Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-30
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! A horse lately fell into the seaiat b
an English town, aud swan about
10 miles in astraight lins before her
was rescued. ~.
Opinion Of cynical bachelor--H
women must have either poodloa or
babies, as choice Of evils letthem
have babies. 7a-I SOD
! Gov. Patten ofAlabama saysthat
State will raise this year four hun
dred thousand bales ofcotton, worth
$40 900. 900. aifse rtotsno1 r08
-Four hundred B6xeslOf Hlarse 3
and lucious, peaches !" ,a arrived in
Louisville for the city market last
Thursday week 9sit ms5ua- -
The number ofwhites in the States
forming the Rebel Confederaey was
! 5,440, 900 in 1860. There has been
no census since. so z b H'H
Somebody says IfA wife should
be Ikea lamb---tender and nicely F.
dressed" A scamp adds, "And
without any sauce" .r.
1t is said that Seymour shed tears
the morning after his nomination.
He should reserve them for the
morning after the election. ,,@t,,
Mrs. Gen. Fremont and her In
teresting family are spending the
summer at their country seat, beau,
tifully situated near Sing Sing,
On Sunday Henry Ward Beecher
preached for the last time this sea- q
son, as Plymouth Church will be
closed for repairs until September.
During the month Of June there nj
were manufactured in Chicago AZ
O8O gallons Of high wine, Of which
the greater portion went into
bond. oI 3i! -. afa- oi ja31'f35
A Southern Democratpretty near "a
l " hit the general feelings Of his
section when he said he was a con-
yerted rebel, but "liable to back
slide"
Avoung gentleman had his watch
and SS, 900 in money taken from 2
him by .pickpockets on the Broad 70
way Bridge, New York, about noon
on the 22d. .-,.,..s.-f.
j The trot on the 22d between the
horses of Commodore Vanderbilt
and Captain Gill, for $1,000, mile
heats, was won by the latter. Best ID
time, ;32h. f Hla 9lao1a alf
1t is reported that Frank Blair
t will stump Ohio, Indiana, and I'LL.
nois next month. The effect his
presence in those States will pro-
duce may be imagined. aF gaiha soh
The Chicago hatters are now en- q
gagged in filling orders for the uni
forms of the Tanners" in various
parts of Illinois. They furnish an
entire outfit, including dag, for
$500 'tsat g,ai i.sa'" 7oi
D. P. Strait, ex-AuditOr Of
Franklin County, arrested d few
days since, at the instance of his
successor, has been held to bail in pa
81 900 to answer the charge Of per-
Jury. rr...,.l, .i4,..., II
The Chicago Post says that the
Washington Street Tunnel, under
the Chicago river, is going forward o
successfully, the work having been Y
more than, half accomplished ,
The work is expected to cost $780,
+ 600. t' .'.' 1'
The City Council Of Lexington,
KY, has passed an ordinance requir- ~
ling citizens to cut down all the al
lanthus trees on their premises. II
is said that some Of The Lexingtoni-
: ans have taken legal counsel and
!, will refuse. I'd NHa ''''-iH ''n' '~1
S The resignation Of Judge WinanS q
5 as Judge of the Court Of Common 7
I Pleas, Greene county, takes place
D on the 10th of August, the end OF
! the judicial quarter. Mr.. Winans,
up to that time, will take no active
part in politics. aa f"T "t"ti u
!, A plot to rob the Adams Express
l on the New Haven Railroad has
been discovered, and one OF the
conspirators arrested. The plan
;; was to throw the train from the track
near the State line, and rob 1t dur .
ing the confusion. aala''. 2'9' -''
Mr.. Webber, of Terrc Hautc, In
F dianr, placed lump of lime in q
nail of water, on Thursday, when iS
exploded with terrific force, pros
trating and fearfully burning Mrs
Webber and three sons, who we're
in the immediate vicinity, ..'o
A letter from the City Of Mexico
saws leading paper there had an
article iutimatiug that a coalition Of
5 European Powers with the United
| States was being discussed the OBJ
iect of which will be to divide up
Mexico and sch cut to the American
g Government.
e In the Criminal Court OF Wash
!. ington yesterday, Judge Wylie
Il overruled the motion to quash the
indictment against Surratt for the
y murder of Abraham Lincoln, which
motion was made on the ground q
that the Grand Jury, BY which It
was found, was not legally drawn i
/ The Scioto Gazette says that a
norton OF skeleton, supposed to
have been that of q mastodon, was
Q found in Camp Creek township,
!, !, near Waverly, recently, One OF the
: !, teeth weighed four and a bali r
J sounds, and the iawbone measured
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