The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-05-20
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-A,-u.-.-T COUNTY.
The dwelling house af Aiexande
Grant, situated about two miles and ,
half from Fremont, on the Greens
burg road, was destroyed By fire o.
iast Friday afternoon TIC family
ICre absent rom the house at thS
tinie, bgt the fire being discovered Al
alarm was raised, and Iei GhbCrS -
ering IL haste saved q portion VI th-
furniture aud wearing apparel. The
loss on dwelling &c, vas about =, 10
The wheat crop, as indicated by
the present appearance OF the fields,
is likely to prove IS large As in the
past year. When spring first opened
fears sef6 expressed III regard 70 II,
but the exceedingly taYOEahle N6atli-
Z ker We have had, has brought IL for
ward so rapidly that unless some evil
befalls it at later stage, the Yield will
fbe heavy Directors of the
Fremont Driving Association have
klnade arrangements for spring races,
(which We understand Will be anponns
eFsed in a few days. They have q SPLEEN
did track and should make the meet
niifg asUccess in every respect.
is6llnw sta,e A gir. in this city and hid
her in eeilag. Il was pool as We'll
as q Slick transaction ..,,..... Captain
tieorge Holeamh, while driving from
Pemberville 10 HOusehnidsrie Corn
crs, met with II serious accident. His
horses took fright and became nm
manageable, throwing the Captain
| from. hia buggy, fracturing three of
his ribs, and others isi severely in
/ iured.
wYANDOT COUNTY.
On Wednesday morning, Messrs.
! John Acase and NJ. HOugh were
working ut roof OF Mr.. ii. Peters,
and Mr.. HOugh was on the roof and
| Mr Mease under it. Mr. Mease took
hold of q rafter with his left hand Just
as Mr.. Hough was In the act of strik-
| ing with his hatehet, cutting the end
of one finger off, seriously injuring
the second and also two others slight
ly.-.......Galen +. Byron, cOmpOsitOr
at this office, whilst IN the act of Jump
ing, on last Friday evening, fell,
breaking one hone and dislocating
another in his leIt arm.
Saturday, while Mrs. w. III. Shower,
OF BelleVernon, was going home fro m
this place, she was thrown from 4
buggy and had her collar bone fractur-
ed. DIR. II. y. Mcconnell dressed the
same......-Wednesday morning a boy
of MIR. Phillip Brewer, of TymOchtee,
had finger amputated by DR.. Il. y.
Mcconnell. \ felon was the cause.
.........On Monday morning last, a
young man, named Richards, whose
father lives near Forest, got on a
freight train and jumped Off at Lilies
crossing, while the train was in mo-
ton, the cars passing over one OF his
legs and cutting it nearly off. On
Tuesday it was alnputated and while
the operation was being performed,
he died..,,.,. Saturday evening last,
Glen. Gibson lectured ut Beery's Hall.
"GOlden butter brings 20 cents
in this market, and retails ut % cents.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Parlee Carlin, Jr., who was sen-
fenced to Jail for six months, for an
aggravated assault and battery, was
pardOaed Ey tha Governor last week. /
We hope he will not let liquor get
him in trouble again. under
stand that gang of hands cOmmenc- f.
ed work on the line of the l.. +. IL i. /
r. r., between this place and Bluff .
ton, last Tuesday. We learn that it .
is the intention TO put the road /.
through To BluiROn during the sum- .
mer, and have no doubt but that an I
other year will witness its completion .
to Lima. So mote it be.,..,,..,A son
of George w. HoWeiE of Liberty tOWn=I
ship, was threWn from horse last
Tuesday morning and seriously fTac-
tqred his left leg about midway be-
tween tho ankle and knee, Drs. Ent-
riken and Miller were called and adj
juSted the fracture. .........On Tuesday
of last week, Mr. Alfred Davis of
Blanchard Township, by mistake took
a large dose of rat poison, suppOsing it
to he Pain Killer. BY the use OF sweet
milk, and other antidOtes, his life was
saved.:...:.:. Findlay is agitatipg the
purchase of o steam engine....,...,
Barney, Snyder & Co., occupy the up
per half of the third pages OF both the
Courier and JeBersORion wits large
dvertisement.........F -Four members of
the NJ. L. Church were immersed in
the river last Sabbath. Every
public cistern in Findlay is empty, or
nearly so. fhert Is not hundred
gallons of water III all the pqhlic lis-
terms in town, and Should fire break
out nothing could be done but to let it
hqrn. Why don't the Board of I'M
prOvement have them decpened or
take some measures to keep them
filed with water? 1t should De done
Immediately, and not wait till after
the fire. POO shade trees
have been planted in the new addi-
ton to the Cemetery. i
CRAWFORD COrNpY. h
Dchighted Ruoyrus is again having
school .,,,.,,,.On Sunday night, or CaT-
y Monday morning, the grocery and
provision stores of MeSsrs. Kimmel q
Himanus, and McSsrs. Miller * Me
kinstry were entered by removing
.he glass from convenient places. MOI
serious loss. .........On Saturday, 30th
INST, a special election was held for
.hrce members af tho Town Council,
IN PLACE of three who Wele elected
md refused to serve. The following
was the result. Regular Democratic
e. Assonheimer, 81; a. i<FOnen- I
berger, 255; +. y. VOlleath, 247. Git
Zcns' Reform Ticket-JOhn Stall, 2l6;
]. Scroggs, 239; George Fenncr, 237.
go. The articles of incorporation of the
lew FIGURING Mil Company have 1
,een received, and the st0dk shbscrip- ,
ion book has been opened at the store !
,f MeSsrS. Miller & McKinstry. Thus
ar, we believe about thirteen thousand
lOllars have been subscribed, and the I
'acant lot Immediately north of the !
-ailroad on the east side of Mainst-cet {
las been selected rs the site.........
last evening, at G:40, special train
vent west, containing fifteen ears {
.rowded with immigrants. There '
5 making at the Marble Works of our {
riend JIG. Sherwood, Esq, a splcn- .
lid Monument for the late Judge Mus ,
rave. The material is of fine Italian J
marble. Width of base feet inch ;
s, hight of Monument over l3 feet. $
When completed and set up in the T,
Iusgrave lot in OakwoOd Cemetery it :
will Le iiy faF tha largest, nnest and !
Ostliest in Crawford County, Ohio. {
We have female shop lifterS. &
HARDIN COUNTY. Z
y young lady named Wachter, from
tuslIsylvania, stopping temporarily
t Mr.. Cross on Columbus street was
ltally burned OH Wednesday after
IOOn by the explosion of Il coal oil c
an. She had, at the request of the $
ady of tie house, gone to the kitchen q
O GOT surler, and taking up the oil can q
o facilitate in kindling the fire, the j
ames communicated with the can !
ausing its explosion, throwing oil :
yer her entire body, and burning |
Iearly all the clothing from her per- a
on. Nei9hhars hearing the eXplo- v
ION and heart roGding screams of the I
OOr girl rushed Immediately to the 4
Ouse and through the most hazard {
us efforts succeeded in cXtinguishiEg 2
ne fire, which had not only done such il
,arful work upon the body of the un- f
girl, but had communicated d
D the house. When we reached the a
Ouse only few rods distant from the
fiioe, a scene WAS presented which we y
nall never forget. The burned girl a
lated upon a he'd near by, the burn
II oil can upon the floor with the up
er portion hOwn entirely of, the ri
anies were shooting here and there
! their fiendish efforts seemingly 10 G
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