Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-02-25

tEse NeDTesza Legislature convened on
the 18th and ratified the XVIII amendment.
BOstOnians are petitioning for the repeal
Of the duty on lumber.
The Legislature OF Kentucky visited
Cincinnati on the 18th.
W. C. HamiItoa and I4eutenant Cover
nor Flanagan have been elected United
States Senators from Texas.
President Grant has signed the AIississip.
pi blu and It Is therefore now Law.
The Connections Democrats have renom.
mated Ex-Governor English for Governor
Hon. Anson BnrlIngane, Envoy and
Minister Of the Chinese Empire. died sud
denly at st. Petersburg on Wednesday
morning.
Governor Hayes has ordered a special
election to hll the vacancy in the Toledo
Congressional District, TO take place on ths
first Monday in April.
should the Consultation Framed by tn.
Tennessee Convention be approved By ths
people OF the State, Ministers of the Cos
rel VIII be prohibited from holding ohiee
/ The question Of sectarian schools is ex
citing much attention in New York, and 6
determined effort is afoot to procure the re.
| peal of the law dividing the school fund
with the Catholics.
The great rock near IsmaIia has been
successfully removed from the bed OF the
Suez Canal, and this operation is stated tc
leave the minimum depth OF water Al
nineteen feet.
Reports of the condition OF winter wheat
are not generally favorable IN tJze Ohio
Valley. The reduction below an average
appearance at this period " The yeal
ranges from six To tHeaty per cent, IN
/ Wisconsin, Minnesotas Kansas, Texas and
California An. average condition IS fndt
Gated In most Of the remaining states.
Harper's Weekly shows that during th,
past ten years there have been nifty libe
suits against newspapers, the aggregaf,
amount Of damages collected from the de
fendants being 5000.
The Ohio State Board or Agriculture hay,
increased their premium list to $4,000. Tn,
following Executive Committee has beer
appointed ]. W. Ross, D. C. Richmond
William B. MeClung, Daniel Mc1IilIen and
VIM. Lang. A trial of Feapers ana now
eTs viii be had, under the supervision of
committee to consist Of the five junior ex
Presidents Of the Board, viz: Alex. Wad
die, Thomas c. Jones. n. ]. Turney, y. s
Townsend and ]. 8. FnllingtOn, for whiel
I
Best reaper, a gold medal best mower
same, and best combined machine also
gold medal. The surplus funds of the SO
eiety will be invested in the bonds OF tn
United States.
Thomas Warren, who hives three nsiI
nom Topeka Kansas, was enc hundre,
years old on the 18th iustaI-1 He was tax
n to TopelZst IN 3 eaFEiaEe, treated to a din
ner, and tRqn conveyed to the Capitol by
Fproeessions headed by a band Of lausiC
The House honored him with short com
Fplimentary address, and a seat beside tn
FSpeaker. The old man bids falr to see NOR
birthdays. He was born in Virginia
Rev. John Keep. better known as "Fath
er Keep, the founder of Oberlin College
died In OberIin on the nth inst. He wa
born in Connecticut in I7sO.
Gen. J. G. Lee authorizes tlss announce
ment that he is pot q candidate for the Con
gress nomination In the Toledo Distrtc
Gen I. r. Sherwood, Hon. A. II. Corey an
Gen. Geo. E. Wells seem to be the Ieadin
competitors for the nomination.
Mr.. Prophet has introduced in the Obi
Senate bill fixing the standard weight Q
Il bushel of stone coal at eighty pounds Nv
oiFduPois for bituminous coal and ssvent
pounds for camel coal. The hill require
that an sales Of coal shall. be by weight.
The Indiana Republican State Conveu
tion, on the ed was harmonious and en-
thusiastic. Most of the present onceT
were renoIninated. The platform favors
strietly revenue tariff, theIeduction Of tar
aation, q currency based on national eredi
and equitably distributed. opposes repudis
ton and the further subsidizing Of raiIwa
or other corporations. A state ticket wa
nominated.