Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-07-20

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the shearing, as reported by the committee:
No. L. Eve, year old; weight Of fleece,
u GIG pounds Weight Of carcass 6z IDS.
No. ?. Eve, same age; fleece u pouDoS'
Carcass 79 pounds. - a.. 81,
No. 3. Buck. 2 years 01d5 neece Is 65a-I6
pounds. Carcass 50 pounds.
No. 4. Buck, same age; neece 1919 IDS.
No. 5. Eve, one year old; fleece II lbs.
Carcass 50 pounds.
rated first quality; style and crImp good,
straw color. Think it would have looked
fairer if sheared earlier. Considering the
length Of staple and heavy heeces the per
cenTage of grease was not excessive. The
sheep were we'll tagged before being
brought here.
The Mt. Gilead Sentinel says: The farm
ers who own large apple orchards inform
us that there viii be an abundance of ap-
pies in our county this fall, and the ap-
pearances are that they viii be Of first
rate quality.
MADISON CoUNTY.-The London Union
says: Mayor Blake seems determined to
make the evil dOers who come under his
care, help foot the corporation taxes as
well as keep the county jail in running or
der. During the week past lines amount
ing to near 500 have been imposed, and
several persons sent up to jail to mediate,
from one to twenty days, upon their eYll
ways.
On Tuesday afternoon, a wood train ran
off the track a few miles east of London,
smashing up the cars considerably, and
crushing the arm of a man named Hen
erickson so severely that it had to be am
puta0ed.
Ed. Mumford, colored barber Of this
place, was brought before Mayor Blake on
Monday, for violating the third Command
ment in having his shop open on Sunday.
Ed. was fined 50 and costs. We learn that
other parties are likely to be brought be-
fore his Honor for similar offenses.
The survey of the proposed Mt. Sterling
and London pike is now being made.
MARION CoUNrx.-The Union County
Convention meets in Marion on the 1Ith
Augustine Democratic Convention on
the 4th.
The I51dependent says: The quantity of
wool bought by the different buyers in
Marion is about 100000 pounds.
The Democrat says: We hear complaints
among farmers in a neighbOring county
OF pOUatoe rot. Whether it has made its
appearance in this vicinity we are not in
formed.
The Mirror gives the following to illus
trate the folly of the narrow-minded pc
nuriousness which sometimes impeIs per-
sons to decline taking a county paper:
Some years ago we solicited one Of our
.
He replied that he could not afford it. We
told him then that he could If he only
thought so, and that he might loose a hun
dred times the expenditure in not keeping
posted in the local matters. He could not
see it. Now for the sequel. An advertise
ment appeared in the Mirror a few months
since, in which this same man was inter
ested. As he did not take the Mirror he
did not see 1t. The case came on for hear
ing. No opposition appearing to the pray
er of the petitioners, their petition was
granted. Our wealthy friend now claims
that he has been damaged over 1000
Thus has our prediction come true. In
one single transaction he has lost by not
taking the Mirror as much as the subscrip-
ton price would be for 500 years.
LICKING CoUNTY.-The Newark Aq1leri-
can says: The Board of County Commits
sioners Joins the Madison Township Farm
ers' Club IN the call for public meeting
of the citizens of Licking county, at New
ark, July 2Sth, for an expression on the
subject of procuring the location of the
State Agricultural College, in this county.
FRANKLIN CoUNTY.-We select the fol-
lowing from the last number of the Col
umbus Gazette:
At Indianapolis, on the Sd inst, Albert
English, of this city, was shot and instant
" killed by a pistol shot fired by an Ital-
ian at a man named Nemyer. 1t appears
that the Italian and Nemyer had quarrel
ed, and afterwards the Italian procured a
pistol, went into a saloon where Nemyer
and English were, and seeing the pistol
aimed at Nemyer, English attempted to
divert the shot, and received the charge
through his own head. The Italian i'm
mediaJely fled. Mr.. English was about
% years of age, had been in the employ of
the Columbus and indianapolis rail road
as a brakesman, and on the day of his
death had been appointed baggage master
on the road.
The stock sales at the stock yards in this
city on Thursday of last week, were not
well attended, nor the exhibition of stock
so large as at former sales. This is easily
accounted for, as the previous day was
the Fourth of July, and our patriotic peo-
pie had to remember it, despite the inter
est they have taken in the success of the
Franklin county stock sales.
Roasting ears made their appearance in
our markets some days since, as also ripe
tomatoes, but both articles are held at
prices which many people could not reach
with a 'IlOng pole" The market is also
abundantly supplied with new potatoes,
some of them of good size, and others
not larger than robins egg, which the
greed Of cultivatOrs induce them to dig
and offer for sale at 81 a bushel only!
VIM. T. CoggeshalI, of this city, the new
Minister to the Republic of Ecuador, left
on Friday last for New York, thence to
sail for Quito, which viii be his headquar-
ters.
UNION CoUNTY.-We find the following
in the Marysville Tribune:
A man named P. Spain, who has been
confined in our county jail for some weeks
past, on a charge of stealing wool, made
his escape about six o'clock on Monday
afternoon. 1t seems that some accOmplice
entered q private room and took one Of the
KEYS Of the prison and conveyed it to the
prisoner. He was seen by three or four
different persons skedaddhng out of town.
Pursuit was almost Immediately made,
but up to the present time he has not been
seen.
We are pleased to learn that our worthy
fellow townsman, r. r. Henderson, form
erly Major of the 12Ist Reg. o. V. L, has
received the Brevet promotion as Colonel,
for "gallant and meritorious services dur
ing the war" to rank as such from the
18th day of March, 1865.
The Sabbath School Convention of
Union county, of which we made mention
O few weeks ago, will meet in this place on
the l4th Of August.
A LONG BRIDGE-Hon. Green Clay
Smith, who resides in Covington, oppo-