The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-07-22

Quite an Improvement has been made il
the side walks about our city. Let the worl
continue, there are still places that need it
especially on Garrison street. Let the street
Commissioner do his duty.
In well regulated families, individuals with
well balanced minds have moved their Sleep
ling arrangements into the world at large, pre-
fering the camp meeting style to the close con.
fnement of bed chambers.
It is high time that thoughtful housewives
commenced to can flies for future use. The
crop Of mosquitoes is unusually small this sea-
son, which viii make it necessary to preserve
a more liberal supply Of other fruits.
Mrs Chance, wife of Lieut.. J. c. Chance,
left here on Sunday night for Fort Fred Steel,
Nebraska, where she expects to meet her hus-
band She was accompanied as far as Omaha
BY her father, Mr.. o. A. Roberts.
A suspicious acting individual, carrying
huge book under his arm, has been pTeambu-
lating cur streets during the past week, pry-
ing into the family matters of citizens, and
depnving people of their census.
Amos Day, of Elmore, had two Of his fingers
cut of, in a stave cutter, at Guyer & Days
stave factory, on the 9th inst. jerome Smith
had three Of his fingers badly cut IN a circular
saw, at the same place, one day last week.
Several errors occurred in our Woodville
letter last week. "Prefer eager" should hare
read "prefer lager" and migratory puzzlers"
should have read "nigratory guzzlers." The
readers can make the corrections.
The individual who appropriated DR.. Beau
grand's clothing, some time since, ana whose
arrest we noticed, last week had his trial be-
fore the Probate Judge, and was sentenced to
ten days Imprisonment in the county jail
A ''forlorn hope" 1--WE meun 4 bachelor),
stepped into dry goods store the other dav
and called for half dozen button-holes and a
few stitches. Some female missionary should
strive to convert that man from the error of
his ways.
Hon. H. w. Winslow went to Massilon on
Tuesday last to receive treatment from an
eminent occulist. For some time ast the
sight has been gradually failing from one of
his eyes, until of late he has been compelled
to abandon reading.
A Fremont romance recently became a
Michigan reality, where at the Probate Judge
of Sandusky county is grieved, because of the
incompleteness of Michigan laws, which
makes it possible for marriageable parties to
become condensed without the official script |
which our State requires.
A Prussian and Frenchman In Toledo be- |
came SO inspired in discussing the merits of
their respective countries, few days ago, |
that they engaged in miniature battle, which
resulted in both parties retiring from the field
severely wounded
The storm on Sunday last which passed |
over Sandusky, was accompanied by a terrible |
tornado. Buildings were stripped of signs, |
roofs and shutters. The tug young Hickory |
was dashed to atoms against the dock, and |
many smaller crafts shared similar tate.
A new confidence operation is performed
by engaging verdant young man as brakes
men on railroads, and then obtaining SIS to /
pay for uniform, when the gentlemanlv
agent disappears, and does not again become
visible. It has been played in Medina and Lo-
rain counties.
''Oakweod" contains large number of lots
which have been completely surrendered to
neglect and forgetfulness. The simple task of
cutting the rank weeds and grass, and placing
a single shrub or flower, is easily performed,
and would do much to brighten the neglected
spots, and show that some friend of the dead
still lived.
The composition on the "Past" read at the
closing exercises of the Union School at Van
Vert, some four weeks since, has at last been
placed beyond the reach of publication, COM
ment, criticism or dispute as to the resi-
dence Of its author. The Van Vert Bulletin
says for second time that the writer lives at
that place
A bloody afray occurred in Benton town.
ship, Ottawa county, on Sunday the 10th inst.
Three brothers named Lipstrice and three
others named Pof, Stroshem and Kreaker,
got into fight using knives and clubs freely.
Three of the party were cut and mangled in a
fearful manner Pof, Stroshem and Kreaker
were arrested, but released on bail.
The Commissioners of Paulding county, at
their June session, ordered that upon presen-
tstion to the County Auditor of the scalp of a
grown wolf, six months old OF upwards, the
Auditor shall pay bounty of SIS, in county
orders. During the past two or three years
wolves have become very numerous and done
a great deal of damage in that county.
Isaac Van GOrder of Woodcounty, convicted
and sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary at Columbus for incendiarism, has made
full confession of his crime. He exhonorates
his brother and cousin, who were convicted
with him. He had purchased too largely Of
goods, and becoming embarrassed, persuaded
his brother toassume the ownership to protect
him, and after the burning of the stock, he got
him to swear to false receipts, that he might
obtain the insurance. He claims that remorse
Of conscience has driven him to make the con.
fession.