The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-10
NEWS ITEMS.

AT the Grand Opera House in Gin
cilInati last week, one OF the attend
ants at II nenagerie p,dyed trick upon
the elephant. He offered the animal a
quid of tobacco, which was thankfully
received. Within a quarter of an hour
the young gentleman fell q vic-im 10
retributive justice. While he was
standing in the center of a small group
the elephants trunk wound about him
and tossed him into the air.
Mr.. Bayard Taylor says lie entertains
high regard for the successful para
graphist, but cannot find language
sufficiently harsh to condemn the
would be funny writers whose "iun"
consists in making light of the suffer
ings of others. The practice of ridicul
ing mothers in-law ne condemns as a
bad one. And that people agree with
him was shown by the applause that
met this sentence in Boston the other
night.
The biggest tree in California is not
i'm the Yosemite Valley. Kings River
Valley in Fresno county is 5000 feet
above the sea, and its walls, which are
about 8, 900 feet high, are very precipi
tous. In this valley new grove of
colossal redwood trees have been dis
covered. One OF them eclipses all that
hsve been discovered Oh the Pacific
coast. Its circumference as high as
man can reach and pass tape line
around, is a few inches less than $50
feet. This is beyond the measurement
of any tree in the Calaverss grove.
The height is estimated at i60 feet:
and part of the top lying on the
ground is over 100 feet in length.
Emily l.. Griffin, daughter of A. b.
Griffin, of Ravenna. was nearly burned
TO death, a few days since. She ap-
preached CRATE with glass lamp, in
tending to light it with paper taper,
when the bowl of the lamp parted from
the standard. and Miss Griffiu's clothes
became saturated with oil and caught
lire. Her father sprang to her relief,
but her face, neck and left hand are
badly injured and occasion great pain.
When the bandits made their recen.
raid in Minnesota on the Northfield
Bank they captured near Mankato an
inofsDsive German named Dunning.
After he had piloted them to a road. |
way which they wished TO find. they
calmly debated the question whether
they should permit him to go OH his
way or kill him on the spot. After the |
question had been discuss, quite free |
ly a ballot was taken, and the Ger
mans life was saved by Charley Pitts,
the rcbber who was subsequently kill |
ed near mGdeila. Dunning was COM
fei!ed TO take an oath that he would |
never speak of his experience TO hu
man being. Never was mortal man so |
dreadfully scared! He could not shake
off the panic terror. He moped about
for few weeks after the memorable
interviews, and was in momentary dread /
of the return of the bandits. He final
ly sold his effects, packed his chest.
and started for the East, fully deter
mined to put the ocean between him
self and his eaptors
We learn from the Elyria Constitu-
tton that on the night Of October 9th.
the house Of DAME. Christopher. at
North Amherst, was struck by lightn-
ing at 10 o'clock, just as the women of
the family had got into bed. No ap-
preciabie damage was DONE In a few
seconds tbe lightning made another
lunge az the house aad this time en-.
the chimney first. 1t scat
tered the bricks and plasteripg and
then went for the ceiling. splitting both
lat:i and joists. The head of a led in
which SOME of the family were was
within two feet of the chimney and
close to the Partition. One current
passed along and bCrs. out the side of
the house under the caves close TO the
beds head; dress and beaver cloth
cloak, hanging close by, were cut in
TWO from top to bottom. Another
followed the chimney splitting
he Sudden and bursting off tho latb
md plastering in the lower rooms en-.
.ered the ceiler splitting the steps.
By collision of trains on the Della
ware, Lackawana, & Western railroad.
t Lehigh Summit, on the morning of ;;
he LIST, nine persons were killed and
ome thirty wounded. The passenger !
ram was bound for Philadefphia. and
ne passengers were all going to the Gem
ennial.
1t is definitely settled that the frauds
ommitted in Hamilton county. at tbeI
october election, are to be investigated
legal manner, and notices of confesti
ave been served upon Judson, Harmon
Y-rP- Wallace and L. 6. Bonnard. who
1ere declared elected.
An international Congress. to consider
be bes. means of maintaining and ey-
ending the observance of the sabbath
Tas held at Geneva several weeks AGO.
Intelligence has been received AZ One b
&c of the total loss of the Hudson Raw 4
'ompanys schooner Walrus on the 21st 5
fOctober, off St Georges Island, on the :
cast of Labrador Only one man was :
aved.
The contract for the construction of a y
ew water-works reservoir at Louisville. :
Ias awarded to Louisville firm. at 4 =
ost of $435,OOO. The reservoir is to con- 4
Mn 100000 gallons of water. \
Oregon bears off the palm for grains =
{ the Centennial. 1t has sample Of