Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-05-27
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! dition, numbering five hundred, ,ha
, gone to sea from Delaware Bay il
! two schooners and small steam
er
The Farmers Hotel, ut LaCross
was burned on the 10th. Ansol
Allison was burned to death Will
trying to save some of his proper
! Ly.
The prospect of a large berry
and fruit crop at St Joseph, Mich,
is very encouraging. Peach, pear
cherry and apple orchards are liter
ally covered with blossoms.
The travel west froul Omaha Is
very heavy. On Saturday last
the first through passenger train
from Sacramento, with five hun
dred passengers, arrived in that
city.
- Parties from Tennessee say
that President johnson has com
pletely fzzled out, and no longer
possesses any power to seriously
annoy the Republican party in that
State.
The first shipment Of goods for
San Francisco direct, over the I'm
ion Pacific Road, was made at st.,
Louis, by Daench & Co. The
goods consisted of drugs and per.
fumery.
Edward Richards, who arrived in
Jersey City, from Chicago, last
week, reported that he had his
pocket picked, on the cars, of $6,-
900 in Government bonds and
greenbacks
Joseph Hatch, gambler, com
mitted suicide at Minneapolis, Min
nesota, lately, by jumping into a
we'll He had been sick, and com
mitted the act during the absence
of his nurse. ...-
There is considerable discussion
at Augusta, Co., as to the propri-
ETY. Of extending the Georgia Rail
road to the Blue Ridge, to form a
connection with the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad.
Mr.. Horace Putnam, prominent
citizen of West Jefferson, and
Treasurer of Madison county, died
very suddenly, recently, at his resi-
dence, from spotted feayer. He
died in eighteen hours afterhis first
attack.
In the United States Circuit
Court, in St. Louis, decisions were
rendered against ninety-three bar
rels Of distilled spirits, claimed by
Alonzo T. Stewart, Nleo against 20
barrels of alchohol claimed by Mr.
Freisingher.
49, John Whitney, supposed by
many to have been one Of thoes
who disposed of Morgan, the Ma
sonic apostate, died at Chicago re-
Gently, aged IA, AT the time of the
Morgan excitement Whitney was
several times iacarcerated in Jail on
suspicion.
Mr.. o. A. Osborne, of Cairo, has
invented n spring to be attached to
the feet, by means Of which u per
son is relieved Of the labor of
walking, to q great extent He
claims his invention will enable a
man to walk ten miles per hour
with case.
- Father Bower, of Fremont,
O., Catholic Church, has gone into
a newspaper controversy with Fred,
Douglas over certain statements
which the latter made in his lecture
in that city, on civilian the ST.
lent" The contest is spicy and
attracts much local attention.
The Methodist priests Of Chica-
go, have passed resolutions pro
testing against decorating the
graves Of soldiers on the Sabbath
1.-THE 20th inst. J, instead Of Sunday
1.-THE 30th inst The priests Of
other towns do not desire the dec
oration to take place on Sunday,
but on the Sabbath,
- The Methodist Bishop Simp-
son hes on several occasions eX-
PRESSED himself strongly to the CT
'ect that the tide of drunkenness
md immorality, especially in our
yreat cities, cannot be stopped un-
ii the ballot is given to women
At the Methodist Conference in
Richmond, Indiana, the sentiment !
vas received with great cheering
Wm, Halgren was instantly kill
ID at Watertown, Minnesota, on
IN the 18th inst. He had been
uniting, and was leaning on his
oaded rifle, with the muzzle of his
run against his breast, While in
his position his horse kicked at him
md his hoof striking against the
ock, caused discharge of the gun,
he charge passing through his
leart
Louis Lissing, who was arrested
iomo weeks ago, al Burlington,
.owa, on the charge Of numbering ,
step-child, two years of age, last J
Iuly, and taken to st, Peter, Min
lesota, for trial, was convicted of
murder. The evidence was entire
y circumstantial. The prisoner
Gas deeply affected by the verdict;
overing his face with his hands,
e wept bitterly, and could not be
omposed, /
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