The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-04-27

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needed.
Plant corn. The war in Europe will
make market at good prices for all the
corn you can raise. Therefore plant
corn, and when YOU have planted
enough" plant an acre more You will
need il.
ELSEWHERE.
Burglars are on the rampage in Otta-
wa. On the night Of the 10Th burglars
entered the residence of Judge Gordon
and carried off some valuables, among
which were s25 and valuable watch.
They attempted to enter two other resi-
dences, but were discovered and made
their escape. On the night of the 10Th
Bressler & Golfers hardware store was
entered and some revolvers carried off
Heasley & Hamden's grocery was burg
larized the same night and several dol
lars in nickels taken.
Three barns were destroyed by fire at
Pemberville, on the 10th,
The Bowling Green Council has de-
cided to macadamise the Main street OF
their village.
Lawrence Spohn, of Tiffin, aged II
had both hands and face badly injured BY
the explosion of a cartridge on the 10Th
The boy lost thumb and finger on his
right hand, and two fingers on the left
hand.
Some people are not help to news
papers, they won't advertise themselves
and get mad if their neighborsdo. News
paper columns are at the disposal of all
respectable business men who pay the
price.
The Ohio fish hatchery is getting ready
to transplant California Salmon to Lake
Erie.
The residence of John Mencer, near
Titfin, was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
Loss yOOO-covered by insurance.
The Fireman's State Convention was
held in Tlffin on Tuesday last
The Ohio law in regard to notes given
in payment for patent rights has been
declared unconstitutional in several
cases which have been tried in the
courts, and those who have been de-
frauded by purchasing worthless patent
rights have no recourse in equity agaisnt
the claim of third parties who may hold
their notes. People who have good
sense will now refuse to give note for
a patent right. and 30 keep out of trouble.
Some time ago, it will be remember
ed. the Ohio Fish Commissioners caused
to be put into the Sandusky River some
6OOOO young shad, intending them to
grow and multiply. We have been told
that some boys around here are taking
the young shad in at lively rate. There
is law protecting these fish for GER
tain number of years, and we hope
Marshal Moore or some one else in au-
thority will put a stop to the practice of
needlessly capturing them.-Messenger.
To clean mats and tides crocheted
with yarn, lay in cold water for fifteen
minutes, then rub plenty of CASTLE soap
on them, then rinse in clean suds; hang
up in the sun, and when nearly dry,
press on the under side, and they will
look as good as new.
Solomon Letter, near Leipsic, had his
leg broken by the limb of a falling tree,
on the 10Th, but is doing we'll
A haunted house at North Baltimore
was explored by some parties, last week,
and the contrivance for creating the
rapping was discovered. who's afraid" /"
1t is to be observed that the Murphy
temperance movement is spreading
widely in this State, and that the per-
sons most conspicuous in it are not those
who have heretofore insisted upon legal
measures for the suppression of the sale
and consumption of Intoxicating bever-
ages Thus fart he movement has been
confined to the effort to secure the end
aimed at by voluntary pledge to abstain
from the use of all intoxicating bever
ages, and already tens of thousands have
come forward and taken the pledge.
There is no more certain way ofencoun-
tering and curing the evil When the
demand ceases neither capital nor men
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that there will be an absolute end of it,
especially in large cities; but in the
smaller villages and in the townships
generally, the movement may be strong
enough to destroy il, and make temper
ance the rule and not the exception. If
the Prohibitionists and Crusaders do not
twist the movement out of the direction
it has taken. it may reach a magnitude
never heretofore attained by any of the
tidal waves of temperance sentiment
Cincinnati Commercial
1t is but a counterpart of the Wash
ington excitement which spread through
the country about 1910. Itis conducted
IN the same way and in the same spirit
and like it is doing much good.
An old man about eighty years Of age
while walking along the railroad track
at Middle Ground Toledo, on the after
noon of the 18th, was struck by freight
train and instantly killed. The remains
were identified as those of Richard Egg
gleson, of Webster township, Wood
county, o, a veteran Of the war of 1872
He had walked to this city TO consult
his lawyers in regard to an application
for pension.
On the night of the 14th, while the
drummer Boy of Shiloh" was being
played at Upper sandusky, some one
threw brick through the window in
the Opera House, which struck lady
on the head and inflicted a painful
wound.
Zahm want to go to Defiance and have
kicking match with Elmer White and
Fred Glessner. Two against one AIM
fair" a, the boys used to say, but then
considering the foot capacity ofeach side
we would say the match was about even
Forepaugh, Mansfield, May 9th, is thf
way it reads
John Robinsonis show is on the road
George Conwell, working on the farm
of A Stratton, near Biuffton, was killed
BY a falling tree, on the 18th
The wheat fields Of Champaign and
Clark counties promisea bountiful yield
A young man named Bower, at Fos
toria, fell in with couple of very pleas
ant Young men on the 18th, and enjoyed
their AGO uaintance until he found him
self minus q watch. One OF the scampl
wa sarrested, the watch recovered, anc
the scamp obliged to pay fine and cost
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