Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-04-28
Little of Everything.

The Chicago Times dem, dee
GRATED for the 18th amendment ju
, bilee.
A steam man which actuall
, walks is among the latest mechani
/ cal novelties.
, Work on the State Fair Ground
| will begin about the middle of May
Fairbanks used three million
feet of lumber at his scale works
last year.
The Spanish bank, Havana, hai
loaned the Government five mil
lion dollars to finish the war.
1t is proposed to have an ex
cursion of ministers from Boston
to San Francisco, in August next
There is a movement among the
Democracy of New York to make
Tweed Governor.
Palace cars, with piazzss at the
end, are used on the road between
Jersey City and Chicago.
The government uses up it's old
grcenbacks in envelopes, used in
different departments.
The Feneral Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
will meet at Memphis, May 4th.
An improbable rumor has been
circulated in London that Queen
Victoria intends to marry a Prince
of Schleswig- Holstein.
There are no indications of re-
opening Of the Alabama Claims
question. Each Government is
Awaiting the action ofthe other.
The talk of the Ways and Means
Committee is decidedly against the
compulsory feature of the Funding
bill in reference to National Banks.
The priests at Rome are busily
engaged in burning the pamphlets
lately issued against infallibility.
They also burA the photographs
of the authors.
The will of George Peabody was
admitted to probate in Essex coun-
ty, on the 18th. 1t shows that
public benefactions absorbed all
his property except about $150,000
in private bequeSt to relations.
The Spanish authorities, on the
demand of our Government, have
ordered the release of the ship
Lloyd AspinWall, seized at Cuba
on a charge of carrying arms to
the insurgent Cubans.
Twelve thousand dollars worth
of diamonds were taken from q
passenger named Williams, on
board the Bremen ship, Tuesday,at |
New York. The man Williams is
as a professional snug
gler.
A quantity Of coin, numbering
five hundred and sixty-two pieces
was found at Satan Island last week.
There are gold, silver and copper
pieces, all dated before 1925. Moth
ing indicates by whom the money
was buried
Andrew Henkel, a distinguished
minister Of the Lutheran Church
for more than half q century, died
at his residence in GeFmantown, on |
Saturday night, aged 70 years He
was also a prominent Mason for
about go years.
]. II, Lewis (DsmOcrat) has
probably been elected to Congress
to succeed Golladay, in the Third
Kentucky District. GolladNy
will, probably, contest the seat, on
The ground that he is, at present,
The member from the district.
There are rumOrs Of the forma-
ion of another "gold ring" in
Wall street. II so, we'll have lots
more "lame ducks" for Uncle Sam
will doubtless take a liberal hand
when thepremium gets high enough
% warrant HIM good thing.
The naval pension fund is now
1t 8 per cent interest. The House
,assed a bill turning it into the
Treasury, thus blasting the hopes
'f the navy Of q home for sail
,rs. The Senate unanimously re. {
used to pass the bill and the !
und will remain as ut present
Official figures show that our i'm 6
'orts exceeded our exports only 81 /
million dollars during the six ]
months ending January 1st. In /
he corresponding months of the
ear before the excess was over
8 millions. During the last two
II three months our exports have
Xeeeded our imports.
The different branches Of the Re
ublican party in Virginia have har-
ionized their differences and adopt
d q declaration Of principles. They I
lvOr the 14th and 18th Amend !
lents, laws to secure freedom of
peech and action, tho encourage
rent of internal improvements, n
ystem Of public instruction, and
Congress aud the Presi-