Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-06-03


"A man who registered his
name at the Zane House on March
80. 1869, as Charles w. Spencer,
Geneva, New York, protesting to
be the agent of u large number Of
newspapers and periodical publica-
tions, and was busily engaged from
that time until a few days ago in
this city, Washington and Perry
townships, and perhaps other pol
tions of the county, the other day
suddenly decamped, carrying away
the key of his room at the Zane
House, and leaving Mr.. Cook M
nus the amount of twenty three
days board. lie is thought to be
swindler, of which fact there can
be but little doubt, and has swim
died, no doubt, a large number of
persons out of small amounts by
the ruse which he adopted, Of OBJ
tanning subscriptions to newspapers
and periodicals.
A STocK train at Worcester,
Massachusetts, on Tuesday, from
Albany, en- route to Providence,
loaded with Texas cattle, which
we're found to be in a horrible CON
dition. Twenty-nine large bovines
were iammed into one car, two of
which had apparently been dead for
some time; two others were dying.
Others were down and unable to
rise, while all we're evidently starry
ing, and had apparently been with
out food or water for several days
The cattle were unloaded, fed and
exercised, and then put into fresh
cars and sent on their way.
The Democracy of Vanwert
have the fearful task of deciding be-
tween fifty candidates anxious to
serve that county. The Bulletin
says the econtest denomination be-
tween Callen, who fed to Canada to
escape the draft, and Mr.. Joshua
"repudiationist," and it is
said that "principles, not men,
will win. Vanheet writes q card in.
which he says:
I want it distinctly understood
that am a rcpudiationist, and de-
sire the support of no man unless
he be in favor of repudiating the
bonded debt of the United States.
O. s. Journal
THE result of General Grants
policy Of collecting and paying in
to the Treasury all the money con
templated by the tax, laws, is an
income exceeding that of the cor
responding year, by fully five mill
ions of dollors, during which time
the National debt has been reduc-
ed beyond what was counted on,
fully ten millions. This shows
what honesty IN collecting and hon
,sty in expanding the public mon
~ will do,-and the work has only
ust gum Columbus Jour.
SEVERAL days ago, boy named
)UMY, eight years of age, near
,anesyille, let his knife slip while
'oring turnip, striking thepOint-
# it deeply into his left wrist, and
aging open the rodail artery. For
the accident occurred near
. house, to which he ran, the blood
meanwhile squirting higher than his
lead, and flowing so rapidly that
10 must soon have tainted, perhaps
led, had he beed distant from
olp.
A BIG THING ON PArER,-The
White Pine News of the 10th inst,
ublishes the names, and amount
f capital stock of all the corpora
ions formed for mining purposes
4 that district to the 1st inst,
'hich foot up ITO companies, with
II aggregate capital stock Of $246,
$4,000.
A lady advelIises for sale one
three tabby cats and q par
Of. She states that, being now
larried, she has no fun ther use tor
ZEN, for the reason that their am
lble qualities are all combined in
er husband,
Mrs. Sally Fisk, grandmother of
ne late Hon. Stephen A. Douglas,
led Sunday at her residence in
linton Springs, New York, of heart
isease, in the cighty.frst year of
er age.
The tax levy for New York city,
hich was passed in the closing
ours of the late Legislature, con
lins a clause which will give the ,
atholic schools of that city about
100000 of the bubble money.