Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-07-29
ITEMS OF OHIO NEWS.

dartVliley had his ann torn Oh ABOVE the ehOOW
by the cutter of q moving machine. He was
sitting upon the machine, driving the team,
when, from some cause or other, the horses be-
came unmanageble, and threw him off IN such
a position as to catch his arm in the cutter
He is, however, in a fair way of recovery, not
much other damage having been sustained.
In Lenox, Ashtabula county, a few days
since, an old gentleman was attacked by a bull,
which, says the Sentinel, knocked him down,
and stamped him in a furious manner. 1t is
feared he will not recover. The animal was
thought to be gentle before.
Two men, Mr.. Marmon 10 hnsen and a butch
er, name unknown to us, both formerly of this
place, were drowned at De Graf, night before
last, while bathing above the dam built by I.
?. Miller. The particulars we have not heard.
-BaHefontaine Republican.
A DUEL AT TIFFrN, Owe learn from the
Telegraph operator at the Union depot, that a
duel was fought at Tifin, at four o'clock, a. NJ.
this morning, between two young bloods of
that place, and both clerks in Sullivan's store,
by the name OF Hoy and Kelley, Kelley's ball
just grazing the temple of Hoy, no other dam
age done. The difficulty originated in a gro
Gerry establishment on Saturday last. The due
vas fought on the Fair Ground near that place.
Dayton Empire, Juiy 2l-
The Urbana Citizen says that tire WooEclip
in Champaign county, has been very large this
ing in Importance.
Gov. CHAsE's FARM.-The last Dayton Ohio,
| Empire contains the following:
"The wheat crop in the Miami Valley was
never better, Or secured in better order, the
most Of it being already cut below Dayton
We were to!d that on Gov. Ghase's large farm
below Hamilton, his wheat fields yield forty
bushels per acre, and his corn, oats, barley,
grass, &c, is very promising.
The Steubenville Herald announces the
names of forty Republican gentlemen who are
willing to be nominated for county offices, by
the approaching convention
Il call has been issued for a State Christian
Anti-Siavery Convention to be held in Column
bus Oh Wednesday and Thursday, August 10th
and 18th. The call is signed by most of the
Congregational clergy of Ohio, and by a num-
Der Of ministers and Iaymen of other denomina-
tions.
At Springfield on Wednesday,, in a drunken
brawl, Jacob We'eh deliberately shot James
Pearson with a shotgun, from the effects of
which he died in an hour afterwards. Three
men, WEIGH, McBcth and Melee, were ar
rested and lodged in Jail.
What is fame? What fortune? Nicholas
Longworth, the "Crosus' of Cincinnati, worth
in money from 5000, 900 to $4,000, 900, while
sitting the other day on the steps of a house,
with his hat between his knees, waiting for a
friend, was the recipient of twenty-five cents
from a passing gentleman, who mistook him
for a beggar.
The Ashland Union says that the wooiclip
of Ashland county, this season, amounts to 220,-
900 lbs, and at an average Of ~ cents "a pound
will sell for S92.4O0.
Bro. Saxton, of the Urbana C.tl-ea and
Gazette, had his daughter taken from him one
week, and a lot of chickens the next. Strange
to relate, he makes the most fuss over the loss
of the chickens. Such is man, with his f~raiIties.
-Nack71-ctesk Press,
Michael Sparks, a young man apparently in
good health, dropped dead at Springfield on
Wednesday evening.
During the last year, the dogs Killed and
wounded 1852 sheep in Union county, worth
nearly 5000, more than all the dogs in the
State are worth.
The gentleman who was supposed to have
been robbed last week, Of his pocket book, con-
tanning $4,000 in money, and drafts to the a.
mount Ct $1,000, was lucky enough to get his
pocket book, with its valuable contents. 1t
seems that the pocket book had dropped on
the floor of the car, and was found there after
the arrival of the train at Sandusky next morn
ing and restored to its owner. He was in luck.
-Urbana Citizen.
The daughter of John Rafferty,, of Cincinnati,
has been killed in trying to do the Niagara
Feat in a small way. over a porch in the sec
ond story of the house. The rope breaking,
she was pitched over the bannisters, and she
received fatal injuries BY the fall.
We learn that Mr.. 3. Slauson, Of this city,
has commenced a suit against the New York
his wife received at the melancholy accident
near Jordon, on the 18th of May last. He
lays his damages at $4,000. Mrs. S. is yet
very feeble, and it is doubtful whether she will
ever entirely recover from her injuries.-Pi9ua
Enquirer, 2la.
Farmers College near Cincinnati, has con-
ferred the degree of D. D.. upon their own presi-
dent, Rev. c. n. Mattoon. 1t is stated that
this is the first electorate conferred by that
College.
Gov. Chase, attended by his Military Staff,
left Columbus on Monday last t, attend the
great celebration at Plymouth Rock, on the
second of August.
/ The Columbus Journal says there is a young
selftaught artist living in Warren, Tru,nbull
county, Ohio, named Crawford, who bids fair
to place his name among the highest on the
scroll of excellence in his art. He cannot be
more than twenty years Of age, and yet his
paintings compare favorably with the works of
our best artists.
Mr.. c. Shitfer, A. c. Doane, and a son of
Esq. Prouty, reached Medina this week from
the mines. They took but one peak at the pike,
aud concluded that Medina county was q much
better place to get rich in, and returned. They
were wise. Any one DESTROYS of going there
should call on these gentlemen and get facts
Medina Gas. u.
In the region of Dayton, from all accounts,
wheat was never excelled either as to quantity or
quality. Some fields yield as high as 40 bush
els per acre, while % to 80 bushels per acre is
a very common yield.
We are informed that a dog belonging to
one Of our citizens went mad last Sunday
He was found in a pasture a short distance
north of Town foaniing at the mouth and ex-
hibiting symptoms of hydrophobia.-Afarton
Republican.
LIckING CoUNTY.-The Newark North
dn'erican estimates the wheat crop, at about
one fourth of what it would have been had it
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