Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-31
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Gspt, Robert Lincoln, at the, e,Age
! Of 25l has been admitted to the bar
Of the United States Supreme Court.
Postmaster General Randall has
said that he intends to take the
stump next year for the Repubh-
cans -.a. 10 tas ...H 'agid
The English C9tton Company,
planting in the vicinity Of Albany,
Ga, will make about one thousand
bales Of cotton.
Policeman RobeatS. McChesney,
Of New York, was murdered by a
prostitute named Fanny Wright,
Saturday night
At Chicago on Friday last the
thermometer stood at SO degrees.
1t is said to have been the hottest
/ day Of the season. a Hd
Battery A, Ohio Volunteer Ar
Itillery, had a reunion at Alliance,
on Thursday. A.permanent organ
ization was affected.
Two white mca and one negro
have been nominated as c9ndidates
/ for the Convention by the Republi-
cans of Wilmington N G.
Statistics Of colored education in
Virginia show that ten thousand ne
groes in the STATE have learned how
to read during the past year.
The schooner Wenona, with four
teen hands, including the Captain,
was lost, October -, in Lake Erie,
having capsized while racing
Great depression Of business is
being experienced in nearly all
Southern cities in consequence of
the unexpected decline in cotton.
- Give US not men like the
weather cocks, that change with cv-
cry wind, but men like mountains,
who change the winds themselves.
- The silent usually accomplish
more than the clamorous. The tail
of the rattle snake makes all the
noise, but the head does the execa-
ton.
The Presbyterian Synod, Of Bal
timore, Old School, last week in
session at Georgetown, adopted res
olutions adverse to the proposed
union. -aaaafl, .'
Advices received from New Or
leans state that the vote on Con-
vention will be $4,000 mojority in
favor of it. Only $4,000 was ex-
pected. ..
1t is reported that the Fenians
have 1000 stand of arms at Pots
dam, Canada, and a lot of saddles.
A raid just before election time is
anticipated. aua
/ A servant girl in Philadelphia at
tempted to kill her ilIegitimate child
by throwing it from a fifth story
window. The dispatch says it was
"entirely uninjured."
At least a hundred and thirty ar
my officers, in Washington and else
where, are awaiting the subsistence
Of the yellow fever before proceed
ing to their Posts in Texas. Ho.
A train Of thirty-o one six, mule
teams, with forty-tive thousand
pounds of WOOL arrived at Kansas,
from Santa Fe, New Mexico, during
the latter part of September.
Adyices from Vera Cruz by way
Of the Cuban cable state that the
trial of Gen, Santa Anna has result
ed in a sentence of exile from Mex
lean territory for eight years.
"A meeting has been held at Santa
Fc, New Mexico, to consider meas
ures to secure the extension Of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad through
New Mexico to the Pacific ocean.
Itis said to be settled that Sena-
tor Hendricks is to be the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor Of
Indiana, to be re- elected to the Sen
ate if the party carries the Legisla-
tare, 4raa
Mrs. Caroline Ware, of Boston,
was burned to death, Thursday, in
Boston. The accident resulted from
the explosion Of can Of benzine,
with which she was cleaning furni-
ture,
At a late meeting of the Dry
Goods Clerks Early Closing Asso-
citation in New York, it was report
ed that all respectable tradesmen
have resolved to close their shops
at P. M. .'.
A native of Japan resides in AL
exandria, Va, who is printer by
profession, having learned the trade
in Philadelphia. He served four
years in the Union army during the
late war
The committee to investigate the
affairs of Southern railroads has
arrived at Richmond. The sum due
the Government from these roads is
between six and seven hundred mil
lion dollars.
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