The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-08

ship, left a stalk of corn in our sanctun
one day last week on which we're .f1
ears of cora, four Of which we're perfec
esrs, but The fifth was not quite full
Who can beat that?
ELSEWHERE
Thursday, October 24th, while JOIN
Fecker and wife, Of Carey, were a
supper, their room was entered ant
ljewelry belonging TO Mrs Fecker, con
sisting of earrings, handkerchief ring
chain and clasp, amounting in value Il
800 was carried away.
Voeiker's cigar storeat Tiffin, wa
destroyed by fire Monday morning
October 23th. Mr VoeIker's loss wal
about, S400 with about 500 insurance
There was $500 insurance on the build
ing.
Some young boys, about twelve year
old, are running a wheel Of fortune a
Lima
Sunday, October 9th, three burgiar'
broke into Ed Dunnis clothing store a
Lima and secured about $50 worth o
clothing. One of the burglars, giving
his name as Charles Wineright, wal
arrested and about 500 worth of the
clothing recovered.
Lima claims 5000 inhabitants. The
claim Is based on the canvass made fol
a new directory of that city now in the
hands of the printer.
William Stickler and May Thomas
daughter Of DR. Hiram Thomas, of West
Newton, eloped and were married Octo
Der 26th. Cause, opposition 10 the young
man by the girls parents. The young
couple are spending the honeymoon al
the home of the bridegroom, near Ur
bana.
Godfrey Hoppy, of Kenton, aged
ninety-six years, was soldier under
Napoleon.
Amos Blush fell off Of load of tile at
Forest, Wednesday Of last week. and
dislocated his shoulder.
The Temperance Directory Of Nor
walk opened a Temperance Coffee
House and Reading Room Wednesday
evening, last week, with festival and
supper. .......
Hayes, the man who shot and killed
Eli Cupp at Clyde several months ago,
has been indicted for murder in the first
degree. His trial will commence on
Monday, November 14th, at Fremont
Jonathan Welch committed suicide
near Berlinville, Erie county, Oct 24th,
by hanging himself to an apple tree.
Wi liam Urich, a resident of Ada,
Hardin county, hung himself to beam
in barn with the martingale of a
bride, Thursday night, last week
Financial difficulty is the supposed
cause.
McGill, the murderer of Mary Kelley,
at Cleveland, has been sentenced 10 be
hanged February 18th, 1879.
Thursday, October Oath, Mahlon Won
wagner, near Attica, was found by his
brother and wife in an insensible condi-
ton with a bullet hole in his ear and a
wound in the back of his head. He was
still unconscious and the cause of the
shots which made the wounds remained
a mystery at last reports.
The Fostoria Gas Light Company,
capital stock $4,000, filed q certificate
of incorporation with the Secretary of
State, on the 26th of October.
A tramp left Hoytsville, Wood county,
for his home in Mississippi, Monday,
last week, having fallen heir to $l50,OOO
by she death of an uncle.
At Mt Gilead, o, last week, Miles
Hull, for forgery, was sentenced to three
years.
At Toledo, on the I'd, two plasterers
named NJ Murphy and Patrick Conley,
stepped upon swinging scafold and
fell fifty feet into the cellar of the build
ing on which they were at work. Conley
was instantly killed and Murphy will die
AT Bellvue, on the 29th, a stable occu-
pied by Ed Miller, was partially destroy
ed by fire. The loss consisted of 5 tons
Of hay and 125 bushels of oats. Horses,
harness and buggies were all removed.
Mr. Nathan Smith, of Kenton, had a
horse stolen on the 25th ult. The same
party stole buggy from Mr. Lynch.
Mr. Smith started in pursuit of the thief
and overlook him near Marion, when
the property was demanded, the thief
turned to attack him. Smith drew a
revolver and shot, seriously wounding
the thief.
AT Gallon, on the LIST, James Franklin,
colored, attempted to outrage the person
of a little girl aged seven years, but was
prevented by some farmers who were
working in a field near by. Franklin
was arrested and lodged in Jail.
At Akron, On the LIST, fine horse, q
wagon, a dozen bushels of wheat and
eight or ten pairs of harness, were
abandoned in the street by suspicious
looking character. The goods had evi-
IDENTIFY been stolen and officers are after
the thief.
On the 30th, an Irishman about sixty
years of age, was run over by the cars on
the B & o r r, near Sandusky city and
instantly killed.
The wife of Peter Moliter ,ofSandusky,
committed suicide on the 30th, by jump
ing from the roof of C Moliter & Co.'S
wine house to the street. She was in
stantly killed.
A cigar manufacturer named Burn
hard, was killed by the cars near Portage,
on the S0th. His head was severed
from his body. II was supposed to be
a case of foul play or suicide.
At Akron, on the 3Oth, two year old
child Of John Stair fell backward into a
tub of hot water, and was fatally scalded.
At Kenton, on the 29th, a Jewish
peddler committed rape on an idiotic
girl about twenty years old. No arrest
was made.
At Delaware, on the 29th, the funeral
service of & F Hurlbutt, private secre-
tary of Gov Bishop, and ex-editor of the
Delaware Herald, was held at the Epis-
copa church. The exercises were in
charge of the Knights of Pythias and
we're largely attended.
At Monroeville, on the afternoon of
the 29th, Anthony Oestebren, residing
on a farm three miles south of that
place, had little two year old girl
burned to death. The father and moth.