Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-30
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During the last year Ga5 school houses
were tuilt in Ohio A. q cost Of slsao2s0oe-
Ths elevated street railway In View York
city has been indicted Is arnnisancc.
The exact population OF Ohio, according
70 the corrected returns. is 26s3,6SL
reported that the King Of Prussia has
granted Fulda, In Hesse CasseI. to the Pope
for a residence.
Gen. LeEgeft. OF ZanesvfIles has signiaed
His intention 70 accept the position OF Com
missioner Of Patents.
The Senate promptly and unanimously
confirmed General Schencl<is appointment
TO the English Mission.
Gladstone has published letter indig-
nantly denying the rrport oF his conver-
sion 70 the Roman Catholic faith.
A dispatch from Versailles, dated the
2sd. says scheme to assaSsinafe the King
OF Prussia was discovered there a few days
since.
General Schenci has taken leave Of his
companions in the COMMITTEES OF Ways and
and Means and VIII sail for England early
In January.
Don Carlos has protested against the ele-
walton of an italian 70 the Spanish throne.
King Amadeus win enter Madrid on Jan
uary Ist-
The managers ofthe Atlantic cables, It Is
said despair OF being able to repair the bro
ken ones Till next June. The French cable
is again oveFerowded.
The italian Chamber Of delegates, 10y a
vote ofls2 70 rs. resolved to remove the
capital 70 Rome within six months The
Chamber then adjourned TIL January 18th.
~. s.--,r r ~,,-....-.7t :,
ed Deputy Collector Of Internal Revenue
in the Ninth Ohio District, vice her hus-
band, deceased
Minister Motley has sent his last dispatch
to the State department.. In It he defends
himself against the charges brought against
him as implied in the manner OF his re-
moval.
The spottEwoOd Hotel In Richmond, vIr-
ginia, was burned on Saturday night. A
number or persons were burned TO death,
but exactly how many can not yet be told.
The GAINESVILLE Co urier says the position
OF Commissioner OF Patents was rendered
General Leggett some time since and de-
clined.
Democrats who are ''inside politics. aver
that General Thomas Ewing, Jr., win be
the next Democratic candidate for Govern
orofohio.
A dispatch from Susa announces that the
Alps were pierced through Monday and
that the workmen from both ends OF the
Mt. Gents tunnel Joined in congratulations
upon the compl elton OF the great work.
Joseph c Clements. recently appointed
Secretary OF Washington Territory. In place
Of Dr. Scott, resigned, Is a resident OF Day
ton, Ohio.
The working partiesin the opposite head
ings Of the Mont Cents tunnel, were on the
28th, within hearing distance OF each other.
Greetings and hurrahs were exchanged
through the dividing wall for the FIRST time
at a quarter past four O'Clock Christmas af-
ternoon.
Rev. Albert Barnes, the distinguished
theOlogian, died at Philadelphia on Christ
mas Eve, in his 7srd year. He was a theo-
lOgian and scholar OF whom the Presbyte-
rians both In the New and Old World have
been justly proud.
Alexander T. Stewart last year paid in
income tax. more than either one of twen-
ty-seven States and Territories, and more
than Arizona, Colorado, Dakota, Florida.
Washington. New Mexico, Utah, Idaho.
and Montana combined. w. B. Astnr paid
more than the whole State OF Vermont.
The two hund red and nftieth anniversa-
~ Of the landing ofthe pilgrims was cele-
brated at Plymouth, Mass, on the 2Ist inst.
The Pilgrim Society met at its hau at II A
n, and marched in procession to the
church, where an appropriate Grafton was
delivered by the Hon, r. &. Winthrop and
a poem was read BY W. c. Bryant.
Us. Simmons. a prominent citizen Of
Mansfield, died In that city on Saturday
last, aged sixty-fuo years. He was former
~ known throughout the State as the man
diasstuTer Of the Buckeye Mower and Reap
er. He was buried on sunday.
The Trustee OF the ohio Agricultural
College will hold meeting on the 5th Of
January. in the ohice OF the State Board of
Agriculture. The State Agricultural Con-
vention assemblies on the 4th.
The Kansas Pacific railroad company pro-
poses to star a species OF China tree, which
grows anywhere. along the line Of the road.
both sides. from the eastern border Of the
plains to Denver. to prevent the piliDg of
snow upon the track.
The staten ent made la various ouarters
that Vice President COlfax appeared par
tial to the friends OF san Domingo in his ]
rulings does him great injustice, as tbs Of |
flciaI report Of the debate shows that he |
enforced the rules strictly In every case
where the friends of Morton's resolution |
tried to interfere with Mr.. Sumner and
prevent him from continuing.
The report Of the Board of state Charities
for Ohio was submitted to the. Governor
on Tuesday. 1t shows that there were 6, ,476
persons In the different county infrmaries
OF the State during the last year. OF these
es1 were insane, SS7 epileptie, sos idiotie, and
l,OO5 children under Is years. The whole
number OF prisoners in the county jaiis
during the year was $780, of these 4.79l were
men, 42l.were women, and 2 girls.
A Washington dispatch says it is stated |
on the most responsible authority, that
when John H. surratt's mother was on |
trial, Judge Holt consented to release her. II /
the former would give himself up to trial. |
Surratt was informed of this by friends /
who were in communication with him,
instead OF at once complying, thereby se-
curing the release of his mother, he imme- 4
dissely abseonded, leaving her to her
fate.
a dispatch from Mt. Vernon of Decou1ber
28says: Caroline Jordan, domestic. en-
pl0yed in the family of DR.. B. W. Fumph- |
ray, Of this city, was last evening engaged |
IN nllinB kerosene lamp. She brought |
the can of oil into contact with the burn /
ing wick OF the lamp, causing an instsn-
] tane9us explosion, by which the poor girl |
was literally burned to crisp. Pieces of l
roasted aesh dropped from her bones, as |
Rhe was moved from the door to the bed -
Eer screams were heartrending and she i'm
fering She died in the most intense agony |
this morning.
Acentral and total eclipse of the sun,
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