The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-09-13
THE JOURHrAL. Al.
CO., OHIO
FRIDAY, September Is, 1872.
TOWNAND COUNTY MATTERS.
Readables.
Seed time, and farmers busy.
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Seed time, and farmers busy.
Brick layers are in good demand.
The fair in Hancock county commences on
Oct I'D.
A ghostly visittant has made its appearance
at Elmore
KS letter from Kansas Station too late
for this week.
Bed bugs have sleeping coach passes, over
all the railroads.
New stone crOss-walks are being put down
on Croghan street.
Our city is well represented at the Northern
Ohio Fair this week.
Twenty-one Democrats belong to the Grant
and Wilson Club Of Elmore.
Hon. Homer Everett and daughter Lille,
are visiting at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
A Iurge number of our citizens will be III at
tendance at the Soldiers Reunion, at Tifin,
to-day.
Martino performed three nights last week,
at Mammoth Hall, and each night drew large
houses.
King D. West, son of W. T. West, Esq, of
sandusly, was drowned in the Bay, on Sun
day last.
Nh. Isaac Sharp started, on Friday of last
week, for Kansas, where he intends to spend
five or six weeks.
Old Prob. has concluded that there has not
been warm weather enough yet, and has ex-
tended the term few days longer.
Hancock county is awake, and ardent for
the fray. Meetings are held in different parts
Of the county every few evenings and the
canvass is being made energetically.
John Devos, q resident of Cleveland, was
run over by freight train, at the L. S. Railr
road depot in sandusEy city, On Friday last,
aud 50 injured that he died an hour after.
The presentation of the splendid silk flag, to
the Moeunerchoir of Bellevue, by the ladies of
that place, on Wednesday Of last week, was
largely ATTENDED, and a very pleasant affair.
The editor of the Bellevue Gazette has been
perseeuted by lightning rod men and fruit
tree sellers. Some one had circulated the re-
port that be had been investing in real estate.
Mrs. Eunice Miller, of Medina county, COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself, on the 29th
ult" Her husband had applied for divorce on
the grounds of impotency. They were old
people and had not been long married
Gen. Gibson addressed large and enthu-
siastic meeting at Kansas Station, on Friday
last. Il was generous out-pouring of the
people, which shows better than words that
they are deeply interested in the reelection Of
Gen. Grant.
Martin Bruner, ir., has completed hay
nress which he has had patented. It is on ex-
bihition at the Northern Ohio Fair, the pres
.ut week It is a mammoth concern, and
looks as if it would perform the labor of half a
dozen ordinary presses.
A little son of policeman at Mansfield, on
Thursday of last week, got hold of his fathers
pistol, which was loaded and while playing
with it it discharged, the ball entering his
aunt's neck, sevsring the jugular vein and
causing almost instant death.
On wednesday evening of last week, at the
State Fair at Mansfield. pick-pocket was dis
covered plying his business when bystsnd-
or struck him on the head with a stone, frac-
tured his skull, and he died next day. Seven
pocket-books were found on him.
Dan Rice has sued the C. S. & C. road for
$4,000 damages to his show, when thrown
from the track recently, near TiHin. We pre-
sumo Rush will pay it. he pays for every
thing he can scare up now-even cows killed
by trains on his road, twenty years ago.
One Of the most lustrOus meteors we have
ever seen made its appearance in the blue
vault overhead, while Gen. Gibson was speak
ing. on Saturday night, for a second it seemed
TO Hnger burning whitley, then started on ifs
luminous journey down the skies until its bril-
Haney vent out IN the great void.