Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-20
NEWS ITEMS.


N though some vineyards are wholly
= ruined t H91
The town ofLaport, CAL, was de-
3, stroyed by fire on August 10th
9 The loss is estimated at half a
: million. t't
= The New York Board of Health
) has taken action to prevent the i'm
portation of infected cattle from
:, the West.
The Greenville Journal says the
corn in that county never looked
BETTER and that new wheat is being
sold rapidly.
The nominations for Congress
by both parties in Michigan State
r are all made, and the campaign has
fairly opened
A fire in ST. Paul Saturday,
destroyed the Episcopal church, on
J. Cedar street, and four frame stores.
Loss about $4,000.
The railroad from st. Joseph,
Missouri, to Council Bluffs, Iowa,
will be completed and trains com.
! mence runing to-day.
The entire provinces of Spain
are suffering severely, and are
threatened with famine, the distress
> being greater than at any time for
; half a century.
Twenty-three persons, mostly
women and children, were lately
trampled to death in a music hall,
in Manchester, England, in rush |
for the door at an alarm Of fire.
The higeest salaries paid to teach
ers in New York, before the war,
were 81, 500 to males and 5000 to
females, Atpresent they are $4,000 !
for males, and $1,700 to females.
The Boise City, Idaho, stage was
recently stopped, on Blue Noun
tains, by highwaymen, and the mails
rifled OF all Observation-Disclosures. Wells,
Fargo & Co. s Express was robbed
of $4,000.
The Tennessee House Of Repre-
sentatives, Thursday, after long
debate, adopted resolutions declar-
ing that this is not the time to con-
slider the franchise question The
vote was, yeas "a, nays IA.
The Democrats promised, if they
were given power, to reduce our
taxes. Well, they were given pow
er, but our taxes are not reduced.
The State levy is the same as last
year--35 cents to the S100. fEa ,
The Wheeling Intelligences states
that a friend left the following at
that Office: "Toast for the Demo J
cratic party Here's to the old
Democratic ship, She needs but
one sea more (Seymour) to sink {
her"
Dan VOORHEES, has been making t
a great fuss about taxation, and he I
made so much fuss about it that the S
matter was looked into, and it was L
found that his tax amounted TO S75 =
cents in five years Detroit Tri- +
bune .ti Ei ris r
The Ku-Klux have made their !
appearance in Eastern Virginia. S
A number Of Radicals about Dunn
fries and other points along the b
Potomac have been served with no. $
tices, and considerable uneasiness a
is felt,
For the first time for a number y
Of years, the population of Ireland .
is increasing. The gain is not n
much-only 38l during the first : :
three months Of 1868; still it is an L
increase, and the English papers .
rejoice over the fact. sE
A Photographer in one of the =,
country towns of Massachusetts +
was recently visited by young wo- 9,
man, who with sweet simplicity "
asked; GLOW long does it take to
get photograph afteryou have left .
your measure ?" 81 81
Judge N. R Linsday, of Koko- - -
mo- Indiana, contingent elector of r
the Democratic ticket for the Eighth =
District, has resigned and goes "
for Grant and Colfax. His place "
was supplied py thename of Jas 81
A. Adrain, of Cass. Il
Japan advices of July 4th repre- d
sent an unusually wet season; tea g,
and silk market dali The Tycoon
was generally successful in his mill D,
tary operations against the Mikado, 81
1t was thought the war might result q
in division of the empire.
The Wheeling Intelligencer, speak o,
ing Of Thurman's speech in the con m
vention there, says: 'Thurman B
asked his friends what they should
do with the Radical Soldiers when p
they (the Democrats got intopow- hi
er;T and the rebel crowd cried out, SC
Hang EN-! Hang EN- r. he
Mrs. c. NJ. Patterson, sitting un-
dera shade tree in Richard Taylor's cl
door-yard at Carlinsville, Ill, the te
other day, felt a scratch on her hand
which rested on the grass, and on da
finding that it was the bite Of a tn
small rattlesnake, tainted in terror di
A quart of whisky killed the poison ag
The Republican Committee Of 70
have held meeting, and lily
determined to buy the New Nation z
newspaper and establish an organ ed
also to hold Grant ratification tn
meeting August 30. They are very nj
much dissatisfied over the non-re- on
noyal of olIlce-holders under the
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