The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-07-20
NETGHBoRRoOD NEWS.
RPIECOUNTY.

SOGNLIs
On Friday evening last week q hoy
named McCrystal, son OF Patrick Nc
Crystal, who lives on Reese street,
broke one of his legs at this ankle
while walking in the street near the
eOrne- OF Jeffersou and Jackson
streets, in SAndasky. He stepped on
loose eObble-stone, which turned
when he put his foot upon il, and he
lost his balance aui fell, with the re-
suit as given aboVe-..-..-LAst Monday
night, during the storm, the residence
Of Henry SimmermAeher, eight miles
from sanduskyr on the Milan road,
was struck By lightning and set on
fire. The house WAS = tvo-story
structure with two wings. The light
ming strnek the rear portion OF the
building, and before the, flames could
be extlnguished the house and Its con-
tents were entirely destroyed. The
fire burned with remarkable rspidity,
and the family were unable to save
even their wearing apparel. In order
to escape with their lives they were
forced to rush frsm the burning Ii0uss
in their night-clOthes. The loss on
the building and contents is estimated
at between 81. 500 and 5000. !.
DEFIANCE. COUNTY. -.
Wendell Ardner, ageG So years, Of
Defiance committed shieide by cut
ting bis throst with a razor last week.
He bad been insane fOf more than 8
year, and on that account but little
attention was paid to the threats he
had repeatedly made to kill himself.
HENRY COUNTY.
The residence of the editor Of the
Northeast was broken into during the
absence of the occupants OF the
house last week.....-...The Fos-
toria band was at Napoleon
on the Fourth to make music
Tor the citizens, who had q big eele-
bratiOa On that day...-....Ssyen per-
sous whom the Marshal had lodged In
the caiaboose in Napoleon on the 4tLl
for drunkenness and disorderiy con-
duct, made their escape. the following
morniDg-6y cutting the latch out Of
the cheek of the deor.......-At the
west end OF Washington street; Ma
poleOR, Tuesday night, as Jacob Bales
team was being driven into town, the
horses became frightened by fire.
CRACKERS aud ran away, The Oceu-.
pants, four children. jumped from the
vehicle; severely hurting one of them,
Miss Munger The damage was not
great.
WOOD COUNTY. 60
According to the Sentinel tie pres
eat is the wettest season In this cOun-'
ty since 1853. new POstoflee
has been started at Hsmmansburg in
Henry tOwnship.----...Oscar Stage, 8
young man p years OF age, was in
stsntly killed at Weston on. the Sd
inst, while assisting to raise q nag
pole DIR. Williams was also serious
ly Injured about the head. The pole
was not raised The Toledo COM
nlercidl says one os the brothers Of
General Custer, also killed in the
Little Horn massacre, Captain Thom-
as Custer, was 6 Wood county boy,
and entered the army as a private
from that county in 1862. He par
tieipated In Sherman's grand march
to the sea, in which were many other
Wood county boys, who will lament
the sad fate of their brave cOmrade-
He wss afterward transferred to the
Army Of the Potomac, and has been
with bis brother, the General, for the
past five or six years. He was q lisu-
tenAnt-enlnnel bY brevet, and held
the rank Of Captain in the regular
army. The village Of Custer, in
Wood county, is named in his honor
s sANDUsKY COUNTY.
Prof II. NJ. Rogers, Of Clyde, was
bound over to the Probate Court at
that place the other day on charge
Of assault and battery preferred against
him by his father-in-lAw, Thomas
Granger, whom Rogers assaulted one
day this week. Mrs. Thomas Gran.
ger furnished bail for Rogers.
remains OF the late Gen. McPher;
son will not be removed from Clyde,
as was attempted some time ago by
an undertaken from Washington up
on whom an Injunction was served.
The matter has been amieably set
tled.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
On Saturday night of last week q
of rowdIes we're in Oops sa-
loon in Findlsy and demanded drinks,
and were refused, whereupon q row
ensued, resulting In the shooting Of
one Of them in the ribs. by Mr, Opp, |
the ball glaneing of and doing no
serious injury..-.....A young boy by
the name Of Sheets of FindlAy will re-
the Centennial Fourth. He
had manufactured a cannon from 9