Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-03-09

The Germans completely eyacu
Oted Paris on Saturday
Subscriptions to the French re
: lief fund, in New York city, hav,
reached $ll6,000
A treaty of commerce has beer
, signed between Italy and the Uni
ted States.
The French prisoners in Bel
gium and Switzerland will be re
leased Immediately.
The 7th Regiment of U. S. Cav
airy has been ordered from Kansas
to kentucky.
The President says he will senc
no message to Congress unless
something Of Importance turns up
General Paladines will command
the National Guard in Paris.
The expenses of the war tc
France are calculated to be 81, 200
100000.
The garrison of Paris is being
heavily re- enforced from Chanzy's
army.
The President has determined to
retain Mr.. Brancroft as our minis
ter to Berlin.
1t has been decided that Post
masters must receive mutilated cur,
rency at its full value, for postage
stamps.
The Mississippi river is now
open between st. Louis and Dubu-
que, with a good prospect of an
early opening to st. Paul.
A heavy blow unroofed portion
of the Penitentiary at Jefferson
City, Mo, on Thursday night.
Damage $4,000.
The Senate, has passed the
House Enforcement bill relating to
the rights of citizens to vote in the
several States.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, claims to have
been visited by a shock of earth
quake few nights ago.
A fire in Portsmouth, Ohio, yes
terday, destroyed property valued
at two hundred thousand dollars.
Governor Holden, of North
Carolina, now in Washington, gives
a very gloomy picture ofthe condi-
ton Of affairs in that State.
Mail service has not been resum-
ed on the Louisville and Lexington
route. The mail for Frankfort
lies in the Postofllce at Louisville.
The coal famine in New York
city ceased with the opening Of
navigation on the Hudson river.
Prince Frederick Charles has
been appointed Commander in
Chief of the German army Of oc
cupationin France, with headquar-
ters at Rheims,
The Missouri Penitentiary costs
about 100000 a year, and holds
500 convicts, not one of whom
earns a cent; and the ST. Louis
Democrat urges that they be set to
work.
Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi
declines the seat in the United
States Senate to which lie was cleo
ted, and a new election will be held
on the 14th inst. Ex-senator
Revel, General West and ex- Rep
resentative Mckee are the promi-
nent candidates.
The Journal says Chicago = IN
questionably tho largest pork-pack-
ing city in the country. In 1868
the hogs packed was 775,12l; in
1869, 579.g54; in 1870, $50, 9,645;
and for the season Of 1871, to date,
$50, $50 have been packed, and the
packers are still at work,
A letter from St Joseph, Mich.
gan, the center Of the great peach
region, says the prospects for the
,oming fruit crop are good, The
injury to peach buds during the
severe weather in December and
January was not serious, Craw-
'ords we're injured some, but the
'arities are in fine condition.
In the Lawrence county Com
non Pleas Court, the Ironton Jour.
lal reports the following case just
lecided. Sarah X, Nida vs.. P.
3lankensliip. Suit fordamages al.
edged to have been sustained BY
,laintif, in consequence Of the sale
II Intoxicating liquors to her hus
,and, by the defendant Verdict
or plaintiff $7O0
When Senator Davis begins q /
peech, the Maryland Senators usu- {
lly 90 over to Baltimore, Har- |
an takes to the Bible; Nye and
Yates to cocktails, and the other
senator's seek refreshments either
# the mind OF body, just as their
constitutions may require, Davis
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