The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-10-27

in GAINESVILLE, Tuesday oflast week, were
severely injured by joist breaking and
striking them.
The coming events cast their shadows
before, and when young man with
serious but happy cast of countenance is
seen nervously lowering around the
place where marriage licenses are issued
it will be well to watch for the appear
ance of a wedding on the social horizon.
As an illustration of how it pays to adj
vertise, a two-line local in the Titfin
Tribune brought a firm in that city
orders fer shoes from West Virginia
amounting to nearly forty dollars-and
all for twenty cents.
For some time Mrs DR. Sykes, Of Flynn
outh, Richland county, had been con-
fined in the asylum at Newburg, for in
sanity, several weeks ago she was thought
to be sufficiently well, and was brought
home. She appeared perfectly sane and
it was hoped a permanent cure had been
effected. but one afternoon Mrs Sykes
and the hired girl were taking in the
clothes from the line and the latter was
abo,It TO take down the line, when Mrs
Sykes told her to leave it. They then
went into the house leaving the line up.
About an hour afterward Mrs Sykes was
missed and n search being made her life
lcssbody was found hanging by the
clothes line to beam in the barn.
The Congregational Social viii meet at
the residence of Mr. J P Kerr, next Tues
day evening, October 3lst. \ cordial
invitation is extended to all.
There was a case in court on Tuesday
last, wherein the plaintiff, married
woman. ende.vored TO convince the jury
that the defendant, who was not her
husband, was the father of two of her
children. The jury didn't view The
case in that light, and the defendant
was declared not guilty.
An instructor asked French girl why
beer in French was feminine. She re,
piled it WIS probably owing to the fact
that the boys liked it so well.
A Springfield man recently took a bath
in the dark He managed well enough
only be got hold Of piece of stove
backing instead of soap, with marked
results.
4 small boy in New Haven made {
sensation for a short time, by quietly
transferring a card bearing the word:
take one from a lot of hand bills IL
front of a store to a basket of oranges
On Saturday night last, barn belong
ing to Firestone, at Salem. o., was de
stroyed b. fire. A valuable horse ant
wagon were also destroyed.
At Elyria, on Saturday evening, a sol
of Edward Dunham, aged eleyen years
was drowned in the river. The body WA.
recovered on Sunday.
Lem Clay, who is confined in Jail, OF
the charge Of horse stealing, attempted
on Sunday night, to put an end TO his lif'
by hanging himself in his cell with a pail
of suspenders. which broke and thu
cheated the graye-digger out of a job Iii
n pity Lem wears such rotten s!Ispen
, ders-V Van Wert Bulletin.
West Newton, Allen county, was the
scene of a burglary on the night of thC
10Th. The dry goods store of Hay
Mahan, was robbed of four hundred dol
lars worth Of goods. The burglars oh
tained entrance to the building by re
moving a shutter and raising a sash
The goods were removed in a wagon
tracks of which were followed 10 Ada
when warrant was placed in the hand:
of constable and five persons were ar
rested, charged with the burglary. The
goods were found concealed in the housC
of Ward Faulkner. The parties were
taken to Lima and placed in Jail til
Monday he 16th, when an examination
was had and enough testimony taken Il
warrant the holding of Ward Faulkner
and Charles Black IN default of bal
they were remanGe1 20 Jail.
Last Saturday night, as the loca
freight on the Cleveland, Mt Vernon 1
Columbus Railroad was passing Kilbucl
Station, a frrmer, named John Shrimp
lin, attempted to get on board. He Wa
warned BY bystanders not to make Tho
effort, but a superabundance Of bat
whisky prevailed, and the result is tina
Shrimplin has not as many feet by one
as he had.
VIM Allen and 4 Schwartz, charged
with fraudulent voting in Sandusky
county, on the 10Th, were taken before
the L S Commissioner of Cleveland, and
held in 81 coo bonds to appear at the mex
j :erm of court.
JB Ro.hchild has been called TO Mem
pnis on business connected with the
Revenue service. We are indebted tC
him for a late copy of the Memphis ap-
peal.
DR. Cass dressed the wounded hand
and arm Of New Baltimore man las
week, who had experienced all the bliss
fulness Of a dearhunt. While standing
near FIRE, he leaned his arm upon the
muzzIe ofhis gun, and off it went-tht
load, the gun and the arm-but the arm
gos the load. The wound was very
painful, but the doctor thought the arm
could be saved.
On Thursday of last week, a train wa;
run over the C & I Road, from Colum
bus to Marion, and on Monday last reg
ular trains commenced running between
those two points.
4 serious fire occurred mt Custar
Wood county, On Saturday last. II
caught in the dry goods and drug store
of Ingraham, Keeler & Co, and before
assistance could be had, everything in
the store was destroyed except what was
in the safe. DR. Hughes house, barn and
outhouses we're destroyed, and also q
barn belonging TO Joe Engressc- The
loss of Ingraham, Keeler & Co, was about
$4,000 with an insurance of 81 900. The
losses ofthe other parties are not stated
In reply to many inquiries We would
state that the laws of Ohio permit the
shooting of deer at any lime between