The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-07-22
The Ashtabula horse fair i. to be held on

The AshtabuIa horse fair is to be held on
the 2sth and 29th inst.
An irishlnan at Ashtabula, named John
RYAN, drank bed-bug poison, supposing it
was whiskey, and died from the effects of the
poison.
An engineer named James Roberts, was
drawn into the machinery at the oil refine
~ of Rockefeller 81 Co., Cleveland, on the
18th inst. He was cut and mangled in most
fearful manner, and died in few hours.
There are some funny people inLorain coun-
ty. The Elyria ConstitutioHatst says that
genius over in that village has "figured it up,
and found that in forty years, man uses up
exactly two years in blowing his nose
On Wednesday last, nSar Warren Station,
il Shelby county, while amsn, his wifeandtwo
children were riding in buggy, tree fell
upon them. killing the mother and youngest
child instantly, and seriously injuring the man.
On Friday night the residence OF Solomon
Clay, near Massilon, was entered by burglars
and robbed of $4,000 in money and two notes
Of 81 800 oach. A reward OF $4,000 is offered
for the recovery Of the money and $4,000 for
| the conviction of the thieves
Luke Lackey, of Cleveland, playfully broke
two of his wife ribs recently, and, rather ike
/ ing the amusement, tried it again on Friday
night last, when he brought up in the city
prison. He should be brought up on a rope.
There were five entries of six-oard shells at
the Detroit Regatta, and the race was won by
Emily L. Russell, of Detroit, the Naiad of
Erie, coming in second The single scull
race was won by William Curtiss. Thecrowd
in attendance is said TO have been immense.
An Irish brigade is being recruited in New
York to aid the French, and a German battal-
lion organized to aid Prussia Kerigan and
Wilson are enrolling the Irish. "When Greek
meets Greek then comes the tug of war" to
take them to the scenes of danger.
The second game of base ball was played
between the Forest Citys of Cleveland and
Harvards of Cambridge on the 10Th, resulting
in favor Of the Harvards, by a score of Is to I.
The first, on the day previous, was won by
the Forest Citys by score of Is to
Ulrich, the counterfeiter who was sent to
the Ohio Penitentiary two years ago, made a
daring and well-nigh successful attempt to es-
cape from the prison, on Saturday morning,
but was detected and secured, several of the
guards were in league with the prisoner and
assisted in the attempt.
John Grafton and Barney Rand, conductors
on the Cleveland & Pittsburg road, have pro-
ven to be the most popular conductors on the
road. At a recent festival at Wellsville, one
received 6S5 and the other $50 votes, the
award, a clock, was given to Grafton, who
was "on time
a New York brute hckeda young girl hol5-
ing baby down flight OF stairs, because she
impeded his progress moment or two. The
baby died from its injuries, and a Metropolitan
Justice admitted the rnfiian to $500 bail on his
own recognizance. That is law as administer
ed by Democratic dogberries.
During the hurricane at Rocky River, on
Sunday last, three boats were capsized, two of
them containing two men each, and the other
four All of them were saved, but by most
miraculous escapes. They had started out in
sail boats, and were struk by the squall, and
their boats capsized
On the llth, 46S Cinnamon passed through
St. Louis, in route for Chattanooga, under con-
tract to work two years on the railway. They
are to receive SIG per month and board They
are said to have manifested sorrow at having
left their country, and to be looking forward
to the time of their return with anxiety.
The summer meeting of the Buffalo Driv-
ing Park Association will take place on the
9th, 10th, 18th, and 18th of August. On the
first day $4,000 in two purses are offered; on
the second day $4,000 in two purses; on the
third day $500 in two purses. The prizes
are large and will call out the feetest clndi-
dates for the honors of the turf
Cleveland is determined to produce sensa-
tons. On Monday the 25th, great foot race
Is to come off at Rocky River. The contes-
tants are two females who are to run one
mile and quarter, for purse, after which
there is to be race of one hundred and fifty
yards open to all. Betting is going on to a
lively extent. We should like to examine the
limbs of the racers before we bet on either.
/ A man in Nevada went to the mines, his
wife went to shoemaker. The husband re-
turned after time, and as he wanted his wife,
the shoemaker and he quarreled, but finally
agreed to settle Che matter by game of
"seven-up" The husband won, then packed
up his household treasurers and departed,
while the wife lamented the separation and
the shoemaker shed red hot tears, at seeing
his loved one torn away from his embraces.