Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-08-05
NEWS ITEMS.
Murder and Fatal Accidents

Worman cut Blake SO severely that
it resulted in his death Thursday.
the 22d inst. The principal cause
of the trouble arose from the too
frequent use of benzine, both par
ties being Intoxicated. Norman
has been arrested and bound over
to answer at Court, in the sum of
$4,000.
On the goth inst. son Of Mr..
James McNamee, living few miles
west of St. Marys, took down gun
for the purpose of shooting hawk,
and on examining the cap the ham,
mer fell. discharging the contents
of the gun into the head of his
sister, who was sitting but few
feet from him. resulting in her in
I stantaneous death.
The shock to the boy on noticing
the result of his carelessness was so
great that he lost all consciousness
for a time, and he could not be I'M
duced to eat or sleep since the ac
cident until the morning Of the 23d,
when death relieved him from his
sufferings.
On the night of the 21st Wednes
day last) a son of Mr.. DIETRICH,
aged about 10 years, retired to bed
in usual health, and upon. attempt
ing to rouse him in the morning
he was found dead. Cause un-
known Wapakoneta Union. i
The wheat crop Of Crawford
county is unparalleled in quantity
and quality. Cn account of the
wet weather in many instances the
Reapers could not be used, and it
was found necessary to resort to
the old fashioned cradle OF other
days. God bless our Farmers!
they are the bone and sinew of the
State. Forum.
CAUTION TO CIGAR DEALERs.-Mr
Lewis, the United States Assessor,
having found that Cigar dealers, in
this district, were taking cigars
from boxes which had been duly
stamped, and were exposing them
for sale: thus apparently selling
un-tamped cigars, and rendering
them 7rinaa .facie Liable to seizure,
to save the dealer from trouble,
wrote to the commissioner for in:
formation upon this point, and re-
ceived the following reply: &
Where cigars, so exposed fer
sale, are seized, the burthen of
showing that the Jaw had been COM
piled with, as regards those par
ticular cigars, would rest upon the
owner thereof, Or the party offer
ing them for sale.
"Should he fail to establish that
fact the cigars would be forfeited. II
Very respectfully.
81. w Douglass, Acting Com"
Those interested will of course
govern themselves accordingly
Journal. zE
On the night of the 22d inst, a
set of sneaking rascals went to the
premises of w G. Niman, about
three miles north of Mansfield, and
committed series of petty and an
noying tricks unworthy of men, and
for which they should be severely
punished. They entered the barn
and threw out the implements took
from the granarv, number Of bags,
a saddle and bride, and other arti
cles, which they carried out, and
threw in the dirt, hauled a wheat
drill out and turned it upside down !:
then went to the wheatfield and
took the reaper all apart, throwing
away all the bolts and wrenches
They then mid the grass scvthe,
broke his hand rake to fragments,
upset wheat shocks, and committed
other acts Of most outrageous char
acter.
From Mr.. Niman's they proceed
ed to the adjoining farm Of Mr.
Brokaw, took out his well bucket,
and tied it to one of his cows tail,
then robbed his hen roost, &c.. &c
l-Mdmyfeld Herald. y .s
Rich HARvEsr.-A Kansas paper
says:
Kansas will probably yield a
larger amount of grain to the acre
the present season, than any of the
United States. Most of the wheat
crop will have been harvested be-
fore our paper goes to press, and
the fields are the wonder of all
During Sc, eral years, Kansas has
stood first for quality and yield,
and this season will apparently be
the best, of even her golden record
Our woods are full Of wild grapes,
the trees for hundred miles being
burdened with rich clusters. Ma
tive wine, two years old, is selling
at the same price as cider elsewhere,
and this fall will probably see no
market for the surfeit of grape
juice. The yield of Strawberries,
both wild and cultivated, was enof-
nous, and the fruit of remarkable
size. Peaches, apples, pears, and
plums. promise an abundant yield.
MANY of the butter makers of
this section complain that they
don't get full price for the butter
they bring to market. The secret
is they do not take sufficient care in
making it and the butter from this
section Of the State does not rate
as high in the market as butter
made in the northern counties. We
have been shown u letter from a
prominent commission house in
New York to Messrs. J. H. Wilson
q Co.. of this place, in which the
New York merchants say that on