The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-01-14
GENERAL NEWS.


showed into jail at ST. Louis, ou the 4tn. |
Nearly $3.50 in bogus greenoacks were
found in their possession.
The Kentucky Legislature Is wrestling
with the question of free railroad passes-
Dr.. Linderman, Director OF United
States MINIS, has recommended lndianap-
oils as the most available place Tor tDe lO>
cation of the proposed new Western Mint.
Chicago, Cincinnati and those other VII
lagos may ROW draw in their PdtDt.
II. J. O'COnner, Chief Clerk Of ne II. (,
ii, ] & {. B. Railroad, at Kansas City,
Mo-, has siOped with wOmanI and iuaus
belonging to the Company.
On the Sd the large barn belonging to
the Shakers, at Lebanon, ONO, was de-
stroyed by fire, together with large NUM-
ber Of fine cattle, a full supply of grain,
hay. etc. The loss is extensive, and Is one
of a series this community has suffered by
the torch of malignant incendiaries-
The Wisconsin State Grange assembled
i'm Milwaukee. last week The following
officers were elected Master, }. III. Os-
borne: Overseer, Z. II. Burton; Lecturer,
Mrs. III. f. Chamberlain Steward, Z. W.
Foster
Rufus Welch, a convict in the Ohio Pen
itentiary from Erie County, interviewed
a buzz saw, on the 4th, and has gone
where counterfeit nickles are not IN cir
culatioi.
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture
met i'm indianapolis last week. The total
receipts from all sources for the year were
reported at S43, PA 80; disbursements Sol,
160 50, leaving a vacuum of nearly Sll 600
to be filled up in some unknown way.
Two prisoners in the Canton, Ohio, Jail
who had been allowed special privileges
on account of sickness, concluded TO take
little fresh air, on the Sd, and haven't
been seen since.
The people of St. Adams, VT, thought
they had found the long lost and much
sought for Charlie Ross, few days ago,
in the person of an urchin whose appear
ante Tailed perfectly with the descriptions,
who satisfactorily answered all questions
put to him, displaying wonderful knowl-
edge of everything connected with MS
former home. The good people were alb
| solutely certain that this was the identical
missing infant, but it turns out that the
| claimant is an impOster, precociOus Juv-
| emile named Jimmy Blanchard, recently
escaped from Massachusetts, refOrmatOry
| institution. Now let us hear no more
concerning Charley Ross.
The bonded Indebtedness If Louisiana,
according to Governor Keliogg's annual
| Message, is nearly S20000,000.
The Kentucky Legislature favors the.
| construction of the Southern Pacific.
While two lawyers engaged in rough
and tumble fight in a Memphis Court
room on the 4th, and the sheriff sailed in
to part them, the prisoner who was On
trial slipped cut and ran away.
Yale College has very sensibly declined
to participate in the college regatta this
year. Harvard will win or lose, just once
more, and then quit bUat-racing.
The Gardner House, one of Chicago's
high-toned hotels, was damaged by fire 70
the amount of S35, 600, Oh the 9Th.
VIM. Thaw, of Pirt>burg, has given
100000 to the Western University. Hap
py Thawt.
Bills have been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature to amend the burglary act so
as to include chicken rOOsts and corn
cribs 70 make the minimum time OF the
school year iii country districts seven
months, instead of six.
A m lr..ed improvement has been made
in the ventilation of the Ohio coal mines
during the past year. The number Of ser
ious and fatal accidents have been reduced
thirty-three per cent since the previous
| year.
The old adage, Laugh and grow fat"
is not of universal application, as witness
the case of a young man named Morris
who ruptured blood vessel during q TT of
immoderate and hilarious laughter at
masquerade ball, near Langley, Ga, and
died the next morning.
The veXed question as to the location OF
the proposed branch mint appears 10 have
settled itself without the aid eff Congress.
1t has been established in the Ohio Peni-
tentiary, and the c0nvicts run the hard
money coming institution. That Peniten-
tiary certainly needs AN Investigation.
The Grand Jury at Vineland, \. j., has
indicted lands for the murder of EiitOr
Clrruth The indictment has been de-
| layed some what, because Carruth persisted
in talking and a3iiug just as though he
were alive, with a bullet in his brain, for
seven months after the murder was conn
mitted.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad Trus-
tees want the Legislature to authorize tie
issue of So 000,0 in bonds to complete the
road. The people of Cincinnati are willing
to pay much more than that amount, if it
is necessary for the construction of her
great Southern arm.
In New York City, for the current year,
the whole amount of the tax levy reaches
the enormous SUN of S30,90i, ,495. This is
a million and quarter less than the levy
for 1875 81 that New York property y-holt-
ers mu>t feel encouraged.
Bpston is preparing an E.Gc9tional
Exhibition at the Centennial.
W:.e.t going West is as curi0u, ct rs
shipping Goals To Newcastle yet it is
facC ihat Maryland has sent a great deal
into Ohio this season. II is used bv the
mi.lers 10 raise the grade of their Hour.
D wing 10 n vet season Ohio wheat i be-
low the average quality.
The ciglr-makers o. UTbana o.. are on
strike about some Trivial mater, aud
the employers say that none Of the strikers
shall work for them again. The uufu'y
w0rkmen menace any who indicate = de-
| cir In N i'm ;,s.ir nj
Bork, the defauiting Treasurer Of Buf-
falo, has set an example that Boss Tweed
should follow; he returned on The 5.h,
and gave himself up.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture as
sembIed in Columbus, last week. Tie sub
jects discussed were, ''Grasses and Their
Culture" " "The Hog Cholera" "Under-
draining" and Forestry" Resplaiions
were adopted favoring the Centennial !;
asking the Legislature TO DO away wi,h
the necessity fer land-Owners 70 put up
warnings to prevent trespassirg on their
land by hunters Endorsing the AgFicu!tuT-
al College, etc.
Gov. Tilden declines to pardcn r. s.
Stokes, Jim Fisk's murderer.
The iowa Legislature met on Monday.
A United States Senator Is To be elected ut
this session.
The belief is now becoming prevalent
that the ravaSeS 0f the disease callei Hog
Cnn.r =. -: e zen altogether uHder-e IL
mated iu '3e j. y aiSing districts OF the
West Some preventive or remedy fir
this d.-c1ss should be sought; lei county,
State, AMI National agricultural societies
offer rewards Tor its discovery. The \ 5ri-
cultural Department of the United States
should take up the work, and Congress
should aid it by an appropriation for this
purpose. The losses from the disease are
constantly on the increase.
The Wisconsin State Grange calls for a
repeal OF the act increasing the rate of pos
tage Oh transient printed matter, seeds, etc.
Tax payers in Chicago are perfectly
frantic over their rates which are six per
cent On a full valuation for city and State.
Every thing of taxable nature is taxed in
Chicago, and a man who does business
there is kept chrOricaIly on the ragged
edge.
Foreign.