Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-10
NEWS ITEMS.

The general amnesty law has been PrOmul-
gated in SPian.
The German army occupation in France is
reduced to 10000.
McMahon thinks the second piege of Paris
lost the Versailles forces :, 7,5l4 men.
The ku klux investigation committee has ad
journed until September Goth.
G Gorge William Curtis is the last gentleman
named as the successor of Secretary Fish.
Governor Holden's impeachment trial will
cost the people of North Carolina SCI $40.
Greene County is having iivet time over the
question of /" black children in white schools" !"
Chief Justice Chase expects to resume his
seat upon the bench at the coming term of the
supreme court
Ten car loads of new Mornnns passed
through Iowa the Northwestern road last
eek, bound for Utah.
The city council of Omaha has passed aa
ordinance closing liquor shops on Sunday and
the law was enforced.
News from Mexico says there was no elec-
ton for president 10y the people, and that the
choice will be made by congress.
W. H. Gray. of Tcrre Haute. is on trial in
Washington fer PERJURY, in having stolen
burner and tried to palm it off as his own.
A meeting is to be held at the Dayton Court
House to perfect arrangements for raising n
monument to the-lAte Mr.. -Vallandig CHAM,
Joseph A. Houston, prominent and aged
citizen of Clarke County, died OF ParaIys sis,
Tuesday, at his home IN South Charlston. -
1t announced that Wachtel. the famous
German tenor, will arrive in this country in
September, for the purpose of giving consents.
| A German named Showers, getting on a
drunk at Dayton yesteri ry took glass of lye
for change, and will soon sleep, in the valley
Secretary Boutwell, once more announces
that the tax on Dividends for the last five
manths of 1870 will be Immediately collected.
At the CharlstOn (South CarOlina) election
last week the Citizens ticket, with Gen. Wag-
ner as Mayor, was carried by = majority of SEQ.
Returns from North Carolina show that the
republicans have gained very largely, and
carried the state by over ten Thousand major
itY.
The president returned to Washington last
night. His visit is in relation TO business
connected with the state and treaty depart
ment.
An unknown American vessel, which has
been abandoned at the sea, has been towed into
Penzanca. She has an extremely valua ble car
go of daraffne.
The old Henry Court House, at Mt. Pleasont,
Iowa, built in 1898 when it was the finest tenn
pie of justice in the Territory of Iowa. was
torn down last week,
Says the Oskaloosa [Iowa) Herald: Here
abouts the crops have turned out better thar
expected. The " keat will average about ter
bushels to the acre, and the berry is plump ant
nice.''
Texas owns and offtrs almost without price
mines of copper, lead. coal. silver, salt, ant
salt lakes-the un developed wealth of which il
not equaled surpassed by any known conn
try,
COlifornian, who left his home in Ohio il
1851 for the Gold States and was given up 70
dead by his family years ago, Joined his wifi
in WaYn county. Iowa, last week. His nam
is Armstrong
The Tories in the British Parliament still
continue to unbottle their wrath against tn
Treaty of Washington. Sir Charles Adderly de
nounced its ratification at great length tb
other day but does not seem to have injure
any one.