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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
DISCOVERY OF THE RICHEST GOLD DEP0SITE
KN0WRIH THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,

Upon the arrival of the Helena stage,
last Friday morning, the people of Vir-
gInia City were thrown into a gold excite
ment before which all former excitements
must pale. The facts as we get them from
apparently well authenticated sources,
are briefly as follows:
Mr.. Brown, German or Norwegian.
and one of the original discoverers of the
Gould & Curry lode, of Nevada, and af-
terward of the Brown lode in Nelson s
Gulch, in this Territory, was engaged in
sinking a shaft on the Uncle Sam lode,
about the head of Dry Gulch, some four
miles from Helena. He had sunk near
twenty feet, when, the indications not
suiting him, he concluded to change his
course by drifting up hill from the bottom
of his shaft He had advanced in this
direction about ten feet, when he reached
gold deposite, which, in richness and
extent, has, perhaps, no parallel in the
history of gold mining. Gold; in almost
solid masses ,glittered before his bewildered
vision. For two weeks longer, unknown
to others, he tunnelled into the golden
wall. He had accumulated and secreted
about him several gunny sacks literally
filled with the precious metal, when Ion
ger secrecy became impracticable, from
the very extent of his unexpected wealth.
and Mr.. Brown proceeded to record and
secure his property, when the public were
informed of the great discovery. It is
said that he now keeps a strong guard,
night and day, over his seemingly incom-
putable wealth, while he himself, unas-
sisted, delves into the golden earth around
him, and continues multiplying his sacks
of ore. One person who was admitted
into Mr.. Browns drift, states that it pre-
sented a scene of wealth more akin to the
Imagination than reality. Gold gold
gold met the view on every side-above,
below, and all around-and reflected its
rich hues in the glare of the candle, as if
this subterranean vault had been hewn
out of a solid ledge of the yellow metal
This gold is found in we'll defined
ledge, fully five feet in width The gold
vein is three feet wide-three -fourths of
the entire substance therein being pure
gold the remainder mainly bismuth-
On each side of this vein there is a easing
Of one foot of quartz, which will assay
from 800 to $1,000 to the ton The very
wall rock Is rich. Specimens can be seen
at the city book store.
Whether this is, to use familiar mining
terms, ''blow out" or a pocket, we are
not prepared to admit or deny But be
it either, millions are Lying about loose. "
We can scarcely realize that this is a dis
tinct and continuous ledge, as, in that case,
so-vast an amount of gold would affect
the standard of gold valuation through
out the world. But our informant, whom
we know to be man of reliability, as
sures US that distinct ledge has been
traced fully seventy-fve feet.-W0ntana
Post
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
RoTATIoN III CROPS.

When cur forefathers had transformed
the forests into fruitful field they found.
in most parts of country, a soil composed
OF all the fertility necessary to produce n
remuuerative crop of grain, grass, or roots.
without the application of manure. This
soil has been appropriately termed "a YER
gin soil. They had no manure, and the
soil needed none till after the first crop
had exhausted portion of its fertility.
Here impoverishment began. Crop after
crop was carried from the most productive
fields, till they would no longer pay the
expense of cultivation. Had our ances
tors understood that certain elements in
the soil are taken up in producing a Civ
en- crop. and that different substances are
required to grow different kinds of grain,
how easy it would have been for them to
maintain the fertility Of good soil,
We see this error We understand
what is essential to keep the soil good.
Every intelligent farmer knows that if he
raises wheat one season, Indian corn the
next, then oats, barley, or rye, and clover,
returning the refuse of his crops to the
soil, the elements of fertility, which are
necessary to accumulate it to the soil
Consequently, by putting in different kinds
of grain cultivating well, and not making
his ground work too hard, he is always
certain of harvest.
The promise of seed time and harvest il
as conditional as any other. No man
need expect that the Creator will make
his fields productive by a miracle when
he has set at naught all the laws of phys
iologv
1t is better to adopt rotation system
in the garden as well as the field. 1t al
ways favors productiveness if the rotation
is adopted to the character of the soil
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

THE CHOLERA IN EURoPE.-The chole-
ra still fingers in Europe. A letter from
Florence says that the recent progress of
pressed that the approach of the cold sea-
son is a guarantee of impunity against its
attacks After brief interval of com
parative repose during the autumnal
months the mysterious enemy is once
more on its deadly march. The Levant
Herald notices the temperance of ohole-
ra at Alexandria and at Trebizond, after
having totally ceased. Other places are
afflicted mike manner. At Naples, Nov
18th, there were 255 cases of cholera, and
147 deaths The deaths from cholera in
France during the month of October
were 1920, and 379 from the 9th to the
18th of November.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
AaRfcuLTuRAL.
AMOUNT OF SEED WHEAT FOR AN AcRE.


: Every wheat plant requires for its fair
Development an AREA of about is square
inches, or 9 piece of ground inches
square. There are IN an acre Of ground
1860 square feet Each square foot con-
tains 8 of these 4-inchSssquares, hence is
capable of sustaining 8 wheat plants; and
SO we have 392,040 as the number of
wheat plants that will grow advantageous
ly on an acre of good land. In bushel
of wheat with kernelsof fair size, there
are about $50, 600. grains. If these be
uniformly distributed over one acre, there
| will be about Is kernels on every square
/ foot, or a fraction more than square
| inches, or an area of inches square for
Leach kernel. Did the wheat plant pro-
duce only one stalk and head, this would
not be too thick. But, as we may ex-
peet every plant to tiller, that is, produce
I from to D, l0, or more stems, 1T all these
stems should grow, the straw would be so
thick that the ears of wheat would be
short and small, and the grain also of
diminutive size. But, in practice, we
find that there is failure somewhere; for
if we use no more seed, the grain will not
stand thick enough on the ground. What
then becomes Of the seed?-and how
much must we use? Much depends on
the size of the kernels, the number that
Will-Yegetate, the condition of the soil,
and the manner of putting in the seed
Some Kernels often are nearly twice as
large as others. When kernels are small
of course less seed is required, and rice
UersG. If the grain has been threshed
with machine which has bruised the
kernels, more seed is necessary than if
threshed with a fail or whipped out,
which is the best way to thresh for seed,
When it is put in with good drill, less
seed will be required than ifsoWed broad
cast When the soil is rich, an acre will
require less seed than If the ground is iu
poor condition, for the richer the soil is,
the more the plants will tiller. One BUSH
ell of good seed per acre, well put into rich
soil, is enough. Making suitable allow
ances for impefections alluded to, it is ad-
visable to increase the amount sometimes
to p bushels per acre. Usually about
bushels is the advisable quantity. IF
plants have room to tiller when the sell
is fertile, thin seeding will yield as much
as thiek.-Anoerieaq AgricaLtarist
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

There was shipped from this city du-
ring the months of September: October
apples, or p, ,0423 bushels, which would
average about so cents per bushel, making
$16,834. This is doing very well we think
when we take into consideration the fact
that there was not more than half crop in
the country this year These apples sold
in the markets to which they were shipped
at about So per barrel, making a return
to the county, expenses included, of $44,
085. Pretty well done for the apple trade.
We learn that large quantity of cider
was shipped. but have not the figures
TTbin AdUertiSer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

A man named Frehn has been arrested
in Burlington, Racine county, Wisconsin
charged with most diabolical murder
The circumstances are as follows: An.
thony Cook and his wife had gone to
church on Sunday morning last. leaving
at home three Children niece aged
thirteen, a son aged nine, aud little
daughter aged three Returning, they
found that all were murdered, having APP
parently been killed with an ax. Two
Cook was known by the man Frohn, who
worked for him, to have 50 900 in money
in the house, though it appears that he
had placed it in his pocket on going to
church. Frohn was seenabout the house
during their absence by some neighbors
who were passing, There is strong talk
Of lynohing him.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
RhariR,s Sale.

The State of Ohio, BY VIRTUE of an Order of Sale
~. to me directed from the Court OF
Frank White, Common Pleas of Delaware coun-
AlOis Bausch. ty, Ohio,
SHALL offer for sale at Public Auction the 18th
day January 1885, at O'Clock p. NJ, at the door
of the Court House in Delaware, in said county, the
following described Real Estate, tO-wit: In-lots
II2 1I3 in Milo Pettibones addition TO the town ol
Delaware. Now known by a Remembering of in-lots
and Out-lOts of said town Of Delaware in-Ots
335 and 1856.
Lot mo- l12, appraised at 81 200 Lot no. 113 ap-
praised at $500 JNO. W. LADD,
Dec Is 65-ts Sc Sheriff Delaware county, o.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
RchooI Hxaminer's NTotice.

THEREAFTER, and until further notice the
Isl school Examiners Of Delaware county will meet
at TElIPLAR HALL, In the town Of Delaware the
FIRST and THIRD Saturdays OF March, April, May June
September, October, November and December; and Oh
the THIRD Saturdays in February and August. Exami-
nations will commence at 10 O'Clock n. Candidates
MUST present satisfactory testimonials OF good
character. The law requires. condition u exam
6natiOn, that each applicant for n certificate shall
pay to the Board Of Examiners a fee OF so cants.
April s. 'e4s-tf J. s. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
LEGAL NOTICES..
Court Common Pleas, Della
1C09'e County, ohio.
PETITION.

joseph W Drake Francis ". Drake, Wm1
/ B. Drake, jackson d. Drake, Elizabeth
| J. Drake and Benjamin A. z. Drake, Plaintiffs.
Infants, by their next friend Emily
Drake,
Ann sweetser, Emma Ridgway, and her
husband Thomas J. Ridgway, Florence
Sweetser. and her Gurdian, l. J. Rich
ardson, Jos Thompson, ElanOr Thomp-
son, Sarah Jane Thompson, Archibald
Thompson infaEt child and heir at law
of Archibald Thompson, deceased, and
Sarah, his daughter, who is married and n.s..
husbands name is unknown, william fDe'eAU-H'e
Hutchinson Elanor J. HutchisOn,
children and heirs at law of Eliza
Hutehison, deceased, Elizabeth AesFer,
and her husband George J. Messer,
Mary Carr, and her husband Samuel
Carr. and jackson HipDle, Admins
traitor Of the estate of Silas IArake, de-
ceased.
JOSEPH THOMPSON, Elanor Thompson, Sarah Jane
D Thompson Archibald Thompson, infant child and
heir at law of Archibald Thompson, deceased and
bands is unknown, William Hutchison and
Elanor Hutchson, ch iIdren and heirs of Eliza
HutchisDn, deceased, Elizabeth Messer and her hus
band George J. Messer, Mary Carr and her husband
Samuel Carr, whose residences are unknown, but who
are supposed to reside somewhere in the State Of
Mar yand will take notice that Emily Drake, of the
county Of Delaware and State of Ohio, as the next
friend of Joseph W. Drake, Francis VI. Drake William
B. Drake, Jackson ID. Drake, Elizabeth J. Drake and
Benjamin A. E. Drake, infants residing county
and State, did the 9th day of December, 1885, file
her petition in the Court of Common Pleas within
for the county of Delaware and State of Ohio against
the said Ann Sweetser, Emma Ridgway, and her hus-
band Thomas J. Ridgway, and Florence SWeetser and
her Guardian l. J. Richardson setting contract
made between Charles Sweetser, deceased and Sllas
Drake, deceased, whereby the said Charles weeser
dId agree sell to the said Sas Drake his heirs
assigns, following described Real Estate situated
in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, s'beng
the south half of Lot number s. of the (4thJ fourth
Quarter of the (4h) fourth Township, in the (20th)
twentieth Range of the appropriated satisfy
ing warrants military service. The said Lot No
t. be divided by line through the center and
asking that the said representatives of the
estate of Charles SWeetser deceased, compelled to
convey land the said Plaintiffs asking
he defendants whose residences
supposed to be in the state OF Maryland and who
clam interest in said land, be made parties
the suit, and they hereby notified that they
quIred appear and said petition before
Sd Saturday after the 18th day January 1866.
EMILY DRAKE
By JONES HIPPLE, her Attorneys,
Dec Is, 1S65-6w$24 80.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
sheriR,s Sale.

Harriet C, Cheseldine, BY VIRTUE of an order OF
Sale to me directed from the
"a Court of Common Pleas of
William L. Miller, ct al. Delaware county, Ohio,
II day Of January A. D. 1866, at O'Clock P NJ, nj
the door Of the Court House in Delaware in said coun
ty the following described Real Estate, tOwit: Stu
the County Of Delaware, in the State of Ohio,
and bounded and described as follows, to-wt: GER
tain tract of land situate in the town of Eden and be-
ing lots numbered fourteen (14) and fifteen (15),
the plat of said town, and be ing ninetysx 1857 feel
east and west. Appraised at three hundred dollars
(S3O0l. JNo. W. LADD,
Dec Is 65-ts-$6 Sheriff, Delaware CO., o.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

The Akron Beacon announces the
death of the celebrated Jim Brown, re-
puted leeder of the counterfeiting fra
ternity of Summit county aud vicinity
His skull was fractured by a fall He
was sixty-seven years of age, and had
long been one of the most shrewd of the
utterers of spurious currency. He had
been many times arrested, hut was con-
vioted only twice, having served one term
in the Ohio and one in the Michigan
Penitentiary. At the time of his death
he was under bonds for eouAterfeiting.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
Legal Notice.

- -''''O' VS.. $40 District Court Delaware Co.
c. & C. 8. L R. R. Co. ct al
mHERE will be a hearing in this case before the un-
IL dersigned, Master Commissioner, at his Office in
Delaware Ohio on the 2Oth and 21st Of February and
on the 10th and 21st of March, next All testimony
taken in said without the limits OF Delaware
county as provided the order of said Court at its
June Term 1865 must be filed with the Commission
er by the 10th of April. c. II McELRO1,
Dec %. 1865-6w $500 Master Commissioner.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

To the Stockholders of the First National Bank.
TN accordance with Section No. 10, OF the National
Currency Act, and Article No T. of the Articles OF
Association the Stockholders of this are hereby
notified TO meet at their Banking Room In Delaware
Ohio, on Tuesday, January 9th, 1866. between the
hours of 10 O'Clock a and O'Clock D. m OF said
day for the purpose Of electing i've Directors
the ensuing year.
Dec s, lse6-5w WE. MOORE, Cashier.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
NOTICE.

DELAWARE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.l
DELAWARE, ONO, December ), 1865. I
IHE Stockholders of this Bank are requested meet
a its Banking Room the second Tuesday of Jan.
uary next, (9th) fer the purpose electing five Di-
rectors for the ensuing year.
Dec. S, 1s65-5w s. MOORE, Jr., Cashier.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Radnor Plank Road Comp'ny

HIHE Stockholders OF said Company are notified to
meet at the law office Of CaFper 4 Van Deman, in
the town and county Of Delaware, Ohio the second
Monday OF January 1865 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ for the
purpose O electing Directors for the ensuing
year. A. T. BELT,
Dec. Is IS te Pres. of the R. P, R. Co.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
Tuesday, the 9Th dag of January, 1866,


Tuesday, the 9Th dag of January, 1866,
between the hours of 10 oiock a. m and O'Clock p.
said day, the following described land, to-wit:
of the lst Section of the 5Jh Township and 17th
Range United States Military Survey the county of
Delaware and State of Ohio, and bounded follows:
Beginning at the south east corner of lot OF land
lately owned by John White, deceased; thence north
eighty-ve deg east fifty rods; thence south four
rods; thence north eighty six degrees east fourteen
rods thence six rods; thence south sXtYve degrees
west fourteen rods and eleven links; thence south
enty two rods; thence west hundred and twenty
eight rods and twelve nks thence north forty three
degrees east one hundred and fifty rods to the place
bt ginning-being the same land conveyed to Isaiah
Van Sickle by decd from Cornelius Van Sickle and wife
by deed dated June 14th 1885, fifty acres,
be the same more or less Said described land to be
sold free of dover.
TERMS OF SALE.-One third of the purchase money
il hand and the balance to be paid in two equal annual
payments with interest deferred payments, to be
secured by mortgage the premises sold. Said de-
scribed land appraised at $50 90 per acre, and
sold at not less than twothirds of the appraised val
ne thereof. ALEXANDER MCCIEIIAND,
Surviving Executor of the Estate o
Dec. 8, '65-4wt Philip Carrel deceased.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
a GOOD FARM FOR SALE.

V1HE SUBSCRIBER will sell at private sale his farm
II Of one hundred acres, situated In Jackson town
hhip, Union county o., three miles mort Invest Of Rich
wood. The farm Is in q good state OF cultivation,
about foBty-hVe In grass well fenced in
MONT fields, from rs TO so cleared in all the
balance in good timber, and has on il good frame
cottage containing six rooms, and other buildings
A NO Apple Orchard Just coming to full bearing
ith abundance and variety Of other fruits
ing so four wells Of good water For further par
tlculaTs apply to the subscriber the farm. Terms
very reasonable.
Nov II '66-Smt DAVID P. BIRD.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
NOTICE

To Holders Of the Notes Of the Bank Of Delaware.
TN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORTY FIRST SECTION
OF the act passed March 21st, 1851, 10 authorize
free banking in Ohio the Bank Of Delaware, Della
ware, Ohio gives notice that the outstanding
circulation Of said Bank will be redeemed by the First
National Bank of Delaware, at Delaware, 0hio.-
Holders of said notes requested to present them
for redemption within six months from this date.
Delaware, o July ss, Iss5-sm. -''
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

General Lee is writing History of
the Southern Struggle" in which he as
cribes the defeat of the Confederacy to
the want of harmony among the leading
men, and the fatal blunders of the Chief
Executive of the would be nation.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

MELANCHOLY OooURRENCE.-0n We'd
nesday, 9th inst, Mrs Minor, near Mai
L. j. P Putnam's, in Muskinghum tip ,
dipped boiling water into a tub for wash :
ing, aud placed cover over it. While
engaged in other duties for a few mo-
ments, her little boy, less than two years
of age, crawled upon the cover, which
turned and let the little fellow into the
scalding water, and then turned back to
it's place. Within minute or two, what
in the tub! All except the face was
completely immersed. The child was so
badly scalded that the skin sloughed off
from its body. 1t never cried, only gasp
ed. DIR. Stanley was called at once, but
it was no use--in four hours from the
scalding, the little fellow was at peace,
with him who says Suffer little children
to come unto me'-4Harietto Register.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
REP PATRTNG

RTAVING secured the services OF a competent me-
Al ehanic, prepared to repair all kinds Of Sew
ns Machines. and to do general repairing. Satisac-
Q tlOn guaranteed. C. PLAT,
Dec Is, 1865. No. williams Block.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29

FAILURES Three Chicago grain mer-
chants failed in one day last week. The
decline in grain, amounting to twenty
cents on the bushel, in ten days, was the
cause Of the failures.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
AGRNTs WANTED NOW READYll

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Nov. "A. '65-13tt
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Estate of c., rus Dolbear.

RTOTICE hereby given that the undersigned has
IN been appointed and qualified Administrator Of
the Estate Of Cyrus Dobear, deceased late of Della
county, Ohio. All persons interested will govern
themselves accordingly.
Dec. Is, 1S65-3w. EDWARD B. DOLBEAR
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
Estate of Samuel Herr.

AToTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has
In been appointed and qualified Administrator OF
the estate of Samuel Herr deceased late OF Delaware
county, Ohio. All persons interested will govern
themselves accordingly.
Dec p 65-3wt JOHN HERR
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
Executors Sale of Real Els
tate.

TN pursuance an order and Gecree of the Court
i Common Pleas OF the county of Hooking and State
OF Ohio, will offer at public sale at the door Of the
Court House IN the town of Delaware, on
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-29
O. Il &C s.!

A NEW STOCK OF the celebrated "Setn Thomas''
a and cther makers, Just received at
Dec. IS 1885. NO. WILLIAMS BLOCK.