Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-22
PARAGRAPHS.

ported free from snow, but water it is
thought, will cause greater damage
than the snow.
The trial of Stokes, the murderer of
Fisk, has not been reached. The New
Workers are trying the jury that in
dicted the murderer.
1t is reported in London that Wis
count Louck, who was Governor
General of Canada from 1861 to 1868,
will be made Viceroy of India.
The Book Committee have resolved
to rebuild the Southern Methodist
Publishing House at Nashville,
large portion of which has just been
destroyed by fire.
1t is reported in Rome that the
Pope has called the Ecumenical Coun-
Gil together again, the place of meet
ing to be either Malta or Tyron, to be
hereafter designated.
Mr.. Spurgeon, in a recent public
address, said: ''People were often
seen trying. to teach children, as it
were by moonlight, in a cold and re-
pellant Misunderstanding them at a
distance, and carrying their lambs,
not in their arms, but with pair of
tongs''
The famous theory that ''niggers"
won't work unless driven to it under
the lash of the overseer is exploded by
experience. The cotton crop of the
South for the last two years was 7,5O0,-
900 bales, or 3,75O,0OO bales per year,
which is larger average than that of
the ten years preceding the war.
The physician attending Miss Hat
tie Thomas, who had her entire scalp
taken off by the machinery in but
ton factory at Naugatuck, Connect
cut, nearly a year ago, is replacing the
skin by transplanting pieces from
other parts of her body and from
other persons. Three -fifths of the
wounded surface is already very sue
cessfully covered.
tits reported that the ex-Prince I'm
perial of France will visit the United
States next summer, and perhaps be
accompanied by Prince Napoleon. He
is now sixteen years of age, and is
said to speak five languages fuently.
The empress Eugene is writing up
her tour through Spain, which will be
edited by Theophile Gautier.
In 1847, Henry Ward Beecher, then
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church, Indianapolis, on salary of
four hundred dollars, placed himself
in nomination before the Directory
for Presidency of the Madison and In
dianapolis Railroad. On the twenty
seventh ballot the election resulted in
favor Of the late Governor Brough, OF
Ohio.
The New York Worlds correspon
dent separates the fashionable bellies
of Washington society into two class
es, from the appearance of their nude
! shoulders at receptions. There are
those who go into the daily bath and
| look clean, and those who rely on a
scrub for special occasions and look
greasy. He first appeals to the taste,
while the last causes the taste to ap-
peal to a Turkish bath or a charitable
vesture. This critic deserves the
"Order of the Bath"
| S. ). Bestor, an excentric gentleman
! of Hartford, regularly stamps all let
| ters held for postage in that city, at
taching to the envelope a printed
statement of the fact The responses
he has received would fill large vol
ume. A resident of Elizabeth, New
Jersey, writes that Marcus L. Ward
| became Governor of that State through
that course. A Boston burglar says
"Bestor, you're gentleman I am
no matter what; but I got letter yo9
stamped just in time to dodge the
beaks and be off. Here's a stamp, and
if you ever happen in Hartford in a
professional way, I shan't crack your
bin if l knows myself
The Ohio Senate Tuesday spent al
most all day on questions of privileges
and side issues relating to the Kemp.
Sayler contested election case, but no
definite action was had Bills were
introduced to require adjoining land
owners to keep their portion Of line
fences in repair; also, to forbid per-
sons to conceal or remove mortgage6
property from the county where il
was mertgBged without the consent OF
the mortgage. Senate bill passed to
| dispense with full record of recogni-
zances taken in criminal cases. In the
House, bills were introduced to reduce
the rate of county and township tax
alton, and to authorize the incorpora
| ton of CO. O-oDerative societies