The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-07-01
VOLUME 97-NUMBER 80.
NeighbOrhOOd News.
ERIE COUNTY.


Friday morning last, Frank Ward
committed suicide by shooting him.
self at the Lake Shore depot in San.
dusky city. A love affair seems to
have been the cause OF his rash act.
He was resident Of FIndIay, where
his body was taken after the inquest
was held....-...The grape crop Of the
islands Is reported as being badly
damaged by the cold weather Of
April. The yield win not be over
about one-third of a crop The
eamp-meeting at the Lake Side this
year will cOmmence on the 81 OF Au-
gust and continue one week.
The Kelley's Island and Saudusky
telegraph cable will, within = week
from this time. be laid from the is
land to Marble Hge adi
HURO$ COUNTY. ~.
George ConkIin, a young mSn EN-
pIoyed at the railroad repair shops,
had his foot smashed one day last
week, at Norwslk by a ear running
over it,. Norwalk will celebrate the
Fourth in the regular, old-time style.
sANDUsKY COUNTY.
During the storm on Friday night
the tool shed ~ Messrs d. l..
June & Sln, of this city, was
struck by lightning. The damages
we're Of = triding chsracter..........
On Sunday morning Henry MeCOr-
mac, painter, WIN works for Louis
Zimmerman, walked out Of s window
in the boarding house 0f Mart Rensh-
Ter, in the third ward. He fell dis
tanee Of about twelve feet, striking q
plank sidewalk and breaking through
two inch pine plank. His Injuries
are ihtensl. DE-. e :. J. Gessner vas
called and atteltel /, the sufferer.
His injuries are severe, but ther- are
hopes Of his recovery lif
HIGHLAND COUNTY.
Mr.. Ira Allen, whose fall from the
Ohio Lanstic Asylum We nJticed last
week, il on the streets again, support
ed by erutches He Informs US that
the distance ne fell was seventy-fivs
feet instead OF fifty-six, as state.I by
us. We are willing to give him the
benefit Of the extra distance.
.........Nr. Samuel Mcfarland is slow
ly recovering from the efT.cts OF his
terrible fall last Week. rna wound
over his left eye IS neArly healed. aud
the broken knee-esp is knitting grad
ually but surely. He has not gained
complete Consciousness. but his medi-
cal attendant is Of the opinion that
time and good treatment will eventu-
ally bring him around. tal
DEFIANCE COUNTY. "a.
On last Saturday forenoon a little
boy named Harmon R5beson, five
years old, son OF Newton Robeson,
was severely kicked By horse on the
Warren road. The horse kicked him
just back OF the Ief ear, smashing the
skull, and cutting of a portion Of the
left ear. The boy was at once con-
veyed home aud medical assistance
called. He is stilI alive and hopes are
entertained that he may recover. ......
On Monday evening while Clerk
Stoner, of the Crosby House, was
down street making purchases some
fellow opened the drawers in the OF.
flee and stole about twenty dollars.
The same nigth on a smaller scale
was done one day last week. The
thief is pretty welt known and it
would be well for him to dfsgorge be-
fore he is arrested. He will run
against stump some fine day and be
sorry for his little stealing. ..z..-.At
the nsw Catholic church on Monday,
a man nam ed John HOhenburger fell
from ladder, and struck heavily up
on the joist, He was considerably
bruised.