Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-08
KNOX CoUNrY.-The Mt. Ven

AAOA COUNTY As-1lG MI v EEuOu LfC-
publican says:
Sheriff Steele, in company with Ex-
Sheriff Beach and others, made a rapid
run after the four escaped prisoners, last
Tuesday, and by night Overhauled them
i twelve miles north Of this place, in Pike
/ township. They were tired and hungry,
and surrendered without resistance. They
/ We're brought back to jail and safely Sc
/ cured. The girl who took them food, it is
said, gave them the keys by which they
escaped
/ The residence of VIM. Blake, in Clinton
/ township, was burnt on Tuesday of last
week, part of the furniture only being
/ saved. Loss about $500.
Morrow CoUNTY.-The term of District
Court for Morrow county will commence
/ on the 18th day of June.
/ The Cardington ReUeiUe says: We took
a jaunt to our county seat a few days since,
and We're gratified to see the marked i'm
| improvements going on with our neigh
/ bOrs. The trOWeI and hammer are doing
/ their full share towards making Mt. Gil
I cad beautiful and thrifty village. The
/ citizens of the place seem to put their wits
and heads together for improvements, and
/ they succeed admirably. They have two
or three substantial brick blocks already
and another in progress, which will add
greatly to the beauty and business-like
appearance of the town.
UNION CoUNrY.-The AIarysviIIe Tribune
says we learn LllttG news mas TeacleQ
this place of the death of the two eldest
sons of r. G. Clark, who lately moved
from this place to VintOn, Iowa. The
word is that the boys went into a stream
TO bathe, and getting beyond their depth
were both drowned.
While the wheat crop Will be very short
in Union county, it is some relief to learn
from reliable sources that it viii be larger
than was anticipated one month ago.
We learn that a company is being organ
fy7A kEo
their luck in the oil business. The place /
of its operations will be somewhere in the /
oil regions Of Virginia.
1t is generally admitted now that the
prospect for good apple crop in Union
county is favorable. The apples look |
more healthy and thrifty than we have |
seen them look, at this season, for several /
years.
Judge Smith issued eleven marriage IL
censes during the month of May. The |
number is discouragingly small.
FRANKLIN CoUNTY.-The Fenians of Co
Iumbus held a couple of meetings last Sat
urday at which great enthusiasm was
manifested and So volunteers secured.
The amount required of the citizens of
Columbus to aid in the construction of
railroad from that city directly south to
the Ohio river. has nearly all been raised,
and there is no longer any doubt of the
success OF tne enterprise.
The Morning Journal says. During the
month Of May there were admitted to the
Central Lunatic Asylum II persons-a
males and females. In the same time
here were q patients discharged-17 who'll
y recovered, improved, and unlmprOv-
I'd. Two deaths are reported for themonth. I
The whole number of patients under treat
nent June 1st, was 27S.
The Gazette says: Eight hundred and
fifty emigrants passed through Columbus
Turing the week ending Saturday, May
6, 337 Of whom propose to settle in this
,tate, and more are cOminG; no less than I
90 having passed over the Central Ohio
road during the early part of the present P
Teek. i
The lot on the corner Of Long and Fourth t
LFeets, has been purchased by the United q
resbyterians, composed of a number of +.
enOminatiOns-who intend erecting q
Ouse of worship thereon.
Bishop Thomson preached a Centenary
ermOn at Town street Church. on Sunday s.
fternoon last, to a very large audience. W
The total amount of contributions to the Al
-edary Monument Fund up to Nav 26th Il
reported by DR.. Trevitt, Treasurer, is -
,I53 80. !I