The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-12-03
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Hsllman and Strauss offer great bargsins
for thirty days.
The Lark that is,usually up to meet the
sun, complains Of broken engagements
The Pacific telegraph oompanys Office
has been moved to the back part Of the Post
Office.
The street West Of the Raiisoad Depot is
being stoned and put 10 gocd c. nditicn for
travel
Young men who have DO sisters of their
own to owe, should love some one else's sis
ter.
A squad Of Mormon elders, after recruits.
passed through our town, on Friday night
last, bound for New York.
J. Strauss, is the first 10 OpsnOut, in the
new block. BE opens first class Clothing
House. See his advertisement on Supple
meDL
The German Lutheran Church at the cor
ner of Oak aud Court streets, has had a new
bell put up in the belfry. The bell weighs
1000 pounds.
Two children in TIfin were badly scalded
last week, one by pulling tub of hot water
over it, and the other by upsetting the con-
tents of coffee pot over itself
New Jersey has six thousand Sons of Tenn
Persnce. They probably cause the thunder
which follows in the track of "Jersey light
ming"
1t Is estimated that two millions tons
weight Of tObeccO is annually consumed by
The humsn family. How much is consumed
by the inhuman family is not intlmated.
A brakeman on the local freigt of the To-
ledo division of the L. s. d NJ S. railway
had his hand crushed while coupling cars at
BelIyue on Saturday the 27,h inst.
We want every one Of our exchanges that
are Dragging about deer being killed in their
respective counties, to bear in mind that not
one has been killed in Seneca. Our couutv
is settled-itisl-IDiH Tribune
And fenced in.
Robert BevingtOn, of Knox township,
Holmes county, has a hog three years old
which weighs 1900 pounds. 1t is four feet
high, nine feet long and measures six feet
four i: ches around the hearty. 1t may be
called hearty hog.
We are considerably crowded with adver-
tisements, and not to encroach upon the
space devoted to reading matter we issue
several supplements, on which also, our
subscribers will fnd some interesting miscel
lany.
The Good Templars viii hold an open
meeting, at their Hall, in Shomos Block
on Tuesday evening next, and extend an in
vitation to all, whether members or not, to
attend, The exercises will consist of Select
Readings Music, and discussion.
The bad weather thus far has greately in
terfered with the work upon the pew Pres
byterian Church. The roofing has, how,
ever, been completed, but the work upon the
tower is likely to be suspended until spring,
unless We are vOuchsafed spsll of better
weather.
Fremont is getting harder and harder
Fiadldy Courier.
There is more whisky drank iu Findlay at
this time than there has been for many years.
Ibid,
"You pays you money and you takes your
choice but if the above is suy indication
Of differences. Finilay must be about the
hardest Pla.e in the continent.
A brakeman, on the freight train of the
Northern devisiOn of the Cleveland aud To.
ledo railroad, vas knocked off train, while
passing under the bridge, at Huron, on Sat
urdsy, Goth, be fell between the cars, the
train passing over him, breaking his neck
and mutilating his body.
The Courier alluding to the recent action
of the council of Genoa, in closing saloons
on Sundays, refers TO our item in which we
er quired if our council had the nerve TO do |
likewise, and remaks courage enou gh. For-
thy neighbor. but no inclination. We are
not aware that the Courier speaks by autho-
rity, but rather think the fear of losing few
votes, governs the majority.
On Thanksgiving evening a man from
Green Springs who gave his name as Warner
and who had been having "bigh," among
the Saloons in town, was so abfuscated when |
be started bone that he hitched his horse TO |
some one else's buggy, and drove home.
A few more glasses of beer, aud possibly he
might hsvs hitched to the marshsIl aud ha d
a bearing before his "honOr the Mayor.
Near Seville, Medina county, two high
waymen Jumped into a country wagon, and
while one slipped his hands over the eyes
of the driver, the other abstracied $500
from his pockets They then made off, but
the robbed indiTidual-ODe Jack Locker
returned 10 town, and made it so hot for the
parties that one slid to avoid arrest, and the
other paid $45. 90 to compromise. The af-
fairs occurred on the 23d ult.
At EdgertOn Williams county recently, a
wood sawyer, was engaged in cOrding up
quantity of wood, which had been sawed
at the side of the track, when he observed
the approach Of the tightening express train,
ard at the same time noticed stick of wood
upon the track which if not removed, would
throw the train off. The train was close
hand, and the risk heavily against any at
tempt to remove the wood, yet he lesped up
On the track and removed the obstruction,
but alas, ere he could get himself out of the
way, the train struck him, aud stretched him
a hfeless and mangled corpse along side of
the track. The name of the hero is not Civ
sn.