Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-15
NEWS ITEMS.

The army bill appropriates s29,-
OO0,O
John W, Forney has resigned the
collectorship at Philadelphia.
Minister Washburn denies having
any intention of returning home on
visit.
The funeral of the late Archbishop
SPalding took place at Baltimore Mon
day.
The Custom House Committee, in
their investigation at New York, ex-
amined 163 witnesses.
The caucus of Illinois Democrats at
Springfield declared itself in favor of
the passive policy.
Another expedition is to be sent out
by the Navy Department to survey the
Nicaragua route for the Darien Canal.
A special dispatch4to the New York
World from Tallahassee, says Gov.
Reed of Florida has bsen impeacl--
ed
It s.supposed the Ways and Means
Committee will soon report a bill re-
ducing the revenue about forty mil
lions.
One of the examiners in the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau says that, as a
general rule, the female clerks pass
better examinations than the men.
The wife of the late Admirsl Dahl
green has put in q claim against tie
government for a royalty for the use
of guns on which her husband had a
| patent. 80 .~
The suit against R. j. Bright, as
State Printer of Indiana, to recover
$40, 900 overdrawn, has been compro-
missed by Mr.. Bright paying to the
State the amount claimed.
t Henry Ward Beecher says that his
people, during the past year, contrib
uted more than two hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars for clritable and re-
ligious purposes at home and abroad.
In 1924 Rev. William Simmons, now
a superarIuated preacher in the Cincin
natl Conference, preached the first
sermon in Defiance, Ohio, to a few
whites and several Indians The ser
/ vices were hell in block house. -
|. The venerable Rev. John Seyes
] died at Springfield, Ohio, Friday night,
at the ageaof seventy five years. He
was. for many:y yeals resident. Minister
of the United States in Liberia, where
Fhe was also engaged in missionary la
bors: -. 49,. . =
! Mauer, the defaulting City Treas
nrer, of Philadelphia, has been denied
a new trial. - He is under sentence to
! pay fine of $4,000. and undergo
/ Imprisonment in the Penitentiary: at
hard labor for four years and nine
months. .
A dispatch says there is no truth in
the rulnors that the District Attorney
of New York is considering the pro-
priety of compromising with Tweed,
Sweeny, Connolly, and associate for
four or five millions. Sweeny is still
in Canada.
A meeting of the bar of the Supreme
| Court at Washington was held Satur.
| day, to pay tributes of respect to the
late H. II. Hunter, of Ohio, and Rob
ert j. Brent. of Maryland. Remarks
were made by attorney General Ewing
and Messrs, Corwine and Bradley.
! The Cleveland, Columbus and Intli
annapolis Railroad Company will take
I possession of the road between Spring
field and Dayton April 1, forming {
i link in the Cincinnati and Springfield
Short line, and trans will run through
from Cleveland to Dayton on tha
route thereafter.
:. The Union Pacific Railroad is
blocked worse than ever, and the snow
is still falling. At Salt Lake the opinion
prevails that it may be months before
the road is open, and that the Japa
nese Embassy may have to come East
by way of Panama. The railroad com.
pany is negotiating to run stages over
the blocked part of the road.