The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-03

on the streets.
\ COW was run over and killed OH the
Branch, Monday morning.
The ''DecIapendence of Indignation
will be extensively read tomorrow.
Pitching quoits has got to be a favor
ite amusement with the boys in town
Findlay was visited by a terrific wind
storm last Sunday night
There is to be a big celebration at
BlufTton tomorrow.
Higher and higher grow the weeds
around the monument
Several of the evergreen trees in the
Court House yard are dying.
The Urbana Camp Meeting begins
August 9th, and closes August nth.
The Lutheran Sabbath School had n
picnic at the Fair Grounds Wednesday.
The approaches to the Lincoln Street
bridge are being constructed, and it will
be open for travel in a short time.
There is to be a grand bali in a new
barn, a short distance east of Vanlue, on
the Fourth.
Half fare tickets from all stations on
the L. Z. & l.. Ry. will be sold to-mor-
row. Good on all trains
A very pretty wooden fence has been
put up in front of the Catholic Church,
and the pastors residence.
Lucy Pillars, "Charlie" and ''BIack
Frank" ''go" in the races at Wapakoneta
to-day and tomorrow.
The Cornet Band have purchased new
caps and plumeS. They will wear them
for the first time tomorrow.
J. II. ADAMS & Cos. new boiler has
arrived and will be put in position for
use soon.
The Congregational Sabbath School
will have picnic at the Fair Grounds
tomorrow.
\ gOodly number of the people of the
''Maple City" will celebrate the Fourth
of July out Of town.
Tomorrow is the 9Sth anniversary of
the signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Let us rejoice.
W. II. ANDERSON and o. \. BALLARD
will ''orate" at New Baltimore, and May
or WIN. GRIBBEN at Bluffton tomorrow.
On account of the indisposition of the
pastor, no service was held in the Pres
byterian Church last Sunday evening.
Mrs. RUSSELL, of Chicago, delivereda
temperance lecture at the Court House
Saturday night, and also Sunday after
noon.
One of the shade trees in the yard of
the Union School House was blown
down during the wind storm last Sunday
night.
Mrs. - - nee HELEN OGDEN,
formerly of Findlay, "does" the Goddess
of Liberty in Barnum's New York Hip
podrome.
One of the climneys on the new school
house at Mt. Blanchard was blown down
one evening last week. That seems to
an unfortunate structure.
''Ku-hlux" is what they call it; sew
eral ingredients are used in the COM
pounding, the principal ones being soda
water and ''liquor straight"
Three Italian boys, with two harps and
II violin, made the air on the streets hid
eous with discordant scraping and twang-
ing last Tuesday.
FRANK TRIP has joined troup of Ital-
ian street musicians. He aspires to be
leader of the band, but it is doubtful
about his getting the position.
S. d. HoUPT has put upa fine lamp in
front of his store. If other business men
would do the same thing, it would i'm
prove the appearance of the street.
Boys should be careful how they
throw fire crackers under horses heads.
and the officers should arrest all urchins
who are caught pitching squibs where
they are likely to do HARM
The Cornet Band had a reunion
at the residence of WM. X. MARVIN
Wednesday evening. We were present
by invitation, and can say that the oc-
casion was a most enjoyable one.
There is man in Carey who is so lazy
that he goes to sleep while at work, and
moves so slow that it takes him twenty
seven minutes to pass given point
He has not had his coat off this summer.
A lady friend of ours, who recently
acted as bridesmaid at a fashionable we'd
ding, says that she did not mind the
dressing, etc, but the rehearsals for the
ceremony were quite tedious
The gutter on the east side of Main
Street, between BLACKFoRD'S alley and
the Presbyterian Church, needs cleaning
very much. The mud should be scraped
out, and the Street Commissioner should
have it hauled away.
Won't the Marshal. or his assistants.
take look into the old corn crib next
Sunday? There has been little game
of draw going on there for several
Sabbatls past that ought 10 be broken
up.
We went TO the concert the other
night, and a fellow sold us some.songs.
but he forgot to give us the tune with
them. We wish lie would Just remit
the tune, as we have grudge against
chap down street. and want to serenadt.
him.
Mr.. JAMES DENNIsON'S horse ran away
last Saturday, morning on East Sanduskv
Street, smashing the buggy almost into
atoms. Mr.. DENNIsoN was leading the
horse at the time, and in his efforts to
hold him was thrown against the bridge
and slightly bruised.
The ladies of FindIay eat onions-that
will account for WILL WHITELEY re-
manning an old bachelor-Frem0nt Jfes-
! Senger.
Much obliged to you, Cap, for discov-
ering the reason why We are a bachelor.
We have been trying to find out that
same thing for more than forty years.
Some one in Findlay owns an old
bell COW, which makes nocturnal visits
TO the scant pasture on East Hardin
Street, to the great annoyance of the in
habitants thereof. \ Main Street mer-
chant and a member of the City Council
have each made an effort to remove the
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