Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Boston uses about 5000 gallons of
soda water on hot day.
The 77th Ohio Volunteer will hold
a reunion in Marietta Sept 1Tth@ ,
The Masonic fraternity of Connec-
ticut are to build home costing 800
600.
English newsboys are arrested when
they cry false news for the sake of
selling their papers. Jc0 Tn l
Note by a cbiropodist lin the coun
try for the first time): Must be very
painful-corn in the ear"
Sixty "heaters7 in Chicago rolling
mill struck, and thereby threw fifteen
hundred men out of work.
A Virginia lady, gathering berries,
was lately struck twice in the breast
by rattlesDake, but, thanks to toilet
articles, escaped harm.
Fencing fn Niagara was.not enough
Landlords now want to- charge tour
lists fifty Gently for hearing the roar of
the mighty cataract.
A sign in a Brooklyn barber shop
window announces, Boots blauked
inside" 1t is suggested that this must
be very bad for the stockings.
The Anglo Brazilian Times says
that the enforcement of the French
metrical system in Brazil has been
postponed until the first of January.
1874 q iroU .tgrI F4
Six boys, the youngest eight years
old and the Oldest about twelve. were
convicted of stealing at 'Woonsocket,
u. l., last week, and sent to the reform
school.
As some boys we're flying a kite,
lately, in field near Woodstock, Ont,
it was attacked 1jys-a small hawk, which
got its CLAWS entangled in the paper
and cord, and vas secured.
The government of India estimates
that the expenditure for the next five
years on 2,700 miles of railway will
amount to S135, 100000. Some works
for irrigation are, however, included.
An incident of the fire at Portland,
Me, was the refusal to rescue a fellow
creature from rope, where he was
hanging letween life and death, un-
less be was paid ffty dollars in ad,
vance. -.
1t is stated thGtthe costs ofthe re-
cent law suit to establis!l. the claims or
women 70 medical education in Edfn.
burgh University amount to S4,24I,
and that those costs have been thrown
on the lady students.
The total amount of tea consumed
Snpnally in tge Uuited States is 5a,s
000,0O0 poNnds, Of which 20, 900. 600
is green tea of various descriptions
about 15,0Oo,O ,OCS Oolong, and. The re
maiSTer Japanese and other varieties.
A pair of horses inOxford, Mass,
are said to be 20 intelligeata as to work
moving maehiae without the aid Of a
driver, taking a Straight track and
turning the proper corners as we'll as
if di7eeted-by homan agency.
The Echo du Nord announces au.
tboritiveIy that the Notifications of
Lille are about to be destroyed, and a
series of forts erected instead Of them
at q much greater distance from the.
city. The lesso oDs taught by the Franco.
German war have evidently not been
lost.
The tobacco crop in Connecticut
promises well on the whole. The area
planted this season is somewhat less
than in 1872, tie number of cases
produced in the State being 172, 600,
of which only about 10000 were rated
as best wrappers. The crop this year
is estimated at 15o, 600 cases > se
The carpet worm is a new pest just
discovered 1t is of-edarki color, less
than half an inch IN length, and. COW
cred with fine hair. 1t makes havoc
among carpets in a short time. 1t is
said thae fine salt 81 Ane cedar chips
sprinkledon the edges Of carpets will
protect them from its ravages.
The village of Naha-no- Matamor.
Japan, has recently been the scene o
a singular phenomenon. formel
tributary to the river Nisheyaa gawa.
which has been dry for some centuries.
so that crops have been grown on It's
bed, suddenly broke out as a rapid
torrent, drained the wells OF the vicini
ty, and carried away q monastery.
Charles wbo had evidently taken
little top much wiRe Ivy well, my
dealt sSh not by ianlt SD not my
fault! .Cooksh fault 'Bisque souI
was saltL Sh'preme dla V'laille wa
smoked And oagnge tritterish 'tougl
as leather! What did Capt'n DueCan
shay2 Bad cookery cause of all soft:
o. crimes. 'Shamed of yourseire' #
The 'hoodlums" ofISan Francisc,
are infinite in resources. They have
devised a new way of moial lcSnakino
which is rather brilliant. Two OF then
enter into partnerships. One of ii
firm insults a rich young lady in
public place; the other, with vgrea
spirit, knocks him down, and gallantl
protects the young iady, and sees he
home, where, of course, the gratefu
father gives him fifty dollars or so.
a lohld was born in Ware
county, last week, with a natural Gre
clan breed ,a1ds nOwAtlIey want on
with a grasshorper twist
A gentleman in cheap restar
rant the other day was heard to Civ
the fearless order, ssWaitor, let tha