Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-07
NEWS ITEMS.

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] - A st, louis husband wants
divorce because his wife throws th
childrep at his head, r ...,
| QUEEN ISABELLA pays her con
fcssorI s6,50O "a year+or abou
e!eyen cents for each sin absolved
IN Philadelphia, s25ois the aver
age cost of a fashionable lady
dress for special occasions
The insurgents in Madrit
stuck notices on the royal palace
advertising "This house to let"
The artesian well at st. Louis Is
1880 feet deep, and the boring i:
kept up, or rather down, at the rate
of three feet per diem. --
ABAcHELoR friend says he dis.
likes young married couples, "be.
cause they are so apt 10 give them
selves heirs - S.
The census OF St. Louis, just
completed, shows the population Of
the city tob 202 400, and that OF
the country to be l,07l, ....
IT is suggested that births be pub
lished under the head of "new mu-
sic, in accordance with the charac-
ter of recent productions. US 7
A BosToN trader has outdone his
competitors by displaying in his
window a large placard saying,
Selling out at cost and more too"
The Steamers John L. Stevens
and Colorado brought 100000 Mex
lean dollars from Mexican ports to
San Francisco.
A New York paper is afraid tho
ladies "will soon monorolize at
least one-half of the murder bust
ness, now so active
A Pittsburg paper says that
drunkenness is more prevalent than
ever before in that city, and is
constantly increasing, despite the
efforts of temperance societies.
Bonds bearing date from the,16th
inst. were issued from the Treasury
Department, yesterday, t7 the Union
Pacific Railroad CompanJs amount
ing to $G40,000.
r. II. Dana has sued the Mayor
and Aldermen OF Cambridge for.
five thousand dollars damages for
erasing his name from the voting
list at the late election.
Mr. Anderson, of Missouri, states
that if he runs as a candidate for
Governor Of the State, it will be as
a Republican, desiring to secure the
party from clique of selfish poll
ticians'
Warlike preparations in Turkey
and Grece continue. Some of the
Western Powers have little conf
dence that proposed conference will
in effecting satisfactory
settlement.
1t is doubtful whether or not
Mrs. AUGUsTUs DICKENS, sister in
aw Of thenoyelist, who died in
chicago, Christmas, from the effects
of a desc of moaphine, committed
suicide,
Fractional currency printed du-
ing last week, $455, 900 shipments,
1926, 2S9; National Bank currency +
ssued, $94,810; amount in circula-
ion, $299, ,767, ,044; amount offrac.
ional currency destroyed, $780,,
-S4.
AN Indian and a she bear were
ound lying dead together in the !.
ewn Of Wopdville, Wis, The In
lian bad shot the bear six times and
hen attacked her with q knife.
The squeezed the life out Of him ir
dying effort.
THE English army consists at
resent of $4,000 men. OF the
s,7O,292 are garrisoned in En-
land. Ireland, Scotland and Wales;
1857 at Gibralter ard Malta So, 900
i India; $4,000 in British America,
nd the remainder at Bermuda,
Vest Indies, China, Japan and 9th
+ places.
A man, who has resided ip Texas O
Or over thirty years, who has S
ought upon the frontier against '
le Indians, and who served in the c
ebel army through the whole war, #
as recently denied an invitation S
a public entertainment in Huston, /
ecause he favored the election of v
-eneral Grant r5 rvtg 1rr d
Gen. MARTIN and his two maiden c
sters, residing in Columbia county :
a., were murdered and robbed, U
thursday night. Their house was g
It on fire, and their bodies con :
lmcd. Suspicion is said to rest d
n some negroes residing in the y
as the perpetrators u
f the deed. ra F Il
A desperate fight between ne 6
roes & Germans Occurred in a ball n
,om in Mckenzie street, Newark, 5
n Christmas eve. AT the com n
encement of the trouble, the i,
phtsI wer put out, and the greater r
art of the fight took place in the
lrk. Five persons were injured,
id nine negroes were arrested. 1t