Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-10-14
aENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

SHOCKING DKATH.-John O'Brian, one of tn
men employed in the Shovel Works of tn
Messrs- Lippineott, Pittsburg, accidentally fel
on Thursday among the cog work by which tn
great grindstones of the establishment are re
volved at a great velocity. He was In slant ly
and literally torn to pieces.
A lady in Middleton, Conn, has recovered By
a~.lawsuit S35 and costs from an i~l-mannered fel
lew who dressed himself up as a ghost and near
ly frightened her to death.
A California paper says a miner named Glib
son took out of his sluices on Coyote Creek
near Vallecito, a seventy ounce lump of gold
mixed with quartz After separating there
were forty ounces of pure gold.
A Mrs. Prescott Lawrence, of Winhall, Vt,
died a few days since of consumption, and as 6
number of the family had previously died of the
disease, the family went through the supersti.
tious farce of burning the lungs, heart and live1
of the deceased, to prevent any more from dying
of the same disease.
KILLED BY A BuLL.-At Brighton. near Roch-
ester, N. Y, an old man named Schaefer was
gored to death on the 29th ult., by a bull he had
been exhibiting at a fair.
Col. Sol. Meredith, of Wayne county, Ind,
carried of 5000 worth of premiums at the Indi
ana State Fair.
A most daring robbery was committed at
Louisville, KY, at an early hour on Wednesday
morning Messrs. Voght and Klink had on
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jewelry which was carried off. Among the
property taken was a diamond necklace valued
at $3.50, a diamond ring at 1926, chains, brace
lets, breast-pins, in all amounting to nearly
$1,000. A reward of 5000 is offered for the
jewelry.
There are at present in the world about one
hundred and twenty-one thousand Mor1nons-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. live in Utah, of whom
four thousand six hundred and seventeen have
sixteen thousand seven hundred wives.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Price, the victor in the
recent prize fight is to have a fight with Geo.
King, of Boston, in about three months. The
struggle viii take place in Canada Heenan is
trainer of Price.
SELLING OUT A FAST MAk.-The sale of the
horses, carriages, stable furniture, &c, which
belonged to VIM. G. Lane, Jr., the fast young
d~efaulter of the Fulton Bank, N. Y, took place
on Tusday, by H. II. Leeds, auctioneer, and
the articles generally went very high. The at
tendance was very large, and the whole amount
realized was nearly $4,000. The vehicles
S912.
DR.. Nathan Meyer, of Richmond, Va, a bot
anic physician by profession, having been bit
ten by a rattlesnake, had resort to the usual
whiskey remedy, but foolishly suffered himself
to be bled very copiously, in consequence OF
he soon died.
At the last accounts -four was selling in Hay
ii for $240 par Dbl. This seems like a high
pIIScy Jul Tie money was aayCen CURRENCY |
much deprecated like our old Continental
money. About twenty dollars of it are equal
10 one silver dollar.
III. Blondin, the great rope walker, has pur-
a house, completely furnished, at Mag
ira Falls, for four thousand dollars cash-which
amount is a portion of the profits of his feats
lcross the ehasm of the Niagara during the
The Grand Jury of Chittenden county, Vt.
nc indi0fad tho 1anonarc cf thu Gfoko ApricuI-
'ural Society, for giving premiums on horse
The Burlington Times says, human
can go no further than this
Parts of Illinois are so terribly infested with
ats, that one of the county agricultural socie-
that of Logan-has offered three premi-
inns of $50, $50 and $50 for the three largest
of rat scalps OF the Fair.
An exchange tells US that there is a mail car
Ter at Enfield, N. c., who Is said to have car
led the mail on horseback ffty-five miles, twice
week for forty-fve years, missing but one
day in that time. He certainly de-
erves a pension for such long and faithful ser
yice, but he deserves more. He wants a public
record Of his action, and we give it to him.
Tn crew of the Great Eastern will consist Of +,
10 able-bodied seamen, 90 searnen ringers, 200
Engineers and iremen. Steward staff, 100;
making with officers, about 500.
Henry Anthony, who has for twenty years
the Providence Journal with marked
is about to retire from its supervision /
nd give place to Prof. James B. Angel, of
University. Mr.. Anthony takes his
eat as United States Senator for Rhode Island
n the next Congress.
Admiral Hope, the British commander at the
of Peiho, was captain of the fTigate En-
at the time of her memorable battle
With the American frigate President. Commo-
Decatur, off New York, in the month of
1915. -.
A reformed opium eater writes to the Roch-
ster Democrat that he commenced opium ca
ing at the age of "a. and continued it till four
ears since. He will be SO his next birth day.
)uring part of the time he took so grains aday.
Ie thinks there are 80 opium eaters in the vii
age where he resides.
Mr.. Geo. Gregory, of Janesville, Wis. has
ut down la, 600 eggs in a pickle composed of
lime and water.