Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-01
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ALL SORTS.

gives the Americans all the inju
ries and injustice he has done them
The N. Y. Evening Post calls th
Tenure.of Office law "The Presi
dents handouts"
Black velvet skull-caps are thu
fashion for bald heads in Beecher'i
church.
Cumback is after a foreign mis-
sion. But he doesn't write any let
teFs about 1t.
There are six colored men in the
Medical Del artment Of Harvard
University.
Gen. Mcclellan was invited to be-
come President of Union College,
but he declined.
Ole Bull has put five promising
young Norwegian orphans in a mu-
sical institute in Christiania.
Why is a washerwoman the most
cruel woman in the world? Be-
cause she daily wrings mems bo-
SONS.
Boston has enjoyed ten consecu-
tive weeks of opera, this season,
served up by three different COM
panies.
Ex-Postmaster General Randall
has taken up his residence in Elmi-
IN, New York. Wisconsin air does
not agree with him.
The mystery of Greeley's white
coat is dispelled. He says that he
bought it rs years ago at a coop
erative store in London,
A lady has just died in England
a hundred years and three months
old, who never brt on one occasion
went beyond her native place.
Bishop Ames, of the Methodist
Church, declared, in conference
held at Alexandria, Va, that tobacco
was doing more harm to the church
than whisky.
1t is said there is an officer in the
British army who has drawn half
pay for So years, but has never yet
worn his uniform or joined his reg
iment.
A New Orleans papor says that
Colonel Casey, the new appointec
to the New Orleans Collectorship,
"is not unconnected with the Pres
ident."
Gov. Fairchild of Wisconsin,
has written letter declining a re.
nomination, unless It should be
unanimous.
The House Committee on Elec-
tons has decided that John Covode,
of Pennsylvania, is entitled to Il
seat, The vote stood 6 to 3.
Oregon papers report smoke is
suing from Mounts Hood, Jelfer
son and Three Sisters, and apprc-
hend earthquakes in consequence.
An Israelite named Hirsch com
mitted suicide on the 24th by hang
ing himself in Hebrew synagogue
In Baltimore.
A man who had passed twenty
four hours in the New York sew
ers, emerged Wednesday with a bag
full of watches, jewclry and other A
yalaables. n
The Bishop of New Jersey refu-
ses to lay his hands, in the ccremo- n
ny Of confirmation, upon the piles
of false hair which decorate the v
summit of the young ladies' heads.
Gen. S. B. Hazeltne, of Bakers Y
field, W, 7S years of age, has been
elected town clerk for
Ihe 50th year, During that period "
1nly Is votes were ever cast against
lim for that office. 70
The following typographical er- i
or shows the vast importance OF
he comma. Alta banquet this toast W
vas given: "Woman-without her
nan, Is a brute" Al
A preacher discoursing about w
Daniel in the lions den, said "An
har he sot, all night long, looking So
{ the show for nothin', an it didn't tn,
iost him a cent.
The "PrOhibitionometer" is an =
instrument invented in Boston, by \
phich moderate drinker" can tell
Ehen he ceases to be sober and is
.etting drunk.
A man once went to an eccentric ~
awyer to be qualified for some pet
Y office. "ITold up your hand"
aid the lawyer; "Ill swear you,
mt all creation couldn't qualify n.
.Ou.n "
W. w. Corcoran is about TO erect
mammoth hotel, TO bear his name,
n Vermont Avenue, near Senator
umner's residence, In Washington.
will be ready before the Decem- II
or term Of Congress,
In 1860, Victor Emanuel offered
} give dowries Of 5000 to 20 poor
iris who would marry as many Of car
Is patriots. The money has at
ever been paid, and now the de-
Ided couples are prosecuting the 81
.lng.
A Philadelphia correspondent de- a
,ribes the beer Of that city as isel isSi
composed Of Schuylkill water lib due
ally infused with resin, soap-suds, 'VTi 81
gtAil tobacco, and a slight tincture =
hops" q