The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-04
NEWS ITEMS.

Bluford Wilson, who has been before
the Examining Committee, has given Il
sensational statement in regard to the
whisky prosecutions that reflects upon
the President, more on account of its
heresav statements than on account OF
any positive testimony. The evidence
of malice was so great that even his
friends do not pretend to justify his tes-
timony, and it Is said that when he is
subjected to cross s-eXamination he will
be required to produce the proof of some
of his statements. One popularity ofh
testimony is that he had it all prepared
before hand, just man would prepare a
speech, and gave it voluntarily.
Jno Reeves, an employee in the CO.
lumbus Post Office, was caught in the act
of abstracting money from letters in that
office, ON Sunday morning last The
depredations have been going on for Il
period of six months, and although he
has been "shadOwed" most Of the time,
so dexterous was he in his manipula-
tions that he was not detected until last
Sunday. He has confessed and been Ia
ken to Cincinnati for trial He had
borne high character. was a member
of the NJ. L. Church. Treasurer of an
Odd Fellows lodge, and a Mason in good
standing.
Crazy Horse and his band Of warriors
are reported as deserving Sitting Bull,
and returning TO their agency to treat for
peace.
Several hundred unemployed work
men held a meeting at Cincinnati on
the 26th. sam. Cary and other speakers
addressed them, after which they formed
in procession and marched to the May
or's office. In front of that building
they spent several hours, but made no
demands, and dispersed without riot.
Ann Eliza, who was first adiudged
S17, SEQ as alimony, but didn't get it, has
just obtained judgment for $500;
considerable reduction, but if she wasn't
married.
Hon. J. NJ LOughborough State SEN
a.or. from Little Rock, Arkansas, was
En:l.Id dead in the hall of his residence,
on The 31st ult., shot through the head.
There is a mystery connected with his
death that needs explanation.
Reliable intelligence from West Vir-
ginia reports the prospect of carrying
that State for Hayes and Wheeler is
good.
1t is claimed by those who are cOmpe-
tent to judge that North Carolina will
give majority for Hayes and Wheeler
of from 5000 to 10000.
1t isnow thought that Mrs. Custer will
not long survive her husband. Her
condition is a critical one. and her death
may be looked for at any time. The
bullet that pierced the brave Custer was
also the death-wOund of his loving wife.
The House has seen" the senate's
hundred thousand dollars for the Wash
ington Monumentand gone it a hundred
thousand dollars better. That is all
right, and we have no word of disap-
provaL But the extra expense of the
Fast Mail to the country was only twen-
ty thousand dollars.-Herold.
Two companies of United States troops
have been ordered to Hamburg, 5. c.,
the scene of the late negro massacre, and
two companies have already started for
Aiken, opposite Hamburg.
Throughout the State Of New York
the Republicans are organizing in earn
est. Hayes and Wheeler clubs are
springing up in every city and town,
and we have the strongest kind of assu-
rance that the Republicans viii certain
" carry the State against Tilden, the
sham ~reformer." Many Democrats,
even, oppose him with vigor-
Yesterday case that Is likely TO cause
litigation was filed in the
United States Court. The title is Ran
som J. w. Ford ct al. vs. James II. Ash
lev and Isl others, and Is TO recover pos
session of certain real estate located
nearly in the center Of the City of Toledo,
and occupied by the defendants, who
also claim title 10 The LId The value
Of the property was not s.aied in the pc
tition, but is understood TO be cOnsidera-
According to the Cincinnati Eaguirr
Gov. Tilden has spent $4,000 for por-
traits of himself to be scattered through
The country. Sammy understands the
dodge, and played it finely
through the house Of Bates d Locke.
The late Commodore Garner. who was
drowned in the ill-fited yacht Mohawk,
eft fortune estimated AT nine millions.