Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-12-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SEIGHBoRuVG OoUSrTRs- 2
The seth Ohio has a reunion at Piqua To-
1he post once at NorwaIlz was robbed re-
Gently.
Henry Vincent Iectured in Columbus
Tuesday night
burglars are beginning s. getIeaught at
Springfield.
Skating and shedding on the sidewalks Is
prohibited In Mansfield
Financial matters have a more eheerna1
look in Springfield.
A car load OF hogs shipped from Bellefo n
taine, averaged 600 pounds.
Akron is surprised at her low taxes, con-.
sidering improvements.
Peter Hayden, OF Columbus, has opened
a new coal yard at Springfield.
The election Of State Senator to succeed
BIr. Russell was held on Wednesday.
The safe Of the Akron steam Forge Coma
pany was broken open and robbed,
The number OF marriage licenses At
BeIlefontaine has Diminished to four per
week.
A party Of lady and gentleman skate rs
went through the ice at Akron recently A
cold bath, nothing more.
Mary Dorbert has been sent from ColuEa-
bus to the state Reform School for Girls.
She has mania for stealing.
The opening Of the Lagonda House, tae
new Springfield hotel. took place last eE-e-
ming. A large number Of guests were in
vited-
Clarke county mas II ,G2s children OF tire
school age p supposed to bF 90 per cent. OF
the total population, which would make
the latter 800.
The walls Of the old Central LUnatlc Asy-
Iun have ali been demolished. The corn sr
stone, removed the other day, eontained
some Interesting relics. HE
The Springfield Adreyfiser exhOats sprIn g
deldians to patronize home institutions.
Keep the money in the town IS the way to
make it rich, it says. The same isi true Of
Delaware.
The funeral of Hon. John Russell, at Ur-
bara, was attended by the Governor and
other state officials. aud a large concourse
Of citizens. The funeral services were ve.y
impressive.
Charles Williams, a eoiored convict, frOc1l
Cincinnati, hung hfniselfin the dungeon OF
the Ohio Penitentiary, on Sunday. He had
beeo placed in tho dungeon for infraetion
OF the prison discipline.
The three reapfng machine establish
ments at Springfield are capable OF produc-
ing q, 600 machines annually. They employ
about coo operatives. who add about 3,OOG
souls 10 the population OF the city.
| AIerrin, the Fredericl1town Knox county
bank defauIter has been arrested. In his
cellar was found l,eOO in gold and 500 in
I currency. He claims TO have lost the money
Of the bank In Wan street gold specula,
tions.
GENERAL.
The public debtor Ohio is slO,Ole,6sl 81.
The constitutional Convention Of Tennea
see meets Jan.
North Carolina is cultivating the eorl
: tree with some success
Green peasare now seasonaBle in Florida
but not reasonable in prices.
Frederic s. COzzens, author OF the Spar
rOwgrass papers, is dead.
j Hon. r. B. Dennis, of Cuyahoga, viii be q
, candidate for Speaker OF the House.
Governor Bullock has summoned tht
Georgia Legislature to meet on the 10Th q
January.
! The new Legislature OF Mississippi hai
E been summoned to meet on the IIth Of Jan
uaTs-.
= Mrs. Grant gave one hundred dollars anC
D a large quantity of clothing, as Christina
? Offering, to a society for the relief of tn,
! city poor.
Seven railroads now centre in st. Paul
, Mimi, and trains are running between st
{ Paul and Milwaukee without breaking
: bulk or changing passengers.
One Of the Trustees of the Ohio Institu
2 ton for the Deaf and Dumb, now about sew
ty years Of age, boasts Of son a week old
this his first and only child
Secretary Boutwell, has prepared a bill
providing for = new Government loan o.
twelve hundred millions payable in fifteen
twenty and thirty years, at four and hall
per cent.
Western Nevada and Eastern California
were visited by severe shock OF an earth
quake on Sunday night about o'clock. The
shock lasted about ten seconds, and was sC
severe as to throw down walls, ring door
bells, and cause general consternatio1
among the people.