The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-09-13
NEWS ITEMS.


The Philadelphia iron workers are
on II STRIKE They number LOCO men.
Mary Gray, aged twenty, living near
b r. a, Shot herself in the heart on Sun
day, because her parents would not per
nit her 70 marry young man named
Ric irns, who worked on their farm
Tasty work, which cannot be re; e rted.
Philadelphia las one pound baby
and is mighty proud ot the little mite
Tue works of the Miners Powder
Company at Neguunee, Mich, explo-
del on tie 21st, and did great damage
Four men were killed. and a horse
standing near was beheaded
The battle of Serejevo is reported to
have been severe upon the Bosnians,
Who lost 300 killed and 200 wount ed.
The Austrians reported but 800 wonud
ell.
The weavers and winders of thirteen
cotton mills at Radcliffe, England,
have struck against reduced wages
Nearly a year ago Dennis Belur, IA
tramp settled in the vicinity of Shell
byville, Tenn, and since has worked
at farming. On the night of th,. 21st,
he went 10 the residence of William
Martin, who was absent and after
long struggle outraged his wife, threat
eniug her with death if she revealed
the fact. After he had gone she gave
the alarm Belor was arrested, hut
never reached the Shelbyville Jail. as
Judge Lynch's court took him from he
officers and hanged him to a tree.
A man in Portland, Me-. the othe
day was asked by a M +mber o: the
Gree nback party. "You start bank
aud issue 500, 900 in bills and keep
on hand only 10, 600 in coin to redeem
your bills: can you call that redernp
tion2" He replied: "There are over
40, 900 people in Portland, all of whom
will need coffins some time; but We
have no need of 10000 coffin con-
stantly at hand"
The Tennessee Republicans are SO
bold as to say that they are opposed
to the reputation o. the State debt.
As this appears TO be the princi pal
issue of the coming canvass, it will be
interesting to see whether they will
haveany support in this position from
the y D''nocracy.
The istle inquiry into the way
General Butler acquired lis Immense
fortune, which his recent attacks up"u
capital and capitalists has challenged,
is not resulting favorably to the Gener-
ais reputation. The story of his cou-
nection with the New Orleans prize
money transactions, which have just
been made public by the Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times has a particularly fishy appear
ance as an enterprise for the Poor
Mans friend to indulge in. Butler eDgin
Eeered a law through congress enal ling
the Supreme court to take up and
adjudicate the capture of New Orleans
as prize to the navy. The court
awarded 5000, 900, to be distributed
among the officers and sailors of Far
ragut's fleet. Bntler then wiegled
himself in as one Of the proctors, Mr.
Nathaniel Wilson being the other, and
though neither of them did any labor
worth mentioning they managed to
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142, ,O60, 56. This sum, of course, came
out of the allowance made by congress
tn the officers and sailors of Farragut's
fleet, and how much more the officers
and sailors paid Butler for getting their
bill through congress is one of the
uukLow quantities. Surely the men
who spend the nor ey they or their an
cestors honestly earned, even though
they spend it foolishly, are entitled to
quite as much respect as the man who
gobbles up the money earned by
officers and sailors, and makes himself
a lecherous capitalist, while the widows
and orphans of the officers and sailors
are mayhap in absolute want. AS a
double barreIed, unmitigated old fraud
tie Honorable Benjaman F. Butler is
clearly entitled to the prize ribbon.
General Bristow has been rendered
by the govrnment and has accepted
the management of the case in regard
to the imprisoned revenue officers in
South Carolina.
The act abolishing the legal tender
quality of the trade dollar was passed
by a Democratic Congress. The
history of the repeal is briefly as
follows: In June, 1876. a House bill
relative to the coinage OF silver being
before the Senate, an amendment was
. adopted providing that the trade
dollar shall not hereafter be legal
tender" The bill went back to the
House SO amended, where Hon Sam
Randall. present Speaker of the
) House, moved 10 concur in the fore
going amendment of the Senate, and
his motion was agreed to by a vote OF
110 yeas to As nays. OF the 11O affirm
ative votes, SO were Democrats and
27 Republicans. OF the 45 negative
votes, 80 were Republicans and 10
Democrats.
Recently the nude body OF young
man was found floating in the bay.
near Toledo. 1t was SO decomposed
that it had to be buried at once. The
body was that of heavy thick set boy
OF about eighteen years OF age.
Two men were arrested at Birming-
ham, Mich. on the 29th ult. for passing
Counterfit money.
Nellie Carr, a little girl seven years
of age, started from st. Johns, N. b.
recently, to go to Lawson distance OF
l, 700 miles. She was put on the train
at st. Johns, by her aunt, furnisheu
with half fare ticket basket OF pro-
visions and her dollie, her father was
to meet her at Lawson.