The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-10


frosts and bracing weather in the North
west. Water carts per;Inbulare the
streets all day long, ice cream Is the sta
pie article of diet, and the baskets of
spotted peaches left 10y the glut in the
market, raise but feeling of safety.
The genius who would invent a way 10
get rid of peaches here this year would
call forth the thanks of dealers 1t is
unfortunate that they cant be sent by
balloon to the desolate West, whose
peach orchards bear no longer They
would serve a double purpose-as bal
last and freight-while the coolness of
the upper atmosphere would preserve
their freshness in high flavor. Peaches
might be sent over night from New York
to Chicago. and the prevailing odor OF
the markets and wharves considerably
improved thereby. Vendors hold very
fair fruit at ten cents the half-pecl, piled
and running over, while baskets are sell
ing from fifty to sixty cents. Peach ice
cream is the popular delicacy, with the
comforting persuasion that pure fruit Is
used for flavoring it. While speaking of
the products of this part of the country,
it may be mentioned that CLANS are un-
usually fine this season, Il fact which re-
ioices the hearts of politicians nightly.
BUSINESS.
Were the season as prOpitious in bust
ness as it is in nature, there would be
nothing left to wish. But the CHASTITY
list of failures in each mornings papers
makes business men look sick and there
is n clenching of hands ard looking ont
for tie worst that is not healthy in the
chill and fever weather of September.
The only people who look AT all at ease
are the bankrupts. The worst is over
with them, and there remains the fresh
start, set off by the prospect of boarding
carefully ali profits for years TO come, TO
pay in full the creditors who compound
ed for fifty cents on the dollar.
But despite this the business men feel
a slight revival of their hopes Whether
it will last, remains to be seen, but il is
certain that there is an increase of bust
ness for the last week. There are a
great many merchants III the City, and
they are buying, though not extensively.
They seem to be sorting up rather
than buying, full stocks, but even that
is better than nothing. The wheels are
moving, if they do creak.
But | do not believe that New York
will ever again have the trade il once
held.
IT COSTS roo MUCH
TO come 70 New York to do business and
for a part of their loss OF trade the mer-
chants may charge the hotels and the
parasites that hang upon them. For in
stance. if n country merchant comes
here. he wants 10 and ought to bring his
wife. At any hotel he would cart. 70
stop at. the rate per day is 81 5O-S9 co
for the two-and as ne can't get waiter
to do anything decent for him without a
fee his daily expenses will mount up TO
quite S12 per day. If h. wants 70 go 10
a theaIre, he Is swindird out OF 81 80 for
Zach seat. and as for hack 10 20 to the
Park, SS is the lowest. aud $40 and SIP
are common. In short, ten days stay
will use up the buttend jof $3.50, 10 say
nothing of the expenses of coming and
poinp Everybody digs into him, for
tbav never expect TO see him again.
OF course they can't afford it. and Of
conrse they don't They 90 TO Chicago.
ST Louis. Cincinnati. Toledo. and the
other big points il. the interior, where
S5O will 20 farther than $3.50 will here.
The hotel and restaurant keepers don't
seem To realize that tha war is over. for
thing Tomatoes are not worth twenty
five cents n hushel in the markets; but
at n first class restaurant you are made
TO pay forty cents plate for sliced to-
matoes. Beet is as cheap aS dirt, but
nevertheless a decent steak at a restaur
ant costs from go cents 10 II 75.and the
proprietorS never blush. New York Will
never get her trade again till all these
things are reformed.
CRIMR.
The records of the week read like one
long list of horrors Burglary, murder,
and suicide follow each other so rapidly,
that it needs strong nerves to read the
daiIies with their lists OF woe. Since
New York abolished the system Of Me
tropolitan Police. appointed 10y ii board
controlled bv the State Legislature at
Albany. too far off 20 he influenced by
small local interests. and put its safety
into the hands OF the low ward politi-
clans. who control present police Hp-
pointrnents, that safety Is not much bet
fer than thar OF ancient SDdoHi-not
wishing to speak haFsiIiy q !!iO:e who
have suffered their fate. mentioned a
week ago this incident: on q rniny even
ing not long since. a gentleman walking
down Lexington Avenue, one Of the
quietest streets of the town, was SGT up
on by two roughs. one of whom snatched
his handsome watch and Chain worth
five or SIX hundred dollars. The gentle
man seized the thief. and was getting the
better of him. when the policeman OF
the beat came to the help of the thieves,
and began humping him on the head
with his club, till ne was forced 70 let go
his hold of the robber, who Fied with his
booty. The gentleman made his way
down town and entered his club, covered
with blood. his head cut open by the
policeman's blows. a pretty picture iof
the centre of civilization IL the nine
teenth century. When he went TO the
inspector of police for redress, he was
called upon to identify the policeman;
but as on the night of the assault that
worthy had been wrapped in Havelock
and waterproof. it was impossible TO de-
tect him, and all the comfort the com
plainant had was a jeering laugh from
the Inspector. and the brutal answer that
he must have been too drunk that night
to take care OF his own watch, and lost
il.
Occurrences of this nature are becOm-
IlS dhdTHllusiN lTttueAt- 1lt pD!4Sc az
sert that the increase of crime is attrib-
utable to TO the number of men out OF
work, but they lie when they say 80.
The work done by foot-padS and burg
lars shows the work of skilled men.
The fact is, the police are in partnership
with the thieves. None are caught.
The burglars who killed Noe are still at
large. and no clue has been found to
them; and the same may be said Of
every ease that has occurred The in
vestigation now in progress viii. ii j. Ia
be hoped, do something toward remedy
ing this perpleyed condition of things
No decent man feels safe at night in
New York without his pistol or sword
cane. The only hope of Il better state
of things is TO have the present grow
worse, till honest citizens are Obliged, Ia
self defence, 10 assert themselves. aud
take the rule out OF the hands of the de-
graded. reckless class who have got hold
of it. II good men are too busy or too