Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-03-14
CURRENT ITEMS.

thankful,
The Governor Of Massachusetts
has appointed April a as a day of
fasting and prayer.
A Democratic National Conven-
ton is to be held at Louisville, Ky,
on the 7th Of May.
A terrible earthquake has taken
place at Mytelene, by which hun
dreds ofliyes were lost.
A joint stock building association
with capital Of 100000, has been
organized at Springfield, Ohio.
Accounts from Georgia and Ala
bama represent that the people are
actually starving for lack Of food.
1t is said chat Queen Victoria is
preparing a work for the press, il
lustrated by plates Of her own exc
cution.
| The Chicago tunnel is now filled
with water, and it is thought will
de ready to supply the citizens in
few days.
King and Owens, the leaders in
the raid on the Louisville q Nash
vile Railroad. are to be executed on
the 22d inst.
The people of Chicago are
troubled with mad dogs The May
or orders the muzzling or killing of
the CANNES.
The name Of Cowan has again
been sent to the Senate as Minister
to Austria The nomination was
laid on the table.
The bill ceiling the Convention
passed the Virginia Senate by a
vote of 25 to 4. The Convention
is to meet on the I'd day Of May.
The distress at the South contin-
ues very great, In some parts of
South Carolina the people have con
sumed all their corn, and are eating
the husks.
Judge Leonard, of the New York
Supreme Court, has decided that
the United States legal-tender notes
are money, and, as such, liable to
taxation
Gov, Bullock, of Massachusetts,
with consent Of Council, has ap-
pointed George L. Ruliln (colored) I,
a Justice Of the Peace for the coun-
ty of Suffolk.
Rev. George T. Williams, arrest
ed some time ago on a charge Of |
picking lady's pocket, in New
York, is in Annapolis, Maryland, a
hopelessly insane. q
A storm of sIeet and snow, on
is supposed to have SERB
ously damaged the fruit prospects
ut Memphis, where pcach-trees were
generally in bloom.
The President has nominated Pa
ran Stevens, Of New Jersey, as /
to the Paris Exposi- !
ion, in place of d. Peterson, Of
Philadelphia, resigned
The New York Herald's special E
,ays that the President and his Cab
net and General Grant are very c
ousy preparing to put the Recon y
Law in force,
The Senate is disposed to remain
n session the twenty days in which
he President is required to send in
lis nominations, and then adjourn
ill October or December,
The Hon. G. d. Hubbard, men, !
DER of Congress from West Virgin d
u, has returned to the U. s, Treas 0
Try the money he received as in {
'reased pay as Congressman, i +
1t is said that owing to the with Il
lrawal of Northern capital from - -
Georgia, the money market has be- W
,ome very stringent There is on Il
y money enough to buy provisions. ''
The Postmaster, Assessor and
Collector Of Internal Revenue at To-
]uffalo, having been rejected by the
senate, have given possession Of :
he offices to their respective depu- !
los to
The Worlds special says that at N N
he Senatorial caucus on Friday "
vening, it was determined to con- =
nuo in session till the Reconstruc- as
on law was put in operation, and ct
len adjourn. 4 4
Captain Robert Lincoln, the eld- sa
st son of President Lincoln, is NJ
bout to enter upon the practice of i, ~
Nv in Chicago, having formed a of
artnership with Charles Scammon,
So, Of that city,
The report Of schools in Mem
his, published by the Froedmen's r,
ureau, shows an attendance of as
,927 at the colored schools, while ct
/ the white schools the number at.
,ndiug did not exceed l,555. Va Va
A dispatch from Toronto says It .,
understood that two thousand g.
olunteers will be put in readiness
,r immediate service on the front @
NJ II is supposed that the author !
iaa ara annrehansivp of a Feniau Pe