Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
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ITEMS OF OHIO NEWS.
The Sandusky Register reports that on
Tuesday 10 tuns of fish were received at
that port
The subscriptions to the Soldiers Mon
ument in Champaign county amount to
g, ,033.
The citizens of Clark county have in
stituted a regular Stock Sale Day after
the manner Of the Madison county Stock
Sales.
Thomas mimms, has been sentenced to
be hung on the 18th Of May, for the mur-
der Of James Waters, In a gambling
house in Cincinnati, four years ago.
A counterfeit ten dollar bill;'on the.First
National Bank of Canton, Ohio. has Just
made Its appearance. 1t Is raised from
the one dollar bill of the same bank, and
the work IS skillfully done
Robbers recently broke into i've stores
and the post othce, at POmerOy, on one
night They took from the pOst-ofice
some $40 IN money and altogether the
robbers summed up perhaps $50.
The Lorain county News announces
that the committee of the Ohio Wool
Growers Association have selected Wei
lington as the place for their annual
shearing, to come off May 18th and 10Th
next.
The Circleville Democrat says that
about thirty colored persons, mostly wo-
men, were baptised IN the river, near the
Aqueduct, at that place, on Sunday morn
ing, the lst inst There has been quite
a revival going on among the colored
population, IN that city, lately.
The hours Of the Toledo High School
are to be changed, so that the session
Gholi hau1T7 at 81 in Tba 7yacruiFu and con
tinue until III, and then after a half
hour lntermissiOn continue until 3.
Two gentlemen residing near Coshoc-
ton, and extensively engaged in sheep
raising, lost by a raid of dogs, each in
single night, though at different dates,
one 60And the other Al head Of fine sheep.
The oil we'll of the Marietta and Gales
Fork Oil Company pumped a 300 barrel
tank full Of heavy oil, in "a hours, on
Thursday last, when pumping was sus-
pended for the want of a tank to hold the
oil. E. Winchester, of Marietta, is the
/ Secretary Of the Company.
The Cleveland Herald, speaking of the
recent revivals in that city, says that In
Churches wherein special meetings have
been held a grand total of 746 accessiOus
to the membership have been made as
the result Of the work The MethOdists
Z Il
with l20 the Presbyterians 102 and the
Episcopal Church 19.
J. n" the philosopher, does not
seem to have a happy time Of it in the
South. He was pelted with rotton eggs
recently, and now some unconsciOnable
wretch has carried off his satchel con
tanning his valuable (?) papers.
The Cleveland Herald says that the
demand for potatoes from that market
has been very great for a short time past,
Judging from the shipments by the C.. &
T. r. B. for the past week, which ag-
gregated IS, 406 bushels. The total ship
ments of this vegetable by this road since
the first of January, have been 81 ,123
bushels.
Mary Nepper, aged six years, was burn
ed to death in Cleveland, while playing
too near the fire. Her mother was Sc
verely scorehed in endeavoring to save
her.
The barn Of Jacob Anderson, few
miles east of St. Clairsville, was burned
a few nights ago. -Four horses and all Of
Mr.. A. S farm implements were consumed
in the flames.
The GAINESVILLE Signal states that in
Muskingum county more than two mil
lions of gallons Of stone-ware are annu-
ally made, finding marketin most of the
Western and Southern States.
The Catholics of Columbus propose to
build new church In that city, to cost
from 100000 to $150,000.
An old lady, 81 years of age, named
Jane Harper, residing at Cumminsville,
was killed on Saturday while walking on
the track of the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton Railroad.
The Garfield Herald says the fax mill
at that place was destroyed By fire on Mon
day last. There was In the building ST.
800 worth Of tow ready for shipment
Total loss s., 600.
The project of building new. opera
house has been abandoned by the Cincin-
natl Enquirer Co., and they have sold the /
site secured for that purpose at an ad-
vance Of seven thousand dollars
A correspondent of the SteubenviIle /
Herald says thatin Blue Rock township. I
Mus kingum county, there are some ten /
wells producing oil worth $22 per barrel +
at the well, said to be equal if not supe- I
rior to any lubrieating oil in the country. I
Cincinnati is enjoying" a season of
suicide. Four cases have occurred with
in three weeks, the last one being that of
a German who had a small family and
large appetite for whiskey. On Friday
he swallowed an ounce of laudanum. and
that was the last of him.
The Cleveland PlajndeaIer says that
IN Saturday afternoon, a little son of Mr..
Graham, gardener for j. Fl. Wade,
Esq, on Euclid Avenue, In that city, was
irOWned in Mr.. Wade's artificial lake. in
he rear Of his grounds. The child was
,nly eighteen months old Tt had been
,laying about the house, and had been |
missed but few moments, when found
loating on the lake.