The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-06-08
HERE AID ELSEwHERE-w AND
OTHERWISE.
The street sprinkler is taking a rest

OTHERWISE.
HERE.
The street sprinkler is taking a rest.
The wood market is over stocked.
Formers are bringing IN their wool
quite lively these days.
Fine job work, at low prices, at The
JEFF Office. Call and examine work
and learn prices.
One of our boys is subject to potato
bugs. Flinging one out of the window,
few days ago, he said he guessed they
must think he was a potato. Its always
SO where there are Murphies," said
another.
And fly paper is now in order.
Every description of printing done at
the JEFF. Office with neatness and dis
patch.
Joe Miner has opened a boarding
house in Aurand's block, and also.
confectionery room in same building.
This is no hnmbug | will sell m
present stock regardless of cost, as 1
have to leave my room for repairs-C
Zines. -r -r-.
The demand for linen coats is i'm
proving
The Murphy movement still contin-
ues.
Sam Houpt returned from his fishing
trip last week in good spirits
The Auditors of the various counties
through which the l. E * L r r passes,
met at Fremont recently.to fix the value
of the road for taxation. The total
value was fixed at $2s2530.
Petitions largely signed were present
ed TO the Commissioners, on Monday,
asking the removal of tie bridge across
Eagle creek at the east end of Lincoln
street, and the erection of a more dur
able structure. Much of the heaviest
hauling now comes across that bridge,
and it is not regarded as altogether safe
for the work it has to perform. 1t could
be placed at some other crossing where
the travel over it would not so serious.
ly test its capacity
Messrs NJ Gray and III F Winders will
visit Benton, on Sunday next to reorga
ME the Sunday School work in Blanch
atd township. They also propose to can
vass every township in the county in the
interests of the Sabbath Schools during
the summer.
Postmaster DeWolfe has received an
answer TO his application to have the
Findlay Office made a foreign money
order Office. 1t will be SO made when
the next list is completed
Wool is finding its way into market |
slowly. -..
The Fourth is drawing nigh. Shall
we have a celebration.
Rev S d Pee, of Ash.abula, preached
in the Congregational Church on last
Sabbath. The reverend gentleman is
the author of work on the Ashtabula
Disaster copy ofwhich he left with us.
1t is neatly bound, contains 2OS pages
and is illustrated with six engravings.
About 5000 copies of the work have been
sold. Price $1-25. Address, Rev S D Pee,
Ashtabula, Ohio
Twenty couples went to Bluffton to a
picnic with similar company from
Lima, on Tuesday afternoon, but as the
Lima folks didn't put in an appearano e,
the Findlay folks had all the enjoyment
to themselves. The rain is supposed to
have dampened the ardor of the Lima
folks.
The cabbage worm has begun feasting
on incipient krout.
Selbach has just received n new and
splendid piano of Kranich K Bach's
manufacture. Call and see it, if you
want good instrument at fair price
He is also agent for the famous Estey
Organs.
N G Darling, of this place, has opened
up boot and shoe store at st Marys.
The town was literally crowded on
Saturday, and business was good.
The temperance movement at Mt
Blanchard up to the 9th, had resulted
in getting about two-;hirds of the peo-
pie of the place to sign the pledge. Yet
five little girls undertook to canvass for
names and in three days secured seven
ty more names.
New potatoes are III market. They
are handsome, and eat well-as they
ought at So per bushel.
Many complaints are made about the
scarcity of small bills. In this locality
they are abundant-in fact our trouble
is the scarcity of large bills. Let our
subscribers remember this, and also
that our supply of small bills is, we'll
We hayn't any to spare.
Some local correspondence will be
found on first page.
Monday night and Tuesday copious
showers refreshed the parched earth,
and the desire for rain is not as uni
versal as it was .
Our Amanda township Correspond
ent gives the particulars of a sad acci-
dent which occurred on Sunday last in
that township. t
Some ofthe Bluffton picnicers return
ed early on Wednesday morning. They
had damp time.
The weather, on Tuesday, didn't suit
Shaler. Schwartz and others, who were
interested in Bluffton picnic which
was to come off that afternoon. They
consulted all the barometers in town,
but could get no encouragement, so as
last resort they got up a new spirit
barometer and placed it in front of
Schwartz & Winder's grocery. The re-
suit was not favorable for though the
spirits rose to clearing weather in a
short time, the rain came down all the
same, you know G0R H]G
| ELSEWHERE.
A fire broke out in the tailor shop of
Woodruff & Hilgerinks, at Fostoria, on
the night of the Doth ult tbut no material
damage was done.
A colored girl named Asken. at Lag