The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-03-22
BELLEVUE.

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1t lately fell in our way to drop in on our
Bellevue friends for an hour or two and we
found a town that gives onea very pleasant
first impression. neat and tidy, with evidence
of healthy business prosperity, with good
school houses, pleasant and commodious
churches, and above all tasteful, neat and
homelike dwellings.
These last lis social advantages and the
delightful country which lies adjacent 10 it,
mike it most attractive as place of resi-
dence, and it is rare that place of equal
population contains SO many elegant private
dwellings, and handsome and carefully laid
out grounds as appear in Bellevue. The
quarries, which furnish an excellent blush
building stone, are easy of access, and a
number of stone business blocks and dwell
lings give substantial and enduring air to
the town, that adds much to the favorable i'm
preston one gets at first glance. The busi-
ness of the town is under, the financial cloud,
Just at present as business everywhere seems
to be, but all the leading houses are driving
fair and paying trade.
In the Drug and Medicine linz GooDsos
and GREENE at the post Office and W. b.
D1MIcK, are dispensing the remedies for the
ills that flesh is heir 10, in an honest, careful
manner, and they have experience besides.
If people are so unfortunate as 10 need pills
and powders they may think themselves hap
py that they have good reliable men to deal
with who will give Them what they need and
nothing else. Mr.. GcoDsoN, the post master
didn't even begin 10 Swing round the cir
Gle" and so far he has been left in undis.
turbed possession Of the mails, in spite of the
growls of sundry hard-headed copperheads
who wanted slice Of Uncle Sans "bread
and butter.
@. A. Willard and Company have just re-
stocked their Dry goods store with new sup
plies of goods, handsome styles, good quail
ity and easy prices. This firm, which by
the way, is made up of comfortable, gentle
manly aud thorough going business men,
have very neat, tasteful and well lighted
room, arranged well for the display of goods
which they are never ashamed to show.
Smith and Moore, family grocers have en-
larged their store and expect soon to purgs
their basement Of a low saloon which was or
the property when they bought it and which
is constant source ofannoyance TO custom.
ers who drink cold water, and who have nc
liking for topers and bad liquor. Gold water
people will find good stocks of groceries and
family supplies at Smith and Moore's, OF
at Cooks grocery store, in Leibers Block.
OF other business men and places. just as
good or better, time fails US to speak now.
We mean to "call again" some time.
The prospects for several new buildings
and dwellings this season is excellent, but
of this more anon. The reading people o.
the town have been making great efforts tc
establish READING Room and LIBRARY, and
have succeeded in getting enough stock sub
scribed to warrant the renting of room
and the preliminary preparations. A good
reading room will furnish place of resort
for the young men, and Library is an actual
necessity. The room selected is front
room on the second floor, Immediately ovel
the Post office, well lighted, high and large
enough for the use ofthe Library and Read
ing room for many years to come. The en-.
terprise deserves the cordial support of all
the men who have the best interests eff theil
town at heart.
A donation party for The benefit of Rev
Mr.. HUGHES Of the NJ. E. Chufch was held
on Tuesday evening at Summers Hall and
was very well attended.
The Public Schools at Bellevue close with
an exhibition next week, on Friday evening
at Summers Hall. The scholars hope to bt
able to raise funds for school apparatus, +;
commendable object, which ought to secure
good attendance.
We save the rest of the items we discov
cred until another time.