Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-06
NEWS ITEMS.


Six Mormon stations for Due
& Stewart, of Crawford county, 0
arrived on the S. Laurent at Ne
. York. ... I .....
, The First National Bank c
, Charleston, Illinois, has volnntar
ly ceased to be n Government dc
pository.
Nova Scotia papers continu
publishing editorials favoring al
neXation to the United States.
A man in the Lunatic Asylum g
Cincinnati, according to his ow
statement, is 400 years old, loaneC
Shakespeare five dollars, which h
An old but never failing Demo
cratic argument-'How would yo
like to have your daughter marry
Niger 7"
Five thousand dollars worth o
hair was stolen from chignol
manufacturing establishment in N
Y. few nights ago.
At one point on the 'Indianapo
lis and vincennes road the bed il
being cut through vein Of sole
iron ole 35 feet in thickness.
A resolution has passed the Geor
gia House Of Representatives sus.
pending levy and sale except fol
debts contracted since the war,
The Charleston IS. CO. news says
a woman, name net given, died re-
Gently in Williamsburg District Is.
c., J aged 140.
The Erie Railway Company have
contracted for 5000 tuns Of steel
rails, some Of which have arrived,
and the remainder are to be deliv-
cred during the summer.
The Wells Seminary for young
ladies, at Aurora, N. u, was dedi
Gated on Thursday. 1t cost over
$3.50, 900, and was free gift OF
Henry Wells, the expressman.
The new Senator from Alabama,
General George E. Spencer, com
manded the First Regiment of Ala
bama Cavalry during the war; and
fought bravely for the Union.
Gen. Grants great grandfather,
Noah Grant, Commanded compa-
ny Of white and black men in l776,
and fell at the battle Of White
Plains, as did his brother, Solo
mon Grant.
The most unhappy case of hypo-
chondrasis that we ever heard Of,
is that of poor fellow in Germany,
who imagines that he is Andrew
Johnson.
The Workingmen's Seymour
Club Of Memphis, mostly colored,
paraded Saturday night with pro
ccssion of carts and drays, nearly
a mile in length.
never got back, presented 9 bosom
pin to Columbus, just before his
first voyage to america, and was on
intimate terms with Queen Eliza
beth, whom he familliarly calls
Lib"
Friday night, at Chicago, a bur
glar attempted to enter the cabin Of
the schooner Two Charles, and
was shot by the occupant, and SO
severely wounded that he died in
two hours. I A.. "'
The largest wheat harvest ever
known in Minnesota is now in
readiness for the reaper. There is
q great scarcity Of hands. Good
men command So, and in many ca
ses, $3.50 per day.
1t is said that the Introduction of
Texas cattle into Illinois is spread !
ing a fatal disease among native
cattle, and a movement is on foot
to procure the passage of a law to
prevent their Introduction.
Oneida Despatch has found out
why Seymour is statesman, Be
cause he is q war man in time Of
peace, and a peace man in time Of
war. In piece,he is inyincible, in
war he is invisible.
The force in the Adjutant Gen
erals Office, at Washington, has
been reduced llftv or sixty clerks,
owing to the failure of Congress to
make the necessary appropriation
Of money for their employment.
The Georgia Legislature yester-
day elected Joshua Hill, u. S. Sen
ator for the long term, and H. ".
Miller for the short term. Both
claimed by the Democrats, and Mil
Ter was an original Secessionist
The Republican Convention in
.he 18th Congressional District, met
1t Newark, yesterday, aud after a
session of three hours, indorsed and
voted to support Charles Cooper,of
Mt. Vernon, the nominee of the
Workingmen. g na
Sour soldiers run well this year"
was The sneering remark made by
Seymour, after a series of reverses
n 1864. On which the Newburg
Journal comments "They will
run well this year, too, and are al
'eady after his Excellency with a
sharp stick"
The weather in theneighborhood
If Toronto, continues dry and
warm. The atmosphere is SO ha.
~ that steamers find navigation
exceedingly difficult. A dispatch
rom Montreal states that naylga-
ion on the st. Lawrence is almost