The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-01-15
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Coal is scarce in Port Clinton.
Upper Sandusky has Berry Hall.
The Prohibition Era, at Cleveland is
no more.
The fire limits of Sandusky have been
extended.
Miss Anna Dickinson will soon lecture
in Van Vert.
A baby was born in the depot sitting
room at Newark few days ago.
The champion foot ball player, of Cor
nell University, resides in our city.
VIM. B. Hall has been elected Super
intendent Of the Tifin Agricultural
Works. II
The name Of the Bloomville Enter
prise has been changed to Bloomville
Banner.
Since Toledo has done away with its
detective force, robberes are the order
of the day. -....
A new paper, called the Democratic
Expositor, has been startedat Wauseon,
Fulton county, ~
The Independent Militia Company of
Findlay contemplate establishing read
ing and drill room. ...
Upper Sandusky is making a move
ment to raise military company. Fifty
names have been secured so far.
Mrs. Rhinebolt was thrown out of
wagon by runaway team at Fostoria a
few days ago and severely injured.
The publishers of the Tiffin Tribune
collected 1854 35 on subscriptions dur
ling the month of December. Good.
Oren A. Ballard has been appointed
United States Commissioner for Han
cock county, vice E. T. Dunn, resigned.
Mrs. Twining, aged 70 years, took her
first ride on a railroad afew days ago on
the Branch between Findlay and Carey.
The new courthouse at Sandusky was
illuminated on New Years eve, and an
invitation extended to the public to
visit it.
The dwelling house of Mrs. Peter
Messing, at Perrysburg, was destroyed
by fire few days ago. Loss$1 900; in
sured for $500.
The Drummer Boy" will be pre-
sented for five nights, in Tifin, COM
mencing January 10, by the Soldiers
Decoration Society.
W. A. Burk, of Sandusky, has been
appointed postmaster at Townsend, this
county. Is it possible there was no one
at Townsend worthy of the position.
The local of the Findlay Jeffersonian
has been presented with pair of cuff
buttons, but now he mourns because he
has no clean shirt and paper cuffs. Sad.
A few nights since in a row at Perrys-
burg, John Walters was thrown across a
curbstone and his back injured so Sc
verely that his recovery is considered
quite doubtful.
We gave a short account few weeks
ago of the stabbing of Mr.. Seaman, at
Mansfield by two or three tramps. They
, have been convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary.
People living in Upper Sandusky who
invested in lead mines in Missouri, have
since learned that they were swindle
The Union says it is dangerous to say
''lead mines" there nowadays.
On Tuesday of last week, at Tifln,
while hoisting box of sixteen muskets
to the third story of building for stor-
age, it fell to the grounds, injuring j.
B. Buckley in the shoulder, leg andfoot.
On Saturday night, the I'd inst, at
Sandusky, four men entered Ponds Ho-
tel, and as the floor was wet, one of the
party slipped, and in falling threw out
his arm, one hand struck window pane,
breaking it and cutting a cash in his
wrist.
Sunday night of last week the large
frame building of VIM. Muligan, in
New Sycamore, Wyandot county, was
totally destroyed by fire. The fire was
discovered in the hardware store of J.
NJ. Teel, and before the citizens could
be aroused was destroyed. The loss is
so, ,OOO-S4, 900 on building, $1,000 on
hardware, with an insurance of only
5000.
Mansfield is now having bit of rail
road war. An agreement was entered
into between the A. and G. w. and b.
and o. roads to transfer Chicago freight
at that point. In order to carry out this
arrangement it was necessary to lay a.
third rail from the B. and o. and A. and
G. W. Junction to the transfer house of
the latter road, but as they had to cross
the track of the Pennsylvania Company
dispute arose as to theirright to do so.
A construction train was placed at the
intended crossing and work stopped.