The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-12-25


The managers of the C. S. and G. R.
R. were in Clyde recently prospecting
for a new depot.
The new jail at Sidney VII cost S45,-
.OOO. W. H. Myers, the contractor, viii
loose from $1,000 to s3. 900 on his con
tract.
The Evangelical Association of Belle
vue and vicinity have purchased the
First Baptist church for the sum of
50, 900.
The barn of Stephen Terrill, Of Clyde,
was destroyed by fire on Monday night
of last week. Loss about $500. In
sured.
Sixty-five thousand dollars have been
paid out by q Sidney poultry firm dur
ing the past ten months for butter, eggs
and poultry.
The Baltimore, Pittsburg and Chicago
Railroad is doing an immense business
in oysters at present. It now carries
west from 25 to 50 tons daily.
The foundation of the Lakeside Hotel
at Lakeside, Ottawa county, was finished
a few days ago. The building viii be
three stories high, and it is expected
will be finished by next June.
In our last issue we gave The name Of
the man who stole some clover seed at
Upper Sandusky as Yarck, of Melmore.
Since then we learn that he was son
of preacher GoIweI, near Nevada, Craw
ford county.
A man at Harler Station, on the B.
P. and @. R. r., a few days ago, made
"a narrow escape from death by having
his clothing caught II a circular saw and
being thrown entirely over thesaw some
six feet from where he. stood. a..
On Tuesday evening of last week at
Elmore, while Jacob Newcomer, an old
and respected citizen of that place, was
passing along a back street, he was
knocked down and S75 in money and a
watch taken from his pockets.
At Mansfield, few days ago, in the
case of Preston @. Mason VS.. the Allan
tic and Great Western Railway, for
IS5, 900 damages, the jury returned ver-
dict of 81, 800 for the plaintiff. Mason
was elected from a passenger train be-
cause his ticket was partially cancelled.
A serious accident occurred. at the
Tiffn Agricultural Works on Wednes-
day of last week. While one of the en-
Iployes was engaged at the growing MAJ
Chine, his right hand was caught by the
knife, cutting a large piece out of the
second finger, and the ends off of the
third and little fingers.
On Friday night, the 11th inst, an
old gentleman named Shipler, who lives
about five miles north of Clyde, lost two
horses by being run over by train on
G. S. and G. R. R. He was driving
along the road when his horses became
frightened and started down the track.
Just as they reached the culyert the train
caught them. Mr.. Shipler escaped by
being thrown out before the accident oc-
CURED.
On Wednesday Of last week fatal ac-
cident occurred at Troy, on the Dayton
and Michigan railroad, by which a
breakeman named Love was almost In
stantly killed. The through freight
going south at that place had occasion
to do some switching, and as Love at
tempted to couple a car his foot slipped
and he fell upon the track, the car pass
ing over the body, severing the right
arm and crushing the right leg.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Tadsen, q grocer
of Port Clinton, became bankrupt, and
left his effects in the hands of 7. J.
Marshall, to be sold. Among other
goods was some whisky, which Mr.. Mar
shall sold to a party in Sandusky. On
Tuesday of last week Clark Center, AS
SCISSOR of the district, appeared at that
place with an order for Mr.. Marshall to
appear at Cleveland to answer to the
charge of selling liquor without license.
The racing mare maggie Taylor
was discovered in a stable at Urbana
dead, having been starved to death. She
had been let out to exercise and had got
into stable on the premises that was
not used, and the door locked by some
one not knowing she was there. Sh,
had been there four weeks before she
was discovered. Her owner had adver
tised her as stolen, and employed detec
tives to ferret out the thief.
After drawing the water from tn,
: canal, the cistern used by the Uniol
FIGURING Mills, which IS fed by the canal
: was found to be literally filed with cat
r fish. Five tubs-full were taken out
a when the wOrkmen gave up, thei
: strength and patience becoming ez
hausted. The fues of the boiler wer
f found to be clogged with catfish of tn
!, size of small dog. Even parties VIII
y had been stealing wood from the yard
t of the mill were found to be scaly.-
It [Delphos Herald.