The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-06-08

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living near Perrysburg, had difficulty
over game of cards, on the 25th, but
agreed to take drink over the matter.
While drinking Vetter tried to make
mince meat of Schneider, and doctors
services we're required 10 sew up his
arm and shoulder.
The residence of Philip D:emer, near
T'iffin, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 29th. The family barely
escaped. Most of the household goods
were destroyed with the building.
Near Huron, on Tuesday of last week,
a son of c A Decatur, was standing near
where parties were trying to blast an
old elm tree. The blast went off, and
the whole charge struck the boy in the
face knocking him insensible and injur-
ing him horribly.
The Delphos narrow guage railroad is
being pushed forward rapidly.
Van Vert girls keeps appointments
with their "fellers," at night, in the
Cemetery. They are making a Craze
mistake, and if they keep on they will
be shrolded with shame and be buried
in infamy.
/ On Thursday of last week, the new
narrow guage railroad, known as the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, was
opened to travel between Milan and
Norwalk. Free excursion trains were
run all day, and over 1000 passengers
were carried between those points.
Work is proceeding rapidly north of
Milan, three miles of the road being
ready for the iron, which, it is expected
will be laid during the present week.
South of Norwalk, also, the road is being
rapidly pushed forward and it is conf
IDENTITY expected that by July 4th, trains
will be run through from New London
to Huron the best harbor on the South
ern shore of Lake Erie.
There can be no question now as to
the Oldest printer in the State. Judge
Wickham of the Norwalk Reflector, who
is pretty well along in years says: "the
senior proprietor of this Office was in
the printing business before he was
born" In press, as it we're.
A barn belonging to Levi link, of
Ballville, Sandusky county, was destroy
ed by fire on the afternoon of the 2Stl,
together with contents consisting of
three horses, 20O bushels wheat, oats,
farm implements, &c, involving loss
of $500 on which there was an insur-
ance of $500.
Through a circular letter addressed
to the press of the country at large,
signed u ] Fultz, Manager" an invita-
ton is extended to all the base ball clubs
of the United States, to compete at q
tournament, to be held July 4th, 1877,
at Mount Vernon,O. Prizes amounting
to $500 will be given to competing clubs,
divided as follows: To the best, or win
ming club, s4OO; to the second best, $500;
to the poorestclub Gin the United States)
800. Entrance free to all clubs, and
without the usual entrance fee. The
prizes will be awarded ,and the games
played under such rules and conditions
as may be adopted by the managers of
the several clubs competing.
There will be grand Murphy mass
meeting at New Baltimore this week,
Saturday.
Brother Cuneoy of the Upper Sandusky
Republican,, has been commissioned as
Postmaster for the third time. This is a
high compliment to his efficiency, as he
was not candidate for reappointment.
Mrs Simon Huffman, near Upper
Sandusky, was thrown from q wagon,
the horses attached to which had run
away, on the 2Sth, and seriously injured.
Two of her children were thrown out
at the same time but escaped without
injury. ...-.
Clark Waggoner, formerly Of the Tole-
do Commercial has received the appoint
ment of Collector of Revenue for the
Toledo District Cox endorsed Luckey
and Foster Tillotson, but Hayes, it
seems, has stuck to his announced pur-
pose of not regarding Congressional en-
tdorsements as more efficatious than
those of other good citizens
Thomas Morrison, aged 6S years, and
partially deaf, was walking On the rail-
road track near Custar, Wood county,
on the Odd, when he was struck by a
train and instantly killed.
They are building water cure es-
adjustment, near Grand Rapids, Wood
county, by spring which smells like
the essence of rotten msckeral, coal oil
and sulphur chemically combined with
asafetida and the essence of skunk.
The dwelling of L D Lacy, at Colum-
bus Grove, was damaged by fire on the
26th ult. aA
Seven prisoners, convicted of bur-
glarly escaped from the Lima Jail on the
goth. Five of them yet remain at lib
erty.
The Dunkirk croquet players have
challenged all Hardin county to match
game.
Numerous robberies having occurred
at Dunkirk, a combination was made
to capture the thief One individual
was induced to enter into partnership
with the suspected party and then re
port. The result was that on the night
ef the oeth, when they broke into DEF
enderferis clothing store, Louis Veinie
was captured and is now awaiting trans
portation to Columbus
Bishop Bedell viii visit Kenton on the
14th of June. ~<2
The editor Of the Xenia, o, Gazette
gives as a reason that the newspaper
trade is not fiourishing IN his town that
bustles are not worn by the ladies' this
spring. But this ID surely not good
reason for bis paper RUSSISG BEHIND
Nation (Ill) Jossr7sl. sllbs7 ...- -.-T esi
Some newspapers are troubled with
running behind, but We didn't, think
the Colonels was one of that kind.
Dave Fisher now fines the saloohisss
who keep open on Sunday $50 and COSTS
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