The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-02
NBIeHBoRHooD NEWS.


dists are not quite up TO the progressiv
al spirit of their brethren elsewhere. The vot
n on Lay Delegate Representation stood "a fo
and 81 against. .. The rear wall of @. E
: Lind's boot and shoe store building, on Msir
# street, fell with a crash, on the night of thc
a 18th ult. The wall adjoined an excavation
4 which was being made for Smith 'snew opert
Building.
LAKE Co.. O.-Painesville has a curiosity
in the shape of a four legged duck. Oorwir
Greene is its pOssessor. The Advertiser says
two legs only are used in locomotiop, the
other two trail uselessly behind, altho fully
> developed and web footed Corn is report
; ed nearly destroyed by the cut worms. A
festival held in Painesville, for the benefit of
the soldiers monument fund, netted over
500.
SENECA Co., O.-The Advertiser saws
there is tree on the farm Of Edward Swan
der, of Seneca county, which is twelve feet
in circumference, and out of which grow I3
limbs as large as common sized trees.
Another Seneca county Stock Sale will take
place Of the Fair Grounds, in Tifin, on
Tuesday, July 9th The result of the vote
on Lay Delegation by the N. E. Church, of
Tifiu, was yeas, "a; nays, The prize
trumpets for the fremens tournament have
arrived and are on exhibition in Tifiu,
ORAwFoRE Co, O.-Bucyrus is bound to
celebrate the 4th on the Sd. After music
and speeches, DC, the rural sports will be-
gin, and foot races, hurdle races, sack races.
blind wheelbarrOw races, DC, de-, conclude
the daylight sports. Fireworks will beautify
the night.--.D. Chill, Esq, was thrown
from buggy, near LeesVille, and badly in
jured, recently Wool ranges from 81 to
43 at Bucyrus- Two men named Misin-
felter and Sewers got into. a quarrel at a
saloon in BucyruF, recently, when Misinfel
ter was stabbed in the back by Sewers. The
wounded man administered severe thresh-
ing4O his opponent The residence of Mr..
D. W. swigert was entered by burglars,
early in the evening of the 18th, but an
alarm being given they made off without
carrying anything with them.
OTTAWA Co., O--LOuis Tobbert of Rem
ton, aged five years, had his leg broken above
the knee, on the 23d, by the falling of a pile
of lumber. He was injured otherwise but
not fatally The planning mill of BowIin
d Welcb, at Elmore, which was DESTROYED
by fire, has been rebuilt, and is again in op-
Grafton John Marine and Eli Seamon
were arrested, at ElmOre, on the 22i, charg-
ed with embezzling key of beer, belonging
to Chas. Frank, from the depot at that place.
They had been discovered in the act, and
abandoning the keg fled, but we're arrested
as stated, and fned each one dollar and costs.
---v Elmore is to celebrate the Fourth on
the Sd Of July. Cooper K. Watson is an
as the speaker Henry Hollier,
aged Is years, was drowned, on Goth, near
Plaster Bed. He had stepped upon loose
plank on the Bay bridge, which tilting up
threw him into the Bay. and before assist
ance could reach him he was drowned. His
body was recovered. - The case of James
F. Hall, was before Judge Miner last week,
and great many witnesses were examined.
He was alleged to be insane, and his friends
desired his confinement in an asylum. He
had previously been confined, but discharg-
ed as cured. By the finding Of'the court he
will be returned to the asylum.
SUMMIT Co., ,-O.-The editor of the Beacon i.
las been presented with a number of large
'ggs lately, among them one weighing as
much as two ordinary eggs. On breaking :
{ a second egg was found inside, about the
common size, the space between the outer ,
md inner shell being filed with white only.
The inner shell was completely filed with
he yOlk... The two legged colt folded by
! mare belonging 10 Mr.. Plum, of Sharon,
las been purchased by Mr., Griffin, who
xPects to make it pay as curiosity. 1t has !
10 front legs, but when walking stands al
most erect and seems to get along pretty o
veil. Il is said to be very tractabIe and in Ia
elligent. Il is now about four weeks old. I,
-. The Buckeye Works at Akron are turn
Dg out from 40 to As mowers and reapers
young man named Edwin :
IOckhart, of Granger. shot himself through
be head, at Sedalia, Mo-, on the 18th uIt. :
lis body was sent home, where it arrived
y express on the 18th. Miss Celia Fem,
hired girl in the employ of two brothers
AIMED Pope, attempted to commit suicide
y taking morphine, on the night of the v
3th, Not getting up in the morning, sis P
sr of the bvOthers. Pope, went to her room v'
nd found the door locked. Alarmed, she d,
allied assistance, aud on gaining entrance, !"
ne girl was found iinsensible and apparent A
7 dying. Medical aid was called, and her al
fe saved. u
HANCOCK Co., o.-The vote on Lay Dele 50
alton, in the NJ. E. Church, at Findlav. e
as So for and 20 against. On the lPendle- co
m Circuit the vote stood tie at % for and
yainst The MethOdists of Findiay are 10 IN
ave an Old-fashiOned camp meeting, one :
iile from Benton, commencing August 10th.
hey have leased The grounds for five years.
hOuld the weather prove favorable, we pre-.
lme there will be quite an attendance from
lis vicinity Mr.. Miller, the gentleman
!, superintendent of the Findlay Schools.
as surprised by a present of 'Whiltier's
arefoOt Boy-a chromO-which his schol-
rs presented him on the 18th ult. The
|. E. Church festival at Findlay, on the
Tening of the 22d, yielded net profit of
l3O----The Office of the L. E. & L.R.R.
Findly, was entered on the 18th ult., and
'bbed of some valuable papers, but the
oney, fortunately, had been removed. The
iPers were subsequently returned - The
sidence of Rev. Isaac Newton, was enter
BY burglars, on the evening of the 2Oih I
I'd valuable watch, "a present from mem u
ers of his church. was stolen. No clue to
e thieves - 45, 900 pounds of wool have
zen purchased by the wool buyers of Find.
y, this season -. Gen. Walker has arrived .
'me from Texas, and proposes to spend sew =
al months in the North.
HENRY COUNTY, Own. Sheffield, of A.
apoleOn, last week received box of apples !"
ON Gov. Scott, of South Carolina. The
,Ples we're picked from tree, in the Gov
nOr's door yard, on the 26th of May -.
wO young children, belonging to John F
amerOn, of Oakland, ran away from home
Gently. He followed them to Chicago, but
lere lost all trace of them. They have tr, n
ully named Bill Newman, in Napoleon, en-
no is heavy on fighting women. On the
lth, he assaulted and beat a woman famed