The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-03-07
Readables.


A barn belonging to Peter Van Nest
Tifsn, was destroyed BY fire on the 2Sth-
Lake county furnishes one-hunaEeo giAi.s
t, the stock now perambulafing the c0un'i
Our friend JOhu K. Heffner has taken uni
himself life partner. We extend our col
grstulatiOns.
su.ou. Of Fremont, is '.held for postage" 1
Psrrysburgh.
The house-cieaning season approaches b1
would be well to wait until the grOund-ho
days are over.
J.B. Hsgbee & Co., whose warehouse wa
burned down at Clyde, recently, viii rebuilt
as soon as the weather wiz permit
Sol Smith Russel has not gone into the min
istry as reported, but is making faces at tn
people in the southern part Of the State.
Profs. Suffern and Jellsy are to hold Musi
cal Convention at McComb, Hancock county
commencing June lst, and continuing fou
weeks.
A fire was discovered in the Sherman House
at Wauseon, on the night of the 23d, but il
was extinguished before much damage oc'
CURED
Bellevue furnished an audience of 400 t.
hear Prof Richards lectures. VIII the peo
pie of this city show their appreciation to that
extsntG
Wehaverecentlya added largely to our job
blnr material, and are prepared to do all class
% Of work at as low rates as any, and in the
best style.
A small grocery nsar the depot, belonging to
John QuiItsr was destroyed BY fire, on Friday
night last. Loss snail. We did not learn if
it was insured.
The Silver Wedding u Mr.. and Mrs. n. l.
sratton, Of Liberty township, Wood county,
was celebrated on the 22d ult. Numerous
friends were In attendance.
Remarks on the balmy breezes Of Spring,
and the cheering notes of the robin are not in
order yet. Poets are requested to restrain
their fsrVor for few weeks.
"TyndAll, on Light" will be read at the
next meeting of the Literary and Scientific As
sociation d High SshoOlHaI on Monday even
ing next. It is fine lecture.
The Union Manufacturing Company's
Works, at Toledo, were destroyed by fire, on
Monday morning. Loss $4,000. Nearly 100
persons were thrown out of employ by the
fire.
A commercial traveller named Smithers was
thrown from q buggy, near Portage, Wood
county, on the 25th and very badly injured
about the head and face. The horses attach
ed to the buggy had ruu away.
Christie Horn & Co., Of Fort Seneca, are the
patentees of the Automatic Railroad Gate. It
was placed on trial on the L. E. & L. R'y., re-
Gently and train passed through it success
fully, going at q speed Of Is miles an hour.
To prevent calico from fading while wash
ing infuse three gil!s of salt in four quarts of
water, put the calico in while hot and leave it
till cool. In this way the colors are rendered
permanent, and will not fade by subsequent
Washings
A frame dwelling in Kenton, took fire on
the 2Sd, and before the fire was extinguished
the building was nearly destroyed. It was
occupied by two families, whose household
goods were mainly saved Loss covered by
insurance.
AMt Vernon doctor last week, thoughtless-
Iy lsnced pimpls on patients nose with
his vaccinating lancet. 1t took beautifully,
bat the patient says that both for appearance
and comfort be would almost as leave have
smallpox
Superintendent Paine has issued an order
prohibiting employees of the road from coupl-
ing cars with their hands. They are provid-
ed with sticks for this purpose The order is
q wise one, and win be o great saving in fin
gers and hands.
An old lady, mother of Mrs. Atwood, of
Toledo, fell down fight Of stairs on satur-
DAY last and broke her neck. Her daughter
and her husband were absent at the time, and
on their return found her dying. She was
about 90 years old.
To cure rheumatism in the back, rub it
with alcohol and then sit down in front of q
blazing fire. If the alcohol takes fire and the
skin peals of, the cure may be regarded as
perpected. man at Genoa tried it. The
services Of nurse may be dispensed with af-
q time.
The line OF the B. o. road from Tifin east
will be through Republic on to New Haven or
Plymouth. The officers of the road were in
Tifin recently, and it is said they will have the
cars running to TIfin in four months from the
time of commencing work.
The man who sponges his paper and then
abuses the editor behind his back, is like the
fellow who crept into the show under the can {
Vass, and cursed the proprietor because he did {
not have better performance. There are
several Of that class We wot of, whOee souls
are no larger than hea.
From the Fostoria ReVielS, we learn that
Aaron E. Cover, living near FOstOria, while
assisting in saving wood with drug saw, had
bis Overalls caught on the bolt of shaft
coupling, and before the machine could be
stopped his leg was badiy torn and the b, mes
cracked, 50 that several pieces OF bone had to
be removed when the limb was set and the
wound DRESSED.
Rolling upa horse hide and sewing cows
tail to il, then pouring in quantity of winter
and letting all freeze solid, may make pretty
heavy hide and bring some money, but the !
slerks at Elmore who tried it, are likely to
ind it money out in the end, as the case has
gone to the Probate Court. It may have done
Tor a joke, but they should have remembered
that jokes are not free all the year round.
The new advertising bill, which passed the
State Senate on the 10th fixes the legal
at 240 ''ems," and the price at 81 90
- A., f-st 49, s,,ao-f5oys ond An carfs 60, |
oach additional The bill requires that the
matter Of the advertisement shall be set up in
! compact form, and without unnecessary
head lines, etc. The bill applies to all sorts of
legal advertising except the delinquent tax
ist, which is already provided for by law.
The elephant Empress, which passed
through this place last fall in company with
.wo camels, to winter quarters in Girard, Pa,
vas let out for an airing few days since.
The consequences were most dreadful, be-
,ause unlocked for. Empress wandered to
md fro tearing down fences and trampling the
rails underfoot, while one of the camels, who
endeavored to do likewise, finally
withdrew from the scene and started in pur-
.uit Of q little boy, who didn't await for the
wagon" but made some of the tallest time eV-
sr recorded in the history of scared little boys.
When the menagerie was finally secured the
owners Of property in that vicinity came forth
from their hiding-places slowly and sorroWful-
y, with rueful countenancss, to survey the
wreck which had been made.
The one-horse shay, which went to pieces