Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-11
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is putting IN 2,OU0 acres oi WheaI 1h4s sPTlhB- A
Snow fell in New Hampshire on seventeen |
days in April to the total amount Of thirty |
hveinohes.
The Dunkards, in National convention as
sembled, haYe esehewed the piano as a device |
Of Satan.
New York city has appropriated SIS 900
for an appropriate Celebration Ofthe Fourth OF
July.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott has been elected
President Ofthe Pennsylvania Central railroad
A two-thirds interest in the Mono mine:
Utah, was sold last week for 100000, and /
the money delivered.
r The first shipment of new wheat for the sea
son was received at Memphis, Thursday from
Panola county, Miss.
A committee of New Workers have gone to
Washington to urge renewal OF the Feelpioel "
treaty with Canada.
4 row among picnicers at BenwOOd, W.
Va. Saturday, resulted IN Peter Chapman be-
ing shot aad dangerously wounded
The colored candidates for admission to West /
Point were not successful. None of them were |
able to pass the examination.
The Sheriff advertises twenty acres of George |
Francis Trains land near Omaha, to be sold |
for delinquent taxes and interest
frank GeEfVs fireman On Lue OeuSfSOuFillCs |
Madison and indianapolis railroad, was killed |
Saturday by falling under the cars.
Returns from the California elections under
the local option law, indicate that the temper
anee people have swept the State
Large quantities of cedar lumber are being
shipped from Tennessee to Pittsburg, to be
used IN paving the streets of that city.
Governor Kellogg will send Commissioners
to Washington to urge National aid in rebuild
ing the leVees of the Mississippi river
Blocks of granite weighing eleven tons each
are to be used in constructing the fifth story
of the new Tribune building in New York.
The water power of Grand river, Mich
from Jackson to Grand Rapids, is estimated at
80 ,535 net horse power for "a hours in the day.
Why is the elephant the most sagacious of
trRVallers7 Because he never takes his eyes off
his trunk.
It is q sure sign Of an early spring to see
eat intentlY watching small hole in the wall.
The following advertisement appears in
newspaper: ''Wanted, secondhand set Of
commandments. Old fashioned ones painted
on wood will dO.''
MACAULAE ON MUTToN.-Mr. MacaulaY once
observed that prize sheep were only fit for can
dies, and prize essays to light them.
Shsd are so plenty in Florida that farmers
are buying them to use for manure. The very
DeAG sell IOE 81 DARRELL
TwOhundred and nine wild ducks in one
day is the boast Of Illinois sportsman But
it il not stated how he got EN-.
They have an "egg king' in Bangor, Me.
His name is james Woodbury., and he has
bought 100000 dozen hen eggs in one year.
San BernardinO County, CAL, boasts of
mushroom four feet in circumference, fourteen
inches high, and weighing twenty pounds
A young husband handed his wife dozen
buttons the other day and asked her to put
shirt on them.
A matter of fact old gent thinks it must be
q very small baseball that can be caugh a
fly, "a
y = A Maine man is out with a temperance lect-
ure the taking title of which is, Chow Goliath
{ EWas killed with Sling"
Nature provides no reserved seats for the
rich and dainty. When there is ice on the
pavement they sit where they
The seventh annual fair of the Jersey Coun-
ty Ill. Agricultural Board will commence at
JerseYVille on October 13, and continue four
days.
D. NJ. Stewart, Secretary of the State Grange
Of the Patrons of Husbandry, reports about
800 Oranges in Ohio and rapidly increasing
revenue.
At Detroit recently the Fish Commissioners
put $50 900 young white fish into the river.
They haveput 500, 900 in the various inland
lakes Of Michigan.
Twenty years ago the first newspaper pub
lished in the StateaPPeareda at Belleville, Neb.,
called the Palladium. There are now ll0
published in the State.
The wheat crop in the neutral lands in the
aouthern part of the State of Nebraska is very
promising, and the area sown is double that of
any previous year.
Forest and Stream tells of a muscalonge of
seventeen and one-half pounds weight and a
yard and q half long that was caught
eight ounce split bamboo rod.
There was an exciting election at Oakland
California, Saturday: The local optionist car
ried by onethird majority against license to
liquor dealers.
John Home, at Decator, Alabama, because 8
young woman refused to marry him, cut her
throat with pocket-knife last Friday. He
was hanged by mob.
The New Hampshire Legislature, in joint
session yesterday, elected James M. Weston
Governor for the ensuing year. The vote
stood: McCutchins Isl, Weston 1872.
Meta Edward $, of Nashville, Tennessee
shOtahimself dead Wednesday during a fit o
insanity caused by nervous prostration. Ht
leaves wife and five children.
The funded debt of New York city inereas
ed million and half in May, a total increas
of more than eleven millions in two and tn rec
fourth years of reform Government.
The smallpox. introduced into Elko, New
ly. The Indians have the disease, and peopl
are fleeing from the town.
''If naughty girl should hurt you, like
good girl you would forgive her, wouldn't you
"Yes, marm" she replied. ''if couldn't cate
her.
One person asked another if he believed il
the appearance of spirits. ono" was the re
ply. "Rut believe in their disappearance
for I've missed a bottle since last night"
CUR1oUs QUEsT1oN-Are bIacksmiths VIII
make living forging, or carpenters that do
little counter5itting any worse than men VIII
sell iron and steel for living.
UNKnD.-Some thoughtIess person saws: q
is Hnkind to ridicule those items in the paper
about centenarians. 1t is no easy thing to b.
come eentenarian; several have failed.
FRIeHT.- A very pedantic young man wisl
ing to ask young lady if he might speak
her for few moments, wanted to know, ''if /
could roll the wheel of conversation aroun
the axle-tree of her understanding for a nc
ment." The poor girl tainted.
The Vermont farmers began plowing n Ja1
uary, but there was foot of snow on the
fields MaY-day. Some of the hill roads wei
30 drifted as to be impossible, and the birC
are dying Of starvation.
"A bill has been introduced in the Californi
Legislature to prevent the wanton destruetio
Of game and fish. Fish ladders are to be cor
atrueted IN the rivers over every dam mol
than two feet in height, and the shooting
game cut OF the season is prohibited.
ONT in Iowa they have what are called t
and apron festivals. As the gentleman got
n At the door he is given envelope in whie
Is nsck.tie, and he will find lady in th
room with an apron matching it. When thi
Amrmlty is discovered, he is expected to /
very agreeable, and not let any one cut him ou
Josh Billings says: "There il but phe,
thlnga on the face Of the earth worthless tha
PoSdle, and yet am glad there il poodle
IOp u mere was not, there il sum people VIII
wouldn't have emmy object in living, and hay
nothing to luv."
r, 20 bats ever fly in the daytime?'' asked