The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-02-16
SEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
HANCOCK COUNTY.


A young man named John S. Bish.
op, Of Eagle township, cut his foot
nearly Off last Friday.....---.Judge Pill,
lars is holding Court in Findlay-..........
Last Monday Squire Hammond, Of
Mt. Blanchard, attempted to commit
a rape on the person of Mrs. Ann Bald
win. He was arrested and on exam.
ination before a Justice was bound
over TO court new bell has been
placed in the church on East Sandus-
( ky street As matter of decency
and necessity, the Council have passed
an ordinance vacating that portion OF
the Old Cemetery, known as tbs
''POint," and requiring the remains
OF all persons buried therein to be re,
moved by the 18th Of March. IfnOt
attended to by their friends by that
date, the Council will have them care,
fully removed and re-interred at ma
pie Grove"
SANDOsh1 CODNIG.
On Saturday afternoon last, the
house of Mrs. Havens, in Jackson
township, took fire and burned to the
ground. At the time Of the fire tht
house was occupied by Mr.. Lease, who
we believe, lost his furniture. The
building was insured for $500. The
loss was about 81, 200. Itissupposed the
fire originated from a spark in the
chimney.........Af few day since, swhile
cutting timber at Niger Point, oppo-
site Euehre Bend, Mr.. ]. r. Clark
found chip had been cut from a
white oak. According to the growth
over it the chopping had been done
nearly 100 years ago, or about the time
Of the old French War. On the east
side of the river few miles below the
city, may be found many ancient rel
les. Near the residence of Mr.. Sid
Ferguson was the site of Shawnee
town.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
Why don't the Forum man exhibit
a hog as is hog. At the Continen-
tai Hotel at Crestline, recently a hog
was killed, that after hanging twenty
four hours weighed 643 It's net. ........,
On Thursday, February 2, at about
D. m. the house of Frederick Meek
Of Lykens Tp., II miles east of Win
gerts Corners, took fire from a defec'
tive stove pipe, and burned to the
ground. the 2Sth foolish fel-
low enquired at the Office to ascertain
whether a money order for s. had
ever been sent. Mr.. Lewis Myers ae-
cordingly wrote the following enqui-
Try:
BUCYRUs, OHIO, Jan. SS, 1871.
Posi- MASTER BOSTON MAss.-DedT
iGr:-Has money order, No. $685. is.
sued Jan. 4, 1871, by this Office in ia
vor of Eastman & Kendall been paid?
Respectfully Yours, P. NJ.
The answer was returned in due
time simply an endorsement on the
letter sent from here. 1t was brief
but told the the whole tale in two
words. "Paid Jan. I, Swindles." The
victim had been fool enough to be-
lieve he could get gold watch worth
$40 to 500 for 50 50, and had invested
accordingly........Esq., Hipp, of Chat
field township, took Jacob Crum, q
lunatic, to the Asylum at Dayton,
this week. He Is afflicted with here
ditary insanity.
wYANDoT COUNTY.
Elisha Holmes and Samuel Steiner
were sentenced to the Penitentiary-
the first one year for committing bur-
glary and the other three years fol
abetting and causing the burglary to
be committed. .........Our Marshall,
Anton Kappe, received a dispatch on
last Monday morning stating that
Penville, whom he arrested here some
time since, and delivered to the au-
thorities at Kenton, Ohio, had made
his escape from jail.......The Seneca
County Stock Fair, will offer one
hundred dollars for the best band o.
music in attendance. We think, we
can say to our friends i'm Tiffin, thai
Capt. Martins Silver Cornet BanC
will be there, and that they can now
without prejudice to any one, safely
write down that premium for Upper
Sandusky. We brag on our band, fol
every member thereof is natural borI
musician.........On Thursday morning
as James Covell was riding up street
his horse stumbled and throwing him
to the frozen earth, broke his arm.
DR.. Hen ierson was called on and re
duced the fracture, and at last accounts
Mr.. CoveIl was doing WE'LL. .Messrs
Grisell & Roberts have at great ex
pense, imported from Canada, a pur,
breed of Berkshire Pigs.
The Chicago Republican publishe
EeIopements in connection with mar
risges, births, etc. The following Il
the first inssaIlment:
BURNs-SUAINER-From Joseph
! Missouri Ian II at 10-25 p NJ Mrs