The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-03-04
XEIGHBGRH09D NEWS.
sANDrsKY corNTY.

town, and ere il could lie extinguisl!-
ed the roof OF the main building and
several wooden sheds, at the east end
of the building were destroyed, to-
gether with a portion of the second
floor. At one time the fire ragged 50
vehementIy that it was thought moth
ing could be saved, but the zeal with
which the firemen worked at last COLI
quered the obstinaey of the flames,
and they were subslued, after destroy
ing property to the amount Of fseveral
thousand dollars. There were in the
brewery at the time, about 2,010 BUSH
ell, OF barley and malt, much Of which
WAS destroyed OF badly injGred....----.-
So far a. we have I,een able to learn,
the prospects for a good fruit crop
were never better. Reports from all
parts of the country represent the
same. Wheat too is spoken of as yet
unheart, and presentinga fine appear
ance. Roger Birchard of Dunn
merstOn, Vermont, a bachelor, about
seventy-two years of age, was burned
in his store, with the building and all
its contents, on Saturday night. Mr..
Birchard had been in the trade half 4
century, had always lived alone in his
I store, and was very eccentric. His
buildings were so full of goods, and
kept in such confusion, that there
was hardly space on the floor for the
customers to stand. There are various
opinions about the cause of the fire. At
1 first the general opinion in the vicin-
/ ity was that it was accidental, as 81
600 in government and railroad bonds
were found in n jar shut up in an
oven. They were badly burned, but
can probably all he identified and re-
stored by an expert. But the opinion
rapidly grew that the origin was in
cendiarism, TO cover the crime of
murder. For, although the body
when found was charred and disfig-
ured beyond recognition, it bore
marks of violence, and the skull was
fractured as by blows. Moreover, the
door, which was always securely clos
ed and bolted from theinside, was un-
fastened. Deceased was brother of
Sardis Birchard Esq, of this city.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
1t is perhaps we'll known that the
name of the Post Office at this place
has always been spelled Finley, at the
P. o. Department, while the name of
the town is F'a,dldy, all of which has
never looked exactly right. Through
the exertions of our efficient Repre-
sentative, Hon. VIM. Mungen, the
name of the Post Office is now writ
ten to correspond with the proper
name of the town.........Over eight
persons have united with the NJ. E.
Church at this place during the revi-
val now in prOgress.-C Courier.
VIM. Smith, VIM: Gulliver and VIM.
Anderson, inmates of our county Jail,
.
bold strike forliberty, and last Friday
night, by converting a table knife in
to saw, splicing it with n poker, and
saving the plaster out around a stone
in the wall, and working the stone in
to the cell. Once in the yard, they
had little trouble in scaling the wall.
Subsequently Gulliver and Anderson
returned and gave themselves up.-......
A. Campbell and wife, young man
named George BushOng, were arrest
ed last Wednesday by Marshal Ruhl
and Constable Green, for stealing
clothing from the office of VIM. Crib
ben, Esq, and a mufller from the of,
flee of the JcfersOniaR. The goods
were found on Campbelrs premises
in large tin can, concealed in pile
of bushes.-JeGersORidn.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
On Monday evening two fellow:
passing Drought's store, picked VI
two brooms and his flour sign, beings
, fIOuS bag filled with bran. They were
seen and Mr. Drought was told of the
: fact; Mr.. Gillis went after them
overlook them with the property il
their possession and introduced then
r to the Marshal, the Marshal intro
duced them to the Mayor who SEN
them with a formal introduction t.
Sheriff Warden who introduced then
to a cell, a dam-cell, and they art
. there yet........On Sunday night on,
| of the boarders at the Sims House, up
;; on retiring, put his pipe in his pock
ct. The tobacco in it was alight, an,
while the man slept, smouldered ant
t burned, until it consumed his cloth
ing, and set fire to his bed-JOurpdl
1--WE hoped to be able tC lay som
= very important news concerning on
: new railroad before our readers thi
Z week.
We have "interviewedr severa
men of high authority, but failed t
elicit any news of interest. However
y our TifIin friends are entirely satisfie
o that the road will be built, and car
/ running over the same within tw
$ years. We hope their prediction
. will prove true. 1t is said that "fait
D will remove mountains" ".........Th
# Bucyrus Machine Works are in fu
: blast. They will manufacture NOR
Reapers and Mowers this year tina
l. ever before. This is gratifying new
l. to US. Manufacturing is the life {
our town.........J. L. Loughfelt, brakes
: man on the west end of the p. T. "
& c. r. r. on last Friday evenin:
d while attempting to make a runnin
le switch in the yard, was caught b,
tween the cars and had both h
thighs badly fractured.-FOTum.
Ne Letter List.-List of letters remain
= = ing in the Tif1in Post Office, Marc
/ I'd, 1870: