Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-07-01
ITEMS or OHIO NEWS.

Wednesday morning, at his residence. We
learn that he went into the room, took up his
gun for the purpose of shooting a dag, and, to
ascertain whether it was loaded, set his foot on
the lock and blew into the muzzle, when his
foot slipped off the lock, causing the discharge
of the gun, the contents entering the roof ofhis
mouth and coming out at the top Of his head.
He was dead when found.
The late frost must have touched the Cincin
natl vineyards but lightly, for the Gazette of
the 10th says:
w are informed by an extensive grape
cultivation near the city, that the prospect of
an abundant crop was never better. He prom
ised a few of his friends, some years ago, to
give them a ball whenever he made 5000 gal
Ions Of wine from his vineyard, and he has Civ
en- them notice to prepare their dancing shoes"
Colonel Gideon William Hart died suddenly
at his residence in Blendon Township, Frank
lin county, Ohio, on Monday morning, June
goth, in the Gath year of his age. Col. Hart
was one Of the earliest settlers of that town
ship, having located there in 1918.
A farmer gives it as his opinion, says the
Urbana Citizen, that there will be more wheat
raised in Campaign county this year than last,
and of a much better quality that the loss in
consequence Of the frost, will not over balance
the extra number of acres seeded in the county.
a large panther was frequently seen in the
woods near Oxford, Butler county, week before
last, SO great is the alarm in the neighbour
hood that children have been kept from school.
party OF armed men went in pursuit of the
ra1miI}t, came in sight. fired, but missed the
mark.
During the recent visit of North's Circus to
Massillon, a man named Ephraim Thaver was
fatally Stabbed in an afliay with ID. Ritter and
L. Bahney, who have been arrested and bound
over for the homicide.
A man named Sash Clark, who recently
started a grocery in Columbus, has, it seems.
been engaged in systematic burglary, with
a man named John Wider. Their places of
business were searched by the policc-a large
amount ~ofstolen goods found. and the men ar
rested. ..
The Hcnia TorA-Lighf, from the assessors
returns, asccftaius that dogs have killed, during
the past year, l,269 sheep in Greene county
valued at $2,429. s
Michael Beaudien, a Bay Settlement French
man, was hanged at Toledo, last Friday. for the
murder of Antonio opal.
William St. John, of Caesars Greek. near
Nenia, was drowned, on, Friday last, while fish
ing with a seine.
A man in Cleveland whose dog bit a passer
by was arrested and fined five dollars and costs.
The fine was altogether too light.
The number of affiliated, Free and Accented
M1Soncf in Ohio i-ot;D,,4oJ Il I = ooo
a little daughter of Michel Thompson, of
Freedom township, Henry county. last week
fell accidentally into a tub of boiling water.
from which she died i'll twenty hours.
Comptroller ThraII, has drawn on the county
Treasurers for 100000 to meet the semi-an-
nual interest on the public debt of the State,
due July first.
Lieut., Gov. Martin Welker is prominently
named as a candidate for Congress from the
4th District in place of Hon. Cyrus Sphinx, who
died on the Both uIt.
a locomotive on the Central Ohio Railroad.
exploded at CampelIs Station, on the 18th
inst, killing a man named Charles Turner, fire
man, and badly scalding the engineer.
Tho Nenia News of Friday says "A pick
IcNhcL hHo I III lIC CIV dtJ Oh SlG1I-
ing a p~orte-monnaie from a passenger, the
other day, down at the depot. The conductor.
just as the fellow was about to pocket his prize.
gave him a gentle hint he was seen. in the shane
Of a stunning blow between the eyes. The
rogue was satisfied, picked himself up and took
to his heels, without waiting to demand an
apology"
The Cincinnati Gazette of Tuesday morn
ing, says that " a Young fellow named VIM.
Bel, was yesterday morning fined S. and sent
% the county Jail for thirty days, for carrying
a pair of iron knuckles. This is the first case
of the kind u.?der the new law"
The Toledo T1mts says: mo very mate
rial damage will be sustained in this section BY
any of the frosts we have had of late"
The Warren Cronicze states that Mrs Clau-
Fredriche, Of Wertherslield, Ohio, was instant
ly killed by Tightening on Wednesday Of last
week and her husband seriously injured. They
sitting in their own honse. |
The Napoleon No1thuest, of the 18th, saws
The wheat crop of Henry county, as a general
thing, is not injured in the least by the frost.
1t is true that in some localities-on low, wet
for instance-the wheat may be iniur-
ID slightly, but this is the extent of the damage
lone"
The Columbus Statesman says the Sheriff of
Cuyahoga comfy brought down six despera-
the other day, elected to the Penitentiarv
or various terms. An attempt was made by
he prisoners to revolt and escape on the cars,
'ut it was speedily subdued. ,
In Ashtabula county, during the past year,
one thousand dollars worth of sheep were
and injured by dogs. Rather Il heavy ,
AK. h.,
The ~artcsian well is now / 81 feet deep, hay 5
ne been sunk but seven feet the past three
months. The tubing has been again removed,
nd the workmen are engaged in roaming out
or still more cylinder. This well now lacks
nut go feet of being the deepest in the United
states. {
LARGE CALF.-On Friday last a young Cow |
to Mr.. r. c. Wilson, of Union
gave birth to Il calf which weighed t
ne huadJrd and S~ercnteen pounds. {
A young man named Charles Brewer, rob- c
ed Rev. MIR. Theisse of the Catholic Church !
{ Chillicothe, of eighty-three dollars, last :
sunday. The money had been received by the
ricSt from the congregation, in aid of a theo- ,
'gical seminary fund. Brewer represented r
imself as a Catholic, about to start a cotton a
'ctory in Chillicothe, and so ingratiated HIM
elf, that Mr.. Theissc invited him to dine with g
i'm on Sunday. During his absence at the =
lternoon's service, the young man returned to
ne priests house and stole the money from u =
rawer in which he saw it put. He was ar !,
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