The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-06-22


these itinerant swindlers SO every once
in a while.
The latest dodge 70 swindle the farm
ers is as follows: 4 peddler with pack
on his back calls at a farm house and
offers his goods so cheap that in spite OF
themselves the farmer and his family
make purchases. The next day two men
come along in a buggy in search Of sto-
len goods. They show a hand bill offer
ing q large reward for the thief, and
describe as portion Of the stolen prop
erty the very articles which the farmer
bought the day before. Honest-like the
farmer sGrrenders the goods and the men
drive off in apparent hot pursuit of the
thief OF course the whole thing is a
swindle, the peddler's part being to sell
the goods and get up the job. Look out
for them.
Sheriff Billmar, Of Van Vert county,
had narrow escape few days ago from
two desperados who were confined in
Jail at Van Vert. They were confined
for burglary and theft, and one of them
was under sentence of three years in the
penitentiary. When the sheriff entered
she prison in the evening TO lock the
prisoners in their cells, he was assaulted,
one Of them striking him over the head
with club and inficting severe
wound. He rallied, however, knocked
the rascal down,and others being attract
ed to the scene, the roughs were ironed
and placed in their cells The peniten-
tiary now holds the one sentenced.
Tiflin is so poor that the lighting of
street lamps has been limited to a very
small number.
George Hudson, Of Dunkirk, boarded
with Harry Fletcher, and was thought
to be all right, but on the night of the
11th he concluded to gather a harvest
and so. After he had gathered up vari-
GUS articles from bureau drawers, etc.,
he lit out, was followed, captured, plead
guilty, and sent TO Kenton Jail to await
transportation to the Penitentiary.
Special Postal Agent Henry, the same
that hunted down the robberies which
eliminated in the removal of Van Tine
at Sandusky city, and Reeves at Column
bus, has just brought to grass another
depredator in the person of H F Proc
tor, route agent on the c c C & l r r.
with headquarters at Cleveland BY dint
OF test letters, &c, Henry finally treed
his game. Proctor had been robbing
the mail persistently for seven years.
When arrested at Cleveland, on Thurs
day night of last week, he asserted his
but after n while made a con-
fession laying the blame upon whiskey.
Two fellows who were travelling
around Hardin county, recently, soaring
farmers into paying them for supposed
on the harpoon hay fork
patent, woke up the wrong man last
week. When they proposed TO go to his
barn to examine his fork, he took shot
gun down from its fork, and became
pointer. The result was that those fel-
lows got into their buggy, and became
settlers. They sat in their buggy and set
their faces away from that farm as fast
as possible. That's just the way for farm
ers to deal with such gentry.
And now the Professors are having a
turn. Prof Lehr, of the Ada Normal
schools is the father of twins.
The young lady who when asked why
4 sewing machine was like kissing, re-
piled because it seams good, and has a
Teller attachment" was no novice.
The store of Jenkins & Michael, at
Springfield, was entered by burglars on
night, who stole $1,000 worth
IF silks.
VIM. S Bergen, formerly clerk in the
ofiice of the Adjutant General, shot
md killed L J Mcbride, proprietor
Of the Bergen House; Mt Vernon, Ohio,
Turing dispute about sltchel which
Bergen claimed to have left in the house,
Dut which Mcbride asserted was not
here. Bergen was arrested.
The Genoa Register reports the das-
ardly act of a aseventy-year- r-old scoundrel
oy the name of Doty, who tried to lead
| couple of little ten-year-old girls from
he path of decency and virtue. He was
'een and reported to the Mayor, who
gave him until noon of the next day to
relieve the town of his lecherous pres
ence. He did so ON the double quick.
Fostoria has monthly paper called
.he Advertiser.
Patrick Lennahan attempted 10 get
upon an engine on the L E & L r r, at
Lima, on the 10th, while it was backing
down the track, but fell and was so bad
y injured by the wheels passing over
MS limbs that he died soon after. He
was highly esteemed, and leaves wife
and two children.
The Kessler Hotel, at Fremont, is one
Of those stopping places that traveller
always remembers with pleasure, and is
sure to recommend to any friend whom
ne may know is going to stop in that
city.
A special Term of the Common Pleas
Court of Knox county convened on
last, and a special venire for a
grand jury was asked by the Prosecuting
The motion was granted and
The jury was empaneled and sworn in
The early Indictment and trial of Ber-
gen, the murderer, is expected.
A NEW lot of Carpets just received at