Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-07-15
NEWS ITEMS.
The smallpox has materially de-
creased in New York City.

:, The smallpox has materially de
< creased in New York City.
/, The State Reform School of III
! inois has been located at Pontiac
The deaths OF last week in New
5 York were 64S, three of which were
, from cholera.
Q 1t is stated that of the men who
! landed on the coast of Cuba from
, the Grapeshot, one hundred had
been captured and shot
Itwas agreed, in a full cabinet
meeting, yesterday, to order an
election in Mississippi, to take place
on the 4th ofNovember.
A fire is raging in the mountains
near Georgetown, Colorado, and
threatens great damage to the tim
Der region.
The Erie cabs made their appear
ance in New York streets, Satur-
day, much TO the CONSERVATION Of
thieving hackmen.
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has ordered the sale Of all
whiskey remaining in bonded ware
houses on the 1st.
John S. Bliss has been held in
So, 800 bail, in New York, for trial,
on the charge Of swindling soldiers
out of their bounties.
-"Shall l cut the loin of NUT
ton saddlewise2 No, cut it Bride
wise, for then we may get bit in
our mouths" !"
On Friday noon the Great East
ern had arrived off the New Found |
land Banks. She had paid out g.
122 knots of cable, and everything
was working satisfactorily.
Suit has been commeneed by the
United States, in st. Louis, against
Daniel X. Buffers distillery for vi.
olation Of the revenue laws. The
amount Of the bonds is $4,000
The gunboat Narragansett has
arrived at Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, with six cases of yellow fe-
yer on board. Lieutenant Duer
died with it.
The Journeymen House Carpen-
ters' Association of Washington
City, has amended its constitution
so as to exclude colored carpenters
from membership.
Thomas Balls equestrian stat
Ut Of Washington was unveiled Sat
urday evening, in the Public Gar
den, in Boston Several thousand
spectators were present.
The citizens of st. Louis have
made up a premium of five hundred
dollars for the best milch COW, to
be exhibited at the st. Louis Fair j
in October next.
The German tavern keepers of
Pittsburg arc going to work in earn s
,st to insure the rigid enforcement
IF the Sunday law. The object is
% make the law odious, and to Sc.
cure its repeal.
There has been an unprecedented
lood in the Colorado Valley TEX
as J. Lagrange and Columbia are
being evacuated. The whole coml- ,
Try is under water, in some places .
70 a depth Of twenty feet, i
George Peabody has added a
million dollars in railroad and 9th .
n bonds, mostly Southern, to the
Peabody Educational Fund, 80 call r
ID, and $3S4,000 IN Florida six per r
cent. bonds and overdue coupons. Fl
The drum fish has made a de- b
raid ON the oyster bed be- !.
ween Staten Island and Keyport. 4
The damage from the destruction n
# oysters and other shell fish is es- .
mated at 100000. \ !,
there is authority for stating !,
hat no Cabinet changes are CON N
and all that has re- t!
emily been said on that subject, in :,
arious newspapers, is merely spec a
lation. 81
The stockholders OF the Buffalo 7
nd Erie Railroad will vote on the I
9th of August on the proposition 1
, consolidate their road with that !
+ the Lake Shore and Michigan Z
outhern Railway Company
1t is stated that indictments have
cen found against twenty-five New A
.ork brokers for exacting usurious VI
lterest on loans, and they viii prob Of
bly, be arrested on Monday. The m
violence elected before the Grand an
lry is said to be quite startling.
The State Constahulary Of Mas
Ichusetts has aseomnenced the seiz- y. "
q Oflagor beeT and liquors in earn y, Va
C. Among the most important ma
izures, is the stock Of Pratt Bros, ma
'rner Of Washington aRd Frank tor To-,
| streets, valued At OO, mostly m
ger a5'as car
~ bot
Heavy orders fol No, / and 3 =
leat are received atNew Orleans h
I'm Fance-more than can be ell
there, Orders for'l00, ,0O0bush ~
of No. have been received
thin a few days. Favorable re-
lrto ora pooaivaI f,.o,,, all oeotioa.I Ifd