The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-02-26

went to the river to get = drink, but
stepped into u hole in the ice and froze
to death
In Oberlin, when a man does not clean
the snow off his sidewalk he is taken be-
fore the Mayor and fined. That is right.
A few fines would DO some of orr citi-
zens good.
On Saturday, the 18th inst, a young
girl named Clara Morse, mystsriously
disappeared from the Wyandot county
infrmary. Nothing has since been
heard from her
Thos. Stringer, Of Mansfield, who
went to California about twenty live
years ago, and who was reported robbed
and murdered there, now turns up as O.
Judge in Missouri
Michael & Fader's wagon shop at Oak
Harbor had narrow escape from fire a
few days ago. The fire is supposed to
have originated from box of ashes be-
ing left on the floor
Rev. w. S. Peterson, formerly of
Findlay, has purchased ne-half Glteyest
in the Mahoning County News, Can
field, Ohio, and has taken editorial
charge of the paper.
A few days ago, at Ada, while James
McKenney was loading gun, it aoci-
dentally went off, discharging tho bullet
into his right shoulder, the ball lodging
in the back part Of his neck.
IS. A. Baxter, ST., one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Lima,
was stricken with paralysis while at
church, last Thursday evening, and died
on Sunday. - Findlay Courier.
The Changers of Findlay recently
sent away an order for 1G pounds ofnut-
megs, but instead of writing it IS lbs
they wrote Is bis. Consequently the
stock of nutmegs in Findlay is large.
A few days ago row occurred be-
tween the proprietor of the Commercial
House, Tiflin, and two fellows from the
country in which reyoIvers were drawn
and fired, but without effect. The par
ties from the country were locked mp.
The people about White House must
be awful wicked The earth is opening
to swallow them up, may be, leastwise
the hard freezing weather has occasioned
the earth to crack, in various places, Great
ing quite formidable looking assures.
A painful accident occurrednt Medina
on Wednesday last, by which Mrs. N.
H. Bostwick was severely burned. Her
dress caught fire by being brushed over
pan of hot ashes and Goals which stood
in the room. The fire was extinguished.
The lookup at Wauseon was destroyed
by fire on the night Of the 18th inst. A
prisoner had been put in during the af-
ternoon, and it is not known whether it
was set on fire by friend of the prison
or on the outside, or caught from the
stove.
A few days since, at Defiance, horse
which Charley Marcellus was riding,
fell, and to save himself he jumped off,
but before he could get out of the way
the horse struck him in the temple with
a fore foot, inficting serious fracture
of the skull.
The case of the State vs. Rush +.
Sloane to recover SAG, 900 on Il recogniz-
ance forfeited by Sloane in falling to ap-
pear before the Mayor of Sandpsky to
answer the seventeen charges of embez-
element, has been occupying the time of
the Erie County Common Pleas Court.
Yanlau was infested with some repro
bates from Findlay, on the night of the
14th, who went about the streets firing
revolvers at random. One shot passed
through n window in the residence of
Mr.. r. b. Gilbert, and passed within
few inches of Mrs. Gilbert's head as she
sat at table sewing.
A few days ago Mrs. Theodore Julian
was on her way to Findlay to visit
friends, and when at one of the stations
Il lady entered and asked her to hold
her baby while she stepped ont Il min
ute. She did so. The minute has not
expired yet, and Mrs. j. will never hold
another baby for stranger
On Tuesday morning of last week the
express train ON the b. and o. road met
with a singular accident eight miles east
of Hicksville The engine jumped the
track, and as soon as the engineer dis
covered what was wrong, he put on the
brakes with such force that every car
was thrown from the track No person
was injured.
A few days ago while Z. H. Miller,
living near Oak Harbor, was unloading
saw-logs from sled, one dropped on his
foot and held it tight. Some men stand
ing by thought the easiest way to release
him would be to drag the log OFF. The
consequence was that the young mans
foot was terribly crushed, and fears are
entertained that it will have to be am
putated
An exchange says "Croup can be
cured in one minute and the remedy is
simDly alum and smear The wav tn ac-