Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-30
NEWS ITEMS.

Gath.
D In Fayettee0unty, III, an epiden
e ic is carrying off large numbers c
cattle.
/, Captain J, j, Wright, an Ohioa
and ex-Federal officer, was killed b
Lightning at Chattanooga.
Col. Lester, an ex- Confederate OF
iicer of Georgia, has come OH
strong for Grant and Colfax.
An oil train Of sixteen cars wa
burned on the Erie Railroad, nea
Port Jeryis; Saturday morning.
The season for shooting pruiri,
chickens in Wisconsin begins on til,
goth of Augustj in Illinois, on tht
18th. 7fi-,.- -IaW 5'fHt1if
The cotton caterpillar has ap
pearcd in destructive force in some
regions Of southern Georgia and
Florida. at.I aoI o.. 5- Gn6.bI
The steamship Santiago de Cuba,
from Aspinwall, arrived at New
York. She brings S719,00O in
treasure. 5h,h ti Enf f''H- a3sa
The potato bug business may be
set down as wound up in Iowa, and
grasshoppefs are fast dying and Az
ing away. -
Hon. i. H, Moore was nominated
at Athens, Wednesday. as Republ;-
can candidate for Congress in the
18th D strict. m a layssi
The GAINESVILLE Courier reports
sales Of 238reapers and mowers and
1888 horse rakes in that place the
present season. t Y a p
The Democrats ofthe 14th district,
in Convention atWooster, Wednes.
day, nominated Hon. L. r. Critch-
field for Congress. 'a7 tl'a1e}
The White Fawn receipts for the
month of June were $40, 900; of
the Black Crook for the same
month, $1,000. All this at Chi
cago. 'o'.'''
The Superintendent of the Chill
dren's home in Cincinnati has start
cd out through Indiana with TWEEN
ty children, hoping to find homes
for them, m IN uaL lt
Ground was broken at East st.
Louis on Friday, on the new st.
Louis and TeTe Haute Railroad, de-
signed for an extension the Penn
5ylyania Central. ltLu
The Gallipolis Journal says a
sewer built in thatplace sixty years
ago was taken up within afew days
and the brick were found to be as
sound as when put down. ~
The Wheeling IntelIigencer learns
that Mr.. John Robinson, an old and
highly respected citizen of Monon-
gahela county, was stung to death
by bees one day last week.
The President Informed the House, |
Saturday, that he had signed the
Deficiency Appropriation bill, which
'ppropriates half a million dollars |
or reconstruction purposes,
There is no position maintained
~ the Pendleton Democracy, on
he question Of issuing greenbacks
o pay our bonds, but may be refu-
ed by extracts from Seymour's
peeches. .. II
The whole business portion of
in Geauga county, Ohio,
las been burned. The court house j
nd the whole west side to the hotel
destroyed. tits supposed to have
een set on fire. fcY on 9ff "A
A panther was seen in the Driving
lark OF Dubuque, a few days ago.
The animal ventured into the city {
n one ofthe very hot days, under !
he natural impression that the peo i
le had all moved away.
The several companies-one in II
ach ward-of the Fighting Boys
! Blue, organized at Indianapolis, II
eld meeting on Wednesday eve q
ing, organized battalion, and
lectcd battalion officers,
Mr., johnson is reported to have 0
Did Seymourite from New York, E
3cently, that he owed nothing 10 &
le New York Democracy, and had Il,
0 desire to be found flying at the 6
Ill Of the Seymour kite. .g a
A land suit, lately instituted in
Garrison county, Texas, by the
eirs Of General Albert Sidney |
ohnson, for thirty leagues of val.
able land in that county, has re =
llted in verdict in their favor. Z
A company of 150 Mormon con II
erts, gathered in New York and Il
Philadelphia, left New York on "
'ednesday evening for Utah. Re s,
ort says that other companies will v
in them at Suspension Bridge, De n
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