Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-09-19

The travelling correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Advertiser speaks thus Of the par
ties Of Illinois,
The farmers from Western New York
are driving their Rocka, aud Scotch and
English farmers are going very largely
Into the business. have now before me
q wealthy farmer Of Western N. Y, who
has arranged TO seRd out two thousand
sheep this fall. The sheep run at large
on the prairie in the sumner, OF course
at no charge. He pays, he tells me, one
dollar per ton for cutting and stacking
1850 tons of prairie hay, for winter. He
buys tract OF l60 acres Snd eFects a
small housC--a shepherd With his dogs
takes the entire care Of the sheep, and
can do SO Of three thousand sheep, and
two hundTed head Of cattle.
05-Two scOVndrels, disguised as me-
groes, entered the house, Of Mr.. Hunter
near CirclsvilIe, While the owner was ab-
sent, in the day time, and only sick wO-
man and little girl at home, and BY threats
Of violence, having pistols in hand, they
cOmpelIed the womaR to shOw them where
the money was kept, Of which they car.
ried OF SIPS.
GTTwea4y Men in the vicinity OfLew.
istOWn, III. lStely killed nine hundred
squirrels in one Dag and 4 ha T. About
that number >Of Coons had been skin
ned in the same State few days pre-
ViOus.
G1rT. W. Barley, Of Richmond, the
talented Senator who SO ably has reprer
sented that county 10 thelegislature sew
eral sessions, was lately re'nomlndted.--
His election is positive,
NEW Missiles --lsaac HOrney was
held TO bail in Philadelphia the other day
for peltiny the windows Of ROsannaSyfer'
helI's house with apple dumPlingS.
GRAVE JOKING. .-Sentor Niles,of Conn.
is not inmate Of the Utica insane asy.
Ium, but was merely there on a Vis-
It to the warden, who Is q particular
friend.
| OTWs are glad to learn that there is
hope Of an honorable compromise Of the
Misunderstanding Of our friends Of Cler'
mo lis clIt wOuldindesd d belamentablS
that Just as Ohio has begun 10 taste the
good results Of stable business and q
sound currency her prospects should be
blighted BY uniimely discussions and the
fruits OF many years struggle and bitter
iexperience lost. We hope our friends
here may think seriously aud deeply Of
these things Gin. Enq.
/ IND1AN MURDERS. The last Dubuque
Express says:--We have been informed
by a gentleman recently from the Indian
country that two murders Of most un.
natural kind were recently perPetrated.-
The circumstances we're these ian In
dian woman on some slight prOvOcatiOn,
seized her brother, boy Of ten or twelve
years OF age, and stabbed him with knife
SO severely that he died during the day
Her husband, known in his tribe as the
Black Wolf, and another ladian, the
Prophet, took the woman out Of her lodge
and beat her TO death with their war
clubs. The chiefs Of the tribe held a
Council and alter some deIiberation, they
acquitted Black Wolf and the Prophet
Of all eensure."
Il ORA Mons. De French undertook 10
show the New Yorkers, one day last week
the method Of catching buffaloes whit the
lasso. He had some twenty Eve OF them,
which he turned loose in an enclosure
al HobOken, but they would not stay en-
closed, broke thrOugh ,and are ranging the
Jerseys at will.
IMPEovlSe-Warsaw KY, according to
the Patriot, the editor Of which says that
there are more buildings going up this
year than ever before in 0Ry one yeal
since the location Of the town, and looks
forward confidently to The time when il
: will be the principal town between Lou
isville aud Cincinnati
On BAcHELoRs.-lt is said that old
bachelors are the LnNEIIEsT SET Of beings
, in SOcieiy. They eat alone, 60 to bed
; alone, rise alone, ride alone, die alone and
J lgc TO the devil alOhe-.-aNd yet neither
: men, women nor children will let them
alone.
O.TThe Milleriles have mado sleeping
! gowns Of their Ascension Obes.--HOlmel
Co. Farmer.
And the coons have made pillows 0
their PROMISES Of 1.-TWO dollars day ana
!, !. toast beef" bul they can't slspp uPol
!, !. Aem. Lash.
ASoTHER ARREST Has Geenmade 9