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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

FROM now till the State Convention
determines what shall be the platform
pens will be busy writing resolutions
on the Policy" Below are several
which breath a little different spirit,
but declare uDalterable devotion to
Republican principles, from which we
argue.that both sides will suspend judg.
ment on the Presidents methods, in
order 10 fight and subdue the common
enemy:
RESOLVED, That the present admin
istration. i'll Withdrawing the Federal
troops from the State Houses of South
Carolina and Louisiana, pursued a
course rendered necessary by the ac
ton Of its predecessor, and in 10 wise
inconsistent with the declared priuci-
pies of the Republican party, nor with
the legal.and constitutional obligations
of the Federal Government; but Z lat
this approval of that measure shall not
be misconstrued. this Convention re
affirms it,as the perpetual ana unalter-
able purpose OF the Republican party.
to maintain and enforce the provis
ions of the recent amendments to the
Federal Constitution, guaranteeing the
equal rights of all citizens before the
law, irrespective of race or color. and
to insist upon the full and effectual per
formance by the Federal Government
in the exertion of all its powers, of it's
constitutional obligations in that be
half. And the Republican party of
Ohio tenders TO the President of their
choice, their cordial sympathy and sup.
port in the performance of his delicate
duties, their confidence in the high
motives and pure purposes of hrs ad-
ministration, and their ardent desire
that his generous trust in the Southern
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
TAXATION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS.

Judge Jones gave decision, Thursday
afternoon, III the Roman Catholic
school property Case which has been
occupying public attention for several
days. Certain property in this city
standing in the name of Bishop Gil
mour, but used for the purposes of
parochial schools. was listed for
taxation against the protest of the
Bishop, who claimed exemption for it
Gnder the provisions of the Constitu
ton and the law which exempt from
taxation ''all buildings belonging to
institutions of purely public charity,
together with the land occupied by
said institutions not leased or other
wise used with view to profit" The
Auditor placed the full amount of tax
on the property, and the Bishop as
piled for an injunction TO restrain its
collection.
On the part o. the county officers it
was denied that the property came
under the provisions OF the exemption
law. In supper: of the denial it was
asserted that the parochial schools are
not institutions of charity; that they
are not purely public in their charac-
ter; and that the spirit and purposes
in which they originated and are con-
Quoted are SO opposed to the public
policy OF the State that they are not
and ought not TO be exemp. from taxa
ton.
Judge Jones dismissed the last pleas
as wholly outside of the case. If the
schools are legally entitled to exemp-
tion no moral or sentimental arguments
against it are entitled to consideration.
On the other two points he decided in
favor of the schools, not only on the
evidence in the case, but also in accord
ance with the judgment of the Supreme
Court in all analogous case coming be-
fore IT from Hamilton county.
On one point the decision went
against the Bisnop. The whole amount
of tax in dispute is $3.50. Of this
only about 81, 100 is for the general
taxes for State, county and city pur-
poses, the remainder being assessments
Tor sewering, paving, aud other special
The statutory exemp-
ton is held not to apply to these special
assessments, SO that nearly three |
lourths o. the WHO le amount in dispute |
VIII have TO be paid
The counsel for the county officers |
gave notice of appeal to the District
Court.-Cierelo7ld Herald.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

WHAT has become of that 'betier
element" of the South which was tc
develop SO rapidly after the policy
was inaugurated? Has any man seen
it, or heard it3 And yet it is said again
if the Louisiana scheme to prosecute
the members of the late Returning
Board of Louisiana, shall be carried
out, it viii disgust the ''better element
of the Democracy and help TO break
mp that party in the South. There is
no "better element" in the organiza-
tion, or If thers is it is hopelessly in sub
lection to the worst element, for it il
never visible. Men who talk of divid-
ing the now ruling element of the
South, know very little of the charac-
ter and temper of those people. 1t
cannot be done. They have what they
want. By dividing they would weak
en- themselves, and such folly in their
case is not 10 be thought of.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
"THE LIONS LOOSE:,

''Fright" Webster says, ''is passion
excited by the sudden appearance of
danger" but a certain young man of
Upper Sandusky claims that 1T is a
sensation that makes id fool out
of a fellow" and he ought to know for
he's been there. The story runs like
this: During the show day, two weeks
ago, burglars entered the resideace of
Mr.. Thos. Grisell; the police had ar
rested a couple of young men whom
they supposed or knew to Re the
thieves. At the suggestion Of come
citizens who thought they had artesred
a wrong man one of them was set at
liberty, but before he had got far
away, attempts at re-capture were
made. The fellow seeing that he
would be in durance vile before long,
unless he drew attention away from
himself, started on a run with the cry
THE Lions Loose,' 1t SO happen
ed that the hero of our narrative was
close by, and hearing the cry and see.
ing the men run, took to his heels in
an opposite direction, crying at the
top of his voice-''The lions loose
the lions looseIl" nor did he stop un
til he got on top of a certain smoke
house, where he continued his cries,
and gave directions to the then fleeing
women and children of the neighbor
hood. One young married lady got
all her children into the house except
one which she couldnot find, and then
she straightway laid down-crying,
"Poor Johnny! poor Johby - Another
elderly lady from the coutry, carrying
basket containing butter and eggs,
which she was about to dispose of,
started ON a dead run, but had taken
only a few steps when her basket up
set, broke the eggs and bedabbled the
butter all over her. Another lady was
so frightened that she left her own
house and sought refuge in a store
three squares away. Other women
and children screamed and tore their
hair, each fearing that the lion would
soon appear and carry them or theirs
off into an African Jungle. Thus
matters went until the non appearance
of his lionship restored confidence to
the terror-stricken ones, and one by
one they ventured to their windows,
then their doors and finally to their
gates. Our hero was found au hour
later lying on the ground near where
he had sought refuge, in dead faint.
having swoored while on the roof, and
rolled tc the ground. He still lives;
no bones were broken, but he declares
upon his oath that it wasn't him but
another fellow who wes SO terribly
scared. -IFvandCt Union.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
Legal Notice.

uENRY =. SEBASTIAN, OF the Gou atty OF
III Gilpin. State OF Colorado, will take
notice that Christopher q. Miller, OF sald
county andSfate, did on the 18th day Of May.
81, die bis petition in the Court Of Common
Pleas, within and for the County of Hancock,
In the State of Ohio. against the said Henry
r. Sebastian. defendant, setting forth that
on the 26th day OF October, 1876, said Chris
topher Z. Miller recovered a ajudgment before
Justice or the Peace in Gilpin County,
Colorado, against the said Henry y Sebas-
ttan for the sum of Three Hundred Dollars
debt and ten dollars and fiftv cents costs of
suit that said judgment was afterwards GER
tined into The circuit Court of said Gilpin
County, that the Increase costs on said judg-
ment amount to ten dollars and seventy
cents thai said Judgment bears interest at
the rate of zen per cent. per annum, that
said judgment and costs remain wholly un-
paid and praying Tor judgment against said
Henry +. Sebastian for The sum OF three
hundred ard twenty-one dollars and twenty
nve cents. with ten per cent. interest on
thres hundred dollars thereof from the 26th
day of October, l976. That on the 18th day of
May. 1877. said plaintiff caused an order of
attachment 10 be issued on said claim in
said case by the Clerk of said Court against
said defendent, and by virtue of said order
of attachment the Sheriff OF said Hancock
county, Ohio. did on the 21st day OF May,
1877, seize and attach the following lands and
t-nem ents of said defend mt, situate in the
said county of Hancock, to-syit The undi-
the southeast quarter, and OF the Northw est
quarter OF the Southeast quarter, all In sec
lion ten 10y township tive ~ South. range
eleven Fast. aud now holds said interest In
sid lands under said order of attachment.
The sad Henry r. Sebastian is notified that
he is required to appear and answer said
petition onor before the first day of septem.
ber, 1871
Ja,y 6th. rs77 - y -.
CHRISTOPHER G. MILLER
Bv j. +. BURKEr, his Attorney. SH-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
A JUNKRTING JOURNALIST.

Will some one please call the roll
and see il AIR. John Tobin of the Gin.
cinnati Citizen is present. Mr. II. is
the man who attempted to swindle
the Island, Burnett and Body House
out OF board bills At the Burnett
House the landlord having found out
that he was a professional dead beat,
made him put up his baggage as secu
rity and at last accounts the baggage
occupied the ''uncalled for" depart
ment in the cloak room. Reports
from Sidney, Ohio. and Detroit con.
firm the belief that Mr. r. is an accom-.
plished professional. He wore glasses
light clothes, light Inustache. talked
in light headed manner, made light
OF all the rebuffs which he received
and finally lighted out. May be in the
silent watches of the night when he
laid himself down To rest he was tri-
fie ashamed of himself, if lie wansn't
he ought To-bin. n.-IoLedO Commercial
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

business. L think can say that we
would not take Mexico a. "a gift. Oh
course. i'll the distant future no man
can say what questions mag arise. bot
1 so far a. this AdIuiuist ration i con.
cerned, we have no annexation schema
to prosecute either secretly or openly.
a couple OF Texas gentlemen manning
them were talking TO me this morn.
ing. They said that the annexatiou
of Mexico. or portion of Il, would be
great calamity to Texas and to the
country. | don't think We could af
ford to take Mexico as a ire gift. IL
we were offered, free IF charge, both
Canada and Mexico. all the parties in
terested being willing. / should prefer
tCenada; that 8, it would be better for
Us TO grow in that tdirection than south
ward Butve have no annexation
| scheme to prosecute in that direction.
We have-alr the territory we can man
age, and certainly ell that we want. e"
The quality of new wheat coming
forward is SO excellent tlIat niiiers do
not require old wheat to mix with il.
This is an unusual occurrence.
n =
Gen. Howard appears 10 have won a
victory over the hostile Indians in the
battle of the 11th. sthoagh at severe
cost. the troops losing thirteen killed
and twenty four wounded The loss
inflicted upon the lhdians Is supposed
to be equally large, and they were in
addition deprived of much of their
Eplnbder , .Ths b6ffle 1developed the
fact that Jeseph's band are good fight
|'ers II Is Doubtful indeed, If behind
their own rocks they are not more than
a match for ar equal number of regu-
lar troops. 1t win probably require
more than one bloody fight like that
of Wednesday to conquer them. and
the sacrifice of brave men that the eff
fort will cost is not pleasant to think of
Judge McRoberts, of Will County
(Iilinois} Court, has Issued an order to
the effect that hereafter no Attorney
will be permitted to practice in his
Court while under the. influence of
liquor. He would not allow the inter
ests of clients to be jeopardizsd by in
toxicated counsel. All right. Now,
if some competent authority will issue
q like order as to Judges, another good
point will be made in the interests of
clients. a III
On Sunday night last, police officer
Hornberger, of Cincinnati, was nearly
killed by gang of rowdies, while try
ing to take a prisoner to the lookup.
The Columbus publishers have
agreed to reduce the wages of their
employees on the 21st. Toledo pub
fishers are preparing to make further
reduction. rit.etf
Philip Poudfoot, it was alleged, had
seduced q sister of Edward Hoppin, of
Sterling Valley, N. Y, whereupon the
latter became hoppin' mad and killed
Proudfoct with u base ball bat.
Those who have denied the capacity
of the red man for civilization will find
their position shaken by the fact that
the Choctaws and Chiekasaws have
gone to law against a railroad for 500,
coo, and the transaction has some
thing the appearance of sharp prac-
tice by the noble red man. The un
civilized man settles his qusrrels With
weapons; the civilized man goes to
law.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
TIE PRESIDENT HAS No PARDON
FOR BALLOT BOX SUFFERS.
Special Dispatch TO the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON. ,JuIy l6-

w NASHlNGTON, July To-
The President has decided a case
which will serve as precedent in sew
eral applications made in behalf of
men convicted of ballot stuffipg and
other frauds in elections. The case is
that of oupg lawyer of considerable
standing in New York City. named
Ely, who was convicted of assisting i'm
procuring fraudulent naturalization
papers for use at the polls He was
sentenced by Judge Benedict to two
years in the peDitentiary. One year
of his sentence has not expired, but a
heavy petition for his pardon reached
the President short time since, signed
by some very prominent Republicans.
The District Attorney opposed the
pardon on the ground that Ely was a
man of education and position, and
that, therefore, his offense was less ex
cusable. The President took prompt
and decisive action, refusing to par
don: The grounds OF this action are
such as to render it morally certain
that the President will refuse all SINH
requests, no matter what the excuse
for attempts TO corrupt the ballot may
be. The decision is equivalent to a
denial of the petition for a pardon now
said to be circulating in Cincinnati in
favor of Eph Holland, the nian who
elected General Banning to Congress.
1t also discloses what the action of the
President must be on the application
from Senator Morgan, of Alabama. to
have all prosecutions abandoned
against those Democratic politicians in
that State who participated in the
frauds that defeated Jere HsraIson for
Con gress.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

SAYS the New York Tribune: ''There
never was any reasonable prospect that
the Southern Democrats in the House
would break away from their party to
vote for an Administration candidate
for Speaker, and a letter on another
page shows that the President has
abandoned the idea. The election of
Democratic supporter of Hayes, in
defiance of the caucus. if necessary,
or, as the same letter suggests, the
election of Gen. Banks by bolt of
half dozen Democrats, would be more
easily accomplished, but both are suf-
ficiently improbable to leave Mr.. Ran
dali still first in the affections of the
bettors."
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
SEWER NOTICE.
North FindIay Sewer District.

-
NOTICE is hereby given that the plans
~ and specifications Of the proposed main
sewer in the North Findiay Sewer District;
As peuiioned for by the residents Of sAid Dis
trict have been prepared and are now on d lie
ior mspsctfon By the parties Interested In
me once Of the Board Of Improvements in
tns office of. Carr, Mayor Of F1ndiay.
Inc work prorosfd 10 be done Ia sewer
OF nfteen and eighteen inch sewer pipe. COM
N enc1ng at the west end OF the alley between
ne aooition 10 North Findlay and yance's
Sodition. In North Findlay; thence East tn
aain Street; thence North to Fillmore
street; also q Branch Main sewer, connect
ing win said sewer st Walnut Street;
thence East, along said street to the Port
Shnton Road. as also all Necessary catch
p Sss sns and provisioss for local sewerage and
mouse connections
All parties interested. and all objections
And opinions, viii be heard and considered
py tne Hoard at the May or's office on TUES
DAl. July "a lE7, commencing at 10
CLOCK A. N B. r. KIMAONS,
j. CARR,
j. A. BOPE,
WI Board Of Improvements
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
A LOT OF CHINAMEN MAssACRED.

PORTLAND, OREGON, July 14-News
to the following effect has been re
ceived here to day from Walla Walla,
dated July 13: 49,
"On the 10th inst, Joseph and his
band surprised party of thirty one
Cinnamon who were coming down the
Clearwater in canoes. and for mere
pastime and recreation inhumanly
killed the whole party but one. who
managed 10 elude them and escape.
These are the first Cinnamon who have
been molested by the Indians of late.
ana many of them are frightened out
OF their senses, and are leaving for the
upper country
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

The State Journal says the South
thern question is now as dead as
Charles Francis Adams. And it might
have added that the Republican party
in the Southern States died with it s'as
dead as either" In Mississippi, the
Republican Executive Committee has
disbanded the organization, and in
South Carolina there will be no effort
South been yielded up to the Democ-
raey. and henceforth there will be
no more show for Republicanism there
than there was before the confederate
power set up its armies to overthrow
the government.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

The change of opinion by Ben.
Wade upon the Presidents Southern
policy, will be a disturbing fact with
certain people, who relied SO much up
on him, in support of their opposition
to the same.-7OledO Commercial.
Reed is evidently doing his level best
to prove his devotion to the power to
which he owes his appointment to tie
Toledo postoffice, but he evidently had
not read Ben's. last letter.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

DISEASES HERETOFORE IScURABLR,
such as Bright's Disease, Diabetes,
Dropsy. Paralysis, Catarrh, Calculus,
Gravel, Gout, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia,
Piles, and those of the Heart, Blood,
Liver, Skin, Kidneys, Bladder, Pros
tate Gland, Premature Debility, Nerv
Gus Exhaustion, Lost Vitality in Man
hood, are all cured by the use of from
two to six bottles of DR.. s. d. Howe's
Arabian Tonic Blood Purifier.
Sold by j. ii. Decker, Druggist 50 Main
Street: Sole Agent for Findlay and Mi
Blanchard, o. 5
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
THOS. EWING.

THE Chillicothe AdUertiser Demo
cratic) strongly indorses Converse for
Governor, and bases his claim to con
sideration on the fact that he was one
of the four Democratic Senators who
upheld Democracy and southern sym
pathy in the Ohio Senate, after the
campaign under Vallandigham, when
that party was buried under an ava
lanche.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
NeWAdvertisements
ORDINANCE.

To construct Drain Sewer i'm the alley be
tween Ssndusky and Har lin Streets. frUm
Mechanics alley East to East Street.
SEC. ]. Be ordained by the coupcll OF
the incorporated Village OF finolay. o.. puT-
suant To the petition of more than three
i0urths of the owners Of the sbutting lots
that a Sewer be constructed along the alley
between sandusky and Hardin Streets com
mencing in the alley next East of Main ST
and extending East to and connecticng with
the Sewer in East Street and there term n
ate.
SEC. 2. Said Sewer shall be OF Nine Inch
Sewer Pipe; shall connect with aud enter
into the Sewer on East Street, aud txtend
thence West to the West side Of Nechanics
alley in a gradient of not less than three
Inches TO each one hundred feet. together
with all necessary Catch Basins and.conIre.
lions.
SEC. 3. said Sewer shall be construeted
under the supervision and control OF the
Board OF Improvements, and TO their accent
aBce. and the cost and expense thereof shall
De assessed upon the lots aoutting uJon each
side OF said alley, and collected according 70
law.
SEC. 4. This Ordinance shall take effect
cation. CaRR Mayor
J. A. MEEKS. Clerk
Passed July IA, 1877. III
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THE Russians are reported to have
captured Metropolis, with 5000 men,
40 guns and two monitors. And an
other report says the Turks have de
feated the Grand Duke Nicholas, near
Tirnova, inficting loss of IL, ZOO, and
surrounding the Grand Dukes army.
How far these reports are reliable are
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ported as having crossed the Balkan
range without firing shot or losing a
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

GOVERNOR Young and committee
from the Board of State Charities will
go to Newport, Rhode Island, August
1, to examine tie State Prison system.
The object of this visit is to obtain in
formation relative to the establish
ment in Ohio of a system of interme
diate prisons.