Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-10-14
NEWS ITEMS.


c Jefferson Davis arrived in Balti
more, Saturday, by the steame
: from Europe.
The Russian Government pro
poses to unite Odessa and Constan
| tinople by a submarine cable.
Utah wants to come into the
Union, and is to send a memorial
to Congress expressing their vir'
tuous desire.
Secretary Boutwell, has increased
the amount Of gold sales to Balti-
more importers to 100000 per
week.
Mr.. Horace Greeley has accept
ed the nomination for Comptroller,
rendered him by tho Republican
State Central Committee Of New
York.
An adjourned meeting ofsoldiers
of 1872 is to be held at Hillsbor-
ough, October 30, to devise meas
ures for obtaining pensions from
the Government.
The Cuban residents in New York
observed Saturday, the anniversa-
ry of the breaking out of the re-
bellion in Cuba, as a day Of fasting
and prayer for the success of their
cause.
The Postmaster General has
opened negotiations with the Brit
| ish Government for a reduction Of
the single rate Of letter postage on
and after the first of January next
to six cents.
Dexter trotted a half-mile Satur-
day in one minute and four sec
onds. The first quarter was made
in thirty-four seconds, and the sec.
ond in thirty-one. This is the best
time on record.
General Badeau, Assistant Secre-
tary to the American Legation at
London, arrived in Washington on
Saturday, Heis believed to be the
bearer OF important dispatches
from Minister Motley.
Prince Arthur was warmly wei
coined at Montreal, on Friday. A
ten days. visit to Albany finishes
his tour, after which he returns to
England. He proposes to visit the
United States next spring.
The Nashville Press and Times
says that the watch presented to
Lafay ette by washington, and sto-
len in that city in 1925, has recent
ly been discovered in a pawnbrOk-
ers window in a Western town.
There is on exhibition at the In
dustrial Exhibition, in Buffalo, the
largest and longest wrought iron
beam ever rolled at a single heat
in this country. 1t is seventy feet
long, twelve feet high, and weighs
100000 pounds.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Virgin
ia, announces that the oyster war
has broken out at Tangier Sound.
The State Constable has been driy-
en- away, and General Candy has
sent two companies of soldiers to the
scene of the disturbance to restore
order.
Governor Senter was inaugera-
ted Monday. In his address, he
pledged himself to support the in 1
terests of the people, without re-
gard to party, race or color, but !
gave no expression of opinion on
any political topics.
Colonel John Screven, the Dem. !
ocratic candidate for Mayor of Sa- /
vannah, Georgia, and an entire E
Board of Aldermen, a
we're elected Monday, by 5000 ma
ority. The negroes generally vot- i
ID with the Democrats. !
The canvass in Mississippi is be- s.
ng vigorously prosecuted on both "
'ides. The struggle is for the con I
rol of the colored vote, that ele' :
Hent being in the majority. The 9
count upon q majority q
or their ticket Of from fifteen to "
wenty thousand. p
A large torpedo was found, on B
saturday, in lot Of coal which Ia
ad been delivered, under contract, Sc
o the Howard University, at wash ii
ngton, 1t is an open question
,hether it was designed to blow up q
hat institution or the schooner s
,hich brought the coal, Il
The rates Of westward bound TO
reights from New York were rals- 3 3
d on Saturday, with the rumor Of q
mother advance at an early day ne ne
hey now are To st, Louis, 81 dc
} Louisville, 80 cents; to Indian. CO
polls, 70 cents; to Cincinnati, 70 to p,
ents; to Chicago, 6l cents. We
A freshet in Swift River, Maine, In
suscd a rise of thirty-six feet in q q
yelve hours. All the farms along nc
ne river were inundated and cover SII SI
4 with a layer of sand several feet d
eep in places. The farmers are pc
ouseless, having barely been able Of
, escape with their families. an