Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-06-15

with the greatest kindness, and after
the service, We spent the evening in
the society of the pastor, whom we
found a warm-hearted SeOtchmah,
who had been to America during our
cruel war, and was enthusiastic in his
praise of the Union soldiers.
This city is the most tangled wilder
ness of place, The streets, to look at
a map, are like the tracks of ffishworms
upon the sands The people are mix
ture of all nations, tribes and people,
each man living after his own custom,
They drive enormous big dray horses,
and little donlSeys not larger than
yearling calf, to carts of the same
size, and as far as l can see put on.
equal loads. Four and sometimes six
persons ride. in little, wheeled
rgis.. and nearly all their vehicles have
only two wheels. Their railroad cars
have only four wheels and are about
the size of q large omnibus. There
are only eight seats in a car, holding
three or four persons each. These are
placed directly across the car. each
pair of seats facing each other, so that
half of the passengers must ride back
wards. Each pair of seats, in most OF
the cars, are completely separated
from the others, by partition. You
epter the cars at ither side, there being
two doors to each compartment, max
ing eight to each car. These eompart-
ments are differently furnished, some
finely cushioned and others with nc
cushions at all The cushioned seats
are called first class; the plain cush
iOned, or half cushioned, second class
and. when you are willing to ride witt
the common or working class, yol
can ride on bench for half fare.
The most wonderful thing abou
this city, is its seven miles of docks
containing the ships of all nations. I
is literally the harbor of the world
The docks are constructed upon loV
sandy beach where the tide rises an,
falls twenty feet. They are all of solit
masonry, and are more intricate anC
extensive, if possible, than the crook
ed streets Of tue city. The mudd,
water of the ever flowing tide, as
rushes in and ont the river, is trul.
suggestive Of Mrs. Stoves pcrversiol
of the words of the great poet:
-" The quality of mercy (Icrsey)
+ - = is not Straned-'''
We have been away to Bonnie Scot
land, Wishing Glasgow and the Clyde
Edinhurg with it's castle and palac
+ and old towers and as we returned
we:spent day at Chester, the famou
old walled town with its old churche
and race course. If l have time
will write yon of these, but it will b
+ from some distant port on the coast G
| Africa. We will sail on the 18th, b.
t the McGregor Laird
| Yours Truly, LovEJoY.
Terrific Storm at Iowa City.
D Iowa CRY, June 8.
Ahont 4 O'Clock this afternoon th
{, most fearful storm ever witnessed i
e this section broke upon lis. Rain sn
, hail fell il. torrents for about fort
minutes, accompanied with fearfI
wind from the east. Considerabl
g damage was done in the city, and it
supposed great damage to crops an
+ fences in the country. The dry good
: store of ID. Grifiths, On Clinton stree
: was unroofed and the entire stoc
completely destroyed; damage prob,
j bly, $1,000. The fine new brick dwell
. ing of Mrs. H D. Downey had tn
Y west gable end blown in and the COZ
! tents of the house considerably dan
= aged. st. Joseph school buildin
! had one and blown in. 1t is rcporte
J., that two or three other houses wet
}, unroofed in the outskirts OF the cit,
J. One man is reported killed. Fru
and shade trees were blown to Il
ground in all parts of the city. I'll
new Trinity ehnrch building, in pre
v cess of erection, was injured som
e 1t is impossible to give the entil
: amount of damage now.
: Robert Bonner of New YOl
G Ledger notoriety, whose peculiar an
+ bition seems to be to posses all the fl
ing trotters inthe world, has recent
. purchased at Lexington, Ky, at hig
: price, the colt Mambrino BERTHE, th
8 tlatted at Cincinnati last fall in 2 4
$ sevLot seconds faster than ev,
Y made b~ any oshcr tw o-year- old.
9 On Saturday the New Hampshi
y legislature cleosed Weston, democr;
g governor. :
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