The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-12-18

ia bridge in Defiance county, and seeing
he was losing money, skedaddled, leav-
ing the Job on the hands of has bonds
man, who is now at work finishing the
brdge.
] Fifteen car loads Of oysters passed
over the Lake Shore road on Wednesday
of last week. Six OF the cars were for
Chicago, three for Toledo, one for De
troit, and five for differe,4 points IN the
Southwest.
i, A burglar disturbed at his business,
Monday morning last, shot at DR.. T. u,
! Cook, of Toledo, and but tAatthe doctor
detecting the movement spEang to one
Fside the bullet would have lodged in his
body. The rascal escaped.
Joe Lytle, whowas confined in the
Findlay calaboose over night a short
time since for being drunk, got tired
waiting for the Marshal to bring him
his breakfast, SO he dug through the
front wall and jumped out at about 2
o'clock.
4 little boy who comes to our Office
to make us visit quite often, heard the
steam which escapes from the heating
tank of our boiler making a noise the
other day, went home and told his ma
that he IVES up to theprinting Office and
Santa Claus came down the chimney
tootedhis horn and went up again.
IN July last Mr.. Jacob Spidle, Of Tif-
| fin, had watch worth so, and other
articles;stolen from his trunk, and until
Thursday of last'week hs was unable to
learn anything OF the thief. On that
day he received dispatch from Mans
field, that his man was there in custody,
and the watch with him aEziting ideni-
lfcation.
/ Mr.. b. Powell, living near Benton,
has lost Los. head Of hogs within the past
three weeks from hog chOIerA 1t is es-
timated that 81, 800 worth Of hogs have
died during the past monthfa that neigh
borhood Of the same disease 1t is sup
posed that the disease was imported
from Missouri, by some.hogs that were
brought to Benton to.feeG
On Tuesday night. the S5h inst, at
Kenton, a young man named Jno. Kel-
ley, q brakesman on anextrA freight, was
caught between two oars loaded with
saw-logs while'engaged incOupling, and
had his head crushed instantly. The
logs projected beyond the, ends of the
cars, and thus causing the accident.
Heleaves no near reEatiFes tOmourn his
loss.
On Sunday night Oflast week, while
Mr.: Samuel Davis, Of Napoleon, was
driving homefrom church, his wagon
ran over stump and. frightened his
horses. throwing the occupants upon the
ground. Mr.. Davis shoulder bone was
fractured and his breast badly hurt,
Mrs. Davis side wss badly bruised, and
the youngest son had his face and right
arm injured.
A family of Kansas sufferers, consist
ing ofman, wife and one child, arrived
at Medina few days ago. They had
been on the road three months, and were
bound fog Syracuse, New York. They
represented the destitution in Kansas as
alarming. The citizens of Medina gave
them what clothing they needed to make
them comfortable, and some money and
provisions, and they started on their
journey.
On Monday evening Of last week, a
man named Carl Wolf, Bohemian, was
left at Van Vert depot by a passenger
train. He had attempted to take his
life by stabbing himself six times in the
region of the heart. On Thursday morn
! ing he accomplished his design by cut
ting his throat from ear to ear with IA
zor. He had lately arrived in this count
try, and finding work scarce, he became
despondent, which induced him toresort
to the rash act.
On Sunday, the 9Th inst, Mr.. Con
Seaman, fireman of the water-works at
Mansfield, vas severely stabbed by a
desperate. He came to Mr.. SeamAn's
house to get something to eat, and being
a villainous looking man he was refused.
He afterwards In company with two 9TH
ers, appeared at the works, wheEe Mr..
Seaman was at work and attacked him.
BE was cut three times in the side, and
is now in critical condition. The men
made there escape but were finally cap
tured.
A man in Tifin, a few evenings ago
went home rather late, and as he was
preparing for bed his wife asked if it
was not about 10 o'clock. Thinking
this a good way to escape a curtain lect-
ure, he said it was. The conversation
soon turner in another direction, and his
wife inquired if the girl had got home
yet. Thunder, said he "she ought
to be; its after IL O'Clock. You must
insist on her not staying out SO late. J"
He had to listen to an unusual curtain
lecture, mixed up with Bible references
as In the fate of liars