Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-07-25
NEWS ITEMS.

The Union Pacific Railroad has
been built for q distance of AGA miles
west Of Omaha,
Work is to he Immediately begun
on the indianapolis, Charlottesville
and Danville Railroad. .....
The President pocIeted the bill
for promoting edtIal rights in the
District of Columbia,
Four hundred Mormons, from
Liverpool, left Omaha, Wednesday
night, for Salt Lake City.
The last arrival from the Island
of St. Thomas reports qninine as
selling at $l35 per ounce.
A quarry Of beautiful white mar
ble, free from seams, has been found
in MenoHiRee county, Michigan.
Another atteinptfs to be made to
dislodge Table Rock at Niagara
Falls, Fifty pounds Of powder will
Lc used.
tits estimated that thirty thousand
persons visited Hoboken last Sun
day from New York, for the purpose
of buying liquor.
In Chicago, during the past three
mOnths, the police Gecorered $3l,,
600 out of 1886, 900 worth of proper
ty stolen by thieves.
II is asserted by the San Francis
co papers that forty tons of silver
and six of gold are sent away from
that city every month,
The Chicago police made n descent
0n the houses Of i'll fame last week,
and arrested l40 women, who were
fined in the aggregate, ~ 800.
The expense Of publishing the
New York Independent, over its in
come, during the twelve years of
its existence, has been $4,000.
The United States Express Com
pany on Saturday, paid to the First
National Bank Of Springfield, ILL.,
$4,000, being the amount destroy
ed in the express car In a railroad
collision. I
Gen. Schofleld has demanded an
explanation from the officers Of q
Richmond court, which has been
administering the law in fashion
partial to the Confederates.
VIM. Scriggs, n prominent Radi-
cal, was assassinated by a shot fired
through the window Of his store at
GOodletville, fourteen miles from
Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday
night.
There is a great freshet in the up
per Mississippi, above Minneapolis,
The water is as high as in 1859.
The Cosey Island Boom has broken,
and eight million feet Of lumber
have gone over the falls.
In the Connecticut House Of Rep.
rescntriiyes on Thursday last a res
olutlon submitting to the people an
amendment striking out the word
.'white" from the Constitution, pass.
eddy vote OF 100 70 10,
The New Orleans Picayune says o
partysoF about one hundred citizens,
representing some of the best fam
lilies, is about leaving that city on a
prospecting tour to Honduras and |
other parts Of Central America
Wednesday nighto terrible aftrNy
occurred at Rock Island, ILL.,, be-
tween three raitsmen from In
Crosse, One Of them was stabbed
by his fellow, another was shot BY
a policeman, and the third was ar
rested.
Wheeler Il Wilson, sewing ma.
chine manufacturers, have discover
ed Tint their operators have, during
the last five years, stolen $4,000
worth Of articles norhtheir factory.
Over sixty persons have made con.
fessiOn.
A sensational Washington letter
wrilrr SAYS the entire lllibustering
movements throughout the South,
ostensilhy for the purpose Of aveng-
ing Maximihan, are really move
ments orthe Inauguration Of anoth-
or rebellion.
A Buffalo dispatch Of TIC 18th,
saws Twenty seven Germans have
loft 10 o.night for New Orleans, un'
der the command Of Capt j. lnnes,
OF Memphis. Tenn, with the inten-
ton OF Joining the Maximilian hyen-
gers IN that city |