The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-01-29

hNdlihh bolehtlhta inAYo maze conpu-
tstions Of the suns distance from the
earth in accordance with the data thus
far furnished by the observers Of the
transit Of Venus. Admitting these OBJ
servations to be exact, the SIMS distance
is found to be SO, 449, ,726 miles.
In HIS recent message to the Florida
Legislature, Governor Stearns asserts
that that the State debt has this year
been reduced 1900, and is now but
Isl, ,599, ,478 He expects that by the
dawn Of the twentieth century Florida
will have population of one million
inhabitants, and be worth $500, 900, 900.
Happy Florida
The subject Of amending the ConSt
tuition OF Ohio is before the Legislature,
in the shape Of a resolution for the ap-
Ipointment Of a Commission, consisting
of one from each Congressional District,
to prepare such amendments as it may
deem necessary, and submit them to the
Legislature for further action. The
matter is laid ever for discussion.
NorHiNa is heard Of further survivors
from the Cospatrick, burned at sea No
vember II, and the sad conclusion is
forced upon us that the three men who
were found floating in an open boat,
after putting through ten days without
any food or drink, except the dead bod
les of their comrades, are all that is left
of the 476 souls on board the ship.
CALLING on the United States troops
to compel legally elected Republican
members of the Louisiana Legislature
to recognize at the point of the bayonet,
a lawless usurper of the Speakers chair,
is Democratic "Home Rule;" while
calling on the same force to remove from
Legislative hall lawless intruders, in
order that legally returned members may
proceed with business, is, according toI
the same authority, an "outrage upon
free institutions" 1t still makes so
much difference who owns the bull.
THE London Times of Monday hap
an ominous editorial on the situation in
Europe 1t says, "AIl are arming.
Germany is arming en- masse Sur
rounding nations, including the best
part of the world, can not do otherwise.
The momentary dreams of peace have
fed. Germany recognizes stern ne
cessity. What she won by arms she can
only hold by arms and while arms are in
her hands" This is merely the express
ion of an opinion which seems to have
become general.
PEOPLE are asking who is George H.
Baker, whom the President has ap-
pointed and the Senate confirmed as
Minister to Russia. The name has been
so persistently misspelled in the news-
papers that it seems necessary to ex-
plain that the gentleman meant is Mr..
George il. Boxer, the Philadelphia
poet, who has been for two years past
Minister to Constantinople. The mis-
sion at Constantinople is an admirable
place to prepare man for that of st.
Petersburg, and Mr.. Boxer being a
poet, scholar, gentleman, linguist and
diplomstist all in one, is one Of the very
best appointments that could have been
made Leader.
GEORGE W. STUART Of LesvOre, Mimi,
died at Omaha in October last, while
enroute to California, under rather sus-
picious circumstances. Subsequently
upon consulting his will, it WAS discov-
cred he had secured policies on his life
nearly $1O5,OO in number of leading
Companies. One Of the agents resisted
payment on the ground that the assured
had committed suicide, but after consid-
cradle delay the Companies withdrew
opposition, and already commenced
making payments on policies held by the
Stuarts. The Charter Oak of Hartford
has sent its draft for $4,000, and the
Masonic Association has paid over
90, 900. Other Componies are prepar-
ing to settle.
soNE diplomatic, good old Spanish
Don has proposed a new scheme for the
adjustment of this dispute regarding the
Spanish throne. 1t is that the youthful
King Alfonso wed the daughter of Don
Carlo. This would certainly be a very
amicable way Of settling quarrel which
has continued without intermission for
ty-four years. Alfonso is nephew to the
old Don Carlos, and the young lady is
great granddaughter to the same noble
man, and daughter to Don Henrique de
Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, and the
present Pretender to the Spanish throne
A marriage of the kind proposed would
again ally the scattered branches of the
House of Bourbon in Spain. Though
both Princess and King are thought to
be directly descended from the royal
family, there is room for q strong suspi-
cion that of the two the young lady's
veins contain the most royal blood.
Taaha1la knnUa a aeSrat ahout AlfonaO'R