The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-29

| On the 18Th, burglars entered the store
room of E Horton, Forest, and carried
off ten or fif sen cans Of cove oysters, u
number of pocket knives and a pair OF
shears They tried to ge, in The resi-
dence Of Mr. III but failed. The same
evening burglars entered the cellar of Mr.
Smith and carried of several leaves of
bread and a jug of cider.
Henry Pester, farmer, hung himself
two miles east of Gallon, on the 2lst
AtTifin, on the 10th, Charles Schwibly
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
two years. He was taken to his new res
itlence on the 18th. At the came time
Johnny Franks, of Fostoria, was SEN
tenced to the Reform Farm until he is
q years old, or about seven years resi-
deEce there.
Henry Shidler, of Pleasant township,
Seneca county, who left for the West,
April 1st, was killed by the Indians. with
twelve other persons, October 1st at
Bever Greek, Rollins county, Kansas.
On the night of the 18th, burglars at
tempted to get into Marshal Mutschlers
residence, at Tifin, but were frightened
away. They entered the residence of
Sheriff-elect Lease, and secured his wife's
clothes and his overcoat The coat, with
his commission as Sheriff of the county,
which he had received that day, they
carried off. He recovered his coat next
morning. The residence of Joe Myers,
Chief of the Fire Department was alsp
entered, and his watch and pipe stolen
An attempt was made the same night to
enter the residence of Mr. Householder.
A wildcat was killed in the woods near
Toledo, Thursday, last week, by George
West.
Frank Boyer, of fSpring6eld, was bound
over TO court for robbery, on the 18;h,
at Kenton. In default of $500 he was
jailed. ,JQ siH..
Thomas Leedy, of Fostoria, while car
rying bundle of shingles to the top of q
barn, fell to the ground, breaking his
in two places near the wrist, On
the 18th.
Miss Clara knight, of Huron county,
visiting at Fostoria, fell and broke her
arm, while returning from church, Sun
day the 17th .a-. .sssG
The city of Lima is building a large
cistern on a principal street. but the
contractor failed to place proper safe
guards around it, and on dark night |
W Kemper and Mr. Lamber-
ton drove into it. Their buggy was
to pieces and they were pretty
badly bruised. After the accident q
watchman was placed On guard to pre-
vent accidents.
Blocher & Bergman, carriage manu-
facturers of Lima, failed last week; but
it is thought that there are enough as
sets to cover the Indebtedness.
Delphoe has a population of 1900, and
the activity and enterprise of her people
will soon make it many thousands more
She builds railroads for her own benefit.
The Lima police pulled" a noted
house of i'll fame, recently, and picked
up guest whose name before was above
He deposited $50 for his ap-
pearance, which has since been forfeited
md the madam and girls we're required
to deposit about 800 more.
Toledo is infested with sneak thieves.
last Capt Purdy set some of his
men to work upon them, and attiring
in citizens clothes, they were
upon the track of two of them whom
hey watched until they had entered sew
,ral houses. They then nabbed the fel
ows, but while putting the bracelets ON q
,ne the other sneaked away so quietly I
hat the officers did not know he was /
zone until they turned to ornament his I
wrists. They are slippery fellows.
On Wednesday night of last week the ,
esidence of John Heter. of Bellevue, Was 4
ntered by burglars and nearly 5000 in :
money and four watchesstolen. The old !
nan lived alone taking his meals at his
aughter's, and nothing was known of :
be robbery until the next day when he .
old his daughter, pledging secrecy. She
lodged her husband and then told him, e
ut he wisely concluded to "break the 9
LEDGE and so told the Marshal and two
fhis brothers-in-law. The consequence
fas the arrest of three men named Bin
amin, from Pennsylvania, who had been
Vorking around for sometime and ha6 I
listed with the old gentleman (who is q
n old Pennsylvanian) a number of
ines The money was forthcoming and Il
he watches also recovered. As the par
les confessed their guilt and claimed it q
vas their first attempt at robbery they a
we're promised light term They were
AIKEN to Fremont, and on Saturday last
allied up for sentence which was for two
ears in the penitentiary.
That wild animal is again at large. /.
Ibis time in Riley and Townsend town
hips, Sandusky county. -. "
While Mr. z Ramev and others were q
ngaged in digging q ditch through the e
idge east of c Russells farm near New :
Baltimore, they found one hundred and I
fly snakes of different varieties and I
ICES from one foot to three and half r
eet in length. go ~ - II
Early spring is the time set for the L
& L to begin work on the Celina ex
ension.
One day last week man by the name
t French fell from a scaffold on the I
,rosby House barn, at Defiance, and sus-
aimed a serious scalp wound. He is re-
,orted in q critical condition but hopes
re entertained of his recovery /
Susan B Anthony delivered her lecture
Woman Wants Bread, not the Ballot" {
1 Fostoria, Friday evening, Nov. 22d.
A newly married couple from Celina. i
n q hurry to get off the cars at Upper
;andusky, for supper, on the evening of ,
he 18th, had their trip to Columbus
poiled, as the wife stepped off before the
ram stopped and was badly injured.
Conductor Hickox. of the G 8 & G r
3 while coupling cars at Tifin, on Sat {
lrday night last, was drawn under the
rain and both legs so badly mashed as
o require amputation. He was young l
md unmarried man.
The residence of Mr. Mullins, at Woos
er, was buglarised on The night of the
I'd. The thieves made off with seal
Fin cloak and other articles. l.
The inrv in the HAYES murder trial, r