The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-01

Morrow county is prolific Of monstrosities. In
last reported :, q calf with head like al bull d. 2
Ezekiel welies. Of NorwaIk, who had been yis
itinc friends ia Columbus. started for -Ome Ol
the 10th. and has not been heard from since
At Delaware o.. on the morning OF the 22nd.
man named Henry Pool, was found in dyini
condition behind blacksmith shop. Onmyesti
cation. il was found that he had become helpless
ly intoxicated, il saloon opposite, and had beef
laid where he was found by the tender baEkeeper
While Mrs. Cunningham, OF Cedarvilie, Nar
wert county, was preparing something TO eat 70
two tramps, they helped themselves to what the!
could find. They secured two valuable silvel
watches and made their escape.
Citizens of Van Wert witnessed a sad sight on
the evening Of the 18th. 4 young girl, aged II
years staggered ug to crowd OF men in an intox
icated condition, telling them she was drunk and
that man had given her one dollar TO drink two
glasses Of whisky, which she did. She was well
dressed and OF respectable parentage.
AtAkron on the 2ith, Capt. II. II. Brown, Of
company B., eighth o. y. G - was presented with
an elegant regulation sword and complete set o.
Dickens Works.
At Toledo, on she morning OF the 9th, man
named ndrew Glenn was found lying in a vacant
lot, with his pockets turned inside out. On in
vestigatiOn Il was found that Glenn had lost his
| watch, a considerable amount Of ready money,
and check for s. 900. Emma Lewis. woman
who had been seen on the street with lim the
evening before, was arrested he charge o. COM
mitting the robbery and plead guilty.
The barn of Nose Heffner, at Bettsville, Seneca
county, was destroyed by fire on the Goth. The
loss was about half covered with insurance.
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Clyde has an apple drying establishment which
uses up from 80 to 100 bushels daily and employs
about fifty hands The qualify OF the goois
turned out are very fine.
James Kinder and Edward Frederici fell thirty
feet from scaffolding at the New Catholic O,-
phan Asylum. AZ Tiffin Tuesday last week Kude. 5
skull was crushed making mortal wound. Fred
erici sustained compound fracture below the
| elbow.
The first number Of new evening paDer tie
Penny Pres, will be issued in Cleveland tO-mor-
row.
Mr. West, late Of the Put-in-Bsy House, has
taken charge Of the shawhan House at TitiIn.
Monday, last week, JecOb X. Brown, engaged At
| Walkers mill. Kentcn, while rolling log. g5t
his foot and ankle caught in such a manner as TO
dislOcate the 70 II at the ankle joint and also TO
break the ankle bone.
Mary Ann Tects, aged forty-eight years. and
Emma NJ. Norwood, aged forty-twO years, bo'h
from near Dunkirk, have been adjudged insane.
Insanity caused from religious excitement. Both
have been married the third time
The weather, on Friday and Saturday, was not
favorable for the Tontogany Horse Fair.
Nine respectable (?l young men, OF Scipio
township, Seneca county, have been indicted for
riot at Lodi. on a Sunday in July, and their pros
poets for becoming guests of the State said TO
be good
II. Mccormack, planning mill, Tiffin, four fin
gers minus, on the 26th
Burglars got into Dr. st. Johns drug store,
through a side window, at Tiffin, Monday night
last week, and took about $500.
The contract for the building of the c. s. e. G,
freight depot at Tiin has been let to contractor
living in Xenia, O., and the work has Leen COM
menced.
John Sockrider, accused of stealing SIS from lie
ander Black, with whom he occupied the same
buggy in going to a dance at Crawfordsv:'le was
brought before Allen Smalley, ]. P, Upper
Sfndusky, Monday, last week, and, upon hearing,
was held to bail in the sum Of $500. He procured
bail and was released
Alexander Ringeisen and David BaItman were
attacked by two highwaymen, Saturday night, the
26th, between NeCutcheonville and Berwick.
The boys showed fight and compelled the Williams
10 depart in peace.
The September enumeration of pupils in the
Upper Sandusky Union School districts shows the
following: males, white 500; females, white, 525;
males, colOred 4; females colored, s. total, 1,clI
Thursday night, the l7ih, burglars entered The
residence Of a Mr. Coos, Upper Sandusky, and Sc
cured jewelry 10 the value of $50,
About three o'clock, Thursday merning, the
18th, Miss Belle Bowman, of Upper Sandusky,
hearing footsteps in the house arose to see If twas
x,g tl,o
in going from the kitchen TO the dining room,
whom she seized and called for her father. The
burglar escaped before assistance reached her, but
was afterwards arrested by her description. Next
morning, Hiram c. Parks. of Forest, L. B. Miller,
Of Patterson, and Bent" Henry were arrested
for the burglary. Parks and Henry were bound
over TO Court in the sum of $500 each. Millerwas
acquitted, there being no evidence connecting
him with the matter, except that he had been in
company with Parks and Henry before and after
the burglary.
The cigar sore of Miles Hull, of Tiffin, was de-
stroyed by fire on Monday morning.
Three years ago :. II. Phelps married wife at
Lima, Ohio, and after living there awhile made
several moves, settling at last on farm belong
ing to the father of Phelps. There they remained
till year ago, when they moved to Akron and
thence 10 Ashtabula, where they occupied a part |
of house in which lived Geo. F.. Weatherwax, |
with wife and three children. weatherwax and |
NJ :. Phelps became intimate-too intimate to |
plosse Mr.. Phelps Monday night week. Mrs. p |
went with Mr.. W TO Sells circus, end remained
out rather late, and the result was not good. |
THURSDAY following she went to Cleveland, and
took lodgings, and Monday last, Phelps followed
her and put the police on the track. Weatherwax
is brakeman ON the Lake Shore road, and when
he came in on the train on Monday evening he
was shadowed. He met the woman, went with
her to her lodgings and soon after, the office- Mr.
Phelps and another party. went into the house,
sought the room of the guilty pair, and found
them occupying the same bed. They were lodged
in the Central to answer 10 charge OF foInication-
The Foster Light Guards, of FOstoria, are max
ing great preparations for Thanksgiving. The
company will attend church in the morning, and
at one O'Clock p NJ, will give dinner in Liberty
Hall, after which there viii be parade and drill
In the evening Gen. W. H. Gibson viii deliver his
lecture 'Along the Lines
Near Petersburg, Wyandot county, on
the night of Thursday before last, the
barn of Mr. Zellner was destroyed by
fire. About l 500 bushels of wheat, 500
bushels of oats, 80 bushels of clover
seed, 35 tons of hay, reaper and mower,
tanning mill, scales, carpenter tools and
farming implements we're burned. Loss
estimated at 5000. Mr. Zeliner and son
had g 800 insurance m the Ohio Farm
ers. The fire is supposed to be the work
Of an incendiary.
The artesian well that is being put
down at the railroad in Lima has now
reached depth of over 500 feet, more
than half that distance having been
drilled through solid rock. II is now
about three months since the well was
started.
There are 974 children in Fostoria of
school age. --
The Turner society of Tifin will give
an entertainment on the 31st of October
in that city, to visiting societies in this
Division of Ohio, known as Lake Erie,
including the northern half of the State.
A number of prizes will be distributed
on the occasion. which will close IN the
evening with dance. ----
Bill Wilson, desperate character,
escaped from the Defiance Jail last week.
The enumeration of the school child
rem of Tiffin amounts to 2747 of which
1276 are males and 1471 are females.
w s Hammaker has resigned his pc;
sition as local editor of the Tifin Gazette.
A large amount of local and other
matter is crowded out of our columns
this week, by the immense quantity al