The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
FOSTORIA ITEMS.

EUSIUR1A 1IGMO'
The appearance of Main street is
being improved by new cutters.
New wheat is coming into market
IN large quantities. Notwithstanding
the fears entertained for the crops,
the yield and quality is good.
The body OF child of Evan Kirk
wood, formerly resident of this
place. was brought here on the 26th
inst. for interment.
Lawrence Rumple, an old and re-
spected resident of LoudOn township.
died at his r residence, three miles cast
of Fostoria, on the 9th inst, at the
advanced age Of seventy years.
The temperance question is assum-
ing prominence in the minds of our
people. At the regular meeting of the
/ Branch Temperance Alliance, held in
the NJ. E. Church on Monday even
ling. the attendance was large, and
Eas goR entertained with an address
by Rev. C. Reynolds. 1t is hoped
their efforts will increase the diffleul>
ties already attaching TO the liquor
traffic, if they do not succeed ID driv-
ius the evil entirely from our midst.
The following named gentlemen
left this place Tuesday morning to
attend the State Temperance Alliance,
held in Urbaua on the 2Sth and 18th
inst. w. J. Rigby. delegate of the
Branch Alliance; John Flahiff, of
the Lodgegof Good Templars; Rev |
C. Reynolds. Of the NJ. 4. Church /;
Rev. T. J. Harbaugh, of the U. B. /
Church; +. r. Stewart, of the First
Presbyterian Sabbath School, and E.
Miller, local agent Of the Alliance. |
A VILLAIN UNMAsKED.
On Monday, the Goth inst, Daniel
NJ. Swope, of Wood county, . man
whose reputation for honesty has long
been considered doubtful, came to
this place and induced john Wood,
one of our young men, to accompany
him into the country in the evening.
They went from Fostoria to Arcadia
and Findlay; back to- Arcadia and
across the country to Bascom, and
from Baseom back to Fostoria, arriv
ing here in the morning, after having
travelled all night On their nightly
rounds Swope introduced to Wood
the subject of becoming a member of
a secret clan, to be banded together
for the purpose of robbery, theft and
murder, bound together by horrid
oaths of secrecy. The object of the
clan, as explained to Wood, was to
establish a line of thieves, in order
that stolen property might be con
coaled aud conveyed along the line
without detection, and for the pur-
pose of assistance and protection in
cases of arrest. The oath was ad
ministered to Wood by Swope. and
he was requested to sign the written
agreement of the league, which was
in the possession of Swope, with his
own signature and that of q man of
Jackson township, whose name is
withheld for the present, already at
taehed. On arriving at this place in
the morning Wood informed SwOpe i
that he had mistaken his man, and .
that he would hand him over to the
authorities, and divulge his schemes
Of infamy. Wood took from him by
force the agreement by which mem-
bers were to be bound, and delivered
him to Constable Drennig. The fol-
lowing is a copy, verbatim, of the
agreement and oath
We, the undersigned, do solemnly
and firmly bind ourselves together in
to league for the purpose of never dis
closing any secret whatsoever, Of any
nature, kind or sort, that may be Civ
en- by one to the. other, and that We
1T Il fdit fl hfuiiyA keep all trusts that VIC
may enter into of whatsoever nature
or description, and that we will faith
fully, unto the DYING DEATH of each
and all fulfill this agreement. Where
as that if one or the other shall get
sick or get hurt by accident or other
means the other shall assist by all
possible means for his, the disabled
ones, benefit. Further, anything that
shall be necessary to procure means
for living we are both bound to go
into with due respect to gain, and
that while one has the other shall
have also. If one shall be inveigled
into law in any shape, the other is
bound to assist, by any means whatso-
ever, to delivev the one so distressed
out; it shall be no difference what shall
be required at his hands No secret
shall be told by either Of us to any
person whatsoever.
OATH.
We, and each of us, do for ourselves
solemnly swear by and before God
Almighty, the searcher of all hearts,
aud his holy angels, and before the
Heavenly Throne of God Al ighty's
power that we will faithfully keep and
perform each. and all OF the foregoing
statements, here set forth in this in-
strument, so help US Almighty God
The penalty for the violation of this
oath by either party shall be DEATH.
Several parties were selected in this
place to be visited by the elan as soon
as their arrangements for business
should be perfected.
RKETs-CORRECTED WEEKLY.
WHEAT --...-.-..... 70 "
OO9.N .-.-..-.--i .-..........f tS3
OATS-----.-. soc
BARLEY nominal
TIMOTHY 90 to %
FLAN SEED. 40
WOOL ......... .....io 10 flc
BUTTER ~
f-G6S ......--....... IL
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