The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-13
NEWS ITEMS.

Do not stupify your Baby with
Opium or Morphia mixtures. but use
DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup which is always
safe and reliable and never Gisappoints.
% cents.
The Russians now have nearly 200
600 men across the Danube, and are
rapidly advancing into the interior. A
battle was fought 10 the vicinity of
Biela ,on the 5th, and the Russians.
after heavy loss were obliged to fail
back to Sistova. The Turks are said
to be withdrawing their forces from
Montenegro.
y negro woman put poison in the
milk of family named McClay in
Maniteau county, Mo-, on the 9th, and
six persons were so affected it was
thought they could not recover.
The English Government has given
a formal explanation of its action in
sending seven ironclads to Besika Bay.
ihe reason, as stated, is simply that
1t was convenient" Perhaps, now
the fleet is there, it will be ineonve-
nient for the Russians to take posses
sion OF Constantinople.
There is no longer room for doubt
that the Russians have suffered severe
defeats in Asia. The whole line mas
been driven back, with terrible loss, and
the seige of Kars has either been raised
or rendered practically useless. Unless
the Russians have d large reserve force
to fall back upon, on which point there
Is no certain information, a vigorous
pursuit by the Turks may make their
position exceedingly unpleasant. Bnt
the Turks themselves have lost /, eayiIv
When two Kendallville, Ind, ladies
meet each other now, one says with a
sharply rising infection. well, did
you everW and the other replies.
What is this world coming to-" The
kendallville men, meeting, exchange
winks of deep meaning, strongly tine
tured with humOr, and when they
commit themselves to speech, chuckIe
out: ''This is rich now, amt it.n All
this perturbation is caused 5y the
freaks of a gentleman who claimed to
be an ordained servant or the Lord,
and who designated himself as the
Rev. Mr.. Hovey. of Fort Wayne"
Arriving in kendallville on Saturday,
End ult, he found his affections en-
SHARED at sight of one of Kendallville's
charming widows, to whom he secured
an introduction, proposed on the spot,
was accepted, ,and married the woman
out OF hand. The next day lie preach
ed with JUNCTION and success in ole of
the pulpits of the town, got roaring
drunk in the evening, and during the
night skipped back to Fort Wayne,
where, it was discovered. he is employ
ed as tbs agent OF 4 tombstone fac DRY.
1t is stated, on supposed good auth
Crlty, that there are about 50 COO Iu
dians within a radius of 200 miles from
the scene of the recent outbreak in
Oregon, and that there are about 80,
COO i'll the immediate neighborhood of
thal point. They seem to su,.p2,e
themselves 10 be iHvuIneraDIe to any
force of the Government. They nave |
not heretofore been regarded as
troublesome Indians. Many efforts,
with different liberal offers of reserva-
tions, have been made to contire them
within axed limits; but they persist
la their rowing practices.
At the Robeson dinner in Trenton,
n. j., July I'd, Senator Blaine made a
speech in which lie said. among other
good things: "As Jack Downing said
Pm agiu the Democratic party, agin it
in the abstract and concrete Alike
in Maize and in New Jersey there's no
good in it. The Republican PARTY will
remain intac: forever. There's a GER
tain policy just now which proposes TO
give away tie whols to preserve the
remainder, and with this / have 10
sympathy"
The best use that eau be made of
the first days of the October session by
Congress will be to repeal the Resump
ton act.