Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-10-28

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appropriated $50, 900 for the work
> among the colored people.
SomeemotionaI journals find that they
can never be happy again unless See
retary Cox is nominated for President.
But Cox is native of Canada.
, A Archaeological specimen writes
, to a school boared'' IN Ohio that he
] viii take a school, as he has fought
, terms school & attended College 4 yrs
at detroit michigan and am 26 yrs
avage."
The excursion for Kansas and the
West generally, got OF in good style
last evening. The exeursiOnists were
principally from points East of this
There were only about fifteen or twen-
ty Columbus people on the list.-Co-
tWnabaLs Journal, 2eth.
Square wedding cards are coming
into vogue, upon which the New York
C0Nz0ze1ciaJ observes: IF square no
tions could be infused into the whole
business of marriage, there would be a
lessened demand for Western divorces.
Michael Horan, of Shoals, Martin
county, Indiana, was told by his anna
Bile spouse few mornings ago to get up.
Not answering the summons promptly,
she accelerated his movements by pour
ing kettle of boiling water on him.
He was not fatally injured
THE CANE LAw-The provisions of
the Game Law, which expired on the
18th, has reference only to quail, ruff
fed grouse, pheasants and wild turkies.
The law in reference to the shooting or
catching of doves or rabbits expires the
Ist of November. The gaming season
ends February Ist.
Ashley Wilcox, late of Akron, Ohio,
some lady friends how an acquaint-
ance committed suicide. He pulled
/ out his revolver to illustrate his story,
placed it against his head, when it sud
denly went of, and he rolled from the
chair to the floor, and almost instantly
expired. The illustration was COM
/ plete.
The steamer Cambria was valued at
| 100000. She was insured in Glasgow
companies for about one-third her val
ne. Her manifest comprised 40,S93
bushels wheat, z, ,48S barrels -four, 800
bales cotton, 1,S83 boxes cheese, 28 bags
seed, 173 barrels fish oil, 250 barrels
apples, 200 barrel slaves; value, $780,
600. Summary passenger list: Cabin,
4S; intermediate, Is; steerage, 81; total,
Down Connecticut way they have a
native pie, known as the Duffin. This
is a compound of Fall fruit-that is,
fruit that has fallen from the trees, rye |
flour and native genius, with about the
favor and juiciness of a ten-acre lot.
The pith, which is good, is protected by
crust of some ten burglar-prOof-safe |
power, and families who owned no
mining tools have been known to |
starve to death on the outside of a
Dufin.
The famed cathedral in the city of
Strasburg has suffered no irreparable |
damage from the recent siege. The |
roof, cut up by Prussian shells, can be |
easily repaired, though il will, per-
haps, be more difficult to replace the |
broken glass in the old stained win |
doWs. The astronomical clock has |
been untouched by shot or shell, |
though the conclusions seem to have |
injured its delicate machinery.
During the hurricane that blew at Key
West, from the northeast, on the 10th |
inst, there were six shipwrecks in the |
harbor. The United States steamer
Tuscarora, after having broken from
three anchors, went to sea. The rest Of
the squadron withstood the gale. The |
Tuscarora is safe. The shipping at Ha-
vana was badly damaged. Communi- |
cation by the telegraph lines was inter-
rupted for two days.
A bright little fellow was travelling in
a crowded stage-coach, and had been |
taken on the lap of a fellow passenger. |
The conversation turned on pickpockets |
and their great skill. "Ah my fine |
fellow, said the gentleman who had |
the little on one his knee, chow easily |
could pick your pocket, as it lay open
near his hand. mo you couldn't, nei- |
ther," answered the boy, with a sharp
twinkle in his eyes, !" cause I've been
looking out for you all the way
Miss Della Aimes. of Norvalll. Ohio,
awoke, few nights ago, and found the !
lamp, left lighted in her mothers sick
room, burning too high, and. raising
| hastily, attempted to blow it out, when
it exploded, and instantly her night gar
ments were in flames. Her screams
brought her father from an adjoining
room, who tore her clothing away, but
not until she was severely burned from
head to foot.
The following gcharacteristic specimen
of itemizing is from the White Pine
! (Nevada) { NelOS'
s'Going on Woodruff & Ennors stage
| dow the road from Eureka, one night
I last week, we thought the timber for
an excellent item had drifted our way;
/
rieane deck, a trif1e forgetful, dropped
off the side and alighted plump on his
/ head in the road. He discovered, how
ever, that he was the only passenger
/ landing, there, and quietly picked him
/ self up and mounted-uninjured ex-
cept Internally, by whisky"
a terrible railroad accident is reported
to have occurred near Attica, on the To
ledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, on
Sunday. 1t seems that the freight train
going east, when near Attica, broke in
two. A passenger train also going east
came along and run into the detached
portion Of the freight with terrific force,
causing the engine to explode, tearing it
into splinters. The wreck Immediately
took fire, burning up the engine and the
baggage car. Three passenger cars, it
is also stated, were burned, and a great
number more or less injured,
The following account of the origin of
of the name of Piqua, or Pickaway, is
given by Mr. John Johnston, formerly
agent of Indian affairs in Ohio, who was
better acquainted with the Indian tribes
here than any man of his day: In an
cient times, according to the tradition of
the Piqua tribe, they had a large fire,
which being burned down, a great puff
mig ana blowing was heard IN the aSheS.
f They looked, and behold man stood
5 up from the ashes. Hence the name
Piqua-a man coming out of the ashes,
: or made of ashes.
: One of the finest college buildings in
} the country was formally opened at
2 Amherst on the 10th instant. It bears
. the name of the principal donor, DR..
VIM. J. Walker, of Cambridge, and,
by his request, viii be devoted to the
| study of mathematics and kindred
r sciences. 1t is built of granite, in the
! revived medieval style; is one hun
s dred and twenty-five feet long, sixty
e five feet wide, and three stories high,
. The much needed room for the exten-
J sive philosophical apparatus is here
d found, which, with lecture rooms and
e offices, occupies the first and second
e stories, while the third is. devoted tC
r, Professor Shepard's g cabinet. The cost
/ was $125, GOO. A discourse was deliver
. ed bV President Sterus in College hall