Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-07-13
ITEMS OF OHIO NEWS.

wise oar citizens to keep sharp lookout
i This hot weather brings on. that dreadful dis
case that affiicts the canine race, and spreads
destruction and death in its most horrible form.
Too much care cannot be taken in regard to
! this matter.
| The Portsmouth TO- Times. an able Demo
cratic jour- al, has been discontinued, its edit
| or Mr. w G. Hood. having become discour-
| aged at The present condition of the Democrat
ic party He says in his vaIcdictory-"lt is
really painful to be daily and hourly forced to
contemplate the distracted state Of our nation
| al politics I have no relish for no wish to
participate in, the sort of campaign that is
right before us. l hope never to be indlfar
ent to the welfare of my country. but times
like the present remind me but too plainly
that "the pvst of honor is the private sta
ton
Last week a Mr. Bierce, who resided near
yellow springs, III company with boy. un-
dertoox to drive bull off his premises, when
the bull turned and tossed Mr.. B. on his hornsi
and then sprang upon him and gored him 10
death. The outrageous boy attacked the bull
with club and succeeded III driving him away,
but too late TO save the life of Mr. Bierce.--
ny 1ob FioS1C1tS AuO "" va eAAN ooii ~
fnanslauehter?
The Painsville Advertiser says that the Oil
/ Company Of which Chas. a. Avery and Geo.
! W. Steele, of that place are partners, has bor-
cd two wells at Oil Creek with the good for
tune of striking large oil veins in both, and are
now pattil,x in the pumps In one, oil was
found at 50 feet. and in the Other at 30
feet Mr.. Steele has presented the editor
with a quantity of the oil for use about his
printing presses. The Lake Shore road are
using it for oing th-ir Locomotives. they
fnd it superior for machinery to sny other
OIL.
T. At Akron last night, in celebration of the
| Fourth a bonfire was made at the corner OF
/ Market and Howard streets. A young man
named Samuel o'Neil, carrying borrel to the
I pile (which was already blazing with tar bar
reis and pine boxes by accident fell headlong
| into the flames He was, for seconds not
| counted, in the midst of the fire, and came out
! crawling on hands and knees, with not shred
| Of raiment on him. Kill mel be shrieked,
4For Gods sake, Kill me. Cut my throat
| anything-only kill mel" After all effort, that
| medical or surgical skill could give, had been
rendered, he died this morning. after suffering
physical distress unspeakabe. Our informant
says his shriels still ring inhis ears.-Cisrs-
| land Herald. 5th.
| ALMOST 4 W1rE-MURDER.-A 4 most revolt
ing case Of attempted murder occurred in 'lfv
crto township, Saturday morning. One Buck
master, lately let out of the Penitentiary,
| where he has been serving a sentence for rape,
went home from a neighbor's house where he
I \ 4 His
proceeded to where his wife was milking
| COW, and for some difference about the children
| shot her in the thigh. Buckmaster was arrest
| ed. brought here and lodged in the county Jail
! He is a desperate villain and there can be no
doubt but that he premeditated the murder of
his wife. She is lying very low but will prob
ably rocover.-[Coshocton Age.
lCIscIxsArI. July 1o.-At Georgetown.
| Brown County, Ohio, on the 4th of July, Har
ner Higgins aid Robert Glase. we're severely
wounded by the premature discharge of can
non On the 7ti, at q large Douglas meeting,
at the same place, the same cannon was pre-
maturey discharged Instantly killing w. j.
| 0urs!cr, and severely woundlng a. J. Bali
/ ley
| w. P. Dumblc, the editor of the Marion
! Il. Holder, editor of the Marion Mirror, the
damages being laid at ten thousand dollars
| Dunhie says he will be ready to pay the
amount, when Iadder gets his verdict. 4
Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, has ac-
cepted the limitation Of the authorities Of
i Cleveland to deliver an address on the occasion
Of the laying OF the cornerstone of the Perry
| Monument in that city, on the 10th day of
/ September next.
| A dealer in counterfeit money was arnesed
at Cincinnati last week, and $4,000 in con
traband currency seized. The bills were all of
the denomination of 3s, with blank lines for
the name Of the bank, not filled up. The plates
were also seized upon.
The Oil excitement still continues in Mecca
and the success which the different companies
meet with, encourages others to bore for OIL
! Mr. jacob Powers informs US that on Monday
| Of this week, Messrs. Rinhart & ponar pump
! ed s barrels of oil from their well, and Messrs.
/ W Woods & Go. average or barrels daily
! From his residence Mr.. Powers says he can
| count IS wells in operation, or being sunk, and
new companies are constantly prospecting and
preparing to commence operations. The gold
| fever of Pixies Peak is nothing compared
| with the oil fever OF that locality Warren
| Chronicle.
| The Ohio Editorial Association will meet in
| Sandusky City on the 25th inst. W. w.
| Armstrong of the 'Tfin Advertiser. is to de-
| liver an address. and original poem will be
read by G. \ Stewart, of the Kenton Repub-
! lican. The boys" will undoubtedly have a
! good time.
The gentleman is still alive lin his gid year,
who, III June, 1890, cut the first tree ever cuj
on the town plat of Gallpos, Ohio. At that
time there WAS small settlement at Marietta
and another at Cincinnati; the balance of Ohio
was wiidcrn ,ss; th,'re were not then proha
bly, 1000 white people in it altogether; now II
contains nearly 2,500000 inhabitants, and has
changed from wilderness to one Of the best
agricultural States in the union. Who ever
before, in n single life, witnessed such change?
/ II Portsmouth Tribune.
+ The W DOL CRoP OF OHIo.-Most of the clip
of wool in this State and the West is already
sold. The clip in Ohio alone will amount to
about 100000 pounds, and will bring into
our State over four millions of dollars. Wool
has become an important staple with US; and
so long as there is no surplus of wool in the
| "oTiu--the cup oSih5 uSeu UP cioSety every
year--f;armers can be sure OF remunerating pri-
ces. Mr.. F. c. Sessions of this city, has
bought about 10000 pounds, at prices vary
!, ing from 30 to so cents per pound. Dealers
commenced buying from to 5 cents less than
last year; but in some sections ii has been sold
at an advance of last year. Probably the clip
in this State has been spld at about the aver
age of last Estate journal.
Judge Lawrence. of Bel1efountaine. decided
L. The Conrt of Common pleas of 1,orar- conn,