The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-07-31

fractured. The team took fright from
an unusually loud clap OF thunder,
and caused her fall..--...-A son of
John Leonhart, Esq, of Chatfield
township, aged II years, had his leg
badly fractured by a hose dragging
him some % rods, on last Monday,
July 2lst. Under the care Of DR..
Tupps, he is doing well and viii re-
cover.
sASDUsKY COUNTY.
Mr.. L. E. Amsden has closed a con-
tract with parties from abroad for
SOC, 900 feet of pine lumber to be man
ufactured into bridges. They are now
building large bridge for Hubbard,
Ohio. and as soon as completed will
commence on one for Hudson, Ohio
This viii be new manufacturing in
terest for our eity..-...The contract for
building the town hall at Clyde, was
awarded to w. J. Hughes, of that
place, he being the lowest among four
bidders The building is to cost S12,-
$50. A. Foster, of this place, had the
next lowest bid, it being SIS, ,5OO.........
DR.. Severance and wife, met with an
accident on Saturday last, near Belle
vue, which came near being a serious
one. They were driving through an
opening in the fence, when one Of the
bars caught the hind wheel of the
buggy, breaking the shafts, one Of
which cut cash in the horses leg,
when he commenced kicking and the
buggy overturned. The doctors wife
was thrown out, and fell upon, her hip
bruising it badly.........C Charles Rum
baugh, son of Joseph Rumbaugh of
this city, while engaged at work, at
Cloud & Wykes' Factory, had three
fingers cut Off while engaged with a
saw. The same day another hand got
hit on the head with spoke, and
Billy got his fingers The
Sandusky County Agricultural So
eiety will hold their Annual Fair on
the 1st, ID, Sd and 4th of October.
T. HANCOCK COUNTY.
Herbert Hiner attempted to murder
his wife one night after she had pre-
pared for bed. He cut her about the
neck badly with butcher-knife, near
ly severed one Of her thumbs, and cut
her badly otherwise. He was arrest
ed and Is crazy. Mrs. Hiner will re-
cover........Marion Treece, indicted
for forgery at lhe February term,
came into court, and after taking
look at the twelve '.good men and
and true' who were to try his case,
concluded to plead guilty. The Judge
gave him three years the lowest the
law allows-and some good advice
.....--..Some new wheat is already in
market. 1t sells at from 81 20 to 81 ,25.
Old wheat brings Sl.25......... Reports
have been current on the street for
several past days that dead man was
found in the woods near McComb,
supposed to be the horse thief whom
young Stafford shot at some days ago.
We have traced the rumors up and
found them to be wholly and totally
without foundation. No body, nor
any traces of such have been found.
wYANDoT COUNTY. u
On Thursday afternoon, MessIs
Ovans & Etehey, Liverymen, sent
George Wood. an employee, with a
horse and buggy, to wash the vehicle
off in the river, which was high, |
Wood drove into the water, and was |
only few yards from shore when the
buggy began filling with water, and |
the horse, beyond his depth, COM |
meneed plunging to free himself from |
the harness. q Being tightly refined up,
it impeded his movements, but his
struggles were soon over. Wood,
when he found the buggy floating,
jumped into the water for the purpose
of saving himself, and was drowned
The Musical Festival under the
supervision of our German Band, as
sisted by the citizens, will take place
here on Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 18th and 14th. The premiums
are as follows: Best Band 500; 2nd
best, $50; Sd best $40. To add to the
festival, the Anaconda Hook and Lad
der Company, OF this place, will
award to the best Hook and Ladder
Company from abroad, a prize of 500.
HURON COUNTY.
John Connor, an Irish Canadian
who has worked as a carpenter andd
Joiner in this place for several years,
engaged in a playful scuffle with Sam.
Palfreyman on Tuesday evening last
and died on Thursday morning. A
post mortem examination disclosed
the rupture Of an intestine, which was,
pronounced the cause Of death by a
cororner's jury Dick" Boyle
shipped to Buffalo from this station,
on Monday last, yoke ofsteers whose
combined weight was 4,3O0 pounds
The Baptist Society has taken
thepreliminary steps towards the cree
ton, of new church edifioe, rendered
necessary by the increasing Oongrega.
tion that has outgrown the capacity
of the old church to aceomm odate.
~ HIGHLAND COUNTY,. at5aI
The Relief Hook and Ladder COM
pany of Fostoris, were compelled to
remain over night in Mansfieldin go-
ing to and retaining from the Marion I
tournament. They are fine set oil
firemen, ,gentlemenly in their charac-
ter, and made many friends among
our boys during their stay in our city. !
They only secured the second
prize in the tournament, but such
must be the fate Of some ofthe COM
panies, as all cannot win. J. -. On dit,
that the A. &c. w. R. X. win con-
struct large and convenient stock
yards here in order to Accommodate
present aud prospective business asf
this kind. This will supply a needed
want and tend to largely increase the
shipments of live stock from this
point. The Mansfield Machine
Works have not been running for /
about two weeks, owing to the diseov7
cry of a serious defect in one ofathe
boilers in the engine room. a's.',t =
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