The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-07-18
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Two cases of Asiatic cholera were
reported in Cleveland Monday night.
Secretary Richardson, on Monday,
received the first new trade dollar
coined in the Philadelphia mint
A cholera morbus patient was
found in the depot at Toledo, on
Monday night last. He recovered.
President Mcmahon believes in q
military government for France
with a military dictator, even him
se'f, as the ruling power.
The President has appointed Mrs.
Farrell, widow of an army officer,
postmistress of Covington, to sue
ceed his deceased father.
A large meeting was held in New
York, Monday night in favor of in
ternational arbitration, instead OF
war in national disputes.
A carbon oil lamp exploded al
Millersburg on the 28th ult. A Mrs.
Yost was the victim, and was hor-
ribly burned. She died few hours
after.
The Orangemen's parade, in New
York, took place ON the 18th, and
suffered no molestation. Fifteen
hundred nolice were detailed to Dre-
serve order.
The late Jesse R. Grant bequeath-
ed his entire estate, about SIS, 900, to
his three daughters. He left moth
ing to the President
The prevalence of cholera in Ven
ice is officially announced. Bullet
ins Of the progress of the disease will
be issued daily by snaitary officers.
On and after August 1st the free
delivery Postal system will be estab
lished at Wheeling and Fort
Wayne, five carriers each, with sal
ary each of 5000
The cholera has broken out
among the convicts in the peniten.
tiary at Columbus. Up to Monday
last five cases were reported, two OF
which resulted fatally.
General Joseph E. Johnston, the
renowned rebel commander, was
present at Governor Noyes' recep-
tion at Columbus, Tuesday evening,
and seemed to enjoy himself greatly.
The salary grab is equal, annually
to five per cent interest on $30,000,.
000 1t is, therefore, in reality
equal to an increase of the public
debt to the amount of thirty millions
of dollars.
Grace Greenwood puts this
conundrum to Senator Carpenter
'1f it is hard for Senator to be a
good Christian on 5000 year, what
are poor clerks chances of saliva
ton on $1400?'
Linda Gilbert, of Chicago, has had
her injured feelings modified by a
verdict of six cents against the pro
prietors of the Post. Linda's char
acter could not have amounted to
much or the injury was very insig-
nificant.
When croud of jayhawkers start
ed disturbance in Texas church,
the other day, the preacher raised up
shotgun and said; civilian
Dello, SIT down, or I'll make it pain
full for you" William sat down, and
was as quiet as a lamb.
George Alderholder and George
Leisure, brother-in-laws, met in the
woods while out squirrel hunting, on
the 4th, near Greensburg, Indiana, AN
old quarrel was revived, and the
former shot the latter dead. Alder
holder surrendered himself.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, has had
two devastating fires lately. The
last occurred on Sunday last, and
swept over about twenty acres, des-
troying every building on it, and in
volving loss Of 100000. Insur-
ance will nearly cover the loss.
Brinkerhof's name, in Liberal lit
erature, is getting to be as much of
nuisance as Private DalzelPs in the
Columbus Journal sanctum. He is
getting so well advertisey that he
will be shelly good man" to send
out to sell soap some of these days.
Dayton Journal.
By the caving in of a sewer
work in cleveland on Monday after
noon, John Sullivan was covered
under ten feet of dirt For three
hours seven men worked to throw
out the dirt and recover the body.
Sullivan was still alive when taken
out, but died in a few moments
The new steamer GazeUe, built
expressly for the Island route to Put
in-Bay, made her first appearance in
Sandusky harbor on the Fourth.
Her extreme length is 132 feet, and
her breadth of beam 80 feet. Her
draught is about 8 feet and her ton
mage 1S2 52-100 tons, builders meas
urement.
A prize fight on a small scale, took
place just outside Toledo on Mon
day afternoon last, between the
''Siddon's Mouse" character, and
Tommy Ward, an actor. Tommy
was not able to "ward'' off the
"Mouse's'' digits, ard vent to grass
on the 9th round. 1t was a slow
affair, occupying an hour and a quar-
ter.
The Wareham NeCs man SAYS a
former principal of marlborough
Academy, at one time on the ap-
proach of tempest, insulated his
chair on four pieces glass, and, as
he thought, politely invited a young
lady 20 sitin his lap for safety. To
show the popularity of the man of
letters, the young lady replied she
would rather be struck by lightning.
The Goodrich murderess, Kate
Stoddard, alias Amy Stone was on
examination in New York on the
18th. 1t appears beyond doubtthat
she is insane. She was an inmate
of funatic asylum six years ago.
It appears after the murder she took