The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-07-18
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American Homes is pretty fair kind 0
magazine.
Work has been commenced On the Colum
bIs and Toledo road.
Mail service commenced on the T. T * z
railroad. on the 18th.
Lightning rod wagons and Sewing machine
wagons are plenty. Agents ditto.
Ottawa, Putnam county, vies with WOOdville
and sells xvi glass lager for cents.
Mart Reyolds, Of Piety Hill, was kicked by
colt, on the 9th, and severely injured.
The man with the hand organ was around
on Monday. grinding out ezcruciating music.
Rev. J. 7. Pollock, Of Monroeyille, has had
a call from the Presbyterian church, Of Titiin.
A large warehouse is being erected at
Whitefeather. on Che L, E. & L. Ry, by Stiles
q Hastings.
The trial of Jacob Ganteo, ior murder in
the first degree, commences on the 18th inst
az Findlay.
The wheat harvest in this county is large,
and many farmers are hopeful of an unpis-
eedsnted yield.
csr load of new wheat was received in
Cleveland, on the 10th. 1t was forwarded
from Kentucky.
A noted burglar named Blair, who had been
proWIing around Van Vert, was Gagged re-
Gently 70 await trial.
On tae 9th inst the ProhihitiOnists of this
county, hold convention at Clyde, in the
Good Templars Hall.
m, 49,, = A., .-.t;.. ~ r,l,,7o ba-,a 10
clared the saloon of Isaac Sparks nuisance,
and have closed it up.
The Tiain Star poketh fun at the Mohawks
of this city: Its rather aggravating, but what
are you going TO do about itf
The "NortOn" took down quite a load of
pic-nIckers on Sunday last, whc spont the day
in grove some miles below the city.
Burglars are busy at Lima, On the night of
the 18th, $50 worth of gold pens were stolen
from the book store of q. P. Waldorf.
Commodore Vanderbilt, the new President |
Of the L. s. & N. S. Railroad, passed through |
our city on a special train going west, on
Tuesday.
Upper Sandusly, on the l4sh, VIM, Garn-
ingstar was thrown from wagon, the team |
attached to which had ran away, and was in
atantly killed.
VIM. Clark, aged 20 years, while bathing in
Tymochtee Greek, Wyandot county on the 9th,
was taken with cranp and drowned before as
sistance reached him.
Mr.. VIM. Case, the "Whittlesey Cure" pro-
prietor, called upon US few days ago. Whit
tlesey is a good remedy, and Mr.. Case a very
pleasant gentleman.
The planning mills Of Wood county did a
good business in fingers last week. A man at |
Bowling Green lost two fingers and one at |
Penysburg the same lumber.
Il is expected that the L. E. & L. Ry will |
be completed to St. Mary's, by Saturday of
this week. It viii be some days. however, be-
fore trains will be run through.
You have all heard Of corners in wheat,
corn &c, but the latest corner was among
fruit dealers, when lemons went up to ten /
cents for a sight OF the sour things.
Near Bloomville, Seneca county, on the 9th, /
James Dorman was painting the cornice on
his house, when he was struck by lightning,
( ell to tho ground and broke his neck
Girls become manageable at tender age,
over in Allen county. The Gazette announces
themarriage ofone at the ageof 10 and another
at the age of IA. Surely this is a fast age.
A horse thief was shot near MeComb, on Il 9
10Th, by a young nan named Stafford, who
caught him in the act. Though severely
wounded. the thief escaped by the timely help
Of confederate.
DE- A. F. Price, Dentist, requests us 10 say
that he viii be absent from his Office in this
city the last week in July and the first week
in August. His patrons will take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
DryfOos & Brother are doing fine thing in
the way of pavements. They are laying
large fat cut sandstone along the Front Street
front of their block and also along the Croghsn
Street side. They deserve credit for tie
move.
party Of Sandusky excursionisis, (proba-
bly, some of the same party that visited here
recently.) had a bloody row, at Toledo on Sun
day last, all among themselves. The appear
ance Ct the police was Ike pouring oil on tie
troubled waters.
Willard Norton, formerly of this place, but
more recently of Marion, Ind, where he went
to oestablish hub and spoke factory, was in
the city on Wednesday. looking we'll They
have their factory in operation, and are well
pleased with their location.
An old man named Rhinehart, died at
Bsllville, on Sunday last, whose wealth is es-
timated at from S25,OOO upwards. But he
was very poor in his own estimation, and not
unfrequently appeared in his barefeet. Ee
did not want them to go to any expense for
his funeral.
A doctor and a banker had shooting match
over at Napoleon, on the 9Th, distance ten
rods. They were shooting at the gable end of
a 40 foot barn The banker planted a shot
within nine and half feet of the door, but
the doctors shot could not be measured for
want of a lengthy tape line.
A rascal named Wilson, who had been sell
ing "Potato Bug Killer" and other nostrums,
in Liberty Township, Henry county, attempt
ed an outrage on little boy whom he had en-
ployed to show him round, but was caught,
and treated to a coat Of tar and shavings, and
a ride on the sharp end of a rail.
In another column will be found the card of
the Western Reserve Normal The school is
well located, with an efficient corps of teach
ers, and has an excellent reputation for tie
efficiency Of its instructions, Those desiring
to teach should send for catalogues.
It is now said that Toledo is not to have the
Car Shops Of the Lake Shore road after all,
as the Company has purchased one hundred :
AID Sixty-one acres of land at CoIlamar r
Station, East of Cleveland, for that purpose,
paying $3.50 per acre for the same. And now
what will become of TOledo's aspirationsP
The Tifin papers all assert that Geo. Zigler,
of this city walked out of window, fell !
thirty feet, and then woke up. George didn't !
do anything of the kind. One of his boarders
named Jameson, fell out of a window, while
asleep, and was badly injured. He is, how
ever, recovering, with strong hopes of getting
well.
As we were taking stroll on one Of our
streets a few evenings since, we overheard q
young man remark to his 'lady love-" while
leaning over the gate post, "that she seemed a
little hoarse." "a little ho-a-rse, indeed" she
remarked, mistaEing the personal allusion,
"better be that than q mule" The young
man, we learn, thinks it will be some time be-
fore he s,goes back again"
Joseph Moore near Mt Blanchard, while
driving reaper on the leth got the cutter bar
fast in an obstruction. He got off the machine