The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-12-15
NEIGHBoRHooD NEWS.

The Tinln Tribune gives the obituary Of Mr.
Alexander Campbell, who died at the age O
sixty years. Mr.. Campbell emigrated fron
Pennsylvania and located MS tailor in Find
lay In 1882, which was then quite new an,
nearly coveredTUver with dense Forest -
The want of roads exclude d him from inter
oourse-almost entirely-with the IN IRE nd
vanced settlements The town itself con
tanned only about two ozen families, mostl,
residing In small cabin OF rdde construct
ion. They were all in limited circum tances
without church or school house; the rea
terminating nucleus In and from which free
institutions imbibe the difiisive irflucnct
'hat gives them enduring vitality and y power.
Tho Lima Gazette says the people Of Kali
da are stirring railroad project, by means
pf which they hope TO retain the county
seat OF Putnam county. II is proposed &c
cave the Dayton n Michigan road at Leipsic
and taking south west erly course through
Giandorf, Kalida and Fort JENNINGS. inier.
cept the p. +. W. & G. Railroad at ID elpbos
AS prop for the couniy-seat, the enter.
prise, " successfully built, may be ofbeneo,
10 h"iidi, but as paving investment for
funds, 'lwould undoubtedly. like all other
snort lines of road, prove u failure. More
can be told as TO whether they will succeed
IN building IL or not. when tho Putnam coun.
y'seat question has had another ''turn" be
lore the incoming Ohio Legislature.
Last Thursday week, Col walkup vas
s"u''ed al Trny, by three ruillans who had
oecome aware that tho Colonel had a con.
'uerabIo amount Of mon ,y on his person -
ohe young man who had become acouai,,ed
win MIN, proposed walk, when they worn
"''acKed by two men. and the Colonel's com
pahi"n ieigned TO he Knocked down and dis,
'led by blow. The Coonel made n bravo
re1stance, and his cries OF i.urder btougb,
s'aiwart negro blacksmith TO the ,pot.
upon whose appearance the rascals took IN
tneir heels and escaped. Col. walkun ~ as
very severly bruised, and I'd TO be assist. n
10 MS MOTEL Last Monday morning,
tram from Toledo, on the Dayton & MICHIGAN
Ha'Iroad, ran into fallen tree ton n sbor,
Instance from Leipsc, and Mr. Benz. Parrctt.
the engn neer, was so seriously injured ibu,
no died about forty minutes n iter tho accI.
dent. No one else on tho train was Iriurod
we believe. "'''e''
frcm the Salem Republican wo learn ,h,,
An accident, terrible and distressinc ban.
pened on Thursday last. ~ Smiths Sash Fac.
'ory' A boy named Lewis stratton, at WORT
about The planning machine, had hjs hard
caught between tho rollers nea the knives
ana literally torn aud cut from the wrist
Tho Van Wort Blllstin says thai Mr. r,on.
AS Daniels OF that place, broke his leg Will
Rei'ns into led. lie had been suffering tor
some yearNwith the Rheumatism. and the
oone had become badly affected.
'"e '"cts IN the case Of AN elopement which
tok place about four weeks ago. b,va i,s,
come to light, the details of witch ARE sic.
ehi"s III he extreme, Mr.. Ambrose Rurb
'r' whose home is about five miles North ot
van vert, where he has n wife and nve ohm
dreh' the Oldest of which has attained Li.
sixteenth year, eloped about four weet.
$50 win woman living three miles sou,h
oil mere, named Sekins, who has husband a.,
'"e army, and Lett behind family OF six
small children, the youngest babe. Their
crime was not discovered until about ,brso
weeks after its consunmation, N hon the r, ~
ny ofliii!c untortunares left BY the womun n
was found, half ialnished and Glthy beyond
description.
Inc plymouth Advertiser, published in
Rlchlan d county, gives an account of IN.
mysterious disappearance OF Mr.. n. snyder
citizen OF Plymouth. lie was a mail car.
r'er, and had been paid his months wages
ana was vcry much intoxicated. At L,mc
aur'ns supper, lie WAS very abusive TO h 5
is' and When they arose from the table. he
drew up II chair and struck her over, ,bs
head with 1t, tnlicIing very Sc vere. and a,
'he Time thought to be, a fatal wound. As
ne oiood ran down her face in "a stream. sbe
ezciaimed' ''Richard you have killed me -,
ana nc must have believed tho words sa,
spoke were true, for he advanced a step to.
wards her, gazed AT her horror.stricken fo,
'h instant, then turned and f,l from ,be
mousse without his hat. Nothing has been
"e"'u oi MIN, and 1t Is supposed tha. he made
way win .hlmself VIII 10 laboripg under tbs
impression that he had killed his wife.
Inc Mac-a'Cheek Press has the followirf
ID regard to a wonderful pIeco of mechanism
we havo In our oiliie the smallest steam en-
s'he on ecord. When fred up, 1t runs Xix,
'ne cholera. 1t was ma 10 by our ingeniou,
fellow citizen, DR.. D. W. Gill, one Of the bes
raciical dentists in Ohio; Tho dimensions o
INC engine are as i,llows: Weight Of en
1'he' SIX pennywcig hts; size OF boiler, on.
men IN diameter, length OF cylinder, threo
e'shts OF an inch; number of revolutions ne
minute one thousand eight hundred. Thl
wonderful piece of machinery, can, from
co'd water 10 made to run this number o
revolutions in about three minutes.