Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-22
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OUR RETGHBOBS.
MORROW CoUNrz.--We have received
the premium list Of the Morrow County
/ Agricultural Society. The fair viii be
held on the ID, Sd, 4th and 5th days Of
I October next. The premiums are liberal,
and the pamphlet has forty pages Of ad-
yeFtisements.
! The Mt. GiIead Sentinel says: The wool
! clip Of Morrow county is being rapidly
I sold at 50 cents per pound.
We have received the premium list OF
I the Delaware County Agricultural Society.
The fair is to be held at Delaware on the
I 18th, 10Th and 2lst OF September. The list
/ is got up in pamphlet form, and is a neat
and well printed book of forty-eight pages.
The Cardington EsUeiJLs says; On the
night of the 4th inst. the clothing store of
Duncan & Frew, of this place, was entered
by burglars, and clothing and cloths to the
amount Of near two hundred dollars
worth taken therafrOm. Entrance was
made through the window at the rear of
the shop.
MADISON CoUNTX.--The London Union
says: We learn that Mr.. Nathan Sifrit, of
Paint township, narrowly escaped being
torn to pieces by large dog belonging to
him and which he fOOlishly attempted to
beat with club for some offence commit
ted by the aforesaid canine. Having been
Mr. Sifrit seized his hand, threw him
down, and in the scufHs that ensued man
gled his hand and arm very severely. The
dos is reported, and we suppose very cor
reetly, as being mad but not rGbtd.
From our marriage notices il will be
seen that our friend and feIlOw-tOwnsman
Brig.-Gen. ID. B. Warner, and newly ap-
pointed U. s. Consul to New Brunswick,
has taken with him an assistant consul
from Pennsylvania. We congratulate the
GInnnFa1 T1Tou his uavv relation.
The Democrat says: Owing to the bad
condition of the ties in the railroad from
here to Springfield, the trains are prOhib-
tied from running between the two places
IN less than two hours and forty minutes
Distance eighteen miles
MARION CoUNTY.-The Marion Eadepeud-
e7lt says: From present appearances the
inhabitants of Marion are going to allow
the coming Fourth Of July to pass over
without . celebration of any kind.
The Democrat says: Horse stealing has
been a brisk business in Marion county
during the last two weeks. We hear of
four or five having been stolen. The read
fered for the apprehension of the thieves
who stole two horses four miles from Car
dingtOH, one night last week. Pursuit
was made, and the horses traced to the
Black Swamp, a region which it is believed
is infested by an organized gang of scOun-
drels devoted to this special branch of vii
lainy. The horses, however, were not re-
covered, and we call attention to the de-
scription contained in the advertisement.
As an evidence of the wealth of this /
county, we may say that the wool alone of
this season is estimated by persons quail |
ified to judge, to be Of the value Of nearly |
q quarter million of dollars.
Mr.. I. F, Bigerstaf bought hog Of Mr..
Hull, of Clarion township, only IA months |
old, weighing $50 pounds,
LICKING COUNTY.-Rev. 0. H. NEwroN, |
of Delaware, preached in the 2d -Presby- /
terian Church, Newark, Sunday, 18th inst. /
The Newark Arnerican says: Wool is /
selling in this market at 55 cents for best 4
lots. A large quantity has been bought.
Our Welsh citizens have built a ine |
brick Church on Mt. Vernon street, which |
is rapidly approaching completion. 1t is a 4
fair specimen of architecture, and is to be .
fresoOed in very handsome style. The .
Welsh are among our most enterprising
citizens, and are always on the side Of
freedom and progress,
KNOX CoUNTY.-DurinR the month of
May the Probate Judge of Knox county
issued twenty-four marriage licenses.
The Mt. Vernon Republican says: We
nave on our table q vial of real genuine
taken last week from well No.
), OF the NeR Company, about three miles
vest of the mouth of Owl creek. It is
lark cOlored, more so than the oils of
oennsyIVanla or of Morgan county, and of
Ipecif1c gravity, being the kind used for
q bricatIng purposes The we'll from which
{ was taken had been bored to the depth
# 600 feet, when the oil stratum was
truck, u has been tubed, and the pump
las been applied, with dattering prospects
II success. Oil is brought up with the
water, but the depth is so great that the
company has sent for more powerful
ngine, with which they are confident the
ii will be brought up in large paying /
Quantities Old experienced oil men are
anguine that the new pumps will develop
iohes that viii make glad the hearts and f
ID the pockets of the stockholders. So
st it be. !
E. A. Pealer, Of Howard township, i
neared a two-year old eve on the 10th of I
lay last The years growth of wool !
Teighed u pounds, and after ahearing the u
Ody weighed 45 pounds. He has eighteen a
lerinO sheep that averaged lO1< pounds Of e
rOol unwashed. T
Flour has gone up in Mt. Vernon to SI4 q
er bRrFe4s This is UeTy high, and beats
lew York RRd al the big villages east of Il
UNION CoUNTY.-We find in the last :
lumber of the MarysvilIe Tribune the fol- /,
,wing account of a disastrous fire in that n
lace:
The MarysVille FIGURING Mil, and Saw
I'LL attached, were consumed by fire about N
o'clock on Tuesday night of last week. Il
ne citizens were promptly on hand, but p
)uld render no aid TO sXtinguish the az
ames, as the IRE had already made such 81
rogress as to be beyond the power of man h
control, Within an hours time from hi
le discovery Of the ire the fine structure ts
as reduced to q pile of ashes. 1t is not y
1oWn how the IRE originated. Mr.. Mil &C
r. one OF the prOprietors, told us that he "
ent out to the mill at ten O'Clock At night
ID examined the fire in the furnace,
htoh was then reduced to only q few 1.
ais, and everything seemed to be secure IL
q little over two hours from that time 81
9 mill was burning down. Mr.. DiehI ca
. learn, has an insurance Of $4,000 on q ad