The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-23

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Trains leave OIavsIand
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Local and Other Items.
The wool trade is drawing to a close. / "
Now is the time lay in winter supply of
coal, wood, etc.
Several clearing mp showers" have oc-
Cured during the week. rT55-s
The "ImmOrtal J. ~" expects to be in
Fremont on Monday next
The brick work on the new Presbytsrian
church has been commenced.
There is probability of Cholera; look
well to yOur yards and cellars.
The Wood County papers are still ouarl.
ing over the County seat question.
The most expert 'velOcipedian in this city
is an American of African descent
Locals and receipts on subscription, these
days, are as scarce as merchants customers.
The average yield of wheat, in Erie Co,
is estimated at twenty bushels to the acre.
The Adventists have postponed the de-
struction of the world until the 18th Of Au-
gust
Our farmers and mechanics should COM
mence making preparations for our County
Fair.
The churches of Bryan have decided to
hold union outdoor meetings on the Sab
bath. M
If time is money our merchants must be
doing prosperous business, for they have
plenty of it.
Arunaway horse was badly injured, Fri
last, by running against telegraph pole on
Front Street.
OrOghan Lodge, L o. IF. of this city
have fixed on Wednesday, August 25th, for
their boat ride.
GOOseberries, black berries, currents, green
apples, cucumbers, collie and cholera morbus
are in the markets.
Flagging from the Berea quarries is being
put down in front of The residences Of sew
eral of our citizens.
Hereafter IabOrers on the corporation will
have to be paid iu city orders, the corpora
tiOn beingOut Of money.
The citizens of Fostoria are making an
effort to raise money to erect a Soldiers
Monument at that place.
Gen. R, P. Buckland and Chaplain Collier,
of this place, attended the Grand Army Con.
ventiOn, at sandusky city.
The Council, on Monday evening, appro-
pristed $25 towards paying the Fremont
Band on the ID Of August
Sneak thieves have been committing their
dePredstiOns on the cellars, etc, of our cit
izens within the past few weeks
Mrs. Amelia Smith viii accept our thanks
for handsome bOquet, composed Of the
very choicest flowers now in season.
This is the season for blsckberries, and
candidates for Office. 1t is too early yet TO
say which will be the biggist crop.
June & Co., engine and boiler builders, of |
this city, are now putting up sixty hoEse
power engine for firm in Elmore.
The Bellevue Gazette has changed hands,
the estasSll sSllishmeut passing into the hands Of
E. W. Clarke of the Go,r.sin Go, Ne,os.
Capt. David WilkinsOn, of PerrysbcrG, d
tie Oldest Lake navigator living, he sailed
a vessel on Lake Erie in Is25-forty y.four
years ago.
Some twenty Hook d Ladder companies
have been invited to participate in the COM
petition for prizes in this place on the Second
of August. arE ~ -4tsT
Persons up the Findlsy road desiring to
60 to Columbus, can save half days time
by going by way of Fremont. MonrOeville
and Shelby. -
John Horn, who was arrested last week
and taken to Cleveland, for selling unstamp-
ed tobacco gave bail for his appearance. for
examination. '
A man named Stult, living near this city,
recently died and wined his whole estate,
amounting to about $4,000, to the Orphans
Home, at FlstrOek, Seneca county, Ohio.
The citizens Of Kansas Station, that wide
awake little town up the L. E. d L. r. R..
have subscribed 5000 towards the Toledo
d Cresline railroad, besides the right Of way.
From one of the largest. stockholders in
the Lake Erie d Louisville Railroad, we are
informed that there is fair prospect Of an
effort being made to push that road through
to Lima. f
On Sunday, three boys while rowing
boat in the river, upset near the warehouse
and narrowly escaped drowning. One swan
ashOre,while the others clung to the boat pu-
til rescued.
In addition to the Hooks Tournament IN
this place on the Second of August, We learn
that other 'doings' are talked Of not the ,
least Of which will be tub race on the
river for q prize, y @ GID 2Eq
A railroad convention meets at Napoleon
on Friday, the 9Th of August, to take the
initiative steps towards building railroad
from Fremont to Bryan. Persons interested
are invited to be present.
Mr.. Joel Markell, recently appointed agent
Of the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine
Co., is already meeting with good success in
this locality. The machines can be seen at
the millinery store of Mrs. COOkson.
The Toledo Division of the L. s. 4 MS
Railway is being thoroughly overhauled and
put in the best possible condition. The con-
tinuOus rail has been adopted and put down,
and several bridges are now in course Of
construction. l /,
The day express from Chicago was delayed
at this point nearly two hours, on Tuesday
last, in cOsequence of the cal freight east
having car off the track, which obstructed
the main line for the passage Of trains until
the car could be removed from the traek. Il