The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-10-26

be identified a a distinct force IL
new Jersey politics. seems II be crys-
taiiiZing into very emphatic opposition
to General Mcclellan. This is a yeal
when the unclassified voter is liable &c
show himself so numerousiy ar the poll
~ 70 confuse the regulars, and the Dem
CcTa:s Of New jersey are beginning Il
fear that they viii find it din cult TO e.
foy themselves, after the ballots are
sorted and counted.
Ms. Josie Benton Fremont cay IL
HQrper, that year after she was mar
ried, her father sent tor her one morn
ing and, pointing TO her old place al
the end Of the library table, said: 81
want you to resume vour place there
you are too young to fritter away youl
life without some useful pursuit" So
back she went obediently to her morn
ings OF work and reading translations.
Her father made her his companion
and friend from the time almost that
she could begin TO understand.
If you want your baby 10 look bright
do not put it to sleep with laudanun
when restless, but use DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup. 25 cents bottle
Col VIM. Pound, Of Dakota Ty,
United States Attorney for Dakota,
was buried at Yankton, on the Goth.
a great FIRE is in progress in The
Jeramin colliery near Scranton, Pc.
and it vas thought the mine would
have to be flooded.
at Portland, New Brunswick, Oh
Saturday morning last a fire broke Oai
which destroyed two hundred and
twenty FIVE stores and residences before
the flames we e subdued. Loss placed
at $500, 900. Several persons were
killed, and others dangerously Injured.
Evidence Of Senator Mortons cond
ton came to the Senate Monday il
quite an unexpected manner. He sent
q report favoring the seating of Kelloe
of Louisiana which he had prepared
in com pliance with the request OF the
committee on Privileges and Elections
given to him in the Spring.
Senator Blaine received word Mon
day that his daugter had accidently
shot herself, but he was suffering from
chill and wGs unable to leave tor hi
home. He afterwards had high fever
and was taken very ill.
A diabolical attempt to wreck pas
senger train on the o. & II. Railroad
near st. Louis was made Monday morn
ing but happily though the train wa:
thrown from the track no one was in
jured.
We have at last reached a poin
where the list of business failures il
this country show a decrease e5 com
pared with the same period in the thre,
preceding years. Willie this fact, il
itself, does rot prove that the periot
of business depression is over, it is a
least an encouraging feature. IL har6
times prod Ice failures in business, de
cree e in the number of such failure
indicate tt 1t the conditions for doing
business are improving. When, too
we have such valid grounds for ex-
pecting a better trade, as the vas
crops and the renewed confidence fel
IN the Southern States afford, it is no
unreasonable to predict that the coun
t.y will, during the coming year, enjoy
prosperity which has not been accord
ed to it since the panic of 1S73.-N Y
E0eniag Post.
According to the Russian offscia
bulletins Moukhtar Pasha was dec Sive
Iy defeated Monday the 18th and th,
Turkish army utterly destroyed as
fighting body. Sunday the Russian
division turned Moukhtar's right ant
on Monday General Heymann with 1C
900 infe 1try carried Olya Tepe, tn,
key of the Turkish positions, by as
sault, cutting the Turkish in two. Th,
centre and left wing under Moukhta
himself retreated upon Kars pursued
qy General Heymann and harassed il
flank by General Lazareff but succeed
ed in gaining the cover of the fortified
tions after fearful rout, during whicl
the Turks lost a great number in killed
and wounded. several thousand pris-
oners and four guns. The three divi-
sions constituting the Turkish right
had in the meantime been surrounded
and attacked and driven from theil
fortified camp with great loss. Final
iy, at o'clock Monday night, the rem
nant of this portion of Moukhtar'i
army surrendered with thirty-two gum
and great quantity of materials
Among the persons captured are sever
Pashas. Moukhtar Pasha is in Kars
The Russie1 losses are stated to bt
comparatively slight.