Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-08
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be erected in st, Louis.
Fort Moultrie is deserted, and
without a garrison.
Nebraska has named its last nc
county, "Colfax."
The Chicago Fire Departmcr
cost $3.50, 800 last year the Polio,
sS2S,6O6,
In North Carolina, a lawful fenc
must be "horse high, bull strong
and hog tight"
A $4,000 monument is to b
erected over Sam Houston's gray
at Houston, Texas.
Without counting Alaska, til
United States has 1900, 900, 0O
acres Of land.
A Louisville burglar Gwen
through" four private houses an'
a female seminary the same night
An ex-rebel lately returned to hi
farm in Tennessee, dug up $1,000
in gold, and "yamoosed."
The heirs of Noah Webster re
ceive $25, 900 annually from the sa
Of his dictionary
Last year the American Bible So
ciety printed 100000 copies Of the
Scriptures.
A New Hampshire lady who kept
a silver dollar for thirty-fye years
recently found it to be counter
felt.
The "oldest inhabitant' admits
that it is sweet to have friends yol
can trust, but more convenient tC
have friends who "trust' you.
Chancellor Smith has dissolved
the Injunction restraining the city
Of Memphis from issuing half
million dollars in bonds.
John NJ. Binckley was sentenced
to pay a fine of 500 and costs fol
an assault on Deputy Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue HarIand.
One banker in Paris, NJ. Thibau-
deau, holds E70,000 worth Of Con-
federate bonds, for which he paid
fifty per cent. Of their face.
The State Of Iowa may be re-
garded as in an excellent financial
condition. 1t does not owe Il cent
and has a surplus Of $639,000 on
hand.
Mr.. T. Bigelow Lawrence, who
died recently in Washington, was
the first husband Of SalIie Ward,
the famous Kentucky belle and
beauty.
Brooklyn incomes this year.
Henry Ward Beecher, $2l,175; II,
G, Bowen, 5,444; II. b. Cladin,
S350,000; j. w, Harper, $685.
5l5.
A velocipedist in Jacksonville,
Illinois, rode out Of lofty third
story window, and managed to halt
his bicycle on the roof Of a two
story building adjoining.
The beauty of Queen Victora's
family is developing in Her Majes.
TVS grandchildren. The cldests son
Of the Prince of Wales bids fair to
be a perfect Adonis.
A number of young women in a
Massachusetts manufacturing es
tablishmont recently kept silent,
on q wager for sixty long min
utes,
An Ohio church had its carpet
stolen, and when n new one was
provided the thieves brought back
the old and took the new one,
A minister descended from his
pulpit in q church at Hannibal, !
the other day, and thrash
ed two youngsters who were dis
him.
The reduction of the rates for
Cable messages, between New York
md England, to ten dollars in gold
ior ten words, is anticipated on the
Ist Of May.
The Methodist Book Concern has
ust paid 81 900, 900 for the magniG-
,ent building, recently erected on
Broadway and One-ETundred and
Tenth Street, Now York.
Only thirty miles Of the Chicago
rock Island & Pacific Railroad re-
main to be built to complete the
Dad to the Missouri River, con.
ecting with the Union Pacific Rail.
oad,
A'Farmer in Western New York
nred a distressing ease Of Grecian
lend in his daughter by dipping the :
'oor young thing in water, and lay n
ng her in the sun until the warp
anne out,
Among the curiosilies latc'y
Ilaced in Barnum's Museum, is a :
Mosquitoes bladder, containing the 4
ouls Of twenty. four misers, and i
he fortunes of twelve editors. It t.
s nearly half full, LISA valuable
ddition to tbs museum. (
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