The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19
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fInsllaJ. Ohio, May 10. 1876.
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the uoor, carrying inward part OF ih"
sash and considerable window glass.
The commotion occasioned number of
people to rush out into the street to in
vestigate, and considerable gesticulation
was INDUCED in by the boss of the shop.
When you are walking on any of the
streets not specially Illuminated with
gas, you are liable TO rush against an
obstruction in the shape of a string
stretched across the pavement breast
high. And when you stop to consider
the problem you need not be surprised
to hear the joyous melody of boyish
voices Just far enough off to escape the
evaporations oe just Indignation.
The Tiffin Tribune is not in an amiable
frame of mind toward the editor of the
Star. In fact, We may say, it is all of ii
Huddle.
The name of the Atlantic, Lake Erie
Railroad, has been changed TO tie "Ohio
Central Railroad Company"
An effort is being made to compromise
the matters of the First National, Bank,
of Tifiin. But one dividend OF 10 per
cent. has been made. and it is not known
when another will be, hence the effort
to compromise.
The Tiffln Light Guards have gone to
the Massillon war. Have we any soldiers
in Findlay?
The T. L. & Il. RR, is to be sold on
the 18th of June la Cleveland. 1t will
doubtless be absorbed by the Pennsyl
vania Company.
b. F. Moore, and family, residing near
Republic, started for Titlin on the Sth
in a wagon drawn by young colts.
Going down hill one of the colts kicked
over the tongue unit! the tongue was
broken, and the wagon upset. Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore were badly injured, but the
children escaped injury.
A horse thief who had gone off with
two horses and n buggy belonging TO kie
vi anu tiot
was caught at Fostoria on Tuesday. OF
last week
Elizabeth johnson, colored, aged 10,
lives in Republic. Seneca county. She
was born near Richmond, Va, in 1766,
and remembers many incidents connect
ed with the revolution.
An Englishman who insulated his bed
stead by placing underneath each post
II broken-off bottom of glass bottle,
says that the effect was magical, that
he had not been free from rheumatic
gout for fifteen years, and that he began
to improve Immediately after the appli
cation OF the insalators. Perhaps, also,
he quit using the bpttle.
Fred Hoffman, of Upper Sandusky,
was shooting ct rats on the 9Th, and
came near shooting man 10y the glaa-
cling OF ball.
The Toledo Blade has changed hands,
T. p. Brown and ID. NJ. Keen, of Toledo,
DIR. A. p. Miller, of Chicago, and a Mr..
Hum;ston, Of Cleveland, being the pur
chasers. Mr.. Jones retains his interest
in the Blade Printing and Paper Com
pany. We wish the new proprietors
abundant success.
They have organized new Building
Loan Association at ST. Marys, which
looks significant of improvement.
The Ottawa County Rflps says fishing
at that point is so far the poorest ever
experienced by Port Clinton fishermen.
Toledo has had a case of small pox
which was mistaken for measels.
The law requiring the County COmmis-
sioners to publish monthly statements
of their proceedings was repealed last
winter, and they are now required to
publish a yearly statement rs formerly.
The Bellevue Gazette has the follow
ing: "Mr Bourdette Wood, one of the
bankers of Bellevue, proposes to go TO
the Centennial in a twoh horse wagon
gotten up expressly for the purpose.
He will have his bedding and lunch OH
board, camping out on the road, and
also after his arrival at Philadelphia.
He intends to take Mrs Wood with him
Mr.. Wood being one OF the early settlers
of this part of Ohio, and knowing the
modus operaadi of this sort of travel, is
falling back OH first principles Such II
trip as this accords with Mr. Woods
feelings and pleasures, and this will be
decidedly one of the events of this Cen
tennial year. He starts about the 9th
of June.
A man named hluin, residing at We
nice, Erie county, was run over by
a train on the C. S. & c. RR. on Friday
night last, and fatally injured
Fruit prospects continud good, not
withstanding the cold weather
An interesting communication from
Rev. Il. Gordon, formerly of this place,
but now of Pennsylvania, will appear in
our next. 1t relates to queer charac
ter he met in the Valley of the Broken
straw-a hermit-and is entitled Uncle
Luke and his Dog"
And now that irrepressibIe Dave Fish
er, over at Kenton, is advising the boys
and girls to marry, just because he has
been elected Mayor of that burg. He
says he will attend to civil business as
well as criminal, and hence he wants to
boss the Job of marrying the boys and
girls that take his advice. Well, well:
there's money in it," and Dave may as
well pocket the fees as any body, es
peeially as lie Is n bishop In the heathen
church.
1t is now time for Pedro" to retire
into summer quarters and give place to
the merry mallet Of the eroquet players.
| skylarking on the front gate and
studying astronomy are now in order.
Ed Bryant was driving in Norwalk ON