The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-01-01

drunken roughs participated. Two or
three innocent lookers-on were roughly
handled.
! The new bell on the high school build
ing was put in place on Saturday Of last
week by A. Foster. The bell was pur
chased at Troy, New York, and weighs
$50 lbs. Cost put up about s275. It
was much needed.
Henry Luckert, a saloon-keeper of
Port Clinton, committed suicide ON Mon
day night of last week by taking poison.
Mrs. Luckert is about three-fourths In
dian, and much addicted to drink.
Jealousy and whisky was the cause.
w. H. Dodge, Of Eaton Rapids, Mich,
after taking the JOURNAL since January
Il, 1872, without pay, has suddenly
lDodged out Of sight, we suppose, as the
Postmaster informs us his paper is no
longer taken out. Six more dollars gone.
The oldest inhabitant which we have
met, unhesitatingly remarked that
Christmas this year was the brightest
and clearest he ever beheld. The same
remark was made by very many others,
and we presume it is a fact. Certain it
is, the day was a most lovely one.
The Defiance Democrat says: ''Per-
lrysburg Timmons has bsen writing
poetry again The last poem is entitled
BY the Sea" and the following are the
choicest lines:
"By the sea, by the sea,
Mournfully, MournfuIly,
The wild sea, the wild sea-
On Sunday night last, near Carey,
while MIR. Myron Hart in company with
a lady, was driving down a hill in a car
riage, they were thrown down an EN-
bankment at the side of the road and
Mr.. Hart almost instantly killed by the
horses falling upon him. The lady es-
capped injury. aas lv a
At the last meeting of the Directors
Of the Lake Shore &. Michigan Southern
Railway it was decided to build a third
track on their line from Buffalo to Chi
lcago, to enable them to give lower rates
and quicker time. 1t is thought the
INorwalk division from Elyria to Toledo
will be double tracked.
H. R. White was arrested on Thurs
day last on the oath of Isaac Burner, of
Liberty township, Hancock county, on
the charge of obtaining money on false
pretenses. He was bound over until
Tuesday in the sum of $3.50. He was
agent for "Hall's Force Pump Washer, y
and sold Mr.. Burner the agency for two
townships, taking his note for $50
therefor.
A young man of our acquaintance
stepped into one Of our groceries on
Christmas morning, and ndpurchased some
candy to take home. Arriving at home
he told his mother that the package con
tanned candy and that she should open
it. To her surprise it proved to be
coffee. The young man had picked up
a package of coffee instead Of his candy.
The coffee was roasted and was enjoyed
at the Christmas dinner.
Saturday morning last we received a
letter postmarked at Constantine, Mich.
But on the inside were neither date nor
signature. The letter contained 50, but
we do not know who to credit with the
money. Should our unknown CORE
spondent happen to see this, will he be
kind enough to send us his name. Also,
send receipt spoken of so we can see it,
and if all right it will be promptly re-
turned and the matter properly cor
rected.
1t has been rumored for some time
that the Baltimore, Pittsburg and Chi
cago Railroad were about to change their
mode of running trains and to make
Tifin the end of two divisions. Trains
will commence rnnning on or about Jan
uary /, running from Wheeling, West
Virginia, to Chicago, with Tiflin as the
intermediate point, changing engineers,
conductors and brakemen at that city.
The result of this move will give Tifin
the shops its people have SO long sighed
for.
Several of our business men have in
formed us that their holiday sales were
never so large before as during the holi-
day season this year. These men be-
lieve in advertising and have made judi
cious use of our columns for some time
past. "A Word to the WISE" should
be sufficient If you want to get some
returns for your money advertise in the
JoURNAn, and purchasers, if they want
geod bargains, should buy Of those who
advertise. They want to sell, and vii
sell at closer figures than those whC
don't even extend an invitation to you t
visit their stores.
i A sad accident occurred at Van Wer
on Sunday morning, the Goth inst, by
which Mrs. Robert Conn was almost in
stantly killed. While Mr.. and Mrs
Conn, living one and half mil,
north of that place, were driving t,
church in a two-horse wagon, thei