Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-07-15
ITEMS OF OHIO NEWS.

MI Jaine WillIams, OF New Jasper town
ship, reports to US that John Harris cut one
half an acre ofaverage wheat with a cradle il
thirty minutes-and did il well-on the Fourtl
Of July. Who can beat that ?-4enia Netcs.
EDITORIAL CouKTEsY-J. Birncy Marshall
the editor Of the new Douglas paper in Column
bus, greets our brother Of the Salesman thus
Il pronounce George " Manypenuy, III,
editor of the Statesman, who charges me Will
having denounced and h~aligued Mr.. Douglas
an infamous Hair"
A young Irish boy named James M-Graw
aged about l. years. Wa drowned in Phillips
pond, three miles east of this place, on Sunday
afternoon last. In company with two other
boys he went into the pond to swim. They
found Il boat and went to the middle OF the
pond, and rocked it 50 that it soon filed with
water and went down. The unfortunate boy
Immediately sunk to rise no more. but his com
panioils swan to shore. His body was not re
covered until Monday morning, about 9 CLOCK.
-Ut5aha FREE Press.
a Young man from Larue,. named McFar-
land, was run over BY the cars. a little beyond
Laurie on the evening of the It'll. He WIS at
Marion during the celebration. aud went HON,
on the evening train. Suspicion is strongly
entertained, from the facts that his hat and
blood were found some distance from where he
was run over, that be was brutality murdered
and then placed on the track to hide suspicion.
-IIqy5on N3ror.
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati,
and Little Miami and Columbus and Xenia
Railroad Companies, have consented 10 let the
trains Of the Columbus and indianapolis Rail
road run into their depot 1t the north end of
the city for a consideration Of $1,000 per year
-Siafe youjlai.
At Wester, 1 boys playing about the gas
works, were burned severely by careIessly
throwing IA lighted match into the pit or well,
which exploded throwing the cover of and
burning the boys.
There is to be a parade Of Ohio Fire
Companies at Zanesvillc, Sept, ., to compete
for four Silver ~IrumPets, valued at $I00 each,
and il pair of Silver Buck lIoras to the best
Hose Company.
\ citizen Of Cincinnati named Sylvester
Doss has written to Blondsl, proposing to let
that famous aivcnturcr carry him acros5 Mag
ara on the tight rope.
DIR. VIM. Bushnell. of MlnsliclI. the Demo
candidate for State Treasurer, fell from
a cherry tree On Friday last, and was seriously
The Ohio Statesman says Doctor Kirk. the
nominee for Lieutenant G0vern9r, was expelled
from The Democratic party. Nhcna man Gets
ashamed, ami walks out Of tn Demo
cratic ranks, the Statesman calls it being : ex
pc! ed
Two prisoners. sentenced to "A short term in
the Pcnitentiary, broke out of Jail in 1rumbull
e ,un;y, bat the prospects We're 50 gloomy out
side, they allowed themselves to be rctakcn by
he jailor.
y School House about a nile from North
village. Huron County. wasstruck by
tightening during Il recent thunder storm, and
badly torn to pieces. The teacher. Miss Mary
and nineteen scholars were i'll the build
ne at the TING, and the escape ofaIl from death
II injury seems Il miracle indeed.
Mr.. Trash, Of Easton township. Wyandot :
died very suddenly on the forenoon OF
he 18th. lie had been grading wheat. ana :
vent to the house TO grind bis Scytllc, being in !
lis usual health. After taking Il drink of wa
II he complained of IA pain internally and lay :.
and kept getting worse till h. died, which e
vas within fifteen minutes. Mr.. L. WIS aboat +
10 years of age.
a distinguished Cuban lcctured lately at .
Ashland, Ohio, for the Democracy. and loudly
Republicans for opposing the acqui
'tien of Cuba And the nSext evening ran Off 4
a nut brown chambcrmaid Of The village :
Nr1r SD.
Jacob Snyder, residing near MilIyHle. Bat
er county, committed suicide on the eth ult.
y shooting himself, because he had sold fifteen
cIra of land for less than he afterwards ;lScer- I
aimed he could have got for it, if he had de
handed more. |
We learn from the Washington Register that i
samuel Beatty, son of Judge Beatty of Wash t.
ngton, was killed in the harvest field, during p
he severe storm of the second by the fall Of i n
rec. 10
Tn Public Schools of Toledo are Justly The 81
ride Of the city, and a three story wing % feet :,
" I02, is Immediately to be constructed, as an u
EDITION to the present comely High School.
at a cost Of Si7.300 :
Seneca County Bank bills will be worthless
Mess forwarded to Mr.. CIaypooI, at Colum
nus, before next March, and whenever the af :
of the bank are final Y settled hc-wiiI remit
hat they may be wo-th. G
There seems to be a remarkable mortality
mong the fine horses of Ohio of late. "Black-
Iawk Henry AMI Printer" two of the best
orses in Fairfield county, have died within "a
ew weeks.
Mrs. Powers; a boarding house keeper. at
'oledo, was accidentally drowned in 4 %cistern,
nto which she stepped while drawing water on
tuesday.