The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-02-27

James Frick, living near Tifin, attempted t.
get on train on the B. P. & c. R. R., a
Deshler, on the 18th, but fell andE was rur
over by the train. He died few hours aftel
and his body was taken to Tifin and deliver
cd 70 his friends.
An attempt was made by a thief to steal
horse and buggy from J. M. Nayler, OF Iiffn,
on the night of the I4th, but prompt discoV'
cry and active pursuit made him abandon bus
purpose ere he had proceeded very TAR on his
journey. He made his escape.
The Union City Times speaks encouraging
" of the prospects Of an extention of the L. E.
81. Ry. from St, Marys to that place, the
coming Spring. Canvassers will be sent out
upon the line next month, with the view of
raising sufficient sum to prepare the road
bed.
The Messenger is 50 far. converted from the
errOr Of its ways"that it now thinks the en-
gins should be located on the hill, near the
Court House. Does it snuff the sentiment of
the people afar Off Better admit that the
people on the hill only demand what they are
entitled 70, and should have.
If farmer buy right of R. R. Tenner &
Co., Of Urbana, Illinois, to manufacture or
use certain subsoil plow, let him beware
how he puts his hand to it-not the plOW but
the contract, for the contract has been known
to turn in to q note for a certain sum of mon
ey. So says the Urbana Citizen.
The rnsidence of Rev. J. H. Sedgewiek, at
Defiance, took fire on the evening of the 18th
and was damaged to the extent of several hun
dred dollars; insured. About $500 worth of
his personal effects were Destroyed, and sub
scription paper was started, and liberal
amount secured to repair the loss.
Our farmer friends are warned against be-
ing done for by fellow who is going around
selling "six pounds Of coffee for dollar" He
always takes the money in advance, but so
for the grangers who ordered through him
have not been able to give an opinion as to
the quality OF the article, although numbers
Of them in WyandOt county mourn over their
investment
Henry Morehart was arrested at Mt. Blan-
chard, recently, by two constables. One of
the officers permitted him to ride his horse
while he trudged on with the other constable.
Soon after Henry slipped from the horse,
which followed after the officers for sometime
before they discovered their bird had flown.
He is now thought TO be in Nebraska. He
had been too intimate with one Of the gentler
sex.
The car works are a source of vexation to
the Messenger. Had it possessed the nerve to
join the JoivnaIin its opposition to the pre-
sent location, $4,000 might have been saved
the stockholders. At present it is well enough,
the works has nothing to do, as contracts
could only be obtained upon very long time,
and the working capital left, if all collected
in, would not run the concern three months
unless better contracts could be obtained than
any yet offered.
Lewis Rupp, of Defiance, has prospect Of
serving the State, as a high private in the |
compulsory service. The way it came was on
account of a valise containing five dollars |
worth of clothing and forty dollars In money, |
which stuck to his fingers until be had an op-
portunity to cut the valise open and abstract
the money. He was followed to Fort Wayne, |
by the owner who procured his arrest, and |
now Lewis pineth within the confines of the |
county institute for such cases made and pro- |
vided.
An exchange tells Of man who was pre-
scribed good strong glass of f"Whisky toddy," |
his feet to be soaked in warm water before 60
ing to bed, as and unfailing remedy for a
cold, he tried it-drank his Htoddy" while |
he sat with his feet in the water-feH asleep,
and at A. n. his ''better-half" came down |
stairs to arouse him, broke the ice which had |
CONCEALED around his legs and he retired. His |
cold is no better and he prOnounces the origi- |
nator of the experiment fraud.
A letter to the Toledo Blade from Monroe,
Michigan, explains that man and woman
were married at the Methodist parsonage, in
that place, on the llth, and registered at |
Strong's hotel as Mr.. & Mrs. Dusenbury, Oke-
srbour, (which is as near Oak Harbor, proba-
bly,, as the writer could get,l remained several
days, when Mr.. D. deoamped, leaving Mrs.
D. behind, who said he was editor Of paper
in Okearbour, and had gone to get his paper
out and then return Tor her, He took what
nnney she had and left lis hotel bill unpaid
One Of the lady guests gave her enough mon
ey to pay her fare home, and she left her
watch with the landlord to secure her beard
hill