Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-04-30
NEWS ITEMS.

natl.
, The receipts of customs fror
April 18th to 18th, inclusive, wer
83,141,79S.
Gov. Brownlow will be one O
the cheerful elements of the Chica
60 Convention,
The KukIux KIan have sent
warning" to Col. Eaton, editor o
? the Memphis Post.
A young Indian girl, perfect,
wild, was recently purchased ii
Tere del Fuego, for bag Of bis
cults.
A slight shock of earthquake wa'
felt in Southern Maine and New
Hampshire on the morning of th'
9th inst.
Virginia is rejoicing over the
prospect of q considerable enigra
ton to that State from England and
Scotland.
Governor Brownlow will soon is
sue a proclamation postpoDing un.
til November the election of Con
gressmen.
The reported burning Of a large
watch factory, near Hudson, N. j
was occasioned by the burning Of
dead grass,
The streets in Detroit were re,
Gently flooded because of the OBJ
struction of the sewers by cast-ofl
hoop skirts.
Gold bearing quartz is said to
have been discovered in the knobs
about two and a half miles from
New Albany, Ind.
A boy named McGown, 10 years
old, hung himself in Adams county
few days ago, No special cause
for the act was known.
Advices from Arkansas state that
buffalo gnats are very destructive
to stock. The Des Arc Citizen says
so horses were killed in that vicin-
ity last week.
The committee on the subject
have reported against all kinds of
new revenue stamps and modes of
cancellation, proposed to the Reve-
nue. Department.
A woman was recently sentenced
in Toledo to sixty days imprison-
ment, at hard labor, and a heavy
fine, for abuse of a little child she
lad taken to raise.
Gen. Grant has issued an order
establishing quarantines for all YES
sells entering ports within the South
crn Military Districts, which come
from infected ports.
The second trial of John II, Sur
ratt is fixed for Tuesday, May II.
1t is understood Judge Black, Mr..
Merrick and Mr.. Bradley, Jr., will
appear for the defense.
Senator Yates has written a let.
ter, addressed to the people of H.
Iinois, acknowledging the justice of
heir criticism on his conduct, and
promising repentance.
The Secretary of the Interior has
ent a communication to Congress,
tating that an appropriation ought
0 he made to relieve the destitution
f certain Indian tribes.
The City Council of Louisville
las not legislated on the Police
question, and consequently the vii
age is enjoying the advantages of
,wo sets of policemen.
There are in Congress, House
md Senate, thirteen Major Gener.
lis, fifteen Brigad;er Generals and
iix Colonels, besides eleven volun- {
eer officers of lower grade.
A Cheyenne dispatch says the
Indians attacked party of laborers
n the Black Hills, Saturday, and
killed four of them; also captured
'ix teams belonging to n train.
=
Governor Bullock, Of Massachu-
jetts, in message to the Legisla-
urc, declines signing the liquor IL
,ense law recently passed, but does .
rot veto it. Hence it becomes a
aw.
A Washington correspondent is
convinced by careful observation,
hat, in lobbying a scheme through
Congress, female beauty is far
more potent than brains or bank
notes. :.
The President, Friday, withdrew !
he nomination of Thomas Ewing,
Sr, for Secretary of War; and :
Gen. Schofeld for the .
,lace-"Vice f. M. Stanton, to be {
emoved."
The project of building a wigwOm t
n which to hold the National Re q
publican Convention, at Chicago,
as been abandoned. The Conven-
ion will hold its sessions in the a
opera House. G
A Ku-Klux was killed in Hurri. c
ane Bottom, Mississippi, q few I
lights ago, by a negro party he, I
18th others, was attempting to |
-ighten. His body was carried Off '
ext morning, !
L. II. Robinson, of Henry coun-
', ILL.,, took seven young wolves !
, the county clerks office last I
eek, for which he received thirty I
ve dollars. He found them in a
est in an open field.
A scheme for the establishment /
{ a national telegraphic system, in :
with the Post Office De- :