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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
Murder of the Park Family.
Especial Dispatch to the Times & Chroniclel
INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Dec. 5.

Especial Dispatch to the Times ChrOniclel
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Dec. ).
This mornings Journal contains a
sensational letter from special cor
respondent in Clark county relative to
the hanging of negroes by a mob for
the murder of the Park family. 1t
says that Mr.. Kirk, a friend of Park,
testifies before the CorOner's jury that
Park had deadly enemies in the neigh
borhood, and had received threatening
letters from them, which Kirk had seen;
that very night Kinks own life was at
tempted, but happily the effort failed.
Mr.. Kirk recognized the men who
attempted to kill him. The story of
Johnson's confession TO the mob,
headed by detective, is referred to-
In Johnson's confession, it will be re-
membered. he implicated himself and
two others, Taylor and Davis, and
gave the direction in which they ap-
preached and left the house The
tracks were seen, and on this evidence,
principally, were the negroes pre-
sumed to be guilty, and hung. Subse
quent examination, however, shows
that the tracks of but two persons
were visible.
Mr.. Khk says that the night his life
was attempted he saw two men (white
men whom he knows; and there are
not wanting those who believe the two
men who attempted Kinks life are the
ones who murdered Park and his fam
lily.
Since the hanging, parties have ad-
mitted that what johnson stated first
was that he was at q negro house of
| ifl-fame but that availed him nothing,
for in his f light he told also that he
was in both places.
In regard to the testimony before
the Grand Jury, it is stated that the
evidence about finding the coat oil
Park, his pocket book and other ar
ticles in DAVIS house, by young Park
was not at all conclusive. He merely
said it looked like his fathers coat, &c
The Grand Jury found no bill against
the negroes simply because the evi
dence did not warrant such a step.
The barbarous execution was by nc
means an impromptu affair. 1t was
deliberately planned and definitely ap
pointed long before it was decided
that the Grand Jury would not indie
the accused, and it was known that tina
body could not indict unless ther'
could be manufactured a better clas
of evidence.
. Three of the Grand Jurymen wert
in the mob, taking active part in tn
work in its movements. A detectiv
in the neighborhood, who has beer
> engaged in working up the affair, say
that the little grandson of Taylor wa
induced, by offers of money and b,
threats Of death, to give in false evi
dence, corroborating the confession 0
Johnson; that Johnson's piece W.,
prepared for him, and all he had to IL
! was to commit it and repeat it, i
! which latter performance he signal
failed. He also says that the negroe
had nothing to do with the murder.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
Bold Attempt to Burn London
The WOOIen Factory in Ruins
Total Loss $5O,OOO!

Another bold attempt to burn Lon
don was made on Tuesday night
Shortly after midnight, with the ther-
mometer at zero, the alarm of fire was
sounded, and in less than two minutes
the steamer was on the ground ready
for work. The fire proved to be in
the building of the London Wooden
Manufacturing Company, but such
progress had it made that when the
firemen cot to work they found all
efforts to check it entirely useless, ana
If was with the =uttermOst exertiOn
that the adjoining buildings were
saved.
The building, machinery, goods,
books, in fact everything was de-
stroyed, and the total loss will not fall
short of $4,000! On this there was
an insurance of ten thousand dollars,
divided equally between the Andes Of
| Cincinnati and the Hartford, of Hart
| ford, Conn. The concern was owned
by joint stock company. The fac
tory was great source of profit to
our town, and a convenience to our
farmers and the public generally, and
the loss to Madison county can not lie
estimated by dollars and cents. AT
present it looks very doubtful whether
it will be re- built.
The night was bitter cold one, yet
the iremen worked manfully and
effectually against the disadvantages
We would like to make special men
ton, but our limited space will not
permit, except that Rev. c. w Finley
can fight (fire) as well as pray.
That the fire was the work of an in
cendiary there is not the shadow Of 9
doubt, and Mr.. Clark, the Superin
tendent, is of the opinion that an Gu
trance was effected through the engine
room.
This is the third fire we have had
in London within the past four weeks
and our citizens begin to talk of =;
remedy! Is it to he all talk, and are
we to wait until the entire town is IaiC
in ashes?
The Commissioners of Madison
county cffer a reward of $1,000 anC
the citizens of Lo ldon an additions a
$1,000 for the ca 3tura and conviction
of the parties who robbed and set fire
to the Wooden Factory in this placl
= Tuesday night, 9TH inst. Thi
means business.-LoRdon Democra
7th inst.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
Blackburn Convicted.

We take the following report of the
conclusion of the Blackburn trial from
a special. correspondence of the Gin
cinnati Gazettg Of yesterday:
At 10 o'clock this morning the
Court House bell called the citizens
TO hear the verdict in the Blackburn
case, the jury having been out thirteen
hours. The court room was densely
crowded, even the aisles and galleries
being filed with the expectant crowd
Some considerable delay was expert
enced in calling the jury out, OWN 9
to the absence of the counsel for tho
defense, but the presence of these gen
tlemen having been secured, the jury
was called in, and through their fore
man; Mr.. Abraham Jones, announced
the following verdict:
1--WE, the jury, find the prisoner
guilty of murder in the second degree
As he stands charged in the fifth coun
Of the indictment.
ABRAHAM JONES. foreman
In this verdict the jury separated,
announced that they concurred
The counsel for the defense made
motion for q new trial, which motion
the Court announced would be enter
tanned, and the 22d day of January wa
set for hearing the arguments as t.
why the trial asked for should br
granted, the Court suspendiDg judg
mcut, and holding the case open unit
that time to enable the counsel for de
fense to file their bill of exceptions an,
prepare their cause for hearing.
The jury were thanked for the fai
and impartial manner IN which the,
had discharged their duty, and dis
charged.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

Prince Alexis, of Russia, is sur
veying the circle of the United States.
He is everywhere received with great
enthusiasm. He will come West after
n few weeks, and will visit the princi
pal cities of this State. lie represents
a country with which our governm ent
is on amiable terms, and receives the
courteous treatment and respect due
them from us to the Russian Govern
ment. Heis now in Boston
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

In Constantinople there are fifty
Greek merchants, who are the richest
in the city, and whose combined for
tunes are put down at nearly one
hundred million dollars. The princi-
pal trade of the Turkish metropolis is
entirely in their hands, and has been |
for several years.
The Archduchess Sophia, who pulls |
the political wires at the Austrian
Court, has just taken for her Secre-
tary and amanuensis, the Princess ofl
Slam Slam, the widow of the friend
who stood by Maximilian in his last
moments, and claimed for his family
the few relics he left behind.
The mustang mare Kate, which
made the twenty mile trot on heavy
halfmile track, at San Francisco, last
Thursday, inside of fifty-nine min
utes and thirty-two seconds, was
wholly uninjured. It is said the feat
was never before accomplished. Pro-
positions are made to have her repeat
it at an early day.
The total loss of the Chicago Ma
tional Banks by the fire was one mil
lion five thousand dollars. leayino
them with capital uninpaired, and a
surplus of one million eight hundred
thousand still available.
Mr. Trumbull denies the truth of the
reported interview in which he is req
resented as denouncing the movement
to defeat Grant, Sumner, Schurz,
Trumbull, and besides him several of
the small fry deny being candidates
for President
The Democratic Senators, as far as
heard from, do not favor the passive
policy. Some Indiana Democrats
made up ticket With the names of
Greeley and Groosbeck; but the
! Southern Democrats think it more APP
propriate to put the last first.
The President, on the earnest appe al
of the entire Kansas delegation, or.
-dered that Humboldt (Kansas) land
office be removed to Neodasha, in
stead of Independence, as heretofore
ordered.
The American Woman Suffrage
Convention held a session last Thurs
day evening in Masonic Hall, Wash
ington City. There was a large at
: tendance, including Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress.
The owners of the Nova Scotia Goa
mines are much pleased with Secretar,
D Boutwelrs recommendation to reduce
, the duty on coal to fifty cent a ton
Y They have hopes that Congress viii
e go further and make coal free.
The Secretary of the Treasury ha
sent to the Senate all reports i'll hi
department on the survey of the 18th
mus of Tehuantepec, but makes n
recommendation.
y The Senate has confirmed Gen. A
thur as Collector of the Port Of Ne
n York, J. W. Douglass as Commi:
J. sioner of Internal Revenue, and Get
Bancroft as Minister to Germany.
; The Pacific Insurance Company, {
San Francisco, transferred all its risE
to the Liverpool, London and Glob
le and will go into liquidation.
'' A prolific COW in Franklin count,
Ohio, has given birth to one pair
IS twin calves per annum for the last d.
,e cade.
Forty five Senators have signed
= request to Secretary Fish to retain b
= place in the Cabinet.
The cholera is raging with great f
: cility among the natives of Luckno
le India, and vieinity,-
E. Small pox is increasing in Brookly
> New York.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

several ladies have registered for
the purpose of voting at the coming
municipal election in Memphis, basing
their right upon clause in the city
charter allowing all property holders,
whether residents or not, to vote,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

Tie first pier of the railroad ard
wagon bridge over the Missouri river
at S. Joseph Mo, was successfully
landed on a bed of rock last week
Thursday morning, and the sinking ol
the second pier will commence at once,
1t is expected pier will be sunk each
month. until the entire four piers sre
based on solid rock.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

A memorial to the poet Cowper, to
be erected Mt Berkhampstead, is con
templated i'll England, and subserip
tions from the admirers of author oi
1.-The Task in the United States are
desired.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
Farm for Sale.

TINE undersigned will sell his farm of SO Acres,
situated one half mile East of Staunton, on
the Good Hope road There is about 40 acres un
der cultivation. good house with five rooms
a good smoke house and milk house, Il good log
stable and other out buildings. There is a good
plank fence around the yard, garden pailed in
and two neYer-failing wells. nice young orch.
ard of 80 apple trees and all other kinds of fruit
For further particulars, inquire of j NJ. Beatty
on the farm or of j jeremiah Hopkins, Washing tor
e. H., Ohio. j. NJ. BEATTY.
Dec. Z, 1871 3*tf
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

By breaking her husbands will, Mrs.
Hawes, of San Francisco. instead OF
an annuity of twenty five hundred dol
lars, will receive one million dollars
that was left to found a university.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

DIR. Willard Parker, NJ. D., of New
York, stated. recently that one-third
ofthe deaths in New York City was
the result, directly or Indirectly, Of
the use of alcohol, and that in the last
thirty. eight years one hundred and
ninety thousand persons in that city
had died from its use.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

The society writer of the New York
Mail says that many persons who loll
beck in their handsome carriages on
the avenue look as cross and solemn
as if they were riding to their own fun
eral
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

Four hundred and fifty canal boats
are still frozen in on the Hudson Riv
er and Erie Canal Some few boats, it
is thought, may be able to force their
way through, but the greater mum
Der, with caIgoes valued at four
million dollars, will have to remain ice.
bound during the entire winter,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

= The Legislative Council of Wyo-
ming Territory has repealed the law
giving to females the right of suf-
Srage. If any of those Legislators
who. voted for the repeal of that law
happen to be single men, their chances
for matrimOny will be extremely
small. 1t is virtually voting the wo
men folk failure at the hustings.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
Smiths Ointment! !

rs an unfailing remedy for Ringworm or letter,
4 Old Seres, ScrofulOus Sores, Sealds, Burns,
or any affections of the skin. Has been tried by
numerous citizens of Washington and vicinity,
and in every case effected n speedy cure. 1t new
er fails in any cases where it is recommended
Certificates of cures, from prominent and reliR-
BILE citizens, can be seen on application. 1t is a
medicine that every one should have. 1t is eSpe-
eially recommended tor the cure of letter, being
an nnfailing remedy for this disease.
STEPHEN I, SMITH, the proprietor will be
at the Washington House, formerly Kirk House,
every Saturday, where the Salve can be procured
and ii the medicine does do all that IS claim
ed. the money will bo refunded.
Cali and try fts 52Fmi
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

A negro in the Ohio Penitentiary
has confessed to having been the mur-
deTer of Mrs. Ormsby, near Spring
field, IN this State, a year and hal
ago.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
Notice to Hunters.

"A Ill persons are forbid tressspassIng on the
"A lands of the undersi gned in Jefferson town
ship, Fayette County. Ohio, with Guns Dogs or
Nets or otherwise, in pursust of game, after this
date. under the penalty of law, which will be
strictly enforced:
Abram Bush John Owens Jacob Gray, Maha-
la A. Clancy, John Coil, John Wright, Phillip
Creamer, Adam Alien Sr James B. Bush, Rachel
Corbitt. r. p. Wigginton.
December Z, 1871. 3w2
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

The number of deaths last week in
Philadelphia from smallpox was 1914.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

w ATCH FREE to agents to Introduce articles
w that sell II every house. LATTA Il CO.,
Pa 2W4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
a Rara Chance for Agents.

Agents We will pay you $40 per week I'M -.7ps.a. L
You will engage with at once. Everything fur.
nished and expenses paid. Address f. A. ELLIS
& Co. Charlotte. Mich. 2w4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14
FOR sALE-short Horn Cattle

NF the Bates, Booth. and Princess Stock, and
~ of the purest breed and blood of kentucky.
Also, BERKSHIRE PIGS.
ANDERSON DEWITT,
Bluegrass Farm, W ashington q. H, 0.
Dec. Z, 1911. 3*m3
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

Mr.. Trumbull denies the truth of the
reported interview in which he is rer-
resented as denouncing the movement
to defeat Grant, Sumner, Schurz,
Trumbull, and besides him several OF
the small fry deny being candidates
for President.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

The cholera is raging with great ia
cility among the natives of Lucknow W
India, and vieinity---
= Small pox is increasing in Brooklyn
New York.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-14

The President, on the earnest appe al
of the entire Kansas delegation, or
-dered that Humboldt (Kansas) land
Office be removed to Neodasha, in
stead of Independence, as heretofore
ordered.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23

LONG SERMONS. was Dean Swift.
we think, who, upon being asked what
was the proper length OF time for mi
n'ster 10 deliver sermon, replied,
.'About twenty minutes, with strong
leaning to tho side Of mercy" There
are not few people who will appreciate
tho answer of the witty priest. Very
often the effect of q really good sermon
for the mind, after abandoning its atfen.
ton to the words Of the speaker for
fifteen or twenty minutes, becomes tired.
and insensibly turns to other subjects.
which are, perhaps, not so edifying in
their nature. An earnest sermon OF
fifteen minutes length can do more good
In impressing the necessity OF Christian
duties upon the minds Of the hearers
than the long efforts which fatigue both
minister and congregation. Many per-
sons remain away from church because
they do not care to liston to discourse
of an hours duration.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23
ALL READY
AT THE
fopuiar and Low-Priced Dry Goods
HOUSE OF
w. D. LOVE & co

w nave opened this season up to tho
Nv present timo 100 packages Of Choice
doods Tor Fall and Winter, eclccted with
great care expressly for this market bought
dlrect from first hands, at much less than re.
complete. - Nv"
We have a full limo of DRESS GOODS. com.
PIlslnE all the new fabrics, such as Epaug.
lines, palouis do Paris, Japanese Silks. Pon.
Inns, Challics, DO, unrivaled for nnaiitiepp Ep
styles and prices.
In CARPETS and RUGS, we have some OF
tho choicest goods produced this season.
we have big stock Of BLANKETS, Shagls.
Oloaks, Sacks, Jackets, Cloths Cassimeres.
IweGds, Joans, Linseys, Checks. Homeannns
and Prlnts, which must be sold to mako room
for moro on the way.
A nice line OF CLOAKING by the ward.
Our HOSIERY, Gloves and Merino Under
wear cannot be e1celled anywhere
- we Keep the best quality OF TABLE DA.
MASK, Napkins, DoyIies, Towels and Linens
III tho State for the money-house. keepers
mako note Of this.
we have nice line Of Ladies' white readv
made UNDER-CLOTHIN made in tho best
manner. of fine material.
our Laco and Embroidery Department
always contain the latest novelties. Ladies'
Fancy. silk Neck-Ties, in all the new % Stiles
we sell tho best White Dress Shirt in the civ
Tor tho money. We solicit orders from CITY
or country, and invite all to inspect our stock
winch Will DO shown freely.
1ieaso remember we keep only tho host
makes OF Goods, and have but ONE PUICE.
w. D. LOVE 4 CO.,
Columbia Hotel Building.
~. ~. LOVE. Main street.
ID. -. MCCHEERY. Sept 10
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23

In declining an invitation TO attend
the unveiling Of the Lincoln statue.
in Philadelphia, Gen. Grant writes: 81
am on my way to visit relations and
friends. Why don't he stay at home
ond let his relations visit him? How
ever. that wonld involve neglect OF too
vast amount Of official business. :
A simple rustic boy, trudging along
with loaf OF bread under each arm,
met the squire OF the parish, who, offend
ed at his want OF obeisance. sternly
said, "Boy! l think yon might tonch
your hat" $50 I WOOL" replied the
boy, 'if you'll hold one Of my loaves. y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23
The World-Renowned Howe Sewing
Machines
Are the Oldest Established Of Any inMe World.

TN range Of work this Machine cannot be
\ equalled; Will work equally we'll on thick
coatings, or even leather, without change OF
needle, tension or thread. We will warrant
them to do this. Our fine work is equal to
any, and our heavy work oxcels that Of any
to Introduce the sewing into their families win
una 1t gront saving of time, labor snd ex-
Penso to at once purchase the best. Persons
VINO nave tried all machines are unanimous in
declaring this to DO the easiest learned Of anv
In the market. II you arc prejudiced in favor
OF any particular machine, at least examine
THE HOWE before you purchase.
ALFRED G. ELY,
General Agent for South Carolina.
Office three doors below DR.. Hcinitsh's Drnp
store, Main street, Columbia, 8. c.
Sept Il Ono
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23

Uses FOR PAPER. of the pro-
greseive industries of the times ia the
manufacture Of articles of clothing and
household use from paper. In China
and Japan paper clothing has long been
worn by the inhabitants, and 80 oheaply
can it be produced that a serviceable
paper cont costs only ten cents, while q
whole suit Of the same material is limited
to twenty-five cents. Heretofore paper
has been worked up among civilized ma
tions into collars, cuffs, frills, and simi.
lar minor articles. but by q recent Eng
!ish invention really serviceable paper
fabric has been prepared, from which
table cloths. napkins. handkerchiefa.
pants, curtains, shirts, petticoats. and
other articles of dress, together with
Imitation blankets and bed furniture.
lace and fringe. imitation leather. SO.
can be made very cheaply. The sub.
stances used in preparing this fabric are
both vegetable and animal, and comprise
mixture OF wool. silk, flax, jute. hemn
and cotton. Reduced to n fine pulp and
bleached, and then felted by means of
machinery, the material thus obtained
produces fabric Of wonderful Hexibili-
ty and strength, which can be sewed to.
gether. and with as strong q scam and as
we'll as any cloth. The articles made
from this mixture are said to be not oply
very serviceable, but to so resemble cloth.
linen, or cotton, as to defy the closest
scrutiny.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23

T'HESE BITTERs have now firmly esta-
elshed themselves in the favor of tho
public and the medical profession. Prepared
sSaap from purely vegetable ingredients Of acknow-
ied?ed efhcecy, their unrivaled and highly
tonic. stimulating and prophrylactio auaiities
peculiarly adapt them to all cases Of General
tom, DC. w ~
AS an excitant of the appetite and whole
some AID to the process Of digestion, they
will be found to be very eficanious. while
Their peculiar medical properties render them
OF unequaled value to those subject to Chille
and a., Fever. Congestion, and other miasmatic
These Ditters will be fornd most wonder
fully Beneficial in all cases Of Debility and r.
legulafit,cs OF Females. Wheresoever intro
duced, they become standard artioIo-a
medicinal staple. Unlike the many no1ious
stimulants advertised, thoy brace and fortify
tho system without exciting undue cerebral
action, They are without doubt the beet to.
nc and constitutional renovator ever offered
to the public. MOITE Il TARRANT,
Manufacturers and Sole Propriotors,
Newberry. S. G.
Sold by E. II. IIEINIrsu, Columbia, s. g.
Sept 16 emo