The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-07-21

@lAA passing tfdlnI 70 which ne was cnngln
near Cleveland, on Wednesday morning.
: is supposed he did not perceiSe the derricl
which stood close to the track.
Frank Roe, aged "A years, while aiding i
loading hay, on the l4th, in Townsend towr
ship, Huron county, was struck by Gghtnin
:. and instantly killed. Another person VIII
= was on the load at the time was knocked t
the ground but not seriously hurt.
J james Armstrong, cattle dealer, living il
Delaware county, was gored by bull, on tn
! sth inst, and thrown into the air severa
times. His son finally drove off the bull an,
the father managed to crawl to a place o
safety. He was seriously but not fatally in
iured.
A fire occurred at Yermilion, on the nigh
Of the l4th, which destroyed the warehouse Of
J. W. Post, an ice house, slaves and lumber
upon the dock, belonging to J. R. Pelton 6
Co., and for time threatened the warehouse
of Mr.. Green. Loss $4,000, with an insurance
OF $4,000
Napoleon reioiceth in the possession OF a
Marshal with the necessary backbone and
energy. He has succeeded in clearing out
every den Of prostitution there was there. If
he ''weeps for other worlds to conquer" he
might obtain employment by making appli-
cation to our Council
Leffel's Illustrated Mechanical News. is the
title of new monthly recently established at
Springfield Ohio, by James LeffeI & Co., the
prOprietOrs of the Tribune Water Wheel.
The paper is devoted to science and the me-
chanic arts, and will be welcome visitor to
these interested in the progress Of such mat
ters.
Property is increasing in value, at Fostoria.
That is what business tact and enterprise does
for town. If you want to arrest the down
ward tendency of prices of property here do
something, don't be always prospecting. Do
something, and the result may be not so many
houses to rent, and more business for the
town.
The work of fitting up the new fair grounds
progresses rapidly. The track will soon be in
order for driving and will then be thrown
open for use. The fence is nearly com
pleted, and the work Of erecting stalls viii be
proceeded with at once. When completed It
will be one of the incest grounds in the
States
An absent-minded Monroeville man, who
was about starting for Cleveland few DAYS
ago, remembered" he had left his watch at
home, and pulling it from his pocket saw he
had time to go home for it. He was Just about
TO do that, when q friend informed him he |
had it already. The Spectator is responsible
for that yarn.
We are indebted to Rand, McNally & Co.,
of Chicago, for copy of their Western Rail
way Guide for Jslg. It is neatly gotten I'D.
contains vast amount of information, and is
invaluable to travellers. The work is published
monthly for $500 per year, and each number
contains the records of ali changes in the run
ming time of the various roads.
The oft repeated fatal experiment Of pour
ing coal oil from a can upon fire, to hasten
its burning, was successfully accomplished by
Mrs Henry, living at Ontario, Richland
County, on the morning of the 9Th. That
night, at II o'clock, she expired from her
burns. Such fool-hardy deeds are as criminal
as suicide. VIII people never learn that they
might as well handle nitro-glycerine carelessly
as coal oil foolishly.
A fellow, named Clark, an escaped convict |
from Iowa, located IN Wauseon, with his wife |
and child last fall His wife and child left
him last spring, and he recently ran away
with damsel of Wauseon and went to No
renci, Michigan, where he obtained a horse
and buggy and returned to Fulton county,
forged several notes on well-known citizens,
raised triae of funds upon them, and left.
He was captured last week, at Dayton.
Although the Chicago Tribune charges S22,-
900 a year for column advertisement, vet its
columns are always full-the business men of
that city being anxious to be represented
therein even at that price. There are houses
in both CINCINNATI and Cleveland that nav
for advertising as high as $4,000 a year And
yet these men don't break On the contrary
they make money. They find, just as all ad-
vertisers do, that liberal advertising alwavs
pays.
On the afternoon of the 9Th, boy named
Mullen, was riding horse along the old State
Road near the south line of Norwalk Town
ship, Huron County, when the heavy storm
of that day came up. He appears to have en-
deayored to reach home before the violence of
the storm came on, and that the horse frigh-
tened and reared, falling over backward upon
the boy, and killing him almost instantly. A
person who saw the occurrence, obtained as
sistance and carried the corpse home.
Jumping into friend Leppelnan's buggy, on
Monday last, we were soon over the bridge
and bowling along at a great rate out the
pike. Everything went smoothly till "Bm,"
began to fancy he felt flies, when switch
went his tail, and switch, switch it kept going,
much to the annoyance of LeppeIman, who
had no notion OF having the lines "switched1
out of his hands. It became a question, after
a while, whether the horse was trying to brush
flies with that tail or whether he didn't know
what to do with it, and to settle the matter
kept it going. A drive of between two and
three miles brought US to Mr.. LIS farm, where
We left the pike, and crossing large field
drew up at the park fence where his fine eIks
are kept. The occasion OF our visit was to see
a three-week's old elk which had been added
to the stock. We were soon in the park, and
engaged in an industrious hunt for the beau
ties. 1t was sometime before we caught sight
Of them, and then the young one was not with
its dam, but running in the woods. As we
had gone to see the young one we were not to
be put of, and after quite search, our labors
we're rewarded. There it goes" we heard,
and looking along the ridge Of the hill, we saw
it bounding away, like deer in rapid flight
and beautiful as a fawn. After several efforts,
we got near enough to it to mark the bright
spots upon its sides and admire its graceful
ness. It is a magnificent specimen, and we no
longer wonder that Mr.. L., has passion for
such beauties.
The Atlantic and Great Western
Road at Auction
On Wednesday the 26th of July, Sheriff
Curtiss, Of Summit County, viii offer for sale
at the Akron Court House, the largest piece
Of property ever knocked down by the ham
ner of an American sheriff. The goods to be