The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-07-28

Some sneak thief stole large cavalry pis
. tol from the Office of the Courier, in Findlav
: last week. Fred can't imagine what the fel
;. low wanted with it, as he never could find any
use for it. Perhaps he couldn't make it "gc
: Off before.
Owing to the fact that the Agricultural
. Society were disappointed in securing one Of
the boats for the I'd of August, the boat ride
has been postponed until the 9th, when it viii
certainly take place. See advertisement al
top of local column.
Prof R. w. Stevenson, has rendered his re-
signation as Superintendent of the Union
Schools, at NOrwallx, which was accepted by
the board, at their meeting on the Goth inst
He has accepted the superintendency of the
public Schools, at Columbus.
The Lake Erie and Louisville Road viii run
excursion trains to Findlay on the I'd of
August, to accommodate those desiring to at
tend the Tournament. Half-fare tickets will
be issued, and preparations are being made to
accommodate a large company.
If there is any practice in this wide, wide
world, more beautiful than another it is chew
ing gum. There are just a few female women
say eighty or ninty, in this city whose jaws
have not rested in year, and probably will
not SO long as gum can be procured.
A rascal attempted to stop horse and bug
gy on the bridge at Monroeville, one night
last week, but the horse scared and jumped
when the would be robber took hold of the
lines, and started on a run obliging him to let
90 his hold The horse was driven by lady
The storm of the 10th was quite destructive
in Townsend township, for about three-fourths
of mile in width. Hail of extraordinary size
fell, and almost ruined gardens, corn, oats and
hay Windows suffered severely. Near fen
ces the hail had driited to the depth of about
eight inches.
Oliver Sanders, mail carrier, between Per-
rysburg and Fostoria, was found in an insen-
sible condition in his buggy, about three miles
from Perrysburg, on the l4th. He was taken
to farm house near by where he expired on
the 18th. His death is supposed to have re-
suited from paralysis.
A vicious wretch named Meledey, got drunk
at dance in Delaware, on the evening of the
22d, was put out, but afterwards when the
parties were going home attacked one Leiben-
derfer, cutting him with knifein the abdomen
SO severely that his life was desp4rred of on
the 2Oth. Melsdey was under arrest
Warner & Cos. Menagerie and circus ex-
hibited in this city, on Saturday last, to the
largest crowds of people that have been in the
city for some time. The exhibitions in the
ring were very good but the museum and show
were rather a especially the mu-
scum. They exhibited in Elmore on Monday.
A man named Wallace, proprietor Of the |
Westenhaven House in North Liberty Knox /
county, was shot on Saturday, July Sth, by |
DR.. Young. The shot was not fatal, and Young
has been arrested. Young had circulated /
slanderous reports about Mrs. Wallace, and
when he met Wallace quarrel ensued, which
terminated in a shooting ARRAY.
James Robson, Of Delaware County, while
adjusting the lines on horse attached to a
horse rake, on the 18th, was knocked down by
thu horse, which had reared up, was aftor-
wards run over and struck by the revolving
teeth of the horse rake, and injured so badly
that he died on the 18th. He was 70 wears
old, and one of the first settlers of Brown
township in said county.
A young lady in Newark recently purchased
a dose of castor oil, and inquired of the oblg-
ing clerk how it could be taken without tast-
ing it. Hepromised to tell, and then invited
her to take glass of soda water When she
drank If, he informed her she had taken the
oil without knowing it. To his surprise she
exclaimed. "Oh dearl wanted it for moth
erl" Since which time the clerk is more care
full in his ministrations
A young gent from Port Clinton, it is said,
OF the occasion Of recent excursion to Put
in-Bay Island, invited lady to cross in a skif
to Gibralter Point, which she did. While on
the way he desired her company to ball to
be given in the evening. She declined, Civ
ing as a reason that she was already engaged.
He gallantly insisted, and finally jumping out
of the boat on the point threatened to push
the boat off unless she consented. She would
not. and he pushed the boat off as he had
threatened, when she quietly picked up the
oars and rowed back to the starting point.
leaving the chagrined young man to get
back as he could. It is said the gallant youth
didn't enjoy himself half SO well the balance
of the day as he had expected to. That gal is
one worth having, but we don't believe that
fellow will ever win her. He's too small a
specimen for such a craft
Mr.. ]. B. Harris, Of Lawerence, Kansas,
formerly Of this city has our thanks for
copy of the Standard, published at that place,
containing an account of the great poisoning
case which occurred there recently. DIR.
Medlicott, the chief actor In the great tragedy,
was of irish descent, and formerly a resident
of Marietta, Ohio. After short connection
with the army, he studied medicine. In '68
he removed with his wife to Lawrence. On
the 10th of last December she died, very sud-
denly of apoplexy as reported Suspicious
were excited at the time that she had been
poisoned, but the matter was allowed to die
away, for the time. Later Mr.. Ruth died
suddenly, from the effects of poison, and the
Doctor was arrested. The body of his wife
was exhumed and the effect of poison formedjn
her system. 1t is supposed that the Dr's in
fatuatiOn for Mrs. Ruth, prompted him to the
commission of the double murder. His coun-
sci made APPLICATION for change of venture, but
the application was refused by the court, and
the case Is povv on trial