The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-05-07


at this place.
Mrs. DIR. Georgia G. Glenn, of Van
Vert, and daughter of Mr.. d. Baugh-
man, formerly a resident of Plymouth,
has been appointed a delegate to repre-
sent the Northern Ohio Medical Associ-
alton, at the meeting of the American
Medical Association at Louisville, Ky.
A few daysago a woman named Jaggy,
from Schenectady, N. Y, attempted
suicide at the Bing House, SaDdusky, by
herself in the arm with the
''nail" blade of her pocket knife. It
was her intention to sever the main ar
terry, and produce death from excessive
bleeding.
The Ottawa County Reporter says the
Lake Shore Railroad have decided to
build lateral branches from Port Clinton
to Ottawa city and Marblehead, to reach
Lakeside camp grounds, the stone quar-
ries and lime kilns of the latter region,
and the fish and grape shipments from
Ottawa City.
The Lima Democrat in speaking of
peddlers says: eve learn that gang
of cloth peddlers are now perambulating
our county gulling farmers with shoddy
goods. We hope none of our patrons
will be unfortunate enough to be hum
bugged by these fellows. Should they
drop in on you, kick them off your prem
ises."
At the recent conference of the Evan
gelical Association of Ohio the following
appointments were made: Fremont
District, G. NJ. Reinhold, P. E., Ere
mont Mission, VIM. Wilmington; Lind
sey Circuit, J. Frankhouser and j.
Shultz; Flat Rock station, G. W. Miesse,
Tifin Station, E. B. Grouse; Bellevue
Mission, to be supplied.
The Sandusky County Agricultural
Society have adopted resolution which
has the ring of the right metal, and if
it shall induce our farmers and others
living along roads to set outshade trees,
they will be fully repaid for the labor
and expense of so doing, by the increas-
ed beauty of their surroundings, wheth-
er they ever succeed in taking a prem
ium or not.
On Monday of last week about forty
coopers employed in the oil barrel man
ufactory of McKim Bros, at Bellevue,
struck for higher wages. They had been
receiving twenty cents per barrel, but
thought they ought to have twenty-five.
The firm intended to raise the price
about the 1st of July, and so they acced,
ed to the demands of the men. Some Of
the leaders of the strike, however, were
discharged.
Charles B. Lewis, the humorist of the
Detroit Free Press, is thirty-three years
of age. His birthplace was Liverpool,
Medina county, Ohio, about 25 miles
from Cleveland. He has no finished
education, but still he bids fair to make
a permanent mark in the world of litera-
ture. He was once blown up on an
Ohio River steamboat, picked up for
dead, thrown into the dead cart and car,
ried to the hospital preparatory to
burial, was finally resurrected and still
lives.
On Thursday, at Toledo, the steamer
Fred Kelley in running up the channel
to the Dayton & Michigan Elevator,
struck on bar near Walbridges elevator,
when the engineer threw open the
throttle and the vessel went over the bar
with such speed that before she could
be stopped she struck theSwallow, which
had just taken in her load, amidships
staving hole in her side below the
water line. The Swallow was at once
towed to the bar and grounded in four
feet of water.
Oberlin had disgraceful saloon row
week ago Saturday night. A man en-,
tered saloon and got a glass of beer.
He soon became noisy and was put out
and the door closed on him. This en-
ragged him, and going to the back door,
broke in. He was persuaded to leave
quietly and going out hejumped astride a
horse and plunged his heels into its sides
to make it kick into the crowd on the
walk. He attempted to cut man who
had reconstructed with him for abusing
the horse, and afterwards cut the horse
several times to satisfy his anger. He
was arrested and taken before a justice
when the little sport cost him 1920
and ten days Imprisonment.
We learn from the Van Vert Bulletin
that some weeks ago Mr.. NJ. Woodford,
of the Van Vert Union
ordered from a New York hos
pital, a skeleton for the use of the school.
The skeleton was packed in box and
but the meat not being proper
erly cleaned from the bones, when the
package arrived at Elmira, N. Y, it,
emitted an offensive smell. The box
was taken charge of by the authorities
and examined, and the detectives at
once placed on the track of "a dark muir