Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-01-26
THE NEWS.

Mrs. Grinder, the RIttSDurg pols0neTs /
vas executed last Friday. Before start
inc for the seaffold she confessed to bav-
ing poisoned two of those whose life
she was charged with having destroyed. /
but denied being guilty in the other cases.
A robbery Of extraordinary boldness
was perpetrated in New York on the 10th. /
A boy carrying a large parcel Of money I
and checks from one city bank to anoth- +!
or was knocked down and robbed at the
corner of William and Beekman streets
by man who jumped from a butchers
cart, and after committing the robbery
returned to the vehicle, drove off at rap
i'd rate, and escaped.
The party opposed to O'Mahony in the
Fenian quarrel still adhere to their or
ganization and continue their opposition,
notwithstanding the decision of the Con
gress and Stevens the Irish Head Center
against them. The whole affair seems
likely to prove ridiculous farce.
The cause of education among the
blacks in the South is making good pro-
gress. Up to the 1st Of November there
had been OBJ schools organized under the
auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau, with
1910 teachers, and 65, ,834 scholars.
Col. G. A. Morgan, of Gen. Popes staff,
was sufooated on Saturday night, in st.
Louis. by the escape Of gas from coal
stove in his bed room.
Gen. Grant has been presented by sew
sral gentlemen Of Boston, with Library
Of 1900 volumes.
The Columbus Journal of Monday says
Bishop Morris, Of the M. E. Church, was
struck with paralysis, at Xenia, last Sat
urday. He is the senior Bishop of the
church, and resides at Springfield.
The suspension bridge across the Ohio
river at Cincinnati, which has for long
time been in process of construction, is to
be completed the coming summer.
Last Sunday night Titusville, in the
Pennsylvania oil region, was fred in three
or four places, and narrowly escaped de-
struction. Property to the value of s75,-
600 was destroyed. The incendiaries were
arrested and were to be tried by a vigi-
lance committee
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas was married
Tuesday evening. in Washington City. to
Major Williams, of the United States
Army.
It has been determined by the Quarter
Master General not to entertain or exam
inc into any claims that may be presented.
by residents of the States lately in rebel
lion fer damages resulting from military
operations, whether they ceme from loyal
or ,disloyal persons, or whatever shape
they may assume.
A sharp correspondence has recently
taken place between Gen. Weitzel, COM
manding our forces in Texas, and Gen
Mejia, commanding Maximillian's forces
on the opposite side of the Rio Grande.
It was in reference to the proposed exc
Cution of certain Liberal soldiers eaptur-
ed by Mejia whom be threatened to shoot
A resolution in favor of the enforce
ment of the Monroe doctrine passed the
lower house of the Missouri Legislature
on the 18th inst, by large majority.
Gov. Edgerton, of Montona, reports
that during the past year over sixteen
millions of dollars wsrth of gold was
GaA6n 4EOAA inc AiAuGS OA Auab LeFEtGOFy4
on which over 81, 600 900 revenue tax has
been paid. The recent erection of mills
for crushing quartz it is thought will in
crease the product the present year.
On the 10Th inst, Speaker Colfax pre-
sented to the President a petition against
the pardon of JEFF Davis, signed by Gov.
Baker, of Indiana, the State officers, and
10000 citizens Of the State.
Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, has re-
Gently issued an order to the clergy of his /
diocese directing them to pray for the
President and all others in authority
For refusing to permit such prayers his
churches were for considerable length .
Of time closed by order of the General !
commanding in that Department
Reconstruction is likely to be pretty /
thoroughly discussed in the lower branch .
of Congress. A number of members
have already given their views on the sub /
jeot, and the Speaker has on his list the
names of Rorty-three others who desire to I
be heard before the matter is disposed of /