Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-11-18
IrsMs OF OHIO N-ws.

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During the taking Of the census Of the city
of GAINESVILLE, a few days ago. for educational
purposes, q Singular fact was aseertatned-
The law requires that the names OF persons be
tween five and tweDty-oDe years of g shall
be taken, and il was found that 9 mother, not
vet txenty-oBe years Of age, has two children,
the youngest OF them over Eve years of age
A mother and two children 70 the same school
list! Beat that who cant
Prof. J. c. Zachos, of Cincinnati. has beth
appointed Professor Of Rhetoric and Bellies
Letters in Kenyon College, at Gambler. Ohio,
a position he will fill with credit to himself
and satisfaction to the Institution.
WaEA7 PLANTED IN HHIs.-Nr. Yant
near Bolivar, o. writes to the Ohio Farmer,
that he has planted an acre of wheat, about,20
by Is inches apart, in hills, using a little over
five and a half pounds seed to the acre. He
put FIVE kernels to the hill, bat thinks one
third failed from grubs, cut-werms, etc, aud
this be has replantei. A part has been hOed !;
the growth is splendid-as far as that is con-
cerned he has no fears. As to expense com
pared with the yield of grain, next harvest
will show.
The RANDOLPH WILL CAsE-About a
year ago a Mr.. Randolph died near Xenia,
leaving a large landed estate-1,000 acres
near Clifton. and 1000 in Highland-besides
other valuable property, which he directed in
his VI i'll to be disposed Of. and the proceeds to
be invested for the purchase and emancipation
of slaves that he had formerly owned and sold
in Virginia. Being . bachelor. this disposition
of his property did not suit his relations in
Virginia, and his brother has undertaken to
contest the VIII, on the ground that he was
too old AID feeble in intellect TO be able to
make q VIII,
As SIR. K. was an old citizen Of Greene
county, a cousin of John Randolph. OF Roam
oak, and q very eccentric old bachelor, worth
$4,000, the Gaze excites q great deal Of atten-
ton among the citizens of Greene county, and
will not probably b. d;-ided for a week TO
come.
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FATAL ACCIDENT IN GREENE CogsTY.-On
last Friday, DR.. VIM. r. Kabie. of Bellbrook,
was killed almost instantly, near the residence
of Mr.. q. r. Giutfeitcr. in BeeYer Greek
township. He was driving a horse attached
to u wagon loaded with corn ; and in decend-
ing q hill, the horse became nnmanageable,
from some cause, and ran. A young man who
happened TO be ON the read near By, says that
he observed the wagon tip up, by which DR..
Kable was pitched ont and in his fall his head
struck the road with suchforce as to fracture
his skull in a terrible manner. After the
young man reached him, he gave one respira-
ton and groan and theu expired.-1enia
Torctight.
Charles Curtis, of Sheffield, AshtabuIa Co.,
left his residence ten weeks ago and has not
since been heard of by his family. He is a man
about forty-two years OF age, five feet and six
inches in height, black hair and whiskers, and
is thought to be insane. Any information con-
corning him will be gratefully received by his
family and friends, and can be addressed to j.
A. Gage, Ashtabula, Ohio.
Thomas ". Reed, a lad Of some thirteen
years, the son of Mr.. John Reed, of Liberty
township, died on Tueseav last, of an injury re-
ceived on the previous evening, at u corn husk-
ing; the young folks engaged in a wrestling
match, and while two were thus engaged,
the one threw the other around, so that his
feet struck the deceased, who WAS standing by.
in the abdomen, causing his death the follow
ing day.-Haneock JEFF.
The Democratic State Central Committee
has issued q call for District Conventions in
each Congressional Dis riot. on the first of De-
eember next, for the purpose of nominating
Delegates to the Charleston Convention. On
the 9Th of January, there is to be aState Con-
~vention at Columbus, for the purpose of ap-
pointing Delegates for the State at large.
Major r. Cowling, of London, has donated
O plot of land, containing over eight acres, to
the citizens of London, to be used for Gene
terry purposes. The Major is one of the sub
~stantial and liberal men of Madison county.
Among the Premiums awarded at the Greene
County Fair was one of $40 for the fastest
work by Blacksmitbs. D. Y. Pottle took the
premium. having with the assistance OF a boy,
turned 11L shoes in fifteen minutes, the time
allotted to the contestants. Henry Sellers
turned 101, and John Callahne9. Fast work
we should guess.
$4,000 EoR i HoRsE.-The SPLENDID pacing
horse stranger" who took the first premium
ard attracted SC much attention at the recent
Cuyahoga Falls Fair, was sold the other day
by Mr.. Horace Hatch, who raised him, to N.
R. Collins. of Reotstown, Ravenna County,
and Wm. Waterman, of Parkman, Geauga
County. They paid the handsome price of
$4,000 for him. stranger" has done some
fine pacing already anc greater things are ex-
pected of him by his present owners.-Plain
Dealer.
TERTrsLE SIArGarER-The night Express
on the P. F. W. & G. Railroad ran into six
horses on last Saturday night. .abont three
miles west of this place. killing FIVE on the spot
and wouuding the sixth so severely that we
suppose it had to be killed By the owner
Strange and Incredible as it ma seem, it is
nevertheless tr,e. that the only damage done
to the train WIS the throwing off the track Of
one of the passenger carss-UPper Srmdusky
Pioneer.
The Hog packing season has commenced
fairly, from sixteen to twenty thousand hogs
having been cut within the last week, and the
are now increasing steadily, with IA
vorable weather. The receipts today were s..
500 head. Prices Opened at SIS 6505 20, and
under a pressure for hogs to I'll contracts, rates
were carried up yesterday 10 Sc. To-day,
however, With two or three exceptions, there
were 10 buyers at over IS IS, and not many
at that, while The offering for the last of this
week and the whole Of next, al that figure were
pretty free. The market may be called dull
at 35 is per 100 BIS net, for goood average
qualities. Packers are cautious. They see
nothing 70 justify investments at current fig
ures. There is no demand of consequence for
new products, and the prices that could be re-
allied would make a loss upon hogs bought at
IS IS. There is also al absence of tie out
side influences that were brought to bear last
year 10 sustain the market, and dealers are not