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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18
Cur Warrington Letter.

The NAMES OF PoLITICAL GREATNESS THAT
MAY BE SEEN ABOUT THE CORRIDORS OF
THE CAPIToL-Ex-CABINET MINISTERS,
AND Ex-SENAToRs, WHO REVISIT THE
EARTH. A BIG OREGoNIAN, A MATURED
JERsEYMAN AND RUBY-FACED IowAN-
AN EPISODE OF ONE OF GRANTS NEW
EAR RECEPTIONS. GAY, BRILLIANT,
STAGGERING MATT. CARPENTER. HIS
cARE-FoR-NoBoDY MANNER WHEN AD-
DRESSING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES. How HE sNUBBED THE
JUDGE WHO MADE PRESIDENT.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18
Masonic Directory for Fayette County
ohio, for the Year ISzS.


FAYETrE LODGE, 40. I07, r. & A. ~
CFFICERs :--H. L. Robinson. w. NJ; Z. ,. sny-
der, 8. W.; q. J. Lindsey, J. ~. u. uIt" ~ ~ =
Treasurer; aB. III. Millikanf SeefettTy; =. y; +
Browne. s. D.: II. ID. Pufsell. J. D.: "; y. ouh-
ming Jesse Arnold. Stewards; " M II 5d1illillsI'
TYLER: Mills Gardner, Mast Cer; y. a; y
Orvanfst. j. p. Patterson. Chaplain. -
Coinmfttee-S. T. johnson, l. G. Asiio@' =, u
Waugler.
nLoosuSGBURG LODGE 50. 40, F. 8 a. u
clgffcEBs:-A. D. Elliott. ". NJ; y illiam Clark.
g. W.; Wa. Il. Jones, j. "; ): u. Ac1oy, SeeTe-
tarv. Hsnry Casey. Treasurer Chas. St@ubel Sd;
Iofili n Brown J. D.; Wm. Noble Wm. Squlef,
Stewards. j. 81. Adams, ChTpl2in; L. Delengef,
Tvlsr. Prudential Committee-D d. nays John
v. Rodgers, Harry Crow
yEFFERsOsyILLE LODGE 10. 46s, p. An
OFFrcERs:- - W. Rosbuek ". IL; G. L. Bush,
Q. Y. cfeamcr, Secretary5 J.. a. Elster, :. D.i Z.
n. Marshall, J. D.; Urban Hidy, George miller,
Stewards Abel Armstrong, Chaplain; VIM. W Wood,
Tyler.
EAYErTE' cHAPTEE no. lOs, ROYAL ARCH MAsoEs.
OFrIcERs :-J. 81. Mccoy, High Priest; R. Mill
kan, King; Milo Rockwell, Scribe; >. z. Patter-
son, g. H.s ". W. Savage, P. s.; d. z. BROW ne5'
X. a. G.; G. 8. Snyder, G. d. cd "; h D. PqrselI'
o. n. I'd "; L. Y. Grubbs, g. III. lst VI W =
TanEey, Treasurer; H L. Robinson SecrstAry' " e
II. Hammer, Guard.
ELY cosrdAEDERY 80. Is, KNIGHT TEAFLAR.
orFIoERs:-C. Garis, Eminent Commander; Jas
erai: Kills Gardner, Prelate; j. W. Woods, :. ;
II u browne, j. w; D. Furtwangler, treasurer;
j n Lindsey, Secretary; Milo Rockwell. standard
I3aarsr: c. S. Snyder, Sword Bearer w. r. CIeaye-
land. Warder; r. A. Robinson, Organisti !" h
II. Hammer Sentinel
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18
VEGETINE
EoR
Chills, Shakes,
FEVER and AGUE.

TARBoRO. \. c. 1873.
DR. FL. R. STEVENS
Dear Sir;-I feel very grateful for what your val
liable medicine. Segetine, has done in my family
1 wish to express my thanks by informing you of
the wonderful cure Of nv also. to let you know
that Vegetine Is the best medicine ever saw for
Chills, Sha kes, Fever and y que. My son was sick
with measles in lS1 which left him with Hip joint
disease Ny son suffered great deal of pain, al
OF the time; the pain great that he did moth
ing but cry. The doctors did not help him par
ticle he could not lift his foot from the floor cOufd
not move without crutches. read your advertise
ment in the louisville COuFier-Journal," that
Yegetine great Blood Purifier and Blood
Food. tried one bottle, which was great benefit
He kept with the medicine, gradually gaining.
He has taken eighteen bottles in all, and he is
pletely restored to health walks without crutches
or cane. He Is 20 years of age. have a younger
son, Is years OF age,who is subject to Chils. When
ever he feels one coming on, he comes in, takes
dose of Negetine and that is the last of the Chill
FegeUiDe leaves no bad effect upon the system like
most of the nledcines recommended for Chills L
cheerfully recnmlnend Vegetine for all such COM
plants think it is the greatest medicine in the
world Respectfully, Mrs. J.W. LLOYD.
VEGErINE.-When the blood becomes Iifeless and
stagnant, either from change of weather or of eli
mate, want Of exercise, irregular diet or from any
other cause, the Hegetne will renew the blood car
ry on the putrid humOrs, cleanse the stomach reg
ulate the bowels and impart q tone of vigor the
whole body
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18

To buy wheat for rise on the prooa-
bility of European war, with the pros
pect of an unprecedenedtly large crop In
this country, is an extra hazardous Ousi-
ness, so to speak.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18

Hartford people hold $7,474, ,95l of in
surance stock, as against only $1,720, ,s26
of bank stock. Hartford's greatest and
most reliable income is from its insur-
ance stock, the revenue being gathered
in from every portion Of the country.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-04-18

Clips From the New Orleans P1cayuRS
Russians understand the tenor of Lord
saulsbury's speech. There is nothing
base in it.
A too careful farmer will allow his GU
cumbers to become thoroughly ripe before
he eats them.
A word to the wise is sufficient and all
talk is wasted on foolish people.
1t does not require great brain to be a
successful politician; but man must get
around lively among the boys.
The winds may be tempered to the shOrn
lamb; but man with straw hat has no
sort of influence on the weather.
Oliver Wendell Holmes toasted Bayard
Taylor as printer, traveller, editor, poet,
novelist, critic, translator, lecturer and
diplomatist.
Thousands of friends will stand by a
man in the sunshine of life. In storm
there is nothing like borrowed umbrella.
Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, is
studying the dead languages, which is
very strange, considering the fact that he
is imprisoned for life.
Time was when Greece her knees in
suppliance bent. Now she intends 20
greese her elbows and stand up for her
rights.
It Is said that Will Carleton owns
meat market at Adrian, Michigan. This
accounts for the tender lines found in his
"Farm Ballads"
The Mayor of Des Moines, Ia, had rath-
er be drunk than be Mayor. According
to promise, he resigned his oflce after
spree.
Every member of the Legislature has
been well received by his constituents on
returning home. Some other fellow was
responsible for the hitch in reform lsgis-
lating.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
3ovHrEa koB $xpARrMEN1
Struck by'Llghtning.


Eldon, May Sth.-The residence of
Ed. Dibble, X. h d. M. agent at Ell
don, was struck by heavy current
OF lightning on last evening at about
. o'clock. The bolt first tackled .
large elm tree in the front yard, pass
ed through one of the limbs, strip
ping the bark from the body Of the
tree, and part passing to the corner Of
the house near the tree, tearing the
cornice and some shingles off, then
following the waterspout around, en-
tered the kitchen chimney, again di-
vidcd, one current shattering the cor
ner of the house from top to bottom,
and the other passing through the
ceiling to the stove, down through
the kitchen floor and then out to a
chain pump, tearing up the platform
in its way. There were ten persons
in the house, and on the porchcs at
the time, among whom were the wife
and three children of j. B. King, of
the Odd Fellows Banner. They were
all "shook up like" but none were Sc
riously hurt. Mrs. Dibble, who was
standing at the kitchen stove, was
paralyzed for time, but this morn
ing is convalescent. The house is
protected CO by . rod, "put up on
scientific principles, " as Dibble,: who is
. "lightning singer" informs us.
M. G. DAVIS,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
Bob InSeYsoll and "The Sweet
BY and By."

Correspondents Of the Springfield Republican.
Col. Bob Ingersell and his wife sat
near me in . theater ct Washington
the other day. The latter is . hand
some, matr0nly woman, and . happy
looking mother. On the other side
were two fine. healthy-looking girls,
said by my informant to be the two
daughters, one Of whom is rather
proud of telling that she has never
been in q church. These were the
first real live infidels had ever seen
and compared with some Of the sour
visaged, dyspeptic-looking preachers
I know, with dropping, dismal wives,
this family Of handsome, cheerful,
happy-faced free-thinkers seem to be
having the best Of it in this world,
whatever may become of them in the
next. When Lotta sang "The Sweet
By and By" in way 90 touching
that good many susceptible people
found themselves unconsciously she'd
ding tears, I glanced toward Col.
lngersoll, whose fine features we're
not free from emotion, and was glad
to think that the breeze from the
beautiful shores had been waited to
him." He cleared his throat hastily,
and, turning to an acquaintance who
had been sniffiing audibly, said
brusquely: "Why, man, what were
you crying about just now? ?" "Non-
sense" said the stout gentleman
addressed, 81 wasn't crying; the
light hurts my eyes," "Ah,D, said
Col. Ingersoll thoughtfully, 'Is itnot
strange that . man 10 ashamed Of do
ing what 10 good, and not ashamed
lof doing whatis bad"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

The House Of Representatives at
Washington has cut the force in the
Land Office down to 16l clerks. In 1855
there were 1874 clerks. The work now
Is much greater than it was at that
time, comprising 800 land grants to
railroads, canals and states, bounty
land grants to soldiers of the late war,
grants foragricultural colleges, besides
business pertaining to settlers on pub
lie lands. The clerical force being too
small, the Office is now nine months
behind in correspondence and four
years In the patenting ofpublic lands.
To delay the issuing of patents is OF
course nothing Ike the great delay in
the matter of pensions, but there is
no sense or justice for delay in any Of
the departments. There is really nc
economy in it, as the work has to be
done at some time, and the best inter.
,ests Of the people require that Il
should be done promptly. This dem.
'Ocratic economy is fraud and cannot
but meet with decided censure from
the people.
In regard to delaying the settling
Of pension claims we can conceive o.
no reasonable reason for the course O
the democracy, than that they hops
to get into power at the next presi'
edential election and then cut of, so fal
las they can, the granting Of pensions
for causes arising in the rebellion. The
k6outhern democracy are the democrat
J 70 party in reality, and they may wanl
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
FIGHT FOR OFFICE.

How It 10 Done In the Black Mills,
DEADwooD, D. T., May THE
Lawrence county treasurer, George
p. Brigham, having failed to furnish
the necessary bonds, the office was
declared vacant by the commission
ers, but Brigham refused to surrender
possession of the Office. The sheriff
broke open the door, and both are in
joint possession.
Lateral eleven O'Clock tonight,
ex-County Treasurer Brigham, tax
ing advantage Of the momentary ab-
sence of Sheriff Manning, opened the
heavy Office safe and attempted the
removal of the books, but before this
object was attained the sheriff came
in, and, taking in the situation At .
glance, rushed forward and thrust his
leg into the interior Of the Safe
Brigham slammed the heavy door on
to the sherif's leg, and at the same
time struck him In the face. Man
ming drew . revolver and placed it
within foot Of Brigham's head and
pulled the trigger. The cap snapped
but the lead failed to explode. The
deputy sheriffs interfered, and arrest
ed and jailed Brigham. The sheriff
is now in possession of the open safe
and all the bOOke.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

HERE is what the Missouri Repu6-
licda, leading democratic journal Of
the country, says:
"Senator Dan Voorhees, having pre-
sented petition to the Senate favor
ing the passage Of law making six
hours legal days work, it is certain
ly in order for Senator Damphool to
present Q petition favoring alaw MAX
Ing six minutes days work. Any
man would be a fool to work hard for
ten hours o day if he can get the same
wages and have his work cut down to
little or nothing by q simple enact
The Republican should have stated
further that this prince ofdemagogues
made this move to counteract his ac-
ton with the capitalists of the Pacific
Railroads in opposing the bill to com.
pei these roads to pay the interest on
the tens Of millions they owe the gov.
ernment.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

WE suppose it to be a part of the
presidential policy to appoint Gov
Packard to the Consulship Of Liverpool
in order that he may be removed from
the country SO as no longer to be an
eye-sore to the conciliated democracy
of Louisiana. Packard's poverty
may demand his acceptance though
he has once declined to accept this
place.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
Storm at Memphis - Tramp
lVnch0d.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May Sat three
o'clock this morning . storm passed
over this city, partially nnroofing
number of business houses and Pea
body hotel, blowing down Meach-
ANS cotton she'd. The damage by
wind and water will probably be $4O,-
600.
Last Monday q tramp entered the
house of . planter, five miles south
of Oxford, Miss, who was absent at
the time, and after attempting to out
rage the lady of the house, struck her
in the head with an Ak, from the ef-
fects Of which she died. Her little
girl alarmed the neighborhood and
soon large number of men were in
pursuit of the villain, who was cap
tured in the wood near Oxford and
is doubtless lynched by this time, as
the excitement was very great there
yesterday.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
ew of the dreadful sights l have

few of the dreadful sights l have
seen.
"From others learn that along the
whole route from Fang lin -Szchuen
here "a distance of 5000 miles) dead
men lay by the roadside every now
and then. In kansuh, far in the
northwest, grain was abundant, but
grew scarcer every step as one ap.
preached the northern districts OF
ohansi. This year the cold had been
unusually severe in the region of the
Yellow River. Soft stone is sold at
from half to third Of q cent per h.,
and bark al less than cent pound
both for food. But the people die
of constipation. Grain ia three or
four times the usual price, .turnips
and cabbage five or six times.
"It is almost impossible TO ascer-
tain how many have died from fam
inc. AT Ping-yang the people said
that two large pits had been filled,
and two carts were daily employed
in carting the dead. The deaths in
the hamlets among the hills are far
more than in towns along the great
thoronghfares or near rivers. In
one district it was reported that one
third had died; in another, three
fifths. Whoever asked coming
from from the southern departments
of the province, Puchan, Kiang, and
Ping-yang, declared that one third of
the people were gone; and instanced
villages numbering 300, 400 and 500
Inhabitants, in which only one hun
dred survived. Still, even if these es-
Inmates are exagerations. what will it
be at the end Of the famine! Grain
has been sent from Puchan overland
for q distance of 700 miles, not to
speak of that coming from Manchuri.
"The Government is doing what it
can. The lowest allowance / heard
of was 10 cents, and the highest 30
cents month to each individual; in
the capital 10000 persons go to three
soup kitchens outside the gates.
Where grain is distributed, two or
three ounces day to each person is
the limit. I have the best authority
for saying that in many districts men
are eating human flesh. Coal rises
in price because it is unsafe to 90 to
the mines alone to get it, for the per-
sons will be stripped, and their horses,
cows. mules or donkeys taken for
food. But it is needless to give more
of these narrowing particulars. am
most anxious to receive all the assis-
tance, in men and means, which may
come to hand, and my experience last
year in Shantung enables me to dis
pepse the relief sent alone, better
than to join my efforts with the ma
tive authorities. l can assure the
to the famine fund that
there will be the most careful ad-
of their charity"
The last accounts indicate that
there will be q good crop Of grain in
some places ready to reap in six or
seven weeks from this time, "a snow
had fallen. Money sent in now can
be put into grain and placed at Tt
entsin, ready to carry into the cities
in the interior within twenty days,
and all that is contributed will be for
warded by Olyphant 4 Co., No. lO4
Wall street, New York, without
charge. Ihope that the great area of
this famine, and the millions which
are more or less involved in this
dreadful suffering, will not discour-
age us i'll this country from doing
Truly and faithfully,
s. WELLS WILLIAMS.
NEW HAVEN, May 3. 1878,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

EASTERN papers look upon General
Harrison as the natural leader of the
republicans in Indiana, and mention
as curious phase of the canvass that
while republicans are enthusiastic and
as devoted as ever to the party, there
is scarcely word said of the Presi.
dent or his policy.
Unquestionably republicans every
where will fall naturally into thi,
way of doing. Whatever Of impor
tance attaches to President Hayes, itis
asChief Executive, asa man-nothing
1t is giving Hayes prominence which
in not the slightest sense belongs tt
to have him or his specific acts figure
in platforms. The republican party
in Its grand life, has demonstrated
beyond peradventure, that its vitality
is securely enthroned in the hearts O
the masses and not in the head o.
hesrt of one political giant or any
number of them, to say nothing 0
political pigmies.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
the last pesp,cab,e Act,


The last mean and despicable deed
the democracy of the House have
been guilty of Is preventing slight
increase Of clerks in the Surgeon Gen.
erals Office, so as to forward the ex-
animation of pension claims. This
Office is now five years behind in its
work, and to the general appropria-
ton bill which passed the House last
week it was sought to add a provision
authorizing this increase ofclerk hire.
The final expenditure would be no
greater because the work has to be
done at some time and the expense
would be the same to do it rapidly
with good many clerks or delay it
by employing less number Of clerks.
The democracy made desperate ef-
fort to defeat this feature of the bill
and succeeded by a tie vote, and
Speaker Sam Randall, the most con-
summate and unprincipled trimmer
now in America, cast the final vote to
defeat the measure. Pensioners and
the country will remember that to the
democracy and Randall belongs the
credit Of delaying for years the issu-
ance of pensions. Democratic men,
bers were solid against the measure,
except seven, and republican MEM
h<~H
phens headed the list of seven demo-
Gratis who refused to strike hands with
their party in this nefarious job. It
should always be borne in mind that
Randall who urged economy in this
matter is the same Randall who voted
for, drew and kept his salary grab
s,udg. Lest our statement might be
considered as arising from political
bias, we give below what the Chica-
go Times says of this matter:
"When the amendment to increase
the number of clerks in the Surgeon
Generals Office, in order that applica-
tions for pensions might be attended
to promptly, came up, there was quite
a fight between the two sides. The
were solidly in favor of it
and the democrats, excepting seven,
whom was Alex. Stephens,
were opposed. On the final vote on
the passage of the amendment, the
yeas were lis and the nays ia.
Speaker Randall distinguished him
self and secured the affection of all
the pensioners in the country by Civ
ing his casting vote in the mega
tive, thus defeating the amendment. |
The amendment was considered as
highly important and necessary. 1t
only provided for thirty-eight clerks
more than the original bill called for,
and was intended to obviate the great
difficulty of obtaining instant atten- |
ton to applications for pensions. Att
present it is impossible, because of
want of sufficient force, for pensioners
to receive attention until a year or
more after their applications have
been made. 1t is regarded as great |
and Speaker Randall's vote |
is severely criticized. Itwould really
not have taken any more money to |
have supplied the necessary clerical
help, as it would simply accomplish |
at once what now requires year to !
bring about"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

THE democracy of North Carolina
got a little frightened about the result
of an election down there this week
and so they went to killing the dark
eys to prevent them from voting.
Well, slavery brought its terrible
scourge, and there is time coming
when these murders and outrages will
bring worse sconrge to the mad, in
furiated, foolish Southern democracy.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

prominent democratic Representa-.
tives, who have had immediate charge
of the subject of the alleged Florida
presidential frauds, after consultation
with Speaker Randall, to-day reach
ed the conclusion that investigation
Of matters connected with this sub
ject is not question of privilege and
that therefore nothing can be done
except in regular order Of business,
consequently it was determined that
the proposition for investigation
should come from the Judiciary COM
mittee which shall again be called
upon for reports for action by the
House. The committee will then ask
for authority to investigate all acts in
relation to the last election of mem.
bers of Congress and Of presidential
electors in Florida, with q view of
ascertaining whether the statements
of McLin and others are true, the in
vestigation to be confined to these
points only and without reference to
the question of presidential title.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
Tenneaaee cvona.

NASHVILLE, May 8.-The Tennessee
Agricultural bureau reports the threa-
tened ravages of wheat rust not to be
as dangerous 80 ct first expected al
though some damage has been done
already. The increased acreage win
make the production about three
fourths Of an average crop. Corn,
and tobacco are doing well. Fruit
will be an excellent crop.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
lndIanapoIis Elaction.

INDIANAPOLIS, May THE munic-
ipal election to-day resulted as fol-
lows: Council, republicans, 13, DEM
ocrats IL; aldermen, republicans 3,
democrats 2; aldermen holding over,
republicans 8, democrats 2, giving the
republicans q majority of three on
joint ballot. Last year the republic
an majority on joint ballot was
twenty.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15

FINLEY, (dem.) is contesting the
seat of Bisbee (rep.) in district of
Florida where McLin alleges his ras-
cality was located. The committee
investigating the matter has found
that beyond doubt Bisbee had a fair
majority of several hundred. This
does not augur very well for the pres
idential election investigation, for
for it is conceded that Hayes and Bis
bee ran very closely together in the
number of votes received by each.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
TO Congressional Candidates and
Their Friends In This District.
Sig0urney News

Lest advantage may be taken of
Hon. Z. s. Sampson's silence on the
question of a denomination for Con-
gress we state this, knowing what we
cay to be true: He does not propose
to enter into any contest, nor does he
desire his friendsto ignore or prejudice
the claims of others. His duties now
are in Washington City, and will not
be neglected. He does not intend to
hunt the Office, and will be content
with any choice the epeople may make,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-15
Two vi,,,.nou. rr.mo.

kEoKuK, Ia, May 9.-Two deeper
ADDE'S entered the house of Stephen
Allen seven miles west of this city,
last night, and presenting a revolver
at the old mans head demanded his
money. Mr.. Allen seized the barrel
Of the revolver and . desperate strug-
gle ensued for the possession of the
weapon. He was finally beaten off
with club and afterwards robbed
of small sum Of money and silver
watch,