The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-25

the guests were departing. They were un-
doubtedly cheered by the sentiment.
young man in oberlin was severely woun-
de6 by the accidental discharge of pistol
while at husking bee few days since. No
one knows where the shot came from.
If Grant would represent the United Statss
at the Court Of st. James, in a credible man.
ner let him draw upon Fremont We have
some first class material for ministers.
Aman by the name of Jeffrey, from near
Huron, left his wife, a few days since, and
went to parts unknown. He said he loved
his wife, but was tired of married life.
Mr.. Michael Huford, residing at Tifin, has
a COW from which, within six months, two
hundred and eleven aud one half pounds of
butter was made. A good COW to have in a
family.
Some Of our exchanges say that good apples
along the lake shore in Ohio, can be bought
for ten cents bushel We have been looking
for some Of those apples but failed to get track
Of them.
DR.. D. H. Brinkerhotf is absent from the city,
being in attendanceat the reunion of the army
of the Cumberland which met yesterday and
closes this friday evening. He will return
home this evening.
There was fun at the races on Saturday.
One chap caught the "inhueudways" so bad,
or else cooled of with so much fire water in
him, that his friends were obliged to load him
into a wagon and drive him home.
Mr.. Travis has disposed of his interest in the
Bowling Green Sentinel to his former partner
O. ". Evans, who now becomes the sole pro-
prietOr of that paper. The sentinel is live
paper and should be well sustained.
A boy who was making himself too familiar
with horse which was hitched on Front st.,
on Saturday, was grabbed in the "pew" of his
pants, by the sagacious animal and deprived
of q very essential part Of his trousers.
On Tuesday last, boy at work in our
Office came near having his arm broken by its
being caught in one of the presses while it was
running As it was, his wrist is severely
bruised.
An impulsive chap in town sat on the tast-
ing committee too long on Saturday night, and
went to bed on the pavement. Some friends
appointed themselves as pail bearers, and con-
vsyed him to barn before the frost had found
him.
Twenty-one marriage licences wero issued
by the Probate Judge during the month o
October. Nineteen were issued last week,
fifteen of which were Issued on Saturday.
Lively times among the matrimonial aspir.
ants.
A destructive FIRE visited Coshoction, Ohio,
on Wednesday, Of last week, consuming about
5000 worth Of property. A barn belonging
10 7. c. Rickets, in the rear of the Hsckison
House, and a vualable hOrse and jack were
en- irely consumed.
Aranson Sutton, farmer living in Green.
wich township, Huron county, was found dead
in the woods on Thursday of last week. His
neck was broken and his jaw fractured. Il is
supposed that his horses ran away and he was
thrown from the wagon.
For some time We have been faithfully
nourshing and fostering plant. We gave it
cold water for breakfast and sun shine for din.
ner but it languisheth. We can assign no va
lid reason for its aversion to life unless it be
the weakness Of the drink.
A theatrical entertainment was given at
Clyde on Friday evening last for the benefit
of the Good Templars Lodge at that place.
We acknowledge the receipt OF compliment
tary but was unable to attend. We learn that
the lodge there is in prosperous condition.
The officers Of the L. S. & NJ. S. R. R., have
employed detective to ferret out, if possible,
the would be assassion who fired the pistol
shot through car window 'as the train was
stopping at Bellevue, few evenings since,
and afterwards threw a stone through one Of
windows.
One day last week, In Wakemsn township,
man by the name Of Besrdslsy attempted
to punish his little son, when larger son
interferred and struck his father in the fore
head with a club, fracturing the skull and
producing a wound which will probably
prove fatal.
A lady at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, in cleaning house
found package Of two pounds of powder, and
thinking it was lsmpblack she threw it into
the fire. Her husband thinks she escaped, as
nothing hes been heard of her since, except
piece of calico dress which was found in an sp-
pie hee in an orchard.
Wanted ig,n,ediatsly.-T or thirteen high
ly respectable young men, who are not engag-
| ed and never have been, to take part in the
social affairs in this city. They must be good
looking, wear promising moustache, and ex-
hibit fondness for ladies society, and must
possess the fortitude 10 endure miraculous es-
capes.
| The Hack which runs between Berea and
Medina met with an accident on Wednesday,
the 10th, which came near proving serious. 1t
reached the railroad crossing just as & train
was approaching and the horses being fright
ened stopped, leaving the hack on the track,
the passengers and driver jumped out and es-
capped injury, but the hack was demolished.
On Sunday, the 18th, thief entered the
house of Mr.. Edwin Prentiss, who lives in
Lyme, while the family were at church, and
stole pocket book containing gold piece
and a small amount of change. A man named
BIsch, of Norwalk, was arrested and on ex-
animation confessed the crime. In default of
bail he was lodged in Jail.
On Thursday morning Of last week the
bridge on the B. & o. r. R., at MonrOeville,
was discovered to be on fire. It had made
such headway before It was seen that before
it could be extinguished the bridge fell. Work
was commenced at once TO build new bridge
and Saturday the trains were running again.
It is supposed to have caught from the sparks
from locomotive.
"Cash in advance" is becoming the popular
system with publishers, and county papers
generally are adopting it, This method is
strictly adhered to by all Of the City dailies
and weeklies, and is equally well adapted to
county papers. It is just as easy for sub
scriber to pay for HE paper at the beginning
as at the end Of the year, and protects the pub
Usher against trouble, cost Of collection. and
often totsl loss.
As will be seed by the advertisement in an
other column, our citizens arc to be enter
tanned on Friday evening, By the feats Of the
renowned Signor Rubini. We have never
witnessed any Of the performances Of this nota-
able coniurer, bat from the notices OF the
press where he has given entertainments,
should Judge that it might be well worth
seeing.
ASS matter Of information We would state