Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-23
A Little of Everything.

"A hlJIl6 VI bNeTy InluS'
- spartanburg, South Carolina, has
| had the same Court crier for foaty y;sev
en- years, " @ F wv
- It is stated that A. T. Stewart is
treating for water power at FrederickS.
burg, Virginia.. n
- A case of yellow fever was reported
last Friday, on a Cuban vessel at New
Orleans. 81 56 ~
80 The Alabama Lunatic Asylum is
full and seyentY,hve applicants are
waiting for accommodations.
T. Both the lunatic asylums in Virgin
ia are crowded, and colored lunatics are
Kept in the county iailg gEBt8
- The New York money Market is
e6sy yat 6@7 per cent. The banks report
the drain of money to the West and South
greatly diminished, 0RA 4HJ3
- The total value of property in Chi
cago is $266, O22, l8O, and the tax rate is
fifteen mills.J1 rNt-,
- John W. Garrett was on Tuesday re-
elected President of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
r "A majority of the French, and many
of the German Bishops, will oppose the
dogma Of the infallibilty of the Pope.
- The Alabama Grand Lodge of Ma
sons is in session at Montgomery. There
are four hundred representatives. present.
= The House Committee on Foreign
AAairs will make no report on the Cuban
question till the return of General Banks
from Europe.
. - TAeagent q the Indianqpplis and
Cincinnati Railroad, at st. Paul, Indiana,
has absconded with $1,000, chiefly be-
longing to the BxpreSs Company.
= The Catholics of Dayton lave com .
menced to fghtthereading ofthe Bible In
the public schools.
"A bill legalizing ten per cent. inter
est on contracts, was made special order
for the 18th inst, in the Kentucky Legis-
latune.
g. The portion Of the Presidents mes !
sage relative to neutrality in the matter of
ocean cables causes considerable excite
ment in Paris.
z Theprice Of rebel bonds has improv-
ed in London, in view of q settlement of
the Alabama claims. One. half million
of these bonds sold in New York yester-
day for thirty-seven dollars.
So In his message to the Legislature,
Governor Haight, of California, recon-
mends the breaking down Of allbarriers
to the reception of Chinese testimony in
the courts, not only as an act of justice,
but as matter of sound policy, s,,s5a
- The Tennessee Legislature has re-
pealed the law past last winter provid-
ing for the payment of claims held by the
loyal men for losses sustained in the late
war By this action, fortyitwo thousand
claims, aggrcgating $G,oOO 900 are dis
posed of. suH to s4t
= Mrs. Mary Clemens, the last Revo-
lutionary pensioner in Georgia, died in
Teifair county, last week, at the age of
l04. r AMhI'a '.far'a
- The Episcopal Church, in Spartansr
burg, South Carolina, laid down a new
carpet and it was PROMPTLY stolen.
a-a Twochildrcn died at New ALBANIA,
Indiana, last week, from vaccination with
matter taken from scrofulOus child.
9a-- A dfunkard in Meriden, 0Onnccti-
cut, fell through q store window the other
day in trying to light his pipe at scar
let morocco gAlter a rhH
= During the war the United States
flag was kept festooned behind the pulpit
Of the Eastside Methodist Church, at Des
Moines, Iowa. rtvlWTgT II
- The Mobile Register is alarmed at
the avidty of Northern capitalists in seiz
ing the best chances in the South.
= Hay is quoted at sixty dollars pertOn
in Superior City. Wisconsin. This is a
of the floods last fall.
8 Two boxes of butter for Miss OBJ.
a missionary at Chefoo, China,
left St. Albans, Vermont, on Tuesday
week.
= The amended School Bill, which the
Tennessee lower House passed yesterday,
provides for pro rata distribution Of The
school fund between whites and blacks.
- The indications are that Congress
will pass free banking act during the
session, and will not accede to Boutwell's
suggestion of a contraction Of s9,OOO,COOt