Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-11

/ Warden Of Hebron and Beaver of Zanes-
vile. Betting ran high and considerable
{ sums were taken. They ran on the raeE
( course, distance 100 yards Tor $500 a side,
/ Warden was the winner. Immediately af-
J ter the race, Kelly Davis, the stake holder,
J decamped in company with David James
I and took the stakes with him, amounting
: Il was said 70 S1s0u9- A warrant IOr E1elf
/ arrest was issued, but nothing was heard
I Of them until about ten O'Clock that even
I ing, when they were E5und at the Depot.
I On Monday they had a hearing before ESQ,
Grasser and were bound over to Court IN
the sum Of $50 each.
An Association entitled, - the Newark
Building Association with a capital OF
$50, 600 was organized in Newark last
week The Association proposes erecting
a number of comfortable dwelling Houses,
which VIII be rented at reasonable prices.
The great scarcity of this description OF
property being a serious draw back to the
growth of the town.
FRANKLIN CoUNTx.-ALr. w. w. BEACH,
the popular local Editor Of the Columbus
aFoog7sag, was married last week to Miss
CYNTHIA B. EVANS, of that city.
Last Thursday morning the boiler in
the shop of the Ohio Tool Company, in
the Penitentiary exploded, tearing the
walls surrounding it to atoms, and
injuring the building considerably. For
tunately the explosion occurred before
the workmen had arrived or the loss of life
would have been fearful The damage to
the building is estimated at 81 900.
About O'Clock Tuesday morning, Mr..
F. C. KELTON, well known to many citi-
zens of this county, as senior partner in the
firm of KeIton, Bancroft & Co., fell from
one of the back windows of the third story
of the Gvynne Block and was fatally in
jured. He had been in company with a
member Of the firm and another gentle
man, on the roof of the building, inspect
ing the necessity of repairs, and in descen-
ding ladder, complained of faintness, and
stepped to the open window for air, when,
it is supposed, he was seized with faint
ing fit, for almost Immediately on reach
ing it he fell out, vainly attempting to save
himself by catching the frame, and was
precipitated the full distance of three sto-
ries to the rough alley pavement below.
The injuries he sustained were severe |
eontusions about the head and face, COM |
pound fractures of the left thigh, right ell /
bow, and left wrist, and simple fracture of
5he right wrist. He was one of the most |
and highly esteemed citizens Of
Columbus as well as an enterprising busi-
ness man.
The following is from the Journal We
earn that, yesterday, an individual some
what befubbled with whisky, attempted to
-ide his horse over the railroad bridge
lcrOss the SciOtO river. The bridge is
without flooring Of any kind, and the con-
sequence was that the horse fell through /
between the ties and was killed. The 9th
r animal-the eman-succeeded in escaDing
o get hurt. We did not succeed in learn
ng the name of this disciple of Israel P
n the riding line we mean.
UNION COUNTY.-The Tribune says A
nan named John Parson was killed by a
rain of cars at the crossing of the A. q. G.
". R. r. over Nillcreek, one day last week.
he circumstances we learn to be as fol- {
0ws Parsons accompanied by a hoy
bout IL years af age, was carrying a sack ]
f flour, and attempted to cross the long z
ressel work and bridge over AIillcreek just /
efOre the arrival of the cars. They had :
OF part of the way over when the train q
anne up. The boy jumped off the trestle '
-ork about fifteen feet and was uniniured. r
he man was knocked off by the cowcat0h- @
r into the stream and was supposed to / {
ave been instantly killed. The engineer {
an his train across the bridge, busted the :
our off the cOwcatcher and went on, not Z
aYing interest enough in the dead man to (
sturn and look after him. The same en- c
neerer it is said ran among a lot of hOr- Il
IS belonging to Rufus Smith a few davs d
go, killing four of them. There is con g
derable feeling against this engineer by :,
e citizens of the neighborhoOd. They .
nsider him reckless beyond measure
Id demand his removal.