The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-01-08
NH1oHRoRHoop NEWS

AaAn-A y AA-N AANu IANC CuLGAN1I4 t4El Cal
earn living at home. The town wih nov
save thousands of collars that have usually
been expended in providing for them. On
the 23i the building Of Mr. Sage took fire
in the attic, but the fire bling discovered be
fore ii had made much progress, wss ex-
iinguishcd before much damage was done
-. One Of the train hands of the local freight
bound west, in attempting 10 get upon the
train at Oberlin, on the 29th ult., slipped and
fell, the wheel Of one Of the cars passing
over the little finger Of his right hard, and
bis head hitting the car by which scalp
wound several irches in lopgth wss Inflicted
The lutte iipger was apputa'ed aad the
wound on the head dressed, 50 that the in
jured young man was able 10 go to Toledo
in the afternoon Of the same day W. D..
Dimmick, of Spencer, has obtained a cssh-
mere Goat. 1t was sheared 10 September
last, and now has fleece three inches 10
length, Of fine silky texture. The new
school house at Wellington is to be finished
early 10 the spring There are 4I inmates
in the county infruary, at Elyria-25
males and I6 females Four are insane,
one blind and one child eleven months
old. Two of them are 30 years old - The
committee appointed last winter, by the
Legislature to select suitable location for a
State industrial aud Reform School for
girls, met in Elylia on the q inst, TO ex-
anime loc,tions and consider proposals.
There are but two such Institutions in the
United States, one located at Lancaster,
Mass, tho other in Connecticut = John
Cummings. of Ridgeville, committed
brutal outrage upon little girl named
Abigail Hall, hii neice, on the 9th ult,
then threatened 10 kill her if the should tell
of it. He was arrested next day, exsmined
before Esquire Downing, and held to bail in
5000 to sppesr at court. In default of bail
he was committed -. The boys of Black
River ard Amherst, met in martial array, on
the Goth inst, wbi'e going to ball. They
"pitched 10, and one of the Amherst boys
came out minus five teeth. The affair closed
"in harmony" and all went to the ball,
though there were some ''soreheads" among
them. :. The blast furnace, Of Edison, Til
don & Page, at Black River, has. stopped to
make repairs The firm are getting out 49,
600 cords Of wood, this winter james
Msstin aged So, aud Mrs. Ann Fisher, aged
IS, were married, 10 Rochester, on the 23d
ult The young c'uple we're congratulated
by many who hoped they might bo present
at their golden wedding fifty years hence.
ERIE COUNTY, O.--The wooden buildings,
connected with the workshops of the c. s.
d G. r. r. at Sandusky, took FIRE on the
evening of tbe 25rh, and were destroyed.
Loss 81 800. The employees Of the O. S.
G @. R. r. recently presented Mr.. J. @.
Williams, the superintendent of the road,
with valuable silver service. Mr.. W. re-
signe his position on the lst inst. -. The
wolves, of Margaretta township, still con-
tinue 10 deyour numbers of sheep, and
avoid traps, guns and hunters Two four
ing mills of Mr.. Hayward, at Venice, tLrp
out 400 barrels Of -four daily, CT con .ume
1000 bushels of wheat daily.
OsAwFORD OoUSTY, o.--On the morning
Of the Dist man was found dead 10 a corn
field, about a mile nor OF AnspGlis. He
had cTaWltd into shock uf corn, and lay
with his feet exposed. He had evidently
been dead several days. He was supposed
to be an escaped lunatc from the Marion
Inhrmary - Fred, Smith, Of Creslline has
obtained a vetdict of $4,000 against the P
Fl. w. & G. r. R. for damages for being put
off train aud for illness in consequence.
Judge Moth, however, set the Judgment
aside upon the grounds that it was excessive.
on condition that the railroad company,
within thirty days pay what costs have al
ready sccrued in the case -. At Crestline
on the 29lh ult., Mr. p. D. Summers, of Mans
field, was Knocked down aud robbed of his
pocket book containing S2,5OO He had just
collected the money for a firm in FindlfY, o. !.
OoLUMBUs, o The leading member Of the
firm of ]. W. Miller & Co, was arrested, a
few days sgo on the charge of running still
illicitly. He was held 10 answer. :, The
supply Of water in the cisteru on the capitol
building, having been Exhausted, one of the
steam FIRE engines was brought into requisi-
tiOn to pump up supply from the Broad
street cistern. Two bundled and seventy.
five barrels Of water were thus put up in
short time. -. The Executive Committee of
he State Teachers Association, at lis recent
session, decided TO hold the ne4t session of
the Association in Cleveland on the 9th, 7tb,
sth and 8 h days of July 1867. =. There was
disbursed on account of Il public works
Of the State, during the past year, exclusive
Of the National rOad,) SI7,227 49. The re-
esipts from the same SOURCES were S2l, ,275.
The works are reported in coed condition.
RIoHLASD County, O--The limits Of the
city of Mansfield have been extended so as
to embrsce an area nearly double its former
size, with lsrge increase of population
An action for an Injunction, brought to re-
strsiuing the seton of The city, was not al.
lowed by Judge Osborn -, The Musical
convention, at Plymouth, was very success-
full, was largely attended throughout, and
the concert on New Years Evening was well
received by very large audience =. A re-
viyal has been in progress, at the Methodist
church in Plymouth, for some weeks past.
Quite an interest has been aEskened. on the
subject Of religion, and large number Of
converts have connected themselves With the
church.
LAKE CouNTY, O,--Tbe dwelling of A.
Anderson, Esq, near Concord, took fire, in
Ube absence of the family, ea Christmas
night and but for the timely discovery by
neighbors, must have been entirely destroy
ed. The entire contents of one room were
destroyed. Loss $500. -. A gentleman from
PsinesTille, while returning from Cleveland,
on the caps, bad bis sympathies worked upon
by needy youth who aftelFards relieved
him of his watch, and stole his overshoes.
Deprsvity =. Fred Pelton was arrested, oil
he 5lth ult., for stealing shot gun and
gold zen from the office of the fence ooupsny
in Painesville. The pen was found in his
pocket. Mr., and Mrs. Anderson, Of Con-
cord, enjoyed their glass welding, on the
25th ull---. Thomas Murray, of Concord.
killed two hogs, on the 29th ult., which
weighed, dressed, $40 and 800 pounds
The dwelling of Roger Miller, near North
RIDGE was totally DESTROYED bv fire. nm fhe