Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-09-28
STATE & NEIcHRoRHooD,


HURON County FAIR.-The Huron county
Fair commences at Norwalk on Tuesday next
Oct. I'd.
ERIE COUNTY. FAIR-The Erie County Fair
will be held in Sandusky on the I'd, Sd and 4th
of October.
BASE BALL-The Occidental Base Ball Club
of Cleveland has challenged the "Quicksteps''
or Toledo to a match game, to be played in
Cleveland on the ID of Oct.
| POPULATION OF BELLEFoNTAINE.-An enumera-
ton of the inhabitants of Bellefontaine Just
completed, shows the total population of the
place to be three thousand three hundred and
sixty lone.
ANOTHER CIrY.-Wooster, Wayne county,
has recently been counting noses" and foots
up population of SIG. Steps are to be Ia
ken to promote the village to city of the second
class.
| Boy KILLED IN SANDUsKY.-A son of John
H. Williams, of Sandusky city, was killed last
Sunday while playing with the railroad turn
table. He was caught between the table and
the stone wall, and so badly injured that he died
| in few moments.
New CHURCH IN FINDLAY The ceremonies
of laying the corner stone of the NJ. E. Church,
in Findlay, took place on Wednesday of last
week. The ceremonies were conducted by
Prof Donelson of the Delaware Female Semi
nary, assisted by Rev,'s Wykes and Gray.
BOILER EXPLOSION AT CLEvELAxD.-The boiler
Of WooLsoN, HITCHCOCK & CARTER's stove foun-
dry, on Central Way, Cleveland, exploded last
Thursday. blowing the engine-room to pieces
and severely injuring SIX persons.
The Coon TEMrLARs' FESTIVAL AT TIFrIN.-
The Tiffin Tribune says the entertainment given
by the Good Templars, on Wednesday evening
last, was success. Over and above expenses
the handsome sum of $75 was realized.
RoBBERY OF THE YoUSssrowN Posr- OFF1oE.-
| The Youngstown post-offi:e was broken into
| and robbed on Friday night last. The burglars
carried off about seven or eight dollars in three
and five cent coins, two or three dollars worth
of stamps and probably two or three hundred
| letters.
A MONSTER TRoUr.-The Cleveland Herald
says Capt. Spaulding, of the steamer Lac La
Belle, on the last trip to Lake Superior, caught
and presented to the Kennard House Macki-
nae trout of the following huge dimensions -
Length, feet; girtb, 2 feet inches; weight.
~ pounds.
The STEAMER ISLAND QUEES-The Sandus-
ky Register says this veteran steamer, so long
familiar to visitors to the Islands, at last bids
farewell and goes among and in untried wa
ters. She has been sold to A. D. Dickinson. of
Detroit, and will go to Saginaw or the route be-
tween Chatham and Detroit
| OFFICIAL CHANaEs.-Mr DEWEY, Collector in
this (Ninth) District, has been removed and
Lieut.. Col. HAYNES, of Fremont, appointed to
the place. Mr.. L. A. HALL, of Tiffin, Assessor,
having declared his inability to vote for Mr..
FINEFRocK, gracefully steps aside and Mr. FRANK
BAKER, of Tiffin, gentleman of copper per-
suasion, steps in.
/ ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.-We learn from the
Tiffin Tribune Of last week that Mr., Jesse Koe-
Ter, an old resident of Eden township, was
thrown from colt while returning from the
| ASAo Ou INV HeA AhSeo WAlOIC uS was e0kdgeQ IN
rolling. The breast bones were mashed in the
fall, though he walked one half mile to his
home, and died in twenty -four hours after the
accident. He was Sc years of age.
JAIL DELIVERY AT PERRYsBURG.-The Per-
rysburg Journal says: On Saturday evening
last two of the convicts in our county Jail made
an attempt to escape, as Deputy Sheriff Baird
entered the prison. He grappled with one and
thrust him back into his cell. The other fled.
but was instantly pursued by Jesse Bruce, who
was in the vicinity. After running several
hundred yards he was captured and after
desperate struggle, the convict was brought
back and again safely lodged in his cell.
AooIDENrs-The Tiffin Advertiser records the
following accidents occurring in that town last
week A little daughter of Mr.. Michael Wall,
aged about nine years while playing with
straw cutter, and in attempting to pull the straw
out while the knife was up, it slipped and fell
on her wrist, almost seVering it through. A
little boy, named Eddy Cadwallder, while play
ing at the Union School House, had a parasol, in
the hands of alittle girl run into his eye, which
DESTROYED the sight