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


new narrow guage road from Batavia to
Cincinnati, is a great triumph for that
system. The road has been built and
equipped at cos; Of less than $4,000 per
mile. The road is known as the Cincin.
| natl and Easte,L. Its completion has
stimulated the organization of a COM
pany to build and operate a narrow
guage road from Cincinnati to Hamil-
| ton.
Near Rushville, Indiana, on the even.
ing of the Oath, Chadwick r Britain
murdered bis mother-in-law, Mrs. Rhodes
and then shot himself He married Miss
Rhodes about one year ago, but because
the old people would not give him full
possession of the farm began abusing his
wife, took to drinking, and became SC
outrageous that his father-in-law ordered
him to quit his house. He did so, but
returned in the evening. intending to
kill his wife and himself, but Mrs r
locke / his wife in her room. In revenge
he shot her. attempted to kill her hus-
band and ended the tragedy by killing
himself
4 fire at Reynoldsburg, Franklin
County on Friday night last, destroyed
the business part of town, with loss OF
$4,000 worth of property.
The Continental Life Insurance Com
pany has suspended and Receiver has
been appointed. 1t is thought that its
business may be managed so that policy
holders will not be losers.
A young son of General Garfield died
in Washington last week.
The coal market in the East is still on
the decline.
As the time for election comes nearer,
the independent voter is more and more
inclined to give his ballot to the party
which, with all its faults, has been the
truest and best the country has ever
seen. He wants a change, but not a
change for the worse.
The Commission appointed at the late
session of Congress, to inquire into the
policy of the restoration of the double
standard, and the reasons for the change
which has taken place in the relative
value of silver and gold, is now eom-
pletely organized, and has begun taking
evidence in New York City.
At Jefferson, Ashtabula County, on
Friday morning of last week, Mr.. ;. n
Prior. who lives next door to the First
National Bank of that place, heard call
from the bedroom in the bank building.
On going to the door he found it open,
and found Mr.. G. H. Simonds, who
sleeps in the bank, firmly handcufed
and bound in a chair. His feet were
fastened to the floor with leather straps
to screw-eyes screwed into the floor. Mr..
Simonds says he was awakened by men
holding him in bed, and who threatened
him with death if he made any noise
They then fastened him and proceeded
to make a hole about two feet square
into the vault. When they reached the
inner safe they demanded the keys.
Mr.. Simonds told them he did not have
them, and that if he had they would be
useless. as the safe was locked with a.
time-lock. This surprised them, for
they asked how long it had been on, and
were told about six months. After a
short consultation they then left, taking
nothing. 1t Is believed there were four
men in the party, and that two left town
by one route aid two by another. Mr..
Simonds was blindfolded so that he
could not see the men.
The last disaster which has overtaken
whole whaling fleet in the Arctic Sea
is no less tragic than expensive. Fifteen
vessels, having passed through Behring's
Straits in search of walrus and whale,
were gradually forced by the lce-helds
over to the northern shore of Alaska,
which they reached in the nelghborhood
of Point Barrow (betTeen lat II and
72' north) about the 1st OF August
Then commenced series of mlsfortunes
which lasted for more than SIX weeks
The field-ice, brought down upon them
by western winds, and forced gradually
eastward by the Asiatic Gulfstream,
slowly inclosed them. Point Barrow,
the extreme northern headland OF the
continent, beyond which the shore
tends eastward. The others, driven
beyond the point, were caught as in a
trap. On the 18th of August a north
wind broke up the ice, whales made
their appearance, ala the imperiled
crews, forgetting their dangerous posi-
ton, gave themselves up to the chase. |
Possibly they may have lost their best
chance of escape from the coast; but it |
is easy to understand how difficult it
must have been for them, after ventur-
ing so far, to give up the prey which |
now offered itself to their hands. On
the 23d their struggle began,-a verita-
BILE struggle for life and death.which was
prolonged until the 18th Of September.
Then, out of IA vessels, only the barks
Florence and Three Brothers came forth |
from the jaws of the ice, leaving IL YES
sells and parts of their crews locked upl
for q winter which. in their Condition.