The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-08-16
NEWS ITEYS.

whereby -nnmhar OF %oaR1 ladies
working for q Mrs S5mers were taken
suddenly III, Yes, ai. Esee=sz=,i. .i-as.
which was followed BY 1he sGfss sCusnt
sickness ard death OF Mary Devist-
one of the girls, proves 10 have been
the result OF an insane f:eak on the
part Of the woman. She had been
ses' ing company with 4 yourc mau
named Plunket;, who. II aDpe4rS was
'hg"ged 10 another young lady. Wlrn
the fact became known. PiUBkeit zfs
orjrred to cease lis attentions and l,,,
young sirl required ros q" 'g,,- I've
them She grew neIonch1!y, Wis
:or death. aud finally ohtaised it @
her own hands
Cardinal Franchie. was buiied n
Rome OF Monde last re esied i',4'
Ist. -r..r tar ...e.-..
4 tornado swept over Sou.i eastern
Indiana aud SoatGer9~Oti2, or. t'n-
night of the 1st. - ttiIljt ttel
\ Jersey City policeman namsi
Smith retired with his vi'e. on she
night of Aug 1st. During she niEi,-
an assassin entered the house. e},icre-
| formed the inmates, murdered Smitl.
and effected his csc ape. that is, il i was
an ouiside p Sty. The wouat!ii lf,44
with rs his wife was formerly = palil;
character, and is believed by sS:ce 20
have committed the deed. Sire jat
been arrested for tire murder.
There hes been a ease Of yellow
fever in Cincinnati
ID ,niel Pratt, the Great Am .ri.au
Traveller. has tumbled from gsaoa iaFp
Jail. Wandering along tae sea beat
shore of Massachusetts he found the
pocket book of u bather, emptied l. or
$50, and flung the wallet into the water.
Nemesis pursued him in the shape OF. n
policeman, and the Great American
Traveller now hangs up his blue cotton
bundle and rests Lis weary feet IL
Lynn prison. Another good man fall
en-.
Parker PillsbuTy, Old wheeihoIse of
tie Garrisonian a AbOiitionistS, tells the
Chicago Inter Ocean that we ree5
new party; that were Greeley and
Sumner alive they wenid father or"
and lead It to the front; that Grant is
the straw at which his drowning fol
lowers clutch, and that though Demo
cracy will do .no. verse thay can co 30
better.
While the Democratic managers 1T
Columbus are discharSing stonscutteTs
in the employ of the State who decline
to De assessed for campaign expenses,
the Police Commissioners iu CiGciu
Dati are carefully weeGiEg out from
the force such persons as can not b.
depended on for good party work on
election day. Democratic civil service
reform is a very interesting study
SS4. 900 is the handsome total Of ihc
fees got out of the bankrupt Jay
Cooke estate by the PhilGde.phia law
yers. OEe attorney bacged $50. 500.
and another $50, 600, the reminder
being divided up in smaller takes
The rapaeity of Eastern lawyers has
become a matter of grave public con
Germ. It is almost impossible 70 get
an estate settled without leaving tie
lions share in their clutches, and l;ti
CATION .Eas become 50 expensive t5a.
prudent people often prefer to lose
large amounts OF money justly due
them, or compromise for portion Of
their claims, rather than resort to tie
courts. -t f,-
Darwin st John, a young alan about
twenty four years of age. living With
his parents in Gustavus. Trumbu.I
county, committed suicide July 25!b,
a post Inortem examination showed
presence of poison. The deceased bad
been married but q few months bUt
few months, but the marriage proved
unfortunate and caused q separation.
BY the breaking Of swing, et
Lauacoring, Md, Aug. 1st, Marry
Ritehard, aged 10, was killed, Robert
Dick. aged 20, probably fatally injured,
and Abraham Lynch severslY bruised.
At Bloomington, i'll. on the night
of July 3lst, n remarkable robbery was
committed in the private bgnk of l. l..
Holmes - Bonds valued at SIG, coo
we're carried of, and $4,000 in cur
rency was missi8g No clue to the
robbers I 7 I8f.o;il5l asfts
70 George Kelly, of West iFiorenee. o..
committed suicide Aug 1st. by hang
ing himself. III health is supposed TO
have prompted the act.
At Philadelphia, Aug. 1st, Wm.
Mitchell and John Steyeso1, dock
idlers. got into quarrel in a saloon,
and Steveson was killed.
! Charles Rigdon, Real Estate dealer,
Chicago, Aug. l. Liabilities $276,-
O00 unsecured SIS, 0so-and that's get
ting off easy. i'>--l - '
Augusta, Agg. .1st. L. S. Sau!5
bury ard y s. Inversion met on the
Carolina side of the river 20 fight q
duel. They exchanged shots, missed
each other, and quit ait .-
lie blew into the gun, thoughtless
little son; and the hanolner it did slis,
and the ball went tkEOugh lis lip; and
il came out through his head leaving
him stark and dead. All OF which oe
CURED at Freederleksburg, STATE OF o.,
on the 5th! and the'naIne the young
nan was Gregory. 80 as5 ---a-t -.
The ievofdtiohfsts, in sfexioo; ure
making il lively for she poweTsthat De.
The war for-eheap beer goes On in
the cities. Three cents q glass il said
20 yiets 9bsndsE, oyosR tr th-, .e'ai;er
Regular trains commenced running
last Monday Between Springfield and
Jackson over the s. J. and =. Marrow
Gauge railroad.
The Chicago and Atlantic Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company Iaetat Deca
tur, Ind., OF the ID inst, aDd elected
three new directors-Hon. II. II. Low,
President Of the Pittsburg, New Castle
aud Lake Erie Narrow Gauge Gen, J.
s. NeglF, of Piftsbnrg. and Judge
Studybaker, of Decatur, Ind. They
expect to put that part of the line be
tween Marion, Ohio and Huntington.
lad. under contract this fell.
Great damage was done at Washing
ton, D. c., on the 5.h, by Il tornado
like storm. Fifty houses we're %
roof I'd, and mnch damage done To
houses in course of erection. One
house was blown into the. EiyeT; 2
negro weinan named Mary SHARP Gas
in il and was Drowned A number OF
buildings were struck by lightning
shade trees were DESTROYED and ablUt
So, 900 worth, Of properly rendered
valueless- s,... s. .f.-t. .....
Reese, Graft s. Woods, OF Pst,sDurg,
steel manufacturers, Monday; liab'!,-
ties 81, III, 905. Assets $500, 600.
There was a general resumption Oi
mining in the Sehuylkill coal region On
Monday. The Philadelphia 4, Reading
Company have $40, 600 tons cf their
August quota still to fill, and it is
thought this Will give steady employ.
ment to the miners for the balance OF
this month at Least 1t rather looks
as though the Pennsylvania coal Pec-
i .-o..fI -. I,ava f;rna 70 take mart