The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-10-16

Caldwell, Noble county, has been
made a postal money order office.
The students of the o. VI. Univer-
sity, at Delaware, are almost to man
for Grant and Colfax.
The largest oil refinery in Cleve-
land has capacity for distilling 500
barrels per day.
Twenty-eight Jewish orphans came
from Louisville to the Cleveland jew
ish Orphan Asylum.
The Chiefs Of the Spanish Revolu-
ton have chosen Marshal Espartero
to be Provisional Chief of the State,
and have formed q cabinet, of which
Serrano is President and General
Prim War Minister.
The Delaware Herald says: A little
daughter ola Mr.. Gugerty, formerly
of South Columbus, now residing at
Lewis Centre, in xhat county, came to
her death OIL Saturday last, by falling
into a tub of hot water. She lived
but little while after the accident,
and died suffering the most acute ag
ony.
The body of a drowned man was
found in the Ohio river. near New
Richmond, on Monday last. He had
ON his left arm the figures oftwo can
mons and "B. Co.. He is supposed to
have been a soldier named Hughes, or
HOushe, and to have been on his way
TO Cincinnati to get bounty money due
him.
Coleman Keeler, who has recently
gone into hop raising near Perrys
burg, carried off the premium at the
State Fair, against many competitors
from other States. His hops were
considered by hop growers as remark
ably fine specimens. His experiment
Of growing hops in the Maumee valley
has been very successful.
A man named Ballard was robbed
of 81, 900. and nearly beaten to death
few days ago near Ironton, by par
ty of six men, including two of his
own sons, one son,in-law, and man
named Kelly, relative, and two other
men whom the rest of the party had
hired. All of the party have been
arrested except one of the Ballards
and one other.
The people OF Russia are greatly
excited by the preaching of an old
Muscovite peasant named Alexis Al
exandr0vitch, who, after a seclusion
OF several years, appeared in the die
trict of Samais, declaring himself a
prophet. He is now going from place
to place announcing the approaching
destruction of the Crescent, and the
substitution Of the Greek Cross for
| it on tho dome OF st. Sophia at Con-
stantinOple. The Russian Govern
ment allows every liberty of action
and languageto to this popular agitatOr,
who, besides, does not attack the
laws of the administration in any
way. His doctrines are those of the
Russian party.
On Wednesday last, as one of the
morning passenger trains was about
leaving this station, q white man step
ped up to Q negro standing on a car
platform, and holding in his hand a
fifty dollar bill, requested change for
it. The negro remarked, while draw
ing forth his wallet. that he thought
he hadn't sufficient STAMPS" and pro-
duced twenty and ten dollar note
all he had. The white man, seeing
there was no chance to exchange his
counterfeit note tor good money,
snatched the thirty dollars from the
hands of the darkey and leaped from
the train which was now under head
way. The negro also jumped from
the train, and followed the sharper
some distance, but finally lost sight OF
him, and to this time both swindler
and money are non est.-Noracdlk Re
feetor.