into quick consumption.
The Courier commenting on what the Belle |
vue Gazette says of US, adds "well advanced |
in years, he is also great and good, but as to |
being handsome-not he" Brother Wilmer
is jealous of our good d'looks; and don't like TO
Have it said of us. as Brown had it that we |
'were the handsomest editor in Northern
Ohio" We know that Wilmer is tail and |
commanding in appearance, portly and ele- |
CANT in form, with a majestic mein and court |
Iy presence; apd We are sorry Brown had not
seen him before he said what he did of US; for
We knowwlen he does see him, he will @take |
it all back" and elevate our neighbor to the |
plane where he has placed us, urless, indeed, |
he places US side BY side, repeata the obserya-
ton in regard to both, and adds, ''they are the
Ions ana tho short Ofit.s -
Homaneo isa nice thing to have, especially
when it is mixed up with reality. All ro-
nance is monotonous, but monotony didn't
have much of chance in the case of James
7. Hale, of HARRISON County, and Bmma Ogle
of TiHin. James and Emma met and loved,
and promised to wed, but the parents and
friends Of Emma determined to prevent the
match. Jams had been u student at Heidel-
berg, and recently went home, whereat the
opposition were glad But james returned,
and he and Emma rejoieed, but the opposi-