The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-01-14
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

In Bucyrus last week man named
SOmers assaulted and seriously stab
bed John Karg,..in grocery THE
Secretary of the Great Vein Mining
Company, visited Bucyrus for the
purpose of more fully arOusing the
citizens to their interests, 10 the mat
ter of the projected railroad from To-
ledO thrOu5h that place. joint
stock company, called the "Bucyrus
Knitting Machine Company" has
been organized, and expect to COM
mence manufacturing about April /.
.........George Sim, who had resided
in Crawford county forty-three years,
died on the ID inst.........A fair was
held for the purpose of purchasing a
piano for the High School.
An attempt at highway robbery
was made few nights since at Nor
walk, on the person of Titus Conklin,
who, however, escaped from the
grasp of two villains who attacked
him, and fired at them, when they
fed ed.........The Whittlesey Academy
Association have added one hundred
volumes to the Young Mems Library.
1.-The Norwalkers are agitating
the subject of water-works for supply
ing engines in case of fire. Their els
| terms are in a bad state.
Lancaster has a new Steam Fire
Engine.
The editor of the Fremont MeSsen-
ger has been on trip to the Rocky
Mountains. Judging from his paper
since his return, somebody told him
some dirty stories.
Three young men of Bellefontaine,
went before Esq, Jones, on New
Years morning, and took an oath to
touch no Intoxicating drinks during
the year 1870. package, marked
G. o. D. was left by the Express
Agent at Mr.. Gregg's store and the
amount required, S15,35, was paid
Upon opening the box it was found to
contain nothing but sheet lead. Mr..
Gregg at once garnisheed the money
and recovered all but the costs. The
box was sent by J. P. Waters & Co., a
swindling firm in New York. A new
dodge, look out for it.........No fire
crackers were exploded or pistols fired
on New Years Eve, the absence of
which the Republican regards as pro-
gression. n....-...The people of Belle
fontaine are anxious to have a new
Court House, but those in the country
object on account of the expense. The
one now in use is unsafe, dilapidated,
and disgrace to any civilized COM
munity.
The Springfield Republic boasts that
that city has the best Fire Depart
ment in the State, citing in proof that
during the year 1869 not a cOnflagra-
ton or the loss of a dollar by fire has
occurred within its Jurisdiction. We
would suggest that while Job had
boils no other disease affected him.
The good people of that lively man
featuring town have been kept so
constantly on the lookout for burg
lars during the past year that fire has
had no chance to do any damage -.
The Springfield City Clerk, gener-
ally supposed to be a young man of
irreprOachablo character, disappeared
from that city last week, and an ex-
animation of his books shows that he
is defaulter to a considerable sum-
The young man also swindled an In
surance Company, for which he was
acting as agent, out of several hun
dred dollars. The absconder was ar
rested the next day at Cincinnati.......
An Ovarian tumOr, weighing 35
pounds, was taken from the person of
a lady in Springfield last Monday, by /
several skillful surgeons.
The new Evangelical Church, at
BellevernOn, was dedicated last week.
1t was freed entirely of debt on the
occasion. -
The Hancock Je6ersOniGR gives
notice of the death.of W. G. Hurley
Esq, a resident of Bloomsbury, Pa,
who owned large tracts of land in
Hancock and Putnam counties. .........
Gen. Brinkerhof has been talking to
the Findlay people. Subjeet-Tariff.
.........Repudiation Mungen has been
at home for some time explaining his
vote ON the Ingersoll bill and tel 1
ling about his celebrated speech.
The people there take it all in good
part, as they believe him honest, as
he has practieed to some extent for
many years the same doctrine he is
now preaching......~Olive Logan lee
tured in the Methodist Episcopl
Church to a very large audience.
In Toledo last week four attempts,
by as many different persons, were
made to commit suicide. Only one
was effectual, which was made so by
a quantity of prussic acid. r