The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-30

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pile,
-.. ,..,. .,.,, go. ...I...,r ,,i,I"auI. 1t IS a
kind OF simpIilied faro. But the darkcys
are playing it everywhere. with all a.
arlor that belongs To that most excitablc
Of alt the races
BOSS TWEED
IS slowly working his way toward liberty,
and there is Il strong probability that n
few more months will see the old villain
1t large, with his head up rs proudly rs
ever. This result is fDreShadOwcd by
the recent proceedings befOr,, Judge
Donohue. I vii, not weary your read
ers with dry detail, but suffice it to say
that IA the suit against him for Sc, O00,-
O10, the Judge has taken advantage of
every possible legal technicality to stave
Oft proceedings against him. and finally
defeat the city. FOrinstance, the Judge
decided in such a way that to make the
cjty SuccrsS.ul. II will have to produce
1l1-voucltcrs which were known to have
been stolen and destroyed years ago.
The books Stili in existence show all that
the vouchers could, but the Judge insists
upon the destroyed papors. Of course
Donchue is Tammany Democrat. 1t,
seems hard that a known thief cannot
be punisIicd. But The affair carries with
it a moral which | commend to tine Re
pubIicalis IN the States hoI,ling elections
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racy yet their Twceds into Office at all.
II is n fearful task 10 get rii of them
when they are once sOlilly fixed.
HARD TIMES.
You of the country may, aud Doubt
less do. cruwI of hard times, nut You
don't know the meaning Of those two
terrible words We know all about it
iu New York. for business Is at an entire
stand stin There is no business to speak
Of There is little furry in the grain
market, and the drinking houses are
busy. bat this IS all There arc no goods
srilin@-nO real estate being transferred,
ia short, no nothing. StagnGtiOn Is the
rule Now, in the country, where eX-
pcuSes are light. this condition of affairs
can be borne for n time with some de-
gree OF patience, but not here. YOu pay
here S12. Ou0 per annum for a stOTe-yOu
lave vOur army Of statesmen aud clerks
on hand, an! you must keep them, for
when trade begins ybu must have them
and this enormous expenditure eats
and eats into capital at a fearful rate
And thc trouble with us is. that there is
no reason 80 believe that the fall trade
will be any better. The merchants see
no Indications of anything like even IA
respectable fall season. The people do
NOT ca.un To lie bGyilg of the retailers.
and per consequence, their stocks are
comparatively heavy. Purchases are
being made with great caution, and In
the smallest possible quantities This
condition OF things may be chargeable.
partially To the hard times, but have an
idea that the trade that New York is
now suffering for the want Of. she will
never get again. Boston IS getting part
ol It, Baltimore GtilI more, and Chicago,
Toledo. St. Louis. Cincinnati, Louisville
anG other inland Points are doubling
and quadTIp!iH. thuir business. Il Is
possible that New York IS absolutely
nyergr3wu. and that It's scrptrc has de-
parted. SO rnati... wi.3; the cauSr, The
merchants are as blHr as iEdle0, and
iif" lih''iN 10 Keep 80
THE TRADE BOOK SALE
Is about the only sensation in the city az
ills time The publishers and book !
sellers af the limited States formed an |
uSSOciat inT last year, the object being an /
annual fair. where the manufacturers |
could meet the dealers This Is the iirli. |
and II i a pronounced success. All iiIa |
publishers are represented, and book /
sellers are hcIe from almost every city |
and town ia the country. Each pub !
Usher has hi stand on which ir displays !
of his publications. II surprised
ne 10 know tIlai in that hall We're thirty |
tsao JGnsGgf 2iFcrcHt looks. nublishrd J
in this country ile I.,Ost Oi tlI@II iI..,-
ing been issued within tiir past tw years.
What an lf..H"usL ar.C"ut o. paper 3hd
ink n.ust i,ay,s E"Cn consumed and Whaf
an immense amount oi tiiOnciir eKreni
ed 20 produc" tlii- vast fn;l~s. Tia" trade
Is, rs in other departments al business,
very dull. Buyers are cautious and sell
ars are eager.
iiF +ot4.h
are beng Eau;,.o 0v,, tI.. tua.- by tie
COMMITTEE. appointed iiy the Legislature.
Some vrry curious developments are
,-.tfe made. TIE Fau",-l.OUS,. basin. -
ssii,f Up Incidentally and what panri-
IOHSr really Is was made knOEn tU tiI.
egiSIaiivc SGl0US. i suite Cf ROOMS are
i,t'd mp with doors that resemble pan
J. the ROOM is papered ia pan
.is-one panel, however. ut the loot OF
he bed. being door that slides noise
cssly II takes two persons, n man aud
i woman. 70 play the game. Tie wo-
~. gOos or the street, and picks up Il
'e.Gai:f c0"ntFyr-aH, who, 70 make 1t
PERFECTLY safe. ought q Ee h-it iLii Of !
mn. ;inI taxes him to her rcom. .He |
.seS - sleep. leaving his clothes On.a !
hair that l., ai-LcE close T. fhe con
eaied door When One asiecL, tne I
aan in tHe next room slides the panel.
artGrra- TIE ei9theS, takes everything OF
Hiur, and ti,a woman .-ts Ep quietly,
nf makes iieF exit By TiI. saline d@CF.
lie nOor man wakes in the morning 20
rd that h1 haas been plundered, hat by
'Eom VII iI- 10 T. tie pC'i~ef Not I q
Iuch. For theH=Ee .ast would z-t .ui- {
be papers that he had been IL tiie COM :
-. RI g scarlet woman and that ,
oulGut sound well in Galdwinsyilie
hen it should reach tiiaf virtuous Vii
.gy.
y variety of interesting facts wgre de
-loy-d. For ia taner, Il wG- shown
lat the detectives We're always slower I
nan mOlasscs in winter in pursuit Ol =
iieves. until the sufferers had seen them Il
itl money, aud very large money too. a
hen they either arrest the t!iief, o. Joy | :
i'm escape, inst as 1t happens II the n
underrr can put up more money than
~ Numbered he goes scot fres-if not
u. The DETECTIVES know every thief