The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-14
NEWS HENS.

The village Of Parkdaie, Iowa, was in
undated by storm on the 4th. and
every building bat one carried away.
forty-two persons were drowned.
The Lake Shore road has paid of.
during the past SIX months SI25OOO Of
It's Indebtedness and besides declared a
dividend Of 2 per cent. on Its stock.
Dom Pedro sailed for Europe on the
18th,
senator Morrill, has accepted the Sec
retaryship Of the Treasury.
GsernoE Hayes speut the Fourth in
Philadelphia.
Terre Hauters don't propose to ne
supporters OF either the Cincinnati or
~. LOUIS platforms, but are uncomprO-
missing ErcenhaCkers.
The way IN Europe goes on. Servia
and Montenegro against Turkey. with
all the nations around about holding of
their hands. This VIII progress to cc--
tam point wncn one by one the other
nations viii be drawn into the war vor-
tex and the struggle become general.
Boss Tweed, that notable Reformer of
Sammany abuses, would return and
vote for his fellow Reformer. Tilden.
tins fall, only for the uncertainty which
would envelope the question Of his re-
turn 10 present qaarterS.
According TO the New York ConDer-
c'H Adrfi~er. the platform of 1864.
which declared the war "A failurer
greatly troubles he friends of Tilden.
We don't see whv II should. Most of
them did their ic.rl best to make the
war Il failure.
\ terrific storm passed over Belle
tontc, Pennsylvania, on the night of the
%. Rain fell IN torrents, filling cellars
and carrying of dwellings iii the lower
districts. The water sweeping down
the hillsidcs destroyed everything in It's
course, \ mcrchantile house lost 5000
worth of goods a butcher was carried
away in his slaughter house and
drowned flour mills and iron works
suffered great damage: railroad tracks
were badly washed ont and an extensive
dam was carried away No estimate Of
the loss could bc given
The Austrian Government has noti-
| fed Servia that it viii not prevent the
Turkish fleet ascending the Danube to
attack Scrvia The feet Is now on Its
way up 10 bombard Belgrade. and the
| ServianS Will therefore carry out their
threat 10 plant tOrpedOes in the chan
mel As tins Will obstruct the passage of
the Danube for ROumanian and Austrian
commerce. grave complications NAV
arise, and Roumania and Austria will
lind IL itdiilicUlt To keep out of the con-
test.
Secretary Chandler of the Interior
Department has Just discovered a stu
pendous fraud, i'll which six million
dollars was invested in worthless south
ern bonds, 10y Jacob Thompson. Buchan-
ans Secretary of that department
Suppose some man like Boss Tweed
had at any time proposed to Rutherford
B HAYES to stuff the baliOt-bOxes. does
anybody suppose the fraud would have
been committed Certainly not. Now
see what Tilden did He was Chairman
Of the Committee, and as such sent a
private circular through the State ask
ing such information before midnight,
rs would indicate the amount of stufling
necessary in New York City. The bal
lOt-bOyes We're accordingly stuffed, and
the honest voters were cheated. Tilden
knew of the fraud, and the very best
that can be said is that he consented TO it.
The Democratic trouble deepenS.
General James NJ futile of Des Moines.
a war Democrat who was the candidate
of the Iowa Democrats for Governor. can
90 no further with the Conlederate-led
party, and declares for HAYES and
I-I.aI,. T.. l..
patriotic duty. He is actuated by the
same instincts that made him a Union
soldier during the war. There will he
more Democrats like General Tuttle be-
fore this campaign Is over.
The House Committee on Judiciary,
after thinking over itfOur orfive months
concludes that it has jurisdiction over
the cases of Bill King and Schumacher,
the Pacific Railroad lohbey swindlers,
but at the same time concludes that it is
too late Ill the session to open their case
The reason for this is obvious. Schu-
maker Is a Democratic Congressman.
He pockctcd S20OOOO of the railroad
This has been shown by sworn evidence
before Congress. King is the same kind
of - thief. bat on smaller scale, as he
Only got dDoul SOvoH. 10 tne nSn
stepping refOrmcrS of the House dodge
the whole subject, and Schumacher and
King go unrebuked until after election.
Boston JOnrnal.l
Who stuck to Tweed through thick
and thin ,
Who counted John 7 Hoffman in?
Who thought the Union War a sin?
sam Tildcn