Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-25
ITEMS OF OHIO NEWS

A terrific tornado passed over the Southern
portion of the State, last Monday afternoon,
causing great loss of life and destruction of
property. AT Cincinnati four persons were
killed by falling buildings and two steamboat
hands were drowned in the river The damage
done to buildings is estimated at two hundred
thousand dollars. AtAthens several buildings
unroofed; damage about five Thousand dollars.
AT Chillicothe one man was crushed to death
and another seriously injured, by falling
roof damage to buildings, four thousand dol
lars at Loyeland the damage amounted to
one thousand dollars Greenfield suffered to
the amount of six thousand dollars: The loss
at Ripley Portsmouth Lexington, Marietta,
Harinar and other points on the Ohio is very
great.
The Mt Vernon Banner, in speaking of the
crops says: s.In our own county of Knox,
cry thing looks truly cheering. The recent
rains have advanced vegetation wonderfully
The grass is already high enough tor moving
been compelled to cut the grass in their
ards to enable them to walk about.
The Ohio Patriot, at New Lisbon says =
s'Tre prospect for fruit was never better It
Que half the fruit natures, many of the trees
will be broken down
The Sanduslzy Register says I'VE yester-
day talked with several farmers from the ad-
Joining country, and they all report the crops
as looking very finely. The prospect for fruit
is good. The soil is in good condition and the
corn is in good order. The weather is fine be-
yond the croakers power to gainsay.'
fhe Dayton Empire of the 10th says A
gentleman who has been travelling through the
Miami Valley for week or two past, assures
us that the peachss are not all killed-by a
great many He says he has particularly ex-
anained the fruit and he finds that of the great
abundance the trees about one third will
fall off; there is Just about that much more than
the trees can bring to perfection. He could not
hal tha affected
q particle. In some Of the orchards where the
peaches were stated to have been entirely de-
stroyed, there will be fair sprinkling' of
that luscious fruit. The impression, based on
investigation is, that we will have more than
au average crop of fruitaas.44-zs.a.s. -
A friend who has recently travelled over the
neighboring country, reports very faYorably OF
the growing crops He says the wheat looks
well that corn is up in some places, and that
farmers have done planting It. The fruit has
not been injured. If no other disasters meet
us, there will be plenty to eat and send away
this year GAINESVILLE Intelligencer.
Farmers give us very encouraging reports OF
the crops now. The winter killed wheat is
likely to turn out better than they expected.
They complain that cut-worms are destroying
the corn in some places, but we have no doubt
that in this as in SO many previous cases, TREY
are much ''more scared than hurt. ~ Xenia
News.
The growing crops of grain, generally speak
ing, look we'll Wheat bids fair for more
than an average yield cats, with seasonable
weather, will turn out better than for two years
past, and all small grains, SO far as we can as
certain by observation and inquiry, only need
favorable weather to bring them out fftely.-
Oorn has come up well, we believe, almost uni
versally. On the whole, prospects are very
good for the farmer and all interested in the
products of the esoil.-fWaynesville Visitor.
So far as our observation has extended and
80 far as we are able to learn from differeu
parts of the county, we think the wheat look
fair for an average crop. The past ten days ha
brought it out wonderfully. In the Northern
part of the county, it looks well, but not 81
we'll to the South of the Railroad In parts o
Smith, Wayne and Somerset townships. it ha
been badly killed by the winter LBelmon
Chronicle.
Mr. Octavius W. Warner, of Ridgeville, Lo
rain county, killed on Wednesday last b
a scaffold pole falling upon him.
Ezra DYSON convicted of grand larceny a
q. the last term of the Court of Common Pleas {
Pickaway county, but awaiting in Jail at Gin
cleville new trial, made his escape on Thur
day night.
Arrangements are being made for the eret
tion of a blast furnace, rolling mill and ma
factory at Cleveland, with capital of $f00
900.
BaIthus Bitter, aged eighteen years, who's
parents recently came from Germany, and al
now residing in Circleville, was thrown from
horse on Sunday last, and SO seriously I'M ureo
as to cause his death on Tuesday.