The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-09-03
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LAKE COUNTY, O.-Prowlers abound in
Painesville. The drug store of W. F. Smith,
at the depot was entered by burglars, on the
night Of the 2lst, drawers ransacked, and
about fifty dollars in money stolen 1.-THE
residence of ]. Tietus, of Mentor was enter
ed by burglars in the absence of the family,
on the 22d and a gold watch, breast-pin,
bracelet and chain, stolen. Two of the rob-
bers were afterwards arrested and the stolen
property excepting the chain recovered.
L. P. Bates, present P, N. at Willoughby,
was reelected to that position, on the 2lst,
ult., by a majority of &c. The body of an
unknown man was found in the Chsgrin
river, in Willoughby township, on the 25th.
There was nothing on the body to give
clue to his identity. He was large man
six feet aged about thirty, had on dark
pantalOOns with dark stripe. No coat or
vest on.
R1cHLAED COUNTY, GA man, named
Brubaker, was killed by the caving in of a
sand bank, about three miles from Mansfield,
on the 18th ult. Two others were under the
bank with him at the time, but were uniu-
jured. ). The independents, B. B. O., was
beaten by the Hsymskers, on the 24th.
Score A to b.. The new County Fair
Grounds are admirably located, and are TO
be fitted up in good style for the approach
ing fair, which will be held on the 18th, 18th,
aud 18th Of October. The Conservatory
of Music closed its eight weeks session with
concert, on the e1night Of the 2Sth ult. 1t
was complete succ ess. James Thomp-
son, former Commissioner of the county,
had fracas with his son, on the 18th ult,
while hauling oats, WHICH resulted in the |
son striking his father over the head with a |
pitch fork, and afterwards stabbing and cut |
ting him about the face. "A rattle-snske,
measuring thirty inches, and having four
Eattles, was killed near Shelby, recently
the first that has been killed in that neigh
bOrhOOd for years-cOpperheads are more
abundant The barn of Mr.. Il. A. West,
who resides near Plymouth, was struck by
lightning, during the storm of the 2lst, and
destroyed. Mr.. West and his son were in |
the barn at the time, were not injured, and |
succeeded in getting out the horses and a
reaper, but 500 dozen sheaves Of wheat, and
900 bushels old grain fell prey to the re-
mOrseless flames. During the same storm,
the barn of G. W. Wakefield, of Shiloh, was
struck by lightning, and badly shattered.
CRAWFORD COUNTY, O.-The Journal ad-
vOcates the Toledo and Pomsroy line Of
railroad, but thinks there is danger in the
fact that the people are not sufficiently
awake 10 its importance 40, 900 bushels ?
wheat were shipped from Bucyrus in seven
weeks Simon N. Ginniss, of Sandusky
township, while at work around threshing
machine, had his arm caught in the cogs,
and drawn in dislocated at the shoulder, the
neck of The shoulder blade broken, and the
hand and wrist so fractured that excission of
the ragged bones of the fore arm had to be
resorted to----A little girl, six years old,
while playing near well, at Gallon, last
week, dropped plaything into the well, and
in trying to recover it fell into the well,
which had fifteen feet of water in it. She,
however, clung to the wall until her cries
brought assistance, and she was rescued from
her perilOus position. The Gallon Pres.
byterian church had an excursion to Oleve-
land and the lakes recently, and cleared over
$4,000
SUMMIT COUNTY, o.-Ool. Simon Perkins,
had his horse and buggy stolen, from in
front Of the Opera House, at Akron, on the
night of tae Oath Ilt-... From a single
Early Rose potato, Mr. H. a. soliday, of
Doylesstown, has raised % pounds ounces,
this year, and dug them just three months
after planting =. A pair of pants containing
a wallet and $25 in money, were stolen from
a residence on South Broadway, Akron, on
the 2lst The lO4th 0. Y 1. will hold a
William Carter, of Northampton, raised 46
bushels and pounds Of barley, off one
acre. "A besry young man, full of Strysh-
nine whiskey, attempted suicide. at Akron
on the 2lst. He insisted on having some
poison for rats, when the druggist put him
up some magnesia, and labeled it poison.
Turning away from the counter be devoured
the magnesia, bade his friends " long flre-
%.sll. and went home to die. He still lives.
Stealing flowers in the Akron Cemetery {
still continues - Three fairs will he held {
in Summit county, this year. At Twins i
burg on the l4th, 18th and 18th Sept at c
on the 22d, 2Sd and 24th inst,
ind at Akron on the 5;h, 9Th, 7th and Sth Of
October. . ID