The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-22
HEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
HANCOCK COUNTY.

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The defalcation of their Treasurer
foOts up So, S,946 24.........The L. Z. &
L. r. r ticket Office was entered Tues
day night and about so stolen.
The Republicans nominated their
county ticket the 10th inst. They
dropped party lines and adopted the
Democratic candidate for sheriff. The
balance Of the ticket is Republican,
and all viii be elected. The Ger
mans, and friends of Germany, will
hold a grand Picnic at the County
Fair Grounds, some time next week.
Good speakers and music will be on
hand. A Glee Club will sing the
Prussian National Song Of the "Guard
on the Rhine" A small admission
fee viii be charged, and the proceeds
viii go to the relief Of the soldiers
widows and orphans in Germany.
sANDUsKY COUNTY.
/ Sandusky county has several cheese
factories. The business is found pro-
fitable.........A son of Silas HolbrOok,
living at Clyde, had mis- right leg bro
ken, on Sunday last, by kick from a
horse. He was playing with some
other boys near the horse, when il
kicked, with the above result.
Pearl Smith brought us in some stalks
of sorghum which measured II feet 6
inches, on Tuesday last. They indi-
cate that big crop of sorghum syrup
may be expected. In fact, we may
say that the sorghum all through the
county never promised better than it
does this seasOn.........The real estate
valuation of the city of Fremont has
been increased about 500, 900. We
regret to learn of the death of an old
and highly respected citizen of Scott
township, in the person of Colonel C.
Raph. He came to this county ever
thirty years ago, at a time when many
privatiOnS and hardships had to be en-
dured-.......Y Yesterday evening a son
of Noah Kessler, aged about ten years,
was passing upon the sidewalk in
front Of the residence of James JUS
tiee, when a boy on the opposite side
of the street threw buckshOt at him
with a stick, upon which was fastened
piece of rubber. The shot struck
young Kessler in the eye, and was
buried under the lower lid....... Work
men have been engaged for some time
in digging away the embankment on
the west side of Arch street, between
Garrison and Croghan. About the
center of the work is where the east
line Of the old fort once stood. Mr..
John q. Macon, engineer at the fac
tory Of Edgerton d Brother, found
among the dirt, which. was being
hauled to fill the sidewalk on Front
street, an old, rust-eaten key, very pc
culiar in make, and which once un-
dOubtedly belonged to the old fort.
y wYAKDoT, COUNTY.
One day last week, at the Depot,
two boys engaged in a quarrel and fl
hally one struck the other. The faith
er of the boy that,was struck, took a
cowhide and applied it vigorously to
the offender. The boy received the
punishment gracefully and went home
HenOwresoiYed to revenge himself on
the man who cowhided him, and when
the darkness Of the night came on,
armed with a brick or stone, he went
up street and when the object of his
vengence came along, left fly his mis-
siIe, hitting the man on the head and
producing an ugly cash. The boy is
about fourteen years OF age.......Last
Monday, Mr.. NJ. Kear, killed a rattle
snake on the road opposite F. Web
ber's, short distance northwest of
this place. 1t was about three inches
in diameter and had eight rattles,
which Mr.. X. appropriated..~...,.TheI
dwelling house occupied by Mr.. Rus
sell Shepherd on Mr.. Tribolet's farm
about q miles n. Z. of this place was
urned to the ground on Tuesday
morning of this week. Mr.. Shepherd
lost about all of his household goods,
and provisions and was left
very destitute 100000. Messrs. William |
Mills and Andrew Lantz, who were
arrested last week in Richland county /
and lodged in our county jail on a
charge of horse stealing, had a hear
ing before Justice Gibson on Wednes-
day. Both were discharged, the evil
dence against them being of the most
trifiing character. Mr.. Lantz swore
positively that the horse. claimed to
have been stolen from Mr.. Cooper was
his own property, his testimony be-
ing eOrrObOrated by that of the gen.
tleman from whom he purchased it,
and by the fact that since the warrant /
for his arrest was sworn out, Cooper,
the pretended owner, had gone to /
Kansas apparently to avoid testify
ing.