The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-10-05
last Saturday and business was cores

last Saturday and business was CORES
pondingly good.
1t was a sad scene. We refer to tn,
explosion Of keg OF beer las. Satur
day morniog 10 front OF Geo. Presnell'
Several fellows in that vicinity who
saw ihs catastrophe were deeply af
fected, and in one or two instance,
tears were visible.
Sandusky city is working hard to Sc
/, cure the extension OF the J.. E. & l.
Ry. from Fremont to that place. anC
the citizens are engaged in raising sub
scriptious for that purpose
A new military company has been
organized at st. Marys. In time OF
peace prepare for war" is their motto
Kenton Democrdt: The trot last Sat
urday afternoon at the fair ground, be
tween Jack Green's colt, OF BeIfon
taine, ana Sweetness, of Findlay,
resulted in favor of the lat or By a
large majority, and Jim Phillip.
''raked in the pot" with alacriiy.
According to the most recent statis.
tics, the inhabitants on the earth num-
ber 423 917 OO0, or twenty eight per
SONS to every square mile of surface
London is the most densely packed
spot of population, containing 8, 4S9.
i28 souls more than some continental
Kingdoms
1t is customary for hotels 20 max.
up purse for races now a-days. Have
our landlords forgotten about this!
Gentlemen shouldn't talk in their
sleep. We know of one who is afflicted
with this habit, and every night his
better half lies awake and listens to
the full particulars of that last game.
etc. Curtain lectures are regular
ceremony every morning i'm their house,
but poor Benedict wonders how she
knows about it. Thinks she NUT
have spy down there, or something
else, to hear.
Save this paper and take Il home
with you. 1t contains a great many
IN itters of interest. and also tells you
where to 60 to secure bargains from the
enterprisiDg and liberal merchants of
Friday.
More electioneering goes on, proba
bly,, between Main street and tie Posi-
Office than in all other parts of the
Q Junty combined.
ELSEWHERE.
Nicholas Kicble, who is employed at
the spoke factory in Fostoria, had mar
row escape from a violent death, on the
18th instant. While ngaged in working
a saw, his clo'hing caught in The teeth
and was cut through to the skin.
Mrs. P. d. Caples, of Fostoria, who was
a great sufferer for several months, on
account of sickness, died on the 23rd
She was member Of the NJ f Chur h
in that place, and was well known as be-
ing kind.and benevolent Christian lady.
For long time Toledo has been
flooded with counterfeit silver coinsand
many w.re the attempts made to discov
er the guilty parties who put them in
The coins were mostly of
the fifty cent denomination, and we're
very skillfally made; in fact it generally !
required more than one examination to |
detect them. Tie police authorities
finally capture d one of the coun erfeit !
srs. and also one of the showers of the |
queer" with a large quantity of the
molds and coins and they are now des
lined for the Penitentiary.
Goldsmith Maid trotted at the Fair
Grounds in Toledo, last Thursday, and |
he rush to see the fastest horse on rec
'rd was simply imme, Sc. Every body
wanted to get close to the mare. and so
every body was squeezed.
Dunkirk admits she has the worst |!
sidewalks in Northwestern Ohio. She
should repair them then, or build new
)nes.
Quite large fire occurred in Tiffn on |
he 24th inst. The large barn and ice |
houses connected with c. Mueller.
brewery were burned to the ground and |
,ut for the efforts of the firemen, several |
houses would have been consumed also. |
The new cencus of Akron gives that
'ity population of $4,000 Great is her |
rejoicing over the increase.
While Mrs Stevens and daughter. of
Forest, were driving to Ken'on the Oath |
nst, one Of the horses switched her tail
over the reins and began to kick and
ear. The buggy was upset and both
a lies received severe injuries.
A saloon keeper got beastly drunk in
V N Vert, recently, and laid down to
-est ON the railroad track Soon after 4
reight train came along. but luckily it
vas s;opp d in time to save the mans
ife.
There are 6S1 school children in Van
Vert, and the buildings are not large
enough TO hold them all
The citizens in Van Vert county are
hard to secure the construction
IF the East and West narrow gauge rail
'oad. A company has been organized
md proposes to take subscriptions from |
he people in The form of notes PAYABLE |
ahen the cars are running over the
oad
At the solicitation ofsome pretty girls, |
,ver in Upper Sandusky, The agent of a |
moving machine company promised to
ionate one of their implements for The |
,enefit of the UniversalIst church in that |
,lace, and a few days since fulfilled his
,romlse.
The engine house of the Wabash Raj
Fay, at Defiance, was totally des:royed |
,y fire recently, and two men were
burned TO death. Several locomotives
acre also destroyed. The loss to the
company is estimated at $4,000.
The ope:-i ing OF the 7 d & Railway
vas celebrated in grand styleat Dupont,
IN the 18th inst. A number of Bands |
we're pr sent and orations and music |
we're The order of the day. thousands |