Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-23
A Letter from Newark.

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EDITORS ONO SrATEsMAN:- : Notwitl =
standing the fact that our city cannot boas 3
a water works" !" is not claimant for the
honor of furnishing the site for either the
new Penitentiary or the Central Lunatic
Asylum, and is not calculated to impress
the chance traveller through it with an
overpowering sense of its importance-the
dirty, filthy and tumble-down old shanty
ldignified by the name of 'depor," which
any well to-do farmer would refuse to
winter his cattle in, and which ought to be
icondemned as common nuisance,
not being conducive to such conclu
lsion-yet Newark is not by any means dull
or lifeless. Situated as it is, in one of the
tiuest counties, thickly settled by intelli-
gent and thriving farmers, and being OF.
of the most beautifully laid out cities in
the State it has and still is attracting the
attention of capitalists to the advantages
tS possesses for profitable investments.
| As some Dogberry OF writer in Mon
| days journal (most aptly signing himself
"Humbug') suggests, Licking county is
| claimant for the Agricultural College,
| and claims to possess peculiar advantages
| over its rival-Cbampaign county, offering
equal with 1t In the value of the bonus
gwen. Licking claims superior ones in the |
varit ty of the soils to be found upon the
lands which it offers for the site of the
College. 1t Is of course apparent to all, |
whether agriculturists or mechanics-pro-
| tessional or merchant-that in order to |
carry out the objects proposed to be attain |
ed by the institution of this College, that
variety of soils are an essential requisite
in order that the students attendant there
at may have the benefit of actual expert
ment as to the results produced by
the different modes of manuring,
working, draining, &c, and hence it is
in connection with its unexcelled rail-
road communication, and its sturdy and
thriving population, that Licking county
claims, that the best interest of the State
would be consulted by its location here.
Our city has been for few days very
considerably excited about location for
the Postoffice. From time immemorial-l
that Is from time when the memory of
your correspondent ruDneth not to the
contrary-the Postoffice has been located
upon the north side OF the Public
square. Several sweeping cOnfiagra-
tons which have occurred within
the past few years, and the erection
of fine brick blocks upon the ruins thereof,
has given an impetus to business upon the
south side, and made 1t claimant for the
location. For week past there have been
mysterious whisperings and winkings
among the occupants of the west and south
sides, and at length the fact became ap-
parent that the location of the POstoffice
was the cause thereof. This knowledge
put the north-siders" on their metal, and
for some time the battle ragged fierce and
hot. On Monday the ''south-siders'
made feint. They looked dis
consulate, and appeared to have given
up all hope OF success. This made
the ''north-siders" jubilant and threw them
off their guard. The ruse was
not apparent until this morning, when our
citizens. on going for their mail, discovered
that while they had slept, the postoffice
and its attaches had
"Folded their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently stole away! J"
1t had left between two days, and "the
places which once knew it shall now know
It no more for ever" The north-siders ="
are indignant and refuse to be comforted. J.
while the faces of the "south-siders +" are
in smiles, and they crow exultant-
y over what they call their diplomacy.
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